Adhesive tape for personal information protection

Abstract

To surely prevent the see-through of individual information by coloring parts of both front and rear sides arranged sandwiching the thickness of a tape body.SOLUTION: An adhesive tape for individual information protection for making individual information illegible by an adhesive to the individual information on a sheet includes a tape body formed in a belt-like shape to have an adhesive face of a rear side and a peeling face of a front side, and a wound body around which the tape body is wound in a roll state so as to join the adhesive face and the peeling face. In the adhesive tape for individual information protection, the adhesive face and the peeling face have a color part, the color part is provided with a camouflage pattern including characters so as not to overlap in the direction of the thickness of the tape body, and the tape body is wound around the wound body so as to be freely drawn.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an adhesive tape for personal information protection used when disposing of documents on which personal information such as names and addresses is displayed, such as name labels, postcards, envelopes, and invoices.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, as this type of adhesive tape for personal information protection, patterns, characters, or numbers are printed on the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape, and by pressing and adhering the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape against the personal information described on a name label or the like, there is a label remover that makes the name label or the printed personal information illegible (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The label remover has a structure in which a paper adhesive tape is mounted in a roll shape and the adhesive surface is easily pressed against the name label attached to an envelope. Therefore, by pressing and adhering the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape against the name label, the name label or the printed personal information is transferred to the adhesive tape. Further, by peeling off the paper name label attached to the envelope with the adhesive tape, the name label becomes cuttable by hand, and the paper name label is easily converted into a combustible material that can be discarded by hand.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] However, in Patent Document 1, only patterns, characters, and numbers are printed on the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape and not on the non-adhesive surface on the opposite side. Therefore, there is a problem that with respect to the personal information described on a name label or the like, just adhering the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape does not make the personal information such as the name completely illegible as it can still be seen through. Therefore, for the label remover described in Patent Document 1, it is an essential condition to stick the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape to the address label pasted on the envelope and then peel off the address label together with the adhesive tape. In this case, since both the operation of sticking the adhesive tape to personal information and the operation of peeling off the personal information are required, there is a problem that the burden on the operator increases and it is troublesome. Furthermore, it is difficult to know the length of the adhesive tape pulled out from the roll part from the patterns, characters, and numbers printed on the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape. For this reason, there is also a problem that it is difficult to cut the length of the adhesive tape according to the size of the personal information described on the address label or the like.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] In order to solve such problems, the adhesive tape for personal information protection according to the present invention is an adhesive tape for personal information protection that makes the personal information illegible by pasting it on the personal information on the sheet, and is formed in a strip shape and has an adhesive surface on the back side and a release surface on the front side. A tape body, and a winding body around which the tape body is wound in a roll shape so as to join the adhesive surface and the release surface, the adhesive surface and the release surface have a colored portion, and the colored portion is provided with a camouflage pattern including characters so as not to overlap in the thickness direction of the tape body, and the winding body is characterized in that the tape body is wound so as to be pullable out.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0007] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 2, the adhesive tape A for personal information protection according to an embodiment of the present invention can make personal information B unreadable easily and without trouble by pasting it on personal information B on the sheet S or peeling it off after pasting, and even if it is disposed of as it is, the risk of leakage of personal information B can be eliminated. Personal information B refers to information that can identify a specific individual, and particularly in a delivery D delivered to a designated destination such as a postal item or a delivery item, it is information displayed by being described or printed on a sheet S such as a piece of paper and that may be discarded. Specific examples of personal information B include a name or address or other string B1 including a postal code, a telephone number, a membership number, etc., or a mechanically readable information medium or identifier (not shown) such as a one-dimensional code (barcode) or a two-dimensional code (QR code: registered trademark). The sheet S where personal information B is displayed is a paper sheet such as a name label S1, a postcard S2, an envelope, an invoice, a specification, etc., or a document made of a synthetic resin sheet or the like, and anything other than a document is also included as long as personal information B can be displayed. In addition to this, the sheet S also includes those having unevenness on the surface such as a cushion envelope. In this case, the personal information B such as the name displayed on the surface also has unevenness.

[0008] More specifically, the adhesive tape A for personal information protection according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, as main components, a tape body 1 formed in a strip shape and a winding body 2 around which the tape body 1 is wound in a roll shape. The tape body 1 is made of a base material cut into a strip shape from a soft material that can be deformed such as bending or folding. As the soft material constituting the base material of the tape body 1, it is preferable to use paper, a synthetic resin film, etc. that can be cut by hand to a desired length even without a cutting tool such as scissors or a cutter (not shown), and a paper tape is particularly preferable. As other soft materials, it is also possible to use cloth, metal foil, etc. that can be cut to a desired length with a cutting tool. Furthermore, the tape body 1 has an adhesive surface 1a formed on one side of the back side of the base material and a release surface 1b formed on the opposite surface of the front side of the base material. Also, it is preferable to use a material for the base material of the tape body 1 that is adhered to the sheet S by the adhesive surface 1a described later and self-destructs when trying to peel off the strongly adhered tape body 1.

[0009] The adhesive surface 1a is formed by applying and laminating an adhesive (adhesive agent) such as gum paste to one side of the back side of the tape body 1 (base material), and it is particularly preferable to use a strong adhesive having high peel resistance. The release surface 1b is formed by applying a release agent to the opposite surface of the front side of the tape body 1 (base material), using a material for the base material that is easy to peel the adhesive surface 1a, laminating a surface layer made of a material that is easy to peel the adhesive surface 1a, etc. Therefore, the tape body 1 can be attached by the adhesive surface 1a so as to cover the personal information B. Furthermore, the adhesive surface 1a and the release surface 1b of the tape body 1 have a colored portion 11 provided to face the personal information B and an uncolored portion 12 provided in a part of the colored portion 11.

[0010] The colored portion 11 is a shielding body that covers the personal information B so that it cannot be recognized (deciphered), and is formed in a strip shape by printing or the like on substantially the entire adhesive surface 1a and substantially the entire release surface 1b, respectively. That is, the colored portion 11 has an adhesive-side colored portion 11a disposed on substantially the entire adhesive surface 1a and a release-side colored portion 11b disposed on substantially the entire release surface 1b. In the coloring part 11 (adhesive side coloring part 11a, peeling side coloring part 11b), a camouflage pattern 11p including characters is provided so as not to overlap in the thickness direction of the tape body 1. Examples of the camouflage pattern 11p including characters include a camouflage pattern arranged with characters, a camouflage pattern arranged with characters and figures, a pattern surface including a camouflage pattern of a pattern or a random dot camouflage pattern, a camouflage pattern or a camouflage pattern surface similar to these, and a combination of these. That is, in a state where the adhesive surface 1a of the tape body 1 is attached to the personal information B, although the coloring part 11 (adhesive side coloring part 11a) of the adhesive surface 1a and the coloring part 11 (peeling side coloring part 11b) of the peeling surface 1b overlap three - fold in the thickness direction of the tape body 1, the camouflage patterns 11p including their respective characters are displaced in the thickness direction of the tape body 1 and do not overlap. Further, the personal information B and the adhesive side coloring part 11a approach or contact each other with the adhesive (adhesive) layer of the adhesive surface 1a having an extremely small thickness therebetween, so that the content of the personal information B is integrated with the camouflage pattern 11p including the characters of the adhesive side coloring part 11a. For this reason, even when looking through the personal information B, due to the integration with the camouflage pattern 11p including the characters of the adhesive side coloring part 11a, in addition to the thickness of the tape body 1, the camouflage patterns 11p including the characters displaced on both sides of the tape make it difficult to distinguish the content of the personal information B. In particular, it is preferable that the camouflage pattern 11p including characters is a camouflage pattern arranged with characters. In this case, even when looking through the personal information B, the character string B1 of the personal information B such as the name is difficult to see through due to the integration with the camouflage pattern 11p including the characters of the adhesive side coloring part 11a. The width dimension W of the coloring part 11 (adhesive side coloring part 11a, peeling side coloring part 11b) is preferably set to be substantially the same as or larger than the width size of the personal information B.

[0011] The non - coloring part 12 is a mark (guide) for cutting the tape body 1 according to the size of the personal information B, and is formed at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the tape body 1 on a part of the adhesive surface 1a and the peeling surface 1b respectively. That is, the non - coloring part 12 has a plurality of adhesive - side non - coloring parts 12a arranged on a part of the adhesive surface 1a and a plurality of peeling - side non - coloring parts 12b arranged on a part of the peeling surface 1b. As the non-coloring portions 12 (a plurality of non-coloring portions 12a on the adhesive side and a plurality of non-coloring portions 12b on the peeling side), it is preferable to form them in a short length in the longitudinal direction, such as in a linear shape extending in the width direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the tape body 1. Furthermore, it is preferable to arrange the plurality of non-coloring portions 12a on the adhesive side and the plurality of non-coloring portions 12b on the peeling side so as to be separated from each other in the longitudinal direction (the pulling-out direction of the tape body 1 from the winding body 2) and not to overlap. In this case, the plurality of non-coloring portions 12a on the adhesive side and the plurality of non-coloring portions 12b on the peeling side are displaced in the longitudinal direction of the tape body 1, and the plurality of non-coloring portions 12a on the adhesive side are arranged so as to overlap with the peeling-side coloring portion 11b in the thickness direction of the tape body 1, respectively, and the plurality of non-coloring portions 12b on the peeling side are arranged so as to overlap with the adhesive-side coloring portion 11a in the thickness direction of the tape body 1, respectively. The interval L between the non-coloring portions 12 (the non-coloring portion 12a on the adhesive side and the non-coloring portion 12b on the peeling side) is preferably set to be substantially the same as or larger than the length of the personal information B.

[0012] In the case shown in FIGS. 1(a)(b) to 2(a) as a specific example of the coloring portion 11, the adhesive-side coloring portion 11a and the peeling-side coloring portion 11b are a special camouflage pattern in which characters and figures are arranged in a mixture, and the camouflage patterns of the characters and figures are printed in a plurality of rows in the width direction of the tape body 1, and each row is displaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the tape body 1. As shown in FIG. 2(b), when the sheet S is the name label S1, the width dimension W of the coloring portion 11 covers all of the plurality of rows of character strings B1 that are the personal information B displayed in the name space of the name label S1. As shown in FIG. 2(c), when the sheet S is the postcard S2, it is set to about 2 cm that covers all of at least one row of character strings B1 that are the personal information B displayed in the name column of the postcard S2. In the case shown in FIGS. 1(a)(b) to 2(a) as a specific example of the non-coloring portion 12, the non-coloring portion 12a on the adhesive side and the non-coloring portion 12b on the peeling side are non-coloring lines extending in the width direction of the tape body 1 and short in the longitudinal direction. The interval L of the non-colored part 12 is set to approximately 6 cm so as to cover all of the plurality of lines of the character string B1 which becomes the personal information B displayed in the name space of the name label S1 when the sheet S is the name label S1 as shown in FIG. 2(b), and to cover all of at least one line of the character string B1 which becomes the personal information B displayed in the name field of the postcard S2 when the sheet S is the postcard S2 as shown in FIG. 2(c). In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 1(b), the case where the adhesive surface 1a of the tape body 1 pulled out from the winding body 2 is directly attached to the name label S1 fixed to the surface of the delivery item D is shown. In this case, when the name label S1 is peeled off from the surface of the delivery item D and viewed through, the personal information B such as the name displayed on the name label S1 may be read. Although not shown as another example, it is possible to change the adhesive-side colored part 11a and the release-side colored part 11b to a camouflage pattern or the like instead of the character and graphic camouflage pattern, change the adhesive-side non-colored part 12a and the release-side non-colored part 12b to other than the short non-colored line, change the width dimension W of the colored part 11 to the same as the commercially available cellophane tape width size, change the interval L of the non-colored part 12, and the like.

[0013] The winding body 2 is configured such that the tape body 1 is wound around the winding core 2a in a roll shape so that the adhesive surface 1a on the back side thereof overlaps the release surface 1b on the front side, thereby joining and integrating the adhesive surface 1a and the release surface 1b with each other. Therefore, by peeling off the tape body 1 from the outer peripheral end of the winding body 2, a tape body 1 of a predetermined length can be pulled out. As a result, a tape body 1 having a length corresponding to the size of the personal information B can be cut off. In the case shown in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b) as a specific example of the winding body 2, by making the inner diameter of the winding core 2a substantially the same as that of a commercially available cellophane tape (regular size), it can be used even on a tape dispenser with a cutter. Although not shown as another example, it is also possible to change the winding body 2 to a structure other than the illustrated example.

[0014] According to the adhesive tape A for personal information protection according to such an embodiment of the present invention, by attaching the adhesive surface 1a of the tape body 1 pulled out from the winding body 2 to the personal information B on the sheet S, the colored portion 11 (adhesive side colored portion 11a) of the adhesive surface 1a and the colored portion 11 (peeling side colored portion 11b) of the peeling surface 1b overlap the personal information B in the thickness direction of the tape body 1. However, the camouflage pattern 11p including the characters of the adhesive side colored portion 11a and the peeling side colored portion 11b is misaligned in the thickness direction of the tape body 1 and does not overlap. Further, the personal information B and the adhesive side colored portion 11a approach or come into contact with each other with the adhesive layer of the extremely thin adhesive surface 1a interposed therebetween, so that the content of the personal information B is integrated with the camouflage pattern 11p including the characters of the adhesive side colored portion 11a. Therefore, in the state where the tape body 1 is attached to the personal information B, even when the personal information B is seen through, due to the integration with the camouflage pattern 11p including the characters of the adhesive side colored portion 11a, in addition to the thickness of the tape body 1, the camouflage pattern 11p including the misaligned characters on both sides of the tape makes it difficult to distinguish the content of the personal information B and makes it unrecognizable. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the personal information B from being seen through by the colored portions 11 on both the front and back sides disposed with the thickness of the tape body 1 interposed therebetween. As a result, compared with the conventional one in which patterns, characters, and numbers are printed only on the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape and not on the opposite side, the personal information B cannot be seen through and is completely illegible. For this reason, simply by attaching the tape body 1 to the personal information B displayed on the used address label S1, postcard S2, etc. before throwing away the garbage, the leakage of the personal information B can be easily prevented. Furthermore, even if the sheet S is a cushion envelope or the like having irregularities on the surface, the adhesive surface 1a of the tape body 1 can be attached to the personal information B with irregularities without gaps, and the leakage of the personal information B can be easily prevented.

[0015] In particular, the adhesive surface 1a and the release surface 1b have uncolored portions 12 (adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a, release-side uncolored portion 12b) provided at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the tape body 1, and it is preferable to arrange the uncolored portions 12 (adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a, release-side uncolored portion 12b) so as not to overlap each other by being separated in the longitudinal direction of the tape body 1 (the direction in which the tape body 1 is pulled out from the winding body 2). In this case, by attaching the adhesive surface 1a to the personal information B, the uncolored portion 12 (adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a) of the adhesive surface 1a and the uncolored portion 12 (release-side uncolored portion 12b) of the release surface 1b are displaced in the longitudinal direction of the tape body 1 (the direction in which the tape body 1 is pulled out from the winding body 2) and do not overlap in the thickness direction of the tape body 1. Therefore, in the attached state of the tape body 1, the uncolored portion 12 (adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a) of the adhesive surface 1a overlaps with the colored portion 11 (release-side colored portion 11b) of the release surface 1b in the thickness direction of the tape body 1, and the uncolored portion 12 (release-side uncolored portion 12b) of the release surface 1b overlaps with the colored portion 11 (adhesive-side colored portion 11a) of the adhesive surface 1a in the thickness direction of the tape body 1. Here, by forming the uncolored portions 12 (adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a, release-side uncolored portion 12b) to be short in the longitudinal direction of the tape body 1, the portion that overlaps with the personal information B in the thickness direction of the tape body 1 is only one of the uncolored portion 12 (adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a) of the adhesive surface 1a or the colored portion 11 (release-side colored portion 11b) of the release surface 1b and has a small area, so that the content of the personal information B becomes difficult to distinguish and unrecognizable. Therefore, it is possible to surely prevent the personal information B from being seen through due to the displacement of the uncolored portions 12 (adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a, release-side uncolored portion 12b) on both the front and back sides. As a result, it is possible to simultaneously achieve easy separation of the tape body 1 along the uncolored portions 12 (adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a, release-side uncolored portion 12b) and prevention of leakage of the personal information B. Also, when the interval L between the uncolored portions 12 (the adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a and the release-side uncolored portion 12b) is set to substantially match the length dimension of the personal information B, the size adjustment operation is completed simply by cutting the tape body 1 along the uncolored portions 12 (the adhesive-side uncolored portion 12a and the release-side uncolored portion 12b). Therefore, the personal information B can be quickly hidden.

[0016] Furthermore, the camouflage pattern 11p including characters is preferably a camouflage pattern arranged including characters. When the personal information B is the character string B1 such as a name, the camouflage pattern arranged including characters that becomes the camouflage pattern 11p including characters overlaps with the character string B1 in a state where there is a positional deviation in the thickness direction of the tape body 1 due to the attachment of the adhesive surface 1a to the character string B1. For this reason, the content of the character string B1 becomes difficult to distinguish and unrecognizable due to integration with the camouflage pattern 11p including characters on the adhesive-side colored portion 11a. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the character string B1 that is the personal information B from being seen through. As a result, the character string B1 of the personal information B such as a name cannot be seen through and becomes a more completely unreadable state. For this reason, the leakage of the personal information B can be more reliably prevented.

[0017] In the above-described embodiment, in the illustrated example, only the name label S1 and the postcard S2 are shown as the sheet S where the personal information B is displayed, but it is not limited thereto, and the sheet S may be an envelope, a claim form, a specification, etc. instead of the name label S1 or the postcard S2. Even in this case, the same operations and advantages as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0018] A Adhesive tape 1 for protecting personal information 1 Tape body 1a Adhesive surface 1b Release surface 11 Colored portion 11p Camouflage pattern including characters 12 Uncolored portion 2 Winding body B Personal information B1 Character string S Sheet

Claims

1. An adhesive tape for personal information protection that makes the personal information illegible by pasting it on the personal information on the sheet, a tape body formed in a strip shape and having an adhesive surface on the back side and a release surface on the front side, and a winding body around which the tape body is wound in a roll shape so as to join the adhesive surface and the release surface, wherein the adhesive surface and the release surface have a colored portion, and a camouflage pattern including characters is provided in the colored portion so as not to overlap in the thickness direction of the tape body, and the winding body is characterized in that the tape body is wound so as to be pullable out. An adhesive tape for personal information protection.

2. The adhesive tape for personal information protection according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive surface and the release surface have non-colored portions provided at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the tape body, and the non-colored portions are arranged so as not to overlap and be separated from each other in the longitudinal direction of the tape body.

3. The adhesive tape for personal information protection according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the camouflage pattern including characters is a camouflage pattern arranged including characters.

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