Method of making a pad of labels and labels for use on store shelves in a retail environment

• US 9,434,125 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2013
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. (Avery Dennison Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. (Avery Dennison Corporation)
• Inventors: Blackwell, Jeffrey, Bethards, Gene, Aten, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Osele, Mark A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Caillouet, Christopher C
• Application Number:
  US14/084,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20140367017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/4825 Pressure sensitive adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/5057 positioned between the surfaces to be joined B29C65/5035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/76 Making non-permanent or releasable joints
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/004 Preventing sticking together, e.g. of some areas of the parts to be joined
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/43 Joining a relatively small portion of the surface of said articles B29C66/45 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B31D 1/021 Making adhesive labels having a multilayered structure, e.g. provided on carrier webs
• CPC Class Codes: B31D 1/026 Cutting or perforating B31D1/022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B31D 1/027 involving, marking, printing or coding
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2255/26 Polymeric coating
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/732 Dimensional properties
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/748 Releasability
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2317/12 Paper, e.g. cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2323/10 Polypropylene
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2367/00 Polyesters, e.g. PET, i.e. polyethylene terephthalate
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2383/00 Polysiloxanes
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2519/00 Labels, badges
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/10 of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/32 comprising polyolefins comprising vinyl (co)polymers or acrylic (co)polymers B32B27/30
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/36 comprising polyesters
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/266 characterised by an apertured layer, the apertures going through the whole thickness of the layer, e.g. expanded metal, perforated layer, slit layer regular cells B32B3/12
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 37/12 : characterised by using adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 37/1292 : selectively, e.g. in stripes, in patterns B32B37/0076 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 38/0004 : Cutting, tearing or severing, e.g. bursting; Cutter details cutting in general B26D; laminating combined with punching or perforating B32B38/04; removing all or part of the layers B32B38/10; cutting in combination with laying up and registration B32B38/185 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 38/1825 : characterised by the control or constructional features of devices for tensioning, stretching or registration
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/06 : permitting easy separation
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/12 : using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 : using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06046 : Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0208 : Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0214 : Stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0225 : Carrier web
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/023 : Adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0257 : Multilayer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/02 : Forms or constructions layered products B32B
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0297 : including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/10 : by an adhesive layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/10 : Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1052 : with cutting, punching, tearing or severing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1057 : Subsequent to assembly of laminae

Abstract

A method of making a pad of labels and labels for use on store shelves in a retail environment. The pad of labels include labels with adhesive strips applied to a bottom surface of each label and a top laminate layer with a release coating applied to the top surface of each label. The labels in the pad are sequenced according to a store'"'"'s planogram.

Claims

1. A method of making a pad of labels comprising:

printing display information on a top surface of a substrate;

loading the substrate into a friction feeder;

transporting the substrate along a registration-and-transport table;

wherein the registration-and-transport table comprises;

guides to control the orientation of the substrate; and

sensors to detect the location of a leading edge of the substrate;

adjusting the speed of transporting the substrate along the registration and transport table in response to the sensors detecting the location of the leading edge of the substrate, in order to ensure the substrate has proper registration as it enters a first nip roller station;

entering the substrate into a web of material created at the first nip roller station;

wherein the web of material comprises;

a first layer of lamination material adhered to a bottom surface of the substrate; and

a second layer of lamination material adhered to a top surface of the substrate, the second layer of lamination material having a release coating applied to a top surface thereof;

maintaining a tension in the web of material through use of a tensioning station;

controlling the orientation of the web of material, including the substrate suspended within the web of material, through use of a web control guide;

applying at least one adhesive strip to a bottom surface of the first layer of lamination material;

cutting the web of material into at least one label;

transporting the at least one label to a stacking station; and

arranging the labels into a pad of labels;

wherein the printing, cutting, and arranging steps are controlled with reference to a store'"'"'s planogram, such that the labels within the pad of labels are sequenced according to a store'"'"'s planogram.

2. The method of making a pad of labels according to claim 1, wherein the at least one adhesive strip is permanently applied to the bottom surface of the first layer of lamination material in an area corresponding to a first portion of the label to be affixed to a store shelf.

3. The method of making a pad of labels according to claim 1, further comprising cutting at least one relief perforation into the web of material.

4. The method of making a pad of labels according to claim 3, wherein the at least one adhesive strip is permanently applied after cutting the at least one relief perforation, and over the at least one relief perforation, thus reinforcing the at least one relief perforation.