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US 5,421,933 AGranted
System for producing labels from a web
AssigneeGraydon Wesley Nedblake
InventorsGreydon W. Nedblake, John Garber
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Abstract
A labelling system dispenses a web of label material having a coating of non-tacky adhesive, subsequently activates the adhesive, cuts the web using a laser beam to produce labels therefrom, and then applies the labels to respective packages. In another embodiment, a carrier sheet is separated from an adhered web whereupon the web is then cut using a laser beam to form labels and a waste matrix. The labels are then rejoined to the carrier sheet.
Claims16
A method of labeling objects comprising the steps of:
- providing a supply of label material configured as an elongated, nontacky web without a carrier sheet presenting a plurality of label bodies surrounded by respective label boundaries;
- continuously dispensing said web from said supply;
- cutting through said web along said boundaries using a plurality of laser beams for separating said label bodies from said web in continuous succession,
- said cutting step including the step of controlling said laser beams so that said laser beams cut through said web along divergent paths of each of said label boundaries;
- using support means other than said web for supporting said label bodies before and after separation from said web;
- transporting said label bodies away from said web in continuous succession toward objects to be labeled;
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- applying said labels in continuous succession to a respective plurality of the objects thereby labeling the objects.
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