Medium and tape cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10438517-B2
Application number	US-201715714121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2017
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

A medium includes a base layer and a separation layer. Regions are defined along a first direction. The regions include: a first region in which a portion of the medium which is in contact with the separation layer includes opposite end portions in a second direction, and at least the opposite end portions are stickable; a second region in which a portion of the medium which is in contact with the separation layer is non-stickable; and a third region in which a portion of the medium which is in contact with the separation layer is stickable. A longest length of the first region in the second direction is less than a length of the second region or the third region in the second direction at a particular position in the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium comprising a transparent base layer, an adhesive layer, and a separation layer stacked on each other in a stacking direction,
wherein a plurality of regions are defined in the medium along a first direction orthogonal to the stacking direction,
wherein the plurality of regions comprise:
a first region in which a portion of the transparent base layer is stickable to the separation layer by the adhesive layer and comprises opposite end portions in a second direction orthogonal to each of the first direction and the stacking direction, and at least the opposite end portions are stickable;
a second region which is located on one side of the first region in the first direction and in which a portion of the transparent base layer is non-stickable to the separation layer; and
a third region which is located on the one side of the second region in the first direction and in which a portion of the transparent base layer is stickable to the separation layer by the adhesive layer,

wherein a longest length of the first region in the second direction is less than a length of one of the second region and the third region in the second direction at a particular position in the first direction,
wherein the first region comprises a first region edge that is an edge of the first region in the second direction, and
wherein a mark is provided in the one of the second region and the third region at the particular position in the first direction and at a position identical to a position of the first region edge in the second direction.

2. The medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first region comprises a pair of first region edges, each as the first region edge, which are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and
wherein a pair of marks each as the mark are provided in the one of the second region and the third region at the particular position in the first direction so as to be spaced apart from each other in the second direction.

3. The medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mark comprises a mark edge that is an edge of the mark in the second direction, and
wherein the first region edge and the mark edge are aligned to each other in the first direction.

4. The medium according to claim 3 ,
wherein the mark comprises: a first mark edge, as the mark edge, and a second mark edge spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and
wherein the first mark edge and the first region edge are aligned to each other in the first direction, and the second mark edge and the first region edge are not aligned to each other in the first direction.

5. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the particular position is located in the second region.

6. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the longest length of the first region in the second direction is less than a shortest length of the third region in the second direction.

7. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer is provided between a portion of the transparent base layer in the first region and a portion of the separation layer in the first region.

8. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer is disposed in at least a portion of an area located between the transparent base layer and the separation layer,
wherein a non-adhesive layer is provided between the adhesive layer and the separation layer in at least one of the first region and the second region.

9. The medium according to claim 1 , further comprising a printing background layer located on the one side of the second region in the first direction.

10. The medium according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of the transparent base layer in a thickness direction thereof is continuous in the first direction throughout the first region, the second region, and the third region.

11. A tape cartridge, comprising:
a housing; and
a tape roll that is a roll of a tape contained in the housing and comprising a transparent base layer, an adhesive layer, and a separation layer stacked on each other in a stacking direction,
wherein a plurality of regions are defined in the tape along a first direction orthogonal to the stacking direction,
wherein the plurality of regions comprise:
a first region in which a portion of the transparent base layer is stickable to the separation layer by the adhesive layer and comprises opposite end portions in a second direction orthogonal to each of the first direction and the stacking direction, and at least the opposite end portions are stickable;
a second region which is located on one side of the first region in the first direction and in which a portion of the transparent base layer is non-stickable to the separation layer; and
a third region which is located on the one side of the second region in the first direction and in which a portion of the transparent base layer is stickable to the separation layer by the adhesive layer,

wherein a longest length of the first region in the second direction is less than a length of one of the second region and the third region in the second direction at a particular position in the first direction,
wherein the first region comprises a first region edge that is an edge of the first region in the second direction, and
wherein a mark is provided in the one of the second region and the third region at the particular position in the first direction and at a position identical to a position of the first region edge in the second direction.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Murayama Kentaro
• Katagiri Kazuyuki
• Baba Daisuke
• Sato Yukihiko
• Iijima Shota
• Matsumoto Haruki
• Inoue Harumitsu

Classifications

• G09F2003/0248

  Variable density of distribution of adhesive spots · CPC title

• G09F3/02

  Forms or constructions (layered products B32B) · CPC title

• G09F2003/023

  Adhesive · CPC title

• B41M5/00

  Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein (by using light-sensitive materials G03; electrography, magnetography G03G {; repeatedly usable boards or tablets for writing or drawing B43L1/00}) · CPC title

• G09F2003/0222

  Features for removal or adhesion, e.g. tabs · CPC title