Elastic band with embedded label
US10607510B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09F2003/0202
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a plurality of labeling bands includes extruding an elastic material, co-extruding a label material with the elastic material, curing the elastic material and the label material, and locating a plurality of demarcations at intervals along the length of the tube to define the plurality of labeling bands. Co-extruding the label material with the elastic material includes forming a tube having an outer surface, an inner surface and a length, so that the label material forms a stripe on the outer surface. In another aspect, an article of manufacture includes an endless band of a first elastic material and a label of a second material embedded into an outer surface of the endless band. The endless band includes the outer surface, an inner surface and first and second opposed perimeter edges, each of the first and second opposed perimeter edges having a common unstretched perimeter dimension.
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