JP2019174763A - Tape, tape roll, and tape cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

To create a label which can be kept in a good attachment state against curve deformation of an adherend.SOLUTION: A tape To comprises a belt-like peeling sheet 54 extending in a tape length direction IL and a plurality of flag labels FL1 each having an adhesive face pasted on the peeling sheet 54. Each of the flag labels FL1 has a first display part 91, a winding part 92 wound around the outer periphery of an adherend 19, and a second display part 93 in order from one side to the other side with respect to a tape width direction IW. The winding part 92 has a plurality of long holes 94 at intervals in the tape length direction IL, and the long holes 94 are all arranged so as to overlap with each other by a predetermined length Lh or more in the tape width direction IW.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a tape for producing a label, a tape roll, and a tape cartridge.

  Patent Document 1 has a label main body part and an attaching part, and after attaching them to a cable-shaped adherend after separating them from the release sheet, the label main body part is attached, A printed label attached to an adherend is disclosed.

JP 2017-44908 A

  In the above-described prior art, if the affixing portion is also formed in order to increase the surface area of the label main body that is the printing surface, the affixing length dimension of the affixing portion with respect to the axial direction of the adherend that is the string is also increased. In this case, when the adherend is curved, tensile stress is applied to the affixed portion on the outer peripheral side of the curved shape, and compressive stress is applied to the affixed portion on the inner peripheral side of the curved shape. For this reason, durability of an affixing part falls, and a printing label becomes easy to peel by the wrinkle arising in an affixing part especially in an inner peripheral side.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a tape, a tape roll, and a tape cartridge capable of producing a label that can favorably maintain an attached state against a curved deformation of an adherend.

  In order to achieve the above object, the first invention of the present application has a strip-like sheet extending in the tape length direction, and a plurality of labels each having an adhesive surface affixed to the sheet. A tape having a first region, a winding portion wound around the outer periphery of the adherend, and a second region in order from one side to the other side with respect to the direction, wherein the winding portion has a plurality of cuts. The plurality of cuts are arranged so as to overlap each other with a predetermined length or more in the first direction. The cuts are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

  The tape of the present invention has a plurality of labels affixed to a belt-like sheet, and each label has a first region, a winding portion, and a first in order from one side to the other side with respect to the first direction. Two regions. At the time of use by the user, for example, by winding only the winding portion around the outer periphery of the adherend which is a string body such as a cable in the first direction, and bonding the adhesive surfaces of the first region and the second region together, The entire label can be attached to the adherend. In the attached state, a so-called flag label in which the first region and the second region, on which at least one surface has a predetermined print content, appear as a flag protruding in the radial direction from the adherend Or the like can be formed.

  At this time, in particular, in the present invention, the winding portion has a plurality of cuts arranged so as to be separated from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction (that is, the axial direction of the adherend that is a string). The plurality of cuts are arranged so as to overlap each other in the first direction by a predetermined length or more (preferably a length corresponding to the diameter of the adherend that is a string). Thereby, in the winding part in the state of being wound around the outer periphery of the adherend that is a string body, a plurality of cuts are arranged apart from each other in the axial direction of the adherend (that is, the second direction). .

  If the adherend at the location where the flag label is attached is curved in such a state of attachment, tensile stress is applied along the circumferential direction of the curve on the outer periphery side of the curved shape when viewed from the entire winding part. On the other side, on the inner peripheral side of the curved shape, compressive stress is applied along the circumferential direction of the curve. For this reason, for example, in the case of a label where there is no cut at the winding part, particularly on the inner peripheral side of the curved shape, wrinkles are generated due to accumulation of compressive stress along the axial direction on the label of the winding part, thereby The adhesive surface of the label floats from the outer peripheral surface, causing peeling. Further, even on the outer peripheral side of the curved shape, the substrate of the label of the winding portion is exhausted by the application of tensile stress. And when such a curvature of the adherend repeatedly occurs in the opposite direction, for example, the peeling and damage of the flag label are greatly promoted.

  On the other hand, in the present invention having a plurality of cuts in the winding part as described above, even if the adherend is curved, the cuts are formed in the second direction by the elasticity of the label itself on the outer peripheral side of the curved shape. The tensile stress can be diffused and reduced by expanding and deforming the dimensions. Further, even on the inner peripheral side of the curved shape of the adherend, the above-described compressive stress can be absorbed and reduced by the respective cuts shrinking and deforming the width dimension in the second direction by the elasticity of the label itself. Thereby, it is possible to maintain a good adhesion state of a portion other than the notch in the label of the winding portion (that is, an adhesive portion between adjacent notches) on the outer peripheral side surface of the adherend having a curved shape and damage the label. Can be avoided. As a result, according to the present invention, even when the dimension of the winding portion along the axial direction of the adherend is set to be long, the attachment state can be satisfactorily maintained against the curved deformation of the adherend, and damage can be avoided. You can create labels.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the label which can maintain an attachment state favorably with respect to the curved deformation of a to-be-adhered body can be created.

It is a perspective view showing the printing apparatus of embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating a cartridge holder of the printing apparatus and the surrounding structure. It is a perspective view showing the whole external appearance of a tape cartridge. It is a block diagram showing the control system of a printing apparatus and an operation terminal. FIG. 5A is a plan view of the tape. FIG.5 (b) is a top view showing the state which peeled the label outer part from the tape of Fig.5 (a). FIG.5 (c) is a top view showing the state by which each display part of the tape of FIG.5 (b) was printed. It is a top view of the flag label peeled from the tape. It is a figure explaining the attachment process of a flag label. It is the side view which looked at the flag label attached to the to-be-adhered body curvedly deformed by the arrow C in FIG.7 (b). It is a top view of a flag label at the time of arrange | positioning in the position where each long hole overlaps only in the part of predetermined length limited. It is a top view of a flag label in case all the long holes are extended in the direction which inclines with respect to the tape width direction. It is a top view of a flag label when a long hole is formed with a slit. It is a top view of a flag label in case the width dimension of a winding part differs from the width dimension of a 1st display part and a 2nd display part. It is a top view of a flag label in case the row | line | column of a some long hole is formed in the arrangement | positioning which remove | deviates from the centerline of a flag label. It is a figure explaining the attachment process of the flag label shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, when there are notes of “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “upper”, “lower” in the drawings, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “upper” “Down” refers to the noted direction.

<Overall structure of printing device>
The overall structure of a printing apparatus that performs printing on a tape according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 1, the printing apparatus 1 can execute a printing process for a tape To (however, after printing is referred to as a tape T; see FIG. 5B and FIG. 5C described later). At this time, the printing apparatus 1 can use various tape cartridges 100 such as a thermal type, a receptor type, and a laminate type. Below, the case where the said receptor type tape cartridge 100 is used is demonstrated. The printing apparatus 1 includes a so-called die-cut label type in which the adhesive sheet 52 of the tape To has a cut frame 57 (see FIG. 5 described later) and a type in which the tape To has no cut frame (hereinafter referred to as “ordinary label type” as appropriate). Both types of tape cartridges 100 can be used. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a normal label type tape cartridge 100 is used.

  The printing apparatus 1 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped main body 11 and a cover (not shown) that opens and closes an opening above the main body 11. 1 illustrates a state in which the cover is removed from the main body unit 11, but in a state in which the cover is attached to the main body unit 11, the cover is supported rotatably at the upper rear end of the main body unit 11. The A power connector 12 and a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector 13 are disposed below the rear surface of the main body 11. The printing apparatus 1 is connected to an operation terminal 300 (see FIG. 4 described later) such as a personal computer via a USB cable 14 or the like connected to the USB connector 13. The printing apparatus 1 receives the print instruction signal transmitted from the operation terminal 300, and performs a print process on the tape To based on the print instruction signal. Note that the printing apparatus 1 and the operation terminal 300 may be connected via wireless communication. In addition, the printing apparatus 1 is not limited to the configuration that executes the printing process based on the operation of the operation terminal 300, but the configuration that executes the printing process based on the operation of an appropriate operation unit provided in the printing apparatus 1 (so-called stand-alone type). But you can.

  A cartridge holder 8, which is a concave area to which the tape cartridge 100 including the tape To can be attached and detached, is provided at a position on the right side of the upper surface of the main body 11. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the tape cartridge 100 is positioned above the actual mounting position in the cartridge holder 8 in order to clarify the structure.

  A discharge port 20 is provided at a position on the right side of the front surface of the main body 11. The discharge port 20 is configured such that a tape T (see FIGS. 5B and 5C described later) printed by a thermal head 22 described later is transferred from the cartridge holder 8 while being conveyed by a platen roller 25 described later. 1 is an opening that is discharged to the outside.

<Internal structure of printing device>
The internal structure of the printing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 2, as described above, the cartridge holder 8 to which the tape cartridge 100 can be attached and detached is provided on the upper surface of the main body 11. A head holder 21 made up of a plate-like member extending in the front-rear direction is erected at a position near the right side of the substantially center portion in the front-rear direction of the cartridge holder 8. On the upper surface of the head holder 21, a thermal head 22 including a plurality of heating elements (not shown) is provided. The thermal head 22 performs printing using a later-described ink ribbon 127 on the tape To supplied from the tape cartridge 100 and transported along a predetermined transport path by a later-described platen roller 25 or the like.

  A ribbon take-up shaft 125 is erected on the left side of the head holder 21 in the cartridge holder 8. The ribbon take-up shaft 125 is inserted into the ribbon take-up roller 126 of the tape cartridge 100 and rotates the ribbon take-up roller 126. Further, the ink supply side roll 128 is rotatably supported on the tape cartridge 100. An ink ribbon 127 is wound around the ink supply side roll 128. The ribbon take-up roller 126 is rotationally driven by the ribbon take-up shaft 125 to draw out the ink ribbon 127 from the ink supply side roll 128 and wind up the used ink ribbon 127.

  A feed roller drive shaft 23 is erected on the front side of the head holder 21 in the cartridge holder 8. The feed roller drive shaft 23 is a shaft body that can be attached to and detached from the feed roller 101 of the tape cartridge 100. A guide shaft 24 is erected at a position near the left corner of the cartridge holder 8. The guide shaft 24 is a shaft body that can be attached to and detached from the guide hole 102 (see also FIG. 3 described later) of the tape cartridge 100.

  A drive motor 66 (see FIG. 4 described later), which is a stepping motor, is disposed below the cartridge holder 8 in the main body 11. The ribbon take-up shaft 125 and the feed roller drive shaft 23 are connected to a drive motor 66 through a plurality of gears (not shown). As the drive motor 66 is driven, the ribbon take-up shaft 125 and the feed roller drive shaft 23 rotate. As the ribbon take-up shaft 125 is driven, the ribbon take-up roller 126 rotates. The feed roller drive shaft 23, the platen roller 25, and the pressure roller 28 are connected via a gear mechanism (not shown). As the feed roller drive shaft 23 is driven, the feed roller 101, the platen roller 25, and the pressure roller 28 rotate.

  A cartridge sensor 31 (see FIG. 4 described later) is provided on the left lower support surface of the cartridge holder 8 at the substantially center in the front-rear direction with a plurality of (in this example, five) sensor protrusions 30 to be pressed. It has been. When the tape cartridge 100 is mounted in the cartridge holder 8, a detected portion 110 (details will be described later) provided on the tape cartridge 100 faces the sensor protrusion 30, and the detected portion 110 corresponds to the type of the tape cartridge 100. The sensor protrusion 30 is selectively pressed. The cartridge sensor 31 outputs a detection signal indicating the type information of the tape cartridge 100 based on the combination of the on / off state of the sensor protrusion 30 at this time.

  An arm-shaped platen holder 26 extending in the front-rear direction is disposed outside the upper side of the cartridge holder 8 in the main body 11. The platen holder 26 is pivotally supported around a shaft support portion 27 so as to be swingable. A platen roller 25 and a pressure contact roller 28 are rotatably supported at the front end portion of the platen holder 26. The feed roller driving shaft 23, the platen roller 25, and the pressure contact roller 28 constitute a conveying unit. The platen roller 25 faces the thermal head 22 and can contact and separate from the thermal head 22. The pressure roller 28 faces the feed roller 101 and can contact and separate from the feed roller 101. When the platen holder 26 is moved to the cartridge holder 8 side by the swinging and the platen roller 25 is moved to a printing position where the platen roller 25 comes into contact with the thermal head 22, the platen roller 25 moves the thermal head 22 through the tape To and the ink ribbon 127. Press. At the same time, the pressure roller 28 presses the feed roller 101 via the tape To. In this state, the tape To is conveyed along with the rotation of the feed roller 101, the platen roller 25, and the pressure roller 28, and the ink ribbon 127 is pulled out from the ink supply side roll 128 as the ribbon take-up roller 126 rotates. Then, printing on the tape To by the thermal head 22 is performed.

Further, a full cutter 41 and a half cutter 42 are provided in the main body 11 near the discharge port 20. The full cutter 41 and the half cutter 42 constitute a cutting part. The full cutter 41 is driven by a drive motor 71 (see FIG. 4 to be described later) disposed at an appropriate position of the main body 11, and the tape To (tape T after printing) is moved in the tape thickness direction along the tape width direction. Are fully cut (cutting all of a base material 52b and an adhesive layer 52a of an adhesive sheet 52 described later and a release sheet 54 described later). The half cutter 42 is driven by a drive motor 73 (see FIG. 4 to be described later) disposed at an appropriate position of the main body 11, and the tape To (tape T after printing) is moved in the tape thickness direction along the tape width direction. Is partially cut (only the base material 52b and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 52a of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 52 are cut, hereinafter referred to as “half-cut” as appropriate). The tape To (or tape T) is appropriately cut (full cut or half cut) by the half cutter 42 or the full cutter 41, so that labels (see flag labels FL1 to FL6 shown in FIGS. 6 to 14 to be described later) are described in detail. (Described later) is generated.

<Structure of tape cartridge>
The structure of the tape cartridge 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  2 and 3, the tape cartridge 100 includes a substantially rectangular (box-shaped) casing 120 having rounded corners in plan view as a whole. A tape supply port 103 is provided on the front side of the right side of the housing 120, and the internal tape To is drawn out and supplied from the tape supply port 103.

  A tape roll support hole 105 that rotatably supports a print-receiving tape roll 51 (corresponding to a tape roll) around which a tape To is wound inside the casing 120 is provided at the upper front side of the casing 120. Yes. As shown in the partial enlarged view in FIG. 2, the tape To is a strip-shaped adhesive sheet 52 extending in the tape length direction (a base material 52b composed of a flag label FL and a label outer portion D described later, and an adhesive layer 52a). 5), and a side where the strip-shaped release sheet 54 (corresponding to the sheet) extending in the tape length direction is wound inside (the left side in the partially enlarged view in FIG. 2). They are stacked in this order from the “front side” to the opposite side (right side in the partially enlarged view of FIG. 2; hereinafter referred to as “back side” as appropriate). That is, the adhesive sheet 52 is located on the radially inner side with respect to the release sheet 54. The surface of the base material 52 b provided on the front side of the adhesive sheet 52 (the flag label FL described later in detail) is printed by the thermal head 22. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 52 a is provided on the back side of the base material 52 b of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 52. The release sheet 54 is provided so as to be easily peelable from the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 52a. That is, the adhesive sheet 52 is detachably attached to the one surface 54a of the release sheet 54 having the one surface 54a and the other surface 54b. In this embodiment, the sheet is conveyed by the platen roller 25 or the like. A strip-shaped adhesive sheet 52 is bonded to the entire strip-shaped release sheet 54 whose length in the direction is longer than the length in the tape width direction, thereby forming a tape To. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5A, the tape To 51 to be printed may be a tape To in which an adhesive sheet 52 is attached to the entire release sheet 54 and a cut frame 57 is formed by half-cutting. Good. In this case, since the thickness is uniform in the tape width direction, accurate conveyance is possible. Alternatively, as the print-receiving tape roll 51, as shown in FIG. 5B, a tape To in a state where one surface 54a of the release sheet 54 is exposed on the outer side in the tape width direction than the flag label FL is used. Also good. In this case, the flag label FL can be easily peeled off. In addition, the adhesive strength is reduced because a part of the release sheet 54 is exposed, but the tape roll 51 is formed so that the adhesive sheet 52 is positioned inside the release sheet 54. When forming, the flag label FL can be prevented from being peeled off from the release sheet 54. The tape To is pulled out of the print-receiving tape roll 51, supplied from the tape supply port 103 to the notch-shaped recess Q of the housing 20 corresponding to the position of the thermal head 22, and exposed together with the ink ribbon 127. 22, the ink on the ink ribbon 127 is transferred to the tape To (that is, printing is performed). Thereafter, the printed tape T is discharged from the discharge port P (corresponding to the position of the full cutter 41) of the housing 120 and guided toward the discharge port 20 of the main body 11.

  The detected portion 110 representing the type information of the tape cartridge 100 is provided at a substantially central position in the front-rear direction on the front lower surface of the housing 120. The detected portion 110 receives the type information of the tape cartridge 100 by the combination of the insertion hole 111 and the surface portion 112 formed on the lower surface facing the five sensor protrusions 30 of the cartridge sensor 31 provided on the main body portion 11. Show.

  The insertion hole 111 is a circular hole, and functions as a non-pressing part that does not press the sensor protrusion 30 when the tape cartridge 100 is mounted in the cartridge holder 8, and the sensor protrusion 30 that faces the insertion hole 111 is in an OFF state. It becomes. The surface portion 112 functions as a pressing portion for pressing the sensor protrusion 30 when the tape cartridge 100 is mounted in the cartridge holder 8, and the sensor protrusion 30 facing the surface portion 112 is turned on.

<Control system of printing apparatus and operation terminal>
The control system of the printing apparatus 1 and the operation terminal 300 will be described with reference to FIG.

  4, the printing apparatus 1 includes a control system having a control circuit 80 including a CPU 82 (corresponding to a control unit). In the control circuit 80, a ROM 83, an EEPROM 84, a RAM 85, and an input / output interface 81 are connected to the CPU 82 via a data bus. Note that a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory may be used instead of the EEPROM 84.

  The ROM 83 stores various programs necessary for controlling the printing apparatus 1. The CPU 82 performs signal processing in accordance with a program stored in the ROM 83 while using the temporary storage function of the RAM 85 to control the entire printing apparatus 1.

  In the EEPROM 84, various information related to the tape To, for example, a correlation in which various detection results of the insertion hole 111 and the surface portion 112 by the cartridge sensor 31 are associated with the type information of the tape cartridge 100 is stored in a nonvolatile manner. . Thereby, the CPU 82 can obtain the type information of the tape cartridge 100 by referring to the correlation with respect to the detection result of the tape cartridge 100 mounted in the cartridge holder 8.

  To the input / output interface 81, a thermal head drive circuit 61, a motor drive circuit 62, an operation unit 63, a display unit 64, the cartridge sensor 31, a motor drive circuit 70, a motor drive circuit 72, and the like are connected.

  The thermal head drive circuit 61 controls the drive of the thermal head 22.

  The motor drive circuit 62 controls the drive of the drive motor 66 that drives the platen roller 25, the pressure roller 28, the ribbon take-up shaft 125, and the feed roller drive shaft 23.

  The motor drive circuit 70 controls the drive of the drive motor 71 that drives the full cutter 41.

  The motor drive circuit 72 controls the drive of the drive motor 73 that drives the half cutter 42.

  The operation terminal 300 includes a control system having a CPU 301, is connected to the printing apparatus 1 via the USB cable 14 and the like, and can send and receive signals to and from the printing apparatus 1. An operation unit 302, a display unit 303, a RAM 304, a ROM 305, an HDD 306, and the like are connected to the CPU 301. The ROM 305 stores various programs necessary for controlling the operation terminal 300. The CPU 301 performs signal processing according to a program stored in the ROM 305 while using the temporary storage function of the RAM 304 to control the entire printing apparatus 1.

  The HDD 306 stores an application program 320. The CPU 301 executes the application program 320 in response to an appropriate operation of the operation unit 302 by the user, whereby the label created by the printing apparatus 1 (see flag labels FL1 to FL6 shown in FIGS. 6 to 14 described later). The print data for printing can be transmitted to the printing apparatus 1 in detail later.

  That is, the print instruction signal including the print data is output to the printing apparatus 1 by the user's operation of the operation unit 302. In the printing apparatus 1, the ribbon take-up shaft 125 and the feed roller drive shaft 23 are driven via the motor drive circuit 62 and the drive motor 66 in response to the print instruction signal, so that The tape To is fed out from the print-receiving tape roll 51 and the ink ribbon 127 is drawn out from the ink supply side roll 128. Further, in synchronism with the feeding of the tape To by the driving of the feed roller driving shaft 23, the plurality of heating elements of the thermal head 22 are selectively heated via the thermal head driving circuit 61, and the tape which is fed out and transported. The ink on the ink ribbon 127 is transferred to To and printing corresponding to the print data is performed. Further, the half cutter 42 is driven via the motor drive circuit 77 and the drive motor 73, or the full cutter 41 is driven via the motor drive circuit 70 and the drive motor 71, and the tape T after printing is cut. Thus, a desired number of labels are created.

<Features of this embodiment>
In the present embodiment, a so-called flag label FL that is attached to the adherend in a three-dimensional shape is created using the tape To. Hereinafter, the details will be described in order.

<Structure of printing tape>
With reference to FIG. 5A, the structure of the tape To (tape T after printing, the same applies hereinafter) used in the present embodiment will be described. In FIG. 5A, the left-right direction in the drawing is the transport direction (in other words, the tape length direction IL), the up-down direction in the drawing is the tape width direction IW, and the front and back direction in the drawing is the tape thickness direction. The top view of the tape To of the printed and uncut state is shown. In the illustrated example, the tape width direction IW corresponds to the first direction described in each claim, and the transport direction (tape length direction IL) corresponds to the second direction described in each claim.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the tape To has the strip-shaped release sheet 54 extending in the tape length direction IL and the adhesive sheet 52 extending in the tape length direction IL. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 52 includes the base material 52b and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 52a, and the base material 52b is attached to the one surface 54a of the release sheet 54 via the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 52a. The base material 52b is made of, for example, a resin film or paper. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 52a is made of, for example, an acrylic adhesive. The release sheet 54 is configured, for example, by applying silicon processing to the surface of a resin film or paper.

  In the example of the present embodiment, as the release sheet 54, a so-called heavy release type sheet containing a silicon composition that is heavyly peeled off from silicon processed on the release side surface is used. As this heavy release silicon composition, for example, as described in Japanese Patent No. 4899922, an alkenyl group-containing MQ resin is added, or a silicon resin in which MQ resin and VF oil are reacted in advance with an alkali catalyst, etc. Is available. By providing such a heavy release type release sheet 54, the tape To is usually used to release the adhesive sheet 52 from the release sheet 54 (when the heavy release type release sheet 54 is not used). Greater peeling force is required.

  The base material 52b has a flag label FL extending in the tape length direction IL, and an outer label portion D positioned outside the flag label FL. The flag label FL is formed in a substantially rectangular shape having four sides which are parallel to each other in the tape length direction IL and the tape width direction IW, and the corners of the four corners are round shapes having the same curvature radius. ing. The flag label FL includes a first display portion 91, a winding portion 92, and a second display in order from one side (upper side in the drawing) to the other side (lower side in the drawing) with respect to the tape width direction IW. Part 93. In addition, a plurality of elongated holes 94 extending in the tape width direction IW are formed in the winding portion 92 in parallel arrangement while being spaced apart along the tape length direction IL (in addition, detailed dimensional setting of each portion) Will be described later with reference to FIG. 6). The base material 52b is provided with a plurality of flag labels FL arranged in the tape length direction IL. The flag label FL corresponds to a label described in each claim.

  A cut frame 57 is formed in advance around the flag label FL (boundary between the flag label FL and the outer label portion D) by half-cutting, so that the flag label FL and the outer label portion D are separated from each other. The release sheet 54 can be individually peeled off. In addition, the cut frame 57 is formed in advance by half-cutting around each of the plurality of long holes 94. That is, each elongated hole 94 is formed so as to penetrate the adhesive sheet 52 (base material 52b and adhesive layer 52a) of the flag label FL in the thickness direction of the tape To. As a result, the flag label FL and the inner label portion E of the elongated hole 94 can be separated from the release sheet 54 individually.

  FIG. 5B shows a plan view of the state where only the label outer portion D is peeled from the release sheet 54. As shown in FIG. 5B, the flag label FL is attached to the one surface 54a of the release sheet 54, and the release sheet 54 has one surface 54a exposed outside the flag label FL. However, in the state shown in FIG. 5 (b), since the heavy release type release sheet 54 is used, the internal label portions E of the plurality of elongated holes 94 in each flag label FL together with the flag label FL above the release sheet 54. It remains affixed to one surface 54a.

<Create label>
Here, in the present embodiment, the tape To is transported by the platen roller 25 or the like based on the control of the CPU 82 based on the print instruction signal, and the thermal head 22 is moved to the first display unit 91 and the second display unit of the tape To. In 93, printing corresponding to the print data is performed.

  FIG. 5C shows an image (for example, character strings Ra and Rb) corresponding to the print data by the thermal head 22 with respect to the first display unit 91 and the second display unit 93 shown in FIG. The state where is formed is shown. In this example, with respect to the first display unit 91, the left and right lateral directions are set when the posture is erect with the downstream side in the transport direction as the left side and the upstream side in the transport direction as the right side (see FIG. 6 and the like). Thus, the character string Ra including the character string “PSC 101 120V / 240V Panel H10-CB # 3” is formed. In addition, the second display unit 93 is set to be horizontally oriented when it is in an upright posture with the upstream side in the transport direction as the left side and the downstream side in the transport direction as the right side (in other words, the character string). The character string Rb including the character string “PSC 101 120V / 240V Panel H10-CB # 3” is formed so that Ra is rotated by 180 ° with respect to the tape length direction IL center of the winding portion 92 as a reference. ing.

  Then, after the printing, the full cutter 41 cuts the tape T after printing, whereby the flag label FL including the first display portion 91 and the second display portion 93 after printing is created.

<Detailed configuration of each part of the flag label>
A detailed configuration example of each part of the flag label FL created as described above will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, in order to avoid the complexity of the illustration, the print character strings Ra and Rb in the first display portion 91 and the second display portion 93 are omitted (the same applies to the following drawings). .

  In FIG. 6, the flag label FL1 peeled off from the release sheet 54 is shown in a state of being arranged in a plan view so that the first display portion 91 is located above and the second display portion 93 is located below. In FIG. 6, the base material 52b of the adhesive sheet 52 of the flag label FL1 is directed to the front side of the paper, and the adhesive layer 52a is directed to the back side of the paper. That is, it is assumed that the print character strings Ra and Rb (not shown) are directed toward the front side of the page.

  As described above, the entire flag label FL1 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape. The flag label FL1 includes a first display portion 91, a winding portion 92, and a second display portion 93 in order from the upper side to the lower side in the vertical direction in the figure (corresponding to the tape width direction IW in FIG. 5). Have The first display portion 91, the winding portion 92, and the second display portion 93 are rectangular regions that are long in the left-right direction in FIG. 6 (corresponding to the tape length direction IL in FIG. 5). The first display unit 91 (corresponding to the first region) and the second display unit 93 (corresponding to the second region) function as a label unit for printing and displaying the desired content as described above. The winding portion 92 functions as a portion that is wound around and adhered to the adherend 19 as will be described later. In the example of this embodiment, since the entire flag label FL1 is formed in a rectangular shape as described above, the left and right sides of the first display unit 91, the second display unit 93, and the winding unit 92 in the drawings. The width dimension Wf in the direction is the same dimension.

  A plurality of elongated holes 94 extending in the vertical direction in the drawing (that is, the major axis is parallel to the vertical direction) are parallel to the winding portion 92 while being spaced apart at equal intervals along the horizontal direction in the drawing. It is formed by arrangement. The plurality of long holes 94 (corresponding to the notches) are all set to the same length dimension Lh in the vertical direction in the figure, and the entire length dimension Lh completely overlaps with each other in the vertical direction. Placed in position.

  Further, assuming the center line CL of the entire flag label FL1 in the vertical direction in the figure (see the alternate long and short dash line in the figure), the center line CL passes through all the long holes 9. In other words, all the long holes 94 are arranged so as to overlap on the center line CL. More specifically, all the long holes 94 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line CL. That is, as shown in the enlarged view A, the center line CL of the flag label FL1 has an arrangement relationship that passes through the center positions of all the long holes 94 having the same length Lh.

  Further, as shown in the enlarged view A, each elongated hole 94 is an elongated hole whose both ends in the vertical direction in the drawing have a semicircular shape, and the width dimension Wh in the horizontal direction in the drawing is secured to 2 mm or more. It is desirable that Further, it is desirable that each of the long holes 94 has a length dimension Lh in the vertical direction in the drawing set to 3 mm or more and 60 mm or less.

  Further, in the left-right direction in the figure, it is desirable to provide foot portions 95 having a width dimension Wa of 5 mm or more at both end positions of the row in which all the long holes 94 are arranged, and a separation distance between the adjacent long holes 94. It is desirable to secure Wd of 1 mm or more. Thus, in order to establish both the securing of the width dimension Wa of the two foot portions 95 by 5 mm or more and the securing of the separation distance Wd between the adjacent elongated holes 94 by 1 mm or more, all the elongated holes 94 are formed. It is only necessary to satisfy the condition that the total width dimension Wh in the width direction in the figure is shorter than the width dimension Wf in the width direction in the figure by 11 mm or more.

<Attaching process of flag label>
The process of attaching the flag label FL1 created as described above will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7 (a), the flag label FL1 peeled off from the release sheet 54 has a state in which the first display portion 91 is positioned vertically and the second display portion 93 is vertically positioned in the drawing. Shown in perspective. In FIG. 7A, the base material 52b of the adhesive sheet 52 of the flag label FL1 is directed to the back side of the paper surface, and the adhesive layer 52a is directed to the front side of the paper surface. That is, it is assumed that the print character strings Ra and Rb (not shown) are directed to the back side of the page.

  With respect to the surface of the adhesive layer 52a of the winding portion 92 in the flag label FL1 (hereinafter referred to as an adhesive surface), the adherend 19 (this is the left-right direction in the drawing in which the long holes 94 are arranged) In the example, a cable (the same applies hereinafter, which may be a circular tube) is applied, and the state shown in FIG. 7A, the winding portion 92 is wound so as to be folded along the circumferential direction B (winding direction; first direction) of the outer peripheral side surface of the adherend 19. Then, the adhesive surfaces of the first display unit 91 and the second display unit 93 face each other and are bonded together, so that the attachment state of FIG.

  At this time, since the entire flag label FL1 is folded along the center line CL (see FIG. 6 above), the first display portion 91 and the second display portion 93 are neatly overlapped without exposing the adhesive surface. Are pasted together. In addition, all the long holes 94 extend along the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral side surface of the adherend 19 that is a string, and are arranged in a spaced relationship with each other along the axial direction of the adherend 19.

<Function of flag label>
The function of the flag label FL1 attached to the adherend 19 as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a side view of the flag label FL1 attached to the adherend 19 as viewed in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 7B when the adherend 19 is bent and deformed. That is, in FIG. 8, only the adherend 19 that has been bent and deformed and the winding portion 92 of the flag label FL1 that is wound around the outer peripheral surface thereof are shown, and the first display portion 91 and the second display portion 93 are shown. A state hidden behind the adherend 19 and not shown is shown.

  In FIG. 8, the adherend 19 that is a string body is curved and deformed in a generally arcuate shape due to the addition of a bending moment. When viewed as a whole of the winding portion 92 attached to the curved deformation portion, a tensile stress is applied along the circumferential direction of the curved shape on the outer peripheral side of the curved shape, and the curved portion is curved on the inner peripheral side of the curved shape on the other side. A compressive stress is applied along the circumferential direction. For this reason, although not particularly illustrated, for example, in the case of a label in which the elongated hole 94 is not formed in the winding portion 92, the compressive stress along the axial direction is accumulated on the label of the winding portion 92 particularly on the inner peripheral side of the curved shape. As a result, wrinkles are generated, which causes the sticky surface of the label to float from the outer peripheral surface of the adherend 19 and cause peeling. Further, even on the outer peripheral side of the curved shape, the label base material 52b of the winding portion 92 is exhausted by the application of tensile stress. When such bending of the adherend 19 repeatedly occurs in the reverse direction, for example, the peeling and damage of the label are greatly promoted.

  On the other hand, in the flag label FL1 of the present embodiment having the plurality of elongated holes 94 in the winding part 92 as described above, as shown in FIG. In the above, the tensile stress can be diffused and reduced by expanding and deforming the width dimension of each elongated hole 94 by the elasticity of the flag label FL1 itself. Also, on the inner peripheral side of the curved shape of the adherend 19, the compressive stress can be absorbed and reduced by shrinking and deforming the width of each slot 94 due to the elasticity of the flag label FL 1 itself. Thereby, with respect to the outer peripheral side surface of the adherend 19 having a curved shape, a good pasting state of a portion other than the long holes 94 in the winding portion 92 (that is, an adhesive portion between adjacent long holes 94) is maintained. In addition, damage to the flag label FL can be avoided.

<Effect of embodiment>
As explained above, in this embodiment, it has the some flag label FL1 stuck on the strip | belt-shaped peeling sheet 54, and each flag label FL1 is the other side from the one side with respect to the tape width direction IW. A first display unit 91, a winding unit 92, and a second display unit 93 are provided in this order. The winding part 92 has a plurality of long holes 94 arranged in a manner to be separated in the tape length direction IL (that is, the axial direction when wound around the adherend 19 that is a string). The plurality of long holes 94 are arranged so as to overlap each other by a predetermined length (preferably the length corresponding to the outer peripheral length of the adherend 19 that is a string) in the tape width direction IW. Thereby, with respect to the outer peripheral side surface of the adherend 19 having a curved shape, it is possible to maintain a good adhesion state of a portion other than the long holes 94 in the winding portion 92 (that is, an adhesive portion between adjacent long holes 94). At the same time, damage to the flag label FL1 can be avoided. As a result, according to this embodiment, even when the dimension of the winding portion 92 along the axial direction of the adherend 19 is set long, the attachment state can be satisfactorily maintained against the curved deformation of the adherend 19, The flag label FL1 that can avoid damage can be created.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the plurality of long holes 94 are formed so as to extend in the winding direction of the winding portion 92 (the tape width direction IW in FIG. 5 and the B direction in FIG. 8). Accordingly, the plurality of long holes 94 are attached so as to be orthogonal to the axial direction of the adherend 19 that is a string and parallel to each other. For this reason, when the adherend 19 is curved, the tensile stress and the compressive stress are respectively applied in the width direction of the elongated hole 94, and the expansion and contraction of the elongated hole 94 described above are deformed. Since it is performed stably, the attached state of the flag label FL1 can be maintained well.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the plurality of long holes 94 are arranged so as to overlap on the center line CL of the flag label FL1 in the tape width direction IW of the winding portion 92. As a result, after the winding portion 92 is wound around the adherend 19, the adhesive surfaces of the first display portion 91 and the second display portion 93 located on both sides of the tape width direction IW across the winding portion 92 overlap each other. Flags that can be pasted together so that the contents on the opposite side (hereinafter referred to as non-adhesive side) are displayed on the surface without exposing the adhesive side of each display part. The label FL1 can be formed.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the plurality of elongated holes 94 are all arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line CL. As a result, the plurality of long holes 94 are arranged in a straight line with respect to the tape length direction IL. For this reason, the user can easily visually recognize the row in which the plurality of elongated holes 94 are arranged as the center line in the tape width direction IW of the entire flag label FL1, and hit the string adherend 19 along this line. By simply winding the two display portions 91 and 93 on both sides, the two display portions 91 and 93 can be neatly stacked and bonded together without exposing the adhesive surfaces of the display portions 91 and 93. In addition, the adhesive surface is not exposed because the contours of the long holes 94 overlap when bent at the center line CL.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the plurality of long holes 94 are long holes 94 having a width dimension Wh of 2 mm or more in the tape length direction IL. Accordingly, the tensile stress and the compressive stress generated by the curvature of the adherend 19 can be released functionally, and the slot 94 can be formed practically by a currently used tape processing technique.

  Further, particularly in the present embodiment, the flag label FL <b> 1 has an internal label portion E disposed inside the elongated hole 94. Thereby, even when the elongated hole 94 is formed and processed, the inner label portion E is not removed inside the elongated hole 94 and remains in the release sheet 54, so that unnecessary dust does not occur. For this reason, the trouble of collecting garbage at the time of tape manufacture becomes unnecessary, and the tape To can be easily manufactured.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the release sheet 54 includes a silicon composition that is capable of heavy release on the release-side surface. Thereby, since the peeling force for peeling the label from the release sheet 54 can be made larger than usual, for example, when the long hole 94 is formed or when the flag label FL1 is peeled from the release sheet 54, the internal label portion E Can be reliably separated from the flag label FL1.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the total of the width dimension Wh in the tape length direction IL of all the long holes 94 is 11 mm or shorter than the width dimension Wf of the winding portion 92 in the tape length direction IL. As a result, the width dimension Wa of the foot portion 95 provided at each of both ends in the tape length direction IL can be secured to 5 mm or more with respect to the row of the plurality of elongated holes 94, and the separation distance between the adjacent elongated holes 94 is secured. Wd (width dimension of the adhesive portion) can be secured to 1 mm or more. As a result, it is possible to ensure the robustness of the practical application of the flag label FL1 to the adherend 19.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the length dimension Lh in the tape width direction IW of the plurality of long holes 94 is set in a range of 3 mm to 60 mm. Thereby, even when a cable having a diameter of φ1 mm to 20 mm (see d in FIG. 7) that is generally distributed in commercial use is applied as the adherend 19, it can be wound according to the outer peripheral length. .

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the long hole 94 is formed so as to penetrate the flag label FL1 in the thickness direction of the tape To. Thereby, the long hole 94 can be formed by a normal half cut (or full cut), and particularly when the long hole 94 having the width dimension Wh is formed, the inner label portion E is still attached to the release sheet 54. You can avoid the generation of garbage.

  In the present embodiment, in particular, the width dimension Wf in the tape length direction IL of each of the first display portion 91, the winding portion 92, and the second display portion 93 is the same. Thereby, it is possible to stably attach the adherend 19 to the display portions 91 and 93 having a large width dimension Wf.

<Modifications>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and technical idea of the present invention. Hereinafter, such modifications will be described in order.

(1) Variations in the shape and arrangement of the flag label and the long hole The shape and arrangement of the flag label FL and the long hole 94 in the tape T can be considered other than the configuration shown in FIG. For example, in the above-described embodiment, all the long holes 94 are formed so as to extend in the tape width direction IW (winding direction) with the same length dimension Lh, and the length dimension Lh is completely overlapped with each other in the vertical direction position. It was arranged, but it is not limited to this.

  In addition, as in the flag label FL2 shown in FIG. 9, even though all the long holes 94 have the same length dimension, they are arranged at the overlapping vertical positions only in the limited predetermined length Lm. May be. Even in this case, the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained by applying the adherend 19 to the overlapping portion and winding the winding portion 92. At this time, it is desirable that the predetermined length Lm of the overlapping portion is not less than the outer peripheral length of the adherend 19 that is a string.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, even though all the long holes 94 are formed so as to extend in a direction inclined with respect to the tape width direction IW, they are arranged parallel to each other along the tape length direction IL. If it is, the effect similar to the said embodiment is acquired. As shown in the figure, if the long axis direction of the long hole 94 is inclined at an angle of 45 ° or less with respect to the tape width direction IW, it can be said that the long hole 94 also extends in the tape width direction IW.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the long hole may be formed by a slit 96 having almost no width dimension in the tape length direction IL. Even in this case, when the adherend 19 is curved and deformed as in the above-described embodiment, the slit 96 is deformed in the circumferential direction of the curve by the elasticity of the flag label FL4 itself in the circumferential direction of the curve. The tensile stress and compressive stress can be reduced.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the width dimension Wm of the winding part 92 in the tape length direction IL may be different from the width dimension Wf of the other first display part 91 and the second display part 93. Even in this case, as long as the balance between the width dimension Wm of the winding portion 92 and the width dimension Wh of each elongated hole 94 is appropriate, the same effect as the above embodiment can be obtained.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 13, the row | line | column of the some elongate hole 94 may be formed in the arrangement | positioning remove | deviated from the centerline CL in the tape width direction IW of the flag label FL6. Even in this case, at the beginning of the attachment process, as shown in FIG. 14 (a) corresponding to FIG. 7 (a), the adherend 19 that is a string is applied along the row of the long holes 94. . Then, by winding the winding portion 92 around the adherend 19 and bonding the first display portion 91 and the second display portion 93 together, the attachment state shown in FIG. 14B corresponding to FIG. 7B is obtained. . At this time, the adhesive surface of the first display unit 91 is largely exposed from the second display unit 93, and the first display unit 91 is further moved along the center line CL ′ in the tape length direction IL in the exposed region. By folding it back, as shown in FIG. 14C, the flag label FL6 can be attached in a state where exposure of the adhesive surface is suppressed. Even with the flag label FL6 in this attached state, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

(2) Others In addition, in the said embodiment and each modification, flag label FL was formed so that the 1st display part 91, the winding part 92, and the 2nd display part 93 may be located in a line in the tape width direction IW. Not limited to this. Although not particularly illustrated, the flag label FL may be formed so that the first display portion 91, the winding portion 92, and the second display portion 93 are arranged along the tape length direction IL. In this case, the tape length direction IL corresponds to the first direction described in each claim, and the tape width direction IW corresponds to the second direction of the display unit described in each claim.

  In the above description, when there are descriptions such as “vertical”, “parallel”, and “plane”, the descriptions are not strict. That is, the terms “vertical”, “parallel”, “plane”, etc., allow tolerances and errors in design and mean “substantially vertical”, “substantially parallel”, “substantially plane”, etc. It is.

  In addition, in the above description, when there are descriptions such as “same”, “same”, “equal”, “different”, etc., in the external dimensions and sizes, the descriptions are not strict. That is, these “identical”, “same”, “equal”, “different”, etc., allow tolerances and errors in design, and are “substantially the same”, “substantially the same”, “substantially equal”. It means “substantially different”. However, for example, when there is a description of a value that becomes a predetermined determination criterion or a value that becomes a delimitation such as a threshold value or a reference value, “same”, “same”, “equal”, “different”, etc. Unlike the above, it is a strict meaning.

  Moreover, the arrow shown in FIG. 4 shows an example of the signal flow, and does not limit the signal flow direction.

  In addition to those already described above, the methods according to the above-described embodiments and modifications may be used in appropriate combination.

  In addition, although not illustrated one by one, the present invention is implemented with various modifications within a range not departing from the gist thereof.

1 Printing Device 19 Substrate 52 Adhesive Sheet 54 Release Sheet (Sheet)
91 1st display part (1st area | region)
92 Winding portion 93 Second display portion (second region)
94 Slotted hole (cut)
96 slit
FL1 to FL6 Flag label T, To tape

Claims (13)

A belt-like sheet extending in the tape length direction;
A plurality of labels each having an adhesive surface affixed to the sheet;
Have
Each label
A tape having a first region, a winding part for winding around the outer periphery of the adherend, and a second region in order from one side to the other side with respect to the first direction,
The winding part is
A plurality of cuts in an arrangement spaced apart in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
The tape is characterized in that the plurality of cuts are arranged so as to overlap each other with a predetermined length or more in the first direction. The tape according to claim 1, wherein
The plurality of cuts are each formed in an arrangement extending in the first direction. The tape according to claim 1 or 2,
The plurality of cuts are arranged so as to overlap on a center line of the label in the first direction. The tape according to claim 3,
The plurality of cuts are all arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line. The tape according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The plurality of cuts are elongated holes having a width dimension of 2 mm or more in the second direction. The tape according to claim 5, wherein
The tape according to claim 1, wherein the label has an internal label disposed inside the elongated hole. The tape according to claim 6, wherein
The sheet is
A tape comprising a release-side surface containing a heavy release silicon composition. The tape according to any one of claims 5 to 7,
The tape according to claim 1, wherein the total width dimension of all the long holes in the second direction is 11 mm or shorter than the width dimension of the winding portion in the second direction. The tape according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The length of the plurality of cuts in the first direction is in the range of 3 mm to 60 mm. The tape according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The tape is formed so as to penetrate the label in the thickness direction of the tape. The tape according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
The tape characterized by the width dimension in the said 2nd direction of each of the said 1st area | region, the said winding part, and the said 2nd area | region being the same.   A tape roll formed by winding the tape according to any one of claims 1 to 11. A housing,
A tape roll according to claim 12,
An ink ribbon roll wound with an ink ribbon for transferring ink to one side in the thickness direction of the tape fed from the tape roll;
A tape cartridge comprising:

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