Patent ID: 7416628
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: B65C,G06K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A peel inhibiting apparatus for inhibiting peeling of labels from a web, said apparatus comprising: a peeling edge including an elongated acute corner surface and a first half-cylinder bar having a first radius, said elongated acute corner surface configured to separate said labels from said web when said web is pulled across said elongated acute corner surface; and a peel inhibiting device including a second half-cylinder bar having a second radius, wherein at least one of said peeling edge and said peel inhibiting device is configured to move towards the other so that said first and second half-cylinder bars form a peel inhibiting surface, said peel inhibiting surface configured to prevent said labels from separating from said web when said web is pulled across at least a portion of said first and second radii of said first and second half-cylinder bars.