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Business form with labels
Assignee: Moore North America Inc
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Filing: 1991-03-01
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Granted: 1992-07-14
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Expires: 2011-03-01
Abstract
Abstract A business form having a removable label associated with it is made from a paper ply and a piece of transfer tape. The adhesive face of the transfer tape is attached to the paper ply rear face with the side edges of the transfer tape between tractor openings in the paper ply. At least one die cut is formed in the paper ply front face to define, with adhesive from the transfer tape, at least one label, and preferably a plurality of labels. A perforation may be provided in the paper ply at the interiormost edge of the transfer tape, and at the tractor openings most remote from the transfer tape. The paper ply may be the top ply of a multi ply form. During manufacture of the form, the die cut area surrounding the lables is removed to expose the release portion of the transfer tape, and that part of the form remote from the transfer tape, as well as the labels, can be simultaneously printed as the form is fed through a printer utilizing the tractor openings.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert E. Ashby
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 06:50
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/02; G09F3/0288; B; B42; B42D; B42D5/00; B42D5/02; B42D5/023; B42D5/025; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/1486
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A business form having at least one label associated therewith and removable therefrom, comprising: a paper ply having a front face and a rear face, and having first and second side edges parallel to each other and having means defining tractor feed openings adjacent said first and second edges; a piece of transfer tape having an adhesive covered release face and a non-adhesive covered back face, and a pair of parallel side edges; said adhesive face of said transfer tape attached to said paper ply rear face with said side edges of said transfer tape between said tractor openings, and said transfer tape edges parallel to said first and second edges; and at least one die cut formed in said paper ply front face to define, with adhesive from said transfer tape, at least one removable label.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A business form having at least one label associated therewith and removable therefrom, comprising: a paper ply having a front face and a rear face, and having first and second side edges parallel to each other and having means defining tractor feed openings adjacent said first and second edges; a piece of transfer tape having an adhesive covered release face and a non-adhesive covered back face, and a pair of parallel side edges; said adhesive face of said transfer tape attached to said paper ply rear face with said side edges of said transfer tape between said tractor openings, and said transfer tape edges parallel to said first and second edges; and at least one die cut formed in said paper ply front face to define, with adhesive from said transfer tape, at least one removable label.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A business form as recited in claim 1 wherein said paper ply has top and bottom edges, and wherein said transfer tape extends from said top edge to said bottom edge.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A business form as recited in claim 2 wherein the distance between said tractor openings is much greater than the spacing between said side edges of said transfer tape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A business form as recited in claim 3 formed originally as a continuous form wherein the distance between said tractor openings is at least twice as great as the spacing between said side edges of said transfer tape.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A business form as recited in claim 3 further comprising a perforation formed in said paper ply approximately at one of said side edges of said transfer tape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A business form as recited in claim 5 wherein said at least one label comprises a plurality of labels.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A business form as recited in claim 6 further comprising a die cut area surrounding said labels, said surrounding die cut area removed so that said release face of said transfer tape is exposed at the edges of said labels.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
A business form as recited in claim 7 further comprising a perforation formed at said first edge of said paper ply just inside said tractor openings adjacent said first edge, said perforation being spaced a significant distance from said transfer tape; and wherein an edge of said transfer tape is adjacent, but spaced from, said tractor openings adjacent said second edge of said transfer tape.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A business form as recited in claim 8 wherein said ply comprises the top ply of a multi-part paper business form.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
A business form as recited in claim 1 further comprising a perforation formed in said paper ply approximately at one of said side edges of said transfer tape.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A business form as recited in claim 1 wherein said at least one label comprises a plurality of labels.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
A business form as recited in claim 11 further comprising a die cut area surrounding said labels, said surrounding die cut area removed so that said release face of said transfer tape is exposed at the edges of said labels.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
65 words
A business form as recited in claim 1 further comprising a perforation formed at said first edge of said paper ply just inside said tractor openings adjacent said first edge, said perforation being spaced a significant distance from said transfer tape; and wherein an edge of said transfer tape is adjacent, but spaced from, said tractor openings adjacent said second edge of said transfer tape.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of making a business form having at least one removable label associated therewith, utilizing a paper ply having front and rear faces, top and bottom parallel edges spaced from each other, and first and second parallel side edges spaced from each other, comprising the steps of: (a) applying a piece of transfer tape to the rear face of the paper ply so that it extends from the top edge to the bottom edge of the paper ply and is adhesively secured thereto; (b) forming at least one die cut label from the front face of the paper ply over the transfer tape, while defining a die cut area surrounding the at least one label; and (c) removing the die cut area surrounding the at least one label.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
129 words
A method of making a business form having at least one removable label associated therewith, utilizing a paper ply having front and rear faces, top and bottom parallel edges spaced from each other, and first and second parallel side edges spaced from each other, comprising the steps of: (a) applying a piece of transfer tape to the rear face of the paper ply so that it extends from the top edge to the bottom edge of the paper ply and is adhesively secured thereto; (b) forming at least one die cut label from the front face of the paper ply over the transfer tape, while defining a die cut area surrounding the at least one label; and (c) removing the die cut area surrounding the at least one label.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as recited in claim 14 wherein step (b) is practiced to form a plurality of die cut labels, with the die cut area surrounding the labels.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method as recited in claim 15 wherein steps (a) and (b) are practiced to define a large area of the front face not covered with transfer tape on the rear thereof; and comprising the further step of printing the large area.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as recited in claim 16 comprising the further step of printing the labels.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as recited in claim 17 wherein said printing steps are practiced substantially simultaneously.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method as recited in claim 17 wherein the paper ply has tractor openings formed in it adjacent the first and second edges thereof; and wherein said printing steps are practiced by driving the business form through a printer using the tractor openings to effect driving.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as recited in claim 16 comprising the further step of forming a perforation in the paper ply substantially at an edge of the transfer tape so that the large area can be removed from the transfer tape.
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