# US 7,411,482 B2 · Wireless tag reader and writer

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- Number: US 7,411,482 B2
- Document ID: US7411482B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/362,888
- Filed: 2006-02-27
- Published: 2006-09-28
- Granted: 2008-08-12
- Earliest claimed: 2005-03-28
- Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Toshiaki Oshiro
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7411482B2

## CPC

- G06K 7/10336: {the antenna being of the near field type, inductive coil}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

A wireless tag reader and writer includes: a plurality of read and write boxes each having an opening at one end, through which an article with a wireless tag is accommodated, and a read antenna and a write antenna on parts of the side wall at the end opposite to the opening; and a box storage having a plurality of storage compartments for storing the read and write boxes. Each of the read and write boxes is fixed in the storage compartment with a fixing screw fixed to the side wall of the read and write box adjacent to the opening in such a manner the fixing screw is fixed in an inclined slide slit in the outer wall of the box storage adjacent to the opening such that the opening is higher than the opposite end. Thus, the wireless tag can be located close to the reading antenna and the write antenna.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wireless tag reader and writer comprising:
a storage box having a plurality of storage compartments each having an opening end for storing a plurality of read and write boxes;
each read and write box having a front opening at a front end thereof, and a read antenna and a write antenna for communicating with a wireless tag on a side wall at the end opposite to the front opening, the read and write box accommodating an article with the wireless tag through the front opening;
a fixing portion provided on the side wall of the read and write box adjacent to the front opening, for fixing the read and write box with a fixing screw;
a first insertion hole in the side wall of the read and write box at the end opposite to the front opening, for allowing a shaft to pass through;
a slide slit in an outer side wall of the storage compartment adjacent to its opening end, through which the fixing screw slides; and
a second insertion hole in the outer side wall of the storage compartment at the rear opposite to its opening end, for allowing the shaft to pass through;
the fixing screw screwed to the fixing portion and in the slide slit in such a manner that the read and write box rotates around the shaft in the storage compartment and is fixed in an inclined state in which the front opening of the read and write box is higher than the end opposite to the front opening.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wireless tag reader and writer according to claim 1, wherein the slide slit is shaped like an arc.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The wireless tag reader and writer according to claim 1, wherein the read and write box has a radio-wave absorber disposed therewithin.

### Claim 4

A wireless tag reader and writer comprising:
a read and write box having an opening at a front end thereof, through which an article with a wireless tag is accommodated, and a read antenna and a write antenna for communicating with a wireless tag provided on a side wall at a of the read and write box opposite to to front opening; and
a storage box for storing the read and write box in such a manner that the read and write box is so inclined that the vicinity of the front opening of the read and write box is higher than the thereof.