JP7304782B2 - Form continuous paper - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to continuous form paper.

As continuous form paper formed by continuous plural form pieces, there is known one in which mountain folds and valley folds are alternately repeated, and the plural form pieces are folded in a bellows shape. The continuous form paper is stored or transported while being folded into a bellows shape. Such a form continuous paper is used by cutting each piece of form paper. As each slip of paper, there is a case where a piece of paper to which an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) label, card, or the like is attached is used. Here, FIG. 6 illustrates the continuous form paper 101 to which the RFID label 111 is attached. The continuous form paper 101 is in the form of a long belt, and is made up of a plurality of rectangular form paper pieces 105 which are continuously formed via a plurality of perforations 104 formed at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction. An RFID label 111 is affixed to each of the paper slips 105 on one side of the two perforations 104 that separate the paper slips 105 (the area on one end in the longitudinal direction of the paper slip 105 ). A known RFID label 111 has an RFID inlet 112 having an IC chip and an antenna (not shown) attached with an adhesive sheet (not shown). The RFID inlet 112 of the business slip 105 to which the RFID label 111 is attached can communicate with a predetermined communication device (input/output device) in a non-contact manner. Therefore, the slip of paper 105 to which the RFID label 111 is affixed has recently been introduced in a wide range of fields such as the traffic/leisure field, the physical distribution field, the security field, and the factory production field.

On the other hand, as a configuration in which a card is attached to each of the slips of slips constituting the above continuous slip of slips, for example, a card is stuck to each strip of slips of slips, and a sheet piece having the same thickness as the card is stuck. is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). With this sheet piece, when a plurality of slips of slips are folded, it is possible to prevent the cards of the slips of slips from being overlapped and thickened locally, thereby improving workability during storage, transportation, and the like.

Japanese Patent No. 3310341

By the way, in the continuous form paper 101 to which the RFID label 111 is affixed, as shown in FIG. are set at the same positions for all the slips of paper 105 . As shown in FIG. 7, in the continuous form paper 101, by alternately repeating mountain folds and valley folds at each perforation 104, a plurality of form paper pieces 105 may be folded into a bellows shape. In this case, a plurality of RFID labels 111 are overlapped in the vertical direction where the slips of form 105 are overlapped, and the overlapping portions of the RFID labels 111 are locally thickened. This is because the IC chip forming the RFID inlet 112 has a predetermined thickness, and multiple RFID inlets 112 are stacked vertically. When a plurality of RFID inlets 112 are stacked vertically in this manner, the thickness and weight of the IC chip of each RFID inlet 112 may cause the IC chip to receive pressure from the vertical direction and be damaged. Furthermore, when a plurality of folded continuous form sheets 101 are piled up for storage, transportation, or the like, the pressure that the IC chip of the RFID inlet 112 receives is further increased. As a result, the problem of breakage of the IC chip becomes even more worrisome. In addition, if the overlapped portion of the RFID label 111 is locally thickened, when a plurality of folded continuous form sheets 101 are piled up, the piled state is likely to collapse, causing problems in workability during storage and transportation. Sometimes.

On the other hand, it is also conceivable to apply the above-described configuration of Patent Document 1 to the configuration for attaching an RFID label to a slip of paper. In this case, an RFID label is attached to each form paper piece, and a sheet piece having the same thickness as the RFID label is attached. According to such a configuration, it is possible to prevent local thickening, and as in the case of sticking a card, it is possible to improve the workability during storage and transportation. However, in the case of this configuration, since it is necessary to attach the sheet piece separately, the cost of the sheet piece increases, the process of attaching the sheet piece increases, and the productivity decreases. Furthermore, in a state in which a plurality of slips of slips are superimposed, the IC chips of the vertically overlapping RFID labels are subjected to pressure due to the weight of the respective IC chips. Therefore, the problem of breakage of the IC chip still remains.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. intended to provide

The present invention has the following configurations.
A continuous form paper having a plurality of continuous form paper strips, each of which is folded into a bellows shape, wherein an RFID label comprising an IC chip and an antenna connected to the IC chip is attached to each of the form paper strips. The RFID label is affixed to one paper surface, respectively, and the RFID label is affixed to the same position on one paper surface of all the slips of paper. 1. A continuous form sheet, wherein said pair of form sheets are arranged in the same manner, and further, said pair of form sheets and said IC chip are arranged in a different manner from said pair of said form sheets and said IC chip.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a continuous form sheet that can reduce the pressure applied to the IC chip of the RFID label in a bellows-folded state and suppress the breakage of the IC chip.

1 is a schematic plan view showing continuous form paper as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied; FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the arrangement of an IC chip and an antenna in an RFID label forming a continuous form sheet as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied; 1 is a schematic perspective view showing continuous form paper as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied; FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing continuous form paper as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied; FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing continuous form paper as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied; FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view showing a conventional form continuous paper; FIG. 10 is a schematic side view showing a conventional form continuous paper;

An embodiment of the continuous form paper of the present invention will be described.
It should be noted that the present embodiment is specifically described for better understanding of the gist of the invention, and does not limit the invention unless otherwise specified.

[Continuous form paper]
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing the continuous form paper of this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the arrangement of an IC chip and an antenna in an RFID label that constitutes the continuous form paper of this embodiment.
The continuous form paper 10 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of continuous form pieces 20 and an RFID label 30 attached to one surface 20a of each of the form pieces 20 .

In this specification, the longitudinal direction of the continuous form paper is the direction in which the plurality of slips of the slips continue, and the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is the width direction of the continuous slip of the slips. Also, in the explanation, the continuous direction of each slip of form is defined as the front-rear direction. Also, the direction in which a plurality of slips of a continuous slip of slips are stacked in a bellows-like manner is referred to as the up-down direction. It should be noted that the present invention is not intended to be used limited only to the directions determined in this way.
In addition, the term “overlapping in the vertical direction” to be described later means that the positions on the paper surface of the vertically stacked slips of slips in the folded state of accordion are approximately the same, so that they are adjacent in the vertical direction. It means to overlap or to overlap with a predetermined interval in the vertical direction.

The continuous form paper 10 of the present embodiment is made of, for example, long belt-like rectangular paper made of high-quality paper or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the continuous form paper 10 is formed with a plurality of perforations 21 crossing in the width direction thereof at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction. The perforations 21 are formed to be foldable and cuttable, and the portions separated (divided) by two adjacent perforations 21, 21 form rectangular form pieces 20A, 20B, respectively. In this way, the continuous form paper 10 is made up of a plurality of continuous form pieces 20A and 20B with the perforations 21 therebetween.

As shown in FIG. 4, continuous form strips 20A and 20B are formed into a bellows shape by repeating mountain folds and valley folds alternately along a plurality of perforations 21 as shown in FIG. can be folded into By folding a plurality of slips of form 20A and 20B in a bellows shape in this way, it is advantageous in terms of storage space and transportation work, and the workability during storage and transportation can be improved.

In the continuous form paper 10, predetermined information is printed by a printer or the like on one paper surface 20a of each of the form pieces 20A and 20B. By cutting the perforations 21, the form piece 20 can be separated for use. As the continuous form paper 10, conventionally known ones can be applied. Further, in addition to the perforations 21, perforations may be formed on the slips 20A and 20B so that a part of the slips 20A and 20B can be cut off.

In this embodiment, the RFID label 30 is affixed to each continuous form piece 20A, 20B of the continuous form paper 10. As shown in FIG. Note that the form piece 20A is sometimes called the first form piece 20A, and the form piece 20B is sometimes called the second form piece 20B. As shown in FIG. 2, the RFID label 30 has a film-like base material 31, and an IC chip 32 and an antenna 33 provided on one surface 31a of the base material 31 and connected to each other. The RFID label 30 may be provided with an adhesive layer (not shown) made of an adhesive or an adhesive film on the surface of the substrate 31 opposite to the one surface 31a. The RFID label 30 is attached to one paper surface 20a of each of the slips 20A and 20B via an adhesive layer or by heat-sealing or the like.

The RFID label 30 is a non-contact, battery-less type that can transmit and receive signals such as commands and data to and from an input/output device (reader/writer device) (not shown) using electromagnetic waves without contact.
The memory included in the IC chip 32 stores commands, data, and the like to be communicated with the input/output device.
Although the antenna 33 is not particularly limited, for example, a small antenna such as a dipole antenna as shown in FIG. 2 or a meander line antenna can be used. The antenna length and the like of the antenna 33 are appropriately set according to the electromagnetic wave used for communication of the RFID label 30 .

Here, in all RFID labels 30 in this embodiment, the IC chip 32 and the antenna 33 are arranged substantially in the central portion of the base material 31 . Therefore, when a plurality of RFID labels 30 overlap vertically as will be described later, the IC chips 32 and antennas 33 constituting these RFID labels 30 overlap vertically.

As shown in FIG. 1, one such RFID label 30 is attached to one paper surface 20a of each of the slips 20A and 20B of the continuous slip paper 10 described above. In this embodiment, the RFID labels 30 are attached to the same attachment positions 41A and 41B on one paper surface 20a of all the slips 20A and 20B. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the RFID label 30 is stuck at the same position at one end of the slips 20A and 20B (the end on one short side 20b (one perforation 21) side). 41A and 41B. The continuous form sheet 10 of the present embodiment is formed by alternately connecting a pair of first form pieces 20A, 20A and a pair of second form pieces 20B, 20B. The RFID label 30 is affixed to the affixing position 41B of the second form piece 20B.

In the continuous form paper 10 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the IC chip 32 on one paper surface 20a of the first pair of first form pieces 20A, 20A adjacent to each other. are the same. Further, the continuous form paper 10 of the present embodiment consists of a pair of first form pieces 20A, 20A and a pair of second form pieces 20B, in which the arrangement of the pair of first form pieces 20A, 20A and the IC chip 32 are different from each other. , 20B. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the pair of first business slips 20A, 20A, on one paper surface 20a, one end (one short side 20b (one short side 20b) of the first business slips 20A, 20A The IC chip 32 is arranged on one short side 20b (one perforation 21) side of the first slip 20A. Further, in the pair of second form pieces 20B, 20B, one end of the second form pieces 20B, 20B (end on one short side 20b (one perforation 21) side) is attached to one paper surface 20a. , the IC chip 32 is arranged on the other short side 20c (the other perforation 21) side of the second form piece 20B. Along with this, the orientation of the antenna 33 is different (reversed) between the first slip 20A and the second slip 20B.

As described above, the continuous form sheet 10 of the present embodiment is formed by alternately continuing the pair of first form pieces 20A, 20A and the pair of second form pieces 20B, 20B. A second form piece 20B is repeatedly present every other piece. The pair of first slips 20A, 20A constitutes a pair of slips of the present invention, and the pair of second slips 20B, 20B constitutes another pair of slips of the present invention. Further, one paper surface 20a of the slips 20A and 20B to which the RFID label 30 is attached is one surface of the slips of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the form strips 20A and 20B of the continuous form paper 10 are folded in a bellows shape, the adjacent pair of first form strips 20A and 20A face each other with their respective paper surfaces 20a facing each other. Since they overlap, their longitudinal positional relationship is opposite to each other. Therefore, the RFID labels 30, 30 respectively attached to the pair of adjacent first slips 20A, 20A do not overlap in the vertical direction. Similarly, even in the pair of adjacent second form pieces 20B, 20B, since one of the paper surfaces 20a faces each other and overlaps, the front and rear positional relationship between the two is reversed. The printed RFID labels 30, 30 do not overlap vertically. Furthermore, similarly, even if the first slip of paper 20A and the second slip of paper 20B are adjacent to each other, the front-rear positional relationship between the two is reversed. does not overlap with

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first and second slips 20A and 20B of the continuous slip paper 10 are arranged alternately with the slips 20A and 20B of the continuous slip 10 folded in a bellows shape. 20B is different in the arrangement of both IC chips 32 . That is, in a state in which the form strips 20A and 20B of the continuous form paper 10 are folded in a bellows shape, the relationship between the first and second form strips 20A and 20B alternates between the respective strips of the form 20A and 20B. Although the attached RFID labels 30, 30 overlap in the vertical direction, the respective IC chips 32, 32 do not overlap in the vertical direction.

Furthermore, when the form strips 20A and 20B of the continuous form paper 10 are folded in a bellows shape, the first and second form strips 20A and 20B arranged alternately are oriented in the same direction in the front-rear direction. . In other words, the pair of first business slips 20A, 20A and the pair of first business slips 20A, 20A separated by the pair of second business slips 20B, 20B continuous therewith have a positional relationship in the front-rear direction. be in the same direction. Similarly, the pair of second business slips 20B, 20B and the pair of second business slips 20B, 20B separated by the pair of continuous first business slips 20A, 20A have a positional relationship in the front-rear direction. facing each other in the same direction. In this way, in the respective first form paper strips 20A, 20A oriented in the same direction in the front-rear direction, the RFID labels 30 affixed to the respective affixing positions 41A, 41A are overlapped in the vertical direction, and the respective first business slips oriented in the same direction in the front-rear direction. In the two slips of paper 20B, 20B, the attached RFID labels 30 attached to the respective attaching positions 41B, 41B overlap in the vertical direction. Between the pair of first business slips 20A, 20A and the pair of first business slips 20A, 20A separated by a pair of continuous second business slips 20B, 20B, the respective IC chips 32, 32 are arranged vertically. Overlap in direction. However, between the IC chips 32, 32 that overlap each other, there is an area in which the RFID label 30 is not arranged in the first paper slip 20A and an area in which the IC chip 32 is not arranged in the pair of second paper slips 20B, 20B. Therefore, the IC chip 32 will not be damaged by the pressure due to the weight of the RFID labels 30 that fold the slips 20A and 20B into a bellows shape.

Furthermore, in the continuous form paper 10 of the present embodiment, the sticking positions 41A and 41B set on the respective form pieces 20A and 20B are aligned with one end (one short side 20b (one perforation 21) of the form pieces 20A and 20B. ) side end), the adjacent slips 20A and 20B are oriented in opposite directions when folded into a bellows shape. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a local increase in thickness due to overlapping of the plurality of RFID labels 30 in the vertical direction. Furthermore, since the IC chip 32 on the first slip of paper 20A and the IC chip 32 on the second slip of paper 20B are set at different positions in the front-rear direction, the plurality of RFID labels 30 overlap in the vertical direction. The local increase in thickness due to this can be further suppressed. By suppressing the local increase in thickness in this way, when multiple sheets of continuous form paper 10 are stacked in a bellows-like folded state during storage or transportation, the continuous form paper 10 does not easily collapse. workability can be improved.

The continuous form paper 10 of the present embodiment is formed by forming perforations 21 at regular intervals on the long belt-shaped rectangular paper that constitutes the continuous form paper 10, and prefabricated RFID labels 30 are pasted at positions 41A and 41B. It can be manufactured by sticking to each. That is, the conventional manufacturing process can be applied except for the process of attaching the RFID label 30 to the attaching positions 41A and 41B. The step of sticking the RFID label 30 can be carried out by using a predetermined sticking device and setting the sticking positions 41A and 41B. As described above, the continuous form paper 10 of the present embodiment can be manufactured relatively easily and stably while suppressing an increase in manufacturing costs.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and configurations other than those of the above-described embodiments can be modified as appropriate within the scope of the present invention. For example, a plurality of slips of slips constituting a continuous slip of slips use a pair of slips of slips adjacent to each other as a single slip. . In this configuration, the positions to which the RFID labels are affixed are different for every other form sheet to which the RFID labels are affixed.

10 Form continuous paper 20, 20A, 20B Form sheet 21 Perforation 30 RFID label 31 Base material 32 IC chip 33 Antenna

Claims (2)

A continuous form paper comprising a plurality of continuous form paper pieces, wherein each form paper piece is folded in a bellows shape,
An RFID label comprising an IC chip and an antenna connected to the IC chip is affixed to one surface of each slip of form,
The RFID label is attached to the same position on one paper surface of all the slips of paper,
In a pair of adjacent business slips, the arrangement of the IC chips on one paper surface of the business slip is the same, and the pair of business slips are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the pair of business slips and the continuous business paper. 1. A continuous form sheet characterized by being continuous with another pair of form strips in which IC chips are arranged differently from each other. The RFID labels all have the same configuration,
The RFID label on the pair of slips of form and the RFID label on the other pair of slips of form are affixed in a state where one of them is rotated 180 degrees with respect to the other.
The continuous form paper according to claim 1.

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