JPH0592868U - Data carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] Regarding a data carrier that is mounted on a container and used for a container management system, to make it easy to attach to the container and use the data carrier efficiently in the container management system. To aim. A data carrier electronic circuit is sealed with an elastic material as a data carrier to be used by being attached to a container having a structure in which a container has a base at the upper end center and a cylindrical handle portion is formed on the outside of the base. A main body is formed, and the main body is mounted and fixed inside the mouthpiece or handle of the container. Further, the height of the data carrier main body is formed to be lower than the height of the base of the base of the container or the height of the handle of the container. Further, a mounting portion which is fitted to the mouthpiece of the container or the handle portion of the container is formed integrally with the main body of the data carrier.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a data carrier mounted on a container and used for a container management system.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Conventionally, in a container management system, as shown in FIG. 12, a plate 20 having a serial number and a manufacturing date stamped thereon is attached by welding to the upper end of the container 1 provided with a base 2, or the container 1 is attached. The barcode 21 is attached on the side, and the data of each container corresponding to the container number is entered in the data file of the information management system separately, and if necessary, the data file is searched using the container number as an index. To obtain necessary data.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such a conventional container management system, as the number of containers increases, the capacity of the data file also increases, and it takes time to search for the necessary data, and an enormous amount of data files are maintained. The cost to manage also increased, and the bar code on the side of the container was liable to be damaged by external force.

As a method of solving this problem, a method of using a data carrier capable of reading and writing data in a contactless manner can be considered. For example, when the handle portion 3 of the container 1 shown in FIG. 12 is made of rubber, a data carrier 22 is embedded by making a hole in the handle portion 3 and the data required for each container is attached to the container 1. It is not necessary to separately prepare a data file by writing the data in the container 22 and directly storing the data in the container 1.

However, the handle part of the container is not necessarily made of rubber but may be a metal handle part, and it is a complicated and time-consuming work to open a hole in the metal handle part and mount the data carrier. Then, there was a problem that the strength was reduced by making a hole in the handle part. The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a data carrier having a structure that facilitates attachment to a container and enables efficient use of the data carrier in a container management system. To aim.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve this object, the present invention is configured as follows. The reference numerals in the drawings of the embodiments are also shown. First, the present invention is directed to a data carrier 5 which is used by being attached to a container 1 having a structure in which a container 2 has a base 2 at the center of the upper end thereof and a cylindrical handle portion 3 is formed outside the base 2. The circuit 6 is sealed with an elastic material to form a main body portion 7, and the main body portion 7 is attached and fixed to the inside of the base 2 or the handle portion 3 of the container 1.

Further, the height of the main body portion 7 of the data carrier 5 is formed to be lower than the height of the base of the mouthpiece 2 of the container 1 or the height of the handle portion 3 of the container 1. Further, mounting portions 8 and 13 which are fitted to the mouthpiece 2 of the container 1 or the handle portion 3 of the container 1 are formed integrally with the main body portion 7 of the data carrier 5.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to the data carrier of the present invention having such a configuration, the mounting portion integrally provided on the main body portion sealed with the elastic material such as rubber is pressed and fitted into the mouthpiece or the handle portion of the container. It can be easily attached or removed.

Further, when the data carrier is attached to the mouthpiece or the handle, the main body is lower than the mouthpiece or the handle, so that the data carrier can be surely protected from external force applied during handling of the container.

[0010]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment showing a data carrier of the present invention in a container attached state. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a container, which is provided with a mouthpiece 2 at the center of the upper portion, and a handle portion 3 having a plurality of openings 4 is formed in a cylindrical shape in the circumference of the mouthpiece 2. 5 is a data carrier of the present invention, which is attached to the base 2 in this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the data carrier 5 of FIG. 1 taken out, FIG. 3 is a side view, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. In FIG. 2, the data carrier 5 forms a box-shaped main body portion 7 by sealing the data carrier electronic circuit 6 with an elastic material such as rubber, and a slit 9 is provided on the main body portion 7. The base attachment portion 8 is integrally formed.

The data carrier electronic circuit 6 sealed in the main body portion 7 is housed in, for example, a coin-shaped package, and has a coil for transmitting and receiving signals without contact with the outside, a transmission / reception circuit memory controller, and Equipped with a non-volatile memory such as E ² PROM. Details of the data carrier electronic circuit 6 are disclosed as memory modules in, for example, JP-A-1-184781, 2-63349 and 2-89431.

Further, as is clear from the AA cross section of FIG. 4, the mouthpiece attachment portion 8 provided integrally with the main body portion 7 is formed with a taper portion 11 inside the lower end following the attachment hole 10 and It is designed to be easily fitted into the mouthpiece. FIG. 5 shows how the data carrier 5 is attached to the mouthpiece 2 of the container 1 of FIG. 1, so that the dimensional relationship of each part of the data carrier 5 will be clarified.

First, the height H1 of the data carrier 5 is formed to be lower than the height H2 of the base of the base 2. Further, the diameter D1 of the opening portion of the tapered portion 11 in FIG. 4 is formed to be larger than the diameter D2 of the collar 12 at the tip of the die 12 shown in FIG. By setting the dimensional relationship of the data carrier 5 with respect to the container mouthpiece 2 as described above, the lower side of the mouthpiece mounting portion 8 of the data carrier 5 is applied to the mouthpiece 2 and pushed from above, so that the data carrier 5 can be easily replaced as shown in FIG. Can be attached to the container 1. Further, since the height of the data carrier 5 is lower than that of the base 2 with the data carrier 5 attached to the base 2, even if an object hits the base 2, the data carrier 5 is protected from external force.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing another embodiment in which the data carrier is attached to the mouthpiece. In the first embodiment of FIG. 2, the mouthpiece mounting portion 8 is provided with a slit 9. However, the second embodiment of FIG. 6 (a) is characterized in that it has a perfect cylindrical shape without providing slits. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6B, tapered portions 11 are formed above and below the mounting hole 10 so that the data carrier 5 can be easily attached to and detached from the base 2.

If the data carrier 5 that has been installed once is prevented from being removed in order to prevent mischief and theft, do not provide the upper taper portion but only the lower taper portion. This makes it a data carrier that is easy to install and that cannot be easily removed. FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an embodiment showing the third embodiment of the data carrier of the present invention attached to the handle portion of the container together with the container.

In FIG. 7, the data carrier 5 is integrally provided with a handle attaching portion 13, and is attached by fitting the handle attaching portion 13 into the opening 4 of the handle portion 3 as shown in the figure. FIG. 8 shows the data carrier 5 of FIG. 7 taken out. The data carrier electronic circuit 6 is sealed in the main body portion 7, and the height of the main body portion 7 is lower than the height of the handle portion 3. Is formed. A pair of handle attaching portions 13 extends in an arc shape from the side surface end portion side of the main body portion 7.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, by inserting the data carrier 5 inside the handle portion 3 and pushing the handle attaching portion 13 into each of the two opening portions 4, the space between the opening portions 4 is held. The data carrier 5 can then be attached. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the data carrier 5 of FIG. 7 is attached to the handle portion 3, and since the height of the main body portion 7 of the data carrier 5 is lower than the handle portion 3 and lower than the central base 2. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the external force from being directly applied to the data carrier 5 even if an object is hit while handling the container 1.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an embodiment showing the fourth embodiment of the present invention in a state where the container is attached. As shown in FIG. Thus, the data carrier 5 consisting of only the main body portion 7 sealed with an elastic material is screwed and fixed inside the handle portion 3. In the fourth embodiment, it is necessary to machine the mounting hole 14 for the handle portion 3, but the mounting hole 14 itself can be small, so that the strength of the handle portion 3 is hardly reduced.

[0020]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, it is easy to attach a data carrier to a container having a structure in which a container is provided at the center of the upper end of the container, and a cylindrical handle portion is formed on the outer side of the container, and the mounting state is improved. Since it is surely protected against external force, it is possible to construct a container management system that uses a highly reliable data carrier that is easy to handle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a first embodiment of the present invention attached to a container.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the data carrier of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the data carrier of FIG.

4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting state on the container base of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a third embodiment of the present invention attached to a container.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the data carrier of FIG. 7 taken out.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the container is attached to the handle portion of FIG. 7.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention attached to a container.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the container is attached to the handle portion of FIG.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of a conventional container used in the container management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Container 2: Base 3: Handle part 4: Opening part 5: Data carrier 6: Data carrier electronic circuit 7: Main body part 8: Base part mounting part 9: Slotted part 10: Mounting hole 11: Tapered part 13: Handle mounting part 14: Mounting hole 15: Bolt

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A data carrier to be used by being attached to a container having a structure having a cap at the center of the upper end of the container and having a cylindrical handle part formed outside the cap, wherein the data carrier electronic circuit is made of an elastic material. A data carrier, which is formed by sealing to form a main body, and the main body is attached and fixed to the inside of a mouthpiece or a handle of the container. 2. The data carrier according to claim 1, wherein
A data carrier, characterized in that the height of the main body is lower than the height of the base of the mouth of the container or the height of the handle of the container. 3. The data carrier according to claim 1, wherein
A data carrier, characterized in that an attachment portion is formed integrally with the main body portion so as to be fitted to a mouthpiece of a container or a handle portion of the container.