This application is a Continuation-in-Part of co-pending application Ser. No. 15/070,465 filed on Mar. 15, 2016 for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 120; and this application claims priority of Application Ser. No. 104204875 filed in Taiwan on Mar. 31, 2015 under 35 U.S.C. § 119; the entire contents of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to a tape structure and more particularly to an indication structure capable of indicating whether or not a sealing tape has been torn and opened to observe the security condition of the sealed tape.
A tape is generally used for sealing an opening of a bag that contains a confidential object or document. In addition, when a container (such as a desk, a cabinet, or a box) containing important and confidential objects is transported or packed, but the container cannot be locked by locks, the opening or cover of the container is sealed by a tape in order to prevent the opening or cover of the container from being opened arbitrarily or inadvertently.
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To overcome the aforementioned drawbacks of the traditional counterfeit tape, the present invention provides a counterfeit tape that can check the unsealing status of the tape, and the conventional counterfeit tape of this sort generally has a coating layer with a counterfeit mark coated onto the backside of the substrate layer of the tape, and then an adhesive is coated onto the coating layer to form the counterfeit tape, and the material for making the counterfeit mark is different from the material for making the remaining coating layer other than the counterfeit mark, and the adhesiveness between the counterfeit mark and the adhesive is greater than the adhesiveness between the counterfeit mark and the tape substrate, so that after the counterfeit tape is torn away from the sealed object, the counterfeit mark together with the adhesive is adhered to the sealed object, but the substrate layer cannot be adhered to the sealed object. Such counterfeit tape has the following drawback. After the substrate layer is torn, the counterfeit mark and the adhesive are remained on the sealed object and must be removed afterward, so that it usually has trouble to a continual use. After the substrate layer is torn, the substrate layer usually cannot be adhered again, and thus losing the basic seal protection effect. For a continual use of the sealing effect, it is necessary to use another tape, and thus causing inconvenience and waste of resources. Obviously, such design is not good enough.
In the counterfeit tape structure capable of checking the unsealing status, after the counterfeit tape is torn away from the sealed object, the counterfeit mark is indicated in the counterfeit tape, and the counterfeit tape can still be adhered onto the sealed object for use. However, when such counterfeit tape structure is torn and adhered back onto the sealed object, the uppermost substrate layer does not have show any mark or abnormal situation, and the indication of the counterfeit mark may be considered as a decorative or reminder mark to users who are unfamiliar with such counterfeit tape structure, and such counterfeit tape structure fails to provide a good observability for unfamiliar users and definitely requires further improvements. Therefore, it is an important subject for related manufacturers to overcome the drawbacks of the conventional counterfeit tape.
In view of the aforementioned drawbacks of the application and the structural design of the conventional counterfeit tape, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and finally designed and developed the unsealing indication structure of a counterfeit tape with the features of multiple indication, obvious observation, and convenient application to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art.
In view of the aforementioned problems of the prior art, it is a primary objective of the present invention to overcome the aforementioned problems by providing an unsealing indication structure of a counterfeit tape, wherein after the counterfeit tape is torn open, the substrate layer clearly indicates the unsealed status and no substance or mark of the adhesive remains on the sealed object, and such structure provides excellent observability and convenient application.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide an unsealing indication structure of a counterfeit tape, and the structure provides a multi-indication of the unsealed status after the counterfeit tape is torn or opened, so as to provide the effect of a simple and easy observation.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide an unsealing indication structure of a counterfeit tape, so that after the counterfeit tape has been torn and opened, the counterfeit tape may be adhered onto the sealed object again for further use, so as to provide the protection, convenient application, and economic use for the sealing operation.
To achieve the aforementioned and other objectives, the present invention provides an unsealing indication structure of a counterfeit tape, comprising: a substrate layer, being a plastic sheet; and an adhesive layer, adhered to the backside of the substrate layer; wherein the adhesive layer is adhered and attached onto a sealed object, and the substrate layer has a tensile tension smaller than an adhesive force between the adhesive layer and the sealed object, such that when an external force greater than the adhesive force is acted between the adhesive layer and the sealed object, the substrate layer is deformed to form a wrinkle.
Wherein, the backside of the adhesive layer includes an anti-adhesive layer.
The unsealing indication structure of a counterfeit tape in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate layer, being a plastic sheet; a non-transfer indication assembly, adhered to the backside of the substrate layer; and an adhesive layer, adhered to the other plane surface of the non-transfer indication assembly opposite to the substrate layer; wherein the adhesive layer is adhered and attached onto a sealed object, and the substrate layer has a tensile tension smaller than an adhesive force between the adhesive layer and the sealed object, such that when an external force greater than the adhesive force is acted between the adhesive layer and the sealed object, the substrate layer is deformed to form a wrinkle.
Wherein, the non-transfer indication assembly comprises a printing layer, a color fixing layer and a non-release layer, and the printing layer is printed or coated onto the backside of the substrate layer, and the color fixing layer is coated onto the topside of the printing layer and the backside of the substrate layer including a gap between the printing layer and the substrate layer, and the non-release layer is coated onto the color fixing layer, and the non-release layer is disposed on the topside of the adhesive layer.
Wherein, the printing layer adopts a resin with the same color and transparency of the substrate layer and the adhesiveness with the substrate layer to print a Chinese or English word of “has been unsealed”, a torn mark including a pattern or a symbol onto the backside of the substrate layer by any printing technology, and the color fixing layer adopts an ink of a color with an appropriate difference from the substrate layer and the printing layer.
Wherein, the color fixing layer and the printing layer have an adhesive force smaller than the adhesive force of the color fixing layer and the substrate layer, so that when a tearing force is applied, the color fixing layer is separated from the printing layer but is still adhered to the backside of the substrate layer, and the adhesive layer is an adhesive which may be adhered repeatedly for use.
The unsealing indication structure of a counterfeit tape in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate layer, being a plastic sheet; a printing layer, printed or coated on the backside of the substrate layer; a color fixing layer, coated on the topside of the printing layer, and the backside of the substrate layer including a gap between the substrate layer and the printing layer; a film adhering layer, coated on the color fixing layer; and an adhesive layer, disposed on the backside of the film adhering layer; wherein the adhesive layer is adhered to a sealed object, and the printing layer and the color fixing layer have an adhesive force smaller than adhesive force of the substrate layer and the printing layer, and the printing layer and the color fixing layer have an adhesive force smaller than the adhesive force of the film adhering layer and the color fixing layer, and the substrate layer and the color fixing layer have an adhesive force greater than the adhesive force of the film adhering layer and the color fixing layer, and the substrate layer has a tensile tension smaller than the adhesive force of the film adhering layer and the color fixing layer, or the substrate layer has a tensile tension smaller than the adhesive force of the printing layer and the color fixing layer.
Wherein, the printing layer adopts a resin with the same color and transparency of the substrate layer and the adhesiveness with the substrate layer to print a Chinese or English word of “has been unsealed”, a torn mark including a pattern or a symbol onto the backside of the substrate layer by any printing technology.
Wherein, an action force applying to the tape is acted onto the color fixing layer through the film adhering layer, so that the color fixing layer produces an action force to separate the substrate layer, and a part of the color fixing layer in the gap between the printing layer and the printing layer is separated with the substrate layer, and the color fixing layer on the printing layer is separated from the printing layer and remained on the film adhering layer, and the film adhering layer is adhered to the sealed object by the action of the adhesive layer.
The technical characteristics, contents, advantages and effects of the present invention will be apparent with the detailed description of a preferred embodiment accompanied with the illustration of related drawings as follows.
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The printing layer 14 adopts a resin with the same color and transparency of the substrate layer 11 and the adhesiveness with the substrate layer 11 to print a torn mark such as Chinese or English words of “has been unsealed”, a pattern or a symbol by the printing technology on the backside of the substrate layer 11. The color fixing layer 15 adopts an ink of a color with an appropriate difference from the substrate layer 11 and the printing layer 14, wherein the so-called appropriate difference refers to the clarity of indicating the unsealed status of an object according to the object with the counterfeit tape 1 or a using unit. For example, the colors of the substrate layer 11 and the printing layer 14 have greater contrast to provide a more significant effect of indicating an unsealed status. If it is necessary to prevent others from knowing the unsealed status, the colors with smaller contrast will be adopted. In addition, the color fixing layer 15 and the printing layer 14 have an adhesive force smaller than the adhesive force of the color fixing layer 15 and the backside of the substrate layer 11, and the color fixing layer 15 and the printing layer 14 have an adhesive force smaller than the adhesive force of the printing layer 14 and the backside of the substrate layer 11, and the ink of the color fixing layer 15 is coated onto a gap 20 between the backside of the substrate without having the printing layer and the printing layer 14 in addition to the words, pattern, or symbol printed on the printing layer 14, such that when the counterfeit tape is torn and opened, the color fixing layer 15 and the printing layer 14 are separated from each other, but are still adhered to the backside of the substrate layer 11, so that the ink of the color fixing layer 15 is used as a background color for contrast, and the printing layer 14 separated from the ink can be observed from the surface of the substrate layer 11.
In addition, the non-release layer 16 coated on the color fixing layer 15 is made medium material provided for applying the ink of the color fixing layer 15 appropriately to form the adhesive layer 12, so that the adhesive layer 12 and the color fixing layer 15 can be combined as a whole by a strong adhesive force. The adhesive layer 12 is primarily provided for attaching the counterfeit tape to the sealed object A, wherein the adhesive may adopt a general conventional material, but the present invention preferably adopts a material that will not be adhered to the adhesive layer after the counterfeit tape is torn, and the material can be adhered to the sealed object again. In other words, the adhesive layer is an adhesive that can be adhered and used repeatedly.
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Since the adhesive layer 12 is made of an adhesive that will not remain on the sealed object after the counterfeit tape is torn, therefore after the counterfeit tape is torn and opened, it is not necessary to clean the sealed object A. Although the counterfeit tape indicates the unsealed status after it is torn and opened, the counterfeit tape can be adhered back to the sealed object again for the basic sealing and protecting functions.
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The printing layer 14 is made of a resin material having the same color and transparency of the substrate layer 11 and an adhesiveness with the substrate layer 11, and a torn mark such as Chinese or English words “has been unsealed”, a pattern, or a symbol is printed on the backside of the substrate layer 11 by any printing technology. The color fixing layer 15 adopts an ink with an appropriate color different from the colors of the substrate layer 11 and the printing layer 14, such that after the substrate layer 11 is torn away, the unsealed status is indicated obviously and can be observed easily. The film adhering layer 17 is a film, such that after the substrate layer 11 is torn away from the counterfeit tape 1, the color fixing layer 15 (or the ink) coated on the printing layer 14 is remained on the printing layer 14, and still adhered to the sealed object A by the film adhering layer 17, so as to maintain the sealing effect.
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Wherein, the adhesive force of the printing layer 14 imposed on the color fixing layer 15 is smaller than the adhesive force of the substrate layer 11 imposed on the printing layer 14, and the adhesive force of the printing layer 14 imposed on the color fixing layer 15 is also smaller than the adhesive force of the film adhering layer 17 imposed on the color fixing layer 15, and the adhesive force of the substrate layer 11 imposed on the color fixing layer 15 is greater than the adhesive force of the film adhering layer 17 imposed on the color fixing layer 15. In addition, the substrate layer 11 has a tensile tension smaller than the adhesive force of the film adhering layer 17 imposed on the color fixing layer 15, or the substrate layer 11 has a tensile tension smaller than the adhesive force of the printing layer 14 imposed on the color fixing layer 15.
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Although the sealed status of the counterfeit tape is no longer maintained since the substrate layer 11 is torn away, the film adhering layer 17 is still adhered to the sealing opening of the sealed object A by the action force of the adhesive layer 12, and the sealing opening of the sealed object A is maintained to be sealed by the film adhering layer 17, so as to achieve another layer of sealing protection in addition to the substrate layer 11. If the counterfeit tape is torn or opened by accident, the sealing of the sealed object A is still maintained to provide protection to the sealing opening. Unlike a general counterfeit tape, the confidentiality of the sealed object will be lost after the substrate layer is torn away. Therefore, this preferred embodiment provides double protections to the sealed object.
In addition, the substrate layer 11 of this preferred embodiment may be made of a color or semi-transparent plastic material, and the transparency and color of the printing layer 14 are not limited specifically. However, the colors of the color fixing layer 15 and the film adhering layer 17 must have a contrast, so that after the substrate layer 11 is torn away from the tape, the unsealed status can be observed easily.
The counterfeit tape structure of the present invention provides a way of checking the unsealed status of the counterfeit tape by a multiple of indications with excellent observability. In addition, the material or mark of the adhesive will not remain on the sealed object, and the counterfeit tape may be adhered back to the sealed object again after the tape is torn, so as to provide a convenient and economic sealing operation.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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104204875 | Mar 2015 | TW | national |
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Parent | 15070465 | Mar 2016 | US |
Child | 16189610 | US |