US 11,694,044 B2
Ore tag assembly and system and method re same
Gilles Arsenault, Lively (CA); Yvan Brule, Blind River (CA); and Patrick Clement, Sudbury (CA)
Assigned to Topvu Ltd., Sudbury (CA)
Filed by TopVu Ltd., Sudbury (CA)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/574,543.
Claims priority of application No. 3017675 (CA), filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0089923 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ore tag assembly comprising:
at least one tube subassembly comprising:
a flexible outer tube extending between first and second ends thereof;
a flexible inner tube received in the outer tube, the inner and outer tubes being unsecured to each other to permit movement of the inner tube and the outer tube relative to each other, the inner tube extending between first and second ends thereof, the inner tube comprising an inner surface defining a cavity in the inner tube;
an elongate RFID device loosely positioned in the cavity, the RFID device being unsecured to the inner surface, to permit movement of the RFID device relative to the inner surface; and
plug elements positioned in the respective first and second ends of the outer tube and inner plugs positioned in the respective first and second ends of the inner tube, to prevent ingress of liquids and materials into the cavity.