# US 10,455,705 B2 · Apparatus, method and device for making products incorporating an RFid > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,705 B2 - Document ID: US10455705B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/286,581 - Filed: 2016-10-06 - Published: 2017-04-13 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-07 - Assignees: Mecstar S.r.l. - Applicants: Mecstar S.r.l. - Inventors: Marcello Lolli; Massimiliano Carlucci; Marco Carlucci - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455705B2 ## CPC - H05K 3/10: in which conductive material is applied to the insulating support in such a manner as to form the desired conductive pattern - G06K 19/07781: {the coil being fabricated in a winding process} - H05K 13/06: Wiring by machine - G06K 19/07773: {Antenna details (antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22)} - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract A device configured for making a wire aerial of an element of radio frequency identification (RFID), which device comprises: a main body, extending along a longitudinal direction and having a longitudinal seat adapted to house a wire; a putting-wire head arranged at one end of the main body and constrained to the main body, the putting-wire head comprising: a guide element adapted to engage the wire and to deposit it onto a substrate, and which guide wire has a translational degree of freedom along the longitudinal direction with respect to the main body; and a wire-restraining element adapted to selectively abut on the guide element, wherein the putting-wire head is adapted to assume a first rest configuration, wherein the restraining element is abutted onto the guide element and the wire is retained between the restraining element and the guide element, and a second operative configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device configured for making a wire aerial of an element of radio frequency identification (RFID), which device comprises: a main body, extending along a longitudinal direction and adapted to be constrained to a support, which main body has a longitudinal seat adapted to house a wire for making the aerial; a putting-wire head arranged at one end of said main body and constrained to said main body, said putting-wire head comprising: a guide element, which guide element is adapted to engage the wire and to deposit it onto a substrate, and which guide wire has a translational degree of freedom along said longitudinal direction with respect to said main body; and a wire-restraining element, adapted to selectively abut on said guide element, the overall arrangement being such that said putting-wire head is adapted to assume a first rest configuration, wherein said restraining element is abutted onto said guide element and the wire is retained between said restraining element and said guide element, and a second operative configuration, wherein said restraining element is spaced apart from said guide element in such a way that the wire slides within said longitudinal seat and is deposed onto the substrate by means of said guide element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein said restraining element is rotatably coupled, directly or indirectly, to said guide element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein said restraining element is rotatable according to a transverse axis of rotation perpendicular to said longitudinal direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, comprising an elastic biasing element configured to maintain said restraining element in said rest configuration of the putting-wire head. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, in which said guide element has a circular geometry, such as to be able to roll on the substrate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, comprising cutting means of the wire arranged side by side to said guide element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device according to claim 6, in which the overall configuration is such that a retraction of said guide element in longitudinal direction determines the contact of said cutting means with the thread deposited on the substrate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, comprising elastic biasing means for retaining said guide element in a position longitudinally advanced or projecting from said main body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein said guide element is rotatable according to an axis parallel to said longitudinal direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein said wire-restraining element is shaped like a beak. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) An apparatus for making products incorporating devices for radio frequency identification (RFID), which apparatus comprises a device according to claim 1 and a working plane movable with respect to the latter device along said longitudinal direction, the latter longitudinal direction being a vertical direction, in which the overall configuration is such that a translation of said working plane towards said device determines the abutment on said guide element and the retraction of the latter guide element toward said main body.