Use of optical mark in label printing and label dispensing
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing an RFID label assembly, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an RFID label assembly, said RFID label assembly comprising a plurality of RFID labels spaced apart from one another and releasably mounted on top of a common web, said common web having a top surface and a bottom surface, at least some of said RFID labels being defective and at least some of said RFID labels not being defective;
(b) testing each of said RFID labels for the purpose of detecting defective RFID labels; and
(c) removing from said common web all RFID labels found in step (b) to be defective.
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Abstract
An RFID label assembly and method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the manufacturing method comprises the steps of (a) providing an RFID label assembly, the RFID label assembly comprising a common web, the common web having a top surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of RFID labels spaced apart from one another and releasably mounted on top of the common web, at least some of the RFID labels being defective and at least some of the RFID labels not being defective, and an eye mark printed on the bottom surface of the common web for each of the RFID labels, each eye mark having a length corresponding to the length of its corresponding RFID label; (b) testing each of the RFID labels for the purpose of detecting defective RFID labels; and (c) removing from the common web all RFID labels found in step (b) to be defective.
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1. A method of manufacturing an RFID label assembly, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing an RFID label assembly, said RFID label assembly comprising a plurality of RFID labels spaced apart from one another and releasably mounted on top of a common web, said common web having a top surface and a bottom surface, at least some of said RFID labels being defective and at least some of said RFID labels not being defective;
(b) testing each of said RFID labels for the purpose of detecting defective RFID labels; and
(c) removing from said common web all RFID labels found in step (b) to be defective. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29)
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19. A label assembly comprising:
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(a) an elongated web, said elongated web having a top surface and a bottom surface;
(b) a plurality of labels, said plurality of labels being spaced apart from one another and releasably mounted on said top surface of said elongated web, each of said labels having a leading edge and a trailing edge; and
(c) an eye mark printed on said bottom surface of said elongated web for each of said labels, said eye mark extending at least from a first location aligned with said leading edge of a corresponding label to a second location aligned with said trailing edge of said corresponding label. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A label assembly comprising:
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(a) an elongated web, said elongated web having a top surface and a bottom surface;
(b) a plurality of RFID labels, said plurality of RFID labels being releasably mounted on said top surface of said elongated web and spaced apart from one another sufficiently to avoid collisions between RFID inlays of different RFID labels, each of said RFID labels having a leading edge and a trailing edge; and
(c) an eye mark printed on said bottom surface of said elongated web for each of said RFID labels, said eye mark having a leading edge and a trailing edge, one of said leading edge and said trailing edge of said eye mark being aligned with said leading edge and said trailing edge, respectively, of a corresponding RFID label, the other of said leading edge and said trailing edge of said eye mark extending to within ⅛
to ¼
inch of an adjacent eye mark.
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26. A label assembly comprising:
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(a) an elongated web, said elongated web having a top surface and a bottom surface;
(b) a plurality of RFID labels, said plurality of RFID labels being releasably mounted on said top surface of said elongated web and spaced apart from one another sufficiently to avoid collisions between RFID inlays of different RFID labels, each of said RFID labels having a leading edge and a trailing edge; and
(c) an eye mark printed on said bottom surface of said elongated web for each of said RFID labels, said eye mark having a leading edge and a trailing edge, one of said leading edge and said trailing edge of said eye mark being aligned with a portion of a corresponding RFID label, the other of said leading edge and said trailing edge of said eye mark extending to within ⅛
to ¼
inch of an adjacent RFID label.
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Specification