US 12,286,259 B2 · Reducing tack of adhesive ooze on components used in labeling and packaging

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for reducing the tack of adhesive ooze around components and other materials associated with articles and labeling and packaging of articles. In some embodiments, the packaging includes a substrate, an adhesive, a component, a de-tackifying agent, and an ooze zone. The substrate may be a shrink sleeve label. The adhesive may be a pressure sensitive adhesive used to attach the component to the substrate. The component may be a smart component or a promotional material. The de-tackifying agent may reduce the tackiness of the adhesive that oozes (i.e., progresses) beyond the interface of the component and the substrate into an adjacent ooze zone when heat, pressure, or heavy coat weight is applied to the packaging.

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Dependent claims

A packaging configured to be affixed to an article, comprising:

a substrate configured to be affixed to the article;
a component having a perimeter, wherein the component is configured to be positioned between the substrate and the article when the substrate is affixed to the article;
an adhesive having a tackiness, and wherein the adhesive affixes the component to the substrate defining an interface of the component and the substrate;
an ooze zone, wherein the ooze zone defines an area of the substrate adjacent to the perimeter of the component that corresponds to an anticipated area where the adhesive may ooze or progress beyond the interface of the component and the substrate when heat, pressure, or heavy coat weight is applied to the packaging;
and
a de-tackifying agent, wherein the de-tackifying agent is applied to the substrate at the ooze zone, and wherein the de-tackifying agent is configured to reduce the tackiness of the adhesive that oozes or progresses past the interface of the component and the substrate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Reducing tack of adhesive ooze on components used in labeling and packaging

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Reducing tack of adhesive ooze on components used in labeling and packaging

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