# US 5,707,475 A · Method of making label-equipped ply with liner having readable indicia

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- Number: US 5,707,475 A
- Document ID: US5707475A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/508,470
- Filed: 1995-07-28
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1994-06-10
- Assignees: Tamarack Products, Inc.
- Inventors: David John Steidinger; Mark Steven Steidinger
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5707475A

## CPC

- B31D 1/021: {Making adhesive labels having a multilayered structure, e.g. provided on carrier webs}
- G09F 3/10: by an adhesive layer
- Y10T 156/1064: Partial cutting [e.g., grooving or incising]
- Y10T 156/1074: Separate cutting of separate sheets or webs
- B31D: MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C (manufacture by dry processes of articles made from particles or fibres consisting of wood or other lignocellulosic or like organic material B27N; making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B; making articles from cellulosic fibrous suspensions, e.g. wood pulp, D21J)
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A label-equipped ply with readable liner and method, the ply having a label diecut therein which constitutes only a portion of the ply area, a release backer adhered to the ply back surface and which has an exposed face, the backer being adapted for carrying reverse orientation data imaging on its exposed face and composed of a material capable of being read through the backer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a method of making a label-equipped web, the steps comprising:
advancing a web including at least one segment having a predetermined portion intended for forming a label, said web having front and back surfaces;
adhering to said back surface of said web an individual release backer for each segment thereof, each backer being adhered to said web by means of adhesive adapted to transfer from said backer to said back surface of said web upon removal of said label, each backer further being in register with and overlapping said predetermined portion of each segment and having an exposed face;
then die cutting said web from the front surface thereof and in register with each predetermined portion to form a label from each such portion; and
applying imaging in reverse orientation on said exposed face of each backer, each backer being of a material such that said imaging may be read from said front surface of said web when said label is removed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 characterized in that said backer comprises a release-treated liner and a coating of pressure-sensitive adhesive, said method further comprising the step of segmenting said backer into individual sections and adhering said individual sections to said back surface of said web in register with said predetermined portion such that said adhesive engages said back surface and extends beyond the perimeter of said predetermined portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein said step of die-cutting said web delineates a label characterized in that said die cut extends through said web and does not cut said backer, thereby facilitating transfer of said adhesive to the back surface of said web when said label is removed whereupon said backer is exposed for observation from the front side of said web.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of imaging information on said web front surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 in which said imaging steps are performed in plural stages.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5 in which said plural stages are effected at different locations.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 characterized in that each backer is comprised of a translucent material and said step of applying imaging comprises applying a visual imaging to said exposed face of each backer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 characterized in that each backer is comprised of a material whose readability is compatible with electromagnetic spectrum sensing means.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 characterized in that each backer is comprised of a transparent material and said step of applying imaging comprises applying a visual imaging to said exposed face of each backer.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 characterized in that said web is in the form of sheets.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10 in which said step of providing said web in the form of sheets is performed prior to adhering said release backer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10 in which said step of providing said web in the form of sheets is performed subsequent to adhering said release backer.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of merging said label-equipped web with at least one other web.