Patent ID: 6620275
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B31D,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making label products comprising:separating release material from label material in an elongated web of label stock, the label material having pressure-sensitive adhesive on a selected side thereof which faces the release material before separation, neutralizing the pressure-sensitive adhesive in predetermined portions of the label material, reuniting the release material with the adhesive side of the label material, cutting the label material to form a succession of initial bases, without cutting through the release material, the initial bases including the portions of the label material at which the adhesive was neutralized, removing label material outside the initial bases, feeding a printed piece onto each of the initial bases in succession, applying a laminate material having pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side thereof over the web, thereby adhering the laminate material to the initial bases and the printed pieces, and the release liner between adjacent initial bases, and cutting at least the laminate and portions of the initial bases to form a succession of the label products, each label product including a booklet, a base label portion of the initial base which the booklet covers, and a portion of the adjacent initial base which is not adhered to the release liner, the unadhered portion of the adjacent initial base forming a pull tab.