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Apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag, tape cartridge and tag tape

US8113727B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by
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52Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 19, 2007
Grant dateFeb 14, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F3/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There are included an antenna transmitting and receiving information through a radio communication with a RFID circuit element, a signal processing circuit and a transmission portion of a radio frequency circuit configured to execute write or read of information with respect to an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element, a tape-feeding-roller drive shaft for feeding out a base tape from a first roll, a cutter configured to cut the base tape fed out by this tape-feeding-roller drive shaft to a predetermined length to produce a RFID label, a print head making a print in a predetermined print region of the base tape, and a control circuit configured to control this print head so as to be capable of being switched between the print in a forward direction and the print in a rotation direction inverting this forward direction with respect to a predetermined print region.

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