Patent ID: 6531023
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: G09F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of producing a succession of self-adhesive labels carried on a backing of release material, the method comprising the steps of:a) providing an elongate web comprising a self-adhesive support web having a backing of release material; b) die-cutting and removing from the backing of release material a succession of portions of the support web to leave a succession of intermediate parts of the support web longitudinally spaced along the backing of release material; c) adhering a succession of multilaminar label portions to the succession of intermediate parts of the support web, each multilaminar label portion being adhered to a first portion of an upper surface of the respective intermediate part of the support web, a second portion of the upper surface of the intermediate part of the support web adjacent to the first portion being left uncovered by the multilaminar label portion; d) adhering a succession of portions of a self-adhesive overlaminate to the upper surface of the succession of multilaminar label portions so that each portion of the overlaminate substantially covers the respective multilaminar label portion and a respective portion of the backing of release material which is adjacent to the respective multilaminar label portion thereby to retain the multilaminar label portion in a closed configuration, the second portion of the upper surface of each intermediate part of the support web being left substantially uncovered by the overlaminate.