Label medium and cassette

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10407200-B2
Application number	US-201815939851-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2018
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A label of a label medium includes: first and second indicator portions each having an information-printable region; first and second wrapping portions to be wrapped on a wrapped member; and first and second through portions through which the first and second indicator portions are passed. The first and second indicator portions are arranged in this order in a first direction and connected to each other via a first line. The second indicator portion, the second wrapping portion, and the second through portion are connected to each other and arranged in this order in the first direction, The first wrapping portion and the first through portion are arranged in this order in the first direction or a second direction. The first wrapping portion and the second wrapping portion, and/or the first through portion and the second through portion are connected to each other via a second line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A label medium, comprising:
a mount sheet; and
a label stuck to the mount sheet and comprising (i) a first indicator portion and a second indicator portion each comprising a region on which information is printable, (ii) a first wrapping portion and a second wrapping portion to be wrapped on a wrapped member, (iii) a first through portion comprising at least a portion of a first hole or a first slit through which the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are passed, and (iv) a second through portion comprising at least a portion of a second hole or a second slit through which the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are passed,
wherein the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are arranged in order of the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion in a first direction parallel with a surface of the mount sheet and opposed to a second direction, and the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are connected to each other via a first line extending in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction,
wherein the second indicator portion, the second wrapping portion, and the second through portion are connected to each other and arranged in order of the second indicator portion, the second wrapping portion, and the second through portion in the first direction,
wherein the first wrapping portion and the first through portion are arranged in order of the first wrapping portion and the first through portion in one of the first direction and the second direction,
wherein at least one of (a) a pair of the first wrapping portion and the second wrapping portion and (b) a pair of the first through portion and the second through portion are connected to each other via a second line,
wherein at least a portion of the first indicator portion and at least a portion of the second indicator portion are symmetric with respect to a first imaginary line extending along the first line,
wherein at least a portion of the first wrapping portion and at least a portion of the second wrapping portion are symmetric with respect to a second imaginary line extending along the second line,
wherein at least a portion of the first through portion and at least a portion of the second through portion are symmetric with respect to the second imaginary line,
wherein at least a portion of the first hole or the first slit and at least a portion of the second hole or the second slit are symmetric with respect to the second imaginary line,
wherein the first wrapping portion is less than each of the first indicator portion and the first through portion in length in the third direction, and
wherein the second wrapping portion is less than each of the second indicator portion and the second through portion in length in the third direction.

2. The label medium according to claim 1 , wherein the second line extends in a direction parallel with the third direction.

3. The label medium according to claim 2 , wherein, when viewed in the first direction, at least a portion of the first indicator portion, at least a portion of the second indicator portion, at least a portion of the first wrapping portion, at least a portion of the second wrapping portion, at least a portion of the first through portion, and at least a portion of the second through portion overlap each other.

4. The label medium according to claim 1 , wherein the second line extends in a direction parallel with the first direction.

5. The label medium according to claim 4 ,
wherein, when viewed in the first direction, at least a portion of the first indicator portion and at least a portion of the first wrapping portion overlap each other, and
wherein, when viewed in the first direction, at least a portion of the second indicator portion and at least a portion of the second wrapping portion overlap each other.

6. The label medium according to claim 1 , wherein an overlapping portion is provided on the first wrapping portion, and the overlapping portion overlaps at least a portion of each of the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion when the label is bent along the first line and the second line.

7. The label medium according to claim 1 , wherein an overlapping portion is provided on the first indicator portion, and the overlapping portion overlaps at least a portion of each of the first wrapping portion and the second wrapping portion when the label is bent along the first line and the second line.

8. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein a length of the first indicator portion in the third direction is less than or equal to a length of the first hole or the first slit in the first direction, and
wherein a length of the second indicator portion in the third direction is less than or equal to a length of the second hole or the second slit in the first direction.

9. The label medium according to claim 8 ,
wherein the length of the first hole or the first slit in the first direction is equal to the length of the first indicator portion in the third direction, and
wherein the length of the second hole or the second slit in the first direction is equal to the length of the second indicator portion in the third direction.

10. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein a length of the first wrapping portion in the third direction is less than or equal to a length of the first hole or the first slit in the third direction, and
wherein a length of the second wrapping portion in the third direction is less than or equal to a length of the second hole or the second slit in the third direction.

11. The label medium according to claim 10 ,
wherein the length of the first hole or the first slit in the third direction is equal to the length of the first wrapping portion in the third direction, and
wherein the length of the second hole or the second slit in the third direction is equal to the length of the second wrapping portion in the third direction.

12. The label medium according to claim 1 , wherein adhesive is provided between the mount sheet and the label.

13. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mount sheet has an elongated shape,
wherein the label medium further comprises a plurality of labels each as the label which are arranged in an elongated direction of the mount sheet and stuck to the mount sheet, and
wherein the elongated direction of the mount sheet is parallel with the first direction.

14. The label medium according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first line and the second line is a perforation.

15. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion have an identical shape and an identical size,
wherein the first wrapping portion and the second wrapping portion have an identical shape and an identical size, and
wherein the first through portion and the second through portion have an identical shape and an identical size.

16. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when viewed in the first direction, the first wrapping portion and at least a portion of the first hole or the first slit overlap each other, and
wherein, when viewed in the first direction, the second wrapping portion and at least a portion of the second hole or the second slit overlap each other.

17. A cassette containing a roll that is formed by winding a label medium around a spool,
wherein the label medium comprises:
a mount sheet; and
a label stuck to the mount sheet and comprising (i) a first indicator portion and a second

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Banno Takaaki
• Takami Yukiko
• Inoue Harumitsu
• Matsumoto Haruki
• Sato Yukihiko
• Oguchi Takaaki

Classifications

• G09F3/0295

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

• G09F3/0289

  Pull- or fold-out labels · CPC title

• G09F3/005

  Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person · CPC title

• G09F3/205

  specially adapted for electric cables, pipes or the like · CPC title

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title