JP2010120234A - Mountless continuous label object and production method for mountless continuous label object - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mountless continuous label object and a production method for the mountless continuous label object, which do not lift a label part separating from a label backing on reeling e.g. secondary reeling for production or on label printing by a label printer while easily separating the label part from the label backing on reversing the label backing. <P>SOLUTION: In a roll shape reeled mountless continuous label object 1 which is coated with a releaser layer on front face and with an adhesive layer on back face respectively of a strip of label backing 2, the label has a label part 6 formed roughly at equal intervals by a die-cutting groove 5 in the longitudinal direction H of the label backing 2, a plurality of slight splice sections 7 formed on optional positions of the label part and incision sections 8 formed in the longitudinal direction of the label backing at a slightly distant position from the splice. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

In particular, the present invention relates to a label-less continuous substrate body wound in a roll shape and a method for producing a continuous label-free substrate body.

In recent years, when printing and issuing labels with a label printer, or when applying labels to products with an affixing machine, etc., environmental protection is taken into consideration, and the mount (peeling sheet) that is thrown away as trash after use has been eliminated to conserve resources. There is a tendency to use a continuous substrate-less label continuous body (for example, see Patent Document 1).
According to the continuous label-less continuous body wound in the roll shape of Patent Document 1, a label portion is formed by a die cutting machine at approximately equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the belt-like label base material, and the label portion falls off. In order to prevent this, a discontinuous portion is provided. By the way, the joint portion of the label portion is provided at a side end portion orthogonal to the longitudinal direction (conveying direction of the label continuous body) in consideration of peelability. That is, when performing a direction change called turning by a label base material at the turning edge, if there is a joint at the front end in the transport direction of the label part, the label part is less likely to be peeled off from the label base material, so it is provided at the side end part. Yes, when the label base material is turned, the label part has its own rigidity and protrudes forward in the conveying direction where there is no joint, and then the joint of the side edge of the label part by the pulling action of the label collar Is automatically cut and can be taken out as a single label piece.
However, there is a possibility that problems may occur during printing in the continuous labelless continuous body in which the joint portion is formed only at the side end. That is, since the continuous label body without a mount has a tendency to curl with curling wrinkles, the front end of the label portion without a joint portion when fed and printed on a printing portion having a thermal head and a platen. The part (front end in the transport direction of the continuous label) is in a state of being lifted from the label substrate, causing problems such as bending and clogging when transporting and entering between the thermal head and the platen. .
If a joint portion is provided at the front end in the transport direction to prevent the label portion from being lifted by the curl, there is a problem that the peelability between the label substrate and the label portion is deteriorated as described above.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-187047

The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned problems, and the label portion is formed from the label base material at the time of winding such as a small winding at the time of production or when printing a label by a label printer or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a label continuous body without a mount and a method for producing a label continuous body without a mount, in which the label portion does not peel off and floats easily and the label portion easily peels off from the label base. .

The label-free continuous body according to the present invention is a continuous label-less continuous body in which a release agent layer is applied to the front surface of a strip-shaped label base material and an adhesive layer is applied to the back surface and wound in a roll shape. In the longitudinal direction of the material, it has a label portion formed by die-cutting grooves at almost equal intervals, and a plurality of slight joint portions are formed at an arbitrary position of the label portion, and slightly from the joint portion. An incision is formed in the longitudinal direction of the label base material from a position away from it.
Further, the cut portion can be extended linearly in the longitudinal direction, or can be extended at an angle inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction from the outer shape line in accordance with the outer shape line of the label portion.
Furthermore, the method for producing a continuous label-less body according to the second aspect of the present invention is a large winding in which a release agent layer is applied to the front surface of the strip-shaped label base material, and an adhesive layer is applied to the back surface, and wound in a roll shape. A transfer step of transferring the label base material, and a plurality of rows in the width direction, leaving a plurality of slight joint portions, and a position slightly separated from the joint portion in the width direction with respect to the label base material. More, a die cutting step for forming a cut portion in the longitudinal direction of the label base material, a slit step for cutting the large-winding label base material into a plurality of rows in the width direction, and the label portion and the cut portion are formed. A small winding step of winding the label base material into a predetermined roll shape.

According to the continuous label-less body of the present invention, the label base has a label portion formed by die-cutting grooves at substantially equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the label base material, and a plurality of slight portions are provided at an arbitrary position of the label portion. In addition to forming a continuous joint, a notch is formed in the longitudinal direction of the label base material from a position slightly away from the joint, so that the label base material is easily bent during turning, and the joint is point-stopped. Since it is formed in a state, there is an effect that cutting by turning becomes easy.
Further, if the cut portion is linearly stretched in the longitudinal direction or is stretched at an angle inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction from the contour line in accordance with the contour line of the label portion, it is easy to bend and the seam is easily cut. .
In addition, according to the method for producing a label continuous body without a mount, a labeling process is performed in which a large number of label substrates wound in a roll shape are transferred, and the label substrate is left with a plurality of slight joints. A plurality of rows in the width direction, die cutting and forming a cut portion in the longitudinal direction of the label base material from a position slightly away from the joint, and a large winding label base material in the width direction A slit process for cutting into a plurality of rows and a small winding process for winding the label base material on which the label part and the cut part are formed into a predetermined roll shape. The material is easy to bend, and there is an effect that there is no state where the label portion is lifted from the label base material even in a small winding state due to a plurality of seams.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a plane showing an embodiment of a continuous label-less body according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the label continuous body 1 without a mount has a strip-shaped label base material 2, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 on the back surface of the label base material 2, and a release agent layer on the surface. 4 and the heat-sensitive color former layer 9 are applied, and when the label base material 2 is wound, the adhesive layer 3 on the back surface is prevented from sticking to the front surface side by the release agent layer 4, and by heat Desired information can be printed on the heat-sensitive color former layer 9.
In the label base material 2, label portions 6 formed by die-cutting grooves 5 are arranged in the longitudinal direction H at substantially equal intervals.
The label portion 6 has an elliptical shape, and a plurality of slightly discontinuous portions of the die-cutting groove 5, that is, a few joint portions 7 are provided.
In addition, a cut portion 8 is formed in the longitudinal direction H of the label substrate 2 from a position slightly away from the joint portion 7. The cut base 8 makes the label base 2 easy to bend, and the joint 7 for fastening the label 6 to the label base 2 is set as “point stop”.
In addition, the said joint part 7 is provided not only in the direction which cross | intersects the longitudinal direction H of the label continuous body 1 without board | substrate but in the front-end part of a longitudinal direction H, and a rear-end part.

Next, based on FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, an apparatus for producing a continuous labelless body for realizing a continuous labelless body 1 without mount will be described.
FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory view of an apparatus for producing a label continuous body without mount, and FIG. 4 is a plan explanatory view in which a part of the apparatus viewed from the direction of arrow IV in FIG. 3 is omitted.
The board continuous label production apparatus 10 mainly includes a label base material supply unit 11, a die cut roller unit 12, a slit cut unit 13, and a winding unit 14. In FIG. 4, only the flat surface of the original fabric (to be described later) is visible, and main parts such as the die-cut roller portion 12 of the manufacturing apparatus 10 are omitted.
The label base material supply unit 11 is loaded with a raw material having a maximum width and called a “raw fabric”. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 is provided on the back surface of the “substrate” of the original fabric 15, and the release agent layer 4 and the heat-sensitive color former layer 9 (see FIG. 2) are provided on the surface.
In the die-cut roller portion 12, the label portion 6 and the cut portion 8 formed by being surrounded by the die-cutting groove 5 and the joint portion 7 are punched over a plurality of rows in the width direction (three rows in the example of FIG. 4). A “die cut” (not shown) to be molded is mounted (die cutting process).
The slit cut unit 13 is equipped with a “cutter blade” (not shown) that cuts the raw fabric 15 into a desired width and length. Depending on the type of “label printer” or “automatic bonding machine” to be installed, The desired width W and the length converted into the desired number of label portions 6 are cut (slit process).
The winding unit 14 is configured to wind up the non-mounting label continuous body 1 cut to a desired width W by the slit cutting unit 13 (small winding process).
Note that 16a to 16g are guide rollers, 17a and 17b are tension rollers, and these tension rollers 17a and 17b are used when the original fabric 15 is transferred and wound in the direction indicated by the arrow B (transfer process). It is designed to play the role of “for tension adjustment”.

In order to produce the continuous paperless label continuous body 1 with the above-described continuous paperless label production apparatus 10, the raw material 15 is attached to the label base material supply unit 11, and this raw material 15 is used as a guide roller 16 a and a tension roller. 17a and the guide rollers 16b and 16c through the die cut roller unit 12, and the guide rollers 16d and 16e, the tension roller 17b and the guide rollers 16f and 16g, and the slit cut unit 13 and the winding unit 14 Wrap.
Mainly, as shown in FIG. 4, the raw fabric 15 fed out and conveyed toward the winding unit 14 (in the direction indicated by arrow B) is labeled with three rows of label units 6 by die cutting (not shown) at the die cut roller unit 12. The cut portion 8 is formed, and further, the slit cut portion 13 is cut into three rows with a desired width W, and is wound around the winding portion 14 as the label continuous body 1 without mount.
In addition, the process of winding the large wound original fabric 15 to a desired length while cutting it to a desired width W is called a “small winding process”, or cut to a small size through the “small winding process” The continuous label 1 without mount is simply referred to as “small winding”, or the “small winding process” itself for cutting is referred to as “small winding”.

Next, based on FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, a case where printing is performed by a “label printer” using the continuous label body 1 without mount will be described.
FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing the vicinity of the printing portion of the “label printer”, and FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG.
The “label printer” includes a printing unit 20 including a print head 21 and a platen 22, a peeling pin 23 as a peeling unit provided downstream of the printing unit 20, and the like. The continuous label continuous body 1 is fed out to the printing unit 20 side, is sandwiched between the print head 21 and the platen 22, and is transported to the print head 21 while transporting the continuous labelless continuous body 1 in the transport direction F as the platen 22 rotates. The desired information 24 (in the example shown in the figure, “◯ × prefecturally produced strawberry”) is printed on the surface of the label continuous body 1 without the mount.
Note that when the baseless label continuous body 1 is transported and sandwiched between the print head 21 and the platen 22 of the printing unit 20, the joint portion 7 is also provided at the front end in the transport direction F, so Since there is no lifting of the part 6, conveyance and intrusion are smooth.
Furthermore, the label continuous body 1 without the mount is conveyed downstream from the printing unit 20, turned in the conveyance reverse direction by the peeling pin 23, and taken up by a winding unit (not shown).
A cut portion 8 is formed in the label continuous body 1 without the mount in the longitudinal direction H of the label substrate 2, and the cut portion 8 is longer than the joint portion 7 in the longitudinal direction of the label substrate 2. Since it is formed in the direction H, the label base material 2 is easily bent when the continuous label body 1 without mount is turned. Further, the joint portion 7 is formed with respect to the label base material 2 by the die-cutting groove 5 and the cut portion 8. Therefore, the joint portion 7 can be easily cut, and when the joint portion 7 is cut by turning, the label base 2 and the leading end portion 6a of the label portion 6 are formed. Projecting forward in the conveying direction F of the peeling pin 23 due to its own rigidity.
The label part 6 peeled off from the label base material 2 by the peeling pin 23 is removed by hand and attached to a not-shown product via the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3, or a suction machine of a not-shown sticking machine provided in the next stage. It can be used as a “label piece” of a single leaf.

As described above, in the longitudinal direction H of the label base material 2, the label portion 6 is formed by the die-cutting grooves 5 at substantially equal intervals, and a plurality of slight joint portions are provided at arbitrary positions of the label portion 6. 7 is formed, and the cut portion 8 is formed in the longitudinal direction H of the label base material 2 from a position slightly away from the joint portion 7, so that the label base material 2 is easily bent during turning, and the joint Since the portion 7 is formed in a “point-stop” state, cutting by turning is facilitated.
Furthermore, contrary to the case where the label continuous body 1 without mount is transported to the printing unit 10 side (direction indicated by arrow F) for printing by the “label printer”, the label continuous body without mount having a desired width W from the original fabric 15. In the small winding process for producing 1, winding is performed in the reverse direction of conveyance (the direction indicated by the arrow B in FIGS. 3 and 4), but in any direction, the joint 7 and the position slightly separated from the joint 7. Since the cut portion 8 is formed in the longitudinal direction H, as described above, it is easy to bend the label substrate 2 at the time of turning, and to bend at the time of winding the continuous substrateless body 1 in the small winding process. In addition, the label portion 6 is not easily peeled off when the roll is rolled by the joint portion 7, and the “point-stop” joint portion 7 is easily cut during turning, so that the label portion 6 is difficult to peel off during production, and when turning, La Le 6 is intended to mount without continuous label 1 easily peeled off from the label substrate 2 can be realized.

Next, based on FIG. 7, a label continuous body 30 without a mount according to another embodiment will be described.
In the following description, the same parts as those in the previous embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a plane corresponding to FIG.
The label continuous body 30 without a mount includes a label base material 2, a label portion 31 formed in a star shape with a die-cutting groove 5 in the label base material 2, and a label portion 32 formed in a heart shape in the longitudinal direction H Are lined up.
Each of the star-shaped label portion 31 and the heart-shaped label portion 32 is provided with a plurality of joint portions 7 that are slightly discontinuous portions of the die-cutting groove 5, and is further slightly separated from the joint portion 7. A cut portion 33 is formed in the longitudinal direction H of the label base material 2 from the above position. The cut portion 33 includes a cut portion 33a extending in a straight line and parallel to the longitudinal direction H, and a cut portion 33b extending at an angle inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction H from the outline to match the outline.
The rear end side of the star-shaped label part 31 and the heart-shaped label part 32, that is, the rear end part side when the front side in the transport direction F is the front end part is parallel to the arrow B direction. In addition, incisions 33b extending linearly are provided at a plurality of locations.
The direction indicated by arrow B is the direction of small winding when producing the “continuous label continuum without backing sheet” from the original fabric 15, and the parallel and straight cuts in the longitudinal direction H when creating the continuous wrapping label continuous body 30. The label base 2 is easily bent by the portion 33b.
For printing and the like, the above-mentioned baseless label continuous body 30 is conveyed to the printing unit 20 to perform a desired printing, and further, when turned by the peeling pin 23, the front end side is a notched portion extending in a parallel and linear shape. 33a and a cut portion 33b extending in an angle inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction H in accordance with the outline, and the label base material 2 is in a state of being easily bent, and the cut portion extended at an inclined angle. When a turning force is applied to 33b, the label substrate 2 corresponding to the “mounting sheet” portion is easily cut, and the joint portion 7 formed at a position slightly away from the cut portion 33b is easily cut.
Reference numeral 34 denotes an identification mark. The star-shaped label portion 31 and the heart-shaped label portion 32 formed between the identification marks 34 and 34 are regarded as one “label”. .

As described above, the shape of the “label part” is not limited to the conventional rectangular, circular, or elliptical shape, but includes a label part 31 having a sharp protrusion such as a star or a heart-shaped label part 32. Even in the case of an irregularly shaped “deformed label”, the label base 2 is bent by the plurality of joint portions 7 and the cut portions 33a extending in a straight line parallel to the longitudinal direction H from a position slightly away from the joint portions 7. The joint portion 7 of “spot stop” which is easily formed and is formed at a position slightly separated from the notch 33b by the notch 33b extending in accordance with the outline and extending at an angle inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction H from the outline. It becomes easy to be cut.
About another structure, an effect | action, and an effect, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted since it is the same as that of previous embodiment.

It should be noted that the configuration and operation of the above-described embodiment are examples, and it goes without saying that they can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

It is explanatory drawing of the plane which shows one Embodiment of the label continuous body without a mount based on this invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the preparation apparatus of a label continuous body without a mount same as the above. FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view in which a part of the apparatus viewed from the direction of arrow IV in FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the vicinity of a printing unit of a label printer that prints a continuous label without a mount. It is a schematic sectional drawing which follows the arrow VI-VI line in FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the plane which shows the continuationless label continuous body of other embodiment same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

H Longitudinal direction F Conveying direction 1 Label continuous body without backing sheet 2 Label base material 3 Adhesive layer 4 Release agent layer 5 Die-cutting groove 6 Label part 6a Tip part 7 Joint part 8 Cut part 9 Thermal coloring agent layer 10 Label without backing paper Continuous body production apparatus 11 Label base material supply part 12 Die cut roller part 13 Slit cut part 14 Winding part 15 Original fabric (Gentan)
16a to 16g Guide rollers 17a and 17b Tension roller 20 Print unit 21 Print head 22 Platen 23 Peeling pin (peeling means)
24 Printed information 30 Label continuous body without mount (another embodiment)
31 Star-shaped label part 32 Heart-shaped label part 33, 33a, 33b Cut part

Claims (3)

In the label continuum without mount, the release agent layer is applied to the front surface of the strip-shaped label base material, and the adhesive layer is applied to the back surface, respectively.
In the longitudinal direction of the label base material, it has a label portion formed by die-cutting grooves at substantially equal intervals, and a plurality of slight joint portions are formed at an arbitrary position of the label portion, and the joint portion A continuous paperless label continuous body, wherein a cut portion is formed in the longitudinal direction of the label base material from a position slightly away from the base material. 2. The mount according to claim 1, wherein the cut portion extends linearly in the longitudinal direction, or extends at an angle inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction from the contour line in accordance with the contour line of the label portion. Label continuum. A transfer step in which a release agent layer is applied to the front surface of the strip-shaped label base material, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is applied to the back surface, and the large-sized label base material wound in a roll shape is transferred,
With respect to the label base material, a plurality of rows of the label portions are formed in the width direction while leaving a plurality of slight joint portions, and are cut in the longitudinal direction of the label base material from a position slightly away from the joint portions. A die-cutting process for forming the part;
A slit process for cutting the large roll label substrate into a plurality of rows in the width direction;
And a small winding step of winding the label base material on which the label portion and the cut portion are formed into a predetermined roll shape.

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