Patent ID: 7293592
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: B65C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for forming linerless labels from web made of sheet material having a release side and a pressure sensitive adhesive side, which comprises: means for feeding web along a flow path to a cutter assembly, for contouring web in a plane which is transverse to the flow path, and for projecting the web into space toward a cutter; a cutter assembly, spaced apart from said means for feeding, for cutting the web repetitively, to form labels; and, means for receiving said labels from the cutter assembly; wherein said means for feeding comprises (a) at least one set of rollers comprising an upstream roller and a spaced apart downstream roller; (b) at least three spaced apart endless belts running between said set of spaced apart upstream and downstream rollers, for contacting, contouring, and moving web downstream along said flow path; wherein one of said three belts has a transverse plane elevation different from the elevation of the other two belts at some point along the flow path.