Patent ID: 7416008

Claim:
Apparatus for removing at least one waste area of a face layer sheet from a laminate composed of a backing layer with the face layer sheet adhering thereto to leave at least one product area of the face layer sheet in place on the backing layer, comprising: a work surface for receiving the laminate thereon; a quick-drying liquid adhesive; at least one adhesive applicator mounted adjacent to the work surface; an actuator associated with the applicator(s); a programmed actuator controller to cause deposit of the quick-drying liquid adhesive from the applicator onto predetermined discrete locations of the waste area(s), such discrete locations covering only a minority of each waste area, the programmed controller responding to sensing of a group of marks on the laminate by a sensor; a laminator beside the work surface including an adhesive-free carrier surface oriented for temporary lamination to form a carrier lamination with the laminate using the applied adhesive; and a delaminator positioned to receive the carrier lamination and to delaminate the laminate from the carrier surface with the waste area(s) adhering to the carrier surface.