SUPPLY PACKAGE HAVING SUPPORT ELEMENT WITH RFID

摘要

An apparatus for dispensing sheet material pertains to a housing arranged for receiving a supply of sheet material, a feed mechanism for advancing said sheet material through a discharge opening of said housing, a motor for driving said feed mechanism and a controller for powering the motor to drive the feed mechanism.

主权项

1. An apparatus for dispensing sheet material from a supply package, the apparatus comprising:
a housing arranged for receiving the supply package in the form of a bundle or stack of sheet material; a feed mechanism for advancing said sheet material through a discharge opening of said housing; a motor for driving said feed mechanism; and a controller for powering the motor to drive the feed mechanism, wherein said controller includes a radio frequency identification base station provided with an antenna adapted to communicate with an antenna in a radio frequency identification tag applied on a releasable support element releasably attached to said supply package, said controller being arranged to allow the motor to drive the feed mechanism depending on information stored in a memory circuit in said radio frequency identification tag applied on said supply package, and a connector device for locating said supply package in said housing so that a signal from the radio frequency identification tag on the releasable support element is receivable at the antenna of the base station.