Method of manufacturing and utilizing cellulosic fiber identification tags for wooden articles
AssigneeMoore Business Forms, Inc.
InventorGeorge A. Renquist
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Abstract
Identification and inventorying of logs, particularly those to be made into paper pulp, is provided utilizing a cellulosic fiber (paper) based identification tag. The tag is printed, as by ion deposition, with variable information, such as bar coding and human recognizable indicia corresponding to the bar coding. By perforations, the tag is separated into a number of different sections, each section having the variable imaging on it. A water soluble acrylic varnish is applied to the web to cover the bar coding. The tags are attached to the cut ends of logs by metal staples, and during processing or inventorying sections of the tag may be removed along the perforations.
Claims17
A method of manufacturing and utilizing cellulosic fiber based identification tags for wooden articles, comprising the steps of:
- (a) printing a web of cellulosic fiber based paper with non-variable information, if any;
- (b) forming perforations in the web to define at least two distinct areas, each area separated by a perforation, for each tag to be formed;
- (c) variably imaging variable information on the web, the variable information provided on each area of each tag to be formed;
- (d) applying a varnish to the web to cover the printed non-variable, if any, and variable information;
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- (e) cutting the web into discrete identification tags, each tag having at least two of said distinct areas.
A method of manufacturing and utilizing cellulosic fiber based identification tags for wooden articles, consisting of the steps of:
- (a) printing a web of cellulosic fiber based paper with non-variable information, if any;
- (b) forming perforations in the web to define at least two distinct areas, each area separated by a perforation, for each tag to be formed;
- (c) variably imaging variable information on the web, the variable information provided on each area of each tag to be formed;
- (d) applying a varnish to the web to cover the printed non-variable, if any, and variable information;
- (e) cutting the web into discrete identification tags, each tag having at least two of said distinct areas;
- (f) fastening the tag to the cut end of a log with a non-contaminating fastener;
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- (g) making the log into paper pulp without removing the tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.