MX2010013631A - Non-impact printing process and articles thereof. - Google Patents

Abstract

A label (70) for marking a surface comprising: a) a support portion (77), b) a varnish (85) in at least partial contact with the support portion, c) a primer (90) in at least partial contact with the varnish, d) an ink (95) in at least partial contact with the primer, and" e) an optional adhesive (99) in at least partial contact with the ink, wherein the label is capable of being at least partially affixed to the surface by at least heating the label.

Description

PRINT PROCESS WITHOUT IMPACT AND ITS ARTICLES BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Heat transfer labels have been known for some time. These labels have been used to mark is, bottles, packaging and the like. In the process of heat labeling, a web bearing a label can heat and the label be pressed on an article with the ink c contacting the article directly. When the ora of a label is subjected to heat, the wax layer leaves. This allows the sheet of paper to be released from the dis layer with a portion of a wax layer transferred with the ta layer on the article and a portion of the remaining wax layer with film. After the transfer of the design to the article, the printing sheet, including printing by rotogravure, printing and flexographic printing. However, each of these pr ates the inability to change or alter fast printed material methods require a complicated configuration to produce and even more configurations if an error exists or is required. Due to the flexibility required in the current business, the infraest rida for this type of printing results in high expenses that are owed by the consumer or amortized by the business.

There is a need for a printing process and a printing process that can be developed. In addition, there is a need for a label that uses a digital process, where the images and / or change quickly. This invention satisfies said needs BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION icie by at least warming the label.

In an alternative embodiment, the present invention relates to the process of marking a surface, the process of preparing a label having the ability to be adhered to, said label comprising: 1) a support portion, 2) a contact, at least partially, with the support portion, contacting, at least partially, with the varnish, 4) at least partially with the primer, and 5) adhering, at least partially, with the primer; b) place the label with the surface, c) heat the label to glue it to the surface, and d) remove the support portion from the label.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES Figure 1 illustrates the process of making the label DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The dimensions and values set forth herein are not strictly limited to the numerical values measured. Instead, unless specified by any of these dimensions, the value mentioned will mean a functionally equivalent range that encompasses that value. For example, the term "40 mm" refers to "approximately 40 m All documents cited in the detailed description are, in their relevant part, incorporated in the provision as reference. The mention of any document does not constitute an admission that it constitutes an entry with respect to the present invention. To the extent that a term or definition of a term in this written document contains the meaning or definition of the term in a document, it incorporates ingredients described in the present description. As the description is used, "consisting practically of" means additional ingredients, devices, methods, components and / or compositions, but only if the ingredients materially add the basic and original characteristics of the devices, methods, components and / or claimed compositions.

All percentages and proportions used in the pr prtion are by weight of the total composition and all measurements at 25 ° C, unless otherwise indicated is a flat unit of angular measurement of a magnitude i of a revolution. complete All measurements used herein are metric, unless otherwise specified.

The present invention relates to a label for maize, the label comprises: a support portion, a varnish in a support portion, a primer in at least partial contact, an ink in contact at least partially with the primer in contact at least partially with the primer; Make sure that the label is in contact with the surface, heat the label to glue it to the surface, and remove the support portion of the label.

Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is thought that a digital press can be used to print print labels in combination with a digital printing analog coating process, such as using the HP printer type historically problematic when use with the tag nte invention, since the impression would be stained, run or not necessary ability. Other problems in using digital printing are the appropriate surface energy in the medium of transferring the printed image to be transferred from a digital printer transfer drum to the label. By incorporating a primer coating laser printing, printing by electrotin and the like. In a digital motion used in this invention is printing without impact.

Printing technologies, which do not require a physical, fixed and stable portal and can generate, in principle, an image in each printing, are known as printing without electrophotographic impaction. It is a form of imaging technologies. A laser sends information to an intermediate carrier, a n photoconductive coating without impact. The image loaded on this drum is dyed with a matizer and transfer. Of course, there is contact between the information carrier only) and the substrate during printing but the information is created by impact. The predominant technologies are electrophotoglography by inkjet. The ionography, magnetography and term n are used for printing without impact. Different from the methods that use a fixed image carrier, these imaging technologies are an illustrative device that can print digitally HP® Indigo presses. HP® Indigo presses are based on the electronic ink ink transfer when transferring the image from a position in a pass in the label varnish. The mantle is e ectively at a nominal value of approximately 800 volts. A dification transfers the data from the material file to the mantle by reducing the printing areas to approximate lts, the ink with a voltage index of approximately -40 a to the low voltage areas of the mantle. Colors are adhered to in a step and repeat movement. so for the coating substrate The layers of the present invention are coated by an analogous coating layer. By similar coating processes to differentiate these processes from the digital printing used for apl to the label. The illustrative analog coating processes and recording control and layer thickness. The foc coating is applied using conventional analog printing methods such as rotogravure, flexo printing or stencil printing.

The matte finish and focused coating are used in di idades ions to apply the adhesive, varnish, primer and coating to the substrate of the present invention to form the label of the invention. Any combination of matte and coated finish can be used in various stages of the coating of the prion to achieve the desired results. In a modality, it is coated in a focused manner practically in areas where digital printing is applying the ink.

The various processes to form the label can be continuous, batch or mixed (continuous and batch). In an example, the processing of the support portion occurs at a p UO in a modality. The support portion is then stored? of support The support portion of the invention includes at least one coating. Suitable substrates in the material that can stick to the components of the indefinite time label in predetermined configurations include papers, plastics, woven materials, nonwoven r. Plastic substrates include polyester, such as tereftal leno, polyethylene naphthalene; polyolefins, such as polyethylene pylene; and polyamides. In one embodiment the support portion is clear plastic. In another embodiment, the support portion is made of translucent plastic. Opaque films also plan. In one embodiment the substrate is in a roll and substrate comes from the roll in at least a semicontin shape or the substrate is provided in discrete sizes, such treatment of 10 cm by 10 cm, to facilitate the manufacture of the label 0.02 microns approximately 1 miera.

In one embodiment, a lacquer or lacquer layer is located, at least, between the support portion and the primer. In a modal it is located, at least partially, between the coating and the primer in the varnishes such as phenoxy resins described in the Um patent. 5,800,656, or crosslinked phenoxy resins described in U. of series 09 / 093,150. Without wishing to be limited by the fact that the varnish layer protects the label after it has been placed, improving the resistance to scratches, chafing and the like.

In one embodiment, the modifying agents are, at least partially, with the varnish. Modifier agents modify the final tag by providing visual elements, tactic to the tag. The additional visual aesthetic modifying agents that include gloss, pearlescent additives, to a portion of the varnish are coated with a primer, to ensure proper ink and adhesion to the substrate. In a modal it has a thickness of approximately 0.1 to approximate per square meter of the substrate. In a modality he previously printed on the varnish. The primer compositions should be found in U.S. Pat. UU no. 6,767,588; 6,74,974. Illustrative primers include acrylic monomers. An illustrative rhymer is polyethyleneimine (PEI).

A uniformly thin uniform coating of the primer applied to the label of the present invention using a rotogravure process, although other coating processes p, as is known in the industry. The primer adheres to and the surface coated by the primer can be liquid printers, such as for example those described in p. UU no. 5,407,771 issued to Landa et al., The descriptions of which, the aqueous dispersion is by weight, preferably 8% ± 4% ispersed by Styrofan, Acronal 866 or Styronal D808. In the case formed with MP4990, the dispersion formed with Styrofan, Ac al is preferably mixed with 6% polyethylene solution equal in weight from dispersion to solution. An amount of Styrofan, Acronal or Styronal dispersion can be mixed with a quantity of polyethyleneimine to provide a primer in which the dispersed e of Styrofan, Acronal or Styronal to polyethylenimine has a range between 1 and 5, in accordance with one modality. you invention. Other components, including water, solvents not before, rheology modifiers and the like can be combined with the present invention. It should be noted that the method before a primer in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention is given in the form of an example. Other known methods for combining materials for preparing the primer can be either a single ink layer or a plurality of direct layers of the present invention can be made using a conventional one, such as polyester inks, polyamide polyester inks and / or acrylic inks. A person with skill will know, immediately, that there is a plethora of tint n used and can use these inks based on the needs. In addition, the inks formed from both and combinations of these are included. In one embodiment, the invention inks are compatible to be used with digital printing ivo In one embodiment, the adhesive of the present invention, which can be activated by heat, a pressure-sensitive adhesive or an adhesive that can be activated with heat / illustrative pressures include polyester-based adhesives without any type of adhesive. adhesive, such as water-based acrylic adhesives ( Figure 1 illustrates the label 70 of the present invention relates to a hybrid system 83 which applies the analogous coating process to the digital flexibilization. In this embodiment, the label is produced by a digital 50 prepress coating treatment 50 and a post-press coating treatment.

During the preprinting coating treatment 75, first a substrate coating process 10 is coated with at least one coating of powder 10 forming the base 77. The substrate 75 can be coated in multiple layers of the substrate coating 80.

After the substrate 75 has been coated with the substrate slurry, a varnish 85 is coated onto the coating 80 in a varnish coating process 20. Pressure 60 includes corona treatments and the like.

The dimensions and values set forth herein are not strictly limited to the numerical values expressed. Instead, unless specified from any one, each of these dimensions will mean both the aforementioned value and a functionally equivalent range that encompasses that value. For example, the term "40 mm" refers to "approximately 40" It shall be understood that each maximum numerical limitation of the specification shall include any lower numerical limitation, as if lower numerical ions were noted explicitly. Any minimum numerical limit given in this specifi es every major numerical limit, as if the numerical limits were explicitly annotated in the present. Every interval nu in this specification shall include all numerical range men within the larger numerical range, as if all the int reference, the meaning or definition assigned to the term e written shall rule.

Although particular embodiments have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to persons with experience that various changes and modification of the spirit and scope of the invention can be made. It has been purported to cover all the changes within the scope of the invention in the appended claims.

Claims (1)

1. NOVELTY OF THE INVENTION CLAIMS 1. A label for marking a surface is: a) a support portion, b) a varnish in contact, at the same time, with the support portion, c) a primer partly in contact with the varnish, d) a ink in contact, at the same time, with the primer, and e) an optional adhesive in part, with the ink where the label can partially stick to the surface by at least the heating. 2. The label in accordance with the claim is furthermore in that the varnish and primer are mixed to be in contact with the support portion. further acted because the primer comprises an acrylic monomer or polyethyleneimine. 6. A process to fabricate a surface, the process includes a label that can be glued to the surface, and so: 1) a support portion, 2) a varnish in contact, at the same time, with the support portion, 3) a primer in part, with the varnish, 4) an ink in contact, at the same time, with the primer, and 5) an adhesive in contact, at the same time, with the primer b) locate the label in icie contact; c) heat the label to stick it, at least partially; d) remove the support portion of the label. 7. The process of conformity with the claim is also made because stages a-d occur in a continual process 8. The process in accordance with the claim bristling also because stages a-d occur in a discont process