Label carrying strip for use in labeling apparatus

Claim 2

A label carrying arrangement adapted for high speed machine labeling comprising: an elongated web having a plurality of labels each defined by perforations around its entire perimeter, said labels being spaced along said web with regions of web material therebetween, and sprocket holes spaced along the edges of said web outside of said label areas.

Claim 3

The arrangement described in claim 1 wherein: each said sprocket hole is filled by a tab cut into said web for movement out of the plane of said web by a sprocket.

Claim 4

The arrangement described in claim 1 wherein: each said sprocket hole comprises a substantially U-shaped cut in said web.

Claim 5

An improved label-carrying arrangement adapted for high speed machine handling consisting of a web having a plurality of openings spaced therealong, a plurality of labels, a different one of which is positioned within a different one of said openings, and bridging means for removably holding said labels within said web positioned at spaced locations all around a label and between the edges of a label and said web.

Claim 6

An improved label-carrying arrangement adapted for high speed machine handling consisting of a web having a plurality of openings spaced therealong, a plurality of labels, a different one of which is positioned within a different one of said openings, and bridging means for removably holding said labels within said web positioned at spaced locations all around a label and between the edges of a label and said web.

Claim 7

An improved arrangement as recited in claim 4 wherein said labels are die-cut in said web and said bridging means for removably holding said labels to said web comprises fibers of said web and labeling material.

Claim 8

An arrangement for carrying labels for high speed machine labeling consisting of a web having a plurality of openings spaced therealong, a label in each one of said openings, bridges of web and label material positioned at spaced locations all around the outside edge of a label and the adjacent web for removably supporting each label within said web, and spaced sprocket holes cut into said web in the region between the side of the web and the sides of each label.

Claim 9

An arrangement for carrying labels for high speed machine labeling consisting of a web having a plurality of openings spaced therealong, a label in each one of said openings, bridges of web and label material positioned at spaced locations all around the outside edge of a label and the adjacent web for removably supporting each label within said web, and spaced sprocket holes cut into said web in the region between the side of the web and the sides of each label.