Patent ID: 6627031
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B65C,G08B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of providing an article with a means of enabling the presence of the article to be detected which method comprises the steps of:(i) providing a tagging material comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive tape having a first surface coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive composition and a second surface opposite the first surface coated with release agent, (ii) providing the tape with a continuous substrate of synthetic plastics material and a continuous electromagnetic sensor material capable of being detected by detection equipment, (iii) causing an article to move along an article path, (iv) moving the tagging material along a tagging material path converging with the article path, (v) severing a predetermined length from the tagging material to form a tag, and (vi) adhering the tag to the article by means of the pressure sensitive adhesive composition.