Dispenser for linerless labels
AssigneeMoore Business Forms, Inc.
InventorsMark Casper, Stephen Michalovic
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Abstract
An inexpensive material dispenser for a roll or rolls of linerless labels may be in tube form, or constructed from a folded sheet blank. The tube may be removably closed at one or both ends and have an exterior peripheral surface with at least a portion of adhesive release material. A roll of linerless labels is loose in the tube interior and dispensed through an opening in the peripheral surface. A cardboard or paperboard blank may be folded so that end tabs are received within (having an interference fit with) a roll core, or a core for a plurality of label rolls. The labels of the plurality of rolls are prevented from touching each other.
Claims12
A cardboard or paperboard tube suitable for use as a linerless label dispenser, said tube having an axis of elongation, an exterior peripheral surface, first and second open ends;
- a substantially quadrate slot formed in said tube and elongated in a dimension parallel to said axis;
- and an adhesive-release material covering at least part of said exterior peripheral surface.
A linerless label dispenser assembly comprising:
- an integral sheet having first and second ends and a plurality of fold lines parallel to each other, said fold lines defining a center section having an outer surface;
- first and second tabs formed adjacent said first and second ends of said integral sheet, said tabs each having a predetermined width extending in a dimension parallel to said fold lines;
- at least one roll of linerless labels mounted on a core having a first interior diameter, said labels each having a first surface of release material, and a second surface covered with pressure sensitive adhesive;
- said tabs disposed within said core interior diameter;
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- a release material covering at least a part of said center section.
A blank for constructing a linerless label dispenser, comprising:
- an integral sheet of cardboard or paperboard having first and second free ends;
- first through fourth fold lines parallel to each other, said second and third fold lines defining a center section between them, said first fold line and first free end forming a first tab, and said fourth fold line and said second free end forming a second tab;
- each of said tabs having first and second free side edges spaced from each other a first distance that is approximately the same as the interior diameter of a core of a roll of linerless labels;
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- said center section having first and second substantially parallel free side edges spaced from each other a second distance which is greater than said first distance, and is at least equal to the width of a linerless label.
A linerless label dispenser, for dispensing linerless labels having a first surface of adhesive release material, and a second surface having pressure sensitive adhesive, said dispenser comprising:
- a tube having an inside diameter larger than the outside diameter of a roll of linerless labels, and an exterior peripheral surface concentric with an axis of said tube;
- an opening formed in said exterior peripheral surface elongated in a dimension parallel to said tube axis, and large enough for a linerless label to pass therethrough without substantial deformation of the label;
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- at least a portion of said exterior peripheral surface of a release material which will not permanently adhere to the adhesive of the second surface of the linerless labels, including a raised irregular surface, located substantially opposite said elongated opening, of release material or having a release material coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.