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Method of producing blocks of self-adhesive labels or the like and of applying the labels to a body

US4959115A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1988
Grant dateSep 25, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/15
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of producing blocks of self-adhesive labels or the like involves feeding continuously to a cutting device a continuous label stock which on one face has a number of repeated images overlaid by a release coating and on the other face has a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating. In the cutting device a succession of sheets, each having more than one image, is cut from the stock and the sheets are formed into a stack of superimposed cut sheets, either simultaneously with the cutting or in a subsequent step. Finally, a number of blocks of superimposed labels or the like, each having a single image, are cut from the stack of sheets. Various methods of applying the labels from the blocks to cylindrical or non-cylindrical bodies are given.

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