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EP0669204A1 - Etiquette auto-collante pour emballage rescellable et procédé pour sa fabrication - Google Patents

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EP0669204A1
EP0669204A1 EP95200312A EP95200312A EP0669204A1 EP 0669204 A1 EP0669204 A1 EP 0669204A1 EP 95200312 A EP95200312 A EP 95200312A EP 95200312 A EP95200312 A EP 95200312A EP 0669204 A1 EP0669204 A1 EP 0669204A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
    • B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
    • B31D1/021—Making adhesive labels having a multilayered structure, e.g. provided on carrier webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
    • B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
    • B31D1/026—Cutting or perforating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/5833—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall
    • B65D75/5838—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall combined with separate fixed tearing means, e.g. tabs
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/10—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/36—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for bakery products, e.g. biscuits

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  • the present invention relates to a self-adhesive label, of the type used in resealable packaging, which has a removably self-adhesive surface.
  • Self-adhesive labels of the type described are used, for example, on resealable packets of food products, like baked products such as toast slices, biscuits and the like, the contents of which are not consumed in one go. Until the contents are finished, the packet must be resealed, with the same label, thus protecting the food product from air, odours and the like in order to preserve its physical and organoleptic properties.
  • prior art self-adhesive labels are provided with a grip portion defined by an area of the removable self-adhesive surface which is free of glue and includes an edge portion.
  • separating line is required to define the glue-free portion, separating it from the rest of the self-adhesive surface which is stuck to the resealable packet.
  • This separation line may constitute an easy rupture point, both for the label which may tear and no longer be usable and for the paper wrapping of the resealable package.
  • the technical problem of the present invention is to provide a self-adhesive label which overcomes the disadvantages mentioned in connection with the prior art.
  • a label of the type specified characterised in that it includes a structurally independent tongue which is removably attached to an area of the self-adhesive surface which includes a portion of the edge.
  • the main advantage of the self-adhesive label of the invention is that the self-adhesive surface is completely coated with glue, thus eliminating laborious and costly steps from the production of labels, while still enabling the label to be easily gripped and removed.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for the production of labels as described above, these labels being arranged in succession on a support strip of paper material known as glassine, characterised in that it includes a step of cutting the support strip from beneath to form a succession of cuts which define the tongues corresponding to each self-adhesive label.
  • a resealable packet is generally indicated 1. It has a paral- lelepipedal wrapping 2 constituted by a food-quality sheet 3 which has been appropriately blanked and folded so as to obtain a closure side 4, substantially like an envelope, which includes a flap 5.
  • a self-adhesive label, generally indicated 6, is superposed on the flap 5 and has a removably self-adhesive surface 8 and an edge 9.
  • the self-adhesive surface 8 has removably attached thereto a paper tongue 10 which is approximately disc-shaped, structurally independent and arranged in correspondence with the edge 9 of the label 6 so that it includes a portion of this edge 9.
  • this tongue 10 projects from the edge 9.
  • Appropriate handling of the tongue 10 makes it possible to open the package 1 after only partially detaching the label 6 so that only the glue of the self-adhesive surface 8 which sticks directly to the food wrapper 3 and not to the flap 5 deteriorates, with the result that, when the glue loses its effectiveness, one need only detach the tongue 10 from the label 6 to uncover an area of the self-adhesive surface 8 with fully effective glue. In this way it is possible to reseal the package 1 by using this new area, thus lengthening the useful life of the self-adhesive label 6 of the invention.
  • the self-adhesive label 6 thus conceived provides important advantages not only with regard to its use on resealable packaging but also with regard to its mass production.
  • labels are produced in a line on a support strip, generally of calendered, siliconised paper, commonly known as glassine, which has special properties of anti-adhesiveness and strength and on which the glue is initially spread, this glue subsequently transferring to the self-adhesive surface 8 of the labels 6.
  • the glue is deposited on the support strip in one or more continuous longitudinal stripes, leaving glue-free bands which constitute the known gripping portions.
  • the self-adhesive label 6 of the invention does not require separate stripes of glue to be deposited on the support strip, but simply requires the glue to be spread evenly along this strip, which is both easier and cheaper.
  • the formation of the tongue 10 is also particularly simple, as will become clear from the description of a method for the production of self-adhesive labels 6 according to the invention, provided hereafter with reference to Figures 3 and 4.
  • a rolled sheet of labels 6 is indicated 11.
  • This includes a support strip 15, of the aforesaid paper-like material glassine, with a surface 12 on which the labels 6 are applied in succession in a single line, and an opposite surface 13.
  • a roll is indicated 14 of still unprocessed rolled sheet 11' for the production of labels 6 which is constituted by an upper sheet 16 of label paper, stuck to the surface 12 of the support strip 15.
  • edges 9 of the labels 6 are cut in the upper sheet 16 and, subsequently, at a second cutting station 18, edges 20 defining the tongues 10 are cut, the cutting being effected from the opposite surface 13 of the support strip 15.
  • the tongue 10 is therefore formed directly out of the glassine support strip 15 and its strength is therefore excellent.
  • the upper label- paper sheet 16 of the unprocessed strip 15 for the production of labels 6 is also made of glassine, that is of the type of paper generally used for the rolled support sheets of labels.
  • Glassine's resistance to tearing means that it is possible to use a glue in aqueous solution, which is generally very strong, rather than a solvent-based glue which could have a deleterious effect on the food products contained in the resealable packets 1.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Adhesives Or Adhesive Processes (AREA)
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  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
EP95200312A 1994-02-28 1995-02-08 Etiquette auto-collante pour emballage rescellable Expired - Lifetime EP0669204B2 (fr)

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SI9530208T SI0669204T2 (en) 1994-02-28 1995-02-08 A self-adhesive label for resealable packaging

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ITMI940354 1994-02-28
ITMI940354A IT1273348B (it) 1994-02-28 1994-02-28 Etichetta autoadesiva per confezioni richiudibili e metodo per la sua produzione

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EP0669204A1 true EP0669204A1 (fr) 1995-08-30
EP0669204B1 EP0669204B1 (fr) 1998-12-09
EP0669204B2 EP0669204B2 (fr) 2003-10-08

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JP (1) JP3295573B2 (fr)
AT (1) ATE174260T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU691543B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA2143351C (fr)
DE (1) DE69506457T3 (fr)
DK (1) DK0669204T4 (fr)
ES (1) ES2125549T5 (fr)
GR (1) GR3029331T3 (fr)
IT (1) IT1273348B (fr)
SI (1) SI0669204T2 (fr)

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ITPR20090029A1 (it) * 2009-04-27 2010-10-28 Idea S R L Confezione richiudibile per prodotti alimentari
WO2014121120A3 (fr) * 2013-02-01 2014-10-09 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Bande de fermeture dotée d'une languette d'arrachage
US9248469B2 (en) 2013-06-27 2016-02-02 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Closure seal
US9656783B2 (en) 2010-05-18 2017-05-23 Intercontinental Great Brands Llc Reclosable flexible packaging and methods for manufacturing same
US9932149B2 (en) 2013-05-22 2018-04-03 The Procter & Gamble Company Package with integrally formed handle and method of making the same

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US3694287A (en) * 1969-07-11 1972-09-26 Edward C Marshall Pressure sensitive label strip construction and method of making same
US3921319A (en) * 1972-09-11 1975-11-25 James D Styers Pocket-forming member with window therein

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US3524271A (en) * 1969-03-04 1970-08-18 Duwayne F Buske Combination protection coupon and label
US3694287A (en) * 1969-07-11 1972-09-26 Edward C Marshall Pressure sensitive label strip construction and method of making same
US3921319A (en) * 1972-09-11 1975-11-25 James D Styers Pocket-forming member with window therein

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ITPR20090029A1 (it) * 2009-04-27 2010-10-28 Idea S R L Confezione richiudibile per prodotti alimentari
US9656783B2 (en) 2010-05-18 2017-05-23 Intercontinental Great Brands Llc Reclosable flexible packaging and methods for manufacturing same
WO2014121120A3 (fr) * 2013-02-01 2014-10-09 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Bande de fermeture dotée d'une languette d'arrachage
US9296510B2 (en) 2013-02-01 2016-03-29 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Tear tab closure strip
US9932149B2 (en) 2013-05-22 2018-04-03 The Procter & Gamble Company Package with integrally formed handle and method of making the same
US9248469B2 (en) 2013-06-27 2016-02-02 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Closure seal
US9953549B2 (en) 2013-06-27 2018-04-24 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Closure seal

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GR3029331T3 (en) 1999-05-28
JP3295573B2 (ja) 2002-06-24
JPH0836362A (ja) 1996-02-06
AU691543B2 (en) 1998-05-21
CA2143351C (fr) 2002-09-17
DE69506457T3 (de) 2004-07-01
EP0669204B1 (fr) 1998-12-09
SI0669204T1 (en) 1999-04-30
SI0669204T2 (en) 2004-04-30
ATE174260T1 (de) 1998-12-15
ITMI940354A1 (it) 1995-09-01
CA2143351A1 (fr) 1995-08-29
ES2125549T3 (es) 1999-03-01
DE69506457D1 (de) 1999-01-21
DE69506457T2 (de) 1999-06-10
ES2125549T5 (es) 2004-06-16
AU1220595A (en) 1995-09-07
DK0669204T4 (da) 2004-02-09
EP0669204B2 (fr) 2003-10-08
IT1273348B (it) 1997-07-08
DK0669204T3 (da) 1999-08-16

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