Sheet, laminate sheet, and printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11241900-B2
Application number	US-201916542283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2019
Priority date	Mar 15, 2019
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

A sheet includes a first surface, a second surface, an adhesive portion, a fold-back portion, and a first area. The first surface extends in a first direction. The second surface is opposite to the first surface, and allows light to pass therethrough from the first surface to the second surface. The adhesive portion is a portion of the first surface to which an adhesive is applied, and is disposed at a first end portion of the sheet in the first direction. The fold-back portion is disposed on the first end portion. The first area is disposed on the adhesive portion between a first edge of the first end portion and the fold-back portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet comprising: a first surface that extends in a first direction; a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, and allows light to pass therethrough from the first surface to the second surface; an adhesive portion that is a portion of the first surface to which an adhesive is applied, and that is disposed at a first end portion of the sheet in the first direction; a fold-back portion disposed on the first end portion; and a first area disposed on the adhesive portion between a first edge of the first end portion and the fold-back portion; wherein the first area serves as a bonded portion, which is bonded to an object, and is folded back at the fold-back portion to allow the second surface to face the object.

2. The sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface has a reverse image printed thereon.

3. The sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive portion includes a second area across from the first area with respect to the fold-back portion.

4. The sheet according to claim 3 ,
wherein the object to which the sheet is bonded is an object to which the sheet is wound, and
wherein, after the sheet is wound around the object, the second area is bonded to a second end portion of the sheet opposite to the first end portion in the first direction.

5. The sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fold-back portion is a first perforation line formed from discontinuous cuts in the sheet.

6. The sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rigid portion formed from a material harder than a material of an adjacent area, and extending along the fold-back portion.

7. The sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the fold-back portion includes a crease.

8. The sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a device that facilitates visual recognition of a position of the fold-back portion.

9. The sheet according to claim 8 ,
wherein the first area is colored.

10. The sheet according to claim 8 ,
wherein the first area has a shape different from a shape of an adjacent area with the fold-back portion interposed therebetween.

11. The sheet according to claim 10 ,
wherein the first area has a portion having a shorter dimension in a second direction crossing the first direction than a dimension of an adjacent area with the fold-back portion interposed therebetween.

12. The sheet according to claim 11 ,
wherein the first area has a segment shape having a dimension in the second direction crossing the first direction gradually decreasing as the first area is spaced further from the fold-back portion.

13. The sheet according to claim 8 ,
wherein the first area has a notch at a border between the first area and the fold-back portion.

14. The sheet according to claim 8 ,
wherein the first area has a mark indicating the fold-back portion.

15. The sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fold-back portion extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

16. The sheet according to claim 15 ,
wherein an object to which the sheet is wound is a PET bottle, and the sheet is wound around the PET bottle while having the fold-back portion aligned with a longitudinally extending particle line of the PET bottle.

17. The sheet according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fold-back portion extends along an edge of the adhesive portion away from the first edge, and
wherein the sheet also comprises
a second adhesive portion that is a portion of the first surface of the sheet to which an adhesive is applied, and that is disposed at a second end portion of the sheet in the first direction, the second end portion being opposite to the first end portion, and
a second fold-back portion disposed on the second end portion of the sheet at a portion apart from the second edge, the second fold-back portion extending along an edge of the second adhesive portion.

18. A laminate sheet, comprising:
an optically transparent first sheet; and
a second sheet laminated on a first surface of the first sheet,
wherein the first sheet includes
a bonded area to which an adhesive is applied and that is disposed at a first end portion on the first surface in a first direction of the first surface,
a fold-back line disposed at the first end portion and extending in a direction crossing the first direction,
a plurality of third perforation lines for separation extending in the first direction parallel to each other,
a fourth perforation line for separation disposed on the first end portion and extending in a direction crossing the first direction, and
a fifth perforation line for separation disposed at a position apart from the first end portion in the first direction, and extending in a direction crossing the first direction.

19. A printing device that transports the laminate sheet according to claim 18 with the first end portion at a front to perform printing on a second surface of the first sheet.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Yukawa Toshiyasu

Classifications

• G09F3/02883

  Folded · CPC title

• B41M5/502 Primary

  characterised by structural details, e.g. multilayer materials (supports, backcoats or intermediate layers for thermal dye transfer donor and receiver sheets B41M5/41, B41M5/42) · CPC title

• B32B3/06 Primary

  for securing layers together; for attaching the product to another member, e.g. to a support {, or to another product, e.g. groove/tongue, interlocking} · CPC title

• G09F2003/0266

  Shapes other than rectangular · CPC title

• B32B3/04

  characterised by {at least one} layer folded at the edge, e.g. over another layer {; characterised by at least one layer enveloping or enclosing a material} · CPC title