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US 2006/0037693 A1Published application
Applying adhesive labels to products and product containers
AssigneeCatchpoint Limited
InventorRichard Wade
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InventorRichard Wade
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A web (36) of paper or the like has labels (42) defined therein by printing the web (36) followed by skip cutting (40) the web to define the label boundaries. The skip cutting (40) leaves the labels (42) connected to the remainder of the web (36) by breakable catch points (44). The labels (42) are rendered capable of being applied to product containers (16) by the web (36) having adhesive applied to the side opposite the printing, and the web (36) is rendered capable of being wound up by having an adhesive release coating, such as silicone, applied over the printing. By providing such a construction, the web can be fed through conventional applicator machinery in which, as the web passes over an applicator beak, sequentially the label leading edges of the labels protrude from web, and attach to product containers moving synchronously through the machinery, and as the application process continues, the catch points break resulting in complete removal of the labels from the web and application to the containers.
A method of applying adhesive labels (42) to product containers (16) comprising using a single layer web (36) on which the labels are printed at spaced intervals, on a first surface, and the label boundaries are defined in the web by lines of cutting (40) passing through the web leaving the so defined label (42) connected to the remainder of the web (36) by catch points (44), and wherein to remove the labels (42) the web is fed around a guide (32), of the same function and operation as the conventional beak of conventional applicator machinery, which causes the leading edge (42A) of each label to protrude out of the plane of rhe web (36) and the protruding edge (42A) forms a means whereby the remainder of the label (42) can be extracted from the web (36) by the breaking of the catch points (44), to allow the adhesive on a second surface opposing the first surface of the labels to contact and adhere to the product container such that relative movement causes the release of the label from the web and the remainder material comprises only that of the single web.
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