Patent ID: 7868765
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B65C

Abstract:
1. An affixing apparatus of an RFID label, wherein: a plurality of ID tags, including an antenna coil and an IC chip so as to transmit information to and from an external device through non-contact communication, are prepared to be aligned on a tape-shaped first releasing member through adhesive; and a plurality of display labels, having a display section on a front surface thereof and a adhesive surface on a back surface thereof, are prepared to be aligned on a tape-shaped second releasing member through adhesive, comprising: (a) a tag supplying mechanism supplying said ID tag by winding up said first releasing member; (b) a label supplying mechanism supplying said display label by winding up said second releasing member; (c) a writing mechanism writing predetermined information on said ID tag; (d) a testing mechanism applying a reading test on the written information; (e) a defective eliminating mechanism eliminating the ID tag distinguished as defective by said testing mechanism; (f) a printing mechanism printing additional display on a predetermined position of said display label; (g) a tag conveying drum having a plurality of tag sticking sections on a surface thereof so as to stick said non-defective ID tag supplied by said tag supplying mechanism, and conveying said non-detective ID tag by rotation thereof; (h) a label conveying drum, positioned so as that a rotation axis thereof is in parallel with that of said tag conveying drum and also that a surface thereof is contiguous with that of said tag conveying drum, sticking the printed display label supplied by said label supplying mechanism on a surface thereof and conveying said display label by rotation thereof and (i) an object-to-affix conveying mechanism, positioned so as to be contiguous with said label conveying drum, conveying an object-to-affix of said display label and said ID tag, wherein: said writing mechanism, said testing mechanism and said defective eliminating mechanism are positioned in approximately parallel with said first releasing member, respectively writing said information, applying said reading test and conducting said defective elimination during transfer of said ID tag according to winding up of the first releasing member, so as to supply only said non-defective tag to said tag conveying drum; in a contiguous area of said tag conveying drum and said label conveying drum, said non-defective ID tag is released from said tag conveying drum and then affixed to the adhesive surface of said display label, so as to form an RFID label united of the printed display label and the non-defective ID tag, and then said RFID label is conveyed having the display label side thereof stuck to said label conveying drum; and in a contiguous area of said object-to-affix conveying mechanism and said label convey drum, said RFID label is released from said label convey drum and then affixed to said object-to-affix.