DE9203454U1 - Carrier tape with self-adhesive label - Google Patents

Description

Note: Schreiner Etiketten and Munich, the

Self-adhesive technology GmbH & Co 13 .3.1992

o.Z.: Gbm 303/51-92E

Carrier tape with self-adhesive label

The invention relates to a carrier tape with a smooth layer and with self-adhesive labels arranged on the smooth layer.

Carrier tapes with self-adhesive labels of this type are commonly used. The self-adhesive labels arranged on the carrier tape are usually processed mechanically, i.e. the carrier tape is guided over a dispensing lip, where it changes direction under a tight radius of curvature so that the

0 the smooth layer of the carrier tape arranged self-adhesive labels straight ahead

continue to run and leave the carrier tape and can then be picked up from a roll and applied to an object. In this way , * pharmaceutical containers in particular are labelled.

5 Special care must be taken when applying medicinal product labels,

because a label with the wrong inscription on a medicine bottle can have disastrous consequences, which need not be explained in more detail. For this reason, labels for medicine containers always have a bar code that must be scanned before dispensing, i.e. before the medicine is applied.

O Labels on a drug container are automatically checked with a scanner

In the same way, the labels must be checked before they leave the printing plant and are delivered to a pharmaceutical company.

For particularly small drug containers, such as vaccine ampoules, there is little space available for attaching such a barcode, since the entire label is usually used for other important data and information. It has therefore already become known to attach a barcode to the top of such a label that is invisible to the eye and can be scanned with UV light-based readers. However, such readers are very expensive.

-v The invention is based on the object of providing a carrier tape with

0 self-adhesive labels of the type mentioned above, in which even with

Self-adhesive labels whose surface is completely used for labeling an imprint, such as a bar code, can be applied without the need for complex UV-light-based reading devices to decipher the bar code.

This object is achieved in that the carrier tape is transparent and that the self-adhesive labels have a print on their side facing the carrier tape. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, this print can be a bar code. It is preferably printed on

0 the adhesive layer of the self-adhesive labels is printed. Thanks to the measure of

Invention, the back of the label is used in a meaningful way for printing,

^ preferably the bar code print, used. The bar code print is

visible through the carrier tape film, which is transparent. During the final inspection of the labels in the printing shop or when dispensing the labels in the

5 pharmaceutical industry can therefore be obtained from the back of the carrier tape of the

The bar code can be read through the carrier tape by a scanner that works with normal light. This ensures that the same and correct labels are always dispensed onto the medicine container.

The invention is explained in more detail below using the exemplary embodiment shown schematically in the figures. It shows:

Figure 1: A section of a carrier tape with self-adhesive labels

according to the invention seen from the front.

Figure 2: The carrier tape according to Figure 1, but from the back

seen here.
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Figure 1 shows a section of a carrier tape 1, which has a

has a smooth layer that prevents permanent bonding with self-adhesive material. On this carrier tape, i.e. more precisely on the

"V smooth layer side of the carrier tape 1, labels 2 adhere, of which

0 in Figure 1 only three pieces are shown. The labels have a

Imprint 3, which is symbolized by the letter sequence "ABCDE F".

Figure 2 shows the carrier tape of Figure 1, but seen from the back. As the carrier tape 1 is transparent, the carrier tape

5 through the labels 2. Furthermore, it can also be seen that the

Labels 2 have a bar code 4 printed on their back.

When the labels are processed, the carrier tape 1 runs over a

0 dispensing lip, after which the labels are lifted off the carrier tape individually, with

a roller and can be dispensed onto a container. During this process, a scanner scans the bar code 4, which is

the underside of the carrier tape 1 is constantly read and checked to see whether it is the correct label that is to be subsequently dispensed.
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Claims (3)

Note: Schreiner Etiketten and Munich, the Selbstklebetechnik GmbH & Co 13 .3.1992 o.Z.: Gbm 303/51-92E Protection claims 1.) Carrier tape (1) with a smooth layer and with self-adhesive labels (2) arranged on the smooth layer, characterized in that the carrier tape (1) is transparent and that the self-adhesive labels (2) are bear an imprint (4) on the side facing the carrier tape (1). 2.) Carrier tape (1) with self-adhesive labels (2) according to claim 1, characterized in that the print is a bar code (4).
20 3.) Carrier tape (1) with self-adhesive labels (2) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the print (4) is applied above the adhesive layer of the self-adhesive labels (2).