US 9,418,576 B2Granted

Dissolvable thermal direct adhesive label and label assembly including the same

AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation

InventorPriscilla Franklin

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Abstract

A label assembly including one or more dissolvable thermal direct adhesive labels mounted on a release liner. According to one embodiment, each label includes a base layer, a thermal direct layer, an adhesive layer, and a barrier layer. The base layer, which has an upper surface and a lower surface, is water-dissolvable and may be made of a water-dissolvable paper. The thermal direct layer is positioned directly over the upper surface of the base layer and functions in the conventional manner to produce markings therein in response to heat. The adhesive layer is water-dissolvable and is positioned below the lower surface of the base layer. The barrier layer, which is positioned directly below the lower surface of the base layer and directly over the adhesive layer, serves to prevent migration of the adhesive layer through the base layer and into contact with the thermal direct layer.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A dissolvable thermal direct adhesive label comprising:

(a) a base layer, the base layer being water-dissolvable and having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the base layer is a monolayer of a water-dissolvable paper made of sodium carboxy methyl cellulose and wooden pulp;
(b) a thermal direct layer, the thermal direct layer being positioned over and in direct contact with the upper surface of the base layer, the thermal direct layer being coupled to the upper surface of the base layer, wherein the thermal direct layer is one of water-dispersible and water-soluble, wherein the thermal direct layer is a monolayer comprising a basic chromogenic material and an acidic color developer material, both of which are contained in a solid matrix, and wherein the components of the thermal direct layer are substantially homogeneously distributed therethroughout;
(c) an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer being water-dissolvable, the adhesive layer being positioned below and coupled to the lower surface of the base layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises copolymers of a carboxylic hydroxyalkyl ester monomer and an ethoxylated or propoxylated hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate;
(d) a water-soluble barrier layer, the water-soluble barrier layer being positioned below and in direct contact with the lower surface of the base layer and being positioned above and in direct contact with the adhesive layer, the water-soluble barrier layer preventing migration of the adhesive layer through the base layer and into contact with the thermal direct layer;
and
(e) a protective overcoat, the protective overcoat being positioned over and in direct contact with the thermal direct layer, the protective overcoat comprising one or more acrylate coatings, polyvinyl chloride coatings, styrenated layers and styrenated maleic anhydride layers.

3 more elements

A label assembly comprising:

(a) a release liner;
and
(b) a plurality of dissolvable thermal direct adhesive labels releasably mounted on the release liner, each of said plurality of dissolvable thermal direct adhesive labels comprising
(i) a base layer, the base layer being water-dissolvable and having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the base layer is a monolayer of a water-dissolvable paper made of sodium carboxy methyl cellulose and wooden pulp,
(ii) a thermal direct layer, the thermal direct layer being positioned over and in direct contact with the upper surface of the base layer, the thermal direct layer being coupled to the upper surface of the base layer, wherein the thermal direct layer is one of water-dispersible and water-soluble, wherein the thermal direct layer is a monolayer comprising a basic chromogenic material and an acidic color developer material, both of which are contained in a solid matrix, and wherein the components of the thermal direct layer are substantially homogeneously distributed therethroughout,
(iii) an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer being water-dissolvable, the adhesive layer being positioned below and coupled to the lower surface of the base layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises copolymers of a carboxylic hydroxyalkyl ester monomer and an ethoxylated or propoxylated hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate,
(iv) a water-soluble barrier layer, the water-soluble barrier layer being positioned below and in direct contact with the lower surface of the base layer and being positioned above and in direct contact with the adhesive layer, the water-soluble barrier layer preventing migration of the adhesive layer through the base layer and into contact with the thermal direct layer, and
(v) a protective overcoat, the protective overcoat being positioned over and in direct contact with the thermal direct layer, the protective overcoat comprising one or more acrylate coatings, polyvinyl chloride coatings, styrenated layers and styrenated maleic anhydride layers.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/152,463Filed 14 May 2008
Published: US 2009/0286032 A119 Nov 2009
Granted: 16 Aug 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification56 codes

G09F 3/0291
Forms or constructions: labels or tickets undergoing a change under particular conditions, e.g. heat, radiation, passage of time
B32B 7/12
Interconnection of layers: using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 37/12
Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding: characterised by using adhesives
B32B 38/0004
Ancillary operations in connection with laminating processes: cutting, tearing or severing, e.g. bursting; Cutter details