Method of removing units from laminate webs which have a multiplicity of units

In a laminate web including an elongate substrate, a plurality of identification elements serially arranged on said substrate in the longitudinal direction of said substrate, said plurality of identification elements detachably secured to said substrate, said identification elements defining transverse separating locations between adjacent identification elements, said substrate including a plurality of separating lines arranged transversely to said laminate web whereby said web may be separated at each said line, each said line offset by a distance from one said separating location in the longitudinal direction of said laminate web, said lines defining a plurality of segments of said substrate, a method for removing one of said identification elements and a said segment associated with said identification element, said method comprising:

• a first step of identifying an identification element and an associated segment, said identified identification element having a first adjacent identification element and a first associated segment and a second adjacent identification element and a second associated segment;
• a second step of severing said substrate along a first separating line located between said identified segment and said first associated segment;
• a third step of severing said substrate along a second separating line located between said identified segment and said second associated segment;
• a fourth step of peeling said identified associated segment away from said first adjacent identification element;
• a fifth step of peeling said second associated segment away from said identified identification element;
• a sixth step of removing said identified identification element and said associated segment from said laminate web;
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• a seventh step of attaching said second associated segment to said first identification element, whereby said laminate web is reassembled.