JP4317952B2 - Mat member - Google Patents

Description

Technical field to which the invention belongs

  The present invention relates to a mat member provided with rubber or an elastic synthetic resin in a mat portion, including a mat member, for example, a foot wipe mat member which is supplied to a user as a rental product and is used cyclically after being collected for cleaning or the like. .

Conventional technology

Conventionally, in the mat member as described above, by providing unique identification data to the mat member, the mat member can be easily specified when the mat member used for rental is used by a specific user. It has been done.
In Patent Document 1, a small, coin-shaped radio frequency signal generator (RF chip, so-called data carrier) is disposed in the rubber of a mat, and identification data (ID) unique to the mat is stored in the RF chip. In addition, the RF chip is activated by radio waves transmitted from the reader, and the identification data is transmitted to the ID reader side by radio waves.

Japanese Patent No. 2631188

  However, the RF chip (small radio frequency transmitter) of Patent Document 1 is a button-like one with a clothes coat (for example, a diameter of about 22 mm and a thickness of about 4 mm), which is hard and has a large thickness. When it is embedded, there is a problem that the portion is raised and looks bad, the lower edge of the door is caught on the raised portion, and the tip is damaged when it is stepped on the high heel of the shoe. In addition, after collecting and washing the rental mat, water may be squeezed out by the laundry machine, such as pressing the disordered mat with a press device or rotating it with a centrifugal machine. There was also.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

The present invention comprises a body mat portion formed of rubber or an elastic synthetic resin with a functional portion such as a foot wipe portion on the surface,
Formed with rubber or elastic synthetic resin joined around the outer edge of the main body mat part so that a certain amount protrudes outside the main body mat part and overlaps with the outer edge part of the main body mat The outer mat side mat portion,
The width is equal to or smaller than the overlapping width of the overlapping portion, is flexible and has a thin piece shape, stores ID that is identification information of the mat, and overlaps the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion. A thin section for wireless communication that is sandwiched between the sections and whose ID can be read by a wireless reader ,
The thin piece for wireless communication is sandwiched and covered with a flexible sheet in an overlapping portion between the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion joined together, and in the sandwiched state In the mat member, the wireless communication thin piece is held so as to be displaceable with respect to the sheet .

In this way, by mounting the wireless communication thin piece (flaky wireless recognition chip) sandwiched between the overlapping portion of the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion, there is substantially no rise of the mat member, the mounting is not known, It is favorable in terms of design and is easy to use. Furthermore, since the thin piece for wireless communication has flexibility, it can follow the deformation in the washing drawing process and the like, and the thin piece does not jump out of the mat member. In addition, since the above-mentioned overlapping portion of the mat member is used as a sandwiching portion for the wireless communication flakes, a dedicated member necessary for mounting the communication flakes is not required. Similar to the mat member, the structure is simple.

The thin piece for wireless communication is sandwiched and covered with a flexible sheet in an overlapping portion between the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion joined together, and in the sandwiched state The thin piece for wireless communication can be held displaceably with respect to the sheet inside the sheet.

Usually, for example, a pile is implanted on the main body mat portion to form a functional portion of a foot wipe, and the outer mat side mat portion for improving the placing property and stability is arranged around the main body mat portion so as to partially overlap. Then, it is thermocompression-bonded at the overlapping portion to form an integral mat member. In the step of mounting the wireless communication thin piece on the mat member, the thin piece is sandwiched by the thermocompression of the overlapping portion. The thermal expansion of the overlapping portion (generally rubber) and the communication thin piece (for example, an ultra-thin chip and an antenna) If there is a considerable difference in the thermal expansion of the resin film (which is laminated with a resin film or the like), the sandwiched thin piece (for example, antenna) may be broken due to breakage or the like, but the communication thin piece comes as a sheet. Marete covered by flakes within that sheet is a displaceable, even the thermal expansion difference is it absorbed, communication flakes during clamping process is hardly broken.

The sheet that wraps and covers the wireless communication thin piece may be configured such that at least an inner surface that contacts the wireless communication thin piece is a non-adhesive surface that is not bonded and integrated with the wireless communication thin piece. The wireless communication flakes easily expand and contract within the seat.

The sheet that wraps and covers the wireless communication flakes can include a coating layer that reduces friction with the wireless communication flakes on at least an inner surface that contacts the wireless communication flakes. The sliding of the wireless communication flakes can be improved.

The thin piece for wireless communication can be sandwiched between overlapping portions of the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion joined to each other while being covered with a flexible water-resistant sheet. . For example, when the mat member is washed, water may enter into the overlapping portion (the overlapping portion is generally made of rubber, and a large number of micropores are formed to facilitate water squeezing after washing. In this case, the water-resistant sheet protects the wireless communication flakes from water intrusion and makes it easier to avoid malfunctions due to water immersion.

The thin piece for wireless communication is sandwiched between overlapping portions of the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion joined to each other while being covered with a sheet having flexibility and electrical insulation. Can be. Depending on the thermocompression of the overlapping part of the main body mat part and the mat part on the outer edge side or the subsequent finish coating on the back surface of the mat, the overlapping part may become conductive. If it is bare and is sandwiched between overlapping parts, the circuit part of the thin piece may be grounded via the mat member, so that the function of automatically recognizing the ID by the thin piece for wireless communication is fully exhibited. Although difficult situations may occur, such grounding is less likely to occur if the wireless communication flakes are wrapped (covered) with an insulating sheet.

The wireless communication flakes are sandwiched between sheets of flexible, water-resistant, and electrical insulation between overlapping portions of the main body mat portion and the outer edge mat portion joined to each other. In this case, both the above-described function of protecting the wireless communication flakes from the water and the function of preventing the occurrence of grounding can be obtained.

State wherein the wireless communication flakes, that the overlapping portion of the joined said body mat portion and the outer edge side mat together, flexible, covered wrapped in sheet having a water resistance and electrical insulation in conjunction with the clamping, the said radio communication flakes within said sheet in clamping condition can be to be displaceably held relative to the sheet, thereby absorbing the difference in thermal expansion between the above-water Thus, the function of protecting the thin section for wireless communication and the function of preventing the occurrence of grounding can be obtained at the same time.

  The sheet may be provided with a water-resistant resin coating on one side or both sides of a sheet base material. For example, if one side or both sides of the sheet base material is coated with silicon resin, and the sheet base material is based on, for example, paper, the silicon resin coating protects the thin piece for wireless communication in the mat member from water, In addition, a certain degree of insulation with the mat member can be secured, and further effects such as friction reduction with the thin piece (allowance for expansion and contraction due to thermal expansion) can be provided.

  The mat member may be provided with a link ID display portion representing a link ID associated with an ID stored in the casual communication slice. For example, the link ID display unit can visually recognize characters, symbols, codes, or combinations thereof determined on the back surface of the main body mat unit or the outer mat side mat unit in association with the ID stored in the wireless communication slice. It can be assumed that a simple link ID is displayed.

  If for some reason the wireless communication flakes placed in the mat member can no longer perform the function of automatically recognizing the ID stored in it by radio waves (functioning due to damage, life, etc.) It is practically impossible to recognize what ID the mat member had, or even if possible, it is extremely difficult to read out the ID of the wireless communication slice that has become inoperable by any means. Accompany. Therefore, if the link ID display unit for displaying the link ID previously associated with the ID stored in the wireless communication slice is formed on the mat member separately from the storage in the slice, the wireless communication slice If the link ID display portion of the mat member is viewed even if the link ID is broken, the original ID stored in the wireless communication slice can be determined from the link ID. Therefore, even when the wireless communication slice is broken, the mat member can be easily identified, and even when the wireless communication slice is replaced, what ID has been replaced from the old ID to be replaced (same Can also be re-added), and the management history can be maintained without blanks.

  The wireless communication thin piece has a longitudinal shape, an antenna for wireless communication is formed along the longitudinal direction, the width of the thin piece is made equal to or less than the overlapping width of the overlapping portion, and the longitudinal direction of the thin piece is The flakes can be arranged along the longitudinal direction of the overlapping portion. This makes it possible to employ a longer antenna that enhances the transmission / reception function, and it is possible to fit the long antenna into the overlapping portion.

  The wireless communication thin piece has a longitudinal shape, and an antenna for wireless communication is formed along the longitudinal direction, the width of the thin piece is made smaller than the overlapping width of the overlapping portion, and the longitudinal direction is set to the overlapping portion. And the sheet has a length greater than the longitudinal dimension of the wireless communication flake so that the wireless communication flake is covered to fit within the sheet. be able to.

  The wireless communication thin piece has a longitudinal shape, and an antenna for wireless communication is formed along the longitudinal direction. The thin piece is wrapped (covered) with the sheet in its width direction, and the longitudinal direction thereof. The thin piece can be displaced in the sheet so as to eliminate the difference between the thermal expansion of the thin piece and the thermal expansion coefficient of the overlapped portion, and the elongation accompanying the thermal expansion can be allowed. . Thereby, the thermal expansion mainly generated in the longitudinal direction of the thin section for wireless communication can be allowed (released) in the sheet along the longitudinal direction, and the durability of the thin section for wireless communication against thermal expansion is enhanced. .

Further, the mat member as described above has a functional part such as a foot wipe part on the surface, a mat part formed of rubber or an elastic synthetic resin,
A joining piece formed of rubber or elastic synthetic resin, partially joined to the back surface of the mat portion;
It is flexible and in the form of a flake and stores the ID, which is the identification information of the mat, and is sandwiched between the mat portion and the joining piece portion so that the ID can be read by a wireless reader A thin piece for wireless communication,
Can be provided.

  Even in such a mat member, the thickness of the chip hardly appears in the appearance by inserting the thin piece for wireless communication (flaky wireless recognition chip) between the mat part and the joining piece part (overlapping part). It is preferable in terms of design and is easy to use. Furthermore, since the thin piece for wireless communication has flexibility, it can follow the deformation in the washing process and the thin piece does not jump out of the mat member.

Also, by joining the joining piece portion to the mat portion of the mat member via the wireless communication thin piece, the wireless communication thin piece can be easily arranged on the mat member already existing as a product. Each mat member can be provided with a specific ID in a later process to prepare for individual management. Further, even when the wireless communication thin piece is broken or broken, the wireless communication thin piece can be easily replaced by joining the joining piece portion to the mat portion and sandwiching the wireless communication thin piece therebetween .

  The wireless communication thin piece has a longitudinal shape, an antenna for wireless communication is formed along the longitudinal direction, and the joining piece is formed on the back surface of the mat portion so that the longitudinal thin piece is along the outer edge of the functional portion. The antenna can be arranged so as to be as long as possible, thereby enhancing the reception / transmission function in automatic ID recognition using the thin piece.

The wireless communication thin piece is sandwiched (covered) in a state of being wrapped (covered) by a flexible sheet at an overlapping portion between the mat portion and the joining piece portion joined together, and in the sandwiched state. When the wireless communication thin piece can be held displaceably with respect to the sheet inside the sheet, the wireless communication thin piece is mated with the mat portion and the joining piece portion. By absorbing the difference in thermal expansion between the thin piece and the mat portion, the durability against the thermal expansion of the thin piece can be enhanced.

  The sheet surrounding the wireless communication thin piece has at least an inner surface in contact with the wireless communication thin piece as a non-adhesive surface that is not bonded and integrated with the wireless communication thin piece, at least on the wireless communication thin piece. It is possible to provide a coating layer that reduces friction with the wireless communication flakes on the inner surface to be contacted, and the effects obtained thereby are the same as those of the mat member.

The thin piece for wireless communication can be sandwiched (covered) in a state of being wrapped (covered) by a flexible water-resistant sheet at an overlapping portion between the mat portion and the joining piece portion joined to each other. The thin piece for wireless communication can be sandwiched between the mat part and the joining piece part joined to each other in a state of being wrapped in a sheet having flexibility and electrical insulation, The wireless communication thin piece is sandwiched between the mat portion and the joining piece portion joined to each other in a state of being wrapped in a sheet having flexibility, water resistance, and electrical insulation. The wireless communication flakes can be held displaceably with respect to the sheet inside the sheet in the sandwiched state, similarly to the mat member. Same effect as members It occurs.

In addition, the thin piece for wireless communication is wrapped (covered) in a sheet having flexibility, water resistance, and electrical insulation at an overlapping portion between the mat portion and the joining piece portion joined to each other. while being sandwiched in a state, that the wireless communication flakes within said sheet in its clamping state can be displaceably held relative to the sheet, the sheet is a silicone resin coating on one or both sides of the sheet substrate The mat member can also be used.

  Further, the mat member may be formed with a link ID display unit that represents a link ID associated with an ID stored in the wireless communication slice. In this case, the link ID display unit may be formed of the mat unit. Alternatively, on the back surface of the joining piece portion, numbers, characters, symbols, codes, or combinations thereof determined in association with the ID stored in the wireless communication thin piece can be visually checked or read by a barcode reader or the like. The link ID, which is a special symbol, can be displayed. Even in this case, the same effect as in the case of the mat member can be obtained.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the examples shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a mat member 1 such as a foot cleaning mat mainly used for rental. The mat member 1 includes a main body mat portion 2 having a rectangular shape. The main body mat portion 2 has a footcloth pile 4 (FIG. 8) as a functional portion through a base cloth 3 (see FIGS. 8 and 9). , 9) is implanted. In other words, the pile 4 is planted on the base fabric 3, and the main body mat portion 3 is integrated as a base on the back surface thereof.

  Around the outer edge portion of the main body mat portion 2, the outer edge side mat portion 5 is integrally joined in a rectangular ring shape. As shown in FIG. 8, the outer edge side mat portion 5 is disposed so as to overlap with the outer edge portion of the main body mat portion 2 by a certain amount, and the overlapping portion 6 is joined to the main body mat portion 2 so as to be integrated. . Both the main body mat portion 2 and the outer edge side mat portion 5 are made of rubber (may be elastic synthetic resin), and are integrated to such an extent that the boundary is not understood by thermocompression bonding (vulcanization adhesion molding, etc.) by heating, It looks like an integral mat part. The main body mat portion 2 can be said to be a base rubber for holding the pile 4, and the outer edge side mat portion 5 can also be referred to as an edge rubber. In addition to improving the stability and fixability in the state where 1 is laid on the floor, it also has the meaning of producing a design effect.

The overlapping portion 6 between the main body mat portion 2 and the outer edge side mat portion 5 is sandwiched with a thin piece 7 for wireless communication having a width smaller than the width of the overlapping portion 6 (overlap amount or overlapping width). The thin piece 7 for wireless communication is a small and thin wireless automatic recognition IC chip, and is a small, extremely thin strip-like piece having flexibility as shown in a plan view in FIG. That is, it has a long and narrow shape (rectangular shape). For example, the size is about 20 to 40 mm in length, 2 to 7 mm in width, and about 0.2 to 0.7 mm in thickness.

  The wireless communication thin piece 7 includes an ultra-small IC chip 8 and a transmission / reception antenna 9 connected thereto, which can be exemplified by being laminated with a resin film. As the wireless communication thin piece 7, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a chip 8 is used as a main element, and the chip 8 is integrated with a base film 10 with a sealing material 11 (resin or the like) and connected to the chip 8. Thus, the linear antenna 9 is formed by applying a very thin metal foil and, if necessary, predetermined metal plating. A laminate base (resin film or the like) 12 is bonded and laminated to the base film 10 via an adhesive layer (not shown) so as to cover the chip 8 and the antenna 9 on the base film 10, and is a strip-like flexible film. IC chip flakes that are extremely thin.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the circuit configuration of such a wireless communication thin piece 7 includes a chip (IC) 8 and an antenna 9 as main components, and the chip 8 includes a power generation circuit 15, a transmission circuit 16, A memory 17 is provided as storage means, and these are electrically connected. The memory 17 is composed of, for example, a ROM, in which specific identification data (ID) is written and stored. The IDs are different from each other for each mat member 1, and this ID is a radio that will be described later. Each mat member 1 can be identified by being automatically recognized by a type reading device (ID recognition device).

  Specifically, according to the data carrier method, in FIG. 6, an electromagnetic wave having a specific frequency is transmitted from the transmitting / receiving unit 21 of the reading device (recognizing device) 20 toward the wireless communication thin piece 7 embedded in the mat member 1. Then, the radio wave is received by the chip 8 via the antenna 9, the power generation circuit 17 is activated based on that, and predetermined power generation is performed, and the transmission circuit 16 is operated using this as a power source. The oscillation circuit 16 reads an ID unique to the chip 8 (mat member 1) stored in the memory 17 and outputs (transmits) the ID as radio wave ID information from the antenna 9 to the reading device 20 side. The reading device 20 receives the ID information by the radio wave and recognizes it by the reading processing unit (recognition processing unit) 22. The recognized ID data is taken in and stored in a peripheral device (not shown), and is used for, for example, history reference and sorting of the mat member 1.

The wireless communication thin piece 7 is sandwiched between the main mat portion 2 and the outer mat side mat portion 5 of the mat member 1 as it is in the process of thermocompression bonding (vulcanization adhesion, etc.). in may be so as to be clamped, preferably while covering the wireless communication flakes 7 all or part at a predetermined sheet can be clamped to the overlapping portion.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the wireless communication thin piece 7 is wrapped by a flexible sheet 25. In this example, the sheet 25 has a dimension that is equal to or larger than the length of the wireless communication thin piece 7 (preferably longer than that) and has an area (size) that can cover the front and back of the thin piece 7. The sheet 25 is folded at one side edge of the thin piece 7 and is folded at the other side edge with both ends of the communication thin piece 7 being opened, and a folded portion 28 (one of the sheets) Side edge) overlaps with the other side edge, which is the other starting edge of the sheet 25, by a certain amount. The wireless communication thin piece 7 wrapped with the sheet 25 can be referred to as a wireless communication composite thin piece 29 for automatic ID recognition.

In this way, the thin piece 7 is covered with the sheet 25. However, the sheet 25 and the thin piece 7 are not in an adhesive state, and the thin piece 7 is non-joined / non-integrated with respect to the sheet 25. In a state of being wrapped in the sheet 25, it can be displaced within the sheet, that is, can expand and contract with respect to the sheet 25 when its own thermal expansion occurs. The sheet 25 absorbs such thermal expansion of the thin piece 7, specifically, thermal expansion due to heat received by the thin piece 7 sandwiched between the main body mat portion 2 and the outer edge side mat portion 5. 9 serves not only to prevent breakage such as damage or disconnection of the sheet 9, but also to serve as a water resistance imparting sheet for protecting the flakes 7 from water when the mat member 1 is washed.

  The main body mat portion 2 and the outer edge side mat portion 5 are formed with a large number of minute holes for facilitating the removal of moisture during washing, so that the thin piece 7 can be protected from moisture during washing of the mat member 1 or the like. This is useful in the sense that the ID output function of the flake 7 is disabled. Further, the sheet 25 also functions as an insulating sheet that electrically insulates the thin piece 7 from the surroundings. This is because, after the main body mat portion 2 and the outer edge side mat portion 5 are heat-bonded (vulcanized and bonded), a predetermined coating layer is formed on the back surface thereof, and then the rubber layer is made conductive. In some cases, the thin piece 7 is grounded (grounded) through the mat member 1 laid on the surface. However, preventing the grounding does not impair the radio wave reception / transmission function for ID output by the wireless communication thin piece 7. This is significant in terms of how to do so.

  The sheet 25 covering the thin piece 7 may have a material (for example, resin) itself having low friction, water resistance, and insulation with the thin piece described above. Can be applied to one or both surfaces of the base material with a material that improves the low friction, water resistance and insulation, such as a resin. In the example shown in FIG. 7, resin coating layers 26 and 27 coated with, for example, a predetermined resin, such as silicon resin or epoxy resin, are formed on both surfaces of a sheet 25 made of paper or the like as a base material. By the layer, all of the above-mentioned low friction properties (easiness of slipping), water resistance and insulation properties are enhanced.

  Note that even if the sheet 25 does not have all of the above three functions, the sheet 25 having the function of any one or a combination of two or more of its low friction properties, water resistance, and insulation properties. Even when wrapped, the above-described certain effects can be obtained according to the functions that can be exhibited.

The wireless communication thin piece 7 wrapped in the sheet 25 as described above, in other words, the wireless communication composite thin piece 29 for automatic ID recognition, includes the main body mat portion (base rubber) 2 of the mat member 1 and the outer edge side mat portion ( It is sandwiched and embedded in the overlapping portion 6 with the edge rubber) in the process of thermal bonding between them. In the arrangement, the thin piece 7 is set and sandwiched so that the extending direction of the antenna 9 in this example is along the longitudinal direction of the overlapping portion 6. In other words, the longitudinal direction of the thin piece 7 and one side of the mat member 1 (outer edge side mat portion 5) are arranged substantially parallel to each other. ID recognition IC chip) can be accommodated in the overlapping portion 6.

Further, in the example of FIG. 7 , the both ends of the thin piece 7 are wrapped with the sheet 25, but after the thin piece 7 is wrapped with the sheet 25 as shown in a modified example in FIG. Both ends can be sealed with sealing portions 25a and 25c, and the folded portion of the sheet 25 can also be sealed with the sealing portion 25b, so that the thin piece 7 can be enclosed (displaceable) in the sheet 25. .

  As a further modification, as shown in FIG. 11, the thin piece 7 is accommodated in a cylindrical sheet 35 having both ends open (the open ends can be sealed), or as shown in FIG. The thin piece 7 is accommodated in the bag-shaped sheet 36 opened at one end, or the thin piece 7 is accommodated in the bag-shaped sheet 36 opened at one end as shown in FIG. Can also be sealed. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of improving the water resistance and insulation of the flakes 7, the flakes are covered with a predetermined heat shrink film in a substantially intimate contact state, or the flakes 7 are immersed in a predetermined resin bath to cover the entire flakes 7. It is also possible to cover with a film of resin or the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a link ID display unit 40 determined in association with the ID stored in the thin piece 7 is formed on the back surface of the mat member 2 (the main body mat unit 2 or the outer mat side mat unit 5). can do. For example, as shown in FIG. 16 , the link ID is conceptually a character such as a number previously associated (associated) with an ID as electronic data stored in the electronic on the thin piece (chip) 7. A link ID 41 ( see also FIG. 2) made up of symbols / symbols or a combination thereof is displayed on the display unit 40 so as to be visible with the naked eye, for example.

  The form of the display unit 40 is such that, for example, the display piece 42 on which the link ID 41 is displayed is attached to the mat member 1 by an adhesive, heat welding, or a combination thereof on the back surface of the mat member 1 or the like. Or may be displayed directly on the back surface of the mat member 1 by printing, stamping, printing, or other display method. And link ID41 displayed on this display part 40 is linked | related with ID memorize | stored in the thin piece 7, but this correlation also includes the case where stored ID and link ID are the same.

  By providing such a display unit 40 of the link ID 41 separately from the thin piece 7 in which the original ID is stored, even if the thin piece 7 becomes inoperative or malfunctions, the link ID can be seen. In this case, the ID stored in the slice 7 can be specified, and as a result, the mat member 1 (which can no longer automatically recognize the ID) can be identified, so that even if the slice 7 is broken, it is guaranteed. It is safe.

In the above description, the case where the thin piece 7 is clamped at the joint between the main body mat portion 2 and the outer edge side mat portion 5 of the mat member 1 has been described. However, as shown in FIG. 15, the main body mat portion 2 or the outer edge side mat. The joining piece portion 45 is joined to the portion 5 , and the above-described wireless communication thin piece 7 is sandwiched between the joining surfaces (overlapping portions) alone or in the state of the composite thin piece 29 covered (wrapped) with the sheet 25 or the like. You can also . The joining piece portion 45 is a rubber piece made of rubber (synthetic resin may be used), for example. Then, the thin piece 7 is sandwiched between these joint surfaces and integrated.

  This structure or method can be adopted as an alternative to the structure shown in FIG. 9 and, of course, the mat member 1 already existing as a product can be identified by giving an ID, or the aforementioned thin piece 7 can be broken for some reason. This is convenient when the thin piece 7 is exchanged. Even in this case, for example, the outer edge side mat portion 5 only replaces the joining piece portion 45, and is common in that the thin piece 7 is embedded (embedded) in the joining portion (overlapping portion).

Also in this embodiment, the position of the thin piece 7 can be accommodated in the same position as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, and the structure of the thin piece 7 is as shown in FIGS. The same. Further, the structure shown in FIGS. 7 and 10 to 13 can be applied as it is to cover and cover the thin piece 7 with the sheet 25 or the like, and the sheet 25 and the like can be applied with the same low friction (the thermal expansion of the thin piece 7) as in the above embodiment. Absorption), water resistance and insulation can be improved.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, it is suitable for the joining piece part 45 to employ | adopt the shape corresponding to the shape of the thin piece 7 (If a thin piece is strip shape, it makes a longitudinal shape according to it.) As shown in FIG. 16, the joining piece 45 can be provided substantially parallel to one side of the mat member 1. In FIG. 16, the joining piece portion 45 is entirely or partially fitted in the thickness direction in the portion (the main body mat portion 2 or the outer edge side mat portion 5) of the mat member 1 corresponding to the joining location of the joining piece portion 45. You may form a recessed part and join the joining piece part 45 through the thin piece 7 there.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the link ID display unit 40 associated therewith can be provided separately from the ID stored in the wireless communication thin piece 7 in this example, thereby providing the same effect as described above. Is obtained.

  15 and 16, it is not always necessary that the mat member 1 is formed by joining the main body mat portion 2 and the outer edge side mat portion 5, and may be integrally formed as a mat portion from the beginning. Good. That is, the joining piece portion 45 is joined to the integral mat portion from the beginning through the thin piece 7.

  In the above description, the wireless communication thin piece 7 has a strip shape (longitudinal shape), but this is influenced by the fact that an antenna is formed on the chip externally (to make the antenna as long as possible). . If the antenna is built in the chip and a certain antenna performance can be exhibited, the thin piece can be set to a square, a circle, or any other appropriate shape. And when covering a thin piece with a sheet | seat, what is necessary is just to implement | achieve the coating form according to the shape of the thin piece.

In the present embodiment as described above, RFID: radio frequency that assumes (Radio Frequency Identification radio frequency identification, data carrier information (ID) stored in the electronic circuit, to recognize the ID in communication by contactless communication) Using the recognition ID chip (ID tag), the ultra-thin RFID chip is wrapped with silicon paper between the rubber of the mat member and high-temperature pressure bonded, and the RFID chip and the mat identification number (link number) are linked. As described above, even when the RFID chip is durable and the ID thereof is not required to be read, the history data already accumulated can be protected.

  That is, an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip that is a wireless automatic identification ID chip that stores an ID, which is identification information unique to the mat member, in the mat member to be identified, and recognizes the ID by communication using non-contact communication. ID is displayed, and a mat ID number (link number) that is a separate link ID linked to be associated with the chip ID is displayed separately from the chip ID stored in the RFID chip The part is formed.

  The mat ID number of the link ID display unit is a form that can be physically read by human eyes, or a form that is read by a method different from RFID, such as a barcode, and is directly and physically assigned to the ID management object. Or a non-electronic recording form that is physically attached via an additional piece.

  Further, the mat individual identification number is described in an optically readable form such as a number, a letter, a symbol, a code, a combination thereof, or a barcode code.

As a medium for sandwiching the link ID (individual identification number), for example, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18 , a transparent or semi-transparent (translucent) rubber or synthetic resin bonded body 51 is used as a base material. An individual identification number printing unit 51 is formed on the back surface of a transparent substrate using inverted numbers, characters, and the like. On the other hand, the surface side (the side that looks inverted) is covered with a resin film 52 (for example, PET) as a cover film. And as shown in FIG. 19 , the side in which the printing part 51 was formed is applied to the back surface of the mat part 2 or 5, the base material 50 is crimped | bonded to the mat part back surface at high temperature, and the cover film 51 is peeled after that. . Thereby, an operator or an operator can see the individual identification number (inverted display) through the transparent base material 50 in a face-to-face configuration. In this case, since the printing part 51 is covered with the transparent base material 50, there is no abrasion of the printing part, and there is an effect that the base material 50 is protected by the cover film 52 at the time of high-temperature pressure bonding. The printing unit may be a barcode or the like that is read from the surface of the substrate 50 by a barcode reader or the like.

In the above description, the wireless communication thin piece 7 has a strip shape (longitudinal shape), but this is influenced by the fact that an antenna is formed on the chip externally (to make the antenna as long as possible). . If the antenna is built in the chip and a certain antenna performance can be exhibited, the thin piece can be set to a square, a circle, or any other appropriate shape. And when covering a thin piece with a sheet | seat, what is necessary is just to implement | achieve the coating form according to the shape of the thin piece.

The top view which shows an example of a mat member. The back view which shows an example of a mat member. The partially expanded view of FIG. 1 of a mat member. The top view which shows an example of the thin piece for radio | wireless communication . The partial expanded sectional view which shows an example of the thin piece for the radio | wireless communication. The circuit diagram which shows notionally the structure and reading (recognition apparatus) of the thin piece for radio | wireless communication. The perspective view which shows the example which wrapped the thin piece for radio | wireless communication with the sheet | seat. Sectional drawing which shows an example of the process of clamping the thin piece for radio | wireless communication to the overlap part of the main body mat part and outer edge side mat part of a mat member. Sectional drawing which shows an example of the state after clamping the thin piece for radio | wireless communication to the overlap part of the main body mat part and outer edge side mat part of a mat member. The figure which shows another example which wraps the thin piece for radio | wireless communication with a sheet | seat. The figure which shows the modification which covers the thin piece for radio | wireless communication with a sheet | seat. The figure which shows the further modification of FIG. The figure which shows the further modification of FIG. The conceptual diagram explaining the relationship with ID memorize | stored in the thin piece for radio | wireless communication regarding the display part of link ID. Sectional drawing which shows an example of the process of clamping the thin piece for radio | wireless communication between the mat member and joining piece part of a mat member. The back surface partial view of the mat member which shows an example of the state which joined the joining piece part. The figure which shows an example of the display part of link ID with the front surface and the back surface. Sectional drawing of the display part. The figure which shows the fixation form to the mat member of the display part.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mat member 2 Main body mat part 3 Base cloth 4 Pile (functional part)
5 Outer mat side part 6 Overlapping part 7 Thin piece for wireless communication 8 Chip 9 Antenna 20 Reading device (recognition device)
25, 35, 36 Sheet 26, 27 Resin coating layer 29 Composite thin piece 40 for wireless communication Link ID display 41 Link ID
45 Joint piece

Claims (9)

A body mat portion formed of rubber or elastic synthetic resin with functional portions such as foot wipes on the surface;
Around the outer edge of the main body mat part, it is made of rubber or elastic synthetic resin, which is bonded to the outer side of the main body mat through an overlapped part so that a certain amount protrudes outside the main body mat part. Outer rim side mat part,
The width is equal to or smaller than the overlapping width of the overlapping portion, is flexible and has a thin piece shape, stores ID that is identification information of the mat, and overlaps the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion. A thin section for wireless communication that is sandwiched between the sections and whose ID can be read by a wireless reader ,
The thin piece for wireless communication is sandwiched and covered with a flexible sheet in an overlapping portion between the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion joined together, and in the sandwiched state The mat member , wherein the wireless communication thin piece is held inside the sheet so as to be displaceable with respect to the sheet . 2. The mat member according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet covering and covering the thin piece for wireless communication has at least an inner surface in contact with the thin piece for wireless communication being a non-adhesive surface that is not bonded and integrated with the thin piece for wireless communication. . 2. The mat member according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet covering and covering the wireless communication thin piece includes a coating layer that reduces friction with the wireless communication thin piece on at least an inner surface in contact with the wireless communication thin piece. The wireless communication flakes, the overlapping portion between the main mat portion and the outer edge side mat joined together, to flexible claims 1 is held in a state covered with water-resistant sheet having a 3 The mat member according to any one of the above. The thin piece for wireless communication is sandwiched between overlapping portions of the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion that are joined to each other in a state of being covered with a flexible and electrically insulating sheet. The mat member according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . The thin piece for wireless communication is sandwiched between overlapping portions of the main body mat portion and the outer edge side mat portion joined to each other in a state of being covered with a sheet having flexibility, water resistance, and electrical insulation. The mat member according to claim 1 . State wherein the wireless communication flakes, that the overlapping portion of the joined said body mat portion and the outer edge side mat together, flexible, covered wrapped in sheet having a water resistance and electrical insulation in conjunction with the sandwiched mat member according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication flakes within said seat is displaceably held relative to the sheet in its clamped state. The mat member according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the sheet has a water-resistant resin coating on one side or both sides of a sheet base material. The mat member according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the sheet is coated with a silicon resin on one side or both sides of a sheet base material.

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