US 12,319,076 B2
Medium used with printer and including label and mark provided on release material
Chie Nakashima, Nagoya (JP); Takaaki Banno, Nagoya (JP); and Kohei Terada, Kiyosu (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/214,458.
Application 17/214,458 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/JP2019/033466, filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-184810 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0213758 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/46 (2006.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01); G09F 3/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/36 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/4075 (2013.01) [B41J 11/46 (2013.01); B41M 3/00 (2013.01); G09F 3/02 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0229 (2013.01); H01B 7/365 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medium to be mounted in a printer, to be conveyed in a first direction and to be printed with the printer, the medium comprising:
a release material having a strip shape including a long side parallel to the first direction and a short side parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the release material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
a first slit provided in the release material and having a square shape including a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the first side and the second side being parallel to the first direction and juxtaposed in the second direction, the third side and the fourth side being parallel to the second direction and juxtaposed in the first direction, the third side being positioned upstream from the fourth side in the first direction;
an adhesive layer provided on the first surface of the release material;
a first print label fixed to the first surface of the release material via the adhesive layer so as to span across both the first side and the second side;
a second slit provided in the release material and positioned downstream from the first slit in the first direction, the second slit having a square shape including a fifth side, a sixth side, a seventh side, and an eighth side, the fifth side and the sixth side being parallel to the first direction and juxtaposed in the second direction, the seventh side and the eighth side being parallel to the second direction and juxtaposed in the first direction, the seventh side being positioned upstream from the eighth side in the first direction;
a second print label fixed to the first surface of the release material via the adhesive layer so as to span across both the fifth side and the sixth side; and
a mark provided on the second surface of the release material, the mark having an upstream edge in the first direction positioned downstream from the fourth side and a downstream edge in the first direction positioned upstream from the seventh side, wherein
the release material has a first curved surface that extends away from the fourth side within the first slit and a second curved surface that extends away from the seventh side within the second slit, and
the mark extends along a surface portion of the release material that is spaced away from the first curved surface and the second curved surface.