RFID manufacturing concepts
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1. A method of making RFID labels, comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of RFID inlets, each including a chip, on a first web;
(b) covering the RFID inlets with a second web to provide a composite web;
(c) providing pressure sensitive adhesive on a portion of one of the webs that will be an exterior portion of a label once ultimately formed;
(d) at least one of verifying the functionality of, or programming, the chips prior to formation of the composite web; and
(e) acting on the composite web so as to provide the composite web into labels having a top face, and a bottom face with pressure sensitive adhesive.
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Abstract
Radio frequency identification labels are made in a high speed and effective manner in a variety of different ways utilizing a number of different sources of RFID inlets, each inlet including an antenna and a chip. A plurality of webs are matched together and RFID labels are die cut from the webs, to produce lined RFID labels. Alternatively linerless RFID labels are produced from a composite web with a release material on one face and pressure sensitive adhesive on the other, the labels formed by perforations in the web.
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1. A method of making RFID labels, comprising:
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(a) providing a plurality of RFID inlets, each including a chip, on a first web;
(b) covering the RFID inlets with a second web to provide a composite web;
(c) providing pressure sensitive adhesive on a portion of one of the webs that will be an exterior portion of a label once ultimately formed;
(d) at least one of verifying the functionality of, or programming, the chips prior to formation of the composite web; and
(e) acting on the composite web so as to provide the composite web into labels having a top face, and a bottom face with pressure sensitive adhesive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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23. A method of making RFID labels, comprising:
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(a) providing a plurality of RFID inlets, each including a chip, on a first web;
(b) covering the RFID inlets with a second web;
(c) laminating a third web onto the second web by passing the webs between laminating rolls to sandwich the inlets between the second and third webs without harming the inlets, to provide a composite web;
(d) providing pressure sensitive adhesive on a portion of one of the webs that will be an exterior portion of a label once ultimately formed; and
(e) acting on the composite web so as to provide the composite web into labels having a top face, and a bottom face with pressure sensitive adhesive.
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31. A method of making RFID labels, comprising:
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(a) providing a plurality of RFID inlets, each including a chip and antenna, on a composite web;
(b) providing pressure sensitive adhesive on a portion of one of the composite web that will be an exterior portion of a label once ultimately formed;
(c) at least one of verifying the functionality of, or programming, the chips prior to formation of the composite web;
(d) sensing the RFID chips prior to formation of the composite web so as to establish a registration signal for what will become each label;
(e) acting on the composite web so as to provide the composite web into labels having a top face, and a bottom face with pressure sensitive adhesive;
(f) imaging variable indicia on the top face; and
(g) after (e) making a final RFID chip read verification.
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