Adhesive labels and methods for their manufacture
AssigneeRevolutionary Adhesive Materials, Ltd.
InventorsHylton H. Smith, Richard G. Foggin
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Abstract
The present invention provides strucutures for dispensing ulra-thin adhesive labels without risk of predispensing and comprising a carrier web and a face film, the carrier web having a top and reverse side, a release surface being provided on the top side, the face film having two faces, an adhesive-backing being provided on a first of the faces, the second of the faces being mounted against the release surface and wherein the face film is frangible and the release surface positively defines at least one label-shape, the area covered by the adhesive backing corresponding substantially to at least the one label-shape.
Claims32
A label-dispensing structure comprising a carrier web and a face film, said carrier web having a top and reverse side, a release surface being provided on said top side, said face film having two faces, an adhesive-backing being provided on a first of said faces, the second of said faces being mounted against said release surface, wherein said release surface positively defines at least one label-shape and said face film is frangible along the contour line of said at least one label-shape, the area covered by said adhesive-backing corresponding substantially to said at least one label-shape.
A label-dispersing structure comprising a carrier and a face film, said carrier having a top and reverse side, a release surface being provided on said top side, said face film having two faces of which a first contacts said release surface and a second is provided with adhesive-backing, and wherein said release surface is discontinuous, defining at least one discrete label-shape and a non-label area, and said face film is a continuous member which is frangible along the contour line of said at least one discrete label-shape wherein said face film is not adhesive over substantially the whole of said non-label area.
A method for the manufacture of label-stock comprising on a carrier web having a release surface positively defining at least one label-shape, applying a face film over said at least one label-shape of said release surface, and said face film being adapted to break along the contour line of said at least one label-shape when a tractive force is applied to the area of said face film substantially corresponding to said at least one label shape.
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