EP0811477A1 - Method for manufacturing a label, a roll of labels and a label - Google Patents
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- EP0811477A1 EP0811477A1 EP97201357A EP97201357A EP0811477A1 EP 0811477 A1 EP0811477 A1 EP 0811477A1 EP 97201357 A EP97201357 A EP 97201357A EP 97201357 A EP97201357 A EP 97201357A EP 0811477 A1 EP0811477 A1 EP 0811477A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
- B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
- B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
- B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
- B31D1/027—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags involving, marking, printing or coding
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- the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a roll of self-adhesive labels, which roll consists of a strip of backing material on which self-adhesive, printed labels are situated at regular intervals, the material of each label being made of a transparent base material, and each label being printed on one side and provided with a gum layer or adhesive layer on the same printed side, while the gummed side of all labels faces the strip of backing material, which backing strip is provided with a layer or is made from a material which (layer or material) has lower adhesion in relation to the gum layer of the labels than the label material itself.
- the invention also relates to a roll of labels consisting of a strip of backing material to which labels with images are applied at regular intervals, which labels are made of transparent label material, to which labels images are applied on the side facing the strip of backing material, and an adhesive layer or gum layer is then applied over the same side of the label material as that to which the images are applied.
- the invention also relates to a label manufactured according to one of the methods according to the invention.
- Self-adhesive labels supplied on rolls are generally known. These known labels consist of a base material and are printed as desired on the front side and provided with an adhesive layer on the back. A roll then consists of a backing strip which is usually made of a silicone-coated material to which the labels are applied with the self-adhesive layer facing the backing strip. Such labels are commonly used for providing the outside of containers or packs, for example bottles, jars, cartridges or cans, with information concerning the contents.
- the images and text desired on the labels are applied to the strip of base material by one of the many possible printing techniques such as screen, offset, intaglio, flexographic or letterpress printing.
- the additional layer of the laminate will not only make the label considerably thicker, but the glue layer or the adhesive layer which serves to make the laminate layer adhere to the label will also have a negative influence on the transparency of the covering layer, and thus the clarity of the print. Besides, during the application of the laminate layer air can become trapped between the laminate layer and the printed label, and this is visible on the front side of the label.
- the object of the invention is to provide a roll with labels in which the labels are provided with print of good to very good quality, approaching photographic quality, which print is very well protected from mechanical or chemical influences, and in the case of which the costs of manufacturing a roll with such labels will still not be higher than was customary until now.
- This object of the invention is achieved by a method according to the invention by the fact that in a first manufacturing or working operation a row of identical images are applied at mutually equal intervals to a strip of label material by means of, for example, offset, intaglio, screen, flexographic or letterpress printing, in that in a second working operation the printed strip of label material is covered with an adhesive layer or gum layer on the side provided with images, and in that the side of the strip of label material provided with an adhesive layer is covered by a backing strip, and in that in a third working operation the labels are punched or cut out in or from the layer of label material in register to the desired size.
- This method according to the invention ensures that the images are covered at all times by the label material itself, and the images are consequently very well protected from the effects of chemicals and from mechanical damage from external sources.
- the invention relates in particular to a method by which the images are applied in multicolour print and in register.
- the great advantage obtained is that no air can be trapped between the layer covering the images and the images themselves, and also, owing to the fact that the images are not covered with an adhesive layer, but only by the transparent layer of label material, the printed image is not affected by trapped air or an adhesive layer varying in thickness, and the images remain clearly visible.
- a label according to the invention therefore consists only of label material and is not made up of several layers.
- a label according to the invention has the optimum, uniform sheen, which is not clouded by an adhesive layer.
- there is only one adhesive layer which can consequently be adapted to the use of the label, so that, for example, account can be taken of the substrate to be labelled and the possible chemical agents with which the label could come into contact and influences to which the label may be exposed during use.
- the label can be made very thin, so that a consumer looking at the pack with the label on it will not readily notice that the image placed on the pack has been applied in the form of a label.
- the use of material is minimal.
- a roll of self-adhesive labels is known per se from European Patent Application EP 0,225,301, which roll consists of a strip of backing material containing at regular intervals self-adhesive, printed labels, the material of each label being made of a transparent base material, and each label being provided on one side with mirror-image print, and at the same printed side with a gum layer or adhesive layer, while the gummed side of all labels faces the strip of backing material, which backing material is provided with a layer which has less adhesion to the gum layer of the labels than the label material, or which is made from such a material.
- the labels are provided only with a text, i.e.
- European Patent Application EP 0,606,699 also discloses a roll of self-adhesive labels, which roll consists of a strip of backing material containing self-adhesive, printed labels at regular intervals, the material of each label being a transparent base material, and each label being printed on one side, and being provided on the same side with a gum layer or adhesive layer, the gummed side of all labels facing the strip of backing material, which backing strip is provided with a layer which has lower adhesion to the gum layer of the labels than the label material, or which is made of such a material.
- this print serves only to give graphic shapes and texts a metallic radiance.
- the print does not relate to images, but images and text are applied in the printed layer, so that the quality of the print need not be high.
- the images and letters forming a text must be applied in mirror image in the printed layer, following which as a contrast with the print a metallic layer is applied over the back of the first print before the adhesive layer is applied to the printed side of the label.
- the method according to the invention is preferably carried out in such a way that during the first printing operation a reference or recognition point is applied to the part of the label material situated outside the labels to be punched out, which point allows the labels to be cut in register after the images have been applied to the label strip, possibly in multicolour print. This ensures that, after a strip of label material has been printed, in a subsequent step the print can be cut out as a label with great precision and in the correct manner from the strip of label material.
- the method is preferably carried out in such a way that, before the adhesive layer and backing strip are applied, the adhesive layer or gum layer is first applied to one side of the backing strip, after which the side of the backing strip provided with the adhesive layer is applied to the printed side of the label material, so that the printed side of the strip of label material is in contact with the side of the backing strip provided with the adhesive layer.
- the print is preferably applied in a mirror-inverted manner. This is important in particular if texts are placed on the label. For owing to the fact that the gum layer is applied to the print, the print as seen on the end product on which the label is placed, is seen in mirror image relative to the print applied to the base material.
- the label material is preferably made of a transparent or see-through plastic such as PE, PP, PET or vinyl. These are strong plastics with good mechanical and chemical resistance which adhere well to a gum layer, and the gum layer can be selected from a range of very divergent gum materials which can be specially developed for different surfaces to be labelled.
- the object of the invention is also achieved with a roll of labels consisting of a strip of backing material to which labels with images are applied at regular intervals, which labels are made from transparent label material, to which labels images are applied on the side facing the strip of backing material and on the same side of the label material as that to which the images have been applied an adhesive layer or gum layer is applied, which is characterized in that the images are applied by means of one of the following printing techniques, namely offset, intaglio, screen, flexographic, letterpress printing, or by way of an electrostatic or ionization method or a combination of these printing techniques, in such a way that an image of photographic quality is obtained.
- Such labels are very easy to remove from the roll and are applied in such a way to a product, for example a pack, that the print is confined between the label material, on the one hand, and the gum layer which is brought into contact with the surface to be labelled, on the other hand.
- FIG. 1 illustrates diagrammatically the manufacture of a roll of labels, such as that shown in Figure 2.
- a roll 1 consists of a strip 2 of a label material or base material, which material is transparent, such as a transparent, flexible plastic, for example vinyl, polypropylene, polyethylene or PET.
- the strip 2 is subsequently printed in mirror image in a first working operation in a printing station or printing works 3 with images 4, which are applied at regular intervals to the strip.
- the print can be carried out in a single colour, or it can be multicolour printing.
- a reference or recognition point 5 (possibly several) is applied near each label to be formed, to the part of the strip of label material situated outside the labels to be formed.
- This reference point 5 is used to ensure that the labels can be cut correctly out of the layer of label material in a separate working operation. For if a plastic is used as the label material, allowance must be made for the fact that a plastic changes shape if forces are exerted thereon, so that when such a roll of material is mounted or clamped again in another machine for a subsequent working operation the print will be displaced relative to the position of the print in an earlier working operation, because each machine will exert different forces on the strip.
- the strip 2 is then passed through a gumming station 6, where the strip of label material is provided with a transparent gum layer, which is applied on top of the print, and during which working operation the gum layer or adhesive layer is also provided with a covering layer, which in addition serves as the backing strip for the labels to be formed.
- the gum layer or adhesive layer can already have been applied to the backing strip in a separate working operation, after which the backing strip with gum is brought into contact with the printed strip of label material.
- the adhesive layer or gum layer and the backing layer covering the gum layer are preferably applied to the printed strip of label material in a separate process or working operation.
- the strip of label material is cut through in the next station 7 in a third working operation, in such a way that it is not the backing layer which is cut through (possibly cut into slightly), but only the strip of label layer by which the labels are formed.
- Figure 2 shows a roll 9, consisting of a backing strip 10.
- the backing strip 10 can be made of, for example, silicone paper or another material which easily comes away from the gum layer.
- the labels 11 are applied to the backing strip 10 with the gum layer facing the backing strip 10. This means that the images 12 are seen in the usual way, i.e. not in mirror image, through the label material from which the labels are made.
- Figure 3 shows in cross-section a label 11 on the backing strip 10.
- the label 11 is fixed on the backing strip 10 by means of the gum layer 13.
- the label material or base material 2 forms the outward facing surface of the label 11.
- the label material is provided with print or images 4, 12 which are situated between the gum layer 13 and the labels 11, so that the print 4, 12 is completely enclosed, partly by the gum layer 13 and partly by the label material 2 or the label 11.
- the print 13 is therefore enclosed between the gum layer and the backing strip 10, on the one hand, and a label 11, on the other. Even if the label 11 is stuck on a surface to be labelled, for example on a pack or a product, the print 4, 12 lies confined between the label 11, on the one hand, and the labelled surface and the gum layer, on the other hand, so that the print is very well protected from chemical or mechanical influences.
- the gum layer is applied to the backing strip.
- the label material which is provided with the print, is then applied to the backing strip on the side provided with the gum layer. Owing to the fact that the gum layer adheres better to the label material than to the backing strip, the gum layer continues to adhere to the label when the label is removed from the backing strip.
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NL1003060A NL1003060C2 (nl) | 1996-05-08 | 1996-05-08 | Etiket en werkwijze voor het vervaardigen van een etiket. |
NL1003060 | 1996-05-08 |
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EP97201357A Withdrawn EP0811477A1 (en) | 1996-05-08 | 1997-05-07 | Method for manufacturing a label, a roll of labels and a label |
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WO2001068337A2 (en) * | 2000-03-16 | 2001-09-20 | 3D Media Solutions Nordic | A surface decoration having a 3-dimensional effect and method for producing same |
WO2003082574A1 (en) * | 2002-03-27 | 2003-10-09 | Schutte Joseph B Iii | Combined flexographic and intaglio printing press and operating system therefor |
US7090907B2 (en) * | 2002-06-18 | 2006-08-15 | Spear Usa, Llc | Adhesive coated label having tactile feel |
GB2456511A (en) * | 2008-01-15 | 2009-07-22 | Nobac Ltd | Label roll and plant |
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EP0225301A1 (en) * | 1985-11-25 | 1987-06-10 | Printcom Etikett Ab | Label structure for protected printing |
EP0552956A1 (en) * | 1992-01-23 | 1993-07-28 | Moore Business Forms, Inc. | Labels, business forms, and methods of making same |
EP0605126A1 (en) * | 1992-12-28 | 1994-07-06 | Moore Business Forms, Inc. | Window label |
EP0606699A1 (en) * | 1993-01-11 | 1994-07-20 | Ccl Label, Inc. | Metallized labels |
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EP0225301A1 (en) * | 1985-11-25 | 1987-06-10 | Printcom Etikett Ab | Label structure for protected printing |
EP0552956A1 (en) * | 1992-01-23 | 1993-07-28 | Moore Business Forms, Inc. | Labels, business forms, and methods of making same |
EP0605126A1 (en) * | 1992-12-28 | 1994-07-06 | Moore Business Forms, Inc. | Window label |
EP0606699A1 (en) * | 1993-01-11 | 1994-07-20 | Ccl Label, Inc. | Metallized labels |
Cited By (6)
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WO2001068337A2 (en) * | 2000-03-16 | 2001-09-20 | 3D Media Solutions Nordic | A surface decoration having a 3-dimensional effect and method for producing same |
WO2001068337A3 (en) * | 2000-03-16 | 2002-01-17 | 3D Media Solutions Nordic | A surface decoration having a 3-dimensional effect and method for producing same |
WO2003082574A1 (en) * | 2002-03-27 | 2003-10-09 | Schutte Joseph B Iii | Combined flexographic and intaglio printing press and operating system therefor |
US7916355B2 (en) | 2002-03-27 | 2011-03-29 | Sekuworks, Llc | Combined flexographic and intaglio printing press and operating system therefor |
US7090907B2 (en) * | 2002-06-18 | 2006-08-15 | Spear Usa, Llc | Adhesive coated label having tactile feel |
GB2456511A (en) * | 2008-01-15 | 2009-07-22 | Nobac Ltd | Label roll and plant |
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