JP3123941U - IC tag tape manufacturing device and IC tag tape with mark - Google Patents

Abstract

The direction of cutting out an inlet from an inlet tape roll is the same as the traveling direction of a tape substrate that travels, and the inlet is placed at a predetermined position of the tape substrate that travels with the width direction of the inlet aligned with the width direction of the tape substrate. When the placement and fixing is performed, the position of the inlet is accurately placed and fixed without stopping the running tape base material and at the highest possible speed.
An inlet applicator roll that rotates in the running direction of a tape base material is installed on an adhesive surface of a tape base material that runs, and an adsorbing portion on an outer peripheral portion of the applicator roll rotates. The inlet 1 supplied by the inlet supply device 20 is sucked and held, rotated and conveyed, and the inlets are arranged and fixed at predetermined intervals on the tape base material, and are pressed and fixed.
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Description

  The present invention uses an inlet (referring to a device that functions as a general IC tag) supply device for sheet materials used in the field of packaging logistics, etc., one by one, and cuts the inlet into a running tape substrate. The present invention relates to an inlet-attached tape manufacturing apparatus that is disposed and fixed at a predetermined interval corresponding to the height. A tape in which an inlet is disposed and fixed on a tape base material for sticking to a sheet-shaped molding material is referred to as an IC tag tape. This distinguishes it from the inlet-equipped tape prepared for arranging and fixing the inlet.

For processing sheet materials such as cardboard, plastic film, paperboard, etc. that are processed into books, packaging containers, etc., the manufacturer's name, manufacturing serial number, etc. are recorded as digital information, and IC tags that are electronic tags to be read are processed into sheets A patent application has been filed for the technique of sticking in stages. The standardization of IC tags with IC chips mounted on individual product packages and used for distribution management and sales management, radio wave processing methods, and other standardizations are rapidly progressing. Further, studies are underway to reduce the cost of hardware such as IC chips, radio wave antennas and reader / writers. In this situation, the current problem is that there is a need for a method for attaching IC tags to packaging materials and other distribution items at low cost and with high reliability, which can be implemented in a long time without any trouble, and can be attached to a variety of products. . The current method is to simply handle the IC tag with an adhesive material and make it a slightly larger label that will not drop off due to impact or the like, and stick it to the outer surface of the shipping box one by one.
Aside from the full-scale spread of IC tags, there is no need for manual operation and maintenance, the material is inexpensive, it can be applied automatically at the sheet processing stage, and it does not fall off and is damaged by rubbing. There is a need for an IC tag attachment method that does not exist.
At present, when looking at typical cardboard boxes in packaging containers for attaching IC tags, in Japan and Europe and the United States, after packing products in cardboard boxes, the label-like shape has been made much larger than IC tags and handled better. IC tags are attached one by one with a labeler. At present, labeling is not regarded as a special problem because it is being conducted as a test, but in the near future, IC tags will be attached to all shipping boxes and promotional boxes, or pharmaceutical cartons When the IC tag is attached to the label, it is considered that the label itself used after removing the release paper becomes a problem because it is a factor for increasing the cost of attaching the IC tag.

For use as a label with an adhesive material, it is attached to a specified position at a normal processing speed on a sheet material such as a packaging material and at a higher speed than labeling, and is not likely to come off and includes the IC tag itself. IC tags with an IC chip and an antenna mounted on a substrate film mounted on an adhesive tape base material with excellent tensile strength and disposed at a predetermined interval that is the sheet cutting dimension. An attached tape has been proposed. (See Patent Documents 1 and 2). In the tape with an IC tag shown in Patent Document 1, a long and narrow IC tag (in an inlet state) is fixed to a narrow tape with an adhesive material at a predetermined interval with the width direction of the tag being the tape width direction. In addition, the IC tag tape shown in Patent Document 2 is a type produced by many current inlet manufacturers, and the larger one of the antenna length and width is the tape. It is a way of making it to be arranged so as to face the width direction. That is, if the same number of inlets are continuously arranged, the arrangement is to obtain the merit that the longer the substrate film width of the base to be attached, the shorter the winding length. An outline of a production method using this type of inlet roll is shown.
JP 2005-310137 A Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-77532

However, in order to produce such a tape with an IC tag having a width substantially equal to the inlet width by cutting such an inlet from the inlet roll, the tape base coated with the adhesive material in a posture cut out from a relatively wide inlet roll is used. It is difficult to attach to the sheet material, and productivity is hindered. That is, the direction of cutting from the inlet roll is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the tape base that travels, and in order to arrange and fix both at predetermined positions, the travel of the tape base must be stopped with a wide inlet interval. . Then, the tape base material travels at a higher speed until a predetermined interval is reached. This arrangement fixing operation means that the machine repeatedly stops and starts, and is negative in maintaining the stability of the machine and the accuracy of the fixing interval.
Accordingly, it is necessary that the moving direction of the individual inlet and the moving / running direction of the tape base material are the same. It is necessary to ensure this condition.
As a next step, as a method for improving productivity, a method is required in which the traveling speed of the tape base material is maintained as high as possible, and an inlet that moves relatively slowly is accurately and steadily fixed thereto.
Further, the manufactured IC tag-attached tape is attached to the traveling sheet-shaped molding material. When the sheet is cut at a predetermined length, the IC tag is inserted at a predetermined position and at least one IC tag is inserted. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the inlet position can be detected by a sensor such as a CCD camera.

  The present proposal has been made in view of the above circumstances, and relates to a narrow inlet-attached pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that facilitates handling of the inlet and the tape base material at high speed. By being able to be manufactured easily at a relatively high speed, it is possible to contribute to promoting the attachment of the IC tag to a relatively inexpensive material such as a packaging material. An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for sticking an inlet to a tape base material, which is preferable in terms of machine maintenance by improving the productivity, and a manufacturing apparatus for a tape with an IC tag. In addition, an IC tag attached to a sheet-shaped molding material with a printing unit attached to the IC tag-attached tape manufacturing apparatus so that the passage of the inlet can be reliably detected on the IC tag-attached tape by a sensor such as a CCD camera. It is an object of the present invention to provide a manufacturing apparatus with a mark that can detect the position of an inlet in a tape. An object of the present invention is to provide a tape with an IC tag that makes it easy to detect an inlet for a sheet-like molding material that travels relatively easily and at high speed by using this apparatus for manufacturing a tape with an IC tag with a printing unit.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the device according to claim 1 has an inlet applicator roll for arranging and fixing an inlet by a rotation method on an adhesive surface of a traveling tape base material. An inlet applicator, which holds an inlet supplied to an inlet applicator roll from a magazine-type inlet supply device to a suction portion installed on an outer peripheral portion of the inlet applicator. The present invention relates to an inlet applicator characterized in that an inlet is disposed and opened at a predetermined interval or fluctuating interval on a tape base that rotates and rolls while being pressed and fixed.

  The invention according to claim 2 is an inlet applicator having an inlet applicator roll for arranging and fixing an inlet on an adhesive surface of a traveling tape base material by a rotation method, and is provided on an outer peripheral portion of the inlet applicator. The inlet / applicator roll that is installed in the rotating direction of the inlet / applicator roll from the peeling inlet supply device to the installed suction / peeling part is held by the suction / peeling part, and the inlet / applicator roll rotates to the running tape base. The present invention relates to an inlet applicator characterized in that an inlet is disposed and opened at a constant interval or a variable interval, and is wound by pressing and fixing.

  The invention according to claim 3 is an inlet applicator having an inlet applicator roll for arranging and fixing the inlet to the adhesive surface of the traveling tape base material by a rotation method, and is provided on the outer periphery of the inlet applicator. The inlet and applicator roll that is installed in the rotating direction of the inlet and applicator roll from the cutting inlet supply device to the installed suction and cutting section is held by the suction and cutting section, and the inlet and applicator roll is rotated. The present invention relates to an inlet applicator characterized in that an inlet is disposed and opened at a constant interval or a variable interval, and is wound by pressing and fixing.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a printing unit or a punching unit is attached to the inlet applicator, and the position of the inlet disposed and fixed at a fixed interval or a variable interval on the tape substrate surface of the traveling IC tag-attached tape. 4. The inlet applicator according to claim 1, wherein the mark is provided by printing or punching.

  The invention according to claim 5 is a tape with an IC tag in which an inlet is arranged and fixed on a tape base material at a constant interval or a variable interval, and the inlet is an IC having an antenna built in on an inlet substrate. An IC chip having a chip or an external antenna is mounted and arranged according to the cutting length of the sheet-like molding material to which the IC tag-attached tape is attached, and the tape substrate has an adhesive surface, and the adhesive surface An IC chip with an IC tag, characterized in that an IC chip is sandwiched between the inlet substrate and the inlet substrate, the inlet is fixed to a tape base material, and a mark indicating the position of the inlet disposed and fixed on the tape base material is provided.

  The invention according to claim 6 relates to a tape with an IC tag, wherein the tape with an IC tag with a mark is manufactured by using the inlet applicator according to claim 4.

The IC tag-attached tape according to the present invention is a tape base material for the traveling tape base, in which the suction portion attached to the cylinder type inlet applicator (hereinafter referred to as applicator) takes out the inlet one by one from the inlet supply device. Because it can be placed and fixed with high precision at a predetermined position, it can be manufactured at a low cost because it increases the traveling speed even when the inlet interval ranges from 1 m to 2 m, and can be followed, and is attached to a relatively inexpensive sheet material. Finished with something suitable as a material.
Further, when the tape with IC tag manufactured at low cost is attached to a traveling sheet-like molding material and cut at a predetermined length, it is formed on the surface of the tape with IC tag on the sheet. A CCD camera, phototube sensor, etc. can reliably detect the mark, and the control panel can determine the cutting position by calculation using the encoder signal, thereby ensuring that the inlet is at a predetermined position on the cutting sheet. .
As a result, less manpower is required for operation / maintenance management, and the material used is inexpensive at the stage of application to the sheet-shaped molding material. Because of the length of the sheet cut, it does not fall off and is covered with a plastic tape substrate, so that it is not easily damaged by rubbing, and it can be attached to the inner surface or layer of the container, providing additional protection. Increase.

Before explaining in detail, the method of making an inlet tape roll currently being performed will be described. An antenna for transmitting and receiving radio waves with a conductive paste is formed on a wide substrate film having a width of 1 m or more at a certain interval around the periphery. An IC chip having an electrode so that the film as an inlet substrate is pulled out from this wide resin film roll, and a pair of antennas is usually formed with a gap of about 0.2 mm, and the antenna is straddled across the antennas in the subsequent steps. Is fixed. This work is called mounting work. The finished film is sequentially wound on a roll. Normally, the outer shape of the antenna is formed in a rectangular shape. In this case, the long dimension of the antenna is made the width dimension when slitting. That is, in the present invention, the inlet tape roll is made by slitting in a direction different from the direction of being fixed on the narrow tape base material.
In the case of manufacturing a tape with an inlet, in order to finish the tape as narrow as possible, it is necessary to make the width of the inlet where the inlet is disposed and fixed by running the tape to be the narrower width dimension. Such antenna formation and IC chip mounting are preferable for efficient production of the tape with inlet.

However, if the inlet itself is small, or if the difference in length with respect to the width of the inlet is slight, the inlet tape used in the inlet manufacturing industry is an inlet tape whose winding direction is the inlet tape roll. Even if it exists, it can also be used for the inlet which adheres to a tape with an IC tag in the same inlet direction. That is, the determination is made based on whether or not the width of the tape base material to be used can be accommodated in a width range in an appropriate range that matches the machine specification used for the sticking process to the sheet-shaped molding material. Usually, the tape width within 40 mm is the standard.
Therefore, depending on the size of the inlet, an inlet roll for producing a tape with an inlet of a long continuous tape is produced by slitting a wound roll subjected to the inlet process at a right angle and joining the tape. There is also a method of changing the direction of antenna formation in the inlet manufacturing method.
The IC chip used here can be converted into an IC manufactured by a printing method. In this case, the IC is formed on the substrate film together with the antenna by printing.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is composed of an inlet applicator, which is a manufacturing apparatus, and a tape with an IC tag made of material. There are three types of the former inlet applicator. Claims 1 to 3 are shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, and claims 4 and 5 of the latter IC tag tape are shown in FIGS.
The inlet applicator is a method of supplying the inlet to the inlet applicator roll with three types of inlet supply devices, and accurately arranging and fixing it at a predetermined position of the traveling tape base material by the rotational conveyance of the inlet applicator. It is a manufacturing apparatus having. 1 to 5 relating to this are described as side views, but as a manufacturing apparatus, the surface of the tape substrate to be traveled is not limited to be horizontal with the floor surface, but to be perpendicular to the floor surface or vertically. The entire manufacturing apparatus may be arranged and operated so as to travel in the direction. Since the entire apparatus can be designed relatively compactly, there is no restriction on the running direction of the tape base material in the arrangement of the entire manufacturing apparatus.

Of the devices related to the IC tag tape manufacturing device according to claim 1 of the present invention, the manufacturing device described first uses an inlet cut in advance into individual inlets from an inlet tape roll manufactured by an inlet manufacturer. This manufacturing method is a manufacturing method called an inlet applicator in which a large number of divided inlets 1 are stacked in the same direction and stored in a magazine, and a tape with an IC tag is manufactured using a magazine-type inlet supply device for the inlet applicator roll. It relates to the device. FIG. 1 is a side view of an inlet-attached tape manufacturing apparatus that employs this method, and shows a state in which the tape substrate travels horizontally and horizontally with respect to the floor surface. This inlet supply is a relatively simple magazine device that is not driven. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the suction portion of the inlet formed in a part of the applicator 4 as seen from the side.
The inlet here is a unit that can be mechanically handled in a state where an antenna and an IC chip are mounted on an inlet substrate. Also included is a structure in which another film or paper is laminated on the formed antenna and IC surface, and the antenna and IC are sandwiched.

    First, the applicator roll 4 common to the three types of inlet applicators will be described. The applicator roll here refers to a rotating cylinder having a suction portion. A tape base roll 2 is set on a tape base roll stand (not shown) upstream of the applicator roll, and a tape roll stand with an IC tag for winding the processed tape with the inlet 1 disposed and fixed downstream ( (Not shown) is installed, and the tape is wound around the tape roll 3 with an IC tag. The tape base material 5 pulled by the motor-driven tape roll with an IC tag has an adhesive material layer 6, and the tape base material 5 travels with this surface facing upward (FIG. 1). An encoder (not shown) measures the amount of tape movement, calculates the tape speed at the same time, and sends the signal to a computer on a control panel (not shown). The predetermined movement amount is adjusted to the sheet cutting length and is input to the control panel in advance.

The suction part of the applicator 4 is connected to this air compressor and sucks the inlet by suction. This suction part receives the inlet from the magazine type inlet supply device by suction, and the inlet applicator is transported to the tape substrate by rotation. While holding, hold it in a sucked posture.
When this adsorbing part comes under the magazine type inlet supply device 20 in a sufficiently decelerated state, the inlet 1 is adsorbed and held on the front end surface of the adsorbing part by suction. The control panel calculates so that the inlet comes at a predetermined position in synchronization with the tape traveling speed when the tape base 5 on which the encoder (not shown) set on the applicator shaft travels is directly below the applicator. To give timing and give instructions. Thereby, the applicator adjusts the rotation speed and accelerates from deceleration. Suction is released and the inlet is released onto the tape when the suction part contacts the tape substrate on which it travels. Immediately after this, it is pressed by the cushion of the suction part. This cushion may be in the form of a suction cap. In this case, a large number of suction caps are arranged.

  The magazine type inlet supply device 20 is installed on the outer periphery of the applicator 4 and is set in the magazine in units of about several hundreds, and a constant air pressure is applied to the rear end of the inlet to push the front end of the inlet toward the applicator. It has become. The inlet 1 is aligned with the substrate film facing the applicator. The magazine frame shape is adjusted so that it can be detached from the magazine with moderate friction. Since the inlet 1 has an uneven antenna, it is possible to prevent two sheets of the inlet 1 from being fed by suction.

Next, the structure of the suction part 30 of the applicator will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, a suction hole 8 connected to the suction chamber 10 is provided in a part of the body wall of the applicator 4. Considering the size and number of the suction holes 8 in accordance with the size of the suction cushion attached to this portion. The suction cushion 8 is also provided with a suction hole 8 and communicates with the suction hole formed in the body wall. The suction cushion 7 can take advantage of the characteristics of an elastic body that an appropriate degree of adhesion can be obtained when the inlet 1 is sucked and when the suction cushion 7 is pressed against the adhesive material layer 6 on the tape substrate 5. This suction pressure is released when the inlet is transferred to the tape surface.
When the tape base material 5 and the inlet 1 are united, the driving or free roller or similar belt installed under the tape base material rises so that both receive an appropriate pressure during traveling. You can also keep it.

The inlet that is disposed on the traveling tape base 5 at regular intervals or fluctuating intervals and is fixed by receiving a slight press is wound around the tape roll 4 with an inlet so that the inlet is wound inside. The degree of adhesion between the inlet 1 and the pressure-sensitive adhesive 6 is improved by the tension. You may press with another pair of rolls in the position before this entrainment is performed.
When the predetermined number of winding meters is reached, the running tape is cut with an automatic cutter (not shown). In the case of small lot production, not only one type of inlet interval is set, but a plurality of intervals are continuously set for the same winding lot.

Next, of the two types of inlet supply devices that dynamically move, a supply device that uses a label-like inlet tape roll according to claim 2 will be described with reference to the side view of FIG. The peelable inlet supply device 40 unwinds the inlet tape 11 with release paper from the inlet tape roll 10 of an inlet tape roll stand (not shown), and releases the release paper 12 after taking out the inlet 1 to release paper with a drive motor. It is wound on a release paper roll 13 set on a roll stand (not shown).
The peeling type inlet supply device 40 applies a peeling bar 14 to the inlet tape 11 to raise an edge, and lifts the inlet 1 tailored to a label from the release paper. The suction peeling unit 30 shown in FIG. 3 sucks the inlet 1 in this state with the suction pressure, peels it off by rotation of the applicator, and conveys it to the tape substrate 5. Instead of the peeling bar 14, the direction of the inlet tape 11 may be changed with a small-diameter roll.
The subsequent description of the stage of fixing and fixing the tape base material 5 at regular intervals or varying intervals is the same as in the case of the magazine type inlet supply device described above, and is omitted.
In addition, the inlet 1 tailored to this label can be handled by handling only one inlet individually, or it can be handled by collecting a plurality of the labels into one label and fixing the tape to the inlet tape 11 and rewinding the tape with the IC tag. Then, it can be finished into a reel of IC tag tape with a single inlet width by slitting.

  The manufacturing method of the IC tag-attached tape 3 using the peelable inlet supply device 40 is such that the inlet adhesive material finished as a label on the adhesive material layer 6 is polymerized, and the inlet 1 sticking portion of the IC tag tape 3 is attached. Becomes thicker than other parts, and the finish of the take-up roll becomes difficult to become tight. When the peelable inlet supply device 40 is set, the entire IC tag-attached tape manufacturing apparatus becomes large, and it is somewhat difficult to install this portion on the applicator. However, as an advantage, the inlet 1 is not as large as the UHF type, and when handling a small inlet having a width of several millimeters and a length of about 30 mm, it is not necessary to set a separate inlet in the magazine. Easy inlet supply method.

Next, the 3rd cutting-type inlet supply apparatus 50 regarding Claim 3 is demonstrated. The inlet tape supplied to the above-described peelable inlet supply device 40 is a type with release paper, whereas the inlet tape of the cutting type inlet supply device 50 is a type without release paper. In other words, the inlet tape roll 10 set on a motor-driven inlet tape roll stand (not shown) rotates to unwind the inlet tape 11 and send it to the urethane anvil 15 at the end. When the suction cutting portion 60 (FIG. 4) attached to the outer periphery of the applicator is positioned directly below the urethane anvil 15, the suction cushion 7 presses the inlet tape 11 and contracts toward the urethane anvil 15 side. In this state, the cutting blade 16 attached to the end of the suction cutting portion 60 bites into the urethane anvil 15. The cutting blade has a saw blade shape at its tip, and the cutting edge easily bites into the urethane anvil 15 by the cylinder pressure. At this time, the inlet tape 11 is cut.
This manufacturing method has an advantage that waste is not generated from the inlet tape by the inlet supply device if the inlet tape is appropriately designed.

The mechanism in which the suction cutting unit 60 cuts the inlet tape roll is the same as that of a soft rotary die cutter using a urethane anvil used for punching cardboard sheets. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the suction cutting part 60 with a cutter is directly attached to the applicator roll, but a small tree in which a cutter according to a punching shape is embedded and fixed in a veneer plywood in the same manner as a cardboard punching. A mechanism for screwing the mold is used. This is easy to cope with blade wear and shape changes.
If this urethane anvil 15 is allowed to rotate freely, when the cutting blade comes out of the urethane layer, a kick force is generated and the anvil roll rotates somewhat. As a result, the position where the cutting blade enters is not fixed, and damage to the urethane layer due to the cutting edge of the saw blade biting in can be suppressed lightly. As a result, the cut state can be maintained satisfactorily.
The cut inlet is held in the suction cushion 7 in the state at the time of cutting, and is transported to the tape substrate side that travels by the rotation of the applicator, and is arranged and fixed at a predetermined position at a predetermined interval. The panel calculates using the position and speed data of the tape and inlet, and adjusts to accelerate the applicator from the deceleration and suppress the error in the inlet sticking.

In the inlet 1 used in the cutting type inlet supply device 50, the length direction of the inlet 1 is aligned with the running direction of the inlet tape 11. When the margin of the inlet 1 with respect to the inlet tape 11 is large, the width of the IC tag-attached tape 3 also increases when the inlet 1 is simply cut out on one side in the feed direction. In order to make the width of the IC tag-attached tape 3 as narrow as possible, it is necessary to trim the margin of the inlet 1 of the available inlet tape 11 by trim cutting. In this case, the cutting blade 16 attached to the suction cutting unit 60 is formed into a rectangle that matches the size of the inlet 1. A cushion without a suction hole for protruding is also arranged outside the rectangular cutting blade. And the roll stand which winds up an unnecessary part like the peeling type inlet supply apparatus 40 is provided.
In addition, the inlet 1 which cuts the length direction by this cutting is a case where only one inlet is handled individually, and a case where a plurality of inlets are handled as one piece, which is fixed to the inlet tape 11 and wound up with an IC tag tape. By rewinding and slitting, it can be finished into a reel of IC tag tape with a single inlet width.

    Next, an inlet applicator in which a printing unit is attached to a tape with an IC tag whose manufacturing method has been described in the first to third aspects will be described. The inlet applicator is installed around the applicator roll for fixing and fixing the inlet shown in FIG. 1, and a printing unit (not shown) such as a UV inkjet device is installed around the tape on which the IC tag tape runs. This is an inlet applicator that can print on tagged tape. Printing is performed on the tape substrate surface using information of the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention that can determine the position of the inlet. A mark that can detect the position of the inlet is printed on the surface of the tape substrate with UV ink by the UV inkjet method or the like. This method is simple and becomes a marking method that can cope with high-speed running. This printing unit can use a small commercial inkjet device that prints the lot number and the expiration date on the side of a general shipping box or the bottom of a beverage can. This mark is a part after being attached to the sheet-like molding material, and is for detecting the inlet position by the image processing apparatus with a camera. This mark is not defined at the position of the IC chip. Even if the position is shifted, information on the amount of deviation can be input to the computer and used for calculation.

  Marks to be printed are sized so as to be identified by image processing in the form of dots or lines. FIG. 6 shows an example of lines. The color of the antenna is usually copper, and when a transparent resin tape is used, it is difficult to detect the color of the antenna portion for detecting the inlet position in the brown cardboard paper. It is necessary to select a color that is not obstructed by the brown or white color of the base paper. Further, according to the color of the color tape to be used, the color is selected so that the position to be adhered can be detected reliably.

A UV irradiation device is installed adjacent to the ink jet printer. By irradiating the applied UV ink with UV light using an ultraviolet lamp, the ink is instantly cured and dried. By instantly drying in this way, the tape can be taken up near the printing unit. As a result, there is an advantage that even if the printing unit is added to the IC tag-attached tape manufacturing apparatus, the manufacturing apparatus does not have to be largely changed in size.
Although the drying time is lower than that of the UV printing method, it is also possible to use a flexographic ink that is adjusted to shorten the drying time by adding an alcohol or other drying accelerator to the ink. In this case, it is necessary to lengthen the drying time somewhat before winding. These inks are a choice for dealing with surface properties on release coated tape substrates.

  As an alternative to UV ink, marking can be performed by ejecting an acrylic or EVA hot melt resin in a dot shape or a line shape with air pressure to provide a bulge. In the case of dots, the nozzle shape of the hot melt resin and the amount of jetting are adjusted, the thickness is adjusted to the IC chip that is the thickest part, and the hot melt resin is jetted thinly at many points, so that the tape with the IC tag is It is possible to prevent the occurrence of quality trouble due to concentration of load on the IC chip when pasted on the sheet material. This thickness adjustment can prevent damage even if a flat impact is applied to the IC tag by spraying hot melt resin in a ring shape around the IC tag and making it thicker than the IC chip part. It leads to plan and is convenient in quality maintenance.

  Detection of the inlet position when the IC-attached tape subjected to such hot-melt coating processing is used for adhering to a sheet molding material is performed by identifying a three-dimensional image of the hot melt. Although this hot melt has a problem of heat resistance, it is required to use this tape on the back side of the corrugated cardboard, not on the hot platen side which is a heating device of the corrugator.

In addition to the above-described marking by printing, it is also possible to make a small notch in the IC tag tape by punching and to make a mark for recognizing the position of the inlet. An example of this mark is shown in FIG. This example is a U-shaped cut, but the appearance of this part is different from the tape appearance of other parts. In order to make this cut, a small punching blade is attached to the outer periphery of the inlet applicator roll. The position of the blade is usually set from the suction part, suction peeling part attached to the outer peripheral part of the applicator roll, or at a position outside the suction cutting part so as not to damage the inlet. The distance data from the suction part is input to the production control panel as the mark data of the inlet when the sheet-like molding material is stuck.
The marking by this punching is convenient in the case of a system in which an inlet is cut out from an inlet tape roll, because another marking blade may be set in the vicinity of this cutting blade. A urethane anvil for cutting a tape can be used for receiving the cutting blade for marking.

Next, the IC tag-attached tape with a mark according to claim 5 will be described. The IC and antenna are sandwiched between the adhesive layer of the tape base material and the inlet substrate of the inlet, thereby contributing to prevention of damage when the tape is mechanically handled. The IC tag-attached tape has a configuration that contributes to reducing the cost of the finished tape by reducing the amount of material used, and has a mark for detecting the inlet position when it is attached to a sheet-shaped molding material. This inlet includes one in which an IC and an antenna are sandwiched between an inlet substrate and a tape base material. Due to the normal manufacturing process, there is a tendency to use a rigid film on the inlet substrate, and the material used to protect the IC chip may be a relatively thin film that is expected to have an antistatic effect. Also in this case, it is effective in terms of protection to have a structure in which the IC and the antenna are sandwiched between the inlet substrate and the tape base material.
The details of this tape have been described in the above-described inlet applicator, which is a manufacturing apparatus for this tape, and therefore will be omitted.

The last claim, claim 6, is an IC tag-attached tape with a mark for an inlet manufactured using the inlet applicator for manufacturing the IC-attached tape of claim 4.
There are two types of processing methods for the IC tag-attached tape with marks, such as printing by an ink jet method or the like and punching. The latter punching includes not only a method in which a cutting edge is driven into a urethane anvil, but also a hole processing for making a spot hole with a laser, or a slit processing. These methods apply physical processing to the tape surface and paste the IC tag tape on the sheet-shaped molding material at high speed. Even if the position of the inlet cannot be detected directly by the camera, another mark is displayed on the tape surface. There is merit that can be detected from. That is, it facilitates the inlet detection by the image.

  Finally, a method of using the mark attached to the tape will be described. The inlet on the IC tag-attached tape is on a sheet-like molded material that runs at high speed, and is covered with a tape base material, which makes it difficult to detect. In order to reliably detect the inlet in this state, there are a method of using an inlet radio wave that reacts to a radio wave emitted by a reader / writer and a method of detecting the shape and color of the inlet by an image sensor. In the present invention, in order to cope with the latter relatively simple device, a mark indicating the position of the inlet is attached to the tape manufacturing apparatus with an IC tag instead of the hidden inlet, and this mark is printed on the tape substrate. It is a device that makes it possible.

  The online processing for sticking this IC-tagged tape in a high-speed running state at the manufacturing stage of the cardboard most frequently used as a packaging material will be described. Using any of the above-mentioned three types of IC tag-attached tape manufacturing apparatuses, an IC tag-attached tape with an adhesive material in which the inlets are arranged and fixed at regular intervals or at intervals of sparseness can be produced. In order to facilitate the detection of the inlet position by a CCD camera, a photoelectric tube sensor, etc., when continuously unwinding and sticking from a tape roll with an IC tag to the molding material, the inlet position and the inlet It is convenient for detecting the passage of the inlet if the mark of the related position is attached.

  In the method of detecting the passage of an inlet by transmitting and receiving radio waves by a reader / writer, when the running speed of the tape with IC tag becomes extremely high, such as 400 m / min or more, and when a plurality of tapes with IC tag flow close to each other, In the radio wave method using a reader / writer as a sensor, the correction method tends to be complicated. The line sensor method using a mark by printing can be fully used if an allowable range of position is appropriately set according to the development of the image sensor.

  In a state where the sheet-like molding material to be cut before entering the cutter travels directly under the encoder, the encoder measures the sheet length by pulse and calculates the traveling speed. A CCD camera, a phototube sensor, etc. installed at a distance from the cutter detect passage of the inlet and send these electronic signals to the computer of the control panel. The computer uses the distance information from the cutting edge specified in the sheet specifications to be cut using the distance information from the cutter cutting position to the encoder and sensor, and the sheet length and inlet position signals for the cutting position. The next scheduled cutting position and the cutting timing of the cutter are calculated. Next, a cutting signal is issued to the cutter to instruct cutting.

It is determined whether the inlet is in a predetermined position on the cutting sheet. If it is OK, it is sent to the next process as a non-defective product, and if it is NG, it is automatically removed from the line from the conveyor using a defective product removal device.
Normally, if the inlet fixing interval of the IC tag tape is constant, when cutting within a range where the running speed does not vary, only the sheet length is counted for the length specified in the sheet specification, and a signal for cutting is sent. Will be put out.

  The present invention is suitably used for a sheet-like molding material that is finished into a book, a packaging container, or the like that is required to be attached with a tape with an IC tag in a processing stage of an industrial material.

It is a side view of the tape manufacturing apparatus with an IC tag using the magazine type inlet supply apparatus of this invention. It is a side view of the adsorption | suction part of the inlet applicator shown in FIG. 1, or an adsorption | suction peeling part. It is a side view of the tape manufacturing apparatus with an IC tag using the peeling type inlet supply device of the present invention. It is a side view of the tape manufacturing apparatus with an IC tag using the cutting | disconnection type inlet supply apparatus of this invention. It is a side view of the adsorption | suction cutting part of the inlet applicator shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the mark by printing. It is a figure which shows the example of the mark by punching.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inlet 2 Tape base material roll 3 Tape with IC tag, Tape roll with IC tag 4 Inlet applicator roll 5 Tape base material 6 Adhesive material layer 7 Adsorption cushion 8 Suction hole 9 Decompression chamber 10 Inlet tape roll 11 Inlet tape 12 Separation Paper pattern 13 Release paper roll 14 Peeling bar 15 Urethane anvil 16 Cutting blade 17 Marking by printing 18 Marking by punching 20 Magazine type inlet supply device 30 Adsorption part, adsorption peeling part 40 Peeling type inlet supply apparatus 50 Cutting type inlet supply apparatus 60 Adsorption cutting Part 100 Inlet Applicator

Claims (6)

  An inlet applicator having an inlet applicator roll that is arranged and fixed on a sticking surface of a traveling tape substrate by a rotation method, and is attached to a suction portion installed on an outer peripheral portion of the inlet applicator. The inlet that is supplied from the supply device to the inlet / applicator roll is held by the suction section and the inlet / applicator roll rotates, and the inlet is arranged and opened at a fixed interval or a fluctuating interval on the traveling tape substrate. An inlet applicator characterized by being pressed and fixed and wound.   An inlet applicator having an inlet applicator roll for fixing and fixing the inlet to the adhesive surface of the traveling tape base material by a rotation method, and separating the adhesive applicator on the outer periphery of the inlet applicator The inlet / applicator roll is rotated in the rotation direction of the inlet / applicator roll from the inlet supply device. An inlet applicator characterized in that it is opened, pressed and fixed, and wound up.   An inlet applicator having an inlet applicator roll for arranging and fixing an inlet on a sticking surface of a traveling tape base material by a rotation method, wherein the suction applicator is installed on the outer periphery of the inlet applicator. The inlet supplied from the inlet supply device in the rotation direction of the inlet / applicator roll is held by the suction cutting unit and rotated by the inlet / applicator roll, and the inlet / applicator roll rotates at a fixed interval or a variable interval on the tape base that runs. An inlet applicator characterized in that it is opened, pressed and fixed, and wound up.   A printing unit or a punching unit is attached to the inlet applicator, and a mark of the position of the inlet fixed and arranged at a constant interval or a variable interval is provided on the tape base surface of the traveling IC tag tape by printing or punching. The inlet applicator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the inlet applicator is used.   An IC tag-attached tape in which an inlet is disposed and fixed on a tape base material at a constant interval or a variable interval, and the inlet is an IC chip having an antenna or an external antenna on the inlet substrate. The tape base material has an adhesive surface, and an IC chip is formed by the adhesive surface and the inlet substrate. A tape with an IC tag, wherein the inlet is fixed to the tape base material and a mark of the position of the inlet disposed and fixed on the tape base material is provided.   The tape with an IC tag manufactured using the inlet applicator according to claim 4, wherein the tape with an IC tag with a mark is manufactured.

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