Printing Tape Segmentation for Flexible Label Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional printing labels have a fixed orientation between the display part and the attachment portion, limiting user convenience and flexibility when attaching the label to an adherend.
Innovation Solution
The printing tape is designed with a main label portion that can be freely oriented relative to subordinate label portions, allowing greater flexibility in attachment and reducing meandering during conveyance in printing devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the display part and attachment portion are integrally formed, then the manufacturing process is simplified, but the orientation flexibility when attaching to an adherend is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The label is divided into separate components: a display part and an attachment portion, which are not integrally formed but can be detached from each other. This segmentation allows the attachment portion to be oriented independently on the adherend while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular design.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the display part and attachment portion are integrally formed, then the structural integrity is improved, but the user convenience and attachment flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The label structure is segmented into a display part and attachment portion that can be detached. This allows the user to independently position and orient the attachment portion on the adherend for optimal readability and accessibility, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining sufficient structural integrity through the detachment mechanism.
3Manufacturing precision
If the display part is fixed relative to the attachment portion, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the adaptability to different attachment scenarios is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the display part and attachment portion, the manufacturing precision for each component can be independently optimized while the detachment mechanism provides adaptability to various attachment scenarios, allowing the label to be used in diverse orientations and positions on different adherends.
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AI summary
Improving degree of freedom in case of attachment to an object. A printing tape 50 includes a release sheet 54 having an elongated rectangular shape whose length in a conveying direction is greater than a widthwise length of a tape perpendicular to the conveying direction, a label main body part 91 affixed to the release sheet 54 and formed with a perforation line 91a as a fold line extending in one of the conveying direction and the widthwise direction, and a winding part 90 affixed to the release sheet 54 and arrayed with the label main body part 91 in the conveying direction or widthwise direction. The winding part 90 is separate from the label main body part, or is integrally connected to the label main body part through a portion thinner than the winding part 90.