EP0684130B2 - Etiquettes et leur fabrication - Google Patents

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EP0684130B2
EP0684130B2 EP95303034A EP95303034A EP0684130B2 EP 0684130 B2 EP0684130 B2 EP 0684130B2 EP 95303034 A EP95303034 A EP 95303034A EP 95303034 A EP95303034 A EP 95303034A EP 0684130 B2 EP0684130 B2 EP 0684130B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
    • B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
    • B31D1/021—Making adhesive labels having a multilayered structure, e.g. provided on carrier webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
    • B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
    • B31D1/022—Label folding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
    • B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
    • B31D1/026—Cutting or perforating

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  1. Procédé de production d'une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (80) portées sur une longueur d'un matériau de séparation (58), le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    (a) imprimer numériquement par imagerie électrophotographique une suite d'images sur une seule bande (56) ;
    (b) faire adhérer la bande imprimée (56) à un support en matériau de séparation (58) après l'étape d'impression numérique (a) ; et
    (c) découper à l'emporte-pièce la bande imprimée collée pour former une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (80) sur le support en matériau de séparation (58).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel, lors de l'étape d'impression, différentes images sont imprimées en alternance sur la bande (20 ; 56 ; 164).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel la bande (164) est pliée après l'étape d'impression avant d'être collée au support en matériau de séparation (108) entre les étapes d'impression et de découpage.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel des informations variables en continu sont imprimées en plus sur la bande (56) lors de l'étape d'impression.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la bande (56) est imprimée sur ses deux côtés.
  6. Procédé de production d'une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (106) portées sur une longueur d'un matériau de séparation (108), le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    (a) imprimer numériquement par une unité d'impression d'imagerie électrophotographique une suite d'images sur une bande (164) ;
    (b) découper la bande imprimée (164) en une suite de feuilles imprimées (162) à l'aide d'un dispositif de découpage (176), le dispositif de découpage (176) étant avancé avec la bande (164) par un système (171) d'avance de bande accouplé à l'unité d'impression (166) ;
    (c) faire avancer les feuilles imprimées (162) depuis le dispositif de découpage (176) jusqu'à une unité de pliage (148) qui plie successivement les feuilles imprimées (162) pour former une suite d'étiquettes pliées (122) ;
    (d) faire avancer la suite d'étiquettes pliées (122) jusqu'à un système d'avance d'étiquette (126) qui applique les étiquettes pliées (122) sur une seconde bande (119) comprenant un matériau de séparation (108) ; et
    coller la suite d'étiquettes (122) à la seconde bande (119).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les étiquettes (122) sont en outre découpées à l'emporte-pièce après avoir été collées sur la seconde bande (119).
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 6 ou 7, dans lequel la seconde bande est un support en matériau de séparation (108).
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 6 ou 7, dans lequel la seconde bande est une bande de film pour étiquettes (119).
  10. Appareil de production d'une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (80) sur une longueur d'un matériau de support de séparation (14 ; 58 ; 108), l'appareil comprenant une unité d'impression numérique (4 ; 54 ; 166) destinée à imprimer par imagerie électrophotographique une bande (20 ; 56 ; 164) avec une suite d'images, un dispositif de laminage (70) destiné à laminer et coller la bande imprimée (56) sur une bande de matériau de séparation (58), et un dispositif de découpage à l'emporte-pièce (67 ; 78 ; 132) destiné à découper à l'emporte-pièce des étiquettes autocollantes (16 ; 80 ; 106) à partir de la bande (20 ; 56 ; 164).
  11. Appareil selon la revendication 10, comprenant en outre un dispositif de pliage (88) destiné à introduire au moins un pli longitudinal dans la bande imprimée (56).
  12. Appareil de production d'une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (106) sur une longueur de matériau de séparation (108), l'appareil comportant une unité d'impression numérique (166) destinée à imprimer par imagerie électrophotographique une suite d'images sur une bande (164), un dispositif de découpage (176) destiné à découper la bande (164) en une suite de feuilles imprimées (162), le dispositif de découpage (176), lors de l'utilisation, étant alimenté avec la bande (164) par un système (171) d'alimentation en bande couplé avec l'unité d'impression (166), un distributeur destiné à faire avancer les feuilles imprimées (162) depuis le dispositif de découpage (176) jusqu'à une unité de pliage (148), l'unité de pliage (148) étant agencée de façon à plier les feuilles imprimées (162) les unes à la suite des autres pour former une suite d'étiquettes pliées (122), et un dispositif d'application d'étiquettes (116) destiné à appliquer les étiquettes sur une bande (119) comprenant un matériau de séparation (108), les étiquettes (122) étant collées sur la bande (119) de façon à former des étiquettes autocollantes (106).
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GB9410729 1994-05-27
GB9410729A GB2289664B (en) 1994-05-27 1994-05-27 Labels and manufacture thereof
GB9414557 1994-07-19
GB9414557A GB2289665B (en) 1994-05-27 1994-07-19 Labels and manufacture thereof

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JP (1) JPH082787A (fr)
CN (1) CN1118911A (fr)
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AU (1) AU703248B2 (fr)
BR (1) BR9502571A (fr)
CA (1) CA2149388A1 (fr)
DE (1) DE69511458T3 (fr)
DK (1) DK0684130T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2136797T5 (fr)
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JPH082787A (ja) 1996-01-09
AU2004995A (en) 1995-12-07
ES2136797T5 (es) 2007-07-01
GR3031586T3 (en) 2000-01-31
ATE183436T1 (de) 1999-09-15
EP0684130A2 (fr) 1995-11-29
DE69511458T2 (de) 2000-03-09
AU703248B2 (en) 1999-03-25
CA2149388A1 (fr) 1995-11-28
CN1118911A (zh) 1996-03-20
DK0684130T3 (da) 1999-12-06
EP0684130B1 (fr) 1999-08-18
IL113754A0 (en) 1995-08-31
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