JP2003173143A - Electronic apparatus and method of managing recycling information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote recycling of electronic apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: Parts are used a plurality of times by alternately laminating and forming operation/display labels (jam processing labels) necessary in using the electronic apparatus and recycling information labels (cleaning information labels) necessary only in the recycling, successively peeling the labels in such a manner that the operation/display labels (jam processing labels) form the uppermost surface in using the electronic apparatus and that the recycling information labels (cleaning information labels) form the uppermost surface in the recycling treatment and repeating recovering → peeling of the jam processing labels → cleaning → peeling of the cleaning information labels →reuse at prescribed number of times. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to information (recycling information) necessary for reusability, for example, a method of managing when a part of an electronic device can be repeatedly used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when electronic parts are repeatedly used, a label indicating the number of times of use can be reused by stacking the labels indicating the number of times of use in order to manage the life such as the number of times of recycling. A configuration has been proposed in which the sheets are sometimes peeled off one by one (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-281861).

Further, in a multi-layer label, a strong pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to permanently bond the cover layer to one side of the bottom layer and the other side of the bottom layer is bonded to the cover layer with a reusable pressure-sensitive adhesive. A layer or more layers, the upper layer label is coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive having an adhesive strength lower than that of the upper layer label or the lowermost layer label adjacent to the lower layer, and the upper layer label. It has been proposed to use a tab having a portion not coated with (Patent Document 6-102827).

[0004]

However, in the structure of the conventional example, it may be necessary to clean the surface on which dirt or the like is attached when the parts are reused, and at the time of cleaning (for example, CO ₂ dry ice). In the case where the upper layer label has a portion where the adhesive is not applied as the tab as in the conventional example (when washing is performed), the label may be peeled from the tab portion.

Further, when the stains are severe or there is damage / peeling, it is necessary to replace the attached label.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is an electronic device which can be washed when it is reused and whose parts can be reused efficiently without attaching a label. And to provide a method for managing recycling information.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the first invention of the present application is an electronic device to which a label is attached, wherein the label is an operation / display in which a method of operating the electronic device is displayed. It is characterized in that a label and a recycling information label indicating a number of times of recycling and a processing method at the time of recycling are alternately laminated in a peelable manner.

As described above, in the configuration of the first invention according to the present application, in the post-use recycling process, the operation / display label is peeled off and the recycling process displayed on the recycling information label is performed before reuse.

Second aspect of the present application for achieving the above object
In the invention, the pressure-sensitive adhesive used between the operation / display label and the recycling information label has a lower peeling force in the upper layer, and the peeling strength in the peeling operation start region of the label is lower than other regions. The peeling start regions of the operation / display label and the recycling information label have different adhesive strengths and are set at different positions.

As described above, in the structure of the second invention according to the present application, the peeling force is made lower toward the upper layer, and the peeling start region is arranged at different positions for the operation / display label and the recycle information label. Make sure to peel off only the top label.

To achieve the above object, the third aspect of the present application
In the invention, the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer of the label are composed of the operation / indication label, and the operation / indication label of the lowest layer or the vicinity of the operation / indication label of the lowest layer is peeled off at the time of material recycling or thermal recycling. It is characterized in that it is provided with a display that does not require.

As described above, in the configuration of the third invention according to the present application, the parts that have been used a predetermined number of times for reuse are material-recycled or thermal-recycled without peeling off the label.

In order to achieve the above object, the fourth aspect of the present application
In the invention, the operation / display label is a jam processing label, and the recycling information label is a cleaning information label.

As described above, in the configuration of the fourth invention according to the present application, when the recycling process is performed after use, the jam processing label is peeled off and the cleaning information label is cleaned, and then reused.

To achieve the above object, the fifth aspect of the present application
In the invention, the area of the cleaning information label is wider than the area of the jam processing label.

As described above, in the configuration of the fifth invention according to the present application, the cleaning label is attached so as to cover the entire surface of the jam treatment label.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (Embodiment 1) Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front cover of an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a plastic front cover and 10 is a label attached to the front cover 1.

FIG. 2 shows a label 1 attached to the front cover 1.
0 shows a partial sectional view of 0. In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a sticking surface of the label 10 provided on the front cover 1, 3 denotes a guide rib for sticking a label formed on the front cover 1,
11 (11a, 11b, 11c) is a jam processing label,
12 (12a, 12b) is a cleaning information label, 13, 14
Is a display section showing the peeling direction of the label, 15 and 16 are adhesives, 17 is a final processing method display section displayed on the jam treatment label 11 (for example, peeling is not required at the time of material recycling or thermal recycling) Display).

The label 10 is the jam handling label 1
1 and the cleaning information label 12 to the adhesives 15 and 1
The jam treatment label 11 is formed on the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer while being alternately laminated via the sheet.
Further, the jam treatment label 11c is made of a material compatible with the front cover. The adhesive 15 is the bottom surface of the jam treatment label 11 on which the adhesive is applied, and the display portion 1 of the jam treatment label 11 and the cleaning information label 12.
It is applied to areas other than 3, 14 and its adhesion to the surface to be adhered (label display surface) is 18 N / 25 mm to 26
N / 25mm (Measurement method is according to JIS-Z-0237)
It is made of acrylic resin. In addition, the adhesive 16 is the display unit 13, 1 which displays the peeling direction of the label.
It is applied on the adhered surface side in the vicinity of 4 and is made of an acrylic resin having an adhesive force of 10 N / 25 mm (measurement method according to JIS-Z-0237) to the adhered surface (label display surface). Further, as shown in FIG.
3a, 13b) and 14 (14a, 14b) are arranged at different positions of the jam processing label 11 (11a, 11b) and the cleaning information label 12 (12a, 12b). In addition, the adhesive surface 3 of the front cover 1 of the adhesive 15
Adhesive strength to 28N / 25mm (measurement method is JIS
-According to Z-0237).

After the used electronic device is collected, the jammed label 11 is peeled off to confirm the display content of the cleaning information label 12 and a predetermined cleaning process is performed, whereby the electronic device can be reused. The jam processing label 11
At the time of peeling, the display unit 13 displaying the peeling direction
Peeling starts from a. Since the display portion 13a uses the adhesive 16 having an adhesive force of 10 N / 25 mm as described above, peeling can be easily started. Then, after the predetermined cleaning process is completed, peeling of the cleaning information label 12 from the display portion 14a is started. Since the cleaning information label 12 also uses the adhesive 16 having an adhesive force of 10 N / 25 mm for the display portion 14a as described above, peeling can be easily started. In addition, the display unit 13
In the areas other than a and 14a, the adhesive strength to the adherend is set to 18 N / 25 mm to 28 N / 25 mm as described above, and the adhesive strength decreases from the bottom layer of the laminated label to the top layer. The adhesive 15 is applied so that the lower layer label is not peeled off at the same time when the label is peeled off from the uppermost layer. For example, by applying (or screen printing) an adhesive in a grid or circular pattern, the adhesive application area can be changed compared to the case of full surface application to increase the adhesive strength from the bottom layer to the top layer as described above. It is configured so that the adhesive strength becomes lower as it becomes. In this way, collection → Jam processing label peeling → Cleaning → Cleaning information label peeling →
By repeating the reuse, the reuse can be performed a predetermined number of times. In addition, the final treatment method display section 17 displays that peeling is not required at the time of material recycling or thermal recycling, and since it is made of a material compatible with the front cover 1, it does not need to be peeled off at the time of material recycling or thermal processing. It can be directly processed without peeling off the label during recycling.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 4 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the label 20 attached to the front cover 100. In the figure, 101 is a guide rib for label sticking formed on the front cover 1, 102, 103, 104 are sticking surfaces of the label 20 provided on the front cover 1, and 105 (1
Reference numeral 05a, 105b) is a recess for escaping a finger or a tool when peeling off the label, 21 is a jam treatment label, 22 is a cleaning information label, 23 and 24 are display portions displaying the peeling direction of the label, and 25 and 26 are An adhesive, 27 is a final processing method display portion (for example, a display indicating that peeling is not required at the time of material recycling or thermal recycling) displayed on the jam processing label 21.

The label 20 is the jam handling label 2
1 and the cleaning information label 22 with the adhesives 25 and 2
The jam treatment label 21 is formed on the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer while being alternately laminated via the sheet.
The adhesive 25 is applied to the lowermost side of the jammed label 21 on the adhered surface side and on the jammed label 21 and the cleaning information label 22 in regions other than the vicinity of the display portions 23 and 24. Adhesive strength to (label display surface) is 18 N / 25 mm to 26 N / 25 mm (measurement method is J
IS-Z-0237) (according to IS-Z-0237). Further, the adhesive 26 is applied to the adhered surface side in the vicinity of the display portions 23 and 24 displaying the peeling direction of the label, and the adhesive force to the adhered surface (label display surface) is 10
N / 25mm (Measurement method is according to JIS-Z-0237)
It is made of acrylic resin. The adhesive force of the adhesive 25 to the attaching surface 104 of the front cover 100 is 28 N / 25 mm (the measuring method is JIS-Z-0237).
It depends on). In this embodiment, the cleaning information label 22
Is larger than the area of the jam processing label 21, and the cleaning information label 22 covers the entire jam processing label 21 in a laminated state. In addition, the area of the cleaning information label 22 arranged in the upper layer is larger than that of the cleaning information label arranged in the lower layer, and the vicinity of each outer peripheral portion is attached to an independent attaching surface. The adhesive force of the attachment surface of the outer peripheral portion is stronger than that of other areas. In this example, the adhesive force to the attachment surface 104 is 28 N /
It is 25 mm (measurement method is according to JIS-Z-0237). Further, the adhesive force of the adhesive 25 of the jam treatment label 21 that adheres to the display surface side of the cleaning information label 22 (the surface opposite to the surface coated with the adhesive) is weakly adhered within the range of the adhesive strength. It is set.

After the used electronic device is collected, the jam processing label 21 is peeled off to confirm the display content of the cleaning information label 22 and a predetermined cleaning process is performed, whereby the electronic device can be reused. The jam processing label 21
At the time of peeling, the display unit 23 displaying the peeling direction
Peeling starts from a. Since the display portion 23a uses the adhesive 26 having an adhesive force of 10 N / 25 mm as described above, the peeling can be easily started. Then, after the predetermined cleaning process is completed, peeling of the cleaning information label 22 from the display section 24a is started. Since the cleaning information label 22 also uses the adhesive 26 having an adhesive force of 10 N / 25 mm for the display portion 24a as described above, peeling can be easily started. In addition, as described above, the area of the cleaning information label 22 is equal to the area of the jam treatment label 2.
The cleaning information label 22 is configured to cover the entire jam processing label 21 in a state in which the cleaning information label 22 is larger than the area of 1 and is laminated, and the cleaning information label 22 is arranged in the upper layer, but the area is in the lower layer. In addition to being configured to have a larger area than the area to be arranged, since the vicinity of each outer peripheral portion is attached to an independent attaching surface, a cleaning agent (when ultrasonic cleaning is performed at the time of peeling and removing the jam treatment label 21 of the uppermost layer) Water, a surfactant, and dry ice during carbon dioxide dry ice cleaning are included in the adhesive layer of the label (boundary layer between the labels) so that the unused label portion is not peeled off.

(Example 3) In Examples 1 and 2, the adhesive strength was changed by changing the adhesive itself or the adhesive strength depending on the application pattern of the adhesive, but the label surface was embossed. It is also possible to reduce the adhesive force by reducing the adhesive surface with the adhesive. According to the present invention, the embossing height is 30 to 50 μm, the adhesive thickness is 60 μm, and the adhesive force to the adhered surface embossed with the embossing convex area of 50% is 23 to 25 N / 25 mm → 11 to 13 N / 25 m.
m (measurement method according to JIS-Z-0237).

[0026]

As described above, the first aspect of the present application
According to the invention of claim 1, when the recycling process is performed, the operation / display label is peeled off, the recycling process indicated on the recycling information label is performed, and the recycling information label is peeled off and reused. Since the parts can be reused only by peeling off, it is possible to promote reuse efficiently without the need to manage labels for replacement and work space.

According to the second invention of the present application, the peeling force is made lower toward the upper layer, and the peeling start area of the label is arranged at different positions for the operation / display label and the recycle information label. Only the upper-layer label can be reliably peeled off, and the reuse of the lower-layer label can be efficiently promoted without any trouble such as the lower-layer label peeling off at the same time.

Further, according to the third invention of the present application, the parts which have been reused a preset number of times are subjected to final recycling treatment such as material recycling or thermal recycling without peeling off the label. You can

Further, according to the fourth invention of the present application, it is possible to remove the jam-treated label and perform effective cleaning indicated on the cleaning information label before recycling after recycling after use. it can.

Further, according to the fifth invention of the present application, since the cleaning label is attached so as to cover the entire surface of the jam-treated label, there is no fear that the jam-treated label will be peeled off or scratched due to cleaning, and the cleaning label can be reprinted. It can be used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front cover of an electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the label according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the label according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a label according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a label adhered portion of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 front cover 2 Labeling surface 3 guide ribs 10 labels 11 Jam processing label 12 Cleaning information label 13 Label peeling direction display 14 Label peeling direction display 15 Adhesive 16 Adhesive 17 Collection processing method display section 20 labels 21 Jam processing label 22 Cleaning information label 23 Label peeling direction display 24 Label peeling direction display 25 adhesive 26 Adhesive 100 front cover 101 Guide rib 102 Labeling surface 103 Labeling surface 104 Labeling surface 105 recess

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device to which a label is attached,
The label is an operation / display that displays the operation method of the electronic device.
An electronic device and a recycling information management method, which are configured by alternately stacking a display label and a recycling information label indicating the number of times of recycling and a processing method at the time of recycling in a peelable manner. 2. The adhesive used between the operation / display label and the recycling information label has a lower peeling force in the upper layer, and the peeling strength in the peeling operation starting region of the label is higher than that in other regions. 2. The electronic device and the recycling information management method according to claim 1, wherein the peeling start areas of the operation / display label and the recycling information label have low adhesiveness and are set at different positions. 3. The uppermost layer and the lowermost layer of the label are composed of the operation / indicative label, and the operation / indicative label of the lowermost layer or the vicinity of the operation / indicative label of the lowermost layer is used for material recycling or thermal recycling. The display according to claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that a display indicating that peeling is not necessary is provided at times.
Control method of electronic equipment and recycling information described in. 4. The electronic device and the recycling information management method according to claim 1, wherein the operation / display label is a jam processing label, and the recycling information label is a cleaning information label. 5. The area of the cleaning information label is larger than the area of the jam processing label.
The electronic device according to any one of 4 to 4, and the method for managing recycling information.