Identification attachments
AssigneeITW New Zealand Limited
InventorsYeong-Heng Koo, Andrew Nicholson Wrigley
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Abstract
This invention provides an attachment for mounting electromagnetic identification tags onto the necks of bottles. The tag has a portion which provides a receptacle portion for an RFI tag. This receptacle portion is connected to a portion that embraces a neck of a bottle to attach the receptacle portion, and thereby, the RFID tag to the neck of the bottle. The identification tag may be formed from a material that does not interfere with electromagnetic signals.
Claims35
An identification attachment for attaching an electromagnetic identification tag to a bottle having a neck, the identification attachment comprising:
- a receptacle portion adapted to receive an electromagnetic identification tag;
- an embracing portion connected to the receptacle portion and having a through hole that has an axis and is adapted to embrace a neck of a bottle so as to mount the receptacle portion onto the neck of the bottle, wherein the receptacle portion is substantially canti-levered from the embracing portion when the embracing portion embraces the neck of a bottle;
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- a closure member engageable with the receptacle portion for sealing the electromagnetic identification tag in the receptacle portion,
- wherein the closure member is engageable with the receptacle portion from below in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the through hole.
An identification attachment for attaching an electromagnetic identification tag to a bottle having a neck, the identification attachment comprising:
- a receptacle portion adapted to receive an electromagnetic identification tag;
- an embracing portion connected to the receptacle portion and adapted to embrace a neck of a bottle so as to mount the receptacle portion onto the neck of the bottle, wherein the receptacle portion is substantially canti-levered from the embracing portion when the embracing portion embraces the neck of a bottle;
- a closure member engageable with the receptacle portion for sealing the electromagnetic identification tag in the receptacle portion;
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- a protrusion having a flat securing surface adapted to bear against and to be substantially parallel to a flat surface of the neck of the bottle for securing the identification attachment against rotation around the neck of the bottle,
- wherein
- the embracing portion has a top surface and defines a through hole which has an axis and is adapted to receive the neck of the bottle, and
- the protrusion is outwardly spaced from an innermost surface of the embracing portion and projects upwardly from the top surface of the embracing portion and parallel with the axis of the through hole, and
- an entirety of the closure member is covered by the receptacle portion from above when the closure member is engaged with the receptacle portion and the axis of the through hole is oriented vertically.
An identification attachment for attaching an electromagnetic identification tag to a bottle having a neck, the identification attachment comprising:
- a receptacle portion adapted to receive an electromagnetic identification tag;
- an embracing portion connected to the receptacle portion and having a through hole that has an axis and is adapted to embrace a neck of a bottle so as to mount the receptacle portion onto the neck of the bottle, wherein the receptacle portion is substantially canti-levered from the embracing portion when the embracing portion embraces the neck of a bottle;
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- a closure member engageable with the receptacle portion for sealing the electromagnetic identification tag in the receptacle portion,
- wherein the closure member is below the receptacle portion when the axis of the through hole is oriented vertically, and
- wherein the closure member is configured to be prevented, by a shoulder of the bottle, from being removed from the receptacle portion when the embracing portion embraces the neck of the bottle.
An identification attachment for attaching an electromagnetic identification tag to a bottle having a neck, the identification attachment comprising:
- a receptacle portion adapted to receive an electromagnetic identification tag;
- an embracing portion connected to the receptacle portion and having a through hole that has an axis and is adapted to embrace a neck of a bottle so as to mount the receptacle portion onto the neck of the bottle, wherein the receptacle portion is substantially canti-levered from the embracing portion when the embracing portion embraces the neck of a bottle;
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- a closure member engageable with the receptacle portion for sealing the electromagnetic identification tag in the receptacle portion,
- wherein the receptacle portion includes an opening that receives the closure member, wherein a longitudinal axis of the opening is at least generally parallel with a longitudinal axis of the through hole of the embracing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.