Adhesive Tape Cartridge Pigment Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

In adhesive tape cartridges, the intermixture of multiple pigments in a single layer leads to interference, preventing them from fully exerting their respective effects and affecting the bonding performance and color representation.

Innovation Solution

The adhesive tape cartridge features a layered structure with a first adhesive layer containing a first pigment and a second adhesive layer containing a second pigment, where the volume ratio of the second pigment is smaller than the first, allowing them to be distributed in separate layers to minimize interference and enhance their individual effects.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple pigments are added to a single adhesive layer, then color variety is improved, but pigment interference occurs and bonding performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor varietyVSAvoidbonding performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The adhesive tape is divided into multiple adhesive layers (first adhesive layer and second adhesive layer), with each layer containing a different pigment. This segmentation prevents pigment interference while maintaining color variety, as each pigment is confined to its own layer and can fully exert its effect without interfering with other pigments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The solution transitions from a single-layer structure to a multi-layer structure in the thickness direction. By adding the dimension of layering, the patent enables multiple pigments to coexist without interference, as they are separated in the vertical dimension rather than mixed in the same plane.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Manufacturing precision

If multiple pigments are added to a single adhesive layer, then color representation is improved, but pigment interference prevents full effect and manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor representationVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The adhesive tape is segmented into multiple adhesive layers, each dedicated to a specific pigment. This segmentation improves color representation by allowing each pigment to be optimized independently in its own layer, while the overall structure remains relatively simple with layers stacked in the thickness direction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Manufacturing precision

If pigment volume ratio is increased to enhance color effect, then color intensity is improved, but bonding performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor intensityVSAvoidbonding performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the adhesive tape into multiple layers with different pigments, each layer can have an optimized pigment volume ratio for maximum color intensity without compromising bonding performance. The total adhesive material is distributed across layers, maintaining overall bonding effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each adhesive layer is given local quality with a specific pigment type and optimized volume ratio suited for its intended color effect. This allows high pigment concentration in each layer for intense color while the distributed structure across multiple layers preserves overall bonding performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP3301140B1Adhesive tape cartridge, adhesive tape roll, and manufacturing method of adhesive tape roll
Publication Date: 2023.10.25 BROTHER KOGYO KK
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AI summary

An adhesive tape cartridge (11) comprises a housing (11A), and an adhesive tape roll (14) that is disposed in the housing (11A) and winds an adhesive tape (150N, 150), the adhesive tape (150N, 150) comprising a first adhesive layer (161, 161A, 161B) that comprises an adhesive with a first pigment added, a second adhesive layer (162, 162A, 162B) that is disposed on one side of the first adhesive layer (161, 161A, 161B) in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive with a second pigment added, and a separation material layer (152) that is disposed on the one side of the second adhesive layer (162, 162A, 162B) in the thickness direction, a volume ratio of the second pigment in the second adhesive layer (162, 162A, 162B) being smaller than a volume ratio of the first pigment in the first adhesive layer (161, 161 A, 161B).