# US 9,434,125 B2 · Method of making a pad of labels and labels for use on store shelves in a retail environment

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- Number: US 9,434,125 B2
- Document ID: US9434125B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/084,733
- Filed: 2013-11-20
- Published: 2014-12-18
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-14
- Assignees: Electronic Imaging Services, Inc.
- Applicants: Electronic Imaging Services, Inc.
- Inventors: Jeffrey Blackwell; Gene Bethards; Scott Aten
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434125B2

## CPC

- G09F 3/10: by an adhesive layer
- B31D 1/021: {Making adhesive labels having a multilayered structure, e.g. provided on carrier webs}
- B31D 1/026: {Cutting or perforating (B31D1/022 takes precedence)}
- B31D 1/027: {involving, marking, printing or coding}
- B32B 3/266: {characterised by an apertured layer, the apertures going through the whole thickness of the layer, e.g. expanded metal, perforated layer, slit layer regular cells B32B3/12}
- B32B 7/06: permitting easy separation
- B32B 7/12: using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
- B32B 27/10: of paper or cardboard
- B32B 27/32: comprising polyolefins {(comprising vinyl (co)polymers or acrylic (co)polymers B32B27/30)}
- B32B 27/36: comprising polyesters
- B32B 37/12: characterised by using adhesives
- B32B 37/1292: {selectively, e.g. in stripes, in patterns (B32B37/0076 takes precedence)}
- B32B 38/0004: {Cutting, tearing or severing, e.g. bursting; Cutter details (cutting in general B26D; laminating combined with punching or perforating B32B38/04; removing all or part of the layers B32B38/10; cutting in combination with laying up and registration B32B38/185 takes precedence)}
- B32B 38/1825: {characterised by the control or constructional features of devices for tensioning, stretching or registration}
- G06K 19/06028: {using bar codes}
- G06K 19/06046: {Constructional details}
- G09F 3/02: Forms or constructions (layered products B32B)
- G09F 3/0297: {including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code (digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00)}
- B29C 65/4825: {Pressure sensitive adhesives}
- B29C 65/5057: {positioned between the surfaces to be joined (B29C65/5035 takes precedence)}
- B29C 65/76: Making non-permanent or releasable joints
- B29C 66/004: {Preventing sticking together, e.g. of some areas of the parts to be joined}
- B29C 66/43: {Joining a relatively small portion of the surface of said articles (B29C66/45 takes precedence)}
- B32B 2255/26: Polymeric coating
- B32B 2307/732: Dimensional properties
- B32B 2307/748: Releasability
- B32B 2317/12: Paper, e.g. cardboard
- B32B 2323/10: Polypropylene
- B32B 2367/00: Polyesters, e.g. PET, i.e. polyethylene terephthalate
- B32B 2383/00: Polysiloxanes
- B32B 2519/00: Labels, badges
- G09F 2003/0208: {Indicia}
- G09F 2003/0214: {Stock management}
- G09F 2003/0225: {Carrier web}
- G09F 2003/023: {Adhesive}
- G09F 2003/0257: {Multilayer}
- Y10T 156/10: Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
- Y10T 156/1052: with cutting, punching, tearing or severing
- Y10T 156/1057: Subsequent to assembly of laminae
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- 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)
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A method of making a pad of labels and labels for use on store shelves in a retail environment. The pad of labels include labels with adhesive strips applied to a bottom surface of each label and a top laminate layer with a release coating applied to the top surface of each label. The labels in the pad are sequenced according to a store's planogram.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of making a pad of labels comprising:
printing display information on a top surface of a substrate;
loading the substrate into a friction feeder;
transporting the substrate along a registration-and-transport table;
wherein the registration-and-transport table comprises:
guides to control the orientation of the substrate; and
sensors to detect the location of a leading edge of the substrate;
adjusting the speed of transporting the substrate along the registration and transport table in response to the sensors detecting the location of the leading edge of the substrate, in order to ensure the substrate has proper registration as it enters a first nip roller station;
entering the substrate into a web of material created at the first nip roller station;
wherein the web of material comprises:
a first layer of lamination material adhered to a bottom surface of the substrate; and
a second layer of lamination material adhered to a top surface of the substrate, the second layer of lamination material having a release coating applied to a top surface thereof;
maintaining a tension in the web of material through use of a tensioning station;
controlling the orientation of the web of material, including the substrate suspended within the web of material, through use of a web control guide;
applying at least one adhesive strip to a bottom surface of the first layer of lamination material;
cutting the web of material into at least one label;
transporting the at least one label to a stacking station; and
arranging the labels into a pad of labels;
wherein the printing, cutting, and arranging steps are controlled with reference to a store's planogram, such that the labels within the pad of labels are sequenced according to a store's planogram.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of making a pad of labels according to claim 1, wherein the at least one adhesive strip is permanently applied to the bottom surface of the first layer of lamination material in an area corresponding to a first portion of the label to be affixed to a store shelf.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of making a pad of labels according to claim 1, further comprising cutting at least one relief perforation into the web of material.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of making a pad of labels according to claim 3, wherein the at least one adhesive strip is permanently applied after cutting the at least one relief perforation, and over the at least one relief perforation, thus reinforcing the at least one relief perforation.