Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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FIELD OF INVENTION
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THIS INVENTION relates to labels, for example labels for containers for
horticultural or photographic chemicals in respect of which there is a need,
not only for an identification of the contents of the containers, but also for
somewhat detailed instructions for use or the like.
In the past, various kinds of folded labels, tear-off information sheets
and the like have been proposed to meet this need, as well as the simple
expedient of attaching a separately formed sheet of instructions to a
container, for example by an encircling rubber band or the like. However,
I û these prior proposals have had the disadvantage of requiring excessive
manual labour, or of making it difficult, once the leaflet or the like
containing the instruct,ons has been consulted, to keep the instructions
thereafter conveniently with the container~for future reference.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved label
by which the above-noted disadvantages may be avoided.
2û According to the invention there is provided a label comprising a
band of sheet material, the band comprising a plurality of panels connected
end to end along respective fold lines extending widthwise of the band, said
panels including a first panel coated on one face with an adhesive whereby
said first panel may be stuck to an object, a second panel connected via a
first fold line with one end of the first panel and folded over on the first
panel, said second panel being connected along its edge remote from said
first fold line with a part of the label other than said second panel.
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Pr~ferably said band inclodes a third panel connecled via a second
fold line with the end of Ihe first panel opposite said first fold line, the
panels being so disposecl ~hat the tl)ird panel overlies the first panel on the
face th~reof rernote from said adhesive and said second panel overlies saicl
third panel on the face of said third panel remote from said firs1 panel, said
second panel being connected along its edge remote from said first fold line
with a part of ihe label other than said second panel.
BR!EF DESCRIPTION OF D A_INGS
In the drawings:-
FIGURE I is Q plan view of a label embodying the invention in a
folded condition,
FIGURE 2 is a plan view of the label in an unfolded condition,
FIGURE 3 is a schematic end elevation view of the label of Figures I
and 2 attached to a release sheet, nnd
FIGURE 4 illustrates a strip of release paper with a plurality of
labels such as shown in Figures I to 3 attached thereto, for supply to a n
automntic labelling machine.
DESCR!PTION OF PREFERRED EM~ODIMENTS
Referring to the drawings, a label comprises an elongate rectangular
band of paper divided, by transversely extending fold lines, into a plurality
of panels. Thus, the band comprises a first panel 10 connected via a first
fold line 12 with a second panel 14 affording one end of the strip, the panel
lû being connected, via a second fold line 16, with a section of the band
which affords the other end of the band and which, in the example shown,
comprises a third panel 18, connected with the panel 10 via the fold line 16,
a panel 20 connected with the panel 18 via a fold line 19 and a panel 22
connected with the panel 2û via a fold line 21.
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ln the folcled condi~ion of the label, the panel 20 is folcled aboot fold
line 1~ onto the panel 1~3, the panel 22 is folcled about fold line 21 onto the
panel 20~ and the p~nel 18, with the panels 20 and ~2 folded against it, is
folded over OlltO the panel 10~ so that lhe panels 20 and 22 lie between the
panel 18 and the panel 10. The panel 14 is then folded about the fold line 12
onto the panel 18, as shown in Figure 3, so that the panels 18, 20 and 22 are
disposed between the panels 10 and the panel I 4. The panel 14 is then
secured adjacent its free edge, to the portion of the panel 18 which adjoins
the fold line 16, for example by means of an adhesive strip 23 superimposed
on the panels 14 and 18 to overlap the free edge of the panel 14, the strip 23
having, on its side engaging the panels 14 and l8, a coating of permanently
tacky, pressure-sensitive adhesive.
The panels 14, 18, 2û and 22, and the portion of panel 10 which faces
1Owards the panels 18, 20 and 22 in the folded condition of the label
conveniently comprise respective parts of a single strip of paper, while the
face of the panel 10 which faces away from the panels 18, 20 and 22 in the
folded condition of the label is afforded by a separately formed support
piece of paper, 10a, lsee Figure 3), which is permanently stuck to the strip
of paper providing the panels -14, 18, 20 and 22. `The piece of paper 10a
ca~ries, on its lFace facing away from said strip of paper, a coating of a
pressure sensitive, permanently tacky adhesive by means-of whichj-in use,
the label is applied to a container or the like. Each piece of paper 10a may
thus have the form which is already known for self-adhesive labels per se.
Whilst it would be possible to dispense with the separate piece of
paper 10a and apply the adhesive directly to the portion of the strip of paper
forming the panel 10, it is, in fact, much easier to provide, - in known
manner, a series of pieces of paper I ûa, coated with said adhesive and
temporarily supported, on their adhesive coated sides, by a strip of release
paper, and to paste the already folded and retained (by strips 24) paper
strips to the pieces 10a, for example by passing said strip of release paper,
with the pieces I ûa thereon, longitudinally through a machine or pasting
station which applies paste to the pieces 10a in succession, whilst they are
supported on the release strip, and then applies the folded strips affording
panels 14, 18 etc. to the pasted pieces 10a in succession. Alternatively, of
course, such a machine may apply paste to the folded strips prior to affixing
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the folded strips to their respective pieces lOa in succession as the release
strip passes through the rnachine. In tlle sarne way, it would be possible to
opply a band o~ pressure sensitive adhesive directly to the panel 14 in the
region of its free edge and ~o dispense with the strip 23, but the forming ancl
folding of the paper strip is much facilitated if a separate securing strip 23
is used.
Figure 4 shows a series of similar labels such as shown in Figure I to
3 secured to a strip of release paper 24. In use, the strip 24, for example
wound into a roll, is supported in a labelling machine and is fed longitud-
inally into the machine which operates to apply the labels one after the
other to successive containers or the like to be labelled.
In manufacture of the labels, the paper strips which afford the panels
14, 18, 20 and 22 and the upper portion of the panel 10 are appropriately
printed, then folded and secured by their strips 23, then adhesively secured
to the pieces lOa already supported on their release strip 24. The face of
the panel 14 which is presented outwardly in the folded condition of the
label as viewed in Figure I is printed, for example, with material identifying
the contents of a container to which the label is to be applied9 whereas the
outer face of the panel 10 and either or both faces of the panels 18, 20 and
22 are printed with, for.example, i*structions for use of the product in the
container or the like.
The purchaser of the container or the like having the label upplied
thereto, when he wishes to consult the instructions embodied in the label,
simply peels off the strip 23 and unfolds the panels 18, 2û and 22 to consult
the instructions. He may thereafter re-fold the strip to its original
condition and re-apply the strip 23 so that the instructions are still retained
in the label, with the container, as a neat package.
If desired, the strip 23 may be ornitted and the free edge of the panel
14 permanently stuck to the opposing surface of the panel 18, with a tear
line being provided on the panel 14, parallel with the fold lines, at a positionintermediate the permanent adhesive connection with the panel 18 and the
Fold line 12. The tear line may simply be a line printed to indicate where
the panel 14 should be torn to ga7n access to the instructions, or may be a
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line of perforotion or o~her line of weakening to assist in such tearing. In
this arrarlgemer-l after the panel 14 has been torn along ~he ~ear line to
allow the s-trip to be viewed, the re-folcled strip may be retained in a folded
condition by tucking it under the rernainder of panel 14 still attached to
panel 18. If desired, a tear line, for example a line of perforations, may be
provided at the junction of the panel 18 with the panel 10 to allow the
instructions or the like printed on panels 18 to 22 to be torn off, or such a
tear line may be provided between any of the panels 18 to 22 and the
adjoining panel to allow the respective portion of the label to be torn off.
It will be appreciated that sundry variants of the label disclosed with
reference to the drawings are possible. For example, the panels 2û and 22
may be omitted, if the surface of panels 10 and 18 and the reverse surface
of panel 14 are sufficient for the instructions or the iike. Indeed, the panel
IS 18 may be omitted, and the panel 14, when folded over, simply affixed by the strip 23 to the outwardly presented face of the panel lû.
