Tag material

• US 20110086188A1
• Filed: 10/04/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sev-Rend Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sev-Rend Corporation
• Inventors: Williams, Robert E. JR.
• Granted Patent: US 9,296,242 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/32.39
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 2205/04 Direct thermal recording [DTR]
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 2205/42 Multiple imaging layers
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 5/30 using chemical colour formers B41M5/34 takes precedence

Abstract

A reinforced two-side-printable laminate material constructed of a top layer of coated-one-side paper or related material, a middle layer of foamed polypropylene film or related material, and a bottom layer of paper material, said bottom layer being coated with a direct thermal emulsion with the thermal emulsion facing outward.

Claims

1. A material for making tags printable on two sides, said material comprising a laminate with a top face and a bottom face, said laminate comprising:

a top layer of paper material;

a middle reinforcing layer of foamed polypropylene film, said middle layer bonded to the bottom surface of said top layer by a layer of bonding adhesive applied between the top surface of said middle layer and said bottom surface of said top layer;

a bottom layer of paper material, said bottom layer having been coated with direct thermal emulsion, with said thermal emulsion facing outward so that it remains exposed, said bottom layer bonded to the bottom surface of said middle layer by a layer of bonding adhesive applied between the top surface of said bottom layer and said bottom surface of said middle layer.

2. The material of claim 1, wherein the middle layer is a polymer film of polyethylene.

3. A material for making tags printable on two sides, said material comprising a laminate with a top face and a bottom face, said laminate comprising a top layer of a clear laminate of polypropylene;

a middle layer of a micro-encapsulated carbonless paper, said middle layer bonded to the bottom surface of said top layer by a bonding adhesive;

a bottom layer of coated one side paper, said bottom layer being bonded to the bottom surface of the middle layer by layer of bonding adhesive applied to the top surface of said bottom layer, to adhere to the middle layer of the tag material.

4. The tag material of claim 3 wherein said bottom layer is formed of a coated one side (C1S) paper.