Patent ID: 6123796
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B31D,B65C,B65D,G08B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an article marked with a combination marker, the method comprising the steps of:providing a web supply of combination markers held by adhesive to a web of backing material, each marker including a preprinted label having a pressure sensitive adhesive on one side thereof securing the label to the web of backing material and resonant circuit electronic article security system target smaller than the label adhesively secured to the label between the web and the target with the label in adhesive contact with the web of backing material around the perimeter of the target;peeling a combination marker from the web of backing material;providing an article to be marked; andapplying the peeled combination marker to the article with the pressure sensitive adhesive on the label at least partially securing the label to the article around the perimeter of the target; andduring the peeling and applying steps, electrically insulating target bearing surfaces and exposing the target and such surfaces to ionized gas.