CN102915673A - Liner-free label - Google Patents
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The invention provides a liner-free label comprising a special adhesive pattern or a pattern group. One surface of the label is coated with an adhesive. The adhesive pattern can reduce contact between a cutting blade of a printer and the adhesive on one surface of the label. In addition, the adhesive pattern reduces stacking of the adhesive on the cutting blade and reduces stacking of the adhesive in a special position of the cutting blade, that is to say, the adhesive pattern facilitates stacking of the adhesive to be more uniformly distributed across the cutting blade. Therefore, before removing the adhesive on the cutting blade, the cutting blade can be used for a longer time.
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Background technology
Linerless label is the label scheme of environmental sound, and this is not so that label needs to comprise and/or remove removable release liner.Use Linerless label may cause many problems, comprise the tendency that increases the printer inner binder and pile up, cause that printer stops up, mistake is sent and/or performance reduces.
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In different embodiment, design, making and/or the operation technique of Linerless label proposed.According to an embodiment, the Linerless label medium has been proposed.Described medium comprises first and second portion.The first of described medium is positioned on the front of described medium and comprises one or more thermal sensing coatings and one or more release liner coating.Described one or more thermal sensing coating and/or described one or more release coating can comprise one or more thermal sensing coating and/or release liner coatings of covering China ink layer (flood coating (s)) and/or patterning.The second portion of described medium is positioned at the back side of described medium and comprises the coating of the bonding agent of one or more patternings.According to this embodiment, described release liner can be located on the described thermal sensing coating in the described first, thereby, be rolled at described medium in the situation of cylinder, the bonding agent of described patterning is pressed close to and/or covered to described release liner with the pattern similar with bonding agent, and/or as covering the China ink layer and existing.
Label selectively is set to come from media roll or medium cylinder cutting (for example, the length customization ground according to customization cuts) by the cutting mechanism of for example thermal printer.The pattern of adhesive that is positioned on the second portion of medium can be selected to, and for example, reduces contacting between the adhesive material of bonding agent of cutting mechanism and patterning.Described pattern also can be selected to increase the homogeneity that appears at the contact between cutting mechanism and the adhesive material, and described contact appears on the length of cutting mechanism (for example, cutter or blade).
According to different embodiment, label media is provided, this label media can comprise substrate, described substrate has first surface and relative with first surface second, be coated in thermal sensing coating and the bonding agent on second of substrate on the first surface of substrate, wherein, described bonding agent forms different patterns so that the contact position of described bonding agent and cutting mechanism changes at second of substrate, described cutting mechanism carries out the transverse cuts of position changeable, and described transverse cuts is crossed the wide of described substrate.In certain embodiments, the bonding agent of patterning can be set to be coated on second of substrate by streaky gravure cylinder application device.Further, in certain embodiments, the bonding agent of patterning can be set to comprise the adhesive-free band, and described adhesive-free band is arranged to vertical or level.Additionally, in certain embodiments, the bonding agent of patterning can comprise for example continuous pattern of the elongated diamond shape of bonding agent, and this pattern extends through second vertically.
According to this embodiment, the pattern of adhesive of label media can be provided to repeat with certain interval on second, and this interval is above the length of each label that downcuts from label media.Replacedly or additionally, the repeat length of the bonding agent of patterning can be set to equal the girth of gravure cylinder, described gravure cylinder is used at described second bonding agent that applies patterning.
Further, in certain embodiments, the bonding agent of the patterning of label media can be provided to provide information.According to this embodiment, the bonding agent of at least part of patterning can comprise that dyestuff, pigment and/or printing ink are to show readable information.In certain embodiments.The bonding agent of patterning can be configured to sign.
In certain embodiments, the bonding agent of the patterning of label media repeated text and/or the image that also can be set to customize.According to this embodiment, described text and/or image can be patterned to be provided for checking the method for medium imitation.Similarly, in certain embodiments, the bonding agent of the patterning of label media can comprise one group of repetition bar code that is made of bonding agent and/or the anti-phase image (inverse) of this bar code, and machine can read the represented information of this bar code.According to this embodiment, the zone that centers on the strip of glue shape code can comprise that this mark can be read to identify by the represented information of each bar code from the color of water base mark (water based marker).
Further, in certain embodiments, the bonding agent of the patterning of label media can comprise a plurality of (for example, 3) group of the repetition of adhesive sheet, each adhesive sheet is in predetermined angle and predetermined degree of tilt, and the group of each repetition is along the axis of travel (running axis) of the medium predetermined distance that is spaced.According to embodiment, each adhesive sheet can have predetermined minimum widith and predetermined breadth extreme.
In each embodiment, the device of making label is provided, this device comprises medium cylinder and thermal printer, its medium cylinder has front portion and back portion, described front portion comprises thermal sensing printing ink, described back portion has the repeat patterns of coating adhesive material thereon, and described thermal printer has cutting blade to be used for cutting discontinuous label from the medium cylinder.According to this embodiment, the repeat patterns of adhesive material can be arranged on the back portion of medium cylinder, thereby when the each cutting medium cylinder of cutting blade, the contact between cutting blade and the adhesive material minimizes.Similarly, according to this embodiment, the repeat patterns of adhesive material can be arranged on the back portion of medium cylinder, thereby in the time of the described medium cylinder of the each cutting of cutting blade, it is different on cutting blade wide that the wide distribution of described cutting blade and/or this contact are crossed in the contact between described adhesive material and the described cutting blade.
In some embodiment of the device of making label, the medium cylinder can be provided to cut from it the label of customized lengths, and/or label creating apparatus can be provided to from the label of medium cylinder cutting customized lengths.Similarly, in certain embodiments, the front portion of label can show the information relevant with transaction, comprises the result who activates (activation) printing ink as thermal printer, and by the adhesive material back portion label and destination object is adhered to each other.
Further, in some embodiment of label creating apparatus, the pattern of adhesive material can comprise that information maybe can be by the information of scanister from the adhesive material acquisition intuitively.In certain embodiments, selected part adhesive material can comprise printing ink so that this part is visible.
In some embodiment of the device of making label, at least one repeat patterns of adhesive material can be set to have predetermined breadth extreme, predetermined minimum widith, predetermined degree of tilt and predetermined angle, and and other repeat patterns between be spaced from each other predetermined distance.Similarly, in certain embodiments, the distance between the repeat patterns of bonding agent can be set to larger than the maximum length of arbitrary label of being made by label creating apparatus.
According to various other embodiment, a kind of method is provided, the method comprises: the pattern that obtains adhesive material, be identified for the repeat distance of repeat patterns and pattern and repeat distance are provided to printing machine and coating machine, described printing machine or coating machine apply thermal sensing printing ink at the first surface of media roll, the pattern-coating adhesive material to repeat at the repeat distance place on second of media roll.In certain embodiments, pattern can repeat at the repeat distance place to change contacting of bonding agent and cutting mechanism, and described cutting mechanism is for the transverse cuts of crossing media roll.Similarly, in certain embodiments, at least a portion of described repeat distance, described pattern is different, thereby vertical location of cut that each in this part is different is crossed the transverse cuts of media roll and is brought contacting of described bonding agent and cutting mechanism different piece.In certain embodiments, described at least a portion repeat distance can comprise half or 1/4 repeat distance.Similarly, in certain embodiments, described pattern and/or repeat distance can be variable and/or arbitrarily.
In certain embodiments, described method can comprise further that printing ink, pigment and/or dyestuff that identification is used for printing machine and/or coating machine are with optionally painted to the described adhesive material of part that is presented on pattern form on second of medium cylinder.Similarly, in certain embodiments, the pattern that obtains adhesive material can further comprise the pattern that obtains special image and/or text message form, the information that this image and/or text message provide intuitively and/or encode.
According to various embodiment, label media is provided again, this label media comprises: substrate (have first surface and second face relative with this first surface), at the thermal sensing coating on the first surface and the bonding agent on second, wherein, described bonding agent formation different pattern.In certain embodiments, the pattern of bonding agent can change the contact position between bonding agent and the cutting tool, and described cutting tool carries out the transverse cuts of position changeable, and described transverse cuts is crossed the wide of described substrate.Further, in certain embodiments, described pattern can comprise the row that round dot consists of, and the row that described round dot consists of are along the axis of travel inclined orientation of described substrate.
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Figure 1A-1H is the heteroid sketch according to the Linerless label medium of different example embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the sketch according to the Linerless label medium manufacturing device of an example embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the sketch according to the method for the production of an example embodiment and use Linerless label medium.
Fig. 4 is the sketch according to the thermal printer that is used for thermal printing Linerless label medium of an example embodiment.
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Figure 1A-1H is the heteroid sketch according to the Linerless label medium of different example embodiment.The purpose that Figure 1A-1H is shown only is in order to illustrate.Can more be constructed according to the instruction that proposes here.
Among Figure 1A-1H each shows the back side of Linerless label medium.The described back side comprises coating cohesive material pattern thereon.Be also noted that, each Linerless label medium shown in Figure 1A-1H has the front relative with the back side, this front can comprise one or more thermal sensing coatings, this (these) thermal sensing coating comprises one or more thermal sensing printing ink, dyestuff and/or pigment, thereby when temperature-sensitive be coated with the induction coating when being activated (activate) coating can show information, such as the information relevant with transaction (for example, being used for receipt).Positive one or more coatings that can further comprise one or more release liners, this (these) release liner coating can be provided with the configuration that covers China ink/decorations (spot)/patterning.Such release liner layer coating can be constructed to press close to when the Linerless label medium is rolled into tin and/or the bonding agent of overlay pattern, and this is not so that bonding agent can with the back side and the front be bonded together and the convenient medium that launches.In the situation that the release liner coating is provided by the structure with patterning, the release liner coating can copy the pattern of bonding agent and therefore cover selectively bonding agent, thereby can realize above-mentioned convenient the expansion, and/or the benefit of extra readability (people and/or machine) and/or the secure context relevant with bonding agent patterning as described below is provided.In one embodiment, the pattern of release liner is provided at the first medium face, thereby when medium is rolled into tin, release liner covers the adhesive material pattern on the second medium face, wherein, the coverage of release liner can surpass with predetermined amount (for example, 5%, 10%, 20% etc.) coverage of the bonding agent of patterning.
Can be by Linerless label medium (part that comprises vertical cutting-out of medium) by temperature-sensitive (be for example transmitted, direct temperature-sensitive) printer, such as the thermal printer 400 among Fig. 4, activate the thermal sensing coating on Linerless label medium first surface.As shown in Figure 4, thermal printer 400 can comprise thermal printing head 400, cylinder 420 and cutting mechanism 430 (such as cutter/cutter blade, paper cutter and suchlike device).Cutting mechanism 430 can be used to produce custom-sized Linerless label from the Linerless label medium 100 customization ground of installing.The one side of label (first surface or front) can comprise thermal sensing coating (be activated or be not activated) and/or release liner, and the another side of label (second or the back side) can comprise the adhesive material pattern shown in Figure 1A-1H.Linerless label medium 100 can further be provided by the form with cylinder.
As shown in Figure 4, thermal printer 400 can comprise further that motor and/or driven unit 450, controller 460 (comprise, for example, processor and static state/permanent and/or volatile memory) and communication module 470, motor and/or driven unit 450 are used for medium 100 by printer 400 (is for example transmitted, rotate by head roll 420), controller 460 be used for control printer 400 operation (such as, for example send a signal to driven unit 450 and with notice driven unit 450 medium 100 transmitted by printer 400; Provide signal to printhead 410 to notify it to print customizing messages at medium 100; And/or send a signal to cutting mechanism 430 to notify its signal that provides based on sensor 440 at ad-hoc location cutting medium 100, described sensor 440 detect bonding agents existence, do not exist and distribution etc.), communication module 470 is used for (for example receiving type information from relevant main frame (not shown), transaction data) and/or instruction (for example, print command and/or cutter cutting instruction) and/or this information offered controller 460.
By means of the thermal printer that comprises cutting mechanism, each label can be set to downcut with customized lengths on media roll or medium cylinder with being customized.Further, the bonding agent of patterning can be disposed on the second portion of medium in this way, thereby reduces and/or change the contact between cutting mechanism and the jointing material.In certain embodiments, the bonding agent of patterning can be disposed on the second portion of medium by this way, thereby continue to use cutting mechanism during/cut with this cutting mechanism during, on the length/width of cutting mechanism equably/roughly equably distribution be present in any contact between cutting mechanism and the jointing material.Such use can comprise and crossing (for example, perpendicular to) and/or along the axis of travel cutting of (for example, being parallel to) media roll, comprise and repeatedly cut to produce the label of same and/or different length from this medium.Referring now to Figure 1A-1H relevant for the details of this and pattern specifically describes.
In one embodiment, shown in Figure 1A, the bonding agent of patterning can (for example be applied to relatively wide roll of label media with thin rhomboidal shape, log cylinder (log roll)) on, these shapes (for example can fasten mutually, in the zone that the breadth extreme by adjacent shapes limits, mutually intersect, simultaneously mutually physically overlapping or not overlapping in any position) and can be in predetermined or arbitrarily distance repetition.After the media roll coating is complete, such volume can be on its different lateral attitude (for example, shown in the vertical arrows among Figure 1A) (for example vertically cut open, along its axis of travel), thereby produce various narrower width product (as,～44mm ,～58mm ,～width such as 80mm) with, for example, be used in receipt/label thermal printer for the terminal user.
As described in Figure 1A, can provide the rhombus pattern of adhesive.In the diagram of Figure 1A, such pattern may be provided on a plurality of parts of wide media roll, in order to for example, be cut to after a while the product of final narrow width as shown in Figure 1B.Similarly, as shown in Figure 1B, such pattern can cross the wide of narrow width product and be positioned at the wide central authorities of narrow width product, and it is wide that such pattern also can only cross the part of such final products, although distortion is possible (seeing for example Fig. 1 H).
In the embodiment of Figure 1A, (this part will become the part medium, for example, the edge of the narrow label product through cutting among Figure 1B (for example, downward along length by the vertical arrows shown in Figure 1A)) on do not have bonding agent, thereby produce wide with the product that is used for cutting Figure 1A of adhesive-free band, and therefore reduce the accumulation of bonding agent on cutting mechanism (for example, cutting tool and cutter etc.).Distortion is possible, comprises, pattern of adhesive is biased with respect to the center line of final cutting products, and/or bonding agent crosses the wide of wide and/or final cutting products, also comprises not being provided for the adhesive-free band that cuts.
Narrow media roll has been shown, the wide volume cutting of this narrow media roll from Figure 1A for example in the embodiment of Figure 1B.In Figure 1B, show three possible horizontal resection positions (A, B and C).Can use such cutting position and/or such cutting position in the process of the media roll that cuts Figure 1B can be the result of the media roll of cutting Figure 1B, by with temperature-sensitive (for example, receipt) cutting tool that links to each other of printer or the media roll of cutting mechanism cutting Figure 1B, and then produce and for example three relevant label/receipts of independently concluding the business.As shown in the figure, three cuttings can produce the Linerless label of three different length/customized lengths.First Linerless label is by the region representation of the vertical direction that is presented on the A cutting position among Figure 1B.The second Linerless label is by vertical direction and the region representation below the A cutting position of the B cutting position that is presented on Figure 1B.At last, the 3rd Linerless label is by the vertical direction that is presented on the C cutting position among Figure 1B and the region representation below the B cutting position.
As shown in present embodiment and other embodiment, can make bonding agent form pattern with ad hoc fashion, minimize in the relevant problem of the cutting tool accumulation of thermal printer thereby make with bonding agent.For example, bonding agent can be patterned like this: bonding agent forms the position that contacts with cutting tool and can change along with cutting each time, this change can be by realizing such as following mode: for example, change the repeating part of pattern and/or change pattern by the axis of travel along media roll, and/or by (for example changing cutting position, such as the cutting position A among Figure 1B, B and C), comprise since the different length of the desired material of special-purpose (for example, based on transaction/receipt details, medium length is different) and change cutting position, or on purpose change the suchlike mode such as cutting position by printer control logic.In a preferred embodiment, the pattern and/or the cutting position that pass medium should make the part as much as possible of bonding agent and cutting tool (for example contact, along with the time) so that the accumulation on the regional area is minimum, accumulation on the regional area may bring negative effect (to cause to cutting operation and/or medium transfer subsequently, for example, the medium mistake is sent and/or filter medium clogging).
For example, the A position in Figure 1B embodiment, cutting tool passes through at four discontinuous locational bonding agents, and the wide of media roll crossed in these four positions.In the C position, cutting tool passes through at five discontinuous locational bonding agents, and these five positions are different from the bonding agent position (for example, the adhesive area of A position and C position does not overlap and/or be overlapping) in the A position.In the B position, cutting tool is by the bonding agent 9 discontinuous positions, and the part of the A position among these bonding agent positions and Figure 1B embodiment and each in the bonding agent position in the C position overlaps.
In the repeat length (if any) of pattern of adhesive, as shown in Figure 1B (for example, 202mm), in each position of the shown different cutting position that crosses media roll (for example, A, B and C) on, the adhesive distribution of crossing cutting tool is different.Therefore, be distributed to cross cutting tool from bonding agent and the contact between the cutting tool of each time cutting, therefore, so any accumulation does not concentrate on specific one or more zone.Coating adhesive and any accumulation of bringing have thus increased the number of times that will reach the required cutting of accumulating amount problem on cutting tool whole wide, therefore make the generation of relevant issues by minimized.Further, cut the bonding agent that the zone that does not have bonding agent can help to clean/remove the accumulation that the cutting before any forms, wherein there is not the zone of bonding agent can change along with the different of the cutting position that crosses media roll (for example, the A position among Figure 1B, B position and C position) yet.
Make selectively bonding agent form pattern except can reducing the problem relevant with the accumulation of bonding agent on the printer cutting tool, can also make bonding agent along on the medium transfer path in other parts of printer (for example, roller bearing (roller), cylinder, printing are first-class) on accumulation minimized, thereby reduce relevant therewith problem (for example, the medium mistake is sent/out-of-flatness transmission, filter medium clogging etc.).The bonding agent of patterning can reduce these problems.
Make bonding agent form the amount that pattern can also reduce the bonding agent (for example, surf zone) that contacts with each surface and/or the part of thermal printer.This can not produce extra Printing Problem (for example, obstruction and/or mistake are sent) so that can use more tacky bonding agent.
In addition, patterning bonding agent can reduce problem with the print media block dependency, such problem be bonding agent along with the time bonding/the bonding result who reinforces along with the time, such time for example is last time of printing of first day and the time of second day between the initial time of printing.
According to this embodiment, in the situation that the label/receipt of equal length is repeated to print/produce, expectation avoids making the repeat length of pattern of adhesive identical or roughly the same as the length of typical label/receipt.If identical or roughly the same, this meeting is so that in each cutting, the same section of cutting tool is by bonding agent, and according to this embodiment, this may eliminate some benefits of the bonding agent of patterning.This problem can be by avoiding with repeat length long in the pattern of adhesive and/or pattern of adhesive at random.
Fig. 1 C shows the different distortion of the repeat length of pattern of adhesive.For example, the pattern on the left side shows short repeat length among Fig. 1 C.Middle pattern shows the pattern of adhesive of the repeat length with the lengthening through being out of shape.At last, the pattern on the right shows the pattern of adhesive of the longer repeat length with further distortion.Note,, can change (comprising lengthening) repeat length according to present embodiment, but not change the general characteristic (comprising design) of pattern.Just the Cutting Length of expection/cutting position changes repeat length (the long repeat length that for example is used for typical short receipt) and can avoid repeating to cut identical position by the bonding agent of patterning, thereby and avoids part/a large amount of adhesive deposits.The short medium part (for example, label/receipt) of typical cutting length thus to equal long pattern of adhesive repeat length and make the possibility of cutting on the similar part that is positioned at pattern be little.Should be noted that in possible situation should avoid repeating to cut is the medium partial-length of several repeat lengths of integral multiple and/or to be expected for be the medium partial-length of several repeat lengths of integral multiple.Similarly, should select like this repeat length: they than several typical/cutting mediums of expecting of integral multiple partly (for example, label/receipt) length is long, rather than the cutting medium part (for example, label/receipt) of several typical/expectations of integral multiple.
Admissible repeat length can limit according to the device that is used for producing label media, this device comprises pattern of adhesive is coated on substrate/reel, for example, for direct rotary machine, maximum repeat length can be restricted to the girth that equals for to the cylinder of media roll application of adhesive.
In one embodiment, the gravure coating machine is modified to put down the coating (for example, bonding agent) of (put down) patterning.Can substitute common gravure cylinder with streaky gravure cylinder.Streaky gravure cylinder has gravure unit band, and the not zone of engraving is arranged between gravure unit band.There is not the gravure unit so that do not have coating in this zone.In a similar fashion, can be by arranging that in the mirror image mode of desired pattern the gravure unit produces pattern.In essence, the gravure cylinder of patterning makes the gravure coating machine become simple single step (one-station) intaglio printing press.
By people or machine-readable information are placed or be encoded in pattern, the function of pattern of adhesive can further get a promotion.This is illustrated by Fig. 1 D and 1E.Fig. 1 D shows the pattern of adhesive of a string logo form.In Fig. 1 D, the shape of bonding agent comprises sign (other shape and size and/or the information content are possible), and its pattern is arranged to adhesive distribution is become to cross cutting tool, thereby in the repeat length of pattern, cutting tool and bonding agent to contact in each possible location of cut be different.Because the seal bonding agent is difficult than printing ink, so that copy the costliness/difficulty that becomes, so the accumulation of this structure on having reduced printer blockage problem and cutting tool/incrustation problem, also provide the method for brand recognition and/or file security.For example, the extremely difficult pattern of copying Fig. 1 D at personal computer/printer.
Further, for bonding agent painted (for example, dyestuff and/or pigment) can so that image more obviously/noticeable, increase machine readable and/or further increase security.For example, can use green bonding agent that text and/or the graph image (for example, the NCR among Fig. 1 D) of printing are provided, thereby can use suitable (for example, green) spectrum reader direct reading/the check text and/or image.Similarly, the security that safe dyestuff and/or pigment (for example, ultraviolet ray (UV) and/or fluorescence) can further improve the bonding agent image comprises machine readable.Should be noted that in a further embodiment the shape of bonding agent can be anyone and/or machine-readable text and/or figure.Similarly, according to the shape/feature of bonding agent, various information can be coded in bonding agent and/or its pattern, and/or are represented/provided by bonding agent and/or its pattern.
Fig. 1 E shows the embodiment that further comprises information, and this embodiment is by using the pattern of adhesive that is made of bar code (for example, machine-readable) to come inclusion information, and this information is the result of bonding agent shape and/or bonding agent shape.In the embodiment of Fig. 1 E, the bonding agent image is 1-D (one dimension) bar code, thereafter be the anti-phase image (inverse image) of this bar code.The pattern that replaces like this becomes to cross media roll in the mode (for example, inhomogeneous) of expectation with adhesive distribution.As mentioned above, according to this embodiment, bonding agent can comprise that one or more colorants (for example, dyestuff and/or pigment) and/or anti-fake mark (for example, fluorescent dye and/or pigment) check/readability to improve people and/or machine.Additionally or alternatively, the substrate around pattern of adhesive can be colored to show (render) people and/or machine-readable bar code (or other image/pattern) and/or improve people and/or machine readable.Painted can the realization by for example applying water-based coating like this, this water-based coating can be preferentially by the absorbed by the substrates around patterned adhesives, and bonding agent itself forms and contrasts.Centering on like this is painted, comprises by visible and/or safe dyestuff and/or pigment, so that bar code is visible to people and/or machine (for example, scanner).As mentioned above, can come to provide extra anti-fake mark for Linerless label/receipt with this method.Although should be noted that and used the 1-D bar code among this embodiment, this method also can expand to 2-D bar code and/or other shapes and/or pattern.
In each embodiment, by starting the cutting to medium, the machine-readable nature of the bonding agent of patterning can be used to increase to the use of the physical features of pattern so that bonding agent contact and/or pile up minimizes.For example, in each embodiment, the feature of pattern of adhesive (for example, bonding agent, adhesive-free, adhesive distribution, repeat length are arranged, comprise relative position wherein) (for example can be detected, by sensor 440, such as the optical sensor of thermal printer 400) and cutting position can be selected to make the difference maximization (such as relevant with repeat length) of cutting position, thereby make deposit and minimized by the adverse effect that deposit brings.In addition, according to pattern, can detect the cutting gap (for example, between the adjacent bar code in Fig. 1 E) in the pattern, and cut at this place.Similarly, can by differently/change ground to select cutting part (described cutting part for example has, the mirror image summation of the mirror image of the pattern of adhesive of cutting recently and/or the pattern of adhesive of cutting before) to print surface (for example comes, cutting tool) carries out cleaned at regular intervals, thereby contacted the cutting tool zone of bonding agent with the medium part wiping that adhesive-free applies, and therefore on the Clean Cutting instrument with the cutting surfaces of before deposit.Further, thereby can detect the zone (or zone of other expectation) that pattern of adhesive was cut cleaning area or close cleaning area, and do not consider the requirement of specific print out task (for example receipts of transactions), thereby termly and/or in a planned way (for example, when request when cutting near this location) the whole cutting tool of cleaning wide and/or new accumulation is minimized, make the difference maximization of the pattern of adhesive part of being cut and like that.
Fig. 1 F shows the further embodiment of the bonding agent of patterning.Here, the predetermined shape of bonding agent is (although other shape/size is fine, be shown to have the limit of two parallel limits and two protrusions among the embodiment of Fig. 1 F) formed have preliminary dimension group (for example, 3 groups), and these angle and degree of tilt of organizing to be scheduled to are arranged in medium cylinder or media roll.Additionally, the axis of travel along medium cylinder/media roll is spaced from each other predetermined distance between the predetermined group.For the embodiment/size that is illustrated among Fig. 1 F, the probability of bonding agent discord cutting tool contact is 3%, the probability that has maximum bonding agents to contact with cutting tool is 14%, and it should be noted that, be in have at most and the bonding agent of minimum (for example, any) between the probability that contacts with cutting tool of amount of binder be 97%.
Fig. 1 G and 1H show the further embodiment for the bonding agent of the patterning of Linerless label.The sized/distributed of different bonding agent shape on second of narrow medium product (for example, circular with leg-of-mutton) and bonding agent shape has been shown in Fig. 1 G.In addition, possessive construction for Fig. 1 G, the bonding agent of patterning roughly horizontal cloth on the medium product shown in each wide, although distortion may be arranged, there is not horizontal cloth on medium product whole wide and/or these patterns are biased and/or are limited at the specific side of center line/axis of travel such as, such pattern.
Fig. 1 H shows the wide volume of the medium of patterned adhesives, has a plurality of different pattern of adhesive on it.Wide volume like this can pass through, and for example aforesaid gravure coating machine/intaglio printing press is produced.Further, each (for example, in the illustrated embodiment being 6) narrow volume product (for example, being used for finally being used in thermal printer) can volume leniently on cutting, or its appearance can produce with it time comes into operation.In one embodiment, 6 narrow volume products can according to and the direction of the arrow at top in Fig. 1 H leniently roll up the product cutting.
Shown in Fig. 1 H, can use existing similar or different overall (overall) element shape to produce different pattern of adhesive.For example, four of the left side patterns all comprise the distortion of rhombus bonding agent.Similarly, two of the right patterns all comprise the distortion of circular bonding agent.In four structures of on the left side, by in the areas of dielectric that is coated with bonding agent (for example changing, on adhesive tape whole wide) in the medium part that is not coated with bonding agent and the size by changing zone itself (for example, with media roll/media roll will cut part the relevant width of adhesive of width) change the coverage of pattern of adhesive.Two structures on the right show the variation of the coverage relevant with the width of adhesive tape, and this coverage is the wide of volume/medium of comparing.In all cases, when cutting as noted wide volume, shown adhesive tape is positioned in the middle of the centre on the width of narrow medium product/roughly.But, distortion is possible, such as, shown adhesive tape is biased with respect to narrow volume center partly that will be cut, comprises being put towards a lateral deviation of narrow volume part (comprising that adhesive tape is placed in an edge of close narrow volume part that will be cut).
As according to shown in the structure of Fig. 1 H, the overall width of adhesive tape can be according to the wide variety of media roll, and no matter this media roll is regarded as wide volume or may be by the upper one or more narrow volume that downcuts of volume leniently.For example, in different embodiment, the wide of adhesive tape may be wide across the part of media roll, comprise across media roll wide about 20%, 25%, 50%, 66% or 80% etc.In one embodiment, adhesive tape wide be set to be no more than media roll (wide or narrow) wide 50%.In another embodiment, adhesive tape wide be set to be no less than media roll wide about 80%.Other distortion can be arranged.
Will be appreciated that now, can be by the bonding agent structure Linerless label of patterning, purpose is to reduce various piece, the especially cutting tool of bonding agent contact printer, adverse effect.Similarly, can not need sense marked just can realize the cutting of Linerless label and/or can be used as by the bonding agent with patterning sense marked realizing cutting to Linerless label, and further strengthen beneficial effect.Further, as mentioned above, gravure coating machine/intaglio printing press can be used to prepare have the media roll of the bonding agent of patterning.
Fig. 2 shows the sketch of Linerless label material 200 according to an embodiment of the invention.Although it is relevant with the bonding agent of patterning among Fig. 1 F that Linerless label material 200 is described to hereinafter, Linerless label material 200 can comprise any structure of the adhesive medium of the patterning shown in Figure 1A-1E and/or the 1G-1H.
In different embodiment, medium cylinder 201 comprises front (or front portion) and back portion (among Fig. 2 as seen), described front or front portion have one or more thermal sensing coating (not shown), and described back portion has the repeat patterns of dielectric material 203.By, the cutting tool of thermal printer for example, label 202 (being shown, for example the A among Fig. 2 and B) can downcut from medium cylinder 201 with the length of customization with being customized.When the thermal sensing coating was activated by the thermal printing head of thermal printer, the front portion of label 202 (not shown among Fig. 2) can further show information (for example, from transaction).
In case print/cut, the back portion of label 202 can make label 202 adhere to another surface (for example, carton, container, surface or substrate) by adhesive material.Further, the repeat patterns 203 of adhesive material is set to be positioned at the back portion of medium cylinder 201, thereby so that when thermal printer cut specific label (A or B) from medium cylinder 201 customization ground at every turn, contacting of each surface (such as cutting tip) of thermal printer and adhesive material was minimized.
According to an embodiment, repeat patterns 203 (for example can comprise information, by specific pattern, figure, text etc.), this information is visible when medium is transmitted or this information can (for example obtain from adhesive material by scanister, when repeat patterns 203 is the bar code relevant with above-mentioned Fig. 1 C, obtain by bar code scanner).
Further, in different embodiment, some or all of adhesive materials can comprise colorant so that the part adhesive material be bore hole as seen, be visible in the time of perhaps under adhesive material is exposed to UV light or different predetermined light frequency.
Under specific circumstances, as above discussing with reference to figure 1F, at least one pattern can be set to have predetermined breadth extreme, predetermined minimum widith, predetermined degree of tilt, predetermined angle and corresponding repeat patterns (these repeat patterns are spaced from each other predetermined distance at medium cylinder 201).This has made following improvement from statistically (statistically): when at every turn in 201 cuttings of medium cylinder when producing Linerless label 202, increased on each cutting position the cutting mechanism in the thermal printer with respect to the exposed portions serve (exposure) of adhesive material.
In yet another embodiment, the distance between the repeat patterns is set to enough greatly the maximum length with the Linerless label 202 (this label is produced from Linerless label material 200) that surpasses any customization.
Fig. 3 is the sketch that produces according to one embodiment of present invention and use the method 300 of Linerless label (such as the label of the linerless end 202 among Fig. 2).The method 300 (hereinafter referred to as " label technique ") is carried out in being suitable for processing one or more machines of print media.Described label explained hereafter is also used the Linerless label of discussing in conjunction with Figure 1A-1G and Fig. 2.
310, label technique obtains the pattern of adhesive material.This pattern at the machine of carrying out label technique (for example can be pre-arranged, by streaky gravure cylinder) in, or this pattern can obtain from database, and this database is based on the type of user's identity, medium cylinder or media roll, final use (comprising printer Design/type) etc.
In an example, 311, label technique obtains the pattern of special image or text message form, and this pattern provides security for each label, and these labels are downcut from the medium cylinder by paper cutter or the cutting tool of thermal printer subsequently.
320, the repeat length of label manufacturing process determination pattern.Here, this repeat length can be the machines configurations parameter, based on the parameter that requires at the customer data of the maximum known dimensions of the receipt of cutting on the label, based on final use (comprising printer) etc.
330, adhesive for labels technique is that adhesive coater (for example, printing machine or coating machine) provides pattern and repeat distance.Printing machine or coating machine can be subsequently apply the pattern-coating adhesive material to be obtained at medium second of thermal sensing coating and/or (comprising then) at the first surface of medium.Printing machine or coating machine use repeat distance to repeat pattern of adhesive second of medium cylinder.
The repeat patterns at the repeat distance place on second in medium help to reduce adhesive material with printer (for example, thermal printer) adhesive material that will pile up of the accumulation on continuous paper cutter or the cutting tool (or other surface) and/or help be evenly distributed in printer (for example, thermal printer) on the continuous paper cutter or cutting tool, described printer prints subsequently and/or the medium cylinder is cut into Linerless label with customizing.
According to an embodiment, 340, the colorant (for example, printing ink, pigment and/or dyestuff) that label technique 300 also can be identified for printing machine and/or coating machine is optionally to carry out painted to the adhesive material that is presented on pattern form on second of medium cylinder.Reaffirm that this can be used to reduce and copy one time, and improve the security of Linerless label and the readability that increases people and/or machine.
Top description is illustrative and nonrestrictive.After the description on read, many other distortion are apparent to those skilled in the art.Therefore, the scope of embodiment should with reference to appended claim and and the gamut of the equivalents of these claim indications determine.
Specification digest meets the regulation of the 37th article of the 1.72nd (b) money of CFR, and so that the reader can determine the disclosed essence of present technique and main points rapidly.Specification digest can not be used to explain or limit scope or the implication of claim.
In the description to embodiment, in order to be to open smoothness, various features are combined in one embodiment in front.This disclosed method can not be used to illustrate that the embodiment of institute's prescription has than the more feature of the feature of putting down in writing in each claim.On the contrary, as what reflect in lower attached claim, creationary theme is present in the Partial Feature rather than all feature of a disclosed embodiment.Therefore, following claim is merged in the description of embodiment, and each claim itself is exactly an independently embodiment.
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1. label media comprises:
Substrate, described substrate have first surface and relative with described first surface second;
The thermal sensing coating, described thermal sensing coating is positioned on the first surface of substrate; With
Bonding agent, described bonding agent are positioned on second of described substrate;
Wherein, described bonding agent forms different patterns so that the contact position of described bonding agent and cutting mechanism changes at second of described substrate, and described cutting mechanism carries out the transverse cuts of position changeable, and described transverse cuts is crossed the wide of described substrate.
2. label media according to claim 1, wherein, the bonding agent of described patterning is set to comprise the adhesive-free band, described adhesive-free band is set in described label media vertically and/or level.
3. label media according to claim 1, the bonding agent of wherein said patterning comprises the continuous pattern of the elongated diamond shape of bonding agent, this pattern extends through described second vertically.
4. label media according to claim 1, the bonding agent of wherein said patterning comprise the row that round dot consists of, and the row that described round dot consists of are along the axis of travel inclined orientation of described substrate.
5. label media according to claim 1, wherein said pattern of adhesive is arbitrarily.
6. label media according to claim 1, the bonding agent of wherein said patterning is set to provide information.
7. label media according to claim 1, the bonding agent of wherein said patterning comprise the bar code of one group of repetition that is made of bonding agent and/or the anti-phase image of described bar code, and machine can be read the represented information of described bar code.
8. label media according to claim 5 wherein, comprises color round the zone of strip of glue shape code, and described color can be read to identify by the represented information of described bar code.
9. label media according to claim 1, wherein, the bonding agent of described patterning comprises the group of repetition, the group of each described repetition comprises three adhesive sheets, each adhesive sheet is in predetermined angle and predetermined degree of tilt, axis of travel along medium between the group of each repetition separates predetermined distance, and each adhesive sheet has predetermined minimum widith and predetermined breadth extreme.
10. device of making label comprises:
The medium cylinder; With
Thermal printer;
Wherein, described medium cylinder has front portion and back portion, described front portion comprises thermal sensing printing ink, described back portion has the repeat patterns of coating adhesive material thereon, described thermal printer has cutting blade, described cutting blade is used for cutting discontinuous label from the medium cylinder, and the repeat patterns of described adhesive material is disposed on the back portion, thereby in the time of the each cutting medium cylinder of cutting blade, the contact between cutting blade and the adhesive material is minimized.
11. a device of making label comprises:
The medium cylinder; With
Thermal printer;
Wherein, described medium cylinder has front portion and back portion, described front portion comprises thermal sensing printing ink, described back portion has the repeat patterns of coating adhesive material thereon, described thermal printer has cutting blade, described cutting blade is used for cutting discontinuous label from described medium cylinder, and the repeat patterns of described adhesive material is disposed on the described back portion, thereby in the time of the described medium cylinder of the each cutting of cutting blade, the wide distribution that makes the contact between described adhesive material and the described cutting blade cross described cutting blade.
12. a method comprises:
Obtain the pattern of adhesive material;
Be identified for the repeat distance of repeat patterns; With
Described pattern and repeat distance are offered printing machine or coating machine, and described printing machine or coating machine apply the described pattern application of adhesive material to repeat at described repeat distance place on thermal sensing printing ink and at media roll second at the first surface of media roll;
Wherein, at least a portion of described repeat distance, described pattern is different, thereby each the different location of cut in this part is crossed the transverse cuts of media roll and brought contacting of described bonding agent and cutting mechanism different piece.
13. method according to claim 12, wherein, described pattern and/or described repeat distance are arbitrarily.
14. method according to claim 12 further comprises: be identified for printing ink, pigment and/or the dyestuff of printing machine and/or coating machine with optionally painted to the described adhesive material of part.
15. method according to claim 12, wherein, obtaining step further comprises the pattern that obtains special image and/or text message form, the information that described image and/or text message provide intuitively and/or encode.
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