Wireless tag reader and basket device
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorWataru Sakurai
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Abstract
A wireless tag reader that is attachable to a basket used for storing an object to which a wireless tag is attached includes a body portion that houses a processor configured to read tag information stored in the wireless tag, an antenna extending from or included in the body portion and through which radio waves are transmitted to and received from the wireless tag, and a holding portion attachable to an upper edge part of the basket and including an upper plate part rotatably connected to the body portion, a lower plate part facing the upper plate part, and a biasing member between the upper and lower plate parts and by which one of the upper and lower plate parts is biased towards the other while the upper edge part is sandwiched by the upper and lower plate parts.
Claims20
A wireless tag reader that is attachable to a basket for storing a tagged object, the wireless tag reader comprising:
- a body portion housing a processor;
- an antenna connected to the body portion;
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- a holding portion attachable to an upper edge part of a basket and including:
- an upper plate part that is flat and rotatably connected to the body portion,
- a lower plate part that is flat and facing the upper plate part, and
- a biasing member between the upper and lower plate parts and by which one of the upper and lower plate parts is biased towards the other while the upper edge part of the basket is sandwiched between the upper and lower plate parts.
A basket device, comprising:
- a basket in which an object can be stored;
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- a wireless tag reader detachably attached to the basket and including:
- a body portion housing a processor,
- an antenna connected to the body portion, and
- a holding portion detachably attached to an upper edge part of the basket and including:
- an upper plate part that is flat and rotatably connected to the body portion,
- a lower plate part that is flat and facing the upper plate part, and
- a biasing member between the upper and lower plate parts and by which one of the upper and lower plate parts is biased towards the other while the upper edge part of the basket is sandwiched between the upper and lower plate parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.