JP6391938B2 - POP label and labeled container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a POP label or the like that can be attached with a part protruding.

Various articles such as food, beverages, confectionery, daily necessities, cosmetics, medicines, detergents, and shampoos are packaged in containers and distributed as products.
Labels are attached to these products for advertising and displaying raw materials.
Among these labels, a POP label that can be attached with a part protruding from the adherend is mainly known in order to attract consumers' attention and enhance the advertising function. The POP label is also called an eye catch label.
A POP label generally has a sticking portion whose back surface is an adhesive surface and an upright portion whose back surface is a non-adhesive surface. When such a POP label is attached to the upper surface of the container (the adherend surface), the adhesive part is attached to the upper surface of the container, and the POP label is attached to the boundary between the attaching part and the standing part. By bending, the upright portion rises with respect to the adherend surface and protrudes from the adherend.
Furthermore, a POP label having a support portion integrally extended from the standing portion in order to maintain the standing portion in the standing state is also known (Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Such POP labels are usually provided in a state in which a plurality of POP labels are temporarily attached to a strip-shaped separator side by side at a predetermined interval. Hereinafter, the one in which a plurality of POP labels are temporarily pasted side by side on the separator is referred to as a label supply body.
The operation of peeling the POP label from the label supplier and sticking it to the container can be performed manually or mechanically. When mechanically performing the operation of attaching the POP label to the container, as described in Patent Document 1, the sheet sticking apparatus 1 including the rising plate 31 as the rising means is used, and the release sheet RL (separator) and By sending the raw fabric R (label supply body) to the downstream side so that the space between the rising portions S2 passes to the rising plate 31, the rising portion S2 rises according to the curved guide inclined edge 36, According to the bending inclined edge 37, it is bent facing the adhesive part S1 (sticking part). The standing part S2 rises by peeling the adhesive part S1 of the adhesive sheet S (POP label) folded in half from the release sheet RL and transferring it to the upper surface of the container, with the standing part S2 overlapping the surface of the adhesive part S1. At the same time, the upright maintenance section S4 (support section) comes into contact with the upper surface of the container, and the operation of attaching the adhesive sheet S to the container is completed.
In this way, the labeled container in which the POP label is attached to the container is transported on the transport line in a state where the rising portion protrudes upward, and is packed and shipped.

  However, the conventional POP label may cause the following problems during the mechanical sticking process. That is, when the POP label is mechanically attached to the container with the sticking apparatus as described above, the label may be broken from the side edge of the side edge of the POP label that contacts the guide inclined edge of the rising plate. is there. In addition, the upright portion may be bent randomly, and the POP label may be clogged between the rising plate and the separator, and the sticking device must be stopped and removed. From the demand for speeding up the work, it is required to increase the feeding speed of the label supply body (in other words, the number of POP labels attached per unit time). Such label breakage and clogging are likely to occur. In addition, as described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the conventional POP label has a folding line formed of a perforation line at the boundary between the standing part and the sticking part, but the folding line is formed. In this case, the label is more easily broken in the process of mechanically sticking. In addition, in the process of mechanically sticking the conventional POP label, the standing part is folded in two on the surface of the sticking part along the folding line, so the boundary of the POP label (folding position) There is a risk that the standing part will not rise well when sticking to the upper surface of the container. Similarly, even in the process of applying the POP label manually, there is a possibility that creases will be formed on the folding line.

In addition, a labeled container in which a POP label is attached to a container may cause the following problems during the conveyance process. That is, various guides are provided on the transport line for transporting the labeled containers, but there may be provided guides arranged so as to be in contact with the upper surface of the transported labeled containers. For example, when a plurality of frustoconical containers are continuously transported on the transport line, some containers may be lifted due to collision between the containers, and may roll over the transport line or come off the transport line. The guide with which the upper surface of the container contacts is provided to hold the container from the top and prevent the container from lifting.
However, when the upper surface of the labeled container from which the upright portion protrudes comes into contact with the guide, the upright portion falls down and may not stand up as originally. Such a problem can occur not only in the process of transporting the labeled container, but also in the case where the standing part comes into contact with some foreign matter during transportation or display.

JP 2012-229027 A JP2012-230182A

A first object of the present invention is to provide a POP label that is less likely to be broken or randomly bent during a sticking operation.
The second object of the present invention is to provide a labeled container that can maintain the standing state of the standing portion.

The present invention is a POP label which is formed from a sheet material having an adhesive region whose back surface is an adhesive surface and a non-adhesive region whose back surface is a non-adhesive surface, and which is adhered to an adherend, The adhesion area has an adhesion portion that can be adhered to the adherend surface of the adherend, and the non-adhesion area stands upright to intersect with the adherend surface of the adherend; And a support member that supports the standing state of the upright part, and the connecting part is a sheet material at a boundary portion between the upright part and the sticking part. are both widthwise side portions of the formation by cutting each one side edge in the width direction of the connecting part, the first extending in the first edge and the width direction of the bond portion extending in the width direction of the standing part Continuing from one end edge, formed entirely in a curved shape between the first end edge of the upright part and the first end edge of the sticking part And the other side edge in the width direction of the connecting part is continuous with the second end edge extending in the width direction of the standing part and the second end edge extending in the width direction of the sticking part, respectively, is formed in a generally curved second edge parts between the second edge of the bond portion, widthwise opposite side edges of the coupling portion each both sides of the adhesive portion and the upstanding section It is located inside the edge, and the support part is composed of a region surrounded by a convex cut line having a convex vertex formed in the plane of the connection part in plan view, and the connection part Is smaller than the maximum width of the sticking part and the maximum width of the standing part.

As for the preferable POP label of this invention, the 1st edge of the said standing part and the 1st edge of the said sticking part are formed in parallel .
In a preferred POP label of the present invention, two corner portions of the sticking portion on the side close to the standing portion are chamfered in an inclined shape.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a labeled container is provided.
The labeled container of the present invention has any one of the above POP labels and a container to which the POP label is attached, and an attaching portion of the POP label is attached to an upper surface of the container, The connecting portion of the POP label is bent so that the upright portion stands up and down, and the support portion of the POP label protrudes downward from the upright portion and contacts the side surface of the container.

When the POP label of the present invention is mechanically attached, it is difficult to cause breakage or disordered bending. For this reason, the POP label of this invention can be affixed to a to-be-adhered body at comparatively high speed.
Moreover, the container with a label of this invention maintains a standing state favorably, and even if a standing part falls down, it is easy to stand up as it was.

The top view which looked at the POP label which concerns on one Embodiment from the surface side. The rear view which looked at the POP label from the back side. In FIG. 2, innumerable dots are depicted on the adhesive surface in order to easily illustrate the range where the adhesive surface is provided. Sectional drawing cut | disconnected by the III-III line | wire of FIG. Sectional drawing cut | disconnected by the IV-IV line of FIG. Sectional drawing which cut | disconnected the POP label which concerns on other embodiment in the same location as the III-III line of FIG. The top view of the label supply body which has two or more the same POP labels. The top view which shows the process which raises a POP label from a label supply body and folds it in half using the standing board of a sticking apparatus. The side view of the labeled container which concerns on one embodiment. The top view of the container with the label. The expanded sectional view cut | disconnected by the XX line of FIG. However, the container is not shown in cross section. The side view of the labeled container which concerns on other embodiment. The expanded sectional view which cut | disconnected the container with the label in the same location as the XX line of FIG. However, the container is not shown in cross section. The top view which looked at the POP label which concerns on other embodiment from the surface side. The top view of the label supply body which has multiple said POP labels. The top view which looked at the POP label which concerns on further another embodiment from the surface side. The rear view which looked at the POP label which concerns on further another embodiment from the back surface side. Also in FIG. 16, countless dots are depicted on the adhesive surface.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
In the present specification, “upper” and “lower” are based on a state where the adherend is self-supported or suspended. The “longitudinal direction” refers to a direction parallel to the direction in which the standing part and the sticking part are arranged, and the “width direction” refers to a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction in the plane of the label.
Further, in this specification, the expression “PPP to QQQ” means “PPP or more and QQQ or less”.

1 to 4, the POP label 1 of the present invention is formed of a sheet material A having an adhesive region 2 whose back surface is an adhesive surface and a non-adhesive region 3 whose back surface is a non-adhesive surface. Yes.
When this POP label 1 is classified according to the positional relationship with the adherend when it is attached to the adherend, the sticking portion 4 that can be attached to the adherend surface of the adherend, and the adherend of the adherend The standing part 5 that crosses and rises with respect to the wearing surface, the bonding part 4 and the standing part 5 are connected, and the connecting part 6 interposed between the two parts, and the standing part 5 is standing. And a support portion 7 for maintaining the above. The sticking portion 4 is provided in the adhesive region 2, and the upright portion 5, the connecting portion 6, and the support portion 7 are provided in the non-adhesive region 3.
The POP label 1 of the present invention is characterized in that the minimum width of the connecting portion 6 is smaller than any of the maximum width of the sticking portion 4 and the maximum width of the upright portion 5.
This will be specifically described below.

The sheet material A constituting the POP label 1 is not particularly limited as long as it has a flexible sheet-like shape. For example, paper, synthetic paper, synthetic resin sheet, metal vapor deposition sheet, foamed resin sheet, and these Is a laminated sheet in which two or more layers are laminated. The material of the synthetic resin sheet or the like is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include polyethylene, polypropylene, cyclic olefin, polyolefins such as polyethylene-containing copolymer, polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate and polylactic acid, polyamides, and polystyrenes. Can be mentioned. In particular, in order to maintain the standing portion 5 in the standing state, the sheet material A preferably has a relatively high rigidity. As the sheet material A having relatively high rigidity, a polyethylene terephthalate sheet is preferable. Moreover, when performing the design printing mentioned later on a back surface, it is preferable to use the transparent sheet material A in order to make it visible visually. In addition, what is generally called a film is also contained in the term sheet.
The thickness of the sheet material A is not particularly limited, and is usually about 30 μm to 150 μm.
On the front surface or the back surface of the sheet material A, design printing (not shown) representing a desired design is applied. The design printing may be performed on substantially the entire sheet material A, or may be performed on a part of the sheet material A (at least the standing portion 5). In particular, it is preferable to use a transparent sheet as the sheet material A and to perform design printing on the front surface or the back surface of the sheet material A excluding the pasting portion 4 so as not to conceal the design applied to the adherend. In addition, when the sheet material A is transparent, the design printing is preferably performed on the back surface of the sheet material A in order to prevent the design from being damaged.

On the back surface of the sheet material A, a surface where the adhesive is exposed (hereinafter referred to as an adhesive surface) and a surface where the adhesive is not substantially exposed (hereinafter referred to as a non-adhesive surface) are formed. In the present embodiment, the adhesive surface is formed in a region from the vicinity of one edge of the sticking portion 4 to the other edge. But the whole back surface of the sticking part 4 may be made into the adhesion surface.
In addition, in this specification, one edge of the sticking part 4 points out the edge facing the edge of the standing part 5 across the notch among two edges extending in the width direction, and the sticking part. The other edge of 4 refers to the opposite edge. Similarly, one end edge of the upright portion 5 refers to an end edge of the two end edges extending in the width direction that faces the end edge of the sticking portion 4 across the notch, and the other end of the upright portion 5 Edge refers to the opposite edge.
In the sheet material A, the region including the adhesive surface is the adhesive region 2, and the region including the non-adhesive surface is the non-adhesive region 3. In FIG. 2, in order to make the adhesive surface easy to understand, the adhesive surface is shown in light ink for convenience.
The surface on which the pressure-sensitive adhesive is not substantially exposed is (1) no pressure-sensitive adhesive is present on the surface (for example, the pressure-sensitive adhesive is not applied or the pressure-sensitive adhesive is completely hidden by the masking agent). Or (2) Even if the pressure sensitive adhesive is present on a small part of the surface, the upright portion 5 or the like does not have such a strong adhesive force as to adhere to the adherend surface (for example, the pressure sensitive adhesive). Is applied to a small part, or the adhesive is incompletely concealed with a concealing agent).

The method for forming the adhesive surface is not particularly limited. Since formation of an adhesive surface and a non-adhesive surface is easy, after applying an adhesive to the whole back surface of the sheet material A, the method of apply | coating a concealing agent except the part used as an adhesive surface is preferable. In the case of this forming method, the portion where the concealing agent is applied becomes a non-adhesive surface.
Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, an adhesive is applied to the entire back surface of the sheet material A, and an adhesive layer B is laminated on the back surface of the sheet material A. In this case, the adhesive may be applied to the entire back surface of the sheet material A in a solid form, or the adhesive may be applied to the entire back surface of the sheet material A in a mesh shape or innumerable dots.
The pressure-sensitive adhesive is preferably a pressure-sensitive adhesive, but a heat-sensitive adhesive can also be used. The pressure-sensitive adhesive is an adhesive having an adhesive force at normal temperature and maintaining the adhesive force for a long time, and is widely used in conventionally known tack labels. A heat-sensitive adhesive is an adhesive that exhibits an adhesive force when heated and maintains the adhesive force for a long period of time.
Subsequently, a concealing layer C is formed by applying a concealing agent for concealing the adhesive strength of the adhesive on the adhesive layer B except for the part that becomes the adhesive surface.
The concealing agent is applied in a solid form on the entire portion excluding the portion that becomes the adhesive surface. Examples of the masking agent include ultraviolet curable ink, a coating agent containing silicone, and the like. The thickness of the masking layer C is usually 3 μm to 20 μm. By forming the concealment layer C to be relatively thick, the adhesive force of the adhesive can be reliably concealed.
The portion provided with the concealing layer C becomes the non-adhesive region 3. Further, the back surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer B is exposed at a portion where the concealing layer C is not provided, and becomes a pressure-sensitive adhesive region 2.

  Of course, instead of the method of providing the concealing layer, as shown in FIG. The adhesive region 2 and the non-adhesive region 3 may be formed by a method in which the layer B is not provided (that is, the sheet material A is left on the back surface).

The standing part 5, the connection part 6, and the sticking part 4 are arranged side by side in the vertical direction in this order. In addition, in each boundary part of the standing part 5, the connection part 6, and the sticking part 4, bending means, such as a perforation line and a notch | incision, are not provided, but the surface of the sheet material A in each boundary part is a sheet | seat. It is itself.
In the present embodiment, substantially the entire adhesive region 2 is the pasting portion 4. Therefore, substantially the entire back surface of the sticking part 4 is an adhesive surface. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the sticking portion 4 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. Specifically, the sticking portion 4 has a rectangular or square shape in plan view defined by a pair of side edges extending in the vertical direction, the other end edge extending in the width direction, and a boundary portion of the connecting portion 6. Thus, the four corners are formed in a rounded shape. Since one edge extended in the width direction of the said sticking part 4 is divided | segmented into right and left by the notch for forming the side edge of the connection part 6 in this embodiment, hereafter, the sticking part 4 of Of the one edge, the left edge when viewed from the front is referred to as the first edge, the right edge is referred to as the second edge, and the first edge and the second edge are collectively referred to as one edge. .
The four corners are all rounded. Examples of the chamfering include forming the corner portion in a curved shape and forming the corner portion in an inclined shape.
In the illustrated example, of the four corner portions, two corner portions far from the upright portion 5 are formed in a curved shape, and the two corner portions near the upright portion 5 are inclined (longitudinal direction and width). Inclining with respect to both directions). However, all of the four corner portions may not be chamfered, or at least one of them may not be chamfered. As will be described later, when the POP label 1 is mechanically attached, the edge of the attaching part 4 is difficult to bend by the rising plate, so at least one of the two corner parts on the side close to the standing part 5 Either one is preferably chamfered, and more preferably chamfered in an inclined manner as described above. Moreover, it is preferable that all four corner portions are rounded so that the sticking portion 4 becomes difficult to bend when stuck to the adherend.

The upright portion 5 is formed in the non-adhesive region 3, and therefore, the entire back surface of the upright portion 5 is a non-adhesive surface. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upright portion 5 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. Specifically, the upright portion 5 has a rectangular or square shape in plan view defined by a pair of side edges extending in the vertical direction, the other end edge extending in the width direction, and a boundary portion of the connecting portion 6. The four corners are formed in a rounded shape. In the present embodiment, one end edge extending in the width direction of the upright portion 5 is divided into left and right by a notch for forming a side edge of the connecting portion 6. Of the edges, the edge on the left side when viewed from the front is referred to as the first edge, the edge on the right is referred to as the second edge, and the first edge and the second edge are collectively referred to as one edge.
The four corners are all rounded. Examples of the chamfering include forming the corner portion in a curved shape and forming the corner portion in an inclined shape. However, all of the four corner portions may not be chamfered, or at least one of them may not be chamfered.
Moreover, the standing part 5 is formed in a larger area than the sticking part 4 in order to enhance the advertising effect. In the illustrated example, the upright portion 5 is formed such that its maximum width is larger than the maximum width of the sticking portion 4. But it may be formed so that the maximum width of standing part 5 and the maximum width of sticking part 4 may become the same, and the maximum width of standing part 5 may become smaller than the maximum width of sticking part 4 It may be formed.

The connecting portion 6 is a portion between the upright portion 5 and the sticking portion 4 and is formed in the non-adhesive region 3. Therefore, the entire back surface of the connecting portion 6 is a non-adhesive surface.
The connecting portion 6 is formed such that the minimum width W6 is smaller than the maximum width W4 of the sticking portion 4 and the maximum width W5 of the upright portion 5.
Each width | variety of the connection part 6, the standing part 5, and the sticking part 4 says the length between width direction both sides edges, respectively.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the minimum width W6 of the connecting portion 6 is a straight line (straight line parallel to the width direction) between tangents parallel to the vertical direction passing through both side edges of the connecting portion 6 in the width direction. The smallest of the lengths. In the present embodiment in which the support portion 7 is formed by the cut line 79 formed in the plane of the connection portion 6, the support portion 7 is included between both side edges in the width direction of the connection portion 6. The minimum width W6 of the portion is the length between both side edges of the connecting portion 6 in the width direction. In addition, although the aspect which a support part is formed in the outer side rather than the side edge of a connection part so that it may mention later is included in this invention, the minimum width | variety of the connection part of the aspect is similarly between the width direction both edges of the connection part 6. (However, this embodiment does not include a support portion between both side edges of the connecting portion in the width direction).
The maximum width W4 of the sticking part 4 refers to the maximum length of straight lines between tangents parallel to the vertical direction passing through both side edges of the sticking part 4, and the maximum width W5 of the standing part 5 is The maximum length of straight lines between tangents parallel to the vertical direction passing through both side edges in the width direction of the upright portion 5 is said. In addition, the reason which prescribed | regulated the said minimum and maximum is because the whole of each side edge of the connection part 6, the sticking part 4, and the standing part 5 may not necessarily be parallel to a vertical direction.
The ratio between the minimum width W6 of the connecting portion 6 and the maximum width W5 of the upright portion 5 is not particularly limited. However, if the minimum width W6 of the connecting portion 6 is too small compared to the maximum width W5 of the upright portion 5, There is a possibility that the standing state cannot be maintained. On the other hand, if it is too large, the connecting portion 6 and the standing portion 5 have substantially the same width. From such a viewpoint, the ratio of the minimum width W6 of the connecting portion 6 to the maximum width W5 of the upright portion 5 (minimum width W6 of the connecting portion 6: maximum width W5 of the upright portion 5) is 1: 1.1 to 1: 5 is preferable, 1: 1.2 to 1: 4 is more preferable, and 1: 1.2 to 1: 3.5 is particularly preferable.
Moreover, although the ratio of the minimum width W6 of the connection part 6 and the maximum width W4 of the sticking part 4 is not specifically limited, When the minimum width W6 of the connection part 6 is too small compared with the maximum width W4 of the sticking part 4, When the POP label 1 is peeled from the separator, the connecting portion 6 may be broken. On the other hand, if it is too large, the connecting portion 6 and the sticking portion 4 have substantially the same width. From such a viewpoint, the ratio of the minimum width W6 of the connecting portion 6 and the maximum width W4 of the attaching portion 4 (minimum width W6 of the connecting portion 6: maximum width W4 of the attaching portion 4) is from 1: 1.1 to 1: 5 is preferable, 1: 1.1 to 1: 3 is more preferable, and 1: 1.2 to 1: 2.5 is particularly preferable.

The narrow connecting portion 6 is formed by cutting out both side portions in the width direction of the sheet material A at the boundary portion between the standing portion 5 and the sticking portion 4. Accordingly, the one side edge 61s in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 is located on the inner side of the one side edge 51s in the width direction of the upright portion 5 and the one side edge 41s in the width direction of the sticking portion 4, and The other side edge 62s in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 is located on the inner side of the other side edge 52s in the width direction of the upright portion 5 and the other side edge 42s in the width direction of the sticking portion 4.
One side edge 61 s of both side edges in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 is continuous with the first end edge 51 t extending in the width direction of the upright portion 5 and the first end edge 41 t extending in the width direction of the sticking portion 4. Yes. Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, one side edge 61 s of both side edges in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 is a first end edge 51 t extending in the width direction of the upright portion 5 and the width of the sticking portion 4. Each of the first end edges 41t extending in the direction is formed in a continuous curved shape. Therefore, the edge shape is curved across the first end edge 51 t of the standing part 5, the one side edge 61 s of the connecting part 6, and the first end edge 41 t of the sticking part 4.
The other side edge 62 s of both side edges in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 is continuous with the second end edge 52 t extending in the width direction of the upright portion 5 and the second end edge 42 t extending in the width direction of the sticking portion 4. doing. Preferably, the other side edge 62s of both side edges in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 is respectively a second end edge 52t extending in the width direction of the upright portion 5 and a second end edge 42t extending in the width direction of the sticking portion 4. It is formed in a continuous curved shape. Therefore, the edge shape is curved across the second end edge 52 t of the standing part 5, the other side edge 62 s of the connecting part 6 and the second end edge 42 t of the sticking part 4.

The support part 7 is formed in the non-adhesive region 3, and therefore the entire back surface of the support part 7 is a non-adhesive surface. One edge 71a of the support part 7 is connected to the upright part 5, and the other edge of the support part 7 is a free end. The support portion 7 is formed by forming a cut line 79 in the plane of the sheet material A.
Specifically, in the surface of the sheet material A, a non-linear cut line 79 is formed that extends over part of the upright part 5, part of the connecting part 6, and part of the sticking part 4. . This incision line 79 is arranged in the middle in the width direction of the sheet material A, and is preferably arranged in the center in the width direction of the sheet material A as in the illustrated example. The cut line 79 has one end and the other end disposed in the plane of the upright portion 5, and extends in the longitudinal direction from the one end and the other end to the upright portion 5 and the connecting portion 6, and is a boundary or boundary between the adhesive surface and the non-adhesive surface It is connected in the vicinity. Accordingly, the cut line 79 has a convex shape having a convex apex on the sticking portion 4 side (for example, a substantially U-shape in a plan view as shown in the drawing, and other shapes not shown in the drawing, but a substantially U-shape or a substantially V-shape in a plan view). Etc.). A region surrounded by the cut line 79 is the support portion 7. Therefore, the support part 7 is arrange | positioned in the width direction middle part of the connection part 6, Preferably the width direction center part. The midway part means a position where the left and right distances are equal or unequal in the width direction, and the center part means a position where the left and right distances are equal.
The convex support portion 7 can be separated from the upright portion 5 and the connecting portion 6 in a state in which one edge 71 a thereof is connected to the upright portion 5. In this way, the one edge 71a of the support part 7 is arranged in the plane of the upright part 5 and the other edge of the support part 7 is arranged at or near the boundary between the adhesive surface and the non-adhesive surface in the sticking part 4. Thus, after sticking the POP label 1 to the adherend, the buffering property of the support part 7 against the contact of foreign matter or the like is improved, and the standing maintenance property of the standing part 5 is improved. This is because the support part 7 is formed from the surface of the upright part 5 to the surface of the sticking part 4 so that the operating range of the support part 7 is appropriately widened, and the connecting part of the sticking part 4 It is because the operation range of the sticking part 4 becomes moderately wide by having a non-adhesive surface on the 6 side.
The ratio of the maximum width of the support part 7 to the minimum width W6 of the connection part 6 (minimum width of the connection part 6 / maximum width of the support part 7) is 3/10 to 8/10, preferably 5/10. ~ 7/10. If the ratio of the support portion 7 to the connecting portion 6 is too large or too small, the rigidity balance between the connecting portion 6 and the supporting portion 7 is deteriorated, and the standing property of the standing portion 5 may be deteriorated.
Further, in the present embodiment in which the support portion 7 is formed by the cut line 79 formed in the plane of the connection portion 6, it can be said that the connection portion 6 is divided into the left and right sides with respect to the support portion 7. . The width of the divided left and right connecting portions is not particularly limited, but is preferably 2 mm or more.

The POP label 1 is usually provided in the form of a label supply body in which a plurality of POP labels 1 are temporarily attached to a strip-shaped separator. FIG. 6 shows a label supplier.
The label supply body 10 includes a strip-shaped separator 8 and a plurality of POP labels 1 temporarily attached to the separator 8. The plurality of POP labels 1 are temporarily affixed on the release surface of the separator 8 with a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the separator 8. Each POP label 1 is temporarily affixed to the separator 8 with an adhesive surface (adhering portion 4). Each POP label 1 is aligned (the width direction of each POP label 1 is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the separator 8 and the upright portion 5 of each POP label 1 is along one longitudinal edge of the separator 8). Is temporarily attached.

Although the POP label 1 of the present invention can be attached to an adherend by human power, it is preferably attached mechanically and continuously.
When the POP label 1 is mechanically attached, the label supply body 10 can be used and attached to an adherend by a conventional attaching apparatus.
In the POP label 1 of the present invention, the connecting part 6 narrower than the standing part 5 and the sticking part 4 is interposed, so that even when it is mechanically stuck, breakage or clogging occurs. hard.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the label supply body 10 is sent to the downstream side so that the space between the separator 8 and the upright portion 5 passes through the rising plate Y of the sticking device, as before. The rising plate Y has one edge inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction of the label supply body 10 (this longitudinal direction corresponds to the width direction of the POP label 1 temporarily attached to the separator 8). Accordingly, the POP label 1 is bent at the connecting portion 6 to rise up as the label supplier 10 is fed, and the upright portion 5 rises toward the surface of the sticking portion 4. Inverts without bending in the middle. At this time, the inverted support portion 7 has the other edge portion 72 protruding outward from the bent line of the connecting portion 6 (see FIG. 7). In this way, the POP label 1 is folded in half.
At this time, the POP label 1 of the present invention is not easily broken from the side edge or clogged between the rising plate Y and the separator 8. The reason for this effect is not clearly understood, but the present inventors presume as follows.
When the label supply body 10 is sent, the side portion including the corner portion of the upright portion 5 of the POP label 1 (the corner portion on the downstream side in the feed direction of the label supply body 10 among the two corner portions on the side close to the upright portion 5). The region 55 is placed on the surface of the rising plate Y (see FIG. 7). The POP label 1 of the present invention has a narrow connecting portion 6 between the rising portion 5 and the sticking portion 4, and the rising plate Y has a certain thickness, and the label supply body 10 is a rising plate. Since it is sent a little away from Y, the side region 55 of the upright portion 5 rises relatively large while being curved with respect to the other regions. As described above, the side region 55 of the standing portion 5 rises relatively large while bending, so that when a side edge of the POP label 1 described later (one side edge 61s of the connecting portion 6) hits the guide inclined end edge Y1. The applied impact is dispersed, and breakage hardly occurs from the side edge of the POP label 1. In addition, since the side region 55 of the upright portion 5 first rises while being bent, the upright portion 5 can be prevented from being bent randomly. In particular, since one side edge 61s of the connecting portion 6 and the first end edge 51t of the upright portion 5 are formed in a continuous curved shape, the side edge of the POP label 1 (one side edge 61s of the connecting portion 6). When it hits the guide inclined end edge Y1, the upright portion 5 is easily raised according to the curve of the side edge.

Then, by transferring the folded POP label 1 from the separator 8 to the adherend, the operation of attaching the POP label 1 to the adherend is completed.
When the affixing part 4 of the POP label 1 is affixed to the adherend surface of the adherend, the bent upright part 5 stands up to return to its original state due to the rigidity of the sheet material A, and the support part 7 Hits the adherend and maintains the standing portion 5 in the standing state. In particular, the connecting portion 6 is formed to be narrower than the standing portion 5 and the attaching portion 4, and bending means such as a perforation line is provided at the boundary portion between the standing portion 5, the connecting portion 6, and the attaching portion 4. Therefore, the POP label 1 is easily folded in two and attached to the adherend, and since the folds are difficult to stick, the standing portion 5 is likely to stand up.

Although an adherend is not specifically limited, A container is mentioned typically. Examples of the container include, but are not limited to, PET bottles such as beverages, cup containers, paper boxes, and the like. In particular, a container having a flat adherend surface (a horizontal surface in a self-standing state of the container) is preferable, and an upper surface is a flat surface. A container having is preferred.
The article stored in the container is not particularly limited, and may be any food, daily necessities, beverages, confectionery, cosmetics, medicines, detergents, shampoos, toys, machine parts, and the like. The material of the container is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include plastic, paper, metal, glass, and ceramics. Note that the container may be packaged on the outside with a packaging material. Examples of the packaging material include shrink film and wrapping paper.

The POP label 1 of the present invention can be attached to any location of the container, but usually the attachment portion 4 of the POP label 1 is attached to the upper surface (attachment surface) of the container. When the affixing part 4 is affixed to the upper surface of the container, the POP label 1 is bent at the connecting part 6, and the upright part 5 stands up and down so as to intersect the upper surface of the container, and the support part 7 is the upright part. 5 is maintained upright.
In the first labeled container 11 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the sticking part 4 of the POP label 1 is stuck to the upper surface 91 of the container 9, bent at the connecting part 6, and the standing part 5 stands up and down. In addition, the other edge portion 72 of the support portion 7 protrudes downward from the upright portion 5 and is in contact with the side surface 92 of the container 9. In this labeled container 11, the support portion 7 is on the opposite side of the standing portion 5 from the standing portion 5 and protrudes on the extension of the surface of the standing portion 5, and the surface 71 of the other edge portion 72 of the supporting portion 7 is the container 9. The rising portion 5 is prevented from falling down (returning the rising portion 5 along the upper surface 91 of the container 9).
The length H7 in the vertical direction of the portion of the support portion 7 that is in contact with the side surface 92 of the container 9 is not particularly limited, but if it is too short, the support portion 7 will be moved to the container 9 when the upright portion 5 is tilted as will be described later. There is a possibility that it will come off from the side surface 92 of the. Considering this point, the vertical length H7 of the container side surface contact portion of the support portion 7 is preferably 2 mm or more, and more preferably 3 mm or more. On the other hand, the longer the vertical length H7 of the container side surface contact portion is, the better the support of the upright portion 5 is. However, when the length is too long, when the POP label 1 is folded in half with the above-described sticking device, There is a possibility that the support portion 7 is bent in the middle and reversed. Considering this point, the vertical length H7 of the container side surface contact portion of the support portion 7 is preferably 10 mm or less, and more preferably 7 mm or less.

In the second labeled container 12 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the sticking part 4 of the POP label 1 is stuck to the upper surface 91 of the container 9, bent at the connecting part 6, and the standing part 5 stands up and down. In addition, the other edge portion 72 of the support portion 7 projects downward from the upright portion 5 and is in contact with the upper surface 91 of the container 9. In the container 12 with the label, the other edge portion 72 of the support portion 7 is slightly curved to the side opposite to the sticking portion 4, and the other edge 71 b of the support portion 7 hits the upper surface 91 of the container 9 to be stretched. It prevents that the standing part 5 falls down (the standing part 5 returns so that the upper surface 91 of the container 9 may be met).
In the first labeled container 11, a bottle-shaped container is illustrated as the container 9, and in the second labeled container 12, a rectangular container is illustrated as the container 9. The specific form is not limited to the illustrated example. For example, the container may be a self-supporting truncated cone-shaped container (widely used for instant cup ramen, etc.), a self-supporting polygonal column-shaped container (such as a hexagonal column-shaped container), and other irregularly-shaped containers capable of self-supporting.
8 to 12, the upright portion 5 is shown standing upright at a right angle with respect to the upper surface 91 of the container 9, but in reality, the upright portion 5 does not stand up at a right angle. However, it should be noted that it stands up and down from the upper surface 91 of the container 9 (stands up against the adherend surface).
Further, in FIGS. 8 to 12, for convenience, the POP label shown in FIG. 5 (POP label in which an adhesive layer is provided only on the adhesive surface) is illustrated.

Since the surface of the support portion 7 is in contact with the side surface 92 of the container 9, the first labeled container 11 is in comparison with the second labeled container 12 in which the support portion 7 is in contact with the upper surface 91 of the container 9. In addition, it is excellent in the upright maintenance of the upright portion 5. Specifically, in the first labeled container 11, the support portion 7 is in surface contact with the side surface 92 of the container 9. For example, in the process of transporting the labeled container, even if the upright portion 5 hits against a guide provided in the transport line and falls down, the support portion 7 is unlikely to come off from the side surface 92 of the container 9. On the other hand, it will bend greatly. For this reason, when the upright portion 5 is separated from the guide, the upright portion 5 bent with respect to the support portion 7 tries to return to the same plane due to the rigidity of the sheet material A. Will stand up and down. In addition, even if the standing part 5 contacts not only the guide of the sticking device but also some foreign matter, it stands up as before.
On the other hand, the standing state of the upright portion 5 is maintained in the second labeled container 12 by the other edge 71 b of the support portion 7 striking against the upper surface 91 of the container 9. In the second labeled container 12, when the upright part 5 falls due to a foreign object such as a guide, the other end 71 b of the support part 7 slides on the upper surface 91 of the container 9 and comes off from the upper surface 91. At the same time, the support part 7 may fall down. If it becomes like this, since the tension of the support part 7 will not work, the standing part 5 will not stand up like the original.

  The POP label and the labeled container of the present invention are not limited to the above embodiment, and can be appropriately changed in design within the scope intended by the present invention. Hereinafter, other embodiments of the present invention will be described. In the description, configurations and effects different from those of the above embodiments will be mainly described, and terms and symbols similar to those of the above embodiments are used as they are. However, description of the configuration may be omitted.

In the POP label 1 of the above embodiment, both side edges in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 are located inside the both side edges in the width direction of the sticking portion 4 and the upright portion 5, but as shown in FIG. Only one side edge 61s in the width direction of the portion 6 may be positioned on the inner side of the one side edge 51s in the width direction of the standing portion 5 and one side edge 41s in the width direction of the sticking portion 4. . In this case, the other side edge 62s in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 is not particularly limited. For example, as illustrated, the other side edge 52s in the width direction of the upright portion 5 is on the inner side and the sticking portion 4 is present. It may coincide with the other side edge 42s in the width direction of the other, and although not shown, the other side edge 52s in the width direction of the upright portion 5 and the other side edge 42s in the width direction of the sticking portion 4 respectively. It may match.
When the label supply body 10 is manufactured by temporarily pasting a plurality of POP labels 1 in which only one side edge 61s in the width direction of the connecting portion 6 is positioned on the separator 8 in this manner, FIG. As shown, the POP label 1 is temporarily affixed to the separator 8 with one side edge 61 s of the connecting portion 6 facing downstream in the feed direction.

  Further, the POP label 1 of the above embodiment has a curved edge shape across the first end edge 51t of the standing part 5, the one side edge 61s of the connecting part 6, and the first end edge 41t of the sticking part 4. However, as shown in FIG. 15 (a), the edge shape may be formed in a substantially U shape, or as shown in FIG. 15 (b), the edge shape may be formed. May be formed in a substantially V-shape. Similarly, the edge shape extending from the second end edge 52t of the upright portion 5 to the other side edge 62s of the connecting portion 6 and the second end edge 42t of the sticking portion 4 is also substantially It may be formed in a letter shape or a substantially V shape.

Moreover, although the support part 7 is formed in the width direction intermediate part of the connection part 6 as for the POP label 1 of the said embodiment, the support part 7 may be formed in the outer side rather than the side edge of the connection part 6. FIG. .
For example, in the POP label 1 according to another embodiment shown in FIG. 16, the support portion 7 is formed outside the one side edge 61 s of the connecting portion 6, and the outside of the other side edge 62 s of the connecting portion 6 is outside. A support portion 7 is formed on the surface. Each of these support portions 7 and 7 and the connecting portion 6 are notched on both sides of the sheet material A in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, and the end non-linear cut lines 79 in the plane of the sheet material A, 79 (however, a part of the cut line 79 overlaps with the cut-out, so that the end-cut non-linear cut line 79 is partially missing). In the case of this illustrated example, a connecting portion 6 is formed between the two support portions 7 and 7. Moreover, in FIG. 16, although the support part 7 is each provided in the both outer sides of the connection part 6, you may provide only in one outer side (not shown). However, from the viewpoint of stably supporting the upright portion 5, when the support portion 7 is formed outside the side edge of the connecting portion 6, it is preferably formed on both as shown in FIG.
Note that various configurations shown in the above embodiments can be appropriately combined or replaced within the scope of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... POP label, 2 ... Adhesion area | region, 3 ... Non-adhesion area | region, 4 ... Adhesion part, 41s, 42s ... The width direction both sides edge of an adhesion part, 5 ... Standing part, 51s, 52s ... Edge, 51t ... One end edge (first end edge) of the standing part, 6 ... Connection part, 61s, 62s ... Both side edges in the width direction of the connection part, 7 ... Support part, 9 ... Container, 91 ... Upper surface of the container, 92: side surface of container, 11: container with label, W4: maximum width of sticking part, W5: maximum width of standing part, W6: minimum width of connecting part

Claims (4)

A POP label formed from a sheet material having an adhesive region whose back surface is an adhesive surface and a non-adhesive region whose back surface is a non-adhesive surface, and is attached to an adherend,
The adhesive region has an attaching part that can be attached to the adherend surface of the adherend,
The non-adhesive region supports an upright portion that crosses and rises with respect to the adherend surface of the adherend, a connecting portion that is positioned between the upright portion and the sticking portion, and an upright state of the upright portion. And a supporting part that
The connecting portion, the widthwise opposite side portions of the sheet material at the boundary portion of the upright portion and the adhesive portion is formed by cutting each
One side edge in the width direction of the connecting portion is continuous with a first end edge extending in the width direction of the upright portion and a first end edge extending in the width direction of the sticking portion, respectively, and the first edge of the upright portion. A second end that is formed in a generally curved shape between the end edge and the first end edge of the sticking portion, and the other side edge in the width direction of the connecting portion extends in the width direction of the upright portion. An edge and a second end edge extending in the width direction of the sticking portion are respectively continuous, and are formed in a generally curved shape between the second end edge of the standing portion and the second end edge of the sticking portion. And
The width direction both side edges of the connecting portion is located inside the respective both side edges of the bond portion and the upright portion,
The support portion is composed of a region surrounded by a cut line having a convex shape in plan view having a convex vertex formed in the plane of the connecting portion,
The POP label whose minimum width of the said connection part is smaller than the maximum width of the said sticking part, and the maximum width of a standing part. The POP label according to claim 1, wherein the first end edge of the standing part and the first end edge of the sticking part are formed in parallel .   The POP label according to claim 2, wherein two corner portions of the sticking portion on the side close to the standing portion are chamfered in an inclined manner. A POP label according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and a container to which the POP label is attached,
The sticking part of the POP label is stuck on the upper surface of the container, is bent at the connecting part of the POP label, the standing part stands up and down, and the support part of the POP label is the standing part. A labeled container that protrudes downward from the portion and is in contact with a side surface of the container.

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