Patent ID: 6280544
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B31D,B65C,B65H,G06K,G08B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming labels having information on a front face thereof and also including an electronic tag, comprising:providing a strip of label stock having a front face with information thereon and an opposite back face, and providing adhesive on said back face;feeding the strip of label stock to a tag application station; andat the tag application station, applying an electronic tag to the back face of the stock, including applying the tag to said back face by bringing an inner face of the tag into contact with said back face, providing adhesive on an outer face of the tag opposite said inner face, and allowing the adhesive on said outer face to cooperate with the adhesive on said back face to form an at least substantially continuous adhesive coating on the back surface of the completed label/tag assembly; anddelivering the completed label/tag assembly to a removal location by operating an adhesive resistant transport belt.