JPH07213479A - Rental cleaning fiber product and sorting method of used cleaning fiber product - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a rental cleaning fiber product which can conduct surely and electronically cleaning fiber commodity control and customer control or the like by utilizing an electromagnetic wave, and in addition provide a sorting system of a non-contact type by which used cleaning fiber products are sorted surely and according to products without being touched directly by hands and washing reclamation can be conducted efficiently. CONSTITUTION:A data carrier 1 of passive, information discrimination and waterproof types of an electromagnetic induction method is fitted to a rental cleaning fiber product, and each data carrier 1 is made to memorize a merchandise code or a customer code, and each cleaning fiber product is lent to users, and when used cleaning fiber products that have been recovered are sorted and conducted with reclamation processing, electric power is fed to each data carrier 1 from a reader 10 by means of a high frequency pulse, and a code number from each data carrier 1 is received, and the sorting of the cleaning fiber products according to products, is conducted on the basis of these code numbers.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning fiber product for rental and a method for sorting used cleaning fiber products, which makes it possible to electronically manage products and customers for cleaning fibers by using electromagnetic waves.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Textile products for cleaning, such as shoe-wiping mats, mops, and wiping cloths, are made of fibers that have a dust-adsorbing oil agent that is adsorbed or applied to hold the dust-collecting and retaining properties. Many are used.

Such a cleaning textile product has a rental system in which a leasing company collects it after the user has used it for a certain period of time, and after the cleaning system removes dust and the like adhering to the fibers of the cleaning tool, The dust adsorbent is applied to the fiber for recycling, and it is rented out to users again.

The used cleaning textile products delivered to the recycling factory are a mixture of various products in an irregular manner, and the processing such as sorting for cleaning and recycling is performed exclusively by humans. A name label or bar code indicating the source, product name, etc. is attached to these cleaning textile products so that they can be confirmed.

[0005]

However, it is hard to say that the above name card and bar code function effectively when sorting used cleaning textiles for cleaning and recycling. That is, since used cleaning fiber products are subjected to severe conditions of use, they are often heavily contaminated, making it difficult to read name cards and bar codes. Further, in sorting work, since the worker must handle each used cleaning fiber product by hand, a non-contact type sorting system that allows easy confirmation of products is desired.

Further, since the information obtained from the name card and the bar code is very limited, the details such as the expiration date, the customer, the manufacturer, the lot number, etc.
It is not possible to obtain fragmented information.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a rental cleaning fiber product which makes it possible to electronically and reliably manage the cleaning fiber product management and customer management by utilizing electromagnetic waves. Another object of the present invention is to ensure that the used cleaning textiles, that is, the used cleaning textiles that have been subjected to harsh conditions of use and are extremely dirty, are separated by product without being directly touched. The purpose is to provide a non-contact type sorting system that enables sorting.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cleaning fiber product for rental, characterized in that the cleaning fiber product is equipped with an electromagnetic induction type passive type, information identification type and water resistant type data carrier. Provided.

In the present invention, it is convenient to attach a data carrier under or near the name label or bar code of the cleaning textile.

According to the present invention, a cleaning textile is also provided with an electromagnetic induction type passive type, information identification type and water resistant type data carrier and the data carrier stores a product code or a customer code. When lending cleaning textiles to users and sorting and recycling used cleaning textiles that are collected, the reader supplies power to the data carrier with high frequency pulses and receives the code number from the data carrier. Then, a sorting method of the used cleaning fiber products is provided, characterized in that the cleaning fiber products are sorted by product based on this code number.

[0011]

In the present invention, as the data carrier (ultra-small transponder) attached to the cleaning textile, the electromagnetic induction type passive type, information identifying type and water resistant type data carrier are used. Although there are various types of data carriers, in the present invention, first of all, the electromagnetic induction type, that is, the one using the induction electromagnetic field as the transmission medium is used, so that the data carrier is installed in the cleaning textile. hand,
Even in the non-exposed state and therefore in the non-contact state with the reader, it is possible to smoothly transmit the information.

[0012] In the data carrier used in the present invention, the passive type means an externally supplied type that does not have a built-in power source, that is, a non-power source type, and the power is supplied by a high frequency wave from a reader. By pulse. For this reason, in the rental cleaning textile product of the present invention, once the data carrier is attached to the new product, even if the rental cycle is performed many times, it is necessary for the reader to be used at any place by the reader until the life ends. You can get the data.

The data carrier is classified according to the amount of stored information, from the presence detection type of 1 bit (bit) to the distributed database type of up to 256 kilobytes (kbytes). Identification type, generally 3 to 16 bytes of information, especially 4
Use up to 12 bytes. In other words, the amount of data required for product management of rental cleaning textile products is sufficient in the above range, and since the amount of data is relatively small, there are advantages that the weight and size to be attached are small and the driving power is also small.

It is also important that the data carrier used is water resistant. The cleaning textile product targeted by the present invention is operated in a rental system and is subjected to a process such as washing and recycling a number of times, and therefore it must have particularly excellent water resistance.

According to the present invention, the data carrier does not interfere with the cleaning textiles such as the cleaning property, and the data carrier is not damaged even under severe cleaning conditions.
It is important to provide. Further, in the case of the passive type data carrier, the reachable distance is a proximity type of several mm to several tens of mm, but in the case of a handy reader, it is desirable that the operator know the mounting position of the data carrier in advance. Usually, the name label or bar code of the rental cleaning textile product is provided at the longest-lasting portion of the product without interfering with the cleaning property or the like. Also, the dealers handling rental cleaning textiles are well aware of where the name label or bar code is located. Thus, when the data carrier is attached under or near the name label or bar code of the cleaning textile product for rental, cleaning workability is not impaired,
It is possible to prevent the data carrier from being damaged or detached, improve the useful life, and read the data smoothly.

According to the present invention, a used cleaning fiber product, that is, a used cleaning fiber product which has been subjected to severe use conditions and is extremely soiled, can be treated directly without touching it.
Since it is possible to reliably read the product data, it is possible to sort the cleaning textile products individually by type, manufacturing age, etc. based on the read data.

That is, a cleaning fiber product for rental, which is equipped with an electromagnetic induction type information identification type and passive type data carrier to the cleaning fiber product and stores the product code or the customer code in the data carrier, can be used by a consumer. Lend. When sorting and recycling the used cleaning textile products to be collected, the reader supplies electric power to the data carrier with high frequency pulses and receives the code number from the data carrier, and the cleaning textile product is based on this code number. It is possible to sort by product. Of course,
It goes without saying that the data carrier attached to the cleaning textile can also be used for product sorting and inventory management.

[0018]

1 is a block diagram of a data carrier and a reader according to the present invention, a data carrier 1 attached to a cleaning textile is a receiving circuit comprising a receiving antenna 1a and a demodulating circuit 2, an oscillating circuit 3 and a modulating circuit. / A transmission circuit including an amplification circuit 4 and a transmission antenna 5. The reception circuit and the transmission circuit are connected to the SP / PS conversion circuit 6 and the main control circuit 7, respectively. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, data can be exchanged between the main control circuit 7 and the data memory 8.
In addition, S is a signal and P is a pulse. The power is supplied by charging the capacitance with the current from the receiving circuit and using it for driving the IC.

For accessing the memory, a read-only RO type (Read Only) and a single write / read-only WORM type (Write Once Read) are used.
Many) or read / write RW type (Read W
write) is possible.

In the RO type, only the data can be read between the main control circuit 7 and the data memory 8, and the data writing to the data memory 8 is performed at the shipping destination of the data carrier. In the WORM type, between the main control circuit 7 and the data memory 8, writing of data only once and subsequent reading of data are performed. The writing of data takes place when the data carrier is attached to the new cleaning textile. In the RW type, data writing and data reading are always possible between the main control circuit 7 and the data memory 8.

In order to prevent unintended loss or modification of written data, the RO type and the WORM type are preferable, and the WORM type is preferable in terms of the degree of freedom of writing.

A serial system is convenient for exchanging data between the main control circuit 7 and the SP / PS converter 6, and therefore it is convenient to perform transmission and reception by the serial system. Also,
The radio wave used may be amplitude modulation or frequency modulation. In the latter case, FSK (Frequency) is used for keying.
y Shift Keying) and PSK (Phase)
Shift Keying) can be used. The frequency used is not particularly limited, but generally 100 KHz to 10
At 200 GHz to 600 KHz, 2 MHz to 5 in consideration of radio law conditions and easy supply of parts.
MHz, 20MHz-50MHz, 100MHz-5G
Hz is excellent.

In FIG. 1, the reader 10 includes a receiving circuit including a receiving antenna 11, an amplifier circuit 12a and a demodulating circuit 12b, and a transmitting circuit including an oscillating circuit 13, a modulating circuit 14a, an amplifying circuit 14b and a transmitting antenna 15. I have it. The receiving circuit and the transmitting circuit are respectively PS
It is connected to the / SP conversion circuit 16 and the main control circuit 17. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the main control circuit 17 uses the RS23.
It is connected to a host computer 19 for control and management through a bidirectional serial communication circuit 18 such as 2C.

The communication between the data carrier 1 and the reader 10 may be simplex (unidirectional communication) that uses a common frequency for transmission and reception, or duplex (bidirectional communication) that uses different frequencies for transmission and reception. Duplex is advantageous in that the communication between the data carrier 1 and the reader 10 is surely performed. For example, 400 KHz can be used for one side and 200 KHz for the other side.

The memory map of the data memory 8 in the data carrier 1 can be freely defined by a program,
As the stored data, product types (major classification, middle classification,
Subclass), manufacturing date, manufacturing lot number, etc.
In addition, there are customer counts and, in the case of the RW type, the number of times counted, the content of product repair, and the like. A typical memory capacity is 3
To 16 bytes are suitable, as an example, of these, 1 to 2 bytes, 1 to 3 bytes, 1 to
~ 2 bytes, or even 2-3 bytes, and 1 for others
A 2-byte map is suitable.

The communication protocol between the data carrier 1 and the reader 10 can be set freely, but according to the usual method,
It is preferable to set 7 to 8 data bits between one 1-bit rising bit and 1 to 2 stop bits. The baud rate can be freely set between 300 and 9600, but 2400 or less is suitable.

The data carrier package may be made of synthetic resin or synthetic rubber, or may be made of ceramic, as long as it can transmit electromagnetic waves and has water resistance and a certain degree of heat resistance. It may be formed of any material. As for the size, if the size of the larger one is 30 mm or less, there will be no trouble in handling.

Examples of the cleaning textile product targeted by the present invention include mops, shoe-wiping mats and wiping cloths. These are generally treated with an oil-based dust adsorbent or a water-based dust adsorbent in order to enable dry maintenance and to enhance the dust adsorbing power or the dust retaining property.

In the rental cleaning textile product of the present invention, a name label or bar code is provided at the longest-lasting part of the product without interfering with the cleaning property. Provide a data carrier below or in the vicinity. In this way, when the data carrier is attached under or near the name label or bar code of the cleaning textile product for rental, damage and detachment of the data carrier can be prevented without impairing cleaning workability, and the useful life can be improved. It is possible to improve and read the data smoothly.

The mop used in the present invention is generally a canvas cloth or mesh-like base cloth sewn with a row of mop cords, but a canvas-less mop sewn with a row of mop-shaped cords is also used, of course. Any of these can be applied to the present invention.

FIG. 2 showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a mop.
In FIG. 3 (a perspective view from the top) and FIG. 3 (cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ in FIG. 2), the mop 20 is composed of a mop base cloth (canvas material) 21 and a mop cord 22 sewn on the lower surface thereof. On both sides of the upper surface of the mop base cloth 21, patch cloths 23, 23 for forming pockets for attaching a mop gripping tool (not shown) are sewn on. A name label 24 is sewn on one of the patch cloths 23. Below the name label 24, the data carrier 1
Is held. That is, the name label 24 covers the data carrier 1, protects the data carrier 1, and indicates the position where the data carrier 1 exists.

As the mop cord, synthetic fiber such as nylon fiber, vinylon fiber, acrylic fiber, or multifilament yarn of natural or regenerated fiber such as cotton or rayon, spun yarn or blended yarn thereof is used, and these are fused. It may be in a non-twisted form by using a thread or the like.
On the other hand, as the mop base cloth, a cloth cloth other than the above-mentioned canvas cloth is used, and the surface of these may be covered with an antifouling resin or rubber.

FIG. 4 (a perspective view from the top) and FIG. 5 (FIG. 4) showing another example in which the present invention is applied to a canvasless mop.
(AA 'cross-sectional view), a plurality of mop cords 22 are aligned in parallel with each other, and a plurality of tapes 25 are arranged in the central portion in a direction perpendicular to the mop cords and at a constant interval. It is formed by sewing together through. The band-shaped portion 26 sewn into a bag shape via the plurality of tapes 25 serves as a mounting pocket for a mop gripping tool (not shown). The name label 24 is sewn on one side of the strip portion 26, and the data carrier 1 is held under the name label 24.
That is, as in the case of FIGS. 2 and 3, the name label 24
Indicates that the data carrier 1 is covered, the data carrier 1 is protected, and the position where the data carrier 1 is present is shown.

The shoe-wiping mat used in the present invention comprises a base fabric for a mat, a mat pile which is planted by tufting or the like, and an elastomer backing which is applied to the non-pile surface. There are two types of mats, an integrated mat and a separate type.The former mat has a thick backing and is integrated with a rubber sheet, while the latter mat has a thin backing layer and is laid on the base sheet. In addition, it is used by engaging with a surface fastener or the like. As the mat base cloth, acetalized polyvinyl alcohol fiber,
Woven or non-woven fabric of synthetic fibers having excellent dimensional stability such as polyester fibers is used, and crimped yarns of various fibers described for the mop cord are used as the mat pile. The mat pile may be a cut pile or a loop pile.

FIG. 6 (a perspective view from the top) and FIG. 7 (A in FIG. 6) showing an example in which the present invention is applied to an integrated shoe-wiping mat.
-A 'cross-sectional view), this shoe-wiping mat 30 includes a base cloth 31 for mat, a mat pile 32 planted by tufting or the like, and a rubber backing sheet integrally provided on a non-pile surface. It consists of 33 and. The data carrier 1 is planted on the back surface of the backing sheet 33, and a protective cloth 34 and a protective rubber sheet 36 are provided on the front surface thereof.
Are provided so as to cover the data carrier and be integrated with the rubber sheet.

FIG. 8 (perspective view from the top) and FIG. 9 showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a separate type shoe wiping mat.
In (cross-sectional view taken along the line AA 'in FIG. 6), the shoe-wiping mat 30 is integrally provided on a non-pile surface with a mat base cloth 31, a mat pile 32 planted by tufting or the like. And a thin backing layer 35 formed by applying an elastomer latex or the like. The data carrier 1 is sewn on the back surface of the backing layer 35 so that the surface thereof is covered with the protective cloth 34.

In the case of any of these mats, the protective cloth 3
Reference numeral 4 covers the data carrier 1, protects the data carrier 1, and indicates the position where the data carrier 1 exists. As a method for fixing the data carrier to the cleaning textile substrate, it is needless to say that a means such as adhesion can be used in addition to the above-mentioned sewing, and the data carrier can be protected by being wrapped with a cloth or a rubber sheet. It is also possible to print a name label or a bar code sheet on the protective cloth, and by positioning the data carrier 1 in the vicinity of the name label, production work such as counting and inspection can be easily performed. In the case of the wiping cloth, of course, the data carrier can be sewn under the name label, or can be sewn into the bag-like overlock.

In the present invention, a cleaning fiber product for rental, in which an electromagnetic induction type passive information identification type and water resistant type data carrier is attached to the cleaning fiber product and a product code or a customer code is stored in the data carrier. Can be operated by a common management system that does not depend on the customer or an individual management system by the customer.

In the former case, common quality control and shipment for all rental products are made by adding the type of product, manufacturing date, manufacturing lot number, etc. Through this, distribution management such as lending and collection, inventory management, management of the recycling process, and the like can be performed. In the latter case, in addition to the above items, fine-tuned management can be performed for each customer.

As described above, the present invention is particularly useful for product discrimination when sorting used cleaning textile products to be collected and for recycling, in which power is supplied from a reader to the data carrier with high frequency pulses. Moreover, it is possible to receive the code number from the data carrier and sort the cleaning textile products by product based on the code number.

A handy reader or a conveyor transfer type reader can be used to read the data. In the former case, the reading distance is 5 cm
In the latter case, it is about 20 to 50 cm.
Of course, it goes without saying that the above-mentioned identification system can also be used for product sorting and other distribution management and inventory management.

[0042]

According to the present invention, by attaching an electromagnetic induction type passive type, information identification type and water resistant type data carrier to a cleaning textile product, it has been difficult and difficult to manage individual products individually. For rental cleaning textile products, individual quality control, distribution control such as shipping, lending, and collection, inventory control, management of recycling process, etc. can be reliably performed without manpower. Further, according to the present invention, the used cleaning fiber products, that is, the used cleaning fiber products that have been subjected to severe conditions of use and are significantly soiled can be reliably separated by product without directly touching them. Sort,
It becomes possible to efficiently perform cleaning and regeneration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data carrier and reader of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a mop.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A ′ of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another example in which the present invention is applied to a canvasless mop.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A ′ of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example in which the present invention is applied to an integrated shoe-wiping mat.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A ′ of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a separate type shoe wiping mat.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A ′ of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 data carrier 1a reception antenna 2 demodulation circuit 3 oscillation circuit 4 modulation / amplification circuit 5 transmission antenna 6 SP / PS conversion circuit 7 main control circuit 8 data memory 10 reader 11 reception antenna 12a amplification circuit 12b demodulation circuit 13 oscillation circuit 14a modulation Circuit 14b Amplification circuit 15 Transmission antenna 16 PS / SP conversion circuit 17 Main control circuit 18 Bidirectional serial communication circuit 19 Host computer 20 Mop 21 Mop base cloth 22 Mop code 24 Pocket forming patch 24 Name label 25 Tape 26 Strip Part 30 Shoe-cleaning mat 31 Base fabric for mat 32 Mat pile 33 Rubber backing sheet 34 Name label or bar code sheet 35 Thin backing layer 36 Protective rubber sheet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cleaning fiber product is an electromagnetic induction type passive type,
A cleaning textile product for rental, characterized by being equipped with an information identification type and a water resistant type data carrier. 2. The cleaning fiber product for rent according to claim 1, wherein a data carrier is attached below or near the name label or bar code of the cleaning fiber product. 3. A rental cleaning textile product, wherein a cleaning textile product is provided with an electromagnetic induction type passive information identification type and water resistant type data carrier and a product code or a customer code is stored in the data carrier. When a used cleaning textile product to be rented and collected is sorted and recycled, a reader supplies power to the data carrier with high frequency pulses and receives a code number from the data carrier. A method for sorting used cleaning textile products, characterized in that cleaning textile products are sorted according to products.