WO2018134292A1

WO2018134292A1 - Label

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Publication number: WO2018134292A1
Application number: PCT/EP2018/051182
Authority: WO
Inventors: Michael Barsch
Original assignee: Michael Barsch
Priority date: 2017-01-19
Filing date: 2018-01-18
Publication date: 2018-07-26
Also published as: DE102017200847A1

Abstract

The subject matter of the present invention is a label (1) which is composed of a flexible flat material, comprising a folding region (2) and two adhesive regions (13) on the same side of the label (1), wherein the folding region (2) separates the adhesive regions (13) from one another. The label (1) is folded around an elongate object such that the two adhesive regions (13) of the label (1) are situated congruently on one another and adhere to one another, wherein there is no adhesive in that part of the folding region (2) which comes into contact with the elongate object. Furthermore, the label (1) has a folding aid which assists in folding the label (1) around the elongate object.

Description

label

The present invention is a label that can be arranged on elongate objects such as laces, cables, straws, tubes, wires and the like. The label has a labeled part, which does not rest against the elongate object.

A variety of different solutions for labels for cables, etc. is known from the prior art. In particular, various forms of cable markers or label makers are used.

WO 2008/141885 A describes a plastic shield, which is wrapped over the entire surface in metal. It should serve to identify electrical components. In the unused state this is

Identification plate with a series of similar signs connected via a predetermined breaking point with a support element from which it can be separated by breaking at the predetermined breaking point. The production of such a metal-coated plastic shield is expensive and the plastic shield is not very flexible. In particular repeated bending stress leads to a break.

EP 2 833 341 A1 discloses a label consisting of a strip of material which can be broken off by a whole series of similar strips arranged parallel to each other. The individual strip then has, in addition to a strip-shaped inscription carrier, an eye-like opening through which the inscription carrier can be guided. The label carrier has lateral thickenings, which act as detent points in the eye-like opening. For mounting the strip-shaped label carrier is placed around the cable and passed through the eyelet. A release of the strip from the cable is prevented by the thickening, which prevent slipping back of the label carrier in the eyelet. Known, particularly simple label carrier and labels provide to be folded centrally as a simple strip. In this fold then comes the elongated object to lie to which the label is attached. The strips are coated on one side with adhesive, so that the two superimposed sides adhere to each other by means of the adhesive. For ease of manufacture, the entire strip is coated with a similar adhesive. Often this is protected by a protective film against accidental sticking.

The more complex types of labels are expensive to manufacture and often due to the metallic material resistant to bending and little wear.

The problem with the particularly simple design is that the folding of the strip rarely succeeds so that the two adhesive areas are exactly congruent to each other. In addition, the full-surface coating with adhesive causes the label is axially fixed at one point of the elongated object. This is not optimal for all applications.

It thus sets itself the task of proposing a label that allows not only easier exact folding a manual displacement of the label on an elongated or elongated object, the label then remains at the specified position, but also be moved manually again can.

According to the invention the object is achieved with a label according to claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the label according to the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.

The label according to the invention consists in its simplest embodiment of a pliable flat material with a folding area and two Adhesive areas on the same side of the label, wherein the folding area separates the adhesive areas and wherein the label can be folded around an elongate object so that the two adhesive areas of the label are congruent to each other and adhere to each other, wherein at least one of the adhesive areas is coated with adhesive or both adhesive areas are coated with components which produce an adhesive effect on contact,

there is no adhesive in the part of the fold area which comes into contact with the elongate object,

- In the folding area, on the side of the label which comes into contact with the elongated object and / or on the side of the label which does not come into contact with the elongate object, a folding aid is arranged, which extended the folding of the label around the longitudinal Subject supported.

For the purposes of this invention, objects which are elongate objects are to be regarded as having a pronounced extent in a preferred direction. These are, for example, cords, cables, straws, tubes, wires and the like. Typically, an elongate object has an axial extension in said preferred direction. The label according to the invention is now wrapped around the elongate object and then preferably extends perpendicular to the axial extent of the elongate object. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the elongated object is a flexible elongated object, for example a cord, a strand or a cable of small cross-sectional area (preferably less than 20 mm ² , more preferably less than 15 mm ² and most preferably less than 10 mm ²⁾ . The cross section of the elongated object is preferably circular. However, other, in particular elliptical or polygonal cross sections are possible.

As a flattened sheet material of the label any material can be used that with sufficient durability by imprint or otherwise (eg. Sewing, embroidery, embossing) can be provided with a visually detectable information. Paper, textile, leather, artificial leather, felt, plastic film, neoprene or combinations of these materials are particularly preferred as pliable flat material. Particularly preferred are laminated or otherwise protected against environmental influences (eg gummed or by wax coating) protected paper or textile and neoprene.

The pliable sheet material of the label can be present in principle in any desired shape, which corresponds to the purpose of the label. Particularly preferred is a strip-like design with parallel edges, optionally with a broadening or narrowing in the folding area. Fold area is the portion of the label in which a curvature occurs when it is wrapped around the elongate object. Particularly preferably, the strip-like design at the corners on chamfers or rounding, since it has been shown that the corners are otherwise less resistant to mechanical stresses.

Also preferred are also modifications of a strip, for example. In the form of a waving flag or as a circular, polygonal or elliptical or otherwise rounded shapes. It is characteristic that the label around the folding area is mirror-symmetrical, so that a congruent gluing is possible after folding around the elongated object, without one of the two adhesive areas protruding from the other. The adhesive in the adhesive areas of the label is selected from the appropriate adhesives known in the art. It is particularly possible, both adhesives that realize a permanent bond, and adhesives that can be deducted with sufficient force, use. Furthermore, it is possible to provide components of an adhesive on the two adhesive areas, which form the adhesive by chemical reaction or physical effects only when the two adhesive surfaces come into contact. Particularly preferred are adhesives that are already used for the production of peelable stickers. These advantageously make it possible to arrange one or more labels on a carrier substrate, from which they can easily be peeled off and supplied for use. Such combinations of adhesives and carrier substrates

(Films, laminated papers, waxed papers / paperboard) are known in the art.

Labels according to the prior art are often formed as one-sided, full surface provided with adhesive strips. Daily use shows that such labels are very difficult to put around an elongated object so that the bonding of the two gluing areas can really be made congruent.

It has been found that this can be remedied if the part of the label which comes into contact with the elongated object is not coated with adhesive. Without adhesive can be a mispositioning of the strip-shaped label before gluing the two gluing areas easier to correct. Surprisingly, it has further been shown that a thickening of the material, at least in the immediate fold area, optionally also somewhat protruding in the direction of the adhesive areas, substantially improves the positioning. The reason for this is that the material provides a tactile resistance when putting down the label, which makes it possible to fine-tune the positioning by a slight rolling movement j ust.

The invention is therefore intended to provide a material thickening in the folding area. This is preferably done by arranging at least one additional layer of material on one or both sides of the unfolded label in the folding area as a folding aid. Advantageously, the folding aid has at least a length which is greater than half the circumference of the elongate object. In principle, however, the length of the folding aid can also deviate from it, in particular be larger. The width of the folding aid preferably corresponds to the width of the label. However, it is also possible, the folding aid narrower (then stands in the curvature material of the label over) or wider

(Then stands in the curvature material of the folding help on) out.

The folding aid is preferably carried out in the form of a strip or matching with the contour of the label insert or an additional layer.

In a further preferred embodiment, the folding aid is not designed as a full-surface material thickening or layer, but is broken through and thus has one or more openings. These designs are particularly suitable for folding aids on the longitudinally extended object side facing away. However, they can also be used on the side facing the elongated object if it is ensured that no adhesive passes through the openings.

Preferably, the folding aid consists of the same material as the label itself. In a further preferred embodiment, however, it may also be other foldable materials, preferably plastic (plastic film) or metal (thin metal sheets / metal foil). In a folding aid made of a plastically deformable material

(Plastic, metal), the folding aid can be a beneficial Clamping effect, by which the label is held at an axial position on the elongate object, but if necessary manually can be moved axially with little effort. This axial displaceability advantageously makes it possible to adapt the position of the label on the elongated object to changing requirements. Thus, several labels can be distributed evenly on the elongated object and, with the addition of new labels, redistributed by shifting.

Preferably, the folding aid is arranged on the side of the label, which faces the elongate object. This advantageously makes it possible for the folding aid on the unfolded label to be held by the same adhesive layer which serves to join the two adhesive areas outside the fold area.

However, the folding aid can also be arranged on the side facing away from the longitudinally extended article of the label. In a particularly preferred embodiment, in which the folding aid is arranged on the side of the label facing away from the longitudinally extended object, the folding aid can be removed after the label has been attached.

In a further preferred embodiment, a folding aid is arranged on both sides of the label in the folding area. These two folding aids can consist of different or the same material. Thus, it has proved to be advantageous to provide on the side facing the longitudinally extended article a paper folding aid which can be well held by the adhesive layer of the label, while on the outside of a metallic or existing plastic folding aid is arranged, which is well plastically deformable is and thus achieved a good clamping effect. The dimensions of the folding aids on the inside and the outside need not be identical. Furthermore, the folding aids can be made even multi-layered. Thus, it has proven useful to use plastic-coated paper, wherein the plastic-coated side of the paper is preferably facing the elongated object.

In a most preferred embodiment, the folding aid is provided with Faltprägungen. These Faltprägungen dilute the material of the folding aid in the folding area such that a symmetrical folding of the folding aid, and thus the label is facilitated to the longitudinally extended object. The fold impressions are preferably one or more indentations running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated object. The Faltprägungen run over the entire height (corresponds to the width of the label) or at least a greater part of the height of the folding aid.

The labels according to the invention may be arranged individually or in a plurality on a carrier substrate.

The label according to the invention is applied by being wrapped around the elongate object and the two adhesive areas are congruent to each other. By the adhesive which then lies between the two adhesive areas of the label, these are releasably or permanently (depending on the type of adhesive) fixed to each other. The elongated object is then enclosed in the fold area by the label, while the part of the adhesive areas protrudes from the elongate object.

A preferred method for producing the label according to the invention provides to print the sheet-like label material on one side. In this case, a plurality of strip-shaped labels preferably lies next to one another in parallel on a material sheet. Subsequently, the side facing away from the printed side fully coated with adhesive. Thereafter, the folding aids are inserted as vorgeprägter continuous strip of metal in the folding areas. Subsequently, the carrier substrate is applied to the adhesive side. Subsequently, the label outlines and also the folding aids are so pre-punched by means of a punching device that they are held only by the adhesion to the carrier substrate and no longer to the laterally surrounding material. Now access to each label is possible by targeted detachment from the carrier substrate.

Another preferred method provides to make the folding aids from paper. The labels are prefabricated (one by one or several) in the manner of known stickers on a carrier substrate. As a folding aid now the part of the carrier substrate is used, which is arranged in the folding area of the label. For this purpose, by means of a suitable punching tool, the carrier substrate in the folding area circumscribes or circumscribes so extensively that a defined breaking out is possible. Now, when the label is detached from the carrier substrate, the region of the carrier substrate which lies in the fold region is also severed. This part of the carrier substrate realizes the material thickening according to the invention. Optionally, this procedure can be supplemented by an embossing step, preferably during the punching process or by placing a folding aid on the front or back of the label.

The label according to the invention is preferably used to provide cords located on luggage with signs already visited travel destinations. The cords may already be provided by the manufacturer (for example, pull cords for firing backpacks) or they may be additionally attached for collecting labels according to the invention.

The label according to the invention is also preferred on electrical lines, such as charging cables of smartphones, tablets or laptops or cables of earphones or headsets used. characters

Fig. 1 shows schematically the top of a label according to the invention 1. This page is the visible side and contains a print, which is not shown here. The constriction 11 is intended to further support the foldability of the label. The bevelled corners 12 reduce wear due to mechanical stress.

Fig. 2 shows schematically the bottom of the label according to the invention 1. Between the two adhesive surfaces 13, the folding aid 2 is arranged. This is held in the embodiment shown here by the adhesive layer on the label, but has itself on the side facing the elongate object during use no adhesive. This ensures the displaceability of the label on the elongate object.

Fig. 3 shows schematically a label 1 according to the invention, in which the label according to the invention in the folding area is narrower than the label in the gluing area. The adhesive aid 2 follows in its outer contour of the label in the folding area.

Fig. 4 shows schematically a label 1 according to the invention, in which the folding area is wider than the label in the gluing area.

Fig. 5 shows the label of Fig. 4 with an additional notch 23 to assist the folding process.

FIG. 6 shows the label according to FIG. 4 with rounded corners 16.

Fig. 7 shows schematically a series of Embodiments of the label 1 according to the invention after assembly on the elongate object 4. The labels 1 have different shapes (rectangle, circle, hexagon, triangle).

Fig. 8 shows in a sectional view schematically the label 1 according to the invention after assembly on an elongate object 4. The two adhesive surfaces 13 are congruent to each other and are connected by the adhesive layer 131. In folding area 14, a folding aid 21 is arranged on the side of the label which faces the elongate object.

Fig. 9 shows in a sectional view schematically the label 1 according to the invention after assembly on an elongate object 4. In the folding area 14 a folding aid 22 is arranged, which is arranged on the side of the label which faces away from the elongate object.

10 shows in a sectional view schematically the label 1 according to the invention after assembly on an elongate object 4. In the folding area 14, two folding aids 21 and 22 are arranged, wherein the folding aid 21 is arranged on the side of the label, the longitudinally facing object faces, while the folding aid 22 is arranged on the side of the label, which faces away from the elongate object.

Fig. 11 shows schematically the arrangement of several inventive labels 1 on a common carrier. The labels are arranged in the manner of the usual sticker in a common surface 15 from which they are dissolved out for assembly. Schematically indicated is a strip 2 of a folding aid, which is designed for reasons of easier production as a continuous strip. In the field of labels this strip is during production, for example by means of a stamping process, according to the edges of the Labels have been separated, so that when detaching a label 1 from the common surface 15, the folding aid in its lateral dimensions of the contour of the label is dissolved out following.

embodiment

A label is strip-shaped with a length of 7 cm and a width of 1.5 cm executed. It is printed on the surface. In the folding area, the label is notched on both sides with an angle of 90 ° over a length of 1 cm. The material used is paper laminated on one side, which rests on a wax paper as a carrier substrate. The label is incorporated into a continuous surface from which it is separated by a punching process. The label can thus be detached from the carrier substrate in the manner of known stickers, wherein the unused remainder of the continuous surface remains on the carrier substrate.

In a first embodiment, a brass sheet with a material thickness of 0.04 mm is inserted in the folding area between the label and the carrier substrate. This brass sheet has a length (parallel to the longest dimension of the strip-shaped label) of 1.2 cm and a width of 0.7 cm. The width thus corresponds to the smallest material width of the label in the folding area. The brass sheet is held in place by the adhesive located on the side of the label facing the carrier substrate. Since the brass sheet has no adhesive on the side facing the carrier substrate, it adheres to the label but not to the carrier substrate and is detached from the carrier substrate when the label is removed.

In a second embodiment, the carrier substrate is designed with a material thickness of 0.15 mm. During the production takes place also on the Bottom side (side of the label facing away from the label)

Label / carrier substrate composite) a punched in

Folded area of the label, so that the carrier substrate is severed in this area. When detaching the label from the carrier substrate, the carrier substrate is dissolved out in the folding area. It then serves as a folding aid.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 label

11 Constriction of the label

12 bevelled corner

13 adhesive surface

131 adhesive layer

14 folding area

15 common surface

16 rounded corner

2 folding help

21 Folding aid on the longitudinally extending object facing side of the label

22 Folding aid on the side facing away from the longitudinally extended object of the label

23 Notching in the folding aid for better foldability

4 Lengthwise object

Claims

claims

1. label made of a non-rigid sheet material, with a folding area and two adhesive areas on the same side of the label, wherein the folding area, the adhesive areas

separates each other and taking the label by one

elongated object can be fallen around so that the two adhesive areas of the label congruent to each other and adhere to each other, characterized

marked that

- At least one of the adhesive areas is coated with adhesive or both adhesive areas are coated with components that on contact an adhesive effect

cause,

- In the folding area, on the side of the label which comes into contact with the elongated object and / or on the side of the label which does not come into contact with the elongate object, a folding aid is arranged, which extended the folding of the label around the longitudinal

Subject supports, where

in the part of the folding area that coincides with the

elongated object comes into contact, no adhesive is present and / or at least in the immediate

Faltbereich a material thickening is provided

2. Label according to claim 1, characterized in that the label is formed mirror-symmetrical about the folding area, so that a congruent gluing after folding around the elongate object is possible.

3. Label according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that as limp surface material paper,

coated paper, leather. Imitation leather, textile, felt,

Neoprene, plastic film of the combinations of these substances can be used.

4. Label according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the material of the folding aid with the des limp flat material coincides or consists of a plastically deformable material.

5. Label according to claim 4, characterized in that the plastically deformable material is plastic or metal.

6. Label according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fall aid is designed in the form of a strip or a matching with the contour of the label insert or additional layer or perforated with one or more openings.

7. Label according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the folding aid has embossed embossments, which in such a way the material of the folding aid in the folding area

dilute that a symmetrical folding the folding aid, and thus the label is facilitated to the elongated object.

8. Label according to claim 7, characterized in that the Faltprägungen as one or more parallel to

Longitudinal axis of the elongate object extending, notches are executed.

9. Label according to claim 1, wherein on the side of

Label, which does not come into contact with the elongate object, a folding aid is arranged thereby

in that this folding aid can be removed after the label has been affixed.

10. A method for producing one or more labels according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the steps:

a. Single-sided printing of the flat

Label material,

b. full-surface coating of the side facing away from the printed side with adhesive, c. Inserting the folding aid into the folding area or the folding areas,

d. Applying the carrier substrate to the

Adhesive side,

e. Pre-punching the label outlines and the folding aids such that they only by the liability for

Carrier substrate and no longer to the side surrounding

Material to be kept.

11. Method for producing a plurality of labels according to

Claim 10, characterized in that a plurality of parallel labels are produced and in step c. a

stripe-shaped folding aid is inserted, which over the

Fold ranges of all labels to be produced.

12. A method for producing a label according to any one of claims 1 to 9,

characterized by the steps:

a. Prefabricating the labels (one or more) in the manner of known stickers on a carrier substrate,

b. Pre-punching the label outlines that they are held only by the adhesion to the carrier substrate and no longer to the laterally surrounding material,

c. Punching of the carrier substrate in the fold area circumferentially or so largely encircling that a defined

Breaking out is possible.

13. The method according to claim 12, characterized in that the steps b. and c. in any order or at the same time.

14. The use of the label according to any one of claims 1 to 9, to provide on luggage or cords of charging cables of smartphones with license plates of destinations.