C-folded pharmacy label
US5601314A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 3, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09F3/0289
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The pharmacy label comprises top and bottom stock faces having pressure-sensitive adhesive and a release liner along one side. The labels are supplied in sheet form for passing through a printer and have die cut areas to provide a reduced width portion in the top face. The bottom face includes cold spot carbon for transferring an image. After printing, the individual labels can be separated from the sheet and the release liner pulled away from the top part and a portion of the bottom part down to a perforation line, exposing adhesive on the bottom part for application of the label to a container. By C-folding the peeled-back top part, areas of the top face can be aligned with the image transfer material between the bottom face and the container whereby, upon inscription of variable information, such information and the identification of the medication can remain on the container and a separate log created once the top face is removed from the label by peeling the remainder of the top face from the bottom face.
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