JP3623695B2 - Barrel container for beverages - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a beverage keg container equipped with an ID tag for managing the freshness of a beverage.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, in the beer industry, freshness management is performed in order to shorten the distribution period from the production of beer to the sale to customers. That is, a bar code is attached to a beer barrel container, and the date of manufacture of beer is determined by determining the beer barrel container with the barcode.
[0003]
However, since only the container number is attached to the barcode, it is difficult to collect data indicating the stay of the beer barrel container in the distribution channel.
Therefore, it is considered to attach an ID tag that allows easy data writing to a beer barrel container. In other words, the retention factor in the distribution route is stored in the ID tag to analyze the retention factor.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, for example, in the case of writing the beer filling date on the ID tag attached to the beer barrel container in the beer filling line, the mounting direction of the beer barrel container attached to the beer inlet is indefinite. There is a problem that the position of the ID tag attached to the card becomes indefinite, and the ID tag reader / writer cannot write the beer filling date on the ID tag.
[0005]
Further, in order to use the ID tag as a label, when the filling date is printed on the ID tag, since the position of the ID tag is indefinite as described above, the manufacturing date is printed on the ID tag. It is not possible. In this case, even if the position of the ID tag is fixed, the date of manufacture cannot be printed when the surface of the ID tag is curved.
[0006]
Furthermore, when the ID tag is fixed to the outer surface of the beer barrel container, even if the ID tag is firmly fixed to the beer barrel container, the ID tag may break down due to impact between the beer barrel containers, It may be peeled off easily, and may be intentionally peeled off by a third party.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage keg container in which the ID tag operates reliably and can be printed on the ID tag in a configuration in which the ID tag is mounted. There is.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the invention of claim 1, since the ID tag is mounted so that the centers of the ID tag are substantially coincident with the protrusion formed on the bottom of the barrel body of the beverage barrel container, the beverage barrel container is transported. When transported by a line, the ID tag passage trajectory is constant. Therefore, by installing the ID tag reader / writer corresponding to the passing path of the ID tag, it is possible to reliably communicate with the ID tag.
[0009]
In this case, since the ID tag passage trajectory is constant and the surface of the ID tag opposite to the bottom of the barrel main body has a planar shape, the date of manufacture, for example, can be reliably printed on the ID tag.
[0010]
In addition, since the ID tag is housed inside the beverage keg container and concealed from the outside, even if the beverage keg container collides, the ID tag breaks down or falls off carelessly. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation such as accidental removal or intentional peeling by a third party.
[0011]
In this case , since the concave part which forms a space part between ID tags is formed in the surface of the projection part in a barrel main part, an ID tag can be spaced apart from the metal surface of a barrel main body, The influence received from the barrel container for drinks can be reduced.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a beer barrel container will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a beer barrel container in section (however, the beer injection mechanism is omitted). In FIG. 1, a beer barrel container (corresponding to a beverage barrel container) 1 has a barrel body 4 having a stopper 2 (see FIG. 2) in the upper center portion and a cylindrical protrusion 3 in the bottom center portion. The upper skirt portion 5 provided at the upper portion of the barrel body 4 and having an upper end protruding above the stopper 2 and having a handle portion 5a, and the lower end provided at the lower portion of the barrel body 4 from the cylindrical projection portion 3 And a lower skirt portion 6 projecting downward.
[0014]
Here, a columnar ID tag 7 is fixed to the cylindrical projection 3 formed at the bottom of the barrel body 4 of the beer barrel container 1 by adhesion so that the centers of the tags substantially coincide with each other (FIG. 3). reference). In this case, a concave portion 8 is formed at the center of the cylindrical protrusion 3, and a space portion 9 is formed between the ID tag 7. The ID tag 7 stores a tag unique number, and tag information such as a manufacturing factory, a beer filling date, a beer variety, and a freshness validity period. The case of the ID tag 7 is colored in the same color as the beer barrel container 1 so as not to stand out.
[0015]
FIG. 4 shows the electrical configuration of the ID tag 7. In FIG. 4, the control IC 10 is a single-chip semiconductor element that constitutes a rectifying unit 12, a modem unit 13, a memory unit 14, etc., in addition to an MPU (microprocessor unit) 11.
[0016]
Here, the antenna coil 15 is connected in parallel with the resonance capacitor 16 to constitute a resonance circuit 17, and when a predetermined magnetic signal for power is transmitted from the ID tag reader / writer, The rectification unit 12 is supplied. The rectification unit 12 constitutes an operation power supply circuit together with the smoothing unit 18. The rectification unit 12 rectifies the power magnetic signal transmitted from the resonance circuit 17 and smoothes it by the smoothing unit 18 to obtain a constant voltage operation power. Power to the MPU 11 and the like.
[0017]
In this case, the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit 17 including the antenna coil 15 and the resonance capacitor 16 is a predetermined appropriate frequency (resonance frequency of the ID tag reader / writer) in a state where the ID tag 7 is mounted on the beer barrel container 1. Has been adjusted to match.
[0018]
FIG. 5 shows a beer filling line to the beer barrel container 1. In FIG. 5, the beer barrel container 1 is transported along the beer filling line 19. In this case, a beer inlet (not shown) is provided below the beer filling line 19, and the beer barrel container 1 transported through the beer filling line 19 has a stopper 2 in the middle of the transport. While being conveyed in an inverted state so as to be located on the lower side, beer is poured from the plug 2 located on the lower side in the inverted state. As for the beer barrel container 1, for example, those having a capacity of 10 liters and 20 liters are provided, and they are mixed and conveyed through the beer filling line 19. When injecting the beer, it is necessary to lower the beer inlet to a height corresponding to the capacity of the beer barrel container 1 or to raise the beer barrel container 1 to a position where the stopper 2 is attached to the beer inlet. This is because the configuration of the beer filling line 19 is complicated. In this case, the beer barrel container 1 attached to the beer inlet is pressed from above by a pusher (not shown), which may cause the beer barrel container 1 to be detached from the beer inlet. It is to be prevented.
[0019]
In addition, when the beer barrel container 1 is conveyed through the beer filling line 19, the beer barrel container 1 passes through the center of the beer filling line 19 by a guide means (not shown).
[0020]
Here, an ID tag reader / writer 20 is provided on the pusher that presses the beer barrel container 1 from above. A printing device (not shown) is provided corresponding to the trajectory of the beer barrel container 1. The ID tag reader / writer 20 and the printing apparatus are controlled by a host computer (not shown).
[0021]
Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
The beer barrel container 1 that has been transported by the beer filling line 19 is transported in a state where it is turned upside-down and the stopper 2 is positioned on the lower side.
[0022]
Thus, in the state where the beer barrel container 1 is inverted, the bottom portion of the beer barrel container 1 is located on the upper side, so that the ID tag fixed to the cylindrical protrusion 3 at the bottom portion of the beer barrel container 1 as shown in FIG. 7 comes to be located on the upper side.
[0023]
And when the stopper 2 located in the lower side of the beer barrel container 1 is attached to the beer inlet, the beer barrel container 1 is pressed from above by the pusher. At this time, since the ID tag reader / writer 20 provided in the pusher faces the ID tag 7 with a predetermined distance, the power magnetic signal output from the ID tag reader / writer 20 It passes through the antenna coil 15. As a result, an electromotive force is generated in the antenna coil 15, and operating power is supplied to the control IC 10, so that the ID tag 7 starts to operate.
[0024]
Here, since the ID tag 7 is mounted on the cylindrical protrusion 3 formed on the barrel body 4 of the beer barrel container 1 so that the centers thereof substantially coincide with each other, the beer barrel container mounted on the beer inlet port. Even if the mounting direction of 1 is indefinite, the center of the ID tag 7 is positioned in front of the ID tag reader / writer 20.
[0025]
At this time, although the resonance frequency of the ID tag 7 is deviated from the resonance frequency of the ID tag 7 alone by being attached to the beer barrel container 1, the resonance frequency of the ID tag 7 is set in advance in consideration of the deviation. Therefore, it has become a predetermined optimal frequency in the mounting state of the beer barrel container 1.
[0026]
Further, a space 9 is formed on the barrel body 4 side of the ID tag 7, and the ID tag 7 is positioned away from the barrel body 4, so that a power magnetic signal from the ID tag reader / writer 20 is provided. Can efficiently link the ID tags 7 and can reduce the influence of the ID tag 7 from the metal surface of the beer barrel container 1.
[0027]
Accordingly, the resonance frequency of the ID tag 7 attached to the beer barrel container 1 can be matched with the resonance frequency of the ID tag reader / writer 20 and the magnetic signal for power from the ID tag reader / writer 20 is used as the ID tag 7. The ID tag 7 can efficiently receive the magnetic signal for power from the ID tag reader / writer 20 and prevent the electromotive force of the antenna coil 15 from being lowered. it can.
[0028]
Then, the ID tag reader / writer 20 that has been able to communicate with the ID tag 7 as described above, changes from the ID tag 7 to the tag NO. And the manufacturing factory, filling date, beer type, freshness validity period, etc. are written in the ID tag 7.
[0029]
Subsequently, when filling of the beer into the beer barrel container 1 is completed, the filling date of the beer is printed on the surface of the ID tag 7 by a printing device (not shown).
As described above, the beer barrel container 1 is filled with beer, and the filled beer barrel container 1 is shipped to the customer via the distribution channel.
[0030]
In the distribution route, by reading the tag information from the ID tag 7 attached to the beer barrel container 1, it is possible to know the filling date of beer and tag information indicating the distribution route and the date and time on the ID tag 7. Remember.
[0031]
When the beer barrel container 1 is collected in the beer manufacturing factory, the tag information is read from the ID tag 7 and transmitted to the host computer, whereby the host computer centrally manages the retention information and determines the retention factor of the distribution route. Can be analyzed. Therefore, a beer quality assurance system can be established by shortening the distribution period.
[0032]
By the way, in the beer barrel container 1 in the middle of distribution, the stopper 2 is positioned on the upper side as shown in FIG. 2, and the ID tag 7 is concealed from the outside in the lower skirt portion 6. Therefore, when the beer barrel containers 1 are transported, even if the beer barrel containers 1 collide with each other, the ID tag 7 does not break down due to an impact or is not carelessly peeled off. Moreover, since the general person cannot recognize the presence of the ID tag 7 at first glance, the risk that the ID tag 7 is intentionally peeled off from the beer barrel container 1 by a third party can be reduced. it can.
[0033]
According to such an embodiment, the ID tag 7 is fixed to the cylindrical protrusion 3 formed on the bottom of the barrel body 4 of the beer barrel container 1 so that the centers of the ID tag 7 substantially coincide with each other. Even if the ID tag 7 can be positioned at the center of the beer barrel container 1 and the mounting direction of the beer barrel container 1 mounted at the beer inlet is indefinite, the ID tag reader / writer 20 It is possible to communicate reliably.
[0034]
Moreover, in the beer filling line 19, the ID tag 7 attached to the bottom of the barrel body 4 of the beer barrel container 1 is located on the upper side, and the trajectory of the ID tag 7 is constant, and the ID tag 7 is opposite to the barrel body 4. Since the surface has a flat shape, even if the mounting direction of the beer barrel container 1 mounted at the beer inlet is indefinite, the filling date can be reliably printed on the ID tag 7 by the printing device. it can.
[0035]
Moreover, since the space part 9 was formed between the ID tag 7 and the barrel main body 4 by forming the concave portion 8 in the center of the cylindrical protrusion 3 of the barrel main body 4, the ID tag 7 has a metal surface. The ID tag 7 can be avoided from being affected by the metal surface of the beer barrel container 1.
[0036]
Furthermore, since the resonance frequency of the ID tag 7 is set in advance so as to be a predetermined appropriate frequency when the ID tag 7 is attached to the beer barrel container 1, the resonance frequency is obtained when the ID tag 7 is attached to the beer barrel container 1. However, even if it deviates from the resonance frequency of the ID tag 7 alone, it does not deviate in the direction approaching the appropriate frequency, and the electromotive force of the antenna coil 15 of the ID tag 7 does not decrease.
[0037]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
As a shape of the ID tag 7, a rectangular shape or a polygonal shape may be used instead of the cylindrical shape.
The ID tag 7 may be embedded in the cylindrical protrusion 3 of the barrel body 4 of the beer barrel container 1.
[0038]
You may make it reduce the influence by the metal of a barrel main body by inserting a ferromagnetic body in the antenna coil of ID tag 7. FIG.
You may make it apply to the barrel container for carbonated drinks, the barrel container of juice, or the barrel container of liquid oral medicine.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a beer keg container showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the beer keg container. FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the beer keg container. Fig. 5 Perspective view of beer filling line [Explanation of symbols]
1 is a beer barrel container (a beverage barrel container), 3 is a cylindrical protrusion, 4 is a barrel body, 7 is an ID tag, 8 is a concave portion, 9 is a space portion, and 20 is an ID tag reader / writer.

Claims (5)

In a metal beverage keg container fitted with an ID tag,
The ID tag is mounted so that the centers of the ID tag are substantially coincided with a protrusion formed on the bottom of the barrel body in which the beverage is stored, and the surface located on the opposite side of the bottom of the barrel body is planar. It is formed on,
A barrel part for beverages , wherein a concave part that forms a space with the ID tag is formed on the protruding part of the barrel body . 2. The barrel container for beverage according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion is cylindrical, and the recessed portion is formed at the center of the protruding portion . 3. The barrel container for beverage according to claim 1, wherein the ID tag has a cylindrical shape, and is fixed so that a center thereof substantially coincides with the concave portion formed in the center of the protruding portion . 4. The barrel container for beverage according to claim 1, wherein the case of the ID tag is colored in the same color as the container. 5. The barrel container for beverage according to claim 1, wherein a filling date is printed on the flat surface of the ID tag in a state where the ID tag is fixed to the container.

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