Apparatus and method for applying linerless labels

US6206071A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Advanced Label Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gerald A. Majkrzak · Minneapolis, US
• Stanford Dale · Minnetonka, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/171
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A module for adapting an apparatus which strips a liner from labels and applies the labels to substrates, said module enabling said apparatus to apply linerless labels, said module comprising: a source of linerless label sheet, a source of liner sheet, a roll for guiding said linerless label sheet after removal from said source of linerless label sheet, a die cutter and an anvil roller defining an area through which said linerless label sheet moves between said die cutter and anvil roller to_form cut-out linerless labels, a laminator roller adjacent said anvil roller defining an area between said anvil roller and said laminator roller through which both the liner and cut-out linerless labels from said linerless label sheet move between said anvil roller and said laminator roller to form a temporary support of said liner for said cut-out linerless labels, and a means positioned with respect to the apparatus that strips a liner from labels and applies the labels to substrates to feed the cut-out linerless labels supported on said liner into said apparatus that strips a liner from labels and applies the labels to substrates.