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US 2007/0185613 A1Published application
RFID product identification and tracking system
AssigneeHershey Chocolate and Confectionary Corporation
InventorKevin Feldenzer
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Abstract
Apparatus for RFID tagging of packages is provided, including a conveyor, along which tags having microchips and antennae are applied to packages, with the tags being encoded via radio waves, to contain information about packaged identification and other information, with the encoding being done upstream of a palletizer system, and with the palletizer system being provided for receiving encoded packages from the conveyor.
Claims26
Apparatus for RFID tagging of packages comprising:
- (a) a conveyor for transporting packages along a predetermined path, with tags having microchips and antennae applied to the packages;
- (b) encoding means including a transmitter for encoding the tags by transmitting radio waves with information about package identification to the microchips of the tags, via the antennae of the tags;
- (c) a palletizer system at a predetermined location for removing encoded packages from the conveyor and delivering at least some encoded packages to at least one pallet;
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- (d) with the encoding means being disposed upstream of the location of the palletizer system.
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A method of RFID tagging of packages comprising:
- (a) transporting packages along a predetermined conveyor path, with tags having microchips and antennae applied to the packages;
- (b) encoding the tags by transmitting radio waves with information about package identification to the microchips of the tags, via the antennae of the tags;
- (c) removing encoded packages from the conveyor and delivering at least some encoded packages to at least one pallet of a palleteizer system;
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- (d) with the encoding taking place upstream of the location of the palletizer system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.