Label medium and cassette

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10438518-B2
Application number	US-201815896191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2018
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

A label medium includes a label including: information-printable first and second indicator portions; first and second wrapping portions; a first through portion having at least a portion of a first hole or a first slit; and a second through portion having at least a portion of a second hole or a second slit. The first indicator portion, the first wrapping portion, and the first through portion are arranged in this order in a first direction. The second indicator portion, the second wrapping portion, and the second through portion are arranged in this order in one of the first direction or a second direction. The first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are at least connected to each other via a line. The first hole or the first slit and the second hole or the second slit are at least partly symmetric with respect to the imaginary 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 having at least a portion of a first hole or a first slit through which the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are to be passed, and (iv) a second through portion having at least a portion of a second hole or a second slit through which the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are to be passed,
wherein the first indicator portion, the first wrapping portion, and the first through portion are arranged in order of the first indicator portion, the first wrapping portion, and the first through portion in a first direction parallel with a surface of the mount sheet,
wherein the second indicator portion, the second wrapping portion, and the second through portion are arranged in order of the second indicator portion, the second wrapping portion, and the second through portion in one of the first direction and a second direction opposed to the first direction,
wherein (a) the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion, (b) the first wrapping portion and the second wrapping portion, or (c) the first through portion and the second through portion, are at least connected to each other via a 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 an imaginary line extending along the 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 the imaginary 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 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 imaginary line,
wherein the line extends parallel with the first direction,
wherein the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are connected to each other via a first line,
wherein the first through portion and the second through portion are connected to each other via a second line, and the first line and the second line extend on an identical straight line, and
wherein perforation or a slit is formed in the mount sheet at a position opposed to each of the first line and the second line.

2. The label medium according to claim 1 , wherein a first perforation, a second perforation, a third perforation, and a third slit are formed in the mount sheet such that the third perforation or the third slit is formed between the first perforation or the first slit opposed to the first line and the second perforation or the second slit opposed to the second line.

3. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least a portion of the first indicator portion, at least a portion of the first wrapping portion, and at least a portion of the first through portion are aligned along a common axis parallel to the first direction, and
wherein at least a portion of the second indicator portion, at least a portion of the second wrapping portion, and at least a portion of the second through portion are aligned along a common axis parallel to the first direction.

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

5. The label medium according to claim 4 ,
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 direction orthogonal to the first 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 direction orthogonal to the first direction.

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

7. The label medium according to claim 6 ,
wherein the length of the first hole or the first slit in the direction orthogonal to the first direction is equal to a length of the first wrapping portion in the direction orthogonal to the first direction, and
wherein the length of the second hole or the second slit in the direction orthogonal to the first direction is equal to the length of the second wrapping portion in the direction orthogonal to the first direction.

8. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first wrapping portion is less than each of the first indicator portion and the first through portion in length in a direction orthogonal to the first 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 direction orthogonal to the first direction.

9. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein a shape and a size of the first indicator portion are respectively identical to a shape and a size of the second indicator portion,
wherein a shape and a size of the first wrapping portion are respectively identical to a shape and a size of the second wrapping portion, and
wherein a shape and a size of the first through portion are respectively identical to a shape and a size of the second through portion.

10. The label medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first wrapping portion and at least a portion of the first hole or the first slit are aligned along a common axis parallel to the first direction, and
wherein the second wrapping portion and at least a portion of the second hole or the second slit are aligned along a common axis parallel to the first direction.

11. A cassette containing a roll that is formed by winding the label medium according to claim 1 around a spool.

12. 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 having at least a portion of a first hole or a first slit through which the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are to be passed, and (iv) a second through portion having at least a portion of a second hole or a second slit through which the first indicator portion and the second indicator portion are to be passed,
wherein the first indicator portion, the first wrapping portion, and the first through portion are arranged in order of the first indicator portion, the first wrapping portion, and the first through portion in a first direction parallel with a surface of the mount sheet

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Banno Takaaki
• Takami Yukiko
• Inoue Harumitsu
• Matsumoto Haruki
• Sato Yukihiko
• Maeda Shino

Classifications

• G09F3/04

  to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion (by a separate adhesive layer G09F3/10) · CPC title

• G09F3/205 Primary

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

• G09F3/20

  for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels · CPC title

• G09F3/00

  Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means (medals or badges A44C3/00; making labels B31D1/02; sheets temporarily attached together B42F; labelling B65C; labels on record carriers G11B23/38, G11B23/40); Seals; Postage or like stamps · CPC title

• G09F2003/0269

  perforated · CPC title