Method and apparatus for fabricating label stock

Abstract

Abstract THIS INVENTION RELATES TO AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LABEL STOCK OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A BACKING STRIP HAVING SEPARATED LONGITUDINALLY SPACED PRINTED LABELS THEREON SECURED TO THE BACKING STIP BY A LAYER OF PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATING ON THE INNER UNPRINTED SIDE OF THE LABELS. THE COMPLETED LABEL STOCK IS USUALLY WOUND INTO ROLLS FOR CONVENIENCE IN HANDLING, STORAGE AND SHIPMENT TO THE ULTIMATE USER. THE USER PLACES THE ROLLS OF LABEL STOCK ON A LABEL APPLYING MACHINE AND THREADS AN UNWOUND END OF THE ROLL THROUGH A LEBEL APPLYING HEAD OF THE MACHINE. THE LABEL APPLYING MACHINE DISPENSES LABELS AUTOMATICALLY ONE AT A TIME FROM THE BACKING STRIP AS AN ARTICLE IS MOVED TO A LABELING STATION OF THE MACHINE. THE LABELS READILY PEEL FROM THE BACKING STRIP BY PASSING THE BACKING STRIP AROUND A SHARPLY ANGLED PLATE CALLED A PEELER PLATE. THE RIGIDITY OF THE LABELS CAUSES THE LABELS TO PEEL FROM THE BACKING STRIP AT THE POINT WHERE THE BACKING STRIP BENDS SHARPLY BACK AT THE TIP OF THE PEELER PLATE. THE PEELED LABELS ARE RECEIVED ONE AT A TIME BY THE LABEL APPLYING HEAD OF THE LABEL APPLYING MACHINE WITH THE PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATED SIDES THEREOF FACING AWAY FROM THE HEAD WHICH THEN APPLIES EACH LABEL TO AN ARTICLE DELIVERED TO THE LABELING STATION OF THE MACHINE.

Inventors

• 👤 Leo Kucheck

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