PRINTED LABELS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

A method of producing stacks of printed, ready-to-use adhesive-backed labels which are separated from one another by release coatings that are in registry with adhesive strips but on opposite sides of each individual label to prevent the labels in the stack from adhering to one another to an excessive degree; i.e., to permit the labels to be separated from one another for application to the edge or face of a storage shelf. The overall production process may be carried out into different stations at different locations, the first location producing feed stock for the second location.

主权项

1. A method of making labels from a strip of printable, flexible sheet stock having first and second opposed sides comprising the steps of:
a. Applying discreet layers of adhesive at regularly spaced intervals along a first side of said strip, said layers being of identical area, geometry, and orientation; b. Applying discreet layers of silicone-based release coating at regularly spaced intervals along a second side of said strip, said discreet release coating layers being of identical area, geometry, and orientation as said adhesive layers and positionally in registry with said adhesive layers but on the opposite side of said strip stock so that said at least one edge of each adhesive layer substantially directly overlies the corresponding edge of a release layer; and c. Curing the release layers.