EP0929887B1 - Method for increasing the printing surface of mono and/or multilayered labels - Google Patents
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- the present invention concerns with a method for increasing the printable surface of labels, mainly of the types used in the pharmaceutical and food industry.
- Scope of the present invention is to increase of at least twice the printable surface of said labels, by means of direct and mirror-like printing technology; further scope of the present invention is to build a multilayered label, each of the layer of the said multilayered structure is placed one upon another by means of silicone adhesive but, also, removable and replaceable, with the result of forming a compact booklet with many foils of labels whereby each ones readable from both faces.
- the so called fixed data concern the composition of the product and its use and are generally printed by the typographies supplying said labels to the pharmaceutical or food industries
- the variable data concern information identifying the number of the packing and the expiration date and are generally printed by the producers of drugs or food during the packaging phase.
- Another necessity of the industry producing large scale products is to supply different countries : in order to obviate to the differentiation of labels to stick on the product according to the language of the destination country, the sticking of a single label capable of supporting the required information in different languages would solve the problem and would reduce the production costs.
- Prior art as disclosed in GB-A-2238772 teaches how to increase the printed surface by printing on both side of a label extending beyond the perimeter of the container, in order to allow overlapping of a portion of the same.
- the overlapping portion is rendered releasable so that the information on the rear side of the label is revealed by releasing such a portion.
- This prior art does not solve the problem of oxidation of the releasable layer of silicone due to the necessary lifting of the label from the substrate during the printing operation, neither it solves the problem of reduced adhesive surface by printing directly on the adhesive layer.
- WO 93/18928 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
- WO 96/13823 Moore Business Forms Inc. disclose the superposition of layers of labels alternated with separation layers which allow the detachment of each single label preserving, at the same time, the information on the superior face of the inferior label.
- the object of the present finding is to overcome the above reported drawbacks, allowing, by a suitable method, hereinafter described, to obtain at least the doubling of the printing surface of labels in respect to labels of the prior art.
- the present invention has the aim to allow the construction of a structure consisting of superposition of one or more sheets of label, obtained with the method hereinafter described, each of them detachable and replaceable, having the characteristics of bearing printed information on both faces of each single sheet, the first face printed with direct printing, the second one printed with mirror-like printing, said superposed structure acting as a booklet of easy consultation.
- the density of information printable on each single label is at least double in respect of the corresponding labels of the prior art.
- Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a label of the prior art.
- Figure 3 illustrates the arrangement of the printable zones of the label of the present invention.
- FIGS 4 and 5 display the embodiments of the multilayered structure of the present invention.
- the zone 2 may be lifted up and detached from the remaining portion of label by means of the piercing 6.
- the zone 3 is treated with silicone or lapped at the interface between the zone 3 and the zone 2.
- the part 5 of the zone 3 is glued to the container by means of the adhesive 4.
- variable data printed on the detachable coupon 2 must be reproduced on an other part of label 1, which remain stuck to the container : it results in a further limitation of the surface which can be used for information about the product.
- Figure 3 illustrates an embodiment of the label of the present invention. It provides that the zone of variable data 13, detachable from the remaining part of the label by means of the piercing 14 be, when wound around the container, superposable to the zone 10 on which the same variable data are copied. Such an arrangement allows the increase of the printing surface 20 of a quantity equal to the surface 8 of Figure 2. When the detachable coupon 13 is removed, the zone 10 becomes visible to the user of the product by means of the lifting up and the unwinding of the film 10.
- Said unwinding of said film 10 is made possible by means of the addition of a substrate of plastic film 9 along the entire length of the film 10, said plastic film 9 is separated from film 10 by a layer of adhesive covered with silicone 11, which allows the lifting up, the unwinding and the subsequent set in place.
- Figure 4 illustrate the working of the label when glued on the container, in example a small bottle, by means of the adhesive 7.
- the zone 12 is protected by a piece of film 9 with which is glued by means of the adhesive 7 : said zone 12 forms in such a way an anchoring for the film 10, which can be lifted up till the limit of the said zone 12, said anchoring impedes the total removal and allows the precise subsequent set in place, as illustrated by Figure 5.
- Such an embodiment makes possible the packaging of products for multilingual markets, since each film can be dedicated to each language during the same production phase.
- Figure 7 shows the method for obtaining for each sheet the doubling of the printing surface.
- Film 19 is placed on substrate 9 to which it adheres in a removable way by means of a layer of adhesive with silicone 11.
- the adhesive 7 is used to glue the label to the container and to form the anchoring zone of the set of sheets, as already seen in Figure 5.
- each film On each film it is effected a first operation 21 of mirror-like printing. On such a printed portion it is subsequently effected a covering operation with opaque material 22. On said opaque material 22 is then effected a second operation of direct printing 23.
- the first mirror-like printed area is visible when the label is lifted up and the reading direction is S, while the second direct printed area is readable in the direction D.
- the subsequent sheets are arranged on each other by means of a layer 24 of adhesive silicone on which is sprayed an adhesive 25 of the transfer type: with such a method a multilayered compact label is formed, having the double of information content, easily lifteable up, strippable and positionable back to place.
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Description
The present invention concerns with a method for
increasing the printable surface of labels, mainly of
the types used in the pharmaceutical and food industry.
Scope of the present invention is to increase of
at least twice the printable surface of said labels, by
means of direct and mirror-like printing technology;
further scope of the present invention is to build a
multilayered label, each of the layer of the said
multilayered structure is placed one upon another by
means of silicone adhesive but, also, removable and
replaceable, with the result of forming a compact
booklet with many foils of labels whereby each ones
readable from both faces.
In some sectors of industry, in particular in the
pharmaceutical and food sectors, there is the need to
stick on the final products going into commerce labels
which support the maximum contents of information. This
is required either for the correct use of the said
products, either to obviate the loss of the small
sheets of paper which generally accompany them in the
packing; this need contrasts, however, with the small
dimensions of the container on which said labels are
stuck.
Furthermore, the increase of the density of
information printable on the labels encounters
limitations in the excessive reduction of the
dimensions of the types, since such information must be
easily readable.
In case of labels applicable on containers for
food or drugs it is, additionally, mandatory to report
thereon two categories of data : the so called fixed
data and the variable data, whereas the fixed data
concern the composition of the product and its use and
are generally printed by the typographies supplying
said labels to the pharmaceutical or food industries,
while the variable data concern information identifying
the number of the packing and the expiration date and
are generally printed by the producers of drugs or food
during the packaging phase.
Another necessity of the industry producing large
scale products is to supply different countries : in
order to obviate to the differentiation of labels to
stick on the product according to the language of the
destination country, the sticking of a single label
capable of supporting the required information in
different languages would solve the problem and would
reduce the production costs.
An other problem linked to the use of labels for
drugs consists in that the labels must provide a
detachable coupon which, when removed from the rest of
the label has to be applied on the case-history or
health service card of the patients, as described in EP
0610540 (Schreiner) and EP 0463193 (Schreiner).
The above cited documents disclose labels which
being longer than the diameter of the container around
which they are stuck, they result in a superposition of
their ends ; consequently, of these two zones only the
superposed one is printable : it is, therefore
desirable to rescue for printing the underposed zone.
In fact the zones underposed to detachable parts
of the labels are treated with silicone or lapped and
then these operations make them useless for the
printing, so resulting in a loss of useful surface.
This is of a particular disadvantage when
considering that the detachable part of the label
contains information (variable data) which must be
printed as a permanent copy on another zone of the
remaining part of label.
Prior art as disclosed in GB-A-2238772 teaches how to increase the printed
surface by printing on both side of a label extending beyond the perimeter of the
container, in order to allow overlapping of a portion of the same. The overlapping
portion is rendered releasable so that the information on the rear side of the label is
revealed by releasing such a portion.
This prior art does not solve the problem of oxidation of the releasable layer of
silicone due to the necessary lifting of the label from the substrate during the printing
operation, neither it solves the problem of reduced adhesive surface by printing
directly on the adhesive layer.
WO 93/18928 (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
Co.) and WO 96/13823 (Moore Business Forms Inc.)
disclose the superposition of layers of labels
alternated with separation layers which allow the
detachment of each single label preserving, at the same
time, the information on the superior face of the
inferior label.
The prior art limits the printing of the
information for the use of the products just to the
superior face of each sheet of label.
The object of the present finding is to overcome
the above reported drawbacks, allowing, by a suitable
method, hereinafter described, to obtain at least the
doubling of the printing surface of labels in respect
to labels of the prior art.
It is further object of the present invention to
make printable the part of the label which is
superposed when stuck around a container.
Additionally, the present invention has the aim to
allow the construction of a structure consisting of
superposition of one or more sheets of label, obtained
with the method hereinafter described, each of them
detachable and replaceable, having the characteristics
of bearing printed information on both faces of each
single sheet, the first face printed with direct
printing, the second one printed with mirror-like
printing, said superposed structure acting as a booklet
of easy consultation.
In such a way, the density of information
printable on each single label is at least double in
respect of the corresponding labels of the prior art.
The invention will be better explained by means of
figures.
Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a label of the prior
art.
Figure 3 illustrates the arrangement of the
printable zones of the label of the present invention.
Figures 4 and 5 display the embodiments of the
multilayered structure of the present invention.
In Figures 1 and 2 it is displayed a prior art
label, whose length is superior to the diameter of the
container on which is stuck and, therefore, the zone 2
is superimposed with the zone 3.
The zone 2 may be lifted up and detached from the
remaining portion of label by means of the piercing 6.
In order to make it possible, the zone 3 is treated
with silicone or lapped at the interface between the
zone 3 and the zone 2. The part 5 of the zone 3 is
glued to the container by means of the adhesive 4.
The zone 3, due to the above mentioned treatments
necessary to make the coupon 2 detachable becomes
useless for printing.
As above said, the variable data printed on the
detachable coupon 2 must be reproduced on an other part
of label 1, which remain stuck to the container : it
results in a further limitation of the surface which
can be used for information about the product.
Figure 3 illustrates an embodiment of the label of
the present invention. It provides that the zone of
variable data 13, detachable from the remaining part of
the label by means of the piercing 14 be, when wound
around the container, superposable to the zone 10 on
which the same variable data are copied. Such an
arrangement allows the increase of the printing surface
20 of a quantity equal to the surface 8 of Figure 2.
When the detachable coupon 13 is removed, the zone 10
becomes visible to the user of the product by means of
the lifting up and the unwinding of the film 10.
Said unwinding of said film 10 is made possible by
means of the addition of a substrate of plastic film 9
along the entire length of the film 10, said plastic
film 9 is separated from film 10 by a layer of adhesive
covered with silicone 11, which allows the lifting up,
the unwinding and the subsequent set in place.
Figure 4 illustrate the working of the label when
glued on the container, in example a small bottle, by
means of the adhesive 7.
The detachable coupon 13, when removed by means of
piercing 14, shows through the transparent film 9 the
part 12 printed with the same information data. The
zone 12 is protected by a piece of film 9 with which is
glued by means of the adhesive 7 : said zone 12 forms
in such a way an anchoring for the film 10, which can
be lifted up till the limit of the said zone 12, said
anchoring impedes the total removal and allows the
precise subsequent set in place, as illustrated by
Figure 5.
In Figure 5 it is, also, shown that the label of
the present invention makes visible the protected zone
of the variable data when it is not exactly underposed
to the detachable coupon 13, by means of the lifting up
of the film 10 and its subsequent set in place.
By means of subsequent layers of adhesive covered
by silicone, it is possible, relying on the adherent
anchoring of the zone 12 of Figures 4 and 5, to add
further printed sheets, as those referenced with 15 and
16 in Figure 6.
Such an embodiment makes possible the packaging of
products for multilingual markets, since each film can
be dedicated to each language during the same
production phase.
Figure 7 shows the method for obtaining for each
sheet the doubling of the printing surface.
Film 19 is placed on substrate 9 to which it
adheres in a removable way by means of a layer of
adhesive with silicone 11.
The adhesive 7 is used to glue the label to the
container and to form the anchoring zone of the set of
sheets, as already seen in Figure 5.
On each film it is effected a first operation 21
of mirror-like printing. On such a printed portion it
is subsequently effected a covering operation with
opaque material 22. On said opaque material 22 is then
effected a second operation of direct printing 23.
The first mirror-like printed area is visible when
the label is lifted up and the reading direction is S,
while the second direct printed area is readable in the
direction D.
The subsequent sheets, each one printed in direct
and mirror-like manner, are arranged on each other by
means of a layer 24 of adhesive silicone on which is
sprayed an adhesive 25 of the transfer type: with such
a method a multilayered compact label is formed, having
the double of information content, easily lifteable up,
strippable and positionable back to place.
Claims (2)
- Method of manufacturing multilayered labels for increasin their printing surface, of the type used for pharmaceutical and/or food products, consisting in providing a substrate of plastic film (9) and of a sheet of plastic film (10) having a length superior than the perimeter of the containers on which they are stickeable, the substrate of plastic film (9) being glued on the container and on an overlapping zone (12) of the sheet of plastic film (10) by means of a layer of adhesive (7) on the sheet of plastic film (10) wherein a detachable coupon (13) is provided so that it can be removed by means of piercing (14) and on which information data, are printed characterised by using a transparent substrate of plastic film (9) by printing on the zone (12) of the sheet of plastic film (10) the same information data printed on the detachable coupon (13) by placing the zone (12) exactly below the detachable coupon (13), by separating the substrate of plastic film (9) and the sheet of plastic film (10) by a layer of adhesive covered with silicone (11), by effecting on the sheet of plastic film (10) a first mirror-like printing operation (21), by subsequently effecting a covering operation with a layer of opaque material (22), and by effecting on the layer of opaque material (22) a second direct printing operation (23).
- Method of manufacturing multilayered labels for increasing their printing surface of the type used for pharmaceutical and/or food products according to claim 1 characterised by that the sheet of plastic film (10) are more then one and that on each plastic sheet (10) is effected a first mjrror-like printing operation (21), n the first mjrror-like printing operation (21) it is susequently effected a covering operation with a layer of opaque material (22), on the layer of opaque material (22) is effected second direct printing operation (23) and that between each sheet of plastic film (10) is separated by a layer of adhesive silicone (24) on which is sprayed an adhesive ofthe transfer type (25).
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| ITPC960026 | 1996-10-01 | ||
| IT96PC000026A IT1289423B1 (en) | 1996-10-01 | 1996-10-01 | PROCEDURE FOR INCREASING THE PRINTING SURFACE OF SINGLE-MULTI-LAYER LABELS |
| PCT/IT1997/000236 WO1998014928A1 (en) | 1996-10-01 | 1997-10-01 | Method for increasing the printing surface of mono and/or multilayered labels |
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| EP0929887A1 EP0929887A1 (en) | 1999-07-21 |
| EP0929887B1 true EP0929887B1 (en) | 2004-08-11 |
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