EP0008027B1 - Self-adhesive label strip - Google Patents

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EP0008027B1
EP0008027B1 EP79102571A EP79102571A EP0008027B1 EP 0008027 B1 EP0008027 B1 EP 0008027B1 EP 79102571 A EP79102571 A EP 79102571A EP 79102571 A EP79102571 A EP 79102571A EP 0008027 B1 EP0008027 B1 EP 0008027B1
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  • the invention relates to a label tape with self-adhesive labels for label printing and dispensing devices which are easily detachably adhering in series on a continuous carrier tape and which are equipped with a pull-off device which gradually promotes the labels.
  • Such label tapes are known from US-A-2095437, DE-A-1205888 and DE-B-1486149. These label tapes are processed in price labeling devices in which the labels are printed and then brought into a dispensing position in which they are at least largely detached from the carrier tape and can be pressed against an object to be labeled by a pressure member, for example an elastic roller.
  • a pressure member for example an elastic roller.
  • label printing and output devices it is also possible to output a chain of printed labels, provided label strips are used in which the labels are separated from one another only by a simple separating cut or by perforation.
  • label tapes are inserted, for example, into a hand-held price labeling device according to DE-A-1224661 and the hand-held labeling device is used only as a label printer, then a chain of printed self-adhesive labels attached to one another and detached from the carrier tape is ejected from the device.
  • the self-adhesive labels then hang together using a glue bridge or perforation and can be easily separated.
  • the printed labels can then be attached by hand to an object to be labeled.
  • a label tape which is composed of a continuous carrier tape and, in a row, easily detachable, separate self-adhesive labels adhering to it, the adhesive layer of which is protected by a cover strip adhering to the carrier tape, which is in the longitudinal direction and is divided in the transverse direction.
  • the carrier tape When the carrier tape is pulled off, it also takes away the part of the cover strip which is located on one side of the longitudinal division and adheres to the carrier tape, while the other part of the cover strip remains in connection with the label detached from the carrier tape, so that the label can be gripped, without contaminating the pressure sensitive adhesive before attaching the label to a surface or during this process.
  • the carrier tape can also be pulled off in such a way that both parts of the cover strip, which is divided in the longitudinal direction, adhere to the individual labels.
  • Label tapes of this type are unsuitable for processing in price labeling devices in which the labels are printed and then brought into a dispensing position in which they are at least largely detached from the carrier tape and attached to an object to be labeled with the aid of a pressing member, for example an elastic roller can be.
  • the carrier tape could be partially removed from a take-off device and the labels printed, but the labels that are at least largely detached from the carrier tape and are in the dispensing position cannot be attached to a label Item be attached because the cover strip partially or fully adhering to the adhesive layer would prevent the label from sticking.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a label tape of the type mentioned, in which the disadvantages described do not occur and in which the printed labels can either be pressed and glued to an object to be labeled by the pressing member of the labeling device, or a series of printed labels Labels can be issued, the self-adhesive layer of which is at least largely protected.
  • a continuous backing tape is arranged under the backing tape, which is connected to the backing tape or the self-adhesive labels with such an adhesive force that either only the backing tape or the backing tape can be removed from the pull-off device together with the backing tape.
  • the label feed can be effected either by only gradually removing the backing tape from the take-off device of the labeling device or by gradually removing the backing tape together with the carrier tape from this take-off device.
  • the carrier tape, together with the self-adhesive labels adhering to it detaches from the backing tape on the deflection device of the price labeling device.
  • a strip is thus obtained which is composed of a carrier tape and printed labels adhering to it.
  • Such a strip with printed labels can serve various purposes. For example, it is possible to mark goods that are difficult to access with the price marking device, e.g. textiles on a shelf or cupboard, stacked laundry, towels, bed sheets or for which a label that has been placed on the price marking device is difficult to label
  • Pressure roller of the device can be used by several people, for example for extremely small objects such as jewelry, small toys, glass and porcelain animals or to stick the price on hang-up labels, each of whom is provided with a strip of printed labels and this strip provides the Remove the self-adhesive labels by hand and press them onto the object to be labeled.
  • label tapes Another possible use of such label tapes is that the seller is provided with strips of self-adhesive labels, on which a symbol identifying the seller is printed.
  • the seller can affix the self-adhesive label identifying him next to the price label, so that not only the sale of the item is registered at the checkout, but also the seller, in order to record the sales success of the individual seller.
  • the label tape according to the invention is inserted into a price labeling device in such a way that the pull-off device pulls off both the backing tape and the carrier tape, then the labels can be printed with the help of the labeling device and the printed label that has reached the dispensing position can be pressed against an object to be labeled using the pressure member will.
  • the carrier tape In order to convert the price marking device, only the carrier tape needs to be guided around the deflecting edge and, together with the backing tape, inserted into the take-off device, for example a pair of rollers.
  • An adhesive is expediently arranged between the carrier tape and the backing tape in order in this way to achieve a certain adhesion of the carrier tape on the backing tape. It can be advantageous to use a wax-like adhesive or an adhesive that is not or only very weakly self-adhesive.
  • the carrier tape can also be connected to the backing tape via an embossing deformation.
  • the carrier tape In order to achieve a connection between the backing tape and the rest of the label tape, it can also be advantageous to make the carrier tape a little narrower than the backing tape and the self-adhesive labels. With such a label tape, the edges of the self-adhesive labels adhere to the backing tape.
  • Such a label tape has the advantage that, in the case of a strip of printed labels, the labels can be detached very easily from the carrier tape.
  • the devices for pulling off the carrier tape or a backing tape consist of a pair of rollers or a gripper swinging back and forth, or of a conveyor roller which is provided with projections which engage in recesses in the carrier tape or a backing tape.
  • take-off devices for labeling devices which only touch the carrier tape or backing tape to be removed in a certain area of the width of the tape.
  • a label tape is particularly advantageous for these devices, in which the carrier tape has an adhesive-repellent, in particular siliconized, layer on both sides and the backing tape is partially provided with a self-adhesive layer on the side adjacent to the carrier tape.
  • the self-adhesive adheres to the base tape, but it is possible to arrange the self-adhesive on the base tape in such a way that it does not come into contact with the elements of the transport device of the labeling device.
  • the self-adhesive layer can be arranged as a very narrow strip in the central region of the backing tape, or as two narrow strips near the edges of the backing tape, depending on how the transport device of the labeling device is designed.
  • the self-adhesive layer can be applied very sparingly, that is to say very thinly and on relatively small surface areas of the backing tape.
  • This label tape has the advantage that the underside of the carrier tape is completely adhesive-free when it leaves the label printing and dispensing device together with the pre-printed labels.
  • a coherent, strip-like self-adhesive layer between the backing tape and the backing tape and to provide the backing tape on both sides and the backing tape with an adhesive-repellent, in particular siliconized, layer at least on the side adjacent to the backing tape.
  • the self-adhesive layer had to form a coherent tape in order to be able to be led out of the price marking device together with the carrier tape on the deflection device and to be removed from the carrier tape.
  • FIGS. 1, 3, 5 and 7 show top views of four embodiments of the label tape according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 2, 4, 6 and 8 show sectional views the label tapes shown in Figures 1, 3, 5 and 7, in which the thickness of the tapes is greatly increased.
  • the label tapes are composed of a carrier tape 1, self-adhesive labels 2 adhering to the carrier tape and a backing tape 3 arranged under the carrier tape 1.
  • a label tape is shown with smooth side edges, in which the width of the rectangular self-adhesive labels 2 corresponds to the width of the backing tape 3, and in which the labels 2 are separated from each other by smooth separating cuts.
  • the self-adhesive labels 2 with their self-adhesive layer 4 adhere both to the carrier tape 1 and to the edges on the backing tape 3. If the self-adhesive labels 2 are only printed with a price labeling device, the carrier tape detaches from the deflection device of the labeling device 1 with the labels 2 adhering to it from the backing tape 3. The self-adhesive labels protruding laterally with their edges over the carrier tape can only be removed very easily from the carrier tape 1. Nevertheless, the carrier tape 1 protects the larger part of the self-adhesive layer 4 of the labels 2.
  • Fig. 3 shows a label tape with wavy side edges, in which the carrier tape 1, the backing tape 3 and the strips of self-adhesive labels 2 are congruent.
  • an adhesive 5 is arranged between the carrier tape 1 and the backing tape 3, which creates a light adhesive connection between the carrier tape 1 and the backing tape 3.
  • Wax or stearin can be used as an adhesive.
  • the adhesive can be applied as a thin layer or in a dot pattern.
  • circular labels 2 adhere to the carrier tape 1.
  • the carrier tape 1 is connected to the same-size backing tape 3 via an embossing deformation 6, which is arranged in the longitudinal center of the label tape.
  • embossing deformation 6 which is arranged in the longitudinal center of the label tape.
  • 2 round die-cuts are arranged at equal intervals between the labels. Elements of the pull-off device of a price marking device can intervene in these punched-out areas, thereby causing the labels to be transported in register.
  • the adhesive 5 is applied in strips to the backing tape 3 in such a way that it does not come into contact with the elements of the pull-off device of the labeling device which engage on the backing tape 3.
  • the carrier tape 1 is provided on both sides with an adhesive-repellent layer.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Etikettenband, mit in Reihe auf einem durchgehenden Trägerband leicht lösbar haftenden, voneinander getrennten Selbstklebeetiketten für Etikettenbedruck- und Ausgabegeräte, die mit einer die Etiketten schrittweise fördernden Abzugsvorrichtung ausgerüstet sind.The invention relates to a label tape with self-adhesive labels for label printing and dispensing devices which are easily detachably adhering in series on a continuous carrier tape and which are equipped with a pull-off device which gradually promotes the labels.

Derartige Etikettenbänder sind bekannt aus der US-A-2095437, der DE-A-1205888 und der DE-B-1486149. Diese Etikettenbänder werden in Preisauszeichnungsgeräten verarbeitet, in denen die Etiketten bedruckt werden und anschliessend in eine Spendstellung gebracht werden, in der sie vom Trägerband zumindest weitgehend gelöst sind und durch ein Andrückglied, zum Beispiel eine elastische Rolle, gegen einen zu etikettierenden Gegenstand gedrückt werden können.Such label tapes are known from US-A-2095437, DE-A-1205888 and DE-B-1486149. These label tapes are processed in price labeling devices in which the labels are printed and then brought into a dispensing position in which they are at least largely detached from the carrier tape and can be pressed against an object to be labeled by a pressure member, for example an elastic roller.

Mit Hilfe dieser Etikettenbedruck- und Ausgabegeräte ist es auch möglich, eine Kette bedruckter Etiketten auszugeben, sofern Etikettenbänder benutzt werden, bei denen die Etiketten nur durch einen einfachen Trennschnitt oder aber durch eine Perforierung voneinander getrennt sind. Werden derartige Etikettenbänder beispielsweise in ein Handpreisauszeichnungsgerät nach der DE-A-1224661 eingelegt und das Handetikettiergerät nur als Etikettendrucker benutzt, dann wird aus diesem Gerät eine Kette aneinanderhängender bedruckter, vom Trägerband gelöster Selbstklebeetiketten aus dem Gerät ausgestossen. Die Selbstklebeetiketten hängen dann über eine Leimbrücke oder aber über eine Perforierung aneinander und können leicht voneinander getrennt werden. Die bedruckten Etiketten können dann von Hand an einen zu etikettierenden Gegenstand angebracht werden.With the help of these label printing and output devices, it is also possible to output a chain of printed labels, provided label strips are used in which the labels are separated from one another only by a simple separating cut or by perforation. If such label tapes are inserted, for example, into a hand-held price labeling device according to DE-A-1224661 and the hand-held labeling device is used only as a label printer, then a chain of printed self-adhesive labels attached to one another and detached from the carrier tape is ejected from the device. The self-adhesive labels then hang together using a glue bridge or perforation and can be easily separated. The printed labels can then be attached by hand to an object to be labeled.

Auf diese Weise ist es möglich, Etiketten auch an solche Flächen mühelos anzubringen, die mit dem Andrückglied des Etikettiergerätes nicht oder nur schwer erreichbar sind. Bei dieser Methode besteht aber der Nachteil, dass die Selbstklebemittelschicht der bedruckten Etiketten nicht mehr durch das Trägerband geschützt ist. Es können deshalb nur relativ wenig Etiketten nacheinander bedruckt und von Hand an die zu etikettierenden Flächen angeklebt werden, weil andernfalls die Gefahr besteht, dass die bedruckten Selbstklebeetiketten miteinander verkleben oder mit ihrer Selbstklebeschicht an Flächen geraten, auf denen sie nicht haften sollen. Auch macht es Schwierigkeiten, derartige, vom Trägerband befreite Selbstklebeetiketten aufzubewahren.In this way, it is possible to apply labels effortlessly to such surfaces that are difficult or impossible to reach with the pressing member of the labeling device. However, this method has the disadvantage that the self-adhesive layer of the printed labels is no longer protected by the carrier tape. It is therefore only possible to print a relatively small number of labels one after the other and stick them to the surfaces to be labeled by hand, because otherwise there is a risk that the printed self-adhesive labels stick to one another or get onto surfaces on which they should not adhere with their self-adhesive layer. It is also difficult to store such self-adhesive labels that have been freed from the carrier tape.

Aus Fig. 13 der DE-B-1223244 ist ein Etikettenband bekannt, das sich zusammensetzt aus einem durchgehenden Trägerband und in Reihe leicht lösbar darauf haftenden, voneinander getrennten Selbstklebeetiketten, deren Klebstoffschicht von einem auf dem Trägerband haftenden Abdeckstreifen geschützt ist, der in Längsrichtung und in Querrichtung unterteilt ist. Wenn das Trägerband abgezogen wird, nimmt es auch den auf einer Seite der Längsunterteilung befindlichen und auf dem Trägerband haftenden Teil des Abdeckstreifens mit, während der andere Teil des Abdeckstreifens in Verbindung mit dem vom Trägerband abgelösten Etikett verbleibt, so dass man das Etikett erfassen kann, ohne dass der druckempfindliche Klebstoff vor dem Anbringen des Etiketts an einer Fläche oder während dieses Vorganges verunreinigt wird. Das Trägerband kann aber auch so abgezogen werden, dass beide Teile des in Längsrichtung geteilten Abdeckstreifens an den vereinzelten Etiketten haften bleiben. Etikettenbänder dieser Art sind ungeeignet zur Verarbeitung in Preisauszeichnungsgeräten, in denen die Etiketten bedruckt werden und anschliessend in eine Spendstellung gebracht werden, in der sie vom Trägerband zumindest weitgehend gelöst sind und mit Hilfe eines Andrückgliedes, zum Beispiel einer elastischen Rolle an einen zu etikettierenden Gegenstand angebracht werden können. Würde man ein Etikettenband gemäss der DE-B-1223244 in ein Preisauszeichnungsgerät einlegen, dann könnte zwar das Trägerband von einer Abzugsvorrichtung absatzweise abgezogen und die Etiketten bedruckt werden, die vom Trägerband zumindest weitgehend gelösten, in Spendstellung stehenden Etiketten können aber nicht an einen zu etikettierenden Gegenstand angebracht werden, weil der teilweise oder ganz auf der Klebeschicht haftende Abdeckstreifen ein Ankleben des Etiketts verhindern würde.From Fig. 13 of DE-B-1223244 a label tape is known which is composed of a continuous carrier tape and, in a row, easily detachable, separate self-adhesive labels adhering to it, the adhesive layer of which is protected by a cover strip adhering to the carrier tape, which is in the longitudinal direction and is divided in the transverse direction. When the carrier tape is pulled off, it also takes away the part of the cover strip which is located on one side of the longitudinal division and adheres to the carrier tape, while the other part of the cover strip remains in connection with the label detached from the carrier tape, so that the label can be gripped, without contaminating the pressure sensitive adhesive before attaching the label to a surface or during this process. However, the carrier tape can also be pulled off in such a way that both parts of the cover strip, which is divided in the longitudinal direction, adhere to the individual labels. Label tapes of this type are unsuitable for processing in price labeling devices in which the labels are printed and then brought into a dispensing position in which they are at least largely detached from the carrier tape and attached to an object to be labeled with the aid of a pressing member, for example an elastic roller can be. If one were to insert a label tape according to DE-B-1223244 into a price labeling device, then the carrier tape could be partially removed from a take-off device and the labels printed, but the labels that are at least largely detached from the carrier tape and are in the dispensing position cannot be attached to a label Item be attached because the cover strip partially or fully adhering to the adhesive layer would prevent the label from sticking.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, ein Etikettenband der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, bei dem die geschilderten Nachteile nicht auftreten und bei dem die bedruckten Etiketten entweder von dem Andrückglied des Etikettiergerätes an einen zu etikettierenden Gegenstand gedrückt und angeklebt werden können, oder aber eine Reihe bedruckter Etiketten ausgegeben werden können, deren Selbstklebemittelschicht zumindest weitgehend geschützt ist.The object of the invention is to provide a label tape of the type mentioned, in which the disadvantages described do not occur and in which the printed labels can either be pressed and glued to an object to be labeled by the pressing member of the labeling device, or a series of printed labels Labels can be issued, the self-adhesive layer of which is at least largely protected.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäss dadurch gelöst, dass unter dem Trägerband ein durchgehendes Unterlageband angeordnet ist, das mit dem Trägerband oder den Selbstklebeetiketten mit einer derartigen Haftkraft verbunden ist, dass entweder nur das Unterlageband oder das Unterlageband zusammen mit dem Trägerband von der Abzugsvorrichtung abziehbar ist. Wird ein derartiges Etikettenband in ein Preisauszeichnungsgerät eingesetzt, dann kann der Etikettenvorschub dadurch bewirkt werden, dass entweder nur das Unterlageband von der Abzugsvorrichtung des Etikettiergerätes schrittweise abgezogen wird oder aber das Unterlageband zusammen mit dem Trägerband von dieser Abzugsvorrichtung schrittweise abgezogen wird. Im ersteren Fall löst sich an der Umlenkvorrichtung des Preisauszeichnungsgerätes das Trägerband zusammen mit den darauf haftenden Selbstklebeetiketten vom Unterlageband ab. Man erhält also einen Streifen, der sich zusammensetzt aus einem Trägerband und darauf haftenden bedruckten Etiketten.This object is achieved according to the invention in that a continuous backing tape is arranged under the backing tape, which is connected to the backing tape or the self-adhesive labels with such an adhesive force that either only the backing tape or the backing tape can be removed from the pull-off device together with the backing tape. If such a label tape is used in a price labeling device, the label feed can be effected either by only gradually removing the backing tape from the take-off device of the labeling device or by gradually removing the backing tape together with the carrier tape from this take-off device. In the former case, the carrier tape, together with the self-adhesive labels adhering to it, detaches from the backing tape on the deflection device of the price labeling device. A strip is thus obtained which is composed of a carrier tape and printed labels adhering to it.

Ein derartiger Streifen mit bedruckten Etiketten kann verschiedenen Zwecken dienen. Es ist beispielsweise möglich, zur Auszeichnung von Waren, an die man mit dem Preisauszeichnungsgerät nur schwer herankommt, zum Beispiel Textilien in einem Regal oder Schrank, gestapelte Wäsche, Handtücher, Bettücher oder bei denen ein am Preisauszeichnungsgerät in Spendstellung gebrachtes Etikett sich nur schwer mit der Andrückrolle des Gerätes andrücken lässt, beispielsweise bei extrem kleinen Gegenständen, wie Schmuck, kleine Spielwaren, Glas- und Porzellantieren oder zum Überkleben des Preises auf Anhängeetiketten, mehrere Leute einzusetzen, denen jeweils ein Streifen bedruckter Etiketten zur Verfügung gestellt wird und die von diesem Streifen die Selbstklebeetiketten von Hand abnehmen und an den zu etikettierenden Gegenstand drücken.Such a strip with printed labels can serve various purposes. For example, it is possible to mark goods that are difficult to access with the price marking device, e.g. textiles on a shelf or cupboard, stacked laundry, towels, bed sheets or for which a label that has been placed on the price marking device is difficult to label Pressure roller of the device can be used by several people, for example for extremely small objects such as jewelry, small toys, glass and porcelain animals or to stick the price on hang-up labels, each of whom is provided with a strip of printed labels and this strip provides the Remove the self-adhesive labels by hand and press them onto the object to be labeled.

Eine andere Verwendungsmöglichkeit derartiger Etikettenbänder besteht darin, dass den Verkäufern Streifen von Selbstklebeetiketten zur Verfügung gestellt werden, auf die ein den Verkäufer kennzeichnendes Symbol gedruckt ist. Beim Verkauf eines Gegenstandes kann der Verkäufer das ihn kennzeichnende Selbstklebeetikett neben dem Preisetikett anbringen, so dass beispielsweise an der Kasse nicht nur der Verkauf des Gegenstandes registriert wird, sondern auch der Verkäufer, um so den Verkaufserfolg der einzelnen Verkäufer zu erfassen.Another possible use of such label tapes is that the seller is provided with strips of self-adhesive labels, on which a symbol identifying the seller is printed. When selling an item, the seller can affix the self-adhesive label identifying him next to the price label, so that not only the sale of the item is registered at the checkout, but also the seller, in order to record the sales success of the individual seller.

Wird das erfindungsgemässe Etikettenband so in ein Preisauszeichnungsgerät eingelegt, dass die Abzugsvorrichtung sowohl das Unterlageband als auch das Trägerband abzieht, dann können mit Hilfe des Etikettiergerätes die Etiketten bedruckt und das jeweils in Spendstellung gelangte bedruckte Etikett mit Hilfe des Andrückgliedes gegen - einen zu etikettierenden Gegenstand gedrückt werden. Um das Preisauszeichnungsgerät umzurüsten, braucht lediglich das Trägerband um die Umlenkkante herumgeführt und zusammen mit dem Unterlageband in die Abzugsvorrichtung, beispielsweise ein Walzenpaar, eingelegt zu werden.If the label tape according to the invention is inserted into a price labeling device in such a way that the pull-off device pulls off both the backing tape and the carrier tape, then the labels can be printed with the help of the labeling device and the printed label that has reached the dispensing position can be pressed against an object to be labeled using the pressure member will. In order to convert the price marking device, only the carrier tape needs to be guided around the deflecting edge and, together with the backing tape, inserted into the take-off device, for example a pair of rollers.

Zweckmässigerweise ist zwischen dem Trägerband und dem Unterlageband ein Klebemittel angeordnet, um auf diese Weise eine gewisse Haftung des Trägerbandes auf dem Unterlageband zu erreichen. Es kann vorteilhaft sein, ein wachsartiges Klebemittel zu verwenden beziehungsweise ein Klebemittel, das nicht oder nur sehr schwach selbstklebend ist.An adhesive is expediently arranged between the carrier tape and the backing tape in order in this way to achieve a certain adhesion of the carrier tape on the backing tape. It can be advantageous to use a wax-like adhesive or an adhesive that is not or only very weakly self-adhesive.

Das Trägerband kann aber auch über eine Prägeverformung mit dem Unterlageband verbunden sein.The carrier tape can also be connected to the backing tape via an embossing deformation.

Um eine Verbindung des Unterlagebandes mit dem übrigen Etikettenband zu erreichen, kann es auch vorteilhaft sein, das Trägerband etwas schmaler auszubilden als das Unterlageband und die Selbstklebeetiketten. Bei einem derartigen Etikettenband haften die Ränder der Selbstklebeetiketten auf dem Unterlageband. Ein derartiges Etikettenband hat den Vorteil, dass sich bei einem Streifen bedruckter Etiketten die Etiketten sehr leicht vom Trägerband ablösen lassen.In order to achieve a connection between the backing tape and the rest of the label tape, it can also be advantageous to make the carrier tape a little narrower than the backing tape and the self-adhesive labels. With such a label tape, the edges of the self-adhesive labels adhere to the backing tape. Such a label tape has the advantage that, in the case of a strip of printed labels, the labels can be detached very easily from the carrier tape.

Je nach Art und Ausbildung der Abzugsvorrichtung des Etikettiergerätes ist darauf zu achten, dass das Unterlageband klebstofffrei die Transportvorrichtung des Etikettiergerätes passiert. Es muss verhindert werden, dass sich Klebstoffpartikel an der Transportvorrichtung des Etikettiergerätes festsetzen und Störungen hervorrufen. Bei den bekannten Etikettiergeräten bestehen die Vorrichtungen zum Abzug des Trägerbandes oder eines Unterlagebandes aus einem Rollenpaar oder einem vor- und zurückschwingenden Greifer, oder aus einer Förderwalze, die mit Vorsprüngen versehen ist, welche in Ausnehmungen des Trägerbandes oder eines Unterlagebandes eingreifen.
Es gibt Abzugsvorrichtungen für Etikettiergeräte, welche das abzuziehende Trägerband oder Unterlageband nur in einem bestimmten Bereich der Breite des Bandes berühren. Für diese Geräte ist ein Etikettenband besonders vorteilhaft, bei dem das Trägerband beidseitig eine klebstoffabweisende, insbesondere silikonisierte Schicht aufweist und das Unterlageband an der am Trägerband anliegenden Seite stellenweise mit einer Selbstklebemittelschicht versehen ist. Bei diesem Etikettenband haftet zwar Selbstklebemittel am Unterlageband, jedoch gelingt es, das Selbstklebemittel derart auf dem Unterlageband anzuordnen, dass es nicht in Berührung kommt mit den Elementen der Transportvorrichtung des Etikettiergerätes. Die Selbstklebemittelschicht kann als sehr schmaler Streifen im mittleren Bereich des Unterlagebandes angeordnet sein, oder als zwei schmale Streifen in Nähe der Ränder des Unterlagebandes, je nachdem, wie die Transportvorrichtung des Etikettiergerätes ausgebildet ist. Da das Unterlageband nur mit geringer Haftkraft am Trägerband haften soll, kann die Selbstklebemittelschicht sehr sparsam aufgetragen werden, das heisst sehr dünn und auf relativ kleine Flächenbereiche des Unterlagebandes. Dieses Etikettenband hat den Vorteil, dass das Trägerband an seiner Unterseite völlig klebstofffrei ist, wenn es zusammen mit den vorgedruckten Etiketten das Etikettenbedruck- und Ausgabegerät verlässt.
Depending on the type and design of the pull-off device of the labeling device, care must be taken that the backing tape passes the transport device of the labeling device free of adhesive. It must be prevented that adhesive particles stick to the transport device of the labeling device and cause malfunctions. In the known labeling devices, the devices for pulling off the carrier tape or a backing tape consist of a pair of rollers or a gripper swinging back and forth, or of a conveyor roller which is provided with projections which engage in recesses in the carrier tape or a backing tape.
There are take-off devices for labeling devices which only touch the carrier tape or backing tape to be removed in a certain area of the width of the tape. A label tape is particularly advantageous for these devices, in which the carrier tape has an adhesive-repellent, in particular siliconized, layer on both sides and the backing tape is partially provided with a self-adhesive layer on the side adjacent to the carrier tape. With this label tape, self-adhesive adheres to the base tape, but it is possible to arrange the self-adhesive on the base tape in such a way that it does not come into contact with the elements of the transport device of the labeling device. The self-adhesive layer can be arranged as a very narrow strip in the central region of the backing tape, or as two narrow strips near the edges of the backing tape, depending on how the transport device of the labeling device is designed. Since the backing tape should only adhere to the carrier tape with a low adhesive force, the self-adhesive layer can be applied very sparingly, that is to say very thinly and on relatively small surface areas of the backing tape. This label tape has the advantage that the underside of the carrier tape is completely adhesive-free when it leaves the label printing and dispensing device together with the pre-printed labels.

Es ist aber auch möglich, zwischen dem Unterlageband und dem Trägerband eine zusammenhängende, streifenartige Selbstklebemittelschicht anzuordnen und das Trägerband beidseitig und das Unterlageband zumindest an der am Trägerband anliegenden Seite mit einer klebstoffabweisenden, insbesondere silikonisierten Schicht zu versehen. Bei diesem Etikettenband musste die Selbstklebemittelschicht ein in sich zusammenhängendes Band bilden, um an der Umlenkvorrichtung aus dem Preisauszeichnungsgerät zusammen mit dem Trägerband herausgeführt und vom Trägerband abgezogen werden zu können.However, it is also possible to arrange a coherent, strip-like self-adhesive layer between the backing tape and the backing tape and to provide the backing tape on both sides and the backing tape with an adhesive-repellent, in particular siliconized, layer at least on the side adjacent to the backing tape. In the case of this label tape, the self-adhesive layer had to form a coherent tape in order to be able to be led out of the price marking device together with the carrier tape on the deflection device and to be removed from the carrier tape.

Es werden nun vier Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindung unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnung näher erläutert.Four exemplary embodiments of the invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the drawing.

Die Figuren 1, 3, 5 und 7 zeigen Draufsichten auf vier Ausführungsformen des erfindungsgemässen Etikettenbandes,FIGS. 1, 3, 5 and 7 show top views of four embodiments of the label tape according to the invention,

die Figuren 2,4,6 und 8 zeigen Schnittansichten der in den Figuren 1, 3, 5 und 7 dargestellten Etikettenbänder, bei denen die Dicke der Bänder stark vergrössert ist.FIGS. 2, 4, 6 and 8 show sectional views the label tapes shown in Figures 1, 3, 5 and 7, in which the thickness of the tapes is greatly increased.

Die Etikettenbänder setzen sich zusammen aus einem Trägerband 1, auf dem Trägerband haftenden Selbstklebeetiketten 2 und einem unter dem Trägerband 1 angeordneten Unterlageband 3.The label tapes are composed of a carrier tape 1, self-adhesive labels 2 adhering to the carrier tape and a backing tape 3 arranged under the carrier tape 1.

In Fig. 1 ist ein Etikettenband mit glatten Seitenrändern dargestellt, bei denen die Breite der rechteckigen Selbstklebeetiketten 2 der Breite des Unterlagebandes 3 entspricht, und bei denen die Etiketten 2 unmittelbar aneinanderliegend durch glatte Trennschnitte voneinander getrennt sind.In Fig. 1 a label tape is shown with smooth side edges, in which the width of the rectangular self-adhesive labels 2 corresponds to the width of the backing tape 3, and in which the labels 2 are separated from each other by smooth separating cuts.

Wie die Fig. 2 zeigt, haften die Selbstklebeetiketten 2 mit ihrer Selbstklebemittelschicht 4 sowohl auf dem Trägerband 1 als auch an den Rändern auf dem Unterlageband 3. Werden mit einem Preisauszeichnungsgerät die Selbstklebeetiketten 2 nur bedruckt, dann löst sich an der Umlenkvorrichtung des Etikettiergerätes das Trägerband 1 mit den darauf haftenden Etiketten 2 vom Unterlageband 3 ab. Die mit ihren Rändern über das Trägerband seitlich vorragenden Selbstklebeetiketten können nur sehr leicht vom Trägerband 1 abgenommen werden. Dennoch schützt das Trägerband 1 den grösseren Teil der Selbstklebemittelschicht 4 der Etiketten 2.As FIG. 2 shows, the self-adhesive labels 2 with their self-adhesive layer 4 adhere both to the carrier tape 1 and to the edges on the backing tape 3. If the self-adhesive labels 2 are only printed with a price labeling device, the carrier tape detaches from the deflection device of the labeling device 1 with the labels 2 adhering to it from the backing tape 3. The self-adhesive labels protruding laterally with their edges over the carrier tape can only be removed very easily from the carrier tape 1. Nevertheless, the carrier tape 1 protects the larger part of the self-adhesive layer 4 of the labels 2.

Fig. 3 zeigt ein Etikettenband mit wellenförmig verlaufenden Seitenrändern, bei dem das Trägerband 1 das Unterlageband 3 und der Streifen von Selbstklebeetiketten 2 deckungsgleich sind. Wie Fig. 4 zeigt, ist zwischen dem Trägerband 1 und dem Unterlageband 3 ein Klebemittel 5 angeordnet, das eine leichte Haftverbindung zwischen dem Trägerband 1 und dem Unterlageband 3 herstellt. Als Klebemittel kann Wachs oder Stearin verwendet werden. Das Klebemittel kann als dünne Schicht oder auch in einem Punktraster aufgetragen sein.Fig. 3 shows a label tape with wavy side edges, in which the carrier tape 1, the backing tape 3 and the strips of self-adhesive labels 2 are congruent. As shown in FIG. 4, an adhesive 5 is arranged between the carrier tape 1 and the backing tape 3, which creates a light adhesive connection between the carrier tape 1 and the backing tape 3. Wax or stearin can be used as an adhesive. The adhesive can be applied as a thin layer or in a dot pattern.

Bei dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 5 haften auf dem Trägerband 1 kreisrunde Etiketten 2. Das Trägerband 1 ist mit dem gleich grossen Unterlageband 3 über eine Prägeverformung 6 verbunden, die in der Längsmitte des Etikettenbandes angeordnet ist. In der Längsmitte des Trägerbandes 1 und des Unterlagebandes 3 sind in gleichen Abständen zwischen den Etiketten 2 runde Ausstanzungen angeordnet. In diese Ausstanzungen können Elemente der Abzugsvorrichtung eines Preisauszeichnungsgerätes eingreifen, wodurch ein registergenauer Transport der Etiketten bewirkt wird.In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 5, circular labels 2 adhere to the carrier tape 1. The carrier tape 1 is connected to the same-size backing tape 3 via an embossing deformation 6, which is arranged in the longitudinal center of the label tape. In the longitudinal center of the carrier tape 1 and the backing tape 3, 2 round die-cuts are arranged at equal intervals between the labels. Elements of the pull-off device of a price marking device can intervene in these punched-out areas, thereby causing the labels to be transported in register.

Bei dem Etikettenband nach Fig. 7 und 8 ist das Klebemittel 5 streifenförmig auf das Unterlageband 3 aufgetragen, und zwar derart, dass es nicht in Berührung kommt mit den am Unterlageband 3 angreifenden Elementen der Abzugsvorrichtung des Etikettiergerätes. Bei diesem Etikettenband ist das Trägerband 1 beidseitig mit einer klebstoffabweisenden Schicht versehen.7 and 8, the adhesive 5 is applied in strips to the backing tape 3 in such a way that it does not come into contact with the elements of the pull-off device of the labeling device which engage on the backing tape 3. In this label tape, the carrier tape 1 is provided on both sides with an adhesive-repellent layer.

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1. A label strip with self-adhesive labels which are separate from each other and which easily removably adhere in series to a continuous carrier strip, for label printing and dispensing apparatuses which are provided with a pull-off device for stepwise feed of the labels, characterised in that disposed below the carrier strip (1) is a continuous backing strip (3) which is joined to the carrier strip (1) or the self-adhesive labels (2) with such an adhesive force that either only the backing strip (3) or the backing strip (3) together with the carrier strip (1) can be pulled off by the pull-off device.
2. A label strip according to claim 1 characterised in that an adhesive (5) is arranged at least in places between the carrier strip (1) and the backing strip (3).
3. A label strip according to claim 2 characterised in that the adhesive (5) is wax-like.
4. A label strip according to claim 1 characterised in that the carrier strip (1) is joined to the backing strip (3) by way of embossing deformation (6).
5. A label strip according to claim 1 characterised in that the carrier strip (1) covers only for the major part the self-adhesive layer (4) on the labels (2) and the backing strip (3) covers the carrier strip (1) and the remaining portion of the underside of the self-adhesive labels.
6. A label strip according to claim 5 characterised in that the carrier strip (1) is narrower than the backing strip (3) and the self-adhesive labels (2).
7. A label strip according to claim 5 characterised in that punched-out portions are arranged in the carrier strip (1), by means of which the backing strip (3) is joined to the self-adhesive labels (2), by way of the self-adhesive layer (4).
8. A label strip according to claim 2 characterised in that the carrier strip (1) has an adhesive- repellent, in particular a siliconized layer, on both sides, and that the backing strip (3) is provided at lease in places with a self-adhesive layer (5), on the side towards the carrier strip (1).
9. A label strip according to claim 8 characterised in that the self-adhesive layer (5) extends only over a narrow band in the central region of the backing strip (3).
10. A label strip according to claim 8 characterised in that the self-adhesive layer (5) extends only over two narrow bands in the proximity of the edges of the backing strip (3).
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