Clothing tape

Abstract

To provide a printed name which can be easily manufactured without using a special woven name loom, has good appearance, and is excellent in productivity and cost performance. [Solution] A printed label for clothing made by overlapping a rectangular label surface portion 1 and a rectangular label back portion 2, comprising folded portions 1a formed by folding back the short-side ends of the label surface portion 1 so as to wrap around the short-side ends of the label back portion 2, and an embossed portion 3 formed by embossing folded portions 1a along folded portions 1a.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a clothing tape that can be used for managing clothing products. [Background technology]

[0002] BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, tapes for clothing have been known as woven tapes such as printed labels (see Patent Document 1).

[0003] In recent years, container labels that can include IC tags (RFID tags) for linen using woven labels have also been put to practical use for product management and inventory control of clothing. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 64-45121 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, the above-mentioned container labels can only be produced using a special rapier loom for woven labels. Moreover, because the double-layered label is made from a single piece of cut tape, the manufacturing process is complicated, resulting in low productivity and poor cost performance.

[0006] The object of the present invention is to provide a clothing tape that can be easily manufactured without using a special woven label loom and that is excellent in productivity and cost performance. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] An aspect of the present invention is a clothing tape formed by overlapping one rectangular ribbon tape piece with another rectangular ribbon tape piece, and is equipped with a folded portion formed by folding back the short end of one ribbon tape piece so as to wrap around the short end of the other ribbon tape piece, and an embossed portion formed by embossing the folded portion along the folded portion. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a clothing tape that can be easily manufactured without using a special woven label loom, and that is excellent in productivity and cost performance. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of a printed label (woven label) to which a clothing tape according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the state of a printed name IC tag for linen when enclosed. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A clothing tape according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0011] Embodiment Fig. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a printed label (cylindrical container label) for clothing according to this embodiment, with Fig. 1(a) showing a view from the front side and Fig. 1(b) showing a view from the back side. Fig. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional configuration of the printed label taken along line II-II.

[0012] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, this printed label for clothing is configured by overlapping a label front surface portion (one ribbon tape piece) 1, which serves as the front fabric, and a label back surface portion (the other ribbon tape piece) 2, which serves as the back fabric, both of which have a long rectangular shape, with a cylindrical space serving as a hollow portion 4. In the short direction, assuming the longitudinal direction of the printed label to be the left-right direction in the figure, the folded portion 1a of the label front surface portion 1, which is folded back toward the label back surface portion 2, is provided with an embossed (or debossed) portion 3 in a linear pattern along the longitudinal direction of the printed label. For convenience, the uneven shape of the embossed (or debossed) portion 3 is omitted from Figure 2.

[0013] That is, in this embodiment, the upper and lower folded portions 1a are configured by folding back the short-side end portions of the label front portion 1 so as to wrap around the short-side end portions of the label back portion 2. In order to fix the two folded portions 1a, an embossed portion 3 is formed on the label front portion 1 and the label back portion 2.

[0014] The printed label for clothing in this embodiment is designed so that the upper and lower folded portions 1a are each approximately 3.5 mm wide, with the finished size being approximately 24 mm wide in the short side. For example, if the thicknesses of the label front portion 1 and the label back portion 2 can be ignored, the short side width of the label back portion 2 will be approximately 24 mm or less, and the short side width of the label front portion 1 will be approximately 31 mm.

[0015] The embossed portion 3 is not limited to a straight line, but may be a curved line, or may be a plurality of straight lines or curved lines.

[0016] Both longitudinal ends of the printed name are folded by a processing machine (not shown) to a width of about 5 mm to 7 mm toward the label surface 1 to form left and right folded portions 1b. The left and right folded portions 1b are formed in a cold state, taking into consideration the insertion of a coin-shaped IC tag for linen (e.g., an RFID tag) 5, which will be described later.

[0017] In the printed label for clothing of this embodiment, for example, ultrasonic processing technology using a high-frequency processing machine (not shown) is used to double up the label front surface 1 and label back surface 2, which are cut ribbon tapes, and then a mold is applied to fold both ends of the shorter side of the label front surface 1 back toward the label back surface 2 as folded-over portions 1a. Then, an embossing machine (not shown) embosses each folded-over portion 1a to form embossed portions 3. Thereafter, both ends of the longer side of the label front surface 1 and label back surface 2, which have been stacked in a cylindrical shape, are folded toward the label front surface 1 by the above-mentioned processing machine, thereby manufacturing (producing) the printed label made up of parts.

[0018] As described above, the printed label for clothing according to this embodiment can be manufactured more efficiently than the bag-shaped printed labels formed using conventional woven labels, without using special woven label looms, and improved productivity can be expected.

[0019] FIG. 3 shows the state of the printed label for clothing according to this embodiment when an IC tag 5 for linen is included inside.

[0020] That is, the printed label for clothing of this embodiment is an end-hold type container label made of a ribbon cut tape, which can contain a coin-shaped IC tag for linen 5 in the hollow portion 4, as shown in Fig. 3. Therefore, it is easy to contain the IC tag for linen 5 in the hollow portion 4 of the printed label, which is useful for inventory management and product management of clothing.

[0021] As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to easily produce printed labels without using a special woven label loom, and it is possible to provide printed labels that look good and are excellent in terms of productivity and cost performance.

[0022] The clothing items to which the printed labels are attached are not limited to T-shirts and the like, but may also be towels, curtains, and the like. [Explanation of symbols]

[0023] 1 Label surface (one ribbon tape piece) 1a Folded part 1b Bending part 2 Back side of label (other ribbon tape piece) 3 Embossed part (debossed part) 4 Hollow part 5. Linen IC tags (RFID tags)

Claims

1. A clothing tape comprising one rectangular ribbon tape piece and another rectangular ribbon tape piece superimposed on each other, a folded portion formed by folding back an end portion in the short side direction of one of the ribbon tape pieces so as to wrap around an end portion in the short side direction of the other ribbon tape piece; an embossed portion formed by embossing the folded portion along the folded portion; A tape for clothing comprising:

2. The clothing tape according to claim 1, characterized in that the one ribbon tape piece and the other ribbon tape piece have the same longitudinal length and each longitudinal end is folded toward the one ribbon tape piece.

3. The clothing tape according to claim 1, characterized in that a cylindrical hollow portion is formed by the one ribbon tape piece and the other ribbon tape piece, and a coin-shaped IC tag can be contained within the hollow portion.

4. 2. The clothing tape according to claim 1, wherein the embossed portion is formed by providing a large number of concave and convex portions in one or more linear shapes along the folded portion.

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