Tape including label part and attachment part separable therefrom and tape cartridge accommodating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10189289-B2
Application number	US-201715718026-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2017
Priority date	Jul 24, 2015
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A tape includes a release sheet, a main label portion, and a subordinate label portion. The release sheet has an elongated rectangular shape having a length in a first direction greater than a length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The main label portion is affixed to the release sheet and contains a fold line extending in one of the first direction and the second direction. The subordinate label portion is affixed to the release sheet and is arrayed with the main label portion in one of the first and the second directions. The subordinate label portion is separate from the main label portion, or is integrally connected to the main label portion through a portion having a width smaller than that of the subordinate label portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tape comprising:
a release sheet having an elongated rectangular shape, the release sheet having a length in a first direction greater than a length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a main label portion affixed to the release sheet and containing a fold line extending in the first direction, the main label portion having a center portion in the second direction where the fold line extends in the first direction; and
a subordinate label portion affixed to the release sheet and arrayed with the main label portion in the first direction,
the subordinate label portion being separate from the main label portion and having a length in the second direction not more than a length from one end in the second direction of the main label portion to the fold line.

2. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the main label portion has one end and another end in the first direction, and the subordinate label portion has one end and another end in the first direction, the other end of the subordinate label portion being closer to the one end of the main label portion than the one end of the subordinate label portion is to the one end of the main label portion in the first direction, the one end of the main label portion being away from the other end of the subordinate label portion in the first direction.

3. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the main label portion has one end and another end in the first direction, and the subordinate label portion has one end and another end in the first direction, the other end of the subordinate label portion being closer to the one end of the main label portion than the one end of the subordinate label portion is to the one end of the main label portion in the first direction, the one end of the main label portion being in contact with the other end of the subordinate label portion in the first direction.

4. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the subordinate label portion comprises a first subordinate label portion, and a second subordinate label portion arrayed with the first subordinate label portion in the second direction.

5. The tape according to claim 4 , wherein the first subordinate label portion has one end and another end in the second direction, and the second subordinate label portion has one end and another end in the second direction, the other end of the second subordinate label portion being closer to the one end of the first subordinate label portion than the one end of the second subordinate label portion is to the one end of the first subordinate label portion in the second direction, the one end of the first subordinate label portion being away from the other end of the second subordinate label portion in the second direction.

6. The tape according to claim 4 , wherein the first subordinate label portion has one end and another end in the second direction, and the second subordinate label portion has one end and another end in the second direction, the other end of the second subordinate label portion being closer to the one end of the first subordinate label portion than the one end of the second subordinate label portion is to the one end of the first subordinate label portion in the second direction, the one end of the first subordinate label portion being in contact with the other end of the second subordinate label portion in the second direction.

7. The tape according to claim 4 , wherein the first subordinate label portion and the second subordinate label portion are positioned symmetrically with respect to a symmetrical axis extending in the first direction and passing through a center in the second direction of the release sheet.

8. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the subordinate label portion is positioned at a center portion in the second direction of the release sheet.

9. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the main label portion and the subordinate label portion have rectangular shape.

10. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the main label portion is singular, and the subordinate label portion is at least singular, the single main label portion and the at least single subordinate label portion being in a form of a set, and a plurality of the set being affixed to the release sheet and arrayed in the first direction with a posture identical to one another.

11. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the subordinate label portion has a marker for winding purposes, the marker being at a position other than a center in the first direction of the subordinate label portion.

12. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the subordinate label portion has one endmost portion and another endmost portion in the first direction, the one endmost portion and the other endmost portion being at different positions from each other in the second direction.

13. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the subordinate label portion has one endmost portion and another endmost portion in the first direction, the one endmost portion having a length in the second direction different from a length of the other endmost portion in the second direction.

14. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein an adhesive sheet is affixed on a first surface of the release sheet, cut lines being formed in the adhesive sheet to segment the main label portion, the subordinate label portion, and a non-label portion.

15. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein an adhesive sheet having a shape identical to a shape of the release sheet is affixed on a first surface of the release sheet, the adhesive sheet being divided exclusively into the main label portion and the subordinate label portion by cut lines.

16. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the release sheet has an exposed portion at a position other than portions at which the main label portion and the subordinate label portion are affixed to the release sheet.

17. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the subordinate label portion has a length in the second direction greater than that in the first direction.

18. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the subordinate label portion is stuck to the release sheet such that the subordinate label portion is arrayed with the main label portion in the second direction.

19. A tape cartridge comprising:
a casing;
a tape roll which is a winding of a tape and is accommodated in the casing, the tape comprising:
a release sheet having an elongated rectangular shape, the release sheet having a length in a first direction greater than a length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a main label portion affixed to the release sheet and containing a fold line extending in the first direction, the main label portion having a center portion in the second direction where the fold line extends in the first direction; and
a subordinate label portion affixed to the release sheet and arrayed with the main label portion in the first direction and the second direction, the subordinate label portion being separate from the main label portion and having a length in the second direction not more than a length in the second direction from one end of the main label portion to the fold line; and

an ink ribbon roll which is a winding of an ink ribbon and is accommodated in the casing.

20. A tape comprising:
a release sheet having an elongated rectangular shape, the release sheet having a length in a first direction greater than a length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a main label portion affixed to the release sh

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kato Tsutomu
• Nakai Shimako

Classifications

• G09F2003/0229

  Carrier roll · CPC title

• B41J17/32

  Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism · CPC title

• B32B2519/00

  Labels, badges · CPC title

• G09F2003/0201

  Label sheets intended to be introduced in a printer, e.g. laser printer · CPC title

• B32B7/06

  permitting easy separation · CPC title