A display label manufacturing apparatus configured to manufacture a display label, wherein the display label comprises:
- a main label having a front face and being configured to have information displayed on the front face;
- a sub-label having a back face;
- an adhesive layer bonded between the front face of the main layer and the back face of the sub-label, and the main and sub-labels and the adhesive layer being configured and located such that the sub-label may be bonded on the main label at a predetermined position on the main label;
- the display label manufacturing apparatus uses as a first workpiece a main continuous label strip having a structure in which a plurality of the main labels are arranged in series at predetermined intervals on a first backing strip and the main labels are temporarily bonded to the first backing strip, and uses as a second workpiece a sub-continuous label strip having a structure in which a plurality of the sub-labels are arranged in series at predetermined intervals on a second backing strip and the sub-labels are temporarily bonded to the second backing strip;
- wherein the display label manufacturing apparatus comprises:
- a main label conveyance mechanism located and configured to convey the main continuous label strip along a first longitudinal direction;
- a sub-label conveyance mechanism located and configured to convey the sub-continuous label strip along a second longitudinal direction toward the main continuous label strip;
- a sub-label separator located before the sub-continuous label strip moving in the second longitudinal direction would cross over the main continuous label strip, and the sub-label separator being located where the separated sub-label may be applied to a respective main label then on the first backing strip, the sub-label separator being configured to separate the sub-label of the sub-continuous label strip thus conveyed from the second backing strip,
- a bonding mechanism to then bond the sub-label thus separated to the front face of the respective main label which is on the main continuous label strip and that is then at the bonding mechanism, thereby manufacturing the display label, which is comprised of the main label that is then at the bonding mechanism and of the sub-label applied on and bonded to that main label, and the manufacturing being performed while that main label is on the first backing strip of the main continuous label strip;
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- wherein the display label manufacturing apparatus is configured to allow a bonding position of the sub-label relative to a portion of the main label to be adjusted so as to allow the bonding mechanism to bond the sub-label to the respective main label at a predetermined position of the main label that is then at the bonding mechanism and the sub-label being bonded to that main label.