Tape, tape roll, and tape cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10625527-B2
Application number	US-201715853244-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2017
Priority date	Mar 1, 2017
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A tape includes a sheet and an elongated label that includes first portions and second portions. A second-side end portion of a first-side second portion is connected to a first-side end portion of one first portion, and a first-side end portion of a second-side second portion is connected to a second-side end portion of the one first portion. The one first portion has a first length in a tape widthwise direction. Each of the first-side second portion and the second-side second portion has a second length in the widthwise direction of the tape and a third length in a tape longitudinal direction. The second length is greater than the first length. The one first portion has a fourth length in the tape longitudinal direction which is greater than or equal to a specific length and less than a sum of the specific length and the third length.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tape, comprising:
a sheet having a strip shape and extending in a longitudinal direction of the tape; and
an elongated label extending in the longitudinal direction and stuck to the sheet, the elongated label comprising:
a plurality of first portions each extending in the longitudinal direction; and
a plurality of second portions, one of the plurality of second portions being located next to one of the plurality of first portions and located on a first side of the one of the plurality of first portions in the longitudinal direction, another of the plurality of second portions being located next to the one of the plurality of first portions and located on a second side of the one of the plurality of first portions in the longitudinal direction, the first side and the second side being opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction, a second-side end portion of the one of the plurality of second portions being connected to a first-side end portion of the one of the plurality of first portions, and a first-side end portion of the another of the plurality of second portions being connected to a second-side end portion of the one of the plurality of first portions, wherein the one of the plurality of first portions has a first length in a widthwise direction of the tape orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, each of the one of the plurality of second portions and the another of the plurality of second portions has a second length in the widthwise direction, the second length is greater than the first length,

wherein slits are formed on outer portions of the plurality of second portions in the widthwise direction.

2. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein each of the one of the plurality of second portions and the another of the plurality of second portions has a third length in the longitudinal direction, the one of the plurality of first portions has a fourth length in the longitudinal direction, and the fourth length is greater than or equal to a specific length and less than a sum of the specific length and the third length.

3. The tape according to claim 2 , wherein the fourth length is greater than or equal to 0.3 times the third length and less than or equal to 1.3 times the third length.

4. The tape according to claim 2 , wherein the fourth length is less than or equal to the third length.

5. The tape according to claim 2 , wherein the specific length is greater than or equal to 14 mm and less than or equal to 16 mm.

6. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of second portions comprises a foldable line extending in the widthwise direction and located at a central portion of said each of the plurality of second portions in the longitudinal direction.

7. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first portions has line symmetry with respect to a center line of each of the plurality of second portions in the widthwise direction, and the center line extends in the longitudinal direction.

8. The tape according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the plurality of first portions has a substantially rectangular shape extending in the longitudinal direction, and
wherein positions of the plurality of first portions in the widthwise direction are identical to each other.

9. The tape according to claim 1 ,
wherein the elongated label is stuck to a first surface of the sheet, and
wherein the first surface of the sheet is exposed at a region outside the elongated label in the widthwise direction.

10. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the tape is rolled to form a tape roll.

11. The tape according to claim 10 ,
wherein the tape is rolled so as to form a plurality of layers stacked on each other in a radial direction of the tape roll, and
wherein the elongated label is located on an inner side of the sheet with respect to the sheet in the radial direction in each of the plurality of layers of the tape.

12. The tape according to claim 1 , wherein the first-side end portion of the one of the plurality of second portions and the second-side end portion of the one of the plurality of first portions are connected to each other by a first connecting portion in which a first edge, extending in the longitudinal direction, of the one of the plurality of second portions and a second edge, extending in the widthwise direction, of the second-side end portion are connected to each other via a reducing shape portion for reducing stress concentration.

13. The tape according to claim 12 , wherein the second-side end portion of the one of the plurality of second portions and the first-side end portion of the one of the plurality of first portions are connected to each other by a second connecting portion in which the first edge, extending in the longitudinal direction, of the one of the plurality of second portions and a third edge, extending in the widthwise direction, of the first-side end portion are directly connected to and orthogonal to each other, not forming continuous curved shapes.

14. A tape, comprising:
a sheet having a strip shape and extending in a longitudinal direction of the tape; and
an elongated label extending in the longitudinal direction and stuck to the sheet, the elongated label comprising:
a first sticking portion to be stuck to an adherend;
a first label portion located on a first side of the first sticking portion in the longitudinal direction and on which printing is to be performed by a printing device, wherein a second side is opposite to the first side in the longitudinal direction of the tape;
a second sticking portion which is located on the first side of the first label portion in the longitudinal direction and which is to be stuck to the adherend; and
a second label portion which is located on the first side of the second sticking portion in the longitudinal direction and on which printing is to be performed by the printing device,

wherein a first-side end portion of the first label portion is connected to a second-side end portion of the second sticking portion, a second-side end portion of the first label portion is connected to a first-side end portion of the first sticking portion, and a first-side end portion of the second sticking portion is connected to a second-side end portion of the second label portion,
wherein each of the first sticking portion and the second sticking portion has a first length in a widthwise direction of the tape orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, each of the first label portion and the second label portion has a second length in the widthwise direction, and the second length is greater than the first length, each of the first label portion and the second label portion has a third length in the longitudinal direction, and each of the first sticking portion and the second sticking portion has a fourth length in the longitudinal direction, and the fourth length is greater than or equal to a specific length and less than a sum of the specific length and the third length, and
wherein the first-side end portion of the second sticking portion and the second-side end portion of the second label portion are connected to each other by a first connecting portion in which a first edge, extending in the longitudinal direction, of the second sticking portion and a second edge, extending in the widthwise direction, of the second-side end portion are connected to each other via a reducing shape portion for reducing stress concentration.

15. The tape according to claim 14 , wherein the reducing shape portion is an arc having a radius of a predetermined length.

16. The tape accord

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Yukihiko
• Banno Takaaki
• Inoue Harumitsu
• Matsumoto Haruki
• Takami Yukiko
• Kato Tsutomu
• Murayama Kentaro

Classifications

• B41J32/00

  Ink-ribbon cartridges · CPC title

• G09F2003/0229

  Carrier roll · CPC title

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B41J31/00 Primary

  Ink ribbons; Renovating or testing ink ribbons · CPC title

• G09F3/02

  Forms or constructions (layered products B32B) · CPC title