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US 7,588,811 B2Granted
Columnar adhesive label roll
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsPaul C. Blank, Mark E. Keeton
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Abstract
A label roll includes a web having front and back surfaces wound in a roll. The back surface includes adhesive patches aligned in a column along the running axis of the web. The front surface includes a release strip behind the column of patches and laminated thereto in successive layers in the roll.
Claims44
A printing label roll comprising:
- a web of single-ply thermal printing paper having an exposed front surface and an opposite back surface wound in a roll;
- said back surface including a plurality of discrete adhesive patches aligned and spaced apart longitudinally in a single column along a running axis of said web in a minor area of said back surface, with the remaining major area of said back surface being devoid of adhesive;
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- said front surface including a release strip extending along said running axis behind said column of adhesive patches, and laminated to said patches in successive layers in said roll.
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A printing label roll comprising:
- a web of thermal printing paper having a front printing surface and an opposite back adhesive surface wound longitudinally along a running axis in a roll having a plurality of overlapping layers in which said back surface is laminated against said front surface of inner layers of said web;
- said back surface including a plurality of noncontiguous adhesive patches spaced longitudinally apart in a column of adhesive isolated on one side only of the transverse middle of said web in a minor area of said back surface, with the remaining area of said back surface being devoid of adhesive and including adhesive-free spaces transversely bridging said web longitudinally between said adhesive patches to isolate said patches in sequential labels and permit cutting of said web in said adhesive-free spaces to separate said labels;
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- said front surface including a release strip extending along said running axis behind said column of adhesive patches, and laminated to said patches in successive layers in said roll, with said patches being sized for bonding an individual label to a surface.
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A label roll for direct thermal printing in sequence individual labels therefrom in a thermal printer having a feedpath extending longitudinally between inlet and outlet ends and terminating at said outlet end in a platen roller, thermal printing head, and cuffing blade transversely bridging said feedpath, said label roll comprising:
- an imperforate web of thermal printing paper having a front surface and an opposite back surface wound longitudinally along a running axis in a roll, with said front surface facing outwardly for being printed by said printing head, and said back surface facing inwardly to engage said platen roller for dispensing said web from said roll;
- said back surface including a plurality of noncontiguous adhesive patches aligned in and spaced longitudinally apart along a single column of adhesive patches extending along said running axis of said web closer to one lateral edge of said web than to an opposite lateral edge of said web for reducing adhesive surface area exposure along said feedpath and over said platen roller, with adhesive-free spaces transversely bridging said web longitudinally between said adhesive patches to isolate said patches in sequential labels and permit transverse cutting of said web by said blade in said adhesive-free spaces to separate said labels;
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- said front surface including a release strip extending along said running axis behind said column of adhesive patches, and laminated to said patches in successive layers in said roll, with said patches being sized for bonding an individual label to a surface.
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A label roll for direct thermal printing in a thermal printer having a feedpath terminating in a platen roller, thermal printing head, and cutting blade, said label roll comprising:
- an imperforate web of thermal printing paper wound longitudinally in a roll;
- said web including a train of longitudinally separated identical adhesive patches on one surface facing inwardly to engage said platen roller and a different release strip on an opposite surface behind said train;
- said patches being aligned longitudinally in a single narrow column along only one lateral edge of said web to define a sequence of corresponding labels each having a minor adhesive patch isolated inboard in a surrounding adhesive-free remainder of each label;
- said adhesive-free remainder transversely bridging said web longitudinally between said patches to permit adhesive-free cutting of said web by said blade to separate said labels;
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- said labels extend transversely across said web in cantilever from said narrow Column to permit hand grasping of said adhesive-free remainder.
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A label roll for printing in sequence individual labels therefrom in a printer including a feedpath extending longitudinally between inlet and outlet ends and terminating at said outlet end in a platen roller, printing head, and cutting blade transversely bridging said feedpath, said label roll comprising:
- a web of thermal printing paper having a front surface and an opposite back surface wound longitudinally along a running axis in a roll sized to mount inside said printer at said inlet end, with said front surface facing outwardly for being thermally printed by said printing head, and said back surface facing inwardly to engage said platen roller for dispensing said web from said roll;
- said back surface including a plurality of noncontiguous adhesive patches spaced longitudinally apart in a column of adhesive isolated on one side only of the transverse middle of said web in a minor area of said back surface for reducing adhesive surface area exposure along said feedpath and over said platen roller, with the remaining area of said back surface being devoid of adhesive and including adhesive-free spaces transversely bridging said web longitudinally between said adhesive patches to isolate said patches in sequential labels and permit cutting of said web by said blade in said adhesive-free spaces to separate said labels;
- said front surface including a release strip extending along said running axis behind said column of adhesive patches, and laminated to said patches in successive layers in said roll, with said patches being sized for bonding an individual label to a surface;
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- said patches are aligned longitudinally in a narrow column along one lateral edge of said web, and said labels extend transversely across said web in cantilever from said column to permit hand grasping of said adhesive-free remaining area as said labels are sequentially dispensed from said printer.
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A label roll for printing in sequence individual labels therefrom in a printer including a feedpath extending longitudinally between inlet and outlet ends and terminating at said outlet end in a platen roller, printing head, and cutting blade transversely bridging said feedpath, said label roll comprising:
- a web of label printing material having a front surface and an opposite back surface wound longitudinally along a running axis in a roll sized to mount inside said printer at said inlet end, with said front surface facing outwardly for being printed by said printing head, and said back surface facing inwardly to engage said platen roller for dispensing said web from said roll;
- said back surface including a plurality of noncontiguous adhesive patches spaced longitudinally apart in a column of adhesive isolated on one side only of the transverse middle of said web in a minor area of said back surface for reducing adhesive surface area exposure along said feedpath and over said platen roller, with the remaining area of said back surface being devoid of adhesive and including adhesive-free spaces transversely bridging said web longitudinally between said adhesive patches to isolate said patches in sequential labels and permit cutting of said web by said blade in said adhesive-free spaces to separate said labels;
- said front surface including a release strip extending along said running axis behind said column of adhesive patches, and laminated to said patches in successive layers in said roll, with said patches being sized for bonding an individual label to a surface;
- said patches are aligned longitudinally in a narrow column along one lateral edge of said web, and said labels extend transversely across said web in cantilever from said column to permit hand grasping of said adhesive-free remaining area as said labels are sequentially dispensed from said printer;
- said web comprising thermal printing paper;
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- said release strip covering said web front side in full to protect underlying print formed in said thermal printing paper by said printing head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.