Package making – Methods – Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-07
2001-10-30
Gerrity, Stephen F. (Department: 3721)
Package making
Methods
Forming a cover adjunct or application of a cover adjunct to...
C053S467000, C053S055000, C053S064000, C053S135200, C053S136100, C053S282000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06308499
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing/handling fluid component packaged goods, a manufacture/handling instructing data code for use in this method and fluid component packaged goods to which this manufacture/handling instructing data code is affixed. The invention is suitably applied to goods such as a paint can in which paint is filled in particular.
2. Description of the Related Art
A data code such as a bar code and a two-dimensional data code has been introduced into manufacturing lines of various goods as a manufacturing instructing data code to enhance the efficiency for manufacturing goods and to eliminate processing and handling failures during the manufacture.
For instance, JP-A-57-71151, JP-A-62-28157 and JP-A-4-146649 have disclosed such data code in connection with semiconductor devices, JP-A-59-124469 has disclosed it in connection with the production of cars and JP-A-6-178955 has disclosed it in connection with painting products. Further, JP-A-6-134656 and JP-A-7-21271 have disclosed a manufacturing instructing data code itself.
In the technologies disclosed in the above-mentioned publications, the manufacturing instructing data code such as a bar code is affixed to nonprocessed
on-treated goods to process/treat the goods accurately and automatically by reading processing/treatment information directly from the data code or by collating goods identification information read on a manufacturing line with processing/treatment information in a computer.
All of these technologies described above can improve the manufacturing efficiency and reduce processing/treatment failures.
By the way, each of the technologies described above utilizes the data code only in the processing/treatment of goods. However, in general, there is a packaging line after the manufacturing line for the goods of general size manufactured in the factory line, except very large goods such as a car, and the factory line cycle ends after passing through steps of classifying the packaged goods and conveying the packaged goods to predetermined shipping yards. Accordingly, it has been desired to introduce something like a“handling instructing data code” as to handling after the manufacturing process to improve its efficiency and to reduce handling failures.
However, because the packaged goods can be manufactured only after the processing/treatment of the goods, the manufacturing instructing data code cannot be affixed to the package. Even if the handling instructing data code is affixed to the goods, it is difficult to read the code mechanically through the package in general except for a package such as vacuum packing by means of a transparent film. Accordingly, it has only been possible to affix the manufacturing instructing data code to goods to be processed/treated and to affix the handling instructing data code, even if introduced, separately to goods to be packaged. Namely, such method has required two data codes for two objects, i.e. the manufacturing instructing data code for a product and the handling instructing data code for its package, in separate steps for one packaged goods. Further, these two data codes must correspond correctly with the goods and package. Therefore, there have been problems that the data code pasting and data processing in a computer or the like are very complicated.
The same applies to the field of fluid component goods such as paint and various liquid component goods or of solid particulate component goods having fluidity. Namely, it has not been possible to improve the manufacturing, packaging and handling efficiency and to reduce handling failures by using the manufacturing instructing data code and the handling instructing data code.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to eliminate the above-mentioned problems in manufacturing/handing the fluid component packaged goods.
The inventors of the present application have reached the following points to be noticed and conceived the present invention:
(a) Normal solid goods allow the manufacturing instructing data code to be indicated directly on the goods and can be processed/treated according to the manufacturing instructing data code as the goods are conveyed on a manufacture line one by one. However, it has the above-mentioned problems because they cannot be processed/treated from the outside of the package.
(b) Fluid component goods do not allow the manufacturing instructing data code to be indicated directly on the goods and cannot be processed/treated in a predetermined manner by classifying and conveying it on the manufacture line one by one. When the fluid is to be filled within a packaging container, however,“processing/treatment after packaging” is possible. Thus, it is possible to manufacture, package and handle the goods by indicating the manufacturing instructing data code and the handling instructing data code together on the package as one single data code.
(c) Conventionally, a number of types of products such as paints have been produced by first producing a predetermined component per product type as a master batch and then filling it into individual packaging containers. Recently, however, there has been introduced a method of supplying empty packaging containers on a manufacture line one after another, filling predetermined components into the individual packaging containers and mixing them therein to produce the fluid component and the fluid component packaged goods at the same time. The adoption of this method allows the merit of the above item (b) to be actively utilized. (First Aspect of the Invention)
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for manufacturing/handling fluid component packaged goods comprising the steps of manufacturing fluid components of at least two types having different compositions; manufacturing fluid component packaged goods of at least two types in which the fluid components are filled in packaging containers; and handling the fluid component packaged goods differently according to their types or classification. The method further comprises the following conditions 1) through 4):
1) The fluid components of at least two types and the fluid component packaged goods of at least two types are manufactured concurrently by filling the predetermined components corresponding to the types or classification of the fluid components to and by implementing other necessary processes on individual packaging containers supplied one after another on one and the same manufacturing line.
2) The fluid component packaged goods manufactured on the manufacturing line are handled in a predetermined manner corresponding to its types or classification on a handling line.
3) A manufacturing/handling instructing data code containing processing information required for manufacturing the fluid components and handling information required for handling the fluid component packaged goods is indicated on the individual packaging containers in advance or in a pre-step of the manufacturing line.
4) Required processes based on the processing information of the data code are decided and executed in processing stations for manufacturing the fluid components and the fluid component packaged goods on the manufacturing line, and required handling based on the handling information of the data code are decided and executed in handling stations for handling the fluid component packaged goods on the handling line.
According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided the method for manufacturing/handling the fluid component packaged goods, wherein the fluid component is paint and the fluid component packaged goods are paint goods filled in paint cans.
According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided the method for manufacturing/handling the fluid component packaged goods, wherein the data code is a bar code or a two-dimensional code printed or pasted on the paint cans.
According to a fourth aspect of t
Ide Kazuhiko
Takada Hiromichi
Gerrity Stephen F.
Kikusui Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
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