System for producing pressure sensitive intermediate web assembly having regularly occurring discontinuous segments produced in a continuous fashion
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1. A system for producing a continuous pressure sensitive web assembly having regularly occurring surface segments, comprising;
- a continuous supply of liner material an adhesive applicator for coating said liner material with a pattern of pressure sensitive adhesive to create an adhesive coated web;
a supply of printable sheet stock for receiving printing in a plurality of discrete areas relating to individual print jobs;
a high quality image rendering device for producing printing or imaging on each sheet of printable stock;
a cutter device for cutting said sheet stock into individual ribbons, with each ribbon containing an area having printing or imaging and a matrix portion;
a placer mechanism for depositing each of said ribbons on said adhesive coated web in a regularly occurring pattern in a continuous fashion;
a matrix trimming apparatus for severing said matrix portion from said printed or imaged area of said ribbon to create a pressure sensitive web having a series of regularly occurring discrete imaged segments; and
a rewinding station for collecting said web with said discrete imaged segments.
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A continuous manufacturing system is provided for producing an intermediate web assembly having a series of regularly occurring preprinted segments that are disposed on a surface of the web. The segments are initially produced in a sheet form which is prepared by rendering high quality images in discrete areas representative of the portions to be subsequently separated to form the segments. The individual segments are cut from the sheet and then are provided to a placer mechanism that sequentially places the segments individually on the web to create an intermittently laminated web assembly.
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1. A system for producing a continuous pressure sensitive web assembly having regularly occurring surface segments, comprising;
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a continuous supply of liner material an adhesive applicator for coating said liner material with a pattern of pressure sensitive adhesive to create an adhesive coated web;
a supply of printable sheet stock for receiving printing in a plurality of discrete areas relating to individual print jobs;
a high quality image rendering device for producing printing or imaging on each sheet of printable stock;
a cutter device for cutting said sheet stock into individual ribbons, with each ribbon containing an area having printing or imaging and a matrix portion;
a placer mechanism for depositing each of said ribbons on said adhesive coated web in a regularly occurring pattern in a continuous fashion;
a matrix trimming apparatus for severing said matrix portion from said printed or imaged area of said ribbon to create a pressure sensitive web having a series of regularly occurring discrete imaged segments; and
a rewinding station for collecting said web with said discrete imaged segments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for creating an intermediate web assembly, comprising;
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a series of pre-printed or pre-imaged segments;
a hopper for holding a supply of said segments;
an automated feeder assembly for receiving said supply of segments and for feeding and depositing each of said segments sequentially on a surface of a continuously traveling web;
an intermediate web assembly having intermittently laminated segments disposed in a substantial edge-to-edge configuration;
an automated severing mechanism for severing each of said segments into a printed or imaged portion and a matrix portion;
a take up assembly for removing said matrix portion from each of said segments; and
a receiving station for collecting said intermediate web assembly with said printed or imaged segments disposed in a regularly spaced configuration. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for producing an intermediate web assembly, comprising;
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an order entry platform for capturing information relating to individual print jobs;
an image rendering device for printing discrete areas on sheets of material, with at least one area representing at least one print job;
a series of printable sheets for receiving printing from said image rendering device;
a continuous liner supply device for supplying a continuous web of liner material;
an adhesive application station for applying a pattern of adhesive to a surface of said web of liner material;
a cutting device for cutting each of said sheet after printing into individual segments with each segment containing printing relating to at least one job; and
a placer mechanism for placing each of said individual segments in a sequential manner on said web of liner material to create an intermediate pressure sensitive web assembly having a series of regularly occurring preprinted segments intermittently laminated to said web. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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