JP2021056833A - Tagged product - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a tagged product that is available as a component on a production line of a final product, and can easily mount a communication tag on the final product.SOLUTION: A tagged product 3 includes: a sheet 5 having an adhesive layer 4 on a first layer; a communication tag 1 provided on a second layer of the sheet; and a resin layer 6 cured from a fluid state of fixing the communication tag to the second layer. The tagged product 3 can be produced at low cost on a line other than a production line of a final product. On the production line of the final product, the communication tag can be mounted only by bonding the sheet to a main body 2a of a final product 2. The communication tag is covered with the resin layer. Therefore, even if the communication tag has a shape portion, the shape portion is less likely to contact another component or the like to damage this.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a tagged product in which a communication tag is fixed to a seal having an adhesive layer, and a tag that enables the communication tag to be easily attached to the final product, particularly in a final product manufacturing line to which the communication tag should be attached. It is about products with.

Patent Document 1 below discloses an IC tag inlet for insert-in-mold molding that does not cause damage during molding, and an invention of an insert-in-mold molding method using this IC tag inlet. The insert-in-mold molding IC tag inlet 1 is located at a position substantially in the center of the IC tag inlet base material 1b so as not to damage the circumferential antenna coil 2 of the IC tag, and has a mold gate diameter. It has a larger opening 1h. By loading the IC tag inlet into the mold so that this opening faces the gate of the mold and injecting the resin, the IC tag inlet is embedded without damaging the IC tag inlet. Goods can be manufactured.

JP-A-2002-355847

Generally, as a production line for manufacturing a final product in which the IC tag inlet (hereinafter, referred to as a "communication tag" in the sense of having a function of communicating with another device) is integrally mounted, the IC tag inlet is used. For example, the following two configurations can be considered depending on the form in which the communication tag is mounted on the main body of the final product.

The first is a case where a process of directly mounting a communication tag on the main body of the final product is incorporated in the middle of the production line of the final product (referred to as in-line production). The invention described in Patent Document 1 corresponds to this in-line production, but since the communication tag is placed at a predetermined position in the mold and embedded in the resin by injection molding, the communication tag is directly touched. There is a problem that the work of handling is complicated, and the communication tag has a sharp edge of the substrate, so that it may come into contact with other parts and be damaged. Further, since the time required for injection molding to integrate the communication tag with the main body is required, there is a problem that the entire manufacturing time becomes long, and further, the communication tag may be damaged by the high temperature and high pressure in the mold. It was.

Second, in a production line different from the final product production line, the communication tag is processed into a part that is easy to mount on the final product, and the part can be easily attached to the main body of the final product in the final product production line. It is a case of mounting by various operations (referred to as outline production). However, the invention described in Patent Document 1 does not relate to outline production as described above.

In general, in the production line of a final product in which a communication tag is integrally mounted, a technology that can easily and inexpensively mount the communication tag on the final product without damage is not known, and a communication tag that can be manufactured in an outline is used. There has been a demand for invention of a component (a product with a tag) to have.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art and its problems, can be used as a component in a production line of a final product in which a communication tag is integrally mounted, and easily damages the communication tag to the final product. The purpose is to provide a tagged product that can be mounted without any problem and can be outline-produced at low cost.

The tagged product according to claim 1 is
A sheet having an adhesive layer on at least the first surface,
A communication tag provided on the second surface of the sheet and
A resin layer solidified from the state of the fluid fixing the communication tag to the second surface,
It is characterized by having.

According to the tagged product described in claim 1, it can be produced at low cost on a line different from the production line of the final product, and in the production line of the final product, only a sheet is attached to the main body of the final product. Communication tags can be implemented with a simple operation of. In addition, since the communication tag can be handled by simply touching the sheet during this mounting operation, there is little possibility that the device will be damaged by touching the communication tag when the device is used for the mounting operation.

It is sectional drawing of the final product (adhesive body) on which the tagged product of an embodiment is mounted.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This embodiment relates to a tagged product 3 which is a component for manufacturing a final product 2 to which the communication tag 1 is attached. Here, the communication tag 1 is an electronic component for communicating with the device or other device when the final product 2 to which the communication tag 1 is attached is mounted on an external device or the like. Therefore, there are no restrictions on the content of information related to communication, the purpose of communication, etc., and it shall be interpreted in the broadest sense.

First, the structure of the final product 2 and the tagged product 3 used as parts thereof will be described.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a final product 2 (adhesive body) on which the tagged product 3 of the embodiment is mounted. FIG. 1 shows a substrate-like object having a predetermined thickness as the main body (adhesive body) 2a of the final product 2, but this shape and size simplify the form of the main body 2a of the final product 2. -It is a schematic example, and is not intended to be limited to such a shape and size. That is, although a specific example of the final product 2 will be described later, the final product 2 to which the communication tag 1 is attached is used for various purposes and applications, and therefore the structure, shape, size, etc. of the final product 2 are different. There is no reason to be limited to a particular one.

The final product 2 shown in FIG. 1 is composed of a main body 2a of the final product 2 and a tagged product 3 attached to the upper surface of the main body 2a. The tagged product 3 has an adhesive layer 4 on at least the first surface (lower surface in the drawing), and the sheet 5 attached to the upper surface of the main body 2a of the final product 2 by the adhesive layer 4 and the sheet 5 The communication tag 1 provided on the second surface (upper surface in the drawing) and the resin layer 6 covering the entire communication tag 1 in a dome shape and adhered to the upper surface of the sheet 5 are provided. ing.

The material of the sheet 5 of the tagged product 3 is not limited to a specific material, but paper is preferable for enhancing the effect of cost reduction, and resin having the necessary performance and function is used if durability is important. Is preferable. When paper is used, a continuous strip-shaped sticker that is rolled into a roll can be used, and by attaching the communication tag 1 side by side to this in the process described later, it is possible to use a line other than the production line of the final product 2. The tagged product 3 can be mass-produced at low cost.

Although the details of the structure of the communication tag 1 are not shown, an electronic circuit and an antenna are provided on a resin substrate, and a resin layer (different from the resin layer 6) is provided so as to cover the electronic circuit and the antenna. It is a chip-shaped part. Its outer shape is arbitrary, and its thickness is usually about 1 mm, but the thickness is not limited to this dimension. Further, the communication tag 1 may have a sharp portion on the ridgeline of the outer surface of the substrate or the resin layer, but the communication tag 1 is tagged because the entire communication tag 1 including the sharp portion is covered with the resin layer 6. When handling the product 3, there is no possibility that the sharp portion of the tagged product 3 touches another part or the like and damages the other part.

As the resin constituting the resin layer 6 covering the communication tag 1, a hot melt resin can be used. A hot melt resin is a solid resin that does not contain an organic solvent, and has the property of melting and fluidizing when heated at a predetermined temperature and solidifying when cooled, and is sometimes used as an adhesive. The embodiment also utilizes the function as an adhesive.

As the hot melt resin, those listed below can be used.
EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer) hot melt PO (polyolefin) hot melt PA (polyamide) hot melt SR (synthetic rubber) hot melt ACR (acrylic) hot melt PUR (polyurethane) hot melt

Further, a UV curable resin can be used instead of the hot melt resin, or an instant adhesive (for example, a cyanoacrylate-based instant adhesive containing an organic compound cyanoacrylate as a main component) can be used.

Next, the manufacturing process of the tagged product 3 and the manufacturing process of the final product 2 using the tagged product 3 will be described.
As the sheet 5 of the tagged product 3, a case where a continuous strip-shaped sticker paper (hereinafter referred to as a roll sticker paper) wound in a roll shape is used for the sheet 5 will be described. An adhesive layer 4 is provided on the first surface of the sticker paper, and the adhesive layer 4 is covered with a release paper. The roll sticker paper is placed horizontally at a predetermined position, the sticker paper is fed out in the horizontal direction with the release paper facing down, and the roll sticker paper is placed at the same height as the roll sticker paper and parallel to the roll sticker paper. It is configured to be wound on a roll. A device for arranging the communication tag 1 is provided at a position above the horizontal sticker paper on the relatively upstream side between the roll sticker paper and the take-up roll. Similarly, on the relatively downstream side, a resin supply device capable of supplying an arbitrary amount of molten hot melt resin to an arbitrary position is provided at a position above the horizontal sticker paper.

The sticker paper is horizontally conveyed from the roll sticker paper toward the take-up roll. The placement device arranges the communication tag 1 on the second surface (upper surface) of the sticker paper in time with this transfer. When the width of the sticker paper is the same as the width of the sheet 5 of the product 3 with one tag, the communication tags 1 are arranged in a row at predetermined intervals (communication tag arrangement step).

The resin supply device supplies a predetermined amount of the molten hot melt resin from above the communication tag 1 arranged on the sticker paper. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication tag 1 is entirely covered with a hot-melt resin of a molten fluid, and a part of the hot-melt resin is also in contact with the second surface (upper surface) of the sealing paper. By the time the seal paper is conveyed and reaches the take-up roll, the hot melt resin is solidified by cooling to form the resin layer 6. The communication tag 1 is fixed to the sticker paper by the resin layer 6, and the sharp portion thereof is covered with the resin layer 6 (resin layer forming step).

In this way, a plurality of tagged products 3 in which the communication tag 1 is coated and fixed by the resin layer 6 solidified on the sticker paper (sheet 5) are manufactured one after another in a state of being lined up in a row, and the sticker paper is produced. It is wound on a winding roll in a continuous state. The continuous multi-tagged product 3 wound in a roll shape is separated into individual tagged products 3 and used as parts in the production line of the final product 2.

The production line of the final product 2 using the tagged product 3 is provided with a tagging product 3 as one step thereof. The individual tagged products 3 are separated from the continuous tagged products 3 wound in a roll shape, the release paper is peeled off, and the final product 2 is attached to the required position of the main body 2a (see FIG. 1). This task is simple and can be done manually or automatically. At this time, the communication tag 1 is not subjected to a load such as temperature or pressure, and the work is completed in a short time. As described above, the communication tag 1 can be attached to the final product 2 in-line on the production line of the final product 2 without imposing a time load on the processes before and after the sticking process.

The work of separating the continuous tagged products 3 one by one can be performed by cutting the sticker paper with a cutting means (scissors or the like). Alternatively, perforations (dividing lines) are provided in advance on the sticker paper according to the intervals of the communication tags 1 arranged in a row, and the sticker paper is cut along the perforations at the time of use or before use. You may use it separately into individual tagged products 3 according to the above.

By using a sticker paper having a width several times the width of the sheet 5 of the single tagged product 3 as the sticker paper, a large number of communication tags 1 are arranged vertically and horizontally on the second surface of the sticker paper. It can be lined up and a larger number of tagged products 3 can be produced. In this case, if the sticker paper is divided into the size of the sheet 5 of the tagged product 3 by perforations (dividing lines) according to the arrangement pattern of the communication tags 1 arranged vertically and horizontally, each tag is attached. It is possible to improve the efficiency of the work of separating into the product 3.

Further, in the manufacturing process described above, an example of manufacturing the tagged product 3 using continuous roll-seal paper has been described, but a sheet 5 having a shape and size corresponding to the single tagged product 3 is prepared. By executing the same communication tag arranging step and resin layer forming step as in the above-mentioned example while arranging and transporting these on a transport means such as a belt conveyor, a large number of individually separated products 3 can be manufactured from the beginning. Can be done.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 described above, the entire communication tag 1 is covered with the resin layer 6, but since the resin layer 6 is a means for fixing the communication tag 1 to the sheet 5, the function is obtained. Therefore, it is not always necessary to cover the entire communication tag 1, and if at least a part of the communication tag 1 and the sheet 5 are provided, a function of fixing the communication tag 1 to the sheet 5 can be obtained. For example, the resin layer 6 may be provided so as to be in contact with the side surface of the communication tag 1 arranged on the sheet 5 and the second surface (upper surface) of the sheet 5 close to the side surface, or the communication tag 1 and the sheet 5 may be provided. The resin layer 6 may be provided between the second surface (upper surface). In the latter case, the molten resin may be supplied to the second surface (upper surface) of the sheet 5, the communication tag 1 may be placed on the second surface (upper surface) of the sheet 5, and the resin may be cooled and solidified to form the resin layer 6.

As described above, if the communication tag 1 has a sharp portion, the resin layer 6 can also be used as a coating means. Therefore, if the entire communication tag 1 is covered with the resin layer 6 which is a fixing means as in the embodiment, the sharp portion will be formed. There is no possibility of contact with other parts and damaging them. Further, if at least a part of the sharp portion is covered with the resin layer 6, the above possibility can be reduced for the covered portion.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 described above, the sheet 5 of the tagged product 3 has an adhesive layer 4 on the first surface (lower surface in the drawing), and the second surface (upper surface in the drawing) is The material of the sheet was exposed. However, an adhesive layer is also provided on the second surface (upper surface in the drawing) so that when the communication tag 1 is placed on the sheet 5, the communication tag 1 is temporarily fixed to prevent misalignment, and then the resin is applied. The communication tag 1 may be supplied and fixed to the sheet 5.

A specific example of the final product 2 is a master roll mounted on a plate making device. The master roll is a product in which continuous strip-shaped stencil base paper is wrapped around a paper tube. When the cap inserted and fixed to the end of the master roll or the paper tube of the master roll is the final product 2, the communication tag 1 is attached to the cap. Then, when the master roll is mounted on or used in the plate making apparatus, communication regarding plate making or stencil base paper or the like is performed between the communication tag 1 and the plate making apparatus as necessary.

Further, as another specific example, an ink cartridge mounted on an inkjet printing apparatus can be mentioned. A communication tag 1 is attached to the ink cartridge as the final product 2, and when the ink cartridge is mounted or used in the inkjet printing device, communication regarding printing or ink or the like is required between the communication tag 1 and the inkjet printing device. It is done according to.

Further, as another specific example, there is an ink bottle mounted on a stencil printing apparatus. A communication tag 1 is attached to the ink bottle as the final product 2, and when the ink bottle is mounted on or used in the stencil printing device, communication regarding printing or ink or the like is required between the communication tag 1 and the stencil printing device. It is done according to.

<< About the configuration of the tagged product 3 of each aspect in the embodiment and its effect >>
The first tagged product 3 is
A sheet 5 having an adhesive layer 4 on at least the first surface and
Communication tag 1 provided on the second surface of the sheet and
A resin layer 6 solidified from the state of a fluid fixing the communication tag 1 to the second surface,
It is characterized by having.

According to the first tagged product 3,
It can be produced at low cost on a line different from the production line of the final product 2, and in the production line of the final product 2, the communication tag 1 can be attached by a simple operation of attaching the sheet 5 to the main body 2a of the final product 2. Can be implemented. Further, since the communication tag 1 can be handled only by touching the sheet 5 in this mounting operation, it is unlikely that the device will be damaged by touching the communication tag when the device is used for the mounting operation.

The second tagged product 3 is the first tagged product 3 in the first tagged product 3.
The communication tag 1 has a sharp portion, and the resin layer 6 covers at least a part of the sharp portion.

According to the second tagged product 3,
If at least a part of the sharp portion is covered with the resin layer 6, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the sharp portion comes into contact with other parts or the like and damages the covered portion.

The manufacturing method of the first tagged product 3 is
A step of providing the communication tag 1 on the second surface of the sheet having the adhesive layer 4 on at least the first surface, and
A step of forming a resin layer 6 for fixing the communication tag 1 to the second surface by supplying a fluid resin to the communication tag 1 and the second surface and solidifying the communication tag 1.
It is characterized by having.

According to the manufacturing method of the first tagged product 3,
In the production line of the final product 2, the product 3 with a tag that can mount the communication tag 1 by simply attaching the sheet 5 to the main body 2a of the final product 2 is different from the production line of the final product 2. It can be produced at low cost on the line.

1 ... Communication tag 2 ... Final product 2a ... Final product body 3 ... Tag product 4 ... Adhesive layer 5 ... Sheet 6 ... Resin layer

Claims (3)

A sheet having an adhesive layer on at least the first surface,
A communication tag provided on the second surface of the sheet and
A resin layer solidified from the state of the fluid fixing the communication tag to the second surface,
A tagged product characterized by being equipped with. The tagged product according to claim 1, wherein the communication tag has a sharp portion, and the resin layer covers at least a part of the sharp portion. A step of providing a communication tag on the second surface of a sheet having an adhesive layer on at least the first surface, and
A step of forming a resin layer for fixing the communication tag to the second surface by supplying a fluid resin to the communication tag and the second surface and solidifying the communication tag.
A method of manufacturing a tagged product, which comprises.

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