DE102012007303B4 - Luggage tag and method of making such a baggage tag - Google Patents

Abstract

A luggage tag (1) comprising a self-adhesive composite material comprising an upper (2) and a backing material (3) joined together by an adhesive (4), the adhesive (4) being substantially insoluble with the upper (2) and detachably connected to the carrier material (3), characterized in that the luggage tag (1) has on opposite outer sides an OPP film (5), wherein a first of the OPP films (5) directly on the upper material (2) and a second of the OPP films (5) is cellophane-coated directly onto the carrier material (3).

Description

The invention relates to a luggage tag for identifying pieces of luggage and a corresponding manufacturing method, wherein the luggage tag has a self-adhesive composite material having an upper and a carrier material which are interconnected via an adhesive, wherein the adhesive with the upper material substantially insoluble and with the Carrier material is detachably connected. Such a luggage tag is from the EP 1 437 682 A1 known. Other luggage tags are known from the DE 20 2008 014 479 U1 , of the WO 2008/131822 A1 as well as the US 8,182,893 B2 respectively. US 2012 0 037 302 A1 ,

Generic luggage tags often have a strip-shaped composite material in which a central layer of OPP film, consisting of an oriented polypropylene, is laminated on both sides with a layer of paper. The outer layers of paper give the luggage tag the function of being printable, while the central layer of OPP film gives the luggage tag the necessary tear resistance.

Such luggage tags are available as roll goods and can be printed, for example, in the offset printing process. After printing, a glue strip is applied to the luggage tag at one of its ends on one of the two layers of paper, which is covered with a removable silicone paper or the like. After the luggage tag has been printed and provided with the glue strip, including silicone paper, the roll goods can be cut on sheets and perforated.

Basically, luggage tags must have a certain resistance to tearing and at the same time be printed for personalization and, if required, can also be individually labeled by the customer. In the manufacture of luggage trailers, therefore, a suitable compromise must be made in the choice of materials that all of the aforementioned properties are achieved. Furthermore, the luggage tag must have sufficient flexibility so that it can be glued over the glue strip in a loop over its ends. The luggage tag must continue to be easy to handle and in use, little or no waste should be produced.

The above-described from the prior art baggage tags have the disadvantage that the silicone paper on one side of the sheet so strong applies that in the subsequent printing of the sheet goods, for example, with the individual customer data, the printing machine for the held in the paper cassette sheets incorrect filling height information receives which is due to the fact that the stack of material on the side to which the glue strip is attached to the silicone paper, has a greater height than on the opposite side, where the glue strip, including silicone paper is not present. Furthermore, it has been found that in the subsequent printing of the sheet goods, the sheets jam on the protruding silicone paper in the printing press and thus can cause a paper jam. Furthermore, in the conventional bag trailers, the glue of the glue strip in the subsequent cutting of the luggage tag from the sheets, which is usually done in a plan cutter squeezed out by the pressure of the Anpressbalkens, resulting in a sticking of the knife of the plan cutter.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a generic luggage tag, which does not have the aforementioned disadvantages. For this purpose, the luggage tag, if it is provided as a sheet, for the subsequent printing as stacked goods plan. Furthermore, in the further processing, especially when cutting the luggage tag, no adhesive should emerge.

This object is achieved by a luggage tag with the features of claim 1. The claim 5 relates to a corresponding manufacturing method for a luggage tag. The dependent claims correspond to advantageous embodiments of the invention.

The luggage tag according to the invention is characterized in that it has an OPP film on opposite outer sides, wherein one of the OPP films is padded onto the outer material and one of the OPP films is cellophane-coated onto the carrier material.

The self-adhesive composite material may be material known from the prior art in which, for example, a paper layer serves as an upper material, wherein the paper layer is provided on one side with an adhesive which adheres to the paper layer substantially insoluble. The paper layer with the adhesive applied on one side is placed with its adhesive side on a silicone paper or the like detachable again. Such self-adhesive composite material is often referred to in the art as "SK material" and "SK paper".

Its essential functions of printability and tear resistance are provided by the luggage tag with its OPP films on opposite outer sides. Such a luggage tag has in a simplest embodiment of the Thus, the following layer sequence: OPP film, substrate, adhesive, outer material, OPP film. When cellophane wrapping the coated with an adhesive OPP film is placed on the substrate or upper. Thereafter, at about 130 ° C (hot lamination), the adhesive is liquefied via heat rollers and bonded to the substrate or upper under pressure.

On the one hand, the coating of the luggage tag with the OPP films ensures that they can be individually printed and inscribed and are tear-resistant. On the other hand, the OPP films form a moisture barrier, which on the one hand prevents softening of the baggage tag and on the other hand, that due to the heat input in an electrophotographic printing of the OPP films moisture from the carrier material, which is preferably paper, emerges and evaporates, resulting in a shortening of Paper fibers and thus cause the sheet material shortened on one side and thereby deformed, which in turn could cause paper jams during further transport and in the further processing of the luggage tag.

For example, in one embodiment of the invention in which the self-adhesive composite material has a polypropylene or polyethylene film releasably applied to a backing paper via an adhesive, one of the two OPP film cellophane wrappings is used to provide subsequent writing and printability of the film Baggage tag, the other cellophane wrapping with an OPP film, in conjunction with the first OPP cellophane wrapping, to avoid deformation of the sheet due to heat build-up when subsequently printing the suitcase tag with custom data. Before the cellophane wrapping of the composite material, the carrier material and / or the upper material can be printed, for example, with the non-individual data, for example a logo of the tour operator, in a conventional manner, somewhat in an offset printing process. With the help of the first printing process, for example, the customer-specific consistent color design of the case trailer can be specified, in an additional subsequent printing process, for example, in a conventional digital printing, the customer-specific data are supplemented.

More preferably, the luggage tag is a strap connectable to a loop having at one end a first and a second slot or perforation, the first slot or perforation extending through the upper, the OPP film and adhesive associated therewith, and the second slot or perforation extends through the substrate and the OPP film associated therewith, the slots or perforations being staggered in the longitudinal direction of the strip.

• – Bereitstellen eines selbstklebenden Verbundmaterials, das ein Obermaterial und ein Trägermaterial aufweist, die über einen Klebstoff miteinander verbunden sind, wobei der Klebstoff mit dem Obermaterial im Wesentlichen unlösbar und mit dem Trägermaterial lösbar verbunden ist; und
• – Kaschieren des Verbundmaterials an gegenüberliegenden Seiten mit jeweils einer OPP-Folie, wobei eine erste der OPP-Folien unmittelbar auf das Obermaterial und eine zweite der OPP-Folien unmittelbar auf das Trägermaterial aufcellophaniert wird.

The method according to the invention for producing a suitcase trailer has the steps:

• - Providing a self-adhesive composite material having an upper and a carrier material, which are interconnected via an adhesive, wherein the adhesive with the upper material is substantially insoluble and releasably connected to the carrier material; and
• Laminating the composite material on opposite sides with one OPP film each, with a first of the OPP films directly cellophane-coated onto the outer material and a second one of the OPP films directly laminated to the carrier material.

The method according to the invention preferably further comprises electrophotographically printing at least one of the laminated OPP films with a dye and fixing the dye at a temperature between 140 C and 200 C, and preferably at 170 C.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention will be explained with reference to the following figures. Showing:

1a a known from the prior art luggage tag in cross section;

1b a bow of two suitcases according to 1a in the plan view;

2 a pile of bows of luggage tags according to the 1a and 1b ;

3 a Kofferahänger invention in cross section;

4 the luggage tag according to 3 with slits introduced;

5 a plan view of an arc of two luggage trailers according to 4 ; and

6 according to the bow 5 in which one of the luggage tags has been separated along the introduced slits for the bonding.

1a shows a known from the prior art luggage tag 10 in cross-section, which is composed of a three-layer composite material, with a central layer of OPP film 12 to give it the necessary tear strength. The OPP film is on both sides with one layer of paper 11 provided to make the luggage tag printable on both sides. On one of the two paper layers 11 is a glue strip 13 Applied to a removable silicone paper 14 is covered. For the use of the luggage tag 10 according to 1a can the silicone paper 14 from the glue strip 13 be solved so that the luggage tag 10 can be glued to form the loop around the handle of a piece of luggage around. 1b shows a bow of two suitcases 10 according to 1a that has a perforated punching 15 are delimited from each other.

2 shows a stack of sheets, each sheet correspondingly 1b from a plurality of luggage tags interconnected along their longitudinal sides 10 consists. It can be seen that on the side of the arches, where these are the glue strips 13 and the silicone paper 14 have the stack of sheets a greater height than on the opposite side. This leads to the already mentioned problems in the subsequent printing of the luggage tag 10 with individual customer and travel data.

3 shows the luggage tag according to the invention 1 in the preferred embodiment in cross section. It can be seen that the luggage tag according to the invention 1 in cross-section over its entire length has a constant thickness. This is achieved by the layer structure according to the invention. The preferred embodiment according to 3 consists of a central self-adhesive composite material with an upper material 2 and a carrier material 3 that have an adhesive 4 , here designed as an adhesive layer, are connected to each other. The composite material is at its top and bottom each with an OPP film 5 laminated, which is cellophane in the present case. The central self-adhesive composite material is well-known SK material from the prior art, wherein the upper 2 and the carrier material 3 each is either paper or a foil. It is essential that the adhesive 4 with the upper 2 essentially insoluble and with the carrier material 3 is detachably connected. The carrier material 3 may be for example a silicone paper. In addition, the carrier material 3 and / or the upper 2 printed in an offset printing process before cellophane wrapping.

After the OPP slides 5 applied to the self-adhesive composite material, for example cellophane-laminated, at least one of the OPP films 5 be printed in an electrophotographic printing process with the development of heat with a dye, for example with a, toner, for example, for the application of customer-specific or travel-related data. The layer structure according to the invention ensures that, despite the development of heat during the electrophotographic printing of the OPP films, the sheets of luggage trailers 1 not be deformed. After the bows of luggage tags 1 from the composite material according to 3 printed on at least one side, the sheets can accordingly 5 with perforated punches 15 or slots are provided to these in the individual luggage tags 1 divide. Further slits or perforations 7 . 8th are at one end of each strip-shaped luggage tag 1 provided, with a first slit or perforation 7 through the upper 2 associated with this OPP film 5 and the glue 4 extends through, and wherein there is a second slot or perforation 8th through the carrier material 3 and the associated OPP film 5 extends through. The two slits or perforations 7 . 8th are arranged offset from each other in the longitudinal direction of the strip. Is the as described above slotted luggage tag according to the 5 and 6 at the slits or perforations 7 . 8th Separates, a portion of the between the upper material 2 and the carrier material 3 existing adhesive 4 or the adhesive layer corresponding thereto, wherein the width of this area just the distance of the two slits or perforations 7 . 8th at the end of the luggage tag 1 equivalent. This exposed area of the adhesive layer 4 can now be used to the luggage tag 1 gluing together to form a loop, for example, over its two ends.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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luggage tags

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uppers

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support material

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Adhesive / adhesive layer

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OPP film

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The End

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first slit or perforation

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second slit or perforation

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Luggage tag according to the prior art

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paper layer

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OPP film

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glue strips

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silicone paper

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perforated punching

Claims (7)

Luggage tag ( 1 ), with a self-adhesive composite material comprising an outer material ( 2 ) and a carrier material ( 3 ), which via an adhesive ( 4 ), wherein the adhesive ( 4 ) with the upper ( 2 ) substantially insoluble and with the carrier material ( 3 ) detachably connected is characterized in that the luggage tag ( 1 ) on opposite outer sides of an OPP film ( 5 ), wherein a first of the OPP films ( 5 ) directly onto the upper ( 2 ) and a second of the OPP films ( 5 ) directly onto the carrier material ( 3 ) is cellophane-coated. Luggage tag ( 1 ) according to claim 1, wherein the OPP films ( 5 ) form a moisture barrier. Luggage tag ( 1 ) according to claim 1, wherein on at least one of the OPP films ( 5 ) a heat-fixed dye is applied. Luggage tag ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the luggage tag ( 1 ) is a strip which can be connected to a loop and which is connected at one end ( 6 ) a first and a second slot or perforation ( 7 . 8th ), wherein the first slot or perforation ( 7 ) through the upper ( 2 ), the OPP film associated therewith ( 5 ) and the adhesive ( 4 ) and the second slot or perforation (FIG. 8th ) by the carrier material ( 3 ) and the associated OPP film ( 5 ), wherein the slits or perforations ( 7 . 8th ) are arranged offset from each other in the longitudinal direction of the strip. Method for producing a suitcase trailer ( 1 ) comprising the steps of: - providing a self-adhesive composite material comprising an outer material ( 2 ) and a carrier material ( 3 ), which via an adhesive ( 4 ), wherein the adhesive ( 4 ) with the upper ( 2 ) substantially insoluble and with the carrier material ( 3 ) is releasably connected; and laminating the composite material on opposite sides with one OPP film each ( 5 ), with a first of the OPP films ( 5 ) directly onto the upper ( 2 ) and a second of the OPP films ( 5 ) directly onto the carrier material ( 3 ) is cellophane-coated. The method of claim 5, further comprising electrophotographic printing on at least one of the laminated OPP films ( 5 ) with a dye and fixing the dye at a temperature of between 140 ° C and 200 ° C, preferably at 170 ° C. The method of claim 6, wherein the lamination comprises a hot cellophane or a cold cellophane.

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