Method for the manufacture of a smart label inlet web, and a smart label inlet web

• US 7,236,093 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2005
• Issued: 06/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SMARTRAC Investment B.V. (Avery Dennison Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Upm Raflatac Oy (UPM-Kymmene Oyj)
• Inventors: Stromberg, Samuli
• Primary Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US11/217,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20060032577A1
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.1, 340/572.3, 340/572.8, 340/572.7, 283/67, 283/70, 283/81, 428/40.1, 428/40.9, 428/42.2, 427/503, 101/23, 101/28
• US Class Current: 340/572.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/041 Constructional details G06K19/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07718 the record carrier being manufactured in a continuous process, e.g. using endless rolls
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/10 Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49117 Conductor or circuit manufacturing

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a smart label inlet web, in which method a smart label is protected from external effects with a surface film coated with an adhesive, the adhesive being in contact with the smart label. The adhesive is cured by radiation. The invention also relates to a smart label inlet web comprising a surface film, a smart label and a back web attached to each other. The surface film is attached to the smart label with an adhesive cured by radiation.

Claims

1. A smart label web product comprising:

a surface web;

a smart label which includes an integrated circuit and antenna on a top surface of a polymeric carrier film, the top surface of the carrier film, the integrated circuit and antenna overlaid with a smart label over film, the carrier film having an underside surface opposite the top surface carrying the integrated circuit and antenna; and

a back web, the over film attached to the top surface of the carrier film by a radiation cured adhesive, the surface web attached to and over the over film of the smart label, and the back web attached to the underside surface of the carrier film.

2. The smart label web according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive is an ultraviolet radiation cured or electron beam cured adhesive curing.

3. A smart label card comprising:

a surface web;

a smart label which includes an integrated circuit and antenna on a top surface of a polymeric carrier film, the top surface of the carrier film, the integrated circuit and antenna overlaid with a smart label over film, the carrier film having an underside surface opposite the top surface carrying the integrated circuit and antenna; and

a back web, the over film attached to the top surface of the carrier film by a radiation cured adhesive the surface web attached to and over the over film of the smart label, and the back web attached to the underside surface of the carrier film.

4. The smart label card according to claim 3, wherein the adhesive is an ultraviolet radiation cured or electron beam cured adhesive.

5. A method for manufacturing a smart label web product including smart labels which each comprise a circuitry pattern and an integrated circuit, the method comprising:

making a smart label inlet web in web form;

separating single smart labels from the smart label inlet web; and

introducing the single smart labels between a surface web and a back web to form the smart label web product.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the smart label web product which is formed from the surface web and the back web, is printed.

7. A smart label web product made according to the method of claim 5.

8. A smart label web product including smart labels each of which include an integrated circuit and antenna on a top surface of a polymeric carrier film, in such a manner that the smart labels, which are separated from each other, are located sequentially between a paper surface web and a paper back web.

9. A method for making a smart label web product, the method comprising:

providing a carrier web with a plurality of circuitry patterns and integrated circuits on a top surface of the carrier web, each circuitry pattern being electrically connected to an integrated circuit;

applying a first surface web to the top surface of the carrier web with the circuitry patterns and integrated circuits to provide a smart label inlet web;

cutting smart labels from the smart label inlet web to provide a plurality of separate smart labels; and

feeding the separate smart labels between a second surface web and a back web to form the smart label web product.

10. The method according to claim 9, the method further comprising printing the second surface web.

11. The method according to claim 9, the method further comprising printing the back web.

12. The method according to claim 9 wherein the second surface web is paper.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein the back web is paper.

14. The method according to claim 9 wherein the back web is paper.

15. A smart label web product made according to the method of claim 9.

16. The method according to claim 9 further comprising transfer laminating an uncured radiation curable adhesive to the first surface web and applying first surface web to the top surface of the carrier web through the transfer laminated adhesive on the first surface web to provide a smart label inlet web and radiation curing the uncured adhesive to provide the smart label inlet web.

17. A method for making a smart label web product, the method comprising:

providing a carrier web with a plurality of circuitry patterns and integrated circuits on a top surface of the carrier web, each circuitry pattern being electrically connected to an integrated circuit;

applying a first surface web to the top surface of the carrier web with the circuitry pattern and integrated circuits to provide a smart label inlet web;

applying a back web to a back surface of the carrier web to provide a smart label inlet web blank;

cutting smart labels from the smart label inlet web blank to provide a plurality of smart labels; and

feeding individual smart labels between a second surface web and a second back web to form a smart label web product.

18. The method according to claim 17 wherein the second surface web is paper.

19. The method according to claim 18 wherein the back web is paper.

20. The method according to claim 17 wherein the back web is paper.

21. The method according to claim 17 further comprising transfer laminating an uncured radiation curable adhesive to the first surface web and applying first surface web to the top surface of the carrier web through the transfer laminated adhesive on the first surface web to provide a smart label inlet web and radiation curing the uncured adhesive to provide the smart label inlet web.

22. A method for the manufacture of a smart label web product, the method comprising:

providing a carrier web with a plurality of circuitry patterns and integrated circuits on a surface of the carrier web, each circuitry pattern being electrically connected to an integrated circuit;

providing a release lined surface web comprising a surface web and a surface web release liner adhesively affixed to the surface web with an uncured adhesive;

removing the surface web release liner from the surface web and transfer laminating the adhesive from the surface web release liner to the surface web;

laminating the surface web and the carrier web with the plurality of circuitry patterns and integrated circuits such that the surface of the surface web with the uncured adhesive overlies the plurality of circuitry patterns and integrated circuits;

curing the uncured adhesive to provide a smart label inlet web;

cutting smart labels from the smart label inlet web to provide a plurality of separate smart labels; and

feeding the separate smart labels between a second surface web and a back web to form the smart label web product.

23. The method according to claim 22 wherein the uncured adhesive is radiation curable and the method further comprises irradiating the uncured adhesive with ultraviolet radiation or electron beam radiation.

24. A method for the manufacture of a smart label web product, the method comprising:

providing a carrier web with a plurality of circuitry patterns and integrated circuits on a top surface of the carrier web, each circuitry pattern being electrically connected to an integrated circuit;

providing a release lined surface web comprising a surface web and a surface web release liner adhesively affixed to the surface web with an uncured adhesive;

removing the surface web release liner from the surface web and transfer laminating the adhesive from the surface web release liner to the surface web;

applying back surface adhesive to a top surface of a back web;

laminating the surface web, carrier web with the plurality of circuitry patterns and integrated circuits and the back web such that the surface of the surface web with the uncured adhesive overlies the plurality of the circuitry patterns and integrated circuits and the adhesive on the back web joins the surface of the back web with the surface of the carrier web which is opposite the surface of the surface of the carrier web which holds the circuitry patterns and integrated circuits to provide a laminated web;

curing the uncured adhesive in the laminated web to provide a smart label inlet web blank;

cutting smart labels from the smart label inlet web blank to provide a plurality of separate smart labels; and

feeding the separate smart labels between a second surface web and a back web to form the smart label web product.

25. The method according to claim 24 wherein the uncured adhesive is radiation curable and the method further comprises irradiating the uncured adhesive with ultraviolet radiation or electron beam radiation.