Patent ID: 7866565
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for producing RFID labels comprising: a command input portion configured to input an RFID label production command for producing an RFID label; a feeding device configured to feed a tag medium provided with a plurality of types of RFID circuit elements having an IC circuit part storing information and a tag antenna transmitting and receiving information and corresponding to a plurality of types of communication frequencies, respectively; a tag access device configured to perform information transmission and reception using said plurality of types of communication frequencies with said plurality of types of RFID circuit elements of said tag medium fed by said feeding device; and a coordination control portion configured to control said feeding device and said tag access device in coordination with each other so that when said RFID label production command is input by said command inputting device, a plurality of types of said RFID labels corresponding to said RFID label production command are produced in a lump sum using said plurality of types of RFID circuit elements, respectively, wherein: said feeding device is a common feeding device provided singularly in common configured to feed a plurality of tag mediums corresponding to said plurality of types of RFID circuit elements; said tag access device includes a plurality of individual tag access devices or a single common tag access device, configured to transmit and receive information using both of said plurality of types of the communication frequencies selectively in connection with said plurality of types of RFID circuit elements; and said apparatus for producing RFID labels further comprises: a common printing device configured to make a predetermined print on said tag medium or on a print-receiving medium to be bonded to said tag medium, supplied by said common feeding device; and a container installation device configured to selectively extract one normal RFID circuit element container from a plurality of normal RFID circuit element containers and to set said one normal RFID circuit element container at a position feedable by said common feeding device, said one normal RFID circuit element accommodating the corresponding tag medium, wherein said common printing device is configured to make a predetermined print on said tag medium or on said print-receiving medium, supplied by said common feeding device from said normal RFID circuit element container installed by said container installation device.