EP1107214B1 - Etiquette tubulaire - Google Patents

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EP1107214B1
EP1107214B1 EP20000250422 EP00250422A EP1107214B1 EP 1107214 B1 EP1107214 B1 EP 1107214B1 EP 20000250422 EP20000250422 EP 20000250422 EP 00250422 A EP00250422 A EP 00250422A EP 1107214 B1 EP1107214 B1 EP 1107214B1
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Michihiro Nojima
Masato Nakanishi
Toshinori Mimatsu
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/10—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/04—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion

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  • the present invention relates to a tubular label having an inwardly facing surface provided thereon with lottery indicia or any other arbitrary information and adapted to be wrapped around a container body, and an elongated tubular member, as well as a labeled container.
  • a container conventionally know as that for tea, juice or any other soft drink includes a container body made of glass or plastic adapted to be filled with content such as soft drink, and a tubular label which is provided thereon with printed information such as brand, artwork and contents description and wrapped around the container body.
  • a label is known from US-A-5741381 .
  • the application seal bonded on the label is likely to become a target for mischievous conduct by someone who intends to peel the seal away from the label at the store before a campaign participant purchases a product.
  • a different campaign participation information, lottery indicia or the like must be prepared by additional printing parts such as print rolls.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tubular label according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross section of the label of FIG. 1 .
  • the tubular label 1 includes a label body 5 made of a tubular film 3 having opposite lateral edges which are bonded together to form a tubular shape.
  • the tubular label 1 is adapted to be wrapped around a container body 10, as illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • Used as the film 3 for the heat-shrinkable label is a heat-shrinkable film made of polyester resin, polystyrene resin, polypropylene resin, polyvinyl chloride resin or the like with a thickness of 20 ⁇ m to 80 ⁇ m.
  • the surface of the label print layer 6 is entirely or partially covered with a concealing print layer 7.
  • the concealing print layer 7 includes, for example a silver print layer and a white print layer applied on the silver print layer.
  • Arbitrary information 9 is printed on the surface of the white print layer, rendering the arbitrary information invisible through a second surface 3b, which is equivalent to an outwardly facing surface of the tubular label.
  • the concealing print layer 7 may be formed of either the white print layer or the silver print layer only. Unless the arbitrary information 9 is substantially visible through the outwardly facing surface of the tubular label, the concealing print layer 7 may be omitted.
  • the arbitrary information 9 includes texts, numerical characters, symbols, designs, etc., (e.g., lottery or campaign application information), which are printed by a non-impact printer of the conventional type such as an inkjet printer, laser beam printer and electrophotographic printer, of which the inkjet printer is particularly suitable for the present invention.
  • a non-impact printer of the conventional type such as an inkjet printer, laser beam printer and electrophotographic printer, of which the inkjet printer is particularly suitable for the present invention.
  • the colors to be displayed are not necessarily limited, but a multiple color printing can be performed by the sole use of black, red, blue, green, or any other colors, or the combined use of these colors.
  • the inkjet printer refers to a non-impact printing technique which utilizes droplets of ink, which are adapted to be shot to an object surface without contact thereto.
  • the inkjet printer capable of printing at high speed is more preferable for the present invention.
  • Identification information 9a for identifying authentic labels and hence preventing the falsification of the labels are also printed with an invisible ink on the inwardly facing surface 3a of the tubular label, and more particularly either on the concealing print layer 7 or the area except the concealing print layer 7.
  • the invisible ink refers to an ink which is usually and substantially invisible, but becomes visible under a specific light condition such as the irradiated ultraviolet rays. It is preferable to print the arbitrary information 9a in the same manner as described above, that is by the inkjet printer.
  • the continuous web of the transparent film with a larger width is then cut along predetermined lines into several continuous strips each having a predetermined width which is equivalent to a predetermined length in the circumferential direction of the container body.
  • a slitter is used to slit the continuous web of the film, which is continuously drawn out in this slitting process.
  • Those slit films 3 are then rolled up to have several rolls 15.
  • Identification numbers can also be printed to identify each label.
  • another inkjet printer (not shown) is separately arranged.
  • a photogravure printing machine can also be employed when the same identification information 9a is to be printed for each label.
  • a nozzle 20 for discharging adhesive is disposed at the downstream side of the inkjet printer 17 to apply the adhesive on either one of the opposite lateral edges 12a, 12b of the transparent film 3 fed from the roll 15.
  • the opposite lateral edges 12a, 12b of the film are then overlapped each other via the adhesive into a tubular shape.
  • the film is then rolled up to have an elongated tubular member or a rolled product 15a.
  • the single rolled product 15a provides the individual tubular labels with the several varieties of the arbitrary information 9, enabling the tubular labels to be successively wrapped around the container bodies 10 and hence the containers to be simply shipped without troublesome work to properly mix the winning labels into the losing labels.
  • the rolled product 15a is set on a shrinklabeler, and fed therethrough in flat shape to a cutting station where a cutter cuts the rolled product 15 along the cutting lines L into the individual tubular labels 1.
  • the labels 1 fed to a wrapping station then respectively have leading ends opened, through which the container bodies with or without contents therein are successively inserted.
  • the container bodies 10 with the tubular labels 1 therearound are then conveyed to a heating station where the tubular labels 1 are heat-shrunk and tightly wrapped around the container bodies by a heat application means such as a blower for providing a stream of hot air or a steam heater, thereby manufacturing the labeled containers.
  • the tubular labels 1 are the elastically stretchable labels
  • the labels are radially expanded to have a larger diameter, and placed around the container bodies. At this position, the force effecting the radial expansion of each label is released so that the label is tightly wrapped around the container body via the restoring force of its own.
  • the elastically stretchable labels can thus omit the necessity of heat application.
  • the tubular label 1 wrapped around each container body 10 has the inwardly facing surface or the container body contacting surface provided thereon with the arbitrary information 9 and the identification information 9a printed on the concealing print layer 7, so that the arbitrary information 9 and the identification information 9a cannot be visually observed from the outside of the label 1 or through the film and the concealing print layer.
  • the container body 10 is a transparent bottle
  • the content such as liquid with deep color or color similar to the content is preferably filled in the transparent bottle.
  • the arbitrary information 9 on the inwardly facing surface of the label cannot visually be observed, even if the attempt has been made to view it through a transparent portion of the bottle and/or the label.
  • the arbitrary information on the inwardly facing surface of the tubular label 1 can visually be observed after the tubular label is cut or pulled away from the container body 10, or the bottle is emptied by consuming or drinking the content.
  • This manner for visual observation enables the purchaser to easily check the arbitrary information indicative of "win” or "lose”, or the like.
  • the tubular label 1 is also provided with the identification information 9a printed in invisible ink, so that the collected labels 1 sent from the campaign participants to the host company or organizer of the campaign can be checked to see if they are authentic or not by finding particular indicia, letters or the like emerging on the surfaces of the labels through the irradiation of the ultraviolet rays or any other specific lights. Thus, any acts to illicitly participate in the campaign or obtain a bonus prize can be prevented.
  • tubular label 1 with a perforated line 23 formed throughout the entire length of the label for ease of the label rupturing, as illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • a transparent window portion 25 may be provided on the opposite side of the tubular label, through which the arbitrary information 9 can visually be observed. Since the label print layer 6 is provided on the area of the label except the transparent window portion 25, the arbitrary information 9 cannot visually be observed through the area with the label print layer 6.
  • the transparent container body 10 is filled with a dark colored liquid or any other contents, under which condition the arbitrary information cannot visually be observed. Therefore, to achieve the visual observation, the content in the container body 10 must be drunken or consumed to lower the surface of the content to at least the height of the window portion 25 or so, through which the arbitrary information 9 at the opposite side of the tubular label can be observed.

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Claims (2)

  1. Elément tubulaire allongé (15a) destiné à être coupé en étiquettes tubulaires individuelles (1), obtenues en alimentant un film (3) possédant une première surface (3a) et une deuxième surface (3b), en imprimant des motifs d'information arbitraires (9) sélectionnés parmi différents types, comme des informations de loterie, sur des portions correspondant respectivement aux étiquettes tubulaires individuelles (1) sur ladite première surface (3a) du film (3), dans la longueur du sens d'alimentation du film (3), à l'aide d'une imprimante sans impact, de manière à rendre les motifs d'information arbitraires (9) invisibles à travers ladite deuxième surface (3b) dudit film (3) et de manière à ce que les motifs d'information arbitraires (9) deviennent chacun un motif d'information sur chaque étiquette, et en donnant au film (3) une forme tubulaire, avec la première surface (3a) tournée vers l'intérieur, en rejoignant entre eux les bords latéraux du film (3).
  2. Elément tubulaire allongé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite imprimante sans impact est une imprimante à jet d'encre.
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