Patent ID: 8016323

Claim:
A self-adhesive label manufacturing method comprising the steps of: providing a web of adhesive label material mounted on a web of release material as a first step; and thereafter die-cutting patches in the web of release material with a rear surface of the web of release material presented uppermost as a second step; removing from the product of the second step the web of release material from the web of adhesive label material other than said patches as a third step so as to expose an adhesive surface of said web of label material other than those regions of the adhesive surface covered by said patches; applying to the product of the third step a web of siliconised polyester liner over the exposed adhesive surface of the web of label material and said patches of release material as a fourth step; after the fourth step turning the web of label material such that the web of label material is uppermost as a fifth step; after the fifth step die-cutting individual labels in the web of label material whilst the web of label material is uppermost as a sixth step, the labels being aligned with said patches of release material; either after or simultaneously with the sixth step die-cutting through each individual label but not through the web of siliconised polyester liner immediately over a patch of release material to form a sticker as a seventh step; and, as an eighth step removing waste label material from the product of the seventh step.