JP4977882B2 - Tag card loading machine - Google Patents

Description

  This invention does not use adhesive tapes or adhesives for objects such as fish, but uses tag-like films that contain information on objects such as barcode tags and IC tags at high speed. The present invention relates to a device for enabling mounting.

In recent years, it has become important to ensure food traceability due to the growing interest in food safety and security. Currently, tag cards such as tag cards with product information, barcodes, QR codes, etc. and IC tag cards with IC tags and antennas enclosed in the cards are used to ensure product torability. Has been. As a countermeasure against the BSE problem, beef has already attached and managed tags with individual numbers and barcodes on products. Usually, such a system is realized by attaching a tag card to a target product manually or by attaching it to a target having a predetermined shape such as a box in which the target product is packed. Until now, when tag cards are attached to individual foods such as fish, methods such as sticking using stickers, adhesive tapes, and adhesives, or making holes and fastening the objects have been used.

RFID technology editorial department, wireless IC tag introduction guide, Nikkei Business Publications, ISBN4-8222-2134-2, 2004

However, according to the above technologies, it may not be preferable to use seals, adhesive tapes, adhesives, or damage to objects due to food hygiene issues or brand image problems. There has been a demand for the development of a device for attaching a tag card that describes information on an object at high speed without using a sticker, a sticky tape, or an adhesive.
Therefore, the present invention is directed to an individual object such as a fish by welding the belt-like film with a heater or ultrasonic waves without damaging the object and without using a seal, an adhesive tape, an adhesive, or the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for mounting a tag card on which information on an object or information on an object is written at a high speed.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the first invention is a first grip provided with a film guide capable of arranging a belt-like film and a heater capable of performing welding, fusing, welding or fusing of the belt-like film simultaneously by heat. A second gripping part composed of an upper gripping part provided with a film guide capable of placing a belt-like film and a belt guide and a lower gripping part connected by hinges or pins, etc. and capable of rotating movement, is placed facing each other. A band-shaped film is arranged between the film guides, and an object such as a fish is wound around the band-shaped film disposed between the two film guides. After being restrained by the lower gripping part of the part, welding is performed, and after the tag card is supplied from the device for continuously supplying the tag card from the belt-like film opening, the second grip After constraining the strip film opening together with the tag card by the upper grip portion of the section, the periphery of the tag card is welded, the tag card is enclosed in the strip film by welding and cutting the strip film opening, and the film guide is obtained as a result of welding and cutting It is a tag card mounting machine characterized by a function of continuously mounting a tag card on an object such as a fish by having a belt-like film re-installed therebetween.
Further, the second invention is a tag characterized by using a combination of welding, fusing, welding fusing and ultrasonic fusing, fusing, welding fusing, or using only ultrasonic waves in the tag card mounting machine of the first invention. It is a card loading machine.

  According to the first invention or the second invention, since the tag card is attached to the object by a belt-like film using a heater or ultrasonic waves, impurities such as glue and adhesive are not attached to the object. In addition, there is a feature that food hygiene is safe because it is not necessary to consider the elution of impurities from glue or adhesive. Furthermore, since the tag card can be attached without puncturing or scratching the target object, the tag card can be attached without damaging the shape of the brand fish or brand vegetables, and the added value due to the scratch is not reduced. In the present invention, since the belt-like film is wound around half of the object at the time when the object is installed in the apparatus, the number of necessary actuators can be reduced and the apparatus can be manufactured at low cost. Moreover, since the strip-shaped film installed between the film guides after the tag card is mounted is the same as the initial state, the tag card can be continuously mounted on the object, and the time for mounting the tag card can be shortened. By using the present invention, a tag card can be attached to an object such as a fish at high speed, so that freshness can be maintained and work efficiency can be improved. By using one or a plurality of the present invention, a larger amount of tag cards can be attached to a larger amount of objects, which can contribute to the efficiency of production sites. By using an object with a tag card attached, it is possible to contribute to the efficiency of product management at the store.

One embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a tag card mounting machine according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 shows an image when a tag card is mounted on a fish using the present invention, FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 explains the operation of the embodiment. FIG. Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

"Effects of Examples"
As shown in FIG. 1, a tag card mounting machine A which is an embodiment of the present invention is a welding heater 2 for welding a belt-like film 5 to the first gripping part 1 and a welding fusing for fusing. A heater 3 is attached. Each heater is arranged in a shape according to the size of the tag card to be attached. The second gripping part is composed of a lower gripping part 8 and an upper gripping part 7, and is installed facing the first gripping part 1. A film guide 4 is attached to the first grip portion 1 and the upper grip portion 7, and a belt-like film 5 can be installed between the film guides 4. When a tag card is attached to an object, the object is first placed on the apparatus while pressing the object against the belt-like film 5. The strip film 5 is automatically supplied by the pressing force and covers the lower half of the object. After the installation, the opening of the belt-like film 5 is sandwiched and welded between the first gripping portion 1 and the lower gripping portion by a signal from a switch or a sensor. By this operation, the belt-like film 5 is wound around and attached to the object. Next, the tag card is supplied from the tag card supply unit 6 to the film opening between the first holding unit 1 and the upper holding unit. After the tag card is supplied, the tag card is restrained together with the belt-like film 5 by being sandwiched between the first gripping part 1 and the upper gripping part 7, and the periphery of the tag card is welded. Thereafter, the belt-like film 5 is welded and cut off, and the object attached with the tag card is taken out. By welding and cutting, the belt-like film 5 is installed between the film guide 4 installed in the first holding unit 1 and the film guide 4 installed in the upper holding unit 7 as in the initial setting. It becomes a state. By repeatedly performing the above operation, the tag card can be continuously attached to the object.

FIG. 2 is an image diagram when a tag card is mounted on a fish using the tag card mounting machine of the embodiment. By using the embodiment, a tag card can be attached to the tail fin portion of the fish.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the embodiment. After the object is set in the apparatus, the mounting operation is started by a signal from a start switch or a signal from a sensor for detecting the movement of the object. First, the first gripping portion and the hub are welded after restraining the belt-like film with a jib and attached to the object. Next, the tag card is supplied from the opening of the strip-shaped film by the tag card supply device. After the tag card is supplied, the band-shaped film and the tag card are fixed by being sandwiched between the first holding part and the upper holding part, and the periphery of the tag card is welded. At the same time, the belt-like film is welded and cut to complete the mounting.

FIG. 4 is a side view for explaining the operation of the embodiment. In the embodiment, a tag card is attached to an object such as a fish by performing the following series of operations.

1) Install while pressing an object such as a fish against a band-shaped film placed between film guides.
2) A band-like film is wound around an object such as a fish by restraining by sandwiching the opening of the belt-like film between the first gripping part and the lower restraining part. Moreover, the object side of a strip | belt-shaped film is welded with the heat | fever of a heater, and a strip | belt-shaped film is attached to a target object.
3) The tag card is supplied to the opening of the belt-like film by an apparatus that continuously supplies the tag card.
4) The supplied tag card is sandwiched and restrained by the upper gripping portion, and at the same time, the periphery of the tag card is welded and sealed by the heat of the heater, and the belt-like film is welded and cut.
5) Remove the object that has been mounted from the apparatus.
6) The belt-like film that has been welded and cut is re-installed between the film guides, and the above operation can be repeated continuously.

The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is carried out by welding the portion to be welded by the heater of the invention according to claim 1 by ultrasonic waves or by partial ultrasonic waves.
In the case of welding with ultrasonic waves, heat is generated only at the time of welding. Therefore, when tag cards are attached to raw foods or fresh foods that do not like the influence of heat, there is a feature that the object is not easily damaged by heat.

"Other embodiments"
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the shapes of the first grip portion and the second grip portion are different, but in other embodiments shown in FIG. 5, a grip portion having the same shape as the second grip portion may be used. In this case, the mechanism is slightly complicated, but parts having the same shape can be used. Therefore, when producing a large number of apparatuses, it may be possible to improve maintainability and reduce production costs.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which line welding and spot welding are combined. In particular, spot welding using ultrasonic waves is effective when the object is vulnerable to heat. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the tag card is not easily separated from the object by making the shape of the welded portion not only a straight line but also a curved line or a polygonal line according to the shape of the object.

The tag card mounting machine of the present invention is useful when a tag card is mounted on fresh food such as fish in order to ensure food safety and security.

It is a perspective view which shows one Example of this invention. It is an image figure which attached the tag card | curd using one Example of this invention. It is an operation | movement flow of one Example of this invention. It is a side view for demonstrating operation | movement of one Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows another Example. It is an image figure with which the tag card was mounted | worn using the other Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holding part a 2 Welding heater 3 Welding fusing heater 4 Film guide 5 Band-shaped film 6 Tag card supply part 7 Upper holding part 8 Lower holding part 9 Tag card 10 Target object (fish etc.)
11 Line-shaped welded portion 11 'Spot-shaped welded portion
12 Welding and fusing part A Tag card loading machine

Claims (2)

A first grip part having a film guide capable of arranging a belt-like film and a heater capable of welding or fusing the belt-like film by heat, and an upper grip part having a film guide capable of arranging the belt-like film and a hinge Alternatively, a second gripping portion composed of a rotatable lower gripping portion connected by a pin is arranged facing each other, and the tag card mounting object is moved while being pressed against the belt-like film placed between the two film guides. The belt-like film is wound by being wound, the opening of the belt-like film formed by the winding is constrained by the first gripping portion and the lower gripping portion of the second gripping portion, and then the card card is continuously welded. supplying the tag card in the opening from the supply device, wherein the upper gripping part of the second grip portion and the first gripping portion Taguka Tag card placement machine, characterized in that the filmstrip is relocated between the film guide by welding the periphery of the above tag card after restraint, welding fusing the opening the opening with. The tag card mounting machine according to claim 1, wherein the fusing and welding are performed by a heater and / or ultrasonic waves .

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