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US 2008/0257964 A1Published application
Printer and Ic Chip Communication Apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMotohito Tsuchiya
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Abstract
By rotating an antenna movable screw, an antenna fixing plate is vertically moved through the screw action, whereby the position of the antenna is changed. With this mechanism, the distance between the antenna and a transported label sheet can be adjusted according to a type of a label sheet (RF tag), whereby information can correctly be written to a tag corresponding to the type of various label sheets (RF tags).
Claims17
A printer comprising:
- a print head that performs printing to a sheet provided with an IC chip;
- a transporting device that transports the sheet on a transporting path;
- an antenna that mediates data communication with the IC chip provided on the sheet transported on the transporting path;
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- a mechanism for adjusting a distance between the antenna and the transporting path.
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An IC chip communication apparatus comprising:
- an antenna that mediates data communication with an IC chip provided on a sheet;
- a transporting device that guides and transports the sheet to the position where the antenna mediates the data communication with the IC chip;
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- a mechanism for adjusting a distance that adjusts a distance between the antenna and the transporting path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.