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US 4,210,688 AGranted
Pressure sensitive label strip for use in a label printing machine
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Sato
InventorYo Sato
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Abstract
A pressure sensitive label strip comprising a tape-like strip of label material that is overlaid on a tape-like strip of backing material; parting cut lines extend transversely across the strip of label material at regular intervals so as to form a plurality of unit label pieces; feeding cut lines in the strip of backing material define a plurality of feeding tongues having their connected portions oriented in the direction of forward motion of the label strip, and the feeding tongues are at positions that either correspond to the positions of the pairs of feeding cut lines of the label material or that roughly correspond.
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A pressure sensitive label strip, comprising:
- a tape like strip of label material;
- a tape like strip of backing material;
- said strip of label material being overlaid on and separably adhered by adhesive material to said strip of backing material;
- parting cut lines extending transversely across said strip of label material and being spaced at regular intervals so as to form a plurality of unit label pieces of said label strip material;
- a plurality of first feeding tongues arrayed at spaced intervals along the length of said strip of backing material;
- each said first tongue of said plurality being at a position corresponding to the position of a said parting cut line on said strip of label material;
- each said first feeding tongue being defined by a feeding cut through said strip of backing material;
- each said first feeding tongue feeding cut being in the shape of an unclosed geometric figure and having an open uncut side by which said feeding tongue is connected to said strip of backing material;
- said open uncut sides of said first feeding tongue feeding cuts all facing downstream along the path of motion of said strip as said strip is advanced, whereby when each said first feeding tongue is engaged, it is upraised in the forward direction of the motion of said label strip;
- at least one respective feeding cut line, which is formed at and which crosses each said parting cut line in said strip of label material;
- said at least one feeding cut line at each said parting cut line having generally the same shape as said at least one feeding cut line at the other said parting cut lines;
- each said at least one feeding cut line in combination with its respective said parting cut line, being differently shaped than said feeding cut of a respective said first feeding tongue, thereby to define a second feeding tongue in said strip of label material at each said parting cut line;
- each said second feeding tongue being placed to overlie a respective said first feeding tongue of said strip of backing material.
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A pressure sensitive label strip, comprising:
- a tape-like strip of a label material having a rear side and a tape-like strip of backing material having a front side;
- said rear side of said strip of label material and said front side of said strip of backing material being separably adhered together by adhesive material;
- a plurality of parting cut lines extending transversely across said strip of label material and being spaced at regular intervals so as to form a plurality of unit label pieces of said label material;
- pairs comprising two first feeding cut lines being defined across said parting cut lines in said label material;
- said two feeding cut lines of each said pair being separated sufficiently that said label material will not normally tear to define an unclosed geometric figure including said two feeding cut lines and the tear;
- each said feeding cut line pair and the respective said parting cut line forming respective feeding tongues of said unit label pieces;
- second feeding cut lines being defined in said backing material and each being in the shape of an unclosed geometric figure to form a respective feeding tongue in said backing material at a position generally corresponding to a respective said pair of first feeding cut lines of said label material, and the positions of said second feeding cut lines of said backing material not being in accurate alignment with the respective said pairs of first feeding cut lines of said label material.
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