Flexible tube comprising an electronic component
AssigneeCebal
InventorAlan Quemeneur
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Abstract
The invention relates to a flexible tube head (40, 40′) comprising a dispensing port which is defined by an edge (41, 41′) and a shoulder (42, 42′), the shoulder connecting the edge to the flexible skirt (30) of the tube. The invention is characterized in that it comprises an electronic component (20) which can be used for the electrically contactless exchange of information with a read or read/write device, normally a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) type component.
Claims19
Flexible tube head (40, 40′) formed of a plastic material, the head including an opening defined by an edge (41, 41′) and a shoulder (42, 42′) connecting the edge to a flexible skirt of a flexible tube for packaging a product, the tube head comprising an electronic component (20, 20′) intended to exchange information about the tube and/or its contents with a read or read/write device outside of the tube without any electrical contact, the electronic component being set within the plastic material forming the tube head such that there is no adhesive material in contact with the packaged product.
Method for manufacturing a flexible tube head characterized in that it uses an electronic component (20, 20′) capable of exchanging information with a read or read/write device with no electrical contact comprising:
- (a) depositing the electronic component inside a cavity (17) of a mold for forming the head, the electronic component being held inside the cavity of the mold for forming the head without use of adhesive material, and (b) molding the head, the plastic material flowing so as to embed the electronic component within the plastic material.
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Method for manufacturing a flexible tube provided with a head (40) and a skirt (30) in which the head is overmolded on an end (31) of the skirt comprising (a) fitting the skirt around a mandrel of a mold, and (b) operating the mold so that the end (31) of the skirt overflows and is contained in a mold cavity (17) delimited by a head (11) of a mandrel (10) and a cavity of a die (16), characterized in that an electronic component (20) for exchanging, without electrical contact, information with a read or read/write device is deposited on the head (11) of the mandrel (10) in contact with the end (31) of the skirt (30) that overflows into the mold cavity (17).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.