Method for in-mold Molding using a label
AssigneeYoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
InventorsHarumi Kinoshita, Masunori Shimada, Akikazu Kosugi, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Yoshio Akiyama, Senichi Okita
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Abstract
A method for applying a label, and a label for in-mold molding which comprises a printed layer formed on a surface of a non-oriented plastic base film over which a membrane layer for bonding to be welded by the heat of molded article at the time of the in-mold molding is overlapped. The label is inserted into a mold for the in-mold molding, the label is held on the proper position in the mold by vacuum suction, or by static electricity, and a moldable article, such as a container, is molded by injecting, filling the plastics into the mold or by expanding a parison which was placed in the mold.
Claims6
A method for in-mold molding a label to a molded article comprising the steps of:
- forming a printed layer on an inner surface of a non-oriented plastic base film having an inner surface and an outer surface, the base film having a thickness of between 75-30.mu.;
- forming a label by bonding a membrane layer directly on the printed layer formed on the inner surface of the non-oriented plastic base film so that said membrane layer directly contacts said printed layer to sandwich the printed layer between the base film and the membrane layer, the membrane layer being capable of bonding the label to the molded article by welding by having a thickness of between 15-45.mu., the outer surface of the plastic base film layer forming an outer surface of the label;
- inserting the label into a mold for in-mold molding, the label being oriented such that the outer surface of the plastic base film is adjacent to and facing the mold;
- inserting a plastic article into the mold;
- molding the plastic article to form a molded article;
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- bonding the label to the molded article by welding the membrane layer by heat from the molded article at the time of molding without deforming the plastic base film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.