US 12,248,838 B2
Filtering systems for recycling RFID tags and methods of using thereof
Ian J. Forster, Chelmsford (GB)
Assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/758,035
Filed by Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC, Mentor, OH (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/067171
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/134067, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,459, filed on Dec. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054777 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10366 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for recovering a recyclable radio-frequency identification (RFID) device from a waste stream, the system comprising:
the recyclable RFID device comprising one or more small recoverable components including an RFID coupling strap comprising a conductor and an RFID chip both encapsulated within a substrate; and a filtering system comprising:
a waste collection container configured to separate the recyclable RFID device from an associated packaging within the container;
an RFID device detection unit configured to detect the separated recyclable RFID device including the RFID coupling strap; and
an RFID device diversion area.