JP2012203324A - Label material of micro label and fabrication method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label material of micro labels and a fabrication method thereof which prevents parts of micro labels 8 from convexly rising due to die-cutting processing along cuts 31 to be able to stably perform transportation and printing processing of the label material of which the normal waste removal processing is difficult.SOLUTION: The fabrication method is based on the finding that micro labels 8 are prevented from convexly rising, by forming cuts 31 around the micro labels 8 and unused regions 32 adjacent to the micro labels 8. Cuts 31 include breadthwise cuts 31A and lengthwise cuts 31B, and the unused regions 32 are demarcated by the breadthwise cuts 31A so as to alternate with and be adjacent to the micro labels 8, and the micro labels 8 and the unused regions 32 can be separated from both end parts 33 in the breadthwise direction of the label material because of the lengthwise cuts 31B, and auxiliary cuts 34 are formed in the unused regions 32.

Description

    The present invention relates to a label material for a minimal label and a method for producing the same, and more particularly to a label material for a minimal label capable of producing or processing an elongated label piece (minimum label) without hindrance and a method for producing the label material.

A conventional label material for an elongated label or an extremely small label and a manufacturing method (or processing method) thereof will be outlined with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 8 is a plan view of a label raw material 1 for manufacturing a conventional minimal label, FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX of FIG. 8, and the label raw material 1 includes a strip-shaped mount 2 and a label. It has the base material 3 and the adhesive layer 4.

    The mount 2 is formed, for example, from glassine paper to a thickness of, for example, about 60 to 80 μm, and the position detection marks 5 are printed in advance at a predetermined pitch on the back side thereof.

    The label base material 3 is formed from a high-quality paper or a synthetic paper base material to a thickness of, for example, about 16 to 100 μm, and an adhesive layer made of an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive having a thickness of, for example, about 20 to 25 μm on the back surface. 4 is capable of printing on the surface thereof, and is temporarily attached to the surface of the mount 2 via the adhesive layer 4.

    By pressing the cutting blade 6 (virtual line in FIG. 9) from the label base material 2 side to the mount 2 with a predetermined pressing force, an elongated rectangular cut 7 is put in the label base material 2 and the adhesive layer 4, In other words, the die is cut and a plurality of micro labels 8 (for example, about 3 mm in the length direction of the label raw material 1 and about 35 mm in the width direction perpendicular to the length direction) An elongated label).

That is, FIG. 10 is a plan view of the label material 1A on which the minimum label 8 is formed, and the portions other than the minimum label 8 are generally referred to as a raised portion 9.
The residue raising portion 9 is a ladder-like shape in which a width direction residue raising portion 9A and a lengthwise residue raising portion 9B orthogonal to the width direction residue raising portion 9A are continuously formed. 9 is removed so as to be removed from the minimal label 8 and the mount 2, whereby only a plurality of minimal labels 8 are temporarily attached to the mount 2.

However, since the minimal label 8 has an elongated shape, there is a problem that when the residue raising portion 9 is operated to remove the residue, even the minimal label 8 is removed together with the residue raising portion 9.
Therefore, in practice, the residue raising portion 9 is not raised from the mount 2 and the minimum label 8, and the operator peels off the minimum label 8 from the label material 1A with his / her finger, and a desired application site (for example, an electronic substrate or the like). There is a problem that it is necessary to affix to parts).

11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line XI-XI in FIG. 10, and as shown in FIG. 11 slightly exaggeratedly, the minimal label 8 and the width-direction raised portion 9A are separated from the mount 2 with the notch 7 as a boundary. The label base material 3 is distorted and deformed so as to rise in a convex cross section toward the surface direction of the label substrate 3.
As described below, this swell deformation or distortion phenomenon causes a problem in printing on the minimum label 8.

FIG. 12 is a side view of a state in which the label material 1A is wound around the winding core 10 in a roll shape, and the label base material 3 (minimal label 8) is positioned inside the mount 2 and wound in a roll shape ( So-called back-wrapping form). As shown in the drawing, the minimal label 8 and the width-direction residue raising portion 9A are deformed so as to rise upward in a convex cross section on the mount 2.
FIG. 13 is a schematic side view of a printer (for example, thermal transfer printer 11) for printing predetermined information (particularly variable information) on the minimal label 8 of the label material 1A. The thermal transfer printer 11 supplies the label material 1A. Part 12, position detection part 13, and printing part 14.

    The supply unit 12 holds the roll-shaped label material 1 </ b> A and enables the label material 1 </ b> A to be fed out in a belt shape in the direction of the position detection unit 13 and the printing unit 14 on the transfer path 15.

    The position detection unit 13 includes an optical sensor 16 and detects the position detection mark 5 on the second back side so that the relative position between the minimal label 8 and the printing unit 14 can be detected.

    The printing unit 14 includes a thermal head 17 and a platen roller 18, a supply shaft 20 and a winding shaft 21 for the thermal transfer ink ribbon 19, and a label material together with the thermal transfer ink ribbon 19 between the thermal head 17 and the platen roller 18. By sandwiching and transferring 1A, information of a predetermined content can be printed on the minimal label 8.

However, in actuality, as described above, since the minimal label 8 is temporarily attached to the mount 2 in a state of being deformed so as to bulge upward, the transfer head 15 or the thermal head 17 and the platen roller 18 are temporarily attached. The problem is that the minimal label 8 is peeled off from the mount 2 between the two, and therefore, it is difficult to print variable information on an elongated label piece such as the minimal label 8, or Even if possible, there is a problem that some of the minimum labels 8 are peeled off and the yield is low.
In short, there is a problem that it is difficult to stably carry out the transfer of the minimal label 8 and the printing process on the minimal label 8 in the label material 1A which is difficult to raise.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 07-039062

    The present invention has been considered in view of the above-described problems, and the label material of the minimal label that can stably perform the transfer and the printing process of the label material that is difficult to perform a normal scrap raising process. It is another object of the present invention to provide a manufacturing method thereof.

    It is another object of the present invention to provide a label material for a minimal label and a method for manufacturing the same that can prevent the minimal label portion from being raised in a convex shape due to a die cutting process with a cut.

    Another object of the present invention is to provide a label material for an extremely small label that can be stably transferred and printed in a printer, and a method for manufacturing the same.

    That is, the present invention focuses on preventing the minimal label from rising in a convex shape by forming a cut around the minimal label and the unused area adjacent to the minimal label. One aspect of the present invention is a belt-shaped mount, and a label base material that has an adhesive layer on the back surface thereof, can be printed on the surface, and is temporarily attached to the surface of the mount sheet via the adhesive layer. A label material for a minimal label for producing a plurality of minimal labels on the mount by making a cut in the label base material and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the cut is divided into a width direction cut and A cut in the length direction is defined, and the width direction cut defines an unused area so as to be alternately adjacent to the minimum label, and the minimum label and the unused area are defined by the length direction cut. Together are separable from both widthwise edges of Le material, in the unused area is a label material tiny label, characterized by forming the auxiliary score.

    The second invention has a strip-shaped backing sheet, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the back surface thereof, can be printed on the surface thereof, and is a label base material temporarily attached to the surface of the mounting sheet via the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; A method for producing a minimal label for producing a plurality of minimal labels on the mount by making a cut in the label base material and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. In addition, the width direction cuts define unused areas so as to be alternately adjacent to the minimum labels, and the length direction cuts define the minimum labels and the unused areas as the label material. This is a method for producing a minimal label, which is separable from both edges in the width direction, and is formed with auxiliary cuts in the unused area.

    The auxiliary cut may be formed between the minimal labels adjacent to the unused area.

    It is possible to form a label group by combining a plurality of the minimum labels and the unused areas, and to form a width direction waste portion between the label groups.

    A lengthwise residue raising portion can be formed at both edges in the width direction of the minimal label and the unused area.

    The width direction waste raising portion and the length direction waste raising portion can be made to be able to raise the waste in a continuous state.

In the label material of the minimal label and the manufacturing method thereof according to the present invention, the cut is made into a width direction cut and a length direction cut, and by this width direction cut, a non-use area is defined so as to be alternately adjacent to the minimum label, This longitudinal cut makes it possible to separate the minimal label and the unused area from both edges in the width direction of the label material, and the auxiliary area is formed in the unused area. There will be a cut from the inside to the outside around the used area, so that the minimal label and unused area can be displaced in the length direction and width direction of the label material, and the minimal label and unused area are upward Therefore, stable transfer and printing of the label material can be realized without rising in a convex shape.
In addition, by forming the auxiliary cuts in the non-use area, air from each cut and the area surrounded by each cut is easily escaped, and the rise is suppressed.

    In particular, according to the label material of the minimal label of the first invention, the unused area is defined so as to be alternately adjacent to the minimal label by the cut in the width direction, and the auxiliary slit is formed in the unused area. As a result, it is possible to stabilize the transport and printing as the label material without causing the minimal label to rise in a convex shape by the action of the auxiliary cut.

    In particular, according to the method for producing a minimal label of the second invention, a minimal label and an unused area are defined by cutting with a width direction cut and a length direction cut, and an auxiliary cut is formed in the unused area. Since it did in this way, the label material which enables the stable conveyance and printing without peeling off a micro label can be obtained.

It is a top view of label material 30 of the minimum label by the 1st example of the present invention. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a label material 30A in which a minimal label 8 and a label group 35 are formed by removing the width direction residue raising portion 36 and the length direction residue raising portion 37 from the mount 2; It is the IV-IV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 4 is a side view of the state in which the label material 30A is wound around the winding core 10 in a roll shape. FIG. It is a top view of the label material 40 by the 2nd Example of this invention. It is a top view of the label material 50 by the 3rd Example of this invention. It is a top view of the label raw material 1 for manufacturing the conventional minimum label. FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG. It is a top view of the label material 1A in which the minimum label 8 was formed similarly. FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG. 10. 2 is a side view of the label material 1A wound around the winding core 10 in a roll shape. FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a printer (for example, a thermal transfer printer 11) for printing predetermined information (particularly variable information) on the minimal label 8 of the label material 1A.

In the present invention, by forming a cut around the minimum label and providing a width direction residue raising portion, the minimum label, the non-use region, and the width direction residue raising portion are displaced in the peripheral direction. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the minimal label and the unused area from rising upward in a convex shape, and to return the minimal label and the unused area to substantially parallel or flat with the mount, and therefore, a stable label material. The label material and the manufacturing method (or processing method) of the miniature label that enabled the transfer and printing of the label were realized.
Furthermore, the auxiliary cuts are formed in the unused areas, so that the unused areas are easily displaced, and air from the cuts and the areas surrounded by the cuts can easily escape and no longer rises.

Next, a label material 30 for a minimal label and a method for manufacturing the same according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. However, the same parts as those in FIGS. 8 to 13 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
1 is a plan view of the label material 30, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1. The label material 30 includes the label material 1 (FIG. 8) and the label material 1 A (FIG. 10). Similarly, although it has the base_sheet | mounting_paper 2, the label base material 3, and the adhesive layer 4, it differs from the label material 1A in the shape or site | part of a cut.

That is, in the label material 30, the minimal label 8 is processed and formed by the cut line 31.
The cut line 31 is defined as a width direction cut line 31A and a length direction cut line 31B.
The unused area 32 is defined by the width direction cuts 31 </ b> A so as to be alternately adjacent to the minimal label 8.
The non-use area 32 is not used as the minimum label 8 but has an arbitrary ratio with respect to the minimum label 8, for example, slightly thicker than the minimum label 8 (slightly longer in the length direction of the label material 30). The label material 30 is formed with the same length (width) in the width direction.
Furthermore, the length direction cut 31B allows the minimum label 8 and the non-use area 32 to have a predetermined length (the length of the width of the length direction waste raising portion 37 described later) from the left and right width direction edge portions 33 of the label material 30. Open and separable.

In the unused area 32, an auxiliary cut 34 is formed across the center.
The auxiliary cut 34 extends between the front and rear of the unused area 32 (left and right in FIG. 1, more precisely, front and rear in the length direction of the label material 30), that is, between the adjacent minimal labels 8 on both sides, that is, the label. This is formed in the central portion of the unused area 32 along the length direction of the material 30 up to the boundary portion of the front and rear minimum labels 8.

A plurality of minimum labels 8 and non-use areas 32 (in the example of FIG. 1, five minimum labels 8 and four non-use areas 32) are formed to form a label group 35. A width-direction residue raising portion 36 is formed between them.
Furthermore, the lengthwise residue raising portion 37 is formed at both edges in the width direction of the minimum label 8 and the non-use region 32 (both edges 35A in the width direction of the label group 35).
The width direction waste raising portion 36 and the length direction waste raising portion 37 are capable of raising the waste in a continuous state.
The position detection mark 5 is printed in advance on the back side of the width direction waste raising portion 36.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the label material 30A in which the width direction residue raising portion 36 and the length direction residue raising portion 37 are removed from the mount 2, and the minimum label 8 and the label group 35 are formed. FIG. It is IV sectional view.
The label material 30 </ b> A is obtained by removing (removing) the waste residue in the width direction 36 and the waste portion 37 in the length direction of the label material 30 from the mount 2 and the label group 35. Further, the side surfaces of the label base material 3 and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 4 are exposed, and the minimum label 8 and the non-use area 32 can be separated by the width direction cut 31A inside thereof. A cut 34 spans between the minimal labels 8.
Further, the minimal label 8 is temporarily attached to the mount 2 as the entire label group 35, and the minimal label 8 itself is separated from the label group 35 (non-use area 32).

FIG. 5 is a side view of the state in which the label material 30A is wound around the winding core 10 in the form of a roll like FIG. 12, and the label base 3 (minimal label 8) is positioned inside the mount 2 and rolled. The label group 35 is pressed against the second surface side by the pressing force generated by winding in a roll shape, and the minimum label 8 and the unused area 32 are mounted on the mount 2 as shown in the figure. It does not deform so as to rise upward in a convex cross section.
That is, the width direction cut 31A and the auxiliary cut 34 that are connected from the inside to the outside are provided around the label group 35 including the minimum label 8 and the unused area 32, and the minimum label 8 and the unused area 32 are adhesive. Due to the adhesiveness of the layer 4, the label material 30 </ b> A can be displaced in the length direction and width direction according to the amount of distortion, and is further surrounded by the air in the auxiliary cut 34, or the cut 31 and the auxiliary cut 34. Since the air in the area (minimum label 8, non-use area 32) easily escapes to the outside, the minimum label 8 and the non-use area 32 do not rise above the mount 2 in a convex shape and are stable. Transfer and printing of the material 30A can be realized.

    In the label material 30 to the label material 30A having such a configuration, the minimal label 8 and the non-use region 32 are temporarily attached without being raised upwardly on the surface side of the mount 2 as described above. Even if this is loaded into the thermal transfer printer 11 (FIG. 13), the minimal label 8 is not peeled off from the mount 2 and can be stably transferred and printed.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a label material 40 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The label material 40 is slightly different from the minimal label 41, unlike the label material 30 (first embodiment, FIG. 1). A thin unused area 42 is formed, and the auxiliary cut 34 is formed in the unused area 42.
Further, a width direction waste raising portion 43 having the same width as that of the unused region 42 is formed.
A label group 44 is formed by the minimal label 41 and the unused area 42.

    In the label material 40 having such a configuration, similarly to the label material 30, the label material 40 can be stably transferred and printed.

    FIG. 7 is a plan view of a label material 50 according to a third embodiment of the present invention, the label material 50 comprising a label material 30 (first embodiment, FIG. 1) and a label material 40 (second embodiment). Unlike the example, FIG. 6), or opposite to the label material 30, the label group 51 is formed by exchanging the positions of the minimal label 8 and the unused area 32. 34 is formed.

    Also in the label material 50 having such a configuration, the label material 50 can be stably transferred and printed in the same manner as the label material 30 and the label material 40.

In each of the embodiments described above, the auxiliary cut 34 is formed in the center in the width direction of the non-use area 32, but the position and number of the auxiliary cut 34 are arbitrary. For example, the adjacent unused areas 32 may be alternately formed.
Further, the example in which the number of the minimum labels 8 and the non-use areas 32 in the label group is nine has been described, but the number thereof is also arbitrary, and the length of the minimum label 8 in the transport direction and the print contents It can be set accordingly.

1 Label material (Fig. 8)
1A Label material (conventional, Fig. 10)
2 Mount 3 Label substrate 4 Adhesive layer 5 Position detection mark 6 Cutting blade (Fig. 9)
7 Cut 8 Minimal label 9 Waste raising portion 9A Waste-raising portion 9 widthwise waste-raising portion 9B Waste-raising portion 9 lengthwise waste-raising portion 10 Core 11 Thermal transfer printer (FIG. 13)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 Supply part 13 Position detection part 14 Printing part 15 Transfer path 16 Optical sensor 17 Thermal head 18 Platen roller 19 Thermal transfer ink ribbon 20 Supply axis 21 Winding axis 30 Label material (1st Example, FIG. 1)
30A label material (first embodiment, FIG. 1)
31 cut 31A width direction cut 31B length direction cut 32 non-use area 33 width direction both edges 34 auxiliary cut 35 label group 35A width direction both edges 36 of label group 35 width direction waste raising part 37 length direction waste raising part 40 Label material (second embodiment, FIG. 6)
41 Minimal label 42 Non-use region 43 Width direction waste raising portion 44 Label group 50 Label material (third embodiment, FIG. 7)
51 Label group

Claims (6)

A belt-shaped mount,
It has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on its back surface, and is capable of printing on its surface, and has a label base material that is temporarily attached to the surface of the mount via this pressure-sensitive adhesive layer,
A label material for a minimal label for producing a plurality of minimal labels on the mount by making a cut in the label substrate and the adhesive layer,
The cut is a width direction cut and a length direction cut,
By this width direction cut, a non-use area is defined so as to be alternately adjacent to the minimal label,
With this longitudinal cut, the minimal label and the unused area can be separated from both widthwise edges of the label material,
A label material for a minimal label, wherein an auxiliary cut is formed in the unused area.     2. The label material of a minimum label according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary cut is formed between the minimum labels adjacent to the unused area. While forming a label group by combining a plurality of the minimal label and the unused area,
3. A label material for a minimal label according to claim 1, wherein a raised portion in the width direction is formed between the label groups.     4. The label material for a minimal label according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein lengthwise residue raising portions are formed at both edges in the width direction of the minimal label and the unused area.     5. The label material for a minimal label according to claim 4, wherein the crushed portion in the width direction and the crushed portion in the length direction can be crushed in a continuous state. A belt-shaped mount,
It has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on its back surface, and is capable of printing on its surface, and has a label base material that is temporarily attached to the surface of the mount via this pressure-sensitive adhesive layer,
A method for producing a minimal label for producing a plurality of minimal labels on the mount by making a cut in the label substrate and the adhesive layer,
The cut is a width direction cut and a length direction cut,
By this width direction cut, a non-use area is defined so as to be alternately adjacent to the minimal label,
With this longitudinal cut, the minimal label and the unused area can be separated from both widthwise edges of the label material,
An auxiliary cut is formed in the unused area.

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