Composite Tag Web with Adhesive Deadener for Non-Tacky Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for producing webs of record members, such as tags and labels, face challenges in efficiently manufacturing and separating pairs of tags and labels while ensuring the tags are non-tacky and easily adherable, with existing solutions not effectively addressing the need for a seamless integration of adhesive and release liner during printing and separation.
Innovation Solution
A composite web is created using an adhesive-coated tag stock web and a release liner web, where tags and labels are printed in pairs and severed, with a tab foldable to adhere to the remainder of the tag, and adhesive deadener masking off the non-tacky areas, allowing for easy separation and adherence, maintaining web integrity during manufacturing and printing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If adhesive is applied to the entire tag surface to ensure strong adhesion, then adhesion strength is improved, but the tag surface becomes tacky and difficult to handle
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive is applied selectively only to specific portions of the tag where adhesion is needed, rather than the entire surface. The patent specifies that adhesive is applied to portions of the tags that will be adhered to the release liner, while other portions remain non-tacky for easy handling and display purposes.
2Ease of operation
If tags and labels are produced as separate individual items, then ease of application is improved, but manufacturing efficiency and registration precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The tag stock web is divided into multiple individual tags arranged in a sequence, with each tag positioned at regular intervals. This segmentation allows the tags to be easily separated and applied individually while maintaining manufacturing efficiency through continuous web processing and automatic cutting.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple tags are combined into a continuous web structure that maintains their individual identities while enabling efficient manufacturing. The tags are connected through the web substrate, allowing them to be printed, cut, and applied systematically with precise registration.
3Ease of operation
If the entire adhesive surface is exposed for easy separation, then ease of separation is improved, but adhesive stability and controlled adhesion deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive is exposed only in specific localized areas where separation is needed, while other areas maintain controlled adhesion. The patent describes that adhesive deadener is applied to portions of the adhesive to control where tags will separate from the release liner, ensuring both easy separation where needed and stable adhesion where required.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables efficient production and separation of tags and labels, ensuring a non-tacky surface and maintaining web integrity, allowing for easy manual peeling and registration during printing, while reducing material usage and enhancing the strength of the tags.
Implementation Method 1
an adhesive-coated tag stock web and a release liner web
Implementation Method 2
adhesive deadener to provide a non-tacky tag
Data Source
AI summary
There is disclosed a composite web of record members and a method of making same, the composite web provides tag/label pairs comprised of a tag and a label which can be feed through a printer and in which a tag/label pair can be cut from the tag web with its underlying release liner. The tag web 20 is simple to manufacture using readily available materials. The label 22 can be adhesively adhered to garment wrappings and the tag is rendered non-tacky by use of a patterned adhesive deadener.