16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
35 - Advertising and business services
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Paper label products, namely, pressure-sensitive labels, laser and direct thermal labels; Labels incorporating RFID technology; Receipt and label combinations made of paper Business management, business administration, and business consulting services in the field of paper label products, receipt and label combinations, form and label combinations; distributorship services for paper label products; advertising for others on form and label combinations Manufacturing services for others in the field of paper label products, receipt and label combinations; printing services in the field of paper label products; printing in the field of paper label products.
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
35 - Advertising and business services
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Paper label products, namely, pressure-sensitive labels, laser and direct thermal labels; Labels incorporating RFID technology; Receipt and label combinations made of paper Business management, business administration, and business consulting services in the field of paper label products, receipt and label combinations, form and label combinations; distributorship services for paper label products; advertising for others on form and label combinations Manufacturing services for others in the field of paper label products, receipt and label combinations; printing services in the field of paper label products; printing in the field of paper label products.
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
35 - Advertising and business services
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Paper label products, namely, pressure-sensitive labels, laser and direct thermal labels; Labels incorporating RFID technology; Receipt and label combinations made of paper Business management, business administration, and business consulting services in the field of paper label products, receipt and label combinations, form and label combinations; distributorship services for paper label products; advertising for others on form and label combinations Manufacturing services for others in the field of paper label products, receipt and label combinations; printing services in the field of paper label products; printing in the field of paper label products.
4.
LABELS AND ROLLS WITH ADHESIVES TO STICK TO MOIST AND DRY SURFACES
A label is constructed with multiple separate adhesives or a mixture of a non-moisture activated adhesive and a moisture-activated adhesive and applied in multiple patterns on a backside of the label. The label maintains adhesive bonding characteristic when the backside of the label is affixed to dry, cool, warm, and wet surfaces.
A novel barrier coating for non-top-coated (NTC) phenol-free direct thermal paper enhances humidity resistance while maintaining cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability. The coating atop the thermal-sensitive layer protects against moisture and high heat conditions, preserving image quality and density. Comprising a specific formulation of hard and soft film-forming acrylic emulsions, the barrier coating melts during printing, ensuring non-interference with thermal image formation. This innovation addresses limitations of traditional top-coated papers, offering improved performance without increased costs or environmental impact. The coating process involves precise application and drying techniques, resulting in a product that balances humidity resistance, print quality, and eco-friendliness for various applications, including labeling, ticketing, and receipt printing.
A novel barrier coating for non-top-coated (NTC) phenol-free direct thermal paper enhances humidity resistance while maintaining cost- effectiveness and environmental sustainability. The coating atop the thermal-sensitive layer protects against moisture and high heat conditions, preserving image quality and density. Comprising a specific formulation of hard and soft film-forming acrylic emulsions, the barrier coating melts during printing, ensuring non-interference with thermal image formation. This innovation addresses limitations of traditional top-coated papers, offering improved performance without increased costs or environmental impact. The coating process involves precise application and drying techniques, resulting in a product that balances humidity resistance, print quality, and eco-friendliness for various applications, including labeling, ticketing, and receipt printing.
An apparatus for testing label-liner separation is provided. The apparatus comprises a roller, a plurality of replaceable printer peel bars, and a weight. Each peel bar associated with its own unique radius for its disengage edge. A label-liner web is fed under the roller and up to a given peel bar of a given radius over the corresponding disengage edge. A string is attached on one end to a liner portion of the web and the weight is attached to the other end of the string with the weight freely hanging unsupported under the liner portion. A label portion of the web is pulled over the disengage edge to determine whether the label portion separates from the liner portion of the web during the pulling. If no separation occurs a different peel bar with a different radius is selected and tried. This repeats until separation is achieved.
A label with varying degrees of adhesive coat weights is provided. A backside of the label includes first channel areas in which there is no adhesive. The backside of the label also includes second channel areas in which the adhesive is flood coated. Furthermore, the backside of the label includes third channels in which the adhesive is disposed in a coat weight that is less than what is achieved via flood coating.
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B23D 1/08 - Planing or slotting machines cutting by relative movement of the tool and workpiece in a horizontal straight line only by movement of the tool
A security label for sealing bags or containers includes a label substrate with front and back sides. The label features horizontal perforations defining a tear strip, two adhesive strips on the backside for adhering to opposing side surfaces of a bag, and a central horizontal crease for folding. Vertical perforations allow variable label sizing. The label is joined to a liner substrate to form a label-liner combination producible in sheets, rolls, or fanfolds. The liner substrate includes a horizontal perforation that aligns atop a portion of one of the two adhesive strips. When the security label is removed from the liner substrate a portion of the liner substrate remains affixed to the backside of the label and is used as a handling component when affixing the label over an opening of a bag or container.
Label-liner combinations are provided, each label-liner combination includes a liner substrate and a label substrate. The label substrate includes a first adhesive coated on the backside of the label substrate and an adhesive patch atop a portion of the first adhesive in an area that defines a piggyback label within the label substrate. The label substrate further includes die cuts around a periphery of the adhesive patch. The liner substrate includes a back cut for a removal tab of the piggyback label. The front side of the liner substrate is joined with the backside of the label substrate to form a label-liner combination with an embedded and independent piggyback label defined in an area of the label substrate by the adhesive patch, the die cuts, and an area associated with the back cut in the liner substrate for the removal tab.
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B32B 37/18 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the properties of the layers with all layers existing as coherent layers before laminating involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only
Label-liner combinations are provided, each label-liner combination includes a liner substrate and a label substrate. The label substrate includes a first adhesive coated on the backside of the label substrate and an adhesive patch atop a portion of the first adhesive in an area that defines a piggyback label within the label substrate. The label substrate further includes die cuts around a periphery of the adhesive patch. The liner substrate includes a back cut for a removal tab of the piggyback label. The front side of the liner substrate is joined with the backside of the label substrate to form a label-liner combination with an embedded and independent piggyback label defined in an area of the label substrate by the adhesive patch, the die cuts, and an area associated with the back cut in the liner substrate for the removal tab.
Linerless labels with adhesive patches arranged in optimal adhesive patch patterns are provided. The adhesive patch patterns mitigate adhesive buildup on components of a printer when a roll of linerless labels is fed through a printer by minimizing the adhesive coverage area on the backside of the linerless labels without altering the adhesive bonding characteristics of the individual linerless labels dispensed from the printer. The adhesive is a microsphere adhesive having a particle size between 10-250 or 20-350 microns. In an embodiment, the microsphere adhesive includes solids of at least 25% in the microsphere adhesive.
A liner free label includes a substrate having first and second sides, a radio frequency identification (RFID) inlay on the substrate which includes a chip and an antenna, and an adhesive applied to at least a portion of the first or second side. The RFID inlay may be embedded within the adhesive, function as a sense mark, or be accompanied by a separate sense mark. The antenna may comprise a printed antenna, foil antenna, or a combination thereof. The RFID inlay may be purchased from an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or include an OEM chip with a separately manufactured antenna. A roll of liner free labels includes multiple such labels with adhesive applied as a flood coating, discontinuous patches, continuous patches, or patterns. The labels may be separated by perforations. The technology combines the waste reduction benefits of liner free labels with the tracking capabilities of RFID technology.
A chipless RFID-enabled liner free label includes a substrate with an RFID antenna on the substrate and adhesive applied to the same side. The RFID antenna may be purchased from a third party, printed with conductive ink, formed from transferred conductive foil, or created as a combination of printed ink and foil. The adhesive may be flood coated or applied in discontinuous and/or continuous patches or patterns. The labels may include printed sense marks, or the antenna itself may function as a sense mark. A roll of such labels provides waste reduction benefits through elimination of the liner while maintaining RFID functionality without requiring chips. This technology in a roll format offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional chip-based RFID labels while preserving tracking capabilities.
A liner free label includes a substrate having first and second sides, a radio frequency identification (RFID) inlay on the substrate which includes a chip and an antenna, and an adhesive applied to at least a portion of the first or second side. The RFID inlay may be embedded within the adhesive, function as a sense mark, or be accompanied by a separate sense mark. The antenna may comprise a printed antenna, foil antenna, or a combination thereof. The RFID inlay may be purchased from an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or include an OEM chip with a separately manufactured antenna. A roll of liner free labels includes multiple such labels with adhesive applied as a flood coating, discontinuous patches, continuous patches, or patterns. The labels may be separated by perforations. The technology combines the waste reduction benefits of liner free labels with the tracking capabilities of RFID technology.
A chipless RFID-enabled liner free label includes a substrate with an RFID antenna on the substrate and adhesive applied to the same side. The RFID antenna may be purchased from a third party, printed with conductive ink, formed from transferred conductive foil, or created as a combination of printed ink and foil. The adhesive may be flood coated or applied in discontinuous and/or continuous patches or patterns. The labels may include printed sense marks, or the antenna itself may function as a sense mark. A roll of such labels provides waste reduction benefits through elimination of the liner while maintaining RFID functionality without requiring chips. This technology in a roll format offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional chip-based RFID labels while preserving tracking capabilities.
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B31D 1/02 - Multiple-step processes for making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
B65C 9/18 - Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
G06K 19/02 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine
B05D 5/10 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures to obtain an adhesive surface
A label combination for a single ply piggyback label is provided. The label combination includes a primary label with a silicone release patch disposed on a front side of the primary label. An adhesive coating is disposed on a backside of a removable label. The backside of removable label is disposed over the silicone release patch on the front side of the primary label to form the label combination.
A linerless tire label and roll of linerless tire labels are provided. Each linerless tire label includes an adhesive patch disposed on a backside of a single label substrate. Gaps of adhesive-free areas surround the adhesive patch, and the gaps are adjacent to the sides of the backside label substrate. A front side of the label substrate has a print coating and a release coating disposed over the print coating. Each label on the roll is also separated by an oversized sense mark the extends the width of the backside of the label substrate. Each sense mark is also adjacent to a pair of adhesive-free gaps of the backside.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B32B 9/00 - Layered products essentially comprising a particular substance not covered by groups
19.
LINERLESS TIRE LABEL AND ROLLS OF LINERLESS TIRE LABELS
A linerless tire label and roll of linerless tire labels are provided. Each linerless tire label includes an adhesive patch disposed on a backside of a single label substrate. Gaps of adhesive-free areas surround the adhesive patch, and the gaps are adjacent to the sides of the backside label substrate. A front side of the label substrate has a print coating and a release coating disposed over the print coating. Each label on the roll is also separated by an oversized sense mark the extends the width of the backside of the label substrate. Each sense mark is also adjacent to a pair of adhesive-free gaps of the backside.
A tamper-evident label for a beverage cup is provided. The label includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a middle portion defined within a label substrate. A second middle portion corresponding to the middle portion of the label substrate is defined in a liner substrate. Die cuts in the label substrate separate the top and bottom portions from the middle portion. The middle portion and the second middle portion separate together from the label as a single unit along the die cuts while the top portion and the bottom portion remain adhered to sides of the cup. Once the middle portion and the second middle portion are separated from the label, they are not capable of being reattached to the cup, which provides tamper-evident visual evidence of potential tampering with an opening of the cup to a consumer.
A liner-label combination is provided for a tamper evident label. The combination includes a label substrate and a liner substrate. The label substrate includes label substrate die cuts that define a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion for the label. The liner substrate includes liner substrate die cuts that correspond to the middle portion of the label. The top portion, middle portion, and bottom portion adapted to be separated from the liner substrate as a single label with a backside of the middle portion including the corresponding liner substrate defined by the liner substrate die cuts. The middle portion of the label adapted to cover an opening of an item and when removed from the opening, the middle portion separates from the top portion and the bottom portion along the label substrate die cuts providing evidence that the opening to the item was exposed.
B32B 3/26 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layerLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
B32B 7/06 - Interconnection of layers permitting easy separation
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 37/12 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by using adhesives
B32B 38/00 - Ancillary operations in connection with laminating processes
A label is provided. The label includes a substrate with diamondshaped adhesive patches disposed on a pattern on a backside of the substrate. In an embodiment, the label has a peel value within a range of 130-150 gram force (gf) per inch (gf/in) based on the pattern. In an embodiment, the diamond-shaped adhesive patches include a first diamondshaped adhesive patch and a second diamond-shaped adhesive patch, the size of the first diamond-shaped adhesive patches is greater than the size of the second diamond-shaped adhesive patch. In an embodiment, each first diamond-shaped adhesive patch surrounds a corresponding second adhesive patch without intersecting or touching the corresponding second adhesive patch.
Labels with discontinuous hot melt adhesive patch patterns are provided. Hot melt adhesive is applied to a backside of a substrate for a given label in a discontinuous hot melt adhesive patch pattern. In an embodiment, the hot melt adhesive of a given discontinuous hot melt adhesive patch pattern is layered on the backside of a given label.
Linerless labels with adhesive patches arranged in optimal adhesive patch patterns are provided. The adhesive patch patterns mitigate adhesive buildup on components of a printer when a roll of linerless labels is fed through a printer by minimizing the adhesive coverage area on the backside of the linerless labels without altering the adhesive bonding characteristics of the individual linerless labels dispensed from the printer.
Linerless labels with adhesive patches arranged in optimal adhesive patch patterns are provided. The adhesive patch patterns mitigate adhesive buildup on components of a printer when a roll of linerless labels is fed through a printer by minimizing the adhesive coverage area on the backside of the linerless labels without altering the adhesive bonding characteristics of the individual linerless labels dispensed from the printer.
Linerless labels with adhesive patches arranged in optimal adhesive patch patterns are provided. The adhesive patch patterns mitigate adhesive buildup on components of a printer when a roll of linerless labels is fed through a printer by minimizing the adhesive coverage area on the backside of the linerless labels without altering the adhesive bonding characteristics of the individual linerless labels dispensed from the printer. The adhesive is a microsphere adhesive having a particle size between 10-250 or 20-350 microns. In an embodiment, the microsphere adhesive includes solids of at least 25% in the microsphere adhesive.
A label is provided. The label includes a substrate with diamond-shaped adhesive patches disposed on a pattern on a backside of the substrate. In an embodiment, the label has a peel value within a range of 130-150 gram force (gf) per inch (gf/in) based on the pattern. In an embodiment, the diamond-shaped adhesive patches include a first diamond-shaped adhesive patch and a second diamond-shaped adhesive patch, the size of the first diamond-shaped adhesive patches is greater than the size of the second diamond-shaped adhesive patch. In an embodiment, each first diamond-shaped adhesive patch surrounds a corresponding second adhesive patch without intersecting or touching the corresponding second adhesive patch.
B32B 7/06 - Interconnection of layers permitting easy separation
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 27/10 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of paper or cardboard
B42D 15/04 - Foldable or multi-part cards or sheets
C09J 7/40 - Adhesives in the form of films or foils characterised by release liners
A roll or a sheet of label combinations is provided, each label combination includes a liner substrate and a label substrate. The label substrate includes a primary label and a secondary/removable label defined by a removable label die cut within the label substrate. The liner substrate includes a plurality of liner die cuts adjacent to, aligned with, and corresponding to a middle and sides of the removable label. A front side of the liner substrate includes a first release coating. A backside of the label substrate, which corresponds to a center lane of the label substrate, includes a second release coating. The backside of the label substrate further includes an adhesive coating at least a portion of which is applied over the second release coating that corresponds to the center lane of the removable label.
A roll or a sheet of label combinations is provided, each label combination includes a liner substrate and a label substrate. The label substrate includes a primary label and a secondary/removable label defined by a removable label die cut within the label substrate. The liner substrate includes a plurality of liner die cuts adjacent to, aligned with, and corresponding to a middle and sides of the removable label. A front side of the liner substrate includes a first release coating. A backside of the label substrate, which corresponds to a center lane of the label substrate, includes a second release coating. The backside of the label substrate further includes an adhesive coating at least a portion of which is applied over the second release coating that corresponds to the center lane of the removable label.
C09J 7/40 - Adhesives in the form of films or foils characterised by release liners
B32B 27/10 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of paper or cardboard
B32B 7/06 - Interconnection of layers permitting easy separation
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B42D 15/04 - Foldable or multi-part cards or sheets
32.
SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR VARYING HOT MELT ADHESIVE COAT WEIGHTS ON A LABEL
A label with varying degrees of adhesive coat weights is provided. A backside of the label includes first channel areas in which there is no adhesive. The backside of the label also includes second channel areas in which the adhesive is flood coated. Furthermore, the backside of the label includes third channels in which the adhesive is disposed in a coat weight that is less than what is achieved via flood coating.
A label with varying degrees of adhesive coat weights is provided. A backside of the label includes first channel areas in which there is no adhesive. The backside of the label also includes second channel areas in which the adhesive is flood coated. Furthermore, the backside of the label includes third channels in which the adhesive is disposed in a coat weight that is less than what is achieved via flood coating.
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B23D 1/08 - Planing or slotting machines cutting by relative movement of the tool and workpiece in a horizontal straight line only by movement of the tool
Tamper-evident media is provided. The tamper-evident media comprising a substrate and a plurality of die cuts in first portions of the substrate. A first side of the substrate comprising a print coating or image coating that enables the corresponding side of the substrate to be printed or imaged with custom indicia. A second side of the substrate comprising an adhesive. When the media is imaged with the custom indicia on the first side and adhered onto a surface of an item or an object using the second side. The media is incapable of being removed from the surface without damaging the media along one or more of the die cuts, which provides visible evidence that item was opened, or the object was used.
A label combination for a single ply piggyback label is provided. The label combination includes a primary label with a silicone release patch disposed on a front side of the primary label. An adhesive coating is disposed on a backside of a removable label. The backside of removable label is disposed over the silicone release patch on the front side of the primary label to form the label combination.
A label combination for a single ply piggyback label is provided. The label combination includes a primary label with a silicone release patch disposed on a front side of the primary label. An adhesive coating is disposed on a backside of a removable label. The backside of removable label is disposed over the silicone release patch on the front side of the primary label to form the label combination.
A roll of linerless labels are manufactured from a non-top coated (NTC) substrate. A front side of the NTC substrate is coated with silicone and a backside of the NTC substrate is coated with adhesive. A web of the NTC substrate is wound into a roll. In an embodiment, the silicone is coated on top of a direct thermal (DT) coating disposed on the front side of the web of the NTC substrate.
A roll of linerless labels are manufactured from a non-top coated (NTC) substrate. A front side of the NTC substrate is coated with silicone and a backside of the NTC substrate is coated with adhesive. A web of the NTC substrate is wound into a roll. In an embodiment, the silicone is coated on top of a direct thermal (DT) coating disposed on the front side of the web of the NTC substrate.
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B32B 33/00 - Layered products characterised by particular properties or particular surface features, e.g. particular surface coatingsLayered products designed for particular purposes not covered by another single class
41.
SILICONE RELEASE ON NON-TOP COATED (NTC) DIRECT THERMAL (DT) PAPER FOR LINERLESS LABELS
A label-liner combination is provided. A liner substrate is segmented into three portions by horizontal die cut ties made in the liner substrate. The three portions comprise a top portion, a liner tear strip, and a bottom portion. A label substrate is segmented into three portions by perforations a border portion, a label tear strip, and a center portion. A front side of the liner substrate is aligned with a backside of the label substrate such that the liner tear strip aligns within the label tear strip, the bottom portion of the liner substrate aligns with the center portion of the label substrate, and the top portion of the liner substrate is aligned above and below a top perforation for the label tear strip.
Adhesive-based products are manufactured via a plurality of stations of a press. During manufacturing, at least three stations deposit a layer of adhesive on backsides of the substrate. Each layer is stacked upon a previous deposited layer of adhesive. A transfer coefficient associated with a ratio of transferring the adhesive from a print element of a station to the substrate has a rate of increase between the second to the third layer of adhesive and the first and second layer of adhesive that exceeds the rate of increase between the first layer of adhesive and the substrate. This results in a coat-weight percentage increases in the second and third layers that exceeds the coat weight percentage increase in the first layer. Each product exhibits increased bonding strength to surfaces of objects from a bonding strength associated with a two-layered adhesive product.
Labels with discontinuous hot melt adhesive patch patterns are provided. Hot melt adhesive is applied to a backside of a substrate for a given label in a discontinuous hot melt adhesive patch pattern. In an embodiment, the hot melt adhesive of a given discontinuous hot melt adhesive patch pattern is layered on the backside of a given label.
Adhesive-based products are manufactured via a plurality of stations of a press. During manufacturing, at least three stations deposit a layer of adhesive on backsides of the substrate. Each layer is stacked upon a previous deposited layer of adhesive. A transfer coefficient associated with a ratio of transferring the adhesive from a print element of a station to the substrate has a rate of increase between the second to the third layer of adhesive and the first and second layer of adhesive that exceeds the rate of increase between the first layer of adhesive and the substrate. This results in a coat-weight percentage increases in the second and third layers that exceeds the coat weight percentage increase in the first layer. Each product exhibits increased bonding strength to surfaces of objects from a bonding strength associated with a two-layered adhesive product.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
C09J 7/40 - Adhesives in the form of films or foils characterised by release liners
A label is provided. The label includes a substrate with diamond-shaped adhesive patches disposed on a pattern on a backside of the substrate. In an embodiment, the label has a peel value within a range of 130-150 gram force (gf) per inch (gf/in) based on the pattern. In an embodiment, the diamond-shaped adhesive patches include a first diamond-shaped adhesive patch and a second diamond-shaped adhesive patch, the size of the first diamond-shaped adhesive patches is greater than the size of the second diamond-shaped adhesive patch. In an embodiment, each first diamond-shaped adhesive patch surrounds a corresponding second adhesive patch without intersecting or touching the corresponding second adhesive patch.
A label is constructed with multiple separate adhesives or a mixture of a non-moisture activated adhesive and a moisture-activated adhesive and applied in multiple patterns on a backside of the label. The label maintains adhesive bonding characteristic when the backside of the label is affixed to dry, cool, warm, and wet surfaces.
A method is provided of processing a food order in a table service restaurant. The method comprises receiving a food order including a table identifier, and electronically by a computer terminal, printing a food order label including the table identifier and providing the printed food order label. The method also comprises by a food preparer, preparing a food dish based upon the printed food order label, and by the food preparer, placing the prepared food dish in a position in vicinity of the printed food order label. The method further comprises by the food preparer or a food server, picking up the prepared food dish and attaching the printed food order label to the food dish with the table identifier being visible, and by a food server, delivering the prepared food dish to the table indicated by the visible table identifier on the printed food order label and thereby delivering the prepared food dish to a customer in the table service restaurant.
A combined primary label and secondary label comprises a first piece of paper, a first release coating disposed on a portion of the first piece of paper, a second piece of paper, a second release coating different from the first release coating and disposed on a portion of the second piece of paper. The combined primary and secondary label further comprises an adhesive layer disposed between the first and second pieces of paper such that (i) a primary label can be peeled away with at least some adhesive of the adhesive layer from the second release coating disposed on the portion of the second piece of paper, and (ii) a secondary label can be peeled away with at least some adhesive of the same adhesive layer from the first release coating disposed on the portion of the first piece of paper.
A label is provided with a warning layer coating integrated or applied to a front side of the label. The warning layer coating is not activated by application of heat; rather, the warning layer coating activates upon a directional force (vertical or horizontal pulling) applied to the label after the label was initially adhered to a container, bag, box, and/or object. Upon activation, visible color or a printed warning indicia is visible on a front surface of the label, providing evidence that the label was removed after initial application or providing evidence that the label was attempted to be removed after initial application.
A dual label combination is provided. The label combination includes a label substrate, and the label substrate is die cut with at least three separate labels. The label combination also includes a liner substrate attached to a back side of the label substrate. The label substrate including at least two die cuts with one of the die cuts defining a liner label that corresponds to one of the at least three labels of the label substrate. A back side of the liner substrate includes a coating for imaging on the liner substrate with: inkjet, laser, direct thermal, or thermal transfer printing. The liner label and the corresponding label of the label substrate separable from the label combination by a manufactured pull tab substantially centered at a bottom of the liner label of the liner substrate and the corresponding label of the label substrate.
A tamper-evident label for a beverage cup is provided. The label includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a middle portion defined within a label substrate. A second middle portion corresponding to the middle portion of the label substrate is defined in a liner substrate. Die cuts in the label substrate separate the top and bottom portions from the middle portion. The middle portion and the second middle portion separate together from the label as a single unit along the die cuts while the top portion and the bottom portion remain adhered to sides of the cup. Once the middle portion and the second middle portion are separated from the label, they are not capable of being reattached to the cup, which provides tamper- evident visual evidence of potential tampering with an opening of the cup to a consumer.
A two-ply liner-label and liner-label-roll are provided. A front side of a liner is coated with a release coating. The liner also includes a plurality of die cut tabs that at least partially align with a second die cut label in the label. The backside of the label is coated with an adhesive material and applied to the front side of the liner to form a liner-label roll. The tabs remain affixed to their corresponding individual labels when the labels are removed for placement on packaging; thereby, leaving holes in the liner as the liner is wound into a waste-liner roll within an auto applicator machine.
An adhesive label is provided. The adhesive label includes an adhesive patch that covers at least 50% but less than 85% of a backside surface of the adhesive label and that is at least partially horizontally and vertically centered on the backside surface.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
C09J 7/20 - Adhesives in the form of films or foils characterised by their carriers
A direct thermal and thermal transfer label combination is provided. The label includes a substrate, and the substrate includes a thermal print coating applied to a front side of the substrate. The label also includes a liner attached to a backside of the substrate along a first side of the liner. Further, an aqueous resin-based thermal transfer coating is applied to a second side of the liner. The front side of the label is capable of being imaged through direct thermal printing while the second side of the liner represents an opposite side of the label that is capable of being imaged through thermal transfer printing.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
B41J 2/325 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
G09F 3/04 - Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication meansSealsPostage or like stamps to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion
A liner-label combination is provided for a tamper evident label. The combination includes a label substrate and a liner substrate. The label substrate includes label substrate die cuts that define a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion for the label. The liner substrate includes liner substrate die cuts that correspond to the middle portion of the label. The top portion, middle portion, and bottom portion adapted to be separated from the liner substrate as a single label with a backside of the middle portion including the corresponding liner substrate defined by the liner substrate die cuts. The middle portion of the label adapted to cover an opening of an item and when removed from the opening, the middle portion separates from the top portion and the bottom portion along the label substrate die cuts providing evidence that the opening to the item was exposed.
A liner-label combination is provided for a tamper evident label. The combination includes a label substrate and a liner substrate. The label substrate includes label substrate die cuts that define a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion for the label. The liner substrate includes liner substrate die cuts that correspond to the middle portion of the label. The top portion, middle portion, and bottom portion adapted to be separated from the liner substrate as a single label with a backside of the middle portion including the corresponding liner substrate defined by the liner substrate die cuts. The middle portion of the label adapted to cover an opening of an item and when removed from the opening, the middle portion separates from the top portion and the bottom portion along the label substrate die cuts providing evidence that the opening to the item was exposed.
B32B 3/26 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layerLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
B32B 7/06 - Interconnection of layers permitting easy separation
B32B 7/12 - Interconnection of layers using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
B32B 37/12 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by using adhesives
B32B 38/00 - Ancillary operations in connection with laminating processes
A tamper-evident label for a beverage cup is provided. The label includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a middle portion defined within a label substrate. A second middle portion corresponding to the middle portion of the label substrate is defined in a liner substrate. Die cuts in the label substrate separate the top and bottom portions from the middle portion. The middle portion and the second middle portion separate together from the label as a single unit along the die cuts while the top portion and the bottom portion remain adhered to sides of the cup. Once the middle portion and the second middle portion are separated from the label, they are not capable of being reattached to the cup, which provides tamper-evident visual evidence of potential tampering with an opening of the cup to a consumer.
A liner in a label-liner combination is provided with a die cut portion made in the liner. The die cut portion is aligned with at least one edge in a label and a front side of the liner is attached to a backside of the label. The die cut portion of the liner is adapted to be removed from the liner when the label is removed from the label-liner combination. Dimensions, and orientation, and a location of the die cut portion in the liner are adapted to allow the label to be removed from the label-liner combination and applied to a surface by digits of a hand without touching an adhesive coating on the backside of the label and adapted to maintain proper printer waste liner spool operations when the liner is wound after application of the label.
A container content apparatus comprises two inserts. Each insert comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side flaps. Each top portion comprises a die cut handle. The apparatus is adapted to be inserted into an inside of a container adjacent to interior walls of the container. An area defined by the inserts is adapted to receive a stack of media. When the inserts are removed via the handles, a gap or space exists between the outer edges of the stack and the interior walls of the container providing automatic alignment of the stack centered on the inside of the container and providing proper alignment to feed the stack directly from the container to an infeed of a printer.
B65D 5/32 - Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks
B65D 5/42 - Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
An adhesive label is provided. The adhesive label includes an adhesive patch that covers at least 50% but less than 85% of a backside surface of the adhesive label and that is at least partially horizontally and vertically centered on the backside surface.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
C09J 7/20 - Adhesives in the form of films or foils characterised by their carriers
A label-liner combination is provided. A liner substrate is segmented into three portions by horizontal die cut ties made in the liner substrate. The three portions comprise a top portion, a liner tear strip, and a bottom portion. A label substrate is segmented into three portions by perforations a border portion, a label tear strip, and a center portion. A front side of the liner substrate is aligned with a backside of the label substrate such that the liner tear strip aligns within the label tear strip, the bottom portion of the liner substrate aligns with the center portion of the label substrate, and the top portion of the liner substrate is aligned above and below a top perforation for the label tear strip.
A label-liner combination is provided. A liner substrate is segmented into three portions by horizontal die cut ties made in the liner substrate. The three portions comprise a top portion, a liner tear strip, and a bottom portion. A label substrate is segmented into three portions by perforations a border portion, a label tear strip, and a center portion. A front side of the liner substrate is aligned with a backside of the label substrate such that the liner tear strip aligns within the label tear strip, the bottom portion of the liner substrate aligns with the center portion of the label substrate, and the top portion of the liner substrate is aligned above and below a top perforation for the label tear strip.
An apparatus for testing label-liner separation is provided. The apparatus comprises a roller, a plurality of replaceable qq printer peel bars, and a weight. Each peel bar associated with its own unique radius for its disengage edge. A label-liner web is fed ‘TF under the roller and up to a given peel bar of a given radius over the corresponding disengage edge. A string is attached on one end to a liner portion of the web and the weight is attached to the other end of the string with the weight freely hanging unsupported under the liner portion. A label portion of the web is pulled over the disengage edge to determine whether the label portion separates from the liner portion of the web during the pulling. If no separation occurs a different peel bar with a different radius is selected and tried. This repeats until separation is achieved.
A method is provided of processing a food order in a table service restaurant. The method comprises receiving a food order including a table identifier, and electronically by a computer terminal, printing a food order label including the table identifier and providing the printed food order label. The method also comprises by a food preparer, preparing a food dish based upon the printed food order label, and by the food preparer, placing the prepared food dish in a position in vicinity of the printed food order label. The method further comprises by the food preparer or a food server, picking up the prepared food dish and attaching the printed food order label to the food dish with the table identifier being visible, and by a food server, delivering the prepared food dish to the table indicated by the visible table identifier on the printed food order label and thereby delivering the prepared food dish to a customer in the table service restaurant.
A label-liner combination is provided. A liner substrate is segmented into three portions by horizontal die cut ties made in the liner substrate. The three portions comprise a top portion, a liner tear strip, and a bottom portion. A label substrate is segmented into three portions by perforations a border portion, a label tear strip, and a center portion. A front side of the liner substrate is aligned with a backside of the label substrate such that the liner tear strip aligns within the label tear strip, the bottom portion of the liner substrate aligns with the center portion of the label substrate, and the top portion of the liner substrate is aligned above and below a top perforation for the label tear strip.
An apparatus for testing label-liner separation is provided. The apparatus comprises a roller, a plurality of replaceable printer peel bars, and a weight. Each peel bar associated with its own unique radius for its disengage edge. A label-liner web is fed under the roller and up to a given peel bar of a given radius over the corresponding disengage edge. A string is attached on one end to a liner portion of the web and the weight is attached to the other end of the string with the weight freely hanging unsupported under the liner portion. A label portion of the web is pulled over the disengage edge to determine whether the label portion separates from the liner portion of the web during the pulling. If no separation occurs a different peel bar with a different radius is selected and tried. This repeats until separation is achieved.
An apparatus for testing label-liner separation is provided. The apparatus comprises a roller, a plurality of replaceable printer peel bars, and a weight. Each peel bar associated with its own unique radius for its disengage edge. A label-liner web is fed under the roller and up to a given peel bar of a given radius over the corresponding disengage edge. A string is attached on one end to a liner portion of the web and the weight is attached to the other end of the string with the weight freely hanging unsupported under the liner portion. A label portion of the web is pulled over the disengage edge to determine whether the label portion separates from the liner portion of the web during the pulling. If no separation occurs a different peel bar with a different radius is selected and tried. This repeats until separation is achieved.
A container content apparatus comprises two inserts. Each insert comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side flaps. Each top portion comprises a die cut handle. The apparatus is adapted to be inserted into an inside of a container adjacent to interior walls of the container. An area defined by the inserts is adapted to receive a stack of media. When the inserts are removed via the handles, a gap or space exists between the outer edges of the stack and the interior walls of the container providing automatic alignment of the stack centered on the inside of the container and providing proper alignment to feed the stack directly from the container to an infeed of a printer.
B65D 5/32 - Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks
B65D 5/44 - Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
A container content apparatus comprises two inserts. Each insert comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side flaps. Each top portion comprises a die cut handle. The apparatus is adapted to be inserted into an inside of a container adjacent to interior walls of the container. An area defined by the inserts is adapted to receive a stack of media. When the inserts are removed via the handles, a gap or space exists between the outer edges of the stack and the interior walls of the container providing automatic alignment of the stack centered on the inside of the container and providing proper alignment to feed the stack directly from the container to an infeed of a printer.
B65D 5/32 - Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks
B65D 5/42 - Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
A container content apparatus comprises two inserts. Each insert comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side flaps. Each top portion comprises a die cut handle. The apparatus is adapted to be inserted into an inside of a container adjacent to interior walls of the container. An area defined by the inserts is adapted to receive a stack of media. When the inserts are removed via the handles, a gap or space exists between the outer edges of the stack and the interior walls of the container providing automatic alignment of the stack centered on the inside of the container and providing proper alignment to feed the stack directly from the container to an infeed of a printer.
B65D 5/32 - Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks
B65D 5/44 - Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
A combined receipt and label roll comprises a core, and a web having a longitudinally-extending axis and wound on the core along the axis. The web includes (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate, and (iii) a water-based microsphere adhesive disposed on the back side of the substrate along the web axis. The water-based microsphere adhesive comprises at least four separate adhesive patches. The at least four adhesive patches are both sized relative to each other and positioned relative to each other on the back side of the substrate such that additional tack desired can be obtained by increasing volume of the adhesive patches without having to increase coat weight of the adhesive patches.
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
G09F 3/00 - Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication meansSealsPostage or like stamps
B32B 37/12 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by using adhesives
B32B 37/18 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the properties of the layers with all layers existing as coherent layers before laminating involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only
A liner in a label-liner combination is provided with a die cut portion made in the liner. The die cut portion is aligned with at least one edge in a label and a front side of the liner is attached to a backside of the label. The die cut portion of the liner is adapted to be removed from the liner when the label is removed from the label-liner combination. Dimensions, and orientation, and a location of the die cut portion in the liner are adapted to allow the label to be removed from the label-liner combination and applied to a surface by digits of a hand without touching an adhesive coating on the backside of the label and adapted to maintain proper printer waste liner spool operations when the liner is wound after application of the label.
A combined primary label and secondary label comprises a first piece of paper, a first release coating disposed on a portion of the first piece of paper, a second piece of paper, a second release coating different from the first release coating and disposed on a portion of the second piece of paper. The combined primary and secondary label further comprises an adhesive layer disposed between the first and second pieces of paper such that (i) a primary label can be peeled away with at least some adhesive of the adhesive layer from the second release coating disposed on the portion of the second piece of paper, and (ii) a secondary label can be peeled away with at least some adhesive of the same adhesive layer from the first release coating disposed on the portion of the first piece of paper.
A liner in a label-liner combination is provided with a die cut portion made in the liner. The die cut portion is aligned with at least one edge in a label and a front side of the liner is attached to a backside of the label. The die cut portion of the liner is adapted to be removed from the liner when the label is removed from the label-liner combination. Dimensions, and orientation, and a location of the die cut portion in the liner are adapted to allow the label to be removed from the label-liner combination and applied to a surface by digits of a hand without touching an adhesive coating on the backside of the label and adapted to maintain proper printer waste liner spool operations when the liner is wound after application of the label.
A liner in a label-liner combination is provided with a die cut portion made in the liner. The die cut portion is aligned with at least one edge in a label and a front side of the liner is attached to a backside of the label. The die cut portion of the liner is adapted to be removed from the liner when the label is removed from the label-liner combination. Dimensions, and orientation, and a location of the die cut portion in the liner are adapted to allow the label to be removed from the label-liner combination and applied to a surface by digits of a hand without touching an adhesive coating on the backside of the label and adapted to maintain proper printer waste liner spool operations when the liner is wound after application of the label.
G09F 3/00 - Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication meansSealsPostage or like stamps
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B32B 3/02 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions
B65D 33/34 - End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices with special means for indicating unauthorised opening
B32B 7/06 - Interconnection of layers permitting easy separation
An adhesive label is provided. The adhesive label includes an adhesive patch that covers at least 50% but less than 85% of a backside surface of the adhesive label and that is at least partially horizontally and vertically centered on the backside surface.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
Tamper-evident media is provided. The tamper-evident media comprising a substrate and a plurality of die cuts in first portions of the substrate. A first side of the substrate comprising a print coating or image coating that enables the corresponding side of the substrate to be printed or imaged with custom indicia. A second side of the substrate comprising an adhesive. When the media is imaged with the custom indicia on the first side and adhered onto a surface of an item or an object using the second side. The media is incapable of being removed from the surface without damaging the media along one or more of the die cuts, which provides visible evidence that item was opened, or the object was used.
Tamper-evident media is provided. The tamper-evident media comprising a substrate and a plurality of die cuts in first portions of the substrate. A first side of the substrate comprising a print coating or image coating that enables the corresponding side of the substrate to be printed or imaged with custom indicia. A second side of the substrate comprising an adhesive. When the media is imaged with the custom indicia on the first side and adhered onto a surface of an item or an object using the second side. The media is incapable of being removed from the surface without damaging the media along one or more of the die cuts, which provides visible evidence that item was opened, or the object was used.
A method is provided of processing a food order in a table service restaurant. The method comprises receiving a food order including a table identifier, and electronically by a computer terminal, printing a food order label including the table identifier and providing the printed food order label. The method also comprises by a food preparer, preparing a food dish based upon the printed food order label, and by the food preparer, placing the prepared food dish in a position in vicinity of the printed food order label. The method further comprises by the food preparer or a food server, picking up the prepared food dish and attaching the printed food order label to the food dish with the table identifier being visible, and by a food server, delivering the prepared food dish to the table indicated by the visible table identifier on the printed food order label and thereby delivering the prepared food dish to a customer in the table service restaurant.
A dual label combination is provided. The label combination includes a label substrate, and the label substrate is die cut with at least three separate labels. The label combination also includes a liner substrate attached to a back side of the label substrate. The label substrate including at least two die cuts with one of the die cuts defining a liner label that corresponds to one of the at least three labels of the label substrate. A back side of the liner substrate includes a coating for imaging on the liner substrate with: inkjet, laser, direct thermal, or thermal transfer printing. The liner label and the corresponding label of the label substrate separable from the label combination by a manufactured pull tab substantially centered at a bottom of the liner label of the liner substrate and the corresponding label of the label substrate.
Linerless labels are presented. A label includes a specific pattern or set of patterns of adhesive applied to one side of the label. The adhesive pattern(s) reduces contact between a cutter blade of a printer and the adhesive on the one side of the label. Moreover, the adhesive patterns reduce buildup of adhesive on the cutter blade and reduce buildup at specific locations on the cutter blade. That is, the adhesive patterns more evenly distribute adhesive buildup across the cutter blade. Consequently, the cutter blade can be used for a longer period of time before the cutter blade needs to be cleaned of the adhesive.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
A label is provided with a warning layer coating integrated or applied to a front side of the label. The warning layer coating is not activated by application of heat; rather, the warning layer coating activates upon a directional force (vertical or horizontal puffing) applied to the label after the label was initially adhered to a container, bag, box, and/or object. Upon activation, visible color or a printed warning indicia is visible on a front surface of the label, providing evidence that the label was removed after initial application or providing evidence that the label was attempted to be removed after initial application.
A label is constructed with multiple separate adhesives or a mixture of a non-moisture activated adhesive and a moisture-activated adhesive and applied in multiple patterns on a backside of the label. The label maintains adhesive bonding characteristic when the backside of the label is affixed to dry, cool, warm, and wet surfaces.
A method is provided of processing a food order in a table service restaurant. The method comprises receiving a food order including a table identifier, and electronically by a computer terminal, printing a food order label including the table identifier and providing the printed food order label. The method also comprises by a food preparer, preparing a food dish based upon the printed food order label, and by the food preparer, placing the prepared food dish in a position in vicinity of the printed food order label. The method further comprises by the food preparer or a food server, picking up the prepared food dish and attaching the printed food order label to the food dish with the table identifier being visible, and by a food server, delivering the prepared food dish to the table indicated by the visible table identifier on the printed food order label and thereby delivering the prepared food dish to a customer in the table service restaurant.
A direct thermal and thermal transfer label combination is provided. The label includes a substrate, and the substrate includes a thermal print coating applied to a front side of the substrate. The label also includes a liner attached to a backside of the substrate along a first side of the liner. Further, an aqueous resin-based thermal transfer coating is applied to a second side of the liner. The front side of the label is capable of being imaged through direct thermal printing while the second side of the liner represents an opposite side of the label that is capable of being imaged through thermal transfer printing.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
B41J 2/325 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
G09F 3/04 - Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication meansSealsPostage or like stamps to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion
A two-ply liner-label and liner-label-roll are provided. A front side of a liner is coated with a release coating. The liner also includes a plurality of die cut tabs that at least partially align with a second die cut label in the label. The backside of the label is coated with an adhesive material and applied to the front side of the liner to form a liner-label roll. The tabs remain affixed to their corresponding individual labels when the labels are removed for placement on packaging; thereby, leaving holes in the liner as the liner is wound into a waste-liner roll within an auto applicator machine.
A combined primary label and secondary label comprises a first piece of paper, a first release coating disposed on a portion of the first piece of paper, a second piece of paper, a second release coating different from the first release coating and disposed on a portion of the second piece of paper. The combined primary and secondary label further comprises an adhesive layer disposed between the first and second pieces of paper such that (i) a primary label can be peeled away with at least some adhesive of the adhesive layer from the second release coating disposed on the portion of the second piece of paper, and (ii) a secondary label can be peeled away with at least some adhesive of the same adhesive layer from the first release coating disposed on the portion of the first piece of paper.
A receipt and label roll comprises a core and a web having a longitudinally-extending axis and wound on the core along the axis. The web includes (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate, (iii) adhesive disposed on a portion of the back side of the substrate along the web axis, and (iv) a release coating disposed on the front side of the substrate along the web axis to prevent the adhesive from sticking to the front side of the substrate when the web is wound on the core. The web further includes (v) a longitudinal weakened structure extending along a direction parallel to the web axis and dividing the web into a first web portion on which the adhesive is disposed and a second web portion which is substantially devoid of adhesive.
An adhesive label is provided. The adhesive label includes an adhesive patch that covers at least 50% but less than 85% of a backside surface of the adhesive label and that is at least partially horizontally and vertically centered on the backside surface.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
G09F 3/10 - Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
Tamper-evident media is provided. The tamper-evident media comprising a substrate and a plurality of die cuts in first portions of the substrate. A first side of the substrate comprising a print coating or image coating that enables the corresponding side of the substrate to be printed or imaged with custom indicia. A second side of the substrate comprising an adhesive. When the media is imaged with the custom indicia on the first side and adhered onto a surface of an item or an object using the second side. The media is incapable of being removed from the surface without damaging the media along one or more of the die cuts, which provides visible evidence that item was opened, or the object was used.
A label having a silicone-free (water-based) release coating and compatible adhesive patch is provided. The label includes a thermally coated substrate having a silicone-free substrate overlaid thereon of a first surface. A second surface includes a microsphere adhesive layer.
A label with one or more removable components is provided. The label includes a substrate having a front side and a back side. A first area is defined within the front side and the back side of the substrate. A second area is defined within the front side and the back side of the substrate, the second area representing an independent-removable label from the label. In an embodiment, a method of printing the label with one or more removable components is provided. Print data is identified as confidential data and non-confidential data. The print data is reformatted so that the confidential data is imaged/printed by a printer in just the second area of the front side representing the independent-removable label.
A label with one or more removable components is provided. The label includes a substrate having a front side and a back side. A first area is defined within the front side and the back side of the substrate. A second area is defined within the front side and the back side of the substrate, the second area representing an independent-removable label from the label. In an embodiment, a method of printing the label with one or more removable components is provided. Print data is identified as confidential data and non-confidential data. The print data is reformatted so that the confidential data is imaged/printed by a printer in just the second area of the front side representing the independent-removable label.
A label with one or more removable components is provided. The label includes a substrate having a front side and a back side. A first area is defined within the front side and the back side of the substrate. A second area is defined within the front side and the back side of the substrate, the second area representing an independent-removable label from the label. In an embodiment, a method of printing the label with one or more removable components is provided. Print data is identified as confidential data and non-confidential data. The print data is reformatted so that the confidential data is imaged/printed by a printer in just the second area of the front side representing the independent-removable label.
A dual label combination is provided. The label combination includes a label substrate, and the label substrate is die cut with at least three separate labels. The label combination also includes a liner substrate attached to a back side of the label substrate. The label substrate including at least two die cuts with one of the die cuts defining a liner label that corresponds to one of the at least three labels of the label substrate. A back side of the liner substrate includes a coating for imaging on the liner substrate with: inkjet, laser, direct thermal, or thermal transfer printing. The liner label and the corresponding label of the label substrate separable from the label combination by a manufactured pull tab substantially centered at a bottom of the liner label of the liner substrate and the corresponding label of the label substrate.
