JP4750569B2 - Label continuum - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a label continuum used in a printer, and more particularly to a label continuum formed with a perforation for separation preferably used in a barcode printer.

  Conventionally, as a printing medium for printing barcodes and characters using a barcode printer, a label continuum in which a plurality of labels each having an adhesive layer on the back surface are temporarily attached on a release mount is known. ing. Such a label continuum is provided with perforations for the peeling mount between the labels, and the label can be separated from the perforation to an appropriate number of sheets with the peeling mount, or the perforation for the labels. There are some which are provided with eyes so that the label peeled off from the peeling mount can be further separated into a plurality of small labels (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 11-242439 A

  An example of printing such a conventional continuous label using a barcode printer will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a bar code printer that performs printing on a label continuum, and FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory diagram illustrating a state during conveyance of a conventional label continuum. The label continuum 52 is wound in a roll shape and attached to the label supply unit 54 of the barcode printer 50, and the label continuum 52 fed out from the label supply unit 54 at the time of printing is conveyed by the barcode printer 50. The thermal transfer ribbon 66 fed from the ribbon supply unit 64 is heated by the line thermal head 62 while being guided to the printing unit 58 via the path 56 and being nipped and conveyed by the platen roller 60 and the line thermal head 62, and the platen roller While being conveyed at 60, characters, symbols, bar codes, etc. are printed on the surface of the label 70. The printed label 70 is cut into a desired label unit from the perforation 74 formed on the release mount 72 and distributed, and then the label 70 released from the release mount 72 is formed on the label 70. It cut | disconnects from the perforation 76, is divided | segmented into a small label, and is affixed on the predetermined position of a to-be-adhered thing. In the case where the label 70 is separated from the label continuous body 52 and applied to the adherend, it is desirable that the perforations 74 and 76 be separated as easily as possible in consideration of work efficiency. Separation is facilitated by using an end portion as a cutting portion. However, if the ends of the peeling mount 72 and the perforations 74 and 76 of the label 70 are cut portions, the end of the perforations 74 formed on the peeling mount 72 during the transport of the label 70, for example, as shown in FIG. The part 78 is cut and caught by various obstacles existing in the conveyance path 56, the line thermal head 62, or the like, or the end of the perforation 76 formed on the label 70 is folded back to expose the adhesive layer 80 of the label 70. However, there is a problem in that the conveyance of the label continuous body 52 and defective printing occur due to adhesion to the conveyance path 56.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and when printing with a printer, troubles such as label conveyance failure and printing failure can be prevented, and when the label is used, the release mount or label is cut by hand. The purpose is to provide a label continuum that can be easily processed.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a continuous label according to the present invention includes a first sewing machine for separating one side of the base material into two or more while having one surface of the base material as a printing portion and an adhesive layer on the other surface. A label continuum for a printer, comprising: a label having eyes formed; and a strip-like release mount on which a plurality of labels are temporarily attached and second perforations are formed to separate the labels. a is, the first perforation formed in the base material penetrates only the front and back of the substrate, the ends of the transverse direction of the base material is a cut portion, formed on the strip of release backing The second perforation that has been made penetrates only the front and back of the release mount, and the end in the transverse direction of the release mount is a non-cut portion.
Moreover, the length of the cutting part formed in the edge part of said 1st perforation can be set within the range of 2.0 mm or more and 3.0 mm or less.
The length of the non-cut portion formed at the end of the second perforation can be set within a range of 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm.

As described above, in the label continuous body of the present invention, the end portion of the first perforation formed on the label is a cut portion, and the end portion of the second perforation formed on the strip-shaped release mount is non-cut. Since the cutting portion is used, troubles such as label conveyance failure and printing failure can be prevented when printing with a printer, and the peeling mount and label can be easily cut by hand when using the label.
In the present invention, since the length of the cut portion formed at the end portion of the first perforation is set within a range of 2.0 mm or more and 3.0 mm or less, when printing with a printer, the label In addition, it is possible to prevent troubles such as conveyance failure and printing failure, and it is possible to easily cut the label by hand when using the label.
In the present invention, since the length of the non-cut portion formed at the end of the second perforation is set within a range of 1.0 mm or more and 1.5 mm or less, when printing with a printer, Troubles such as label conveyance failure and printing failure can be prevented, and when the label is used, the release mount can be easily cut by hand.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part same as the past, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  1 is a schematic plan view showing a label continuum according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perforation formed on the label shown in FIG. It is the elements on larger scale showing the edge part (A) and the edge part (B) of the perforation formed in the peeling mount. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the label continuum 10 is composed of a label 16 composed of a label base material 12 having a printing portion on the front surface and an adhesive layer 14 on the back surface thereof, and a release mount 18. A plurality of labels 16 are temporarily attached via the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 14 at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the release mount 18.

  In the label 16, perforations (first perforations) 20 for dividing one label 16 into two small labels are formed in the transverse direction of the label 16 through the front and back of the label substrate 12. ing. Further, a perforation (second perforation) 22 for dividing the label continuum 10 between the labels 16 passes through the front and back of the release mount 18 in the transverse direction of the release mount 18. The various types of labels 16 that have been formed and printed together can be used together with the release mount 18 for distribution. The back surface of the release mount 18 has a relationship with the perforations 22 formed on the release mount 18 corresponding to the perforations 22 formed on the release mount 18 or the perforations 20 formed on the label 16. The detection marks 24 are formed at a predetermined interval in the transverse direction so that transfer and printing control by the bar code printer 50 can be executed.

  The end portion of the perforation 20 formed in the label 16 is a cut portion (cut portion) 30 as shown in the label end enlarged portion 26 in FIG. 3A, and the label 16 can be cut appropriately. It is configured as follows. The longer the cutting portion 30 at the end of the label 16 is easier to cut, but if the length of the cutting portion 30 is too long, the label 16 is cut from the perforation 20 when the label 16 is peeled off from the peeling mount 18. There is a problem that it is easy to be done. On the other hand, if the length of the cutting portion 30 is too short, it is difficult to obtain an opportunity for cutting the label 16, and when attempting to cut the label 16 by hand, the label 16 is cut from an unexpected position at the end of the label 16. This causes a malfunction. In particular, in the case of the paper label 16, such a problem is likely to occur due to the property that the label 16 tends to tear along the paper fibers.

  Further, in the manufacturing process of the continuous label body 10, after forming outlines and perforations 20, 22, etc. on the peeling mount 18 and the label 16, the label is removed when the so-called scum portion around the label 16 is peeled off and removed. The lower side of the 16 cut portions 30 is pulled up together with the residue by the adhesive layer 14 of the residue portion, and when the label continuous body 10 is wound in a roll shape, the portion is folded and the adhesive layer 14 is exposed. A malfunction occurs. When printing is performed with the barcode printer 50 in such a state, the adhesive layer 14 of the label 16 adheres to a thermal head or the like during conveyance, which causes conveyance failure or printing failure. The inventor of the present application has made various studies in order to prevent such problems, and as a result, the length of the cut portion 30 formed at the end portion of the perforation 20 is preferably 1.0 to 5.0 mm, more preferably 2 It was found to be 0.0 to 3.0 mm.

  On the other hand, the end portion of the perforation 22 formed on the peeling mount 18 is a non-cut portion (uncut portion) 32 as shown in the peeling mount end portion enlarged portion 28 of FIG. If the length of the non-cutting portion 32 is too long, the trigger for cutting the release mount 18 is not determined, and when the release mount 18 is cut by hand, it is cut from an unexpected position at the end of the release mount 18. This causes problems.

  Further, if the length of the non-cutting portion 32 at the end of the perforation 22 is shortened, it becomes easy to cut by hand. However, if the length is too short, the end of the peeling mount 18 is conveyed during processing or during printing. The non-cutting portion 32 is easily cut, and a non-cutting portion 32 at the end portion of the perforation 22 is caused by, for example, a certain projecting object in the vicinity of the conveyance path 56 coming into contact with the end portion of the perforation 22 when transporting the barcode printer 50. Is cut and then folded back to cause conveyance failure and printing failure. As a result of various studies by the inventors of the present invention to prevent such problems, the length of the non-cut portion 32 is preferably 0.5 to 3.0 mm, and more preferably 1.0 to 1.5 mm. I found.

  The label substrate 12 to which the present invention is applied is made of paper material such as fine paper, coated paper, art paper, cast coated paper, Japanese paper, cardboard, thermal paper, etc., and has a thickness in the range of 25 μm to 250 μm. Can be suitably used. As the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 14, an acrylic or rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive, which is usually used as a label 16 for a barcode printer, is used, and its adhesive strength strongly adheres to an adherend. From so-called strong adhesives to weak adhesives and microspherical re-peelable adhesives that can be peeled off after being affixed to an adherend and then affixed to other adherends again A wide range of strength adhesives can be applied. Moreover, the thing with the thickness in the range of 25 micrometers or more and 100 micrometers or less which provided the peeling layer by the silicon | silicone etc. on the single side | surface, such as glassine paper and a craft paper, for example can be used conveniently.

  Both the label 16 and the release mount 18 are not limited to the above specifications, and are generally used for printers, and can be PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or PE (polyethylene) as long as the perforations 20 and 22 can be cut by hand. ) And a polymer film material such as synthetic paper can be selected as appropriate.

  In the case of the label continuous body 10 having such a configuration, after being wound in a roll and set in the supply unit of the barcode printer 50, the label continuous body 10 is fed out and detected on the back surface of the peeling mount 18 at predetermined intervals. By detecting the mark 24 with the sensor 68, the transfer and printing control by the barcode printer 50 is performed, and even when the label 16 is printed with the line thermal head 62, the end portion of the perforation 22 formed on the peeling mount 18 is not detected. Since it is not cut, there will be no conveyance failure or printing failure. In addition, since the end of the perforation 22 formed on the label 16 is inverted and the adhesive is not exposed, the adhesive at the end of the label 22 adheres to each part inside the printer, causing a conveyance failure or a printing failure. There is nothing. Furthermore, with the label continuum 10 having such a configuration, the perforations 20 and 22 formed on the label 16 and the release mount 18 can be easily cut by hand or the like.

  The configuration of the above embodiment is an example, and it is needless to say that the configuration can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention.

The schematic plan view which shows the label continuous body which concerns on this Embodiment. AA sectional drawing of FIG. The elements on larger scale showing the edge part (A) of the perforation formed in the label shown in FIG. 1, and the edge part (B) of the perforation formed in the peeling mount. Schematic which shows an example of the barcode printer which prints on a label continuous body. Schematic explanatory drawing which shows the state at the time of conveyance of the conventional label continuous body.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Label continuous body 12 Label base material 14 Adhesive layer 16 Label 18 Peeling mount 20 Perforation (1st perforation)
22 Perforation (second perforation)
24 Detection Mark 26 Label Edge Enlargement Unit 28 Peeling Mount Edge Enlargement Unit 30 Cutting Unit 32 Non-Cutting Unit 50 Barcode Printer 52 Label Continuum 54 Label Supplying Unit 56 Conveying Path 58 Printing Unit 60 Platen Roller 62 Line Thermal Head 64 Ribbon Supply unit 66 Thermal transfer ribbon 68 Sensor 70 Label 72 Peeling board 74 Perforation (peeling board)
76 Perforation (label)
78 Edge (peeling mount)
80 Adhesive layer

Claims (3)

One side of the base material is used as a printing portion, the other side has an adhesive layer, and a label on which a first perforation for separating the base material into two or more is formed, and a plurality of the labels are temporarily attached. And a strip-like release mount on which a second perforation for separating the labels is formed, and a label continuum for a printer comprising:
Said first perforation formed in the base material penetrates only the front and back of the substrate, the ends of the transverse direction of the base material is a cut portion, the first formed in the strip-shaped peel backing The second continuous perforation penetrates only the front and back of the peeling mount, and the transverse end of the peeling mount is a non-cut portion. 2. The continuous label body according to claim 1, wherein a length of a cut portion formed at an end portion of the first perforation is set within a range of 2.0 mm to 3.0 mm.   The label according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the length of the non-cut portion formed at the end of the second perforation is set within a range of 1.0 mm or more and 1.5 mm or less. Continuum.

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