Label Printer With Turn-Over Mechanism For Confidential Information Concealment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing label printers are limited in their ability to print and stick labels with confidential information concealed, as they require a turning process that is not compatible with ordinary printers and consumes significant labor when done manually.
Innovation Solution
A label printer with a printing, peeling, and sticking mechanism that includes a turn-over means to turn a part of the label to the rear face, allowing it to be sandwiched between the object and the label, while using a release liner and a turn plate to facilitate automatic printing and concealment of confidential information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a label is designed with a confidential information portion turned over to the rear face, then confidential information can be concealed from outside observation, but the label requires a turning process that cannot be performed by ordinary label printers and consumes significant manual labor
Solution Approach 1:
The label is divided into a front portion (with confidential information) and a rear portion (with non-confidential information), allowing the front portion to be turned over and concealed behind the rear portion when applied, thus achieving information concealment through structural segmentation
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of concealing confidential information through complex encoding or encryption, the patent inverts the conventional label application approach by turning the confidential information portion to the rear face, making it invisible from the outside while maintaining label functionality
2Loss of information
If a label is turned over manually to conceal confidential information, then information security is improved, but a large amount of labor is consumed for sticking the label
Solution Approach 1:
The label structure is designed to automatically turn over the confidential information portion during the application process itself, eliminating the need for separate manual turning operations and integrating the concealment function into the basic label sticking action
Solution Approach 2:
The label is pre-configured with the front portion positioned to be turned over during application, so that the concealment action is performed automatically as part of the label attachment process rather than requiring post-application manual intervention
3Adaptability or versatility
If a sheet type delivery slip is used to eliminate printer limitations, then printer availability is improved, but confidential information can be observed from the outside
Solution Approach 1:
The delivery slip is segmented into front and rear portions, with the front portion containing confidential information that can be turned over and concealed, allowing the use of ordinary sheet printers while maintaining information security through the turned-over structure
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AI summary
There is provided a label printer 10 that performs printing on a label L including a front-part label area L1 located at the front side in the feed-out direction and a rear-part label area L2 which is connected thereto. The label printer 10 comprises a printing unit 12 that performs printing on the label L, a sticking unit 14 that sticks the label L to an object W while holding the label L and a turn-over device 15 that turns over the front-part label area L1 to the rear face side of the rear-part label area L2. The sticking unit 14 is arranged so as to stick the label L to the object W after the front-part label area L1 is turned over and attached to the rear-part label area L2 by the turn-over device 15.