Linerless Label Adhesive Patch Patterns for Printer Jam Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Aggressive adhesives used in labels cause printer jams and malfunctions due to adhesive buildup on printer components, leading to increased costs for retailers who need to change packaging materials or label stocks.
Innovation Solution
Linerless labels with optimized adhesive patch patterns that minimize adhesive contact with printer components while maintaining high adhesive bonding characteristics, allowing the use of aggressive adhesives without causing printer malfunctions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If aggressive adhesive is used to achieve high tack bonding, then adhesive bonding characteristics are improved, but adhesive buildup on printer components increases causing printer jams and malfunctions
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive is segmented into discrete patches rather than applied as a continuous layer. The label backside is divided into multiple adhesive patches arranged in a specific pattern, which limits the total adhesive surface area while maintaining bonding effectiveness. This segmentation prevents excessive adhesive contact with printer components during feeding while preserving high tack bonding to the target surface.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the label backside have different adhesive properties. Adhesive patches are strategically positioned in areas that maintain bonding performance while minimizing contact with printer rollers and components. The adhesive is concentrated in specific locations rather than distributed uniformly, creating local high-tack zones that satisfy bonding requirements without causing printer jams.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If adhesive coverage area is minimized to reduce printer contact, then adhesive buildup on printer components is reduced, but adhesive bonding characteristics may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive coverage is segmented into multiple discrete patches rather than a single large area. This segmentation reduces the total adhesive surface area that could contact printer components, thereby minimizing adhesive buildup and printer jams while maintaining effective bonding through strategic patch placement.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of applying adhesive across the entire label backside, adhesive is applied partially in specific patches. This partial action is sufficient to achieve the required bonding characteristics while significantly reducing the adhesive coverage area that could potentially contact and accumulate on printer components.
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
The optimized adhesive patch patterns on linerless labels reduce adhesive buildup and printer jams, allowing aggressive adhesives to be used without compromising the adhesive bonding capabilities of the labels once dispensed.
Implementation Method 1
an adhesive patch disposed on the backside in a pattern
Data Source
AI summary
Linerless labels with adhesive patches arranged in optimal adhesive patch patterns are provided. The adhesive patch patterns mitigate adhesive buildup on components of a printer when a roll of linerless labels is fed through a printer by minimizing the adhesive coverage area on the backside of the linerless labels without altering the adhesive bonding characteristics of the individual linerless labels dispensed from the printer.