System for producing labels from a web
AssigneeGreydon W. Nedblake, Jr.
InventorsGreydon W. Nedblake, John Garber
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Abstract
A labelling system (10) dispenses a web (36) of label material having a coating (43) of non-tacky activatable adhesive, subsequently activates the adhesive, cuts the web (36) preferrably using a pair of laser beams (52a, 52b) to produce labels (80) therefrom, and then applies the labels to respective packages (18). In another embodiment (90), a carrier sheet (104) is separated from an adhered web (102) whereupon the web (102) is then cut using a laser beam (52) to form labels (112) and a waste matrix (114). The labels (112) are then rejoined to the carrier sheet (104).
Claims4
A method of labelling a package comprising the steps of:
- dispensing a web of label material from a supply thereof;
- cutting through said web using a laser beam along a continuous, predetermined path in order to produce a label body therefrom;
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- applying said label body to a package,
- said web including
- a base sheet presenting a top face and an opposed, bottom face, and
- a laminate sheet presenting an upper surface and an opposed, lower, adhesive surface having a coating of adhesive thereon with said lower adhesive surface releasably adhered to said bottom face of said base sheet,
- said dispensing step including the steps of
- removing a portion of said laminate sheet from said base sheet to present a laminate sheet portion and a separate, base sheet portion, and
- placing said adhesive surface of said laminate sheet portion in contact with said top face of said base sheet portion to form a laminated web as said web for said cutting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.