US20160010285A1

US20160010285A1 - Paper box with wireless signal transmission component and manufacturing method thereof

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Publication number: US20160010285A1
Application number: US14/326,972
Authority: US
Inventors: Chien-Kuan Kuo; Chun-Huang Huang
Original assignee: Golden Arrow Printing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Golden Arrow Printing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-07-09
Filing date: 2014-07-09
Publication date: 2016-01-14

Abstract

Disclosed are a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component (300) and a manufacturing method of the paper box. The manufacturing method includes the steps of providing a forming mold (100), filling a paper pulp into the forming mold (100) to form a basal layer (210), installing a wireless signal transmission component onto the basal layer (210), filling a paper pulp into the forming mold (100) again to cover the basal layer (210) and combine with the basal layer (210) to form a box body (200), covering the wireless signal transmission component (300) into the box body (200), and pressing and dehydrating the box body (200) before hot pressing and drying the box body (200). In addition, the method is used for manufacturing a paper box with an integrally formed box body (200) and a wireless signal transmission component (300) embedded into the box body (200).

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of boxes, and more particularly to a manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Radio frequency identification (RFID) chip is usually used for packaging a product to distinguish the content of the packaged product. In a paper packaging application of the RFID chip, a label is generally adhered onto the package, and this method not only ruins the aesthetic look of the product package, but also incurs the risks of having a label falling out, being damaged by external forces, or being replaced by a counterfeit.
In view of the foregoing problems, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments and provide a feasible solution in accordance with the present invention to overcome the problems of the prior art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component to manufacture the paper box with an embedded wireless signal transmission component.
To achieve the aforementioned objective, the present invention provides a manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component, comprising the steps of: providing a forming mold; filling a paper pulp into the forming mold and covering an inner surface of the forming mold to form a basal layer; installing a wireless signal transmission component onto the basal layer; filling a paper pulp into the forming mold again to cover the basal layer and combining with the basal layer to form a box body, and covering the wireless signal transmission component into the box body; pressing and dehydrating the box body; and hot pressing and drying the dehydrated box body.
Preferably, a dehydration mold corresponding to the forming mold is provided in the aforementioned step, wherein a reserved space with a thickness falling within a range from 2 mm to 5 mm is formed between the dehydration mold and the forming mold, and the dehydration mold is put into the forming mold and compressed until the box body in the reserved space is dehydrated, and this step is repeated selectively for several times.
Preferably, a hot press mold compresses the box body disposed in the hot press mold to a predetermined thickness, and then the box body is heated to a temperature of 120° C. to 190° C. continuously for a predetermined time.
Preferably, the inner surface of the forming mold has a plurality of meshes formed and distributed thereon. The wireless signal transmission component is an active component or a passive component, and preferably a RFID chip.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component.
To achieve the aforementioned objective, the present invention provides a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component, and the paper box comprises an integrally formed box body and a wireless signal transmission component embedded into the box body.
The wireless signal transmission component is an active component or a passive component, and preferably a RFID chip.
The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component in accordance with the present invention is capable of using a mold to produce a box body by paper pulp. In the process of forming the box body, a wireless signal transmission component is embedded into the box body to form the paper box with a wireless signal transmission component of the present invention. As are result, the structure of the box body is enhanced without affecting the appearance of the box body.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a forming mold in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of installing a basal layer in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of installing a wireless signal transmission component in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of forming a box body in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a dehydration mold in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a hot press mold in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a manufactured paper box with a wireless signal transmission component in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The technical contents of the present invention will become apparent with the detailed description of a preferred embodiment accompanied with the illustration of related drawings as follows. It is noteworthy that same numerals are used for representing same respective elements in the drawings.
With reference to FIG. 1 for a manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component in accordance with the present invention, the manufacturing method comprises the following steps:
Step (a): Provide a forming mold 100 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. In this preferred embodiment, the forming mold 100 is preferably a forming net, and thus the forming mold 100 has a plurality of meshes 110 formed and distributed on an inner surface of the forming mold 100.
Step (b): Fill a paper pulp into the forming mold 100, and cover the paper pulp onto the inner surface of the forming mold 100, while providing a negative pressure from the exterior into the forming mold 100 through the meshes 110 of the forming mold 100, such that the paper pulp is attached onto the inner surface of the forming mold 100 to form a basal layer 210 on the inner surface of the forming mold 100 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
Step (c): Install a wireless signal transmission component 300 on the basal layer 210 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. In this preferred embodiment, the wireless signal transmission component 300 is preferably a radio frequency identification chip (RFID chip) which may be a passive RFID chip or an active RFID chip, and the active RFID chip preferably has a power storage component installed on the basal layer 210 and electrically coupled to the RFID chip for supplying power to the RFID chip. The form of the wireless signal transmission component 300 of the present invention includes but not limited to the form of being embedded into the basal layer 210, semi-embedded in the basal layer 210, or installed on a surface of the basal layer 210.
Step (d): Fill a paper pulp into the forming mold 100 again, and cover the paper pulp onto the basal layer 210 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5. If the wireless signal transmission component 300 is semi-embedded into the basal layer 210 or installed on a surface of the basal layer 210, the paper pulp of the forming mold 100 must cover the wireless signal transmission component 300. A negative pressure is provided from an outer side of the forming mold 100 into the forming mold 100 through the meshes 110, such that the paper pulp filled into the forming mold 100 is attached onto a surface of the basal layer 210 and combined with the basal layer 210 to form a box body 200, so that the wireless signal transmission component 300 is embedded into the box body 200.
Step (e): Provide a dehydration mold 400 corresponding to the forming mold 100 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, wherein the external profile of the dehydration mold 400 is corresponsive to the internal profile of the forming mold 100, and when the dehydration mold 400 is put into the forming mold 100, a reserved space is preferably formed between the dehydration mold 400 and the forming mold 100, and the reserved space preferably has a thickness D1 falling within a range from 2 mm to 5 mm. In this preferred embodiment, the thickness of the reserved space is preferably 3 mm. The dehydration mold 400 is put into the forming mold 100 to compress the box body 200, so that the box body 200 is compressed into the reserved space (or the thickness D1 of the box body 200 is compressed to 3 mm) to squeeze out the water contained in the box body 200 and discharge the water from the meshes 110 of the forming mold 100. In this preferred embodiment, the step (e) is repeated selectively for several times. The better dehydration, the smoother the surface of the box body 200. The number of times of carrying out the step (e) is selected according to the different ways of using the box body 200.
Step (f): Provide a hot press mold 500, remove the dehydrated box body 200 from the forming mold 100, put the dehydrated box body 200 into the hot press mold 500, compress the box body 200 to a predetermined thickness D2 by the hot press mold 500, and then heat the hot press mold 500 continuously for a predetermined time, so as to pressurize and heat the dehydrated box body 200 simultaneously, and the compression and heating processes are stopped as soon as the predetermined time is reached as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7. In this preferred embodiment, the predetermined thickness D2 falls within a range from 1.1 mm to 1.5 mm. In this preferred embodiment, the predetermined thickness D2 is approximately equal to 1.3 mm, and the box body 200 is preferably heated to a temperature of 120° C. to 190° C., but the invention is not limited to the aforementioned arrangements only.
By the manufacturing method of the present invention, the box body 200 with the wireless signal transmission component 300 is manufactured.
In FIG. 8, the manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component in accordance with the present invention is capable of using a mold to produce a box body 200 by paper pulp. In the process of forming the box body 200, a wireless signal transmission component 300 is embedded into the box body 200 to form the paper box with a wireless signal transmission component in accordance with the present invention. The wireless signal transmission component 300 will not fall out from the box body 200 or will not be damaged by external forces easily, and the appearance of the box body 200 will not be affected.
While the invention has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component, comprising the steps:

(a) providing a forming mold 100;

(b) filling a paper pulp into the forming mold 100 and covering an inner surface of the forming mold 100 to form a basal layer 210;

(c) installing a wireless signal transmission component 300 onto the basal layer 210;

(d) filling a paper pulp into the forming mold 100 again to cover the basal layer 210 and combining with the basal layer 210 to form a box body 200, and covering the wireless signal transmission component 300 into the box body 200;

(e) pressing and dehydrating the box body 200; and

(f) hot pressing and drying the dehydrated box body 200.

2. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 1, wherein a dehydration mold 400 corresponding to the forming mold 100 is provided, and the dehydration mold 400 is put into the forming mold 100 to dehydrate the box body 200 in the step (e).

3. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 2, wherein a reserved space is formed between the dehydration mold 400 and the forming mold 100, and the dehydration mold 400 compresses the box body 200 into the reserved space.

4. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 3, wherein the reserved space has a thickness falling within a range from 2 mm to 5 mm.

5. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the forming mold 100 has a plurality of meshes 110 formed and distributed thereon.

6. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 1, wherein the step (e) is selectively repeated for several times.

7. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 1, wherein a hot press mold 500 is provided for hot pressing and drying the box body 200, and the dehydrated box body 200 is put into the hot press mold 500, and then the hot press mold 500 compresses the box body 200 while heating the hot press mold 500 to heat the box body 200 in the step (f).

8. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 7, wherein the hot press mold 500 compresses the box body 200 to a predetermined thickness D2, and then the box body 200 is heated continuously for a predetermined time, and finally the compression and heating processes are stopped in the step (f).

9. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 8, wherein the box body 200 is heated to a temperature from 120° C. to 190° C. in the step (f).

10. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 1, wherein the wireless signal transmission component 300 is a RFID chip.

11. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 1, wherein the wireless signal transmission component 300 is an active component.

12. The manufacturing method of a paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 1, wherein the wireless signal transmission component 300 is a passive component.

13. A paper box with a wireless signal transmission component, comprising an integrally formed box body 200 and a wireless signal transmission component 300 embedded into the box body 200.

14. The paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 13, wherein the wireless signal transmission component 300 is a RFID chip.

15. The paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 13, wherein the wireless signal transmission component 300 is an active component.

16. The paper box with a wireless signal transmission component according to claim 13, wherein the wireless signal transmission component 300 is a passive component.