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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Kouji Kirita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Hayato Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Kirita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Hayato Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sato, , JP;
Abstract
A label affixing apparatus enables an RFID tag to be affixed to a product at a distance from the product. The apparatus comprises: a folding/affixing device which conveys a label, a label holder holds a front surface side of the label, a folding device causes a part of the label including a tag attachment site to project by folding the part from a rear surface side to the front surface side into an angular shape. Either traction is suppressed when the label is affixed to the product. A reader/writer has an antenna in a position facing the part of the label when the part of the label is folded, for reading and writing information from and to the RFID tag. A fold detector detects if the label is folded. The label holding device moves between a label suction position and a label affixing position. Folding is assisted from a rear surface side of the part of the label.