Label

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10068499-B2
Application number	US-201515516029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Oct 2, 2014
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A label for being applied, by being wrapped around, to an object to be identified, includes a non-adhesive top side including a printing region for receiving a print on the top side and an adhesive bottom side, by which the label is fastened to the object. The label is in the shape of a strip having a length that is greater than a periphery of the object to be labeled. A transparent wrapping tab is arranged adjacently to the printing region in a longitudinal direction of the label. A length of the wrapping tab is at least equal to the periphery of the object to be labeled. The wrapping tab is wrapped on the printing region and covers the printing region when the label has been applied to the object. An RFID transponder is arranged between the top side and the bottom side in the printing region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A label for being applied, by being wrapped around, to an object to be identified, the label comprising:
a non-adhesive top side including a printing region for receiving a print thereon; and
an adhesive bottom side, by which the label is fastened to the object,
wherein the label is in the shape of a strip having a length that is greater than a periphery of the object,
wherein a transparent wrapping tab is arranged adjacently to the printing region in a longitudinal direction of the label,
wherein a length of the wrapping tab is at least equal to the periphery of the object,
wherein the wrapping tab is wrapped on the printing region and covers the printing region when the label has been applied to the object, and
wherein an RFID transponder is arranged between the top side and the bottom side in the printing region.

2. The label according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive bottom side is arranged on a protective layer, the protective layer being configured to be peeled off the adhesive bottom side.

3. A label for being applied, by being wrapped around, to an object to be identified, the label comprising:
a non-adhesive top side including a printing region for receiving a print thereon; and
an adhesive bottom side, by which the label is fastened to the object,
wherein the label is in the shape of a strip having a length that is greater than a periphery of the object,
wherein a transparent wrapping tab is arranged adjacently to the printing region in a longitudinal direction of the label,
wherein a length of the wrapping tab is at least equal to the periphery of the object,
wherein the wrapping tab is wrapped on the printing region and covers the printing region when the label has been applied to the object,
wherein an RFID transponder is arranged between the top side and the bottom side in the printing region, and
wherein the label comprises a layer that is transparent over an entire length thereof that comprises on the rear side a transparent adhesive coating forming the bottom side of the label in the region of the wrapping tab, and that forms on the top side the top side of the label over the entire length of the label, a colored background layer being arranged on the rear side of the transparent layer in the printing region, the RFID transponder being sandwiched between the side of the background layer that faces away from the transparent layer and an adhesive layer opposite the background layer, the adhesive layer forming the adhesive bottom side of the label in the printing region of the label.

4. The label according to claim 3 , wherein the RFID transponder comprises a substrate having an RFID antenna structure, an integrated circuit component of the RFID transponder being arranged on the substrate so as to be elevated, an intermediate adhesive layer being arranged on the side of the substrate that has the RFID integrated circuit and having a recess in the region of the RFID integrated circuit and a thickness that corresponds to the height of the RFID integrated circuit.

5. A label tape reel, comprising:
a plurality of labels for being applied, by being wrapped around, to an object to be identified, each label comprising:
a non-adhesive top side including a printing region for receiving a print thereon; and
an adhesive bottom side, by which the label is fastened to the object,
wherein the label is in the shape of a strip having a length that is greater than a periphery of the object,
wherein a transparent wrapping tab is arranged adjacently to the printing region in a longitudinal direction of the label,
wherein a length of the wrapping tab is at least equal to the periphery of the object,
wherein the wrapping tab is wrapped on the printing region and covers the printing region when the label has been applied to the object,
wherein an RFID transponder is arranged between the top side and the bottom side in the printing region,
wherein the adhesive bottom side is arranged on a protective layer, the protective layer being configured to be peeled off the adhesive bottom side, and

wherein each of the plurality of labels is arranged on a protective layer, and
wherein the protective layers of adjacent labels are interconnected so as to be detachable via a perforation line.

6. The label tape reel according to claim 5 , wherein a length of a particular protective layer is greater than a length of the label located thereon, there being an opening, through which light can pass and which acts as a light barrier control of a printer, on the separating line between adjacent protective layers.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Oster Patrick

Classifications

• G09F2003/0269

  perforated · CPC title

• G09F3/10

  by an adhesive layer · CPC title

• G09F3/0297

  including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code (digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00) · CPC title

• B32B7/06

  permitting easy separation · CPC title

• G09F3/0295 Primary

  Labels or tickets for tubes, pipes and the like · CPC title