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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2020
Rastal Gmbh & Co. KG, Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE;
Thomas Nieraad, Hofheim, DE;
Carsten Kehrein, Koblenz, DE;
Rastal GmbH & Co. KG, Hohr-Grenzhausen, DE;
Abstract
According to the invention there is provided a method of connecting a crockery item to a contactless readable electronic information carrier comprising the steps: providing the crockery item, the crockery item comprising a material selected from a group consisting of glass, ceramic and plastic or a combination thereof, applying a carrier layer to a surface of the crockery item, applying the information carrier to a surface of the carrier layer, that is remote from the surface of the crockery item, wherein a base surface of the information carrier is smaller than a surface of the carrier layer, and applying a cover layer of printing ink in such a way that the cover layer at least portion-wise covers a surface of the information carrier, that is remote from the carrier layer, and the surface of the carrier layer, wherein the carrier layer includes a plastically deformable material, wherein application of the information carrier to the carrier layer includes impressing the information carrier into the carrier layer.