Patent ID: 7168471
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B31D,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A label making apparatus comprising: a dispenser for a ribbon of labels, said ribbon of labels, having opposed longitudinal edges; a folding mechanism for providing at least one fold parallel to the edges of the said ribbon of labels during an uninterrupted advance; a heated press station for providing heat and pressure to set said at least one fold; a drive mechanism for advancing the folded ribbon of labels through the press station and the folding mechanism; a dispenser for a ribbon of material; a sensor for detecting text, logos or marks disposed on folded ribbon of labels; a mechanism for applying information to the ribbon of material in communication with said sensor to apply said information at a predetermined location on the ribbon of material referenced by the text, logos or marks on the ribbon of labels; an apparatus, for joining the ribbon of labels and the ribbon of material and presenting the joined ribbon of labels and ribbon of material to the drive mechanism, said drive mechanism being in communication with a sensor for presenting both the ribbon of labels and the ribbon of material to the cutting station at a predetermined location; and a cutting station for ultrasonically subdividing the joined ribbon of labels and the ribbon of material into individual labels, wherein the folded portions of the ribbon of labels and the ribbon of material are sealed and bonded together along the cut edge, wherein said text, logos or marks and said information are centered on the each individual label.