# US 10,500,878 B2 · Adhesive tape cartridge, adhesive tape roll, production method for adhesive tape roll, and printer having cartridge

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- Number: US 10,500,878 B2
- Document ID: US10500878B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/719,802
- Filed: 2017-09-29
- Published: 2018-04-05
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-30
- Assignees: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yoshikatsu Suito; Chie Nakashima
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500878B2

## CPC

- B41J 15/044: {Cassettes or cartridges containing continuous copy material, tape, for setting into printing devices}
- B41J 2/325: by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
- B41J 3/4075: {Tape printers; Label printers}
- C09J 201/00: Adhesives based on unspecified macromolecular compounds
- C09J 2205/102
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- C09J: ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (preparation of glue or gelatine C09H)

## Abstract

The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge including an adhesive tape roll. The adhesive tape roll winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing. The adhesive tape includes a base layer and a particle-comprising adhesive layer. The particle-comprising adhesive layer is disposed on one side of the base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles and small diameter particles. An average particle diameter of the large diameter particles is 30 μm to 200 μm. An average particle diameter of the small diameter particles is 0.2 μm to 20 μm.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm,
wherein said large diameter particles and said small diameter particles added to said particle-comprising adhesive layer are particles of a pigment, and
wherein said small diameter particles are particles of a solid pigment.

### Claim 2

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm, wherein:
said large diameter particles are particles of a glittering pigment, and wherein
said small diameter particles are beads made from a resin or glass.

### Claim 3

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm,
wherein said large diameter particles are added to said particle-comprising adhesive layer at a volume ratio of 5% to 50%.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 3, wherein
said small diameter particles are added to said particle-comprising adhesive layer at a volume ratio equal to or higher than 5% relative to said large diameter particles.

### Claim 5

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm, wherein
an adhesive force of said particle-comprising adhesive layer is equal to or higher than 3 [N]/10 [mm].

### Claim 6

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm, wherein
said adhesive tape further comprises a coloring layer that is disposed on the one side of said base layer in said thickness direction and on another side of said particle-comprising adhesive layer in said thickness direction.

### Claim 7

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm, wherein
said adhesive tape further comprises a coloring layer that is disposed on another side of said base layer in said thickness direction and has transmittance equal to or higher than 20%.

### Claim 8

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm, wherein
said adhesive tape further comprises:
an affixing adhesive layer that is disposed on another side of said base layer in said thickness direction; and
a separation material layer that is disposed on said another side of said affixing adhesive layer in said thickness direction.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 8, further comprising, in said housing:
a cover film roll that winds a cover film around a predetermined axis, the cover film being configured to be bonded to the one side of said particle-comprising adhesive layer of said adhesive tape in said thickness direction; and
an ink ribbon roll that winds an ink ribbon around a predetermined axis, the ink ribbon being configured to thermally transfer an ink onto said another side of said cover film in said thickness direction, the cover film being fed out from said cover film roll.

### Claim 10

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm, wherein
said adhesive tape further comprises a separation material layer that is disposed on the one side of said particle-comprising adhesive layer in said thickness direction.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 10, wherein
said adhesive tape further comprises an ink image-receiving layer that is disposed on another side of said base layer in said thickness direction, is configured to be thermally transferred with an ink thereon, and has transmittance equal to or higher than 20%.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The adhesive tape cartridge according to claim 10, further comprising, in said housing, an ink ribbon roll that winds an ink ribbon around a predetermined axis, the ink ribbon being configured to thermally transfer &aid-ink onto said adhesive tape.

### Claim 13

An adhesive tape cartridge comprising
an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm, wherein
an average particle diameter of said small diameter particles is equal to or smaller than ⅕ of an average particle diameter of said large diameter particles.

### Claim 14

A cartridge-comprising printer comprising:
an adhesive tape cartridge; and
a printer that said adhesive tape cartridge is attached at a predetermined position;
said adhesive tape cartridge comprising, an adhesive tape roll that winds an adhesive tape around a predetermined axis in a housing,
said adhesive tape comprising:
a base layer; and
a particle-comprising adhesive layer that is disposed on one side of said base layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive comprising large diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 30 μm to 200 μm and small diameter particles whose average particle diameter is 0.2 μm to 20 μm,
said printer comprising:
a feeder configured to feed said adhesive tape fed out from said adhesive tape roll of said adhesive tape cartridge attached at said predetermined position; and
a printing head configured to print onto said adhesive tape fed by said feeder or onto a cover film configured to be bonded to said adhesive tape.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The cartridge-comprising printer according to claim 14, wherein
said adhesive tape of said adhesive tape cartridge further comprises:
an affixing adhesive layer that is disposed on another side of said base layer in said thickness direction; and
a separation material layer that is disposed on said another side of said affixing adhesive layer in said thickness direction.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The cartridge-comprising printer according to claim 15, wherein said adhesive tape cartridge further comprises, in said housing:
a cover film roll that winds a cover film around a predetermined axis, the cover film being configured to be bonded to the one side of said particle-comprising adhesive layer of said adhesive tape in said thickness direction; and
an ink ribbon roll that winds an ink ribbon around a predetermined axis, the ink ribbon being configured to thermally transfer an ink onto said another side of said cover film in said thickness direction, the cover film being fed out from said cover film roll.