Linerless labels and activatable adhesives, systems, machines and methods therefor

• Main Authors: IYER PRADEEP S, EDWARDS DAVID N, LENKL JOHANNES, KIAN KOUROSH, BHARADWAJ RISHIKESH K, LICON MARK A, HSEIH DONG?, MALLYA PRAKASH
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 08.10.2014
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; ADVERTISING; CHEMISTRY; CONVEYING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; DYES; EDUCATION; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; PACKING; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; POLISHES; SEALS; SIGNS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES

A system is disclosed for printing, activating and applying a flow of linerless activatable labels to a flow of items to be labeled. An activatable adhesive is formulated to readily absorb energy from a given radiation source, an activatable adhesive linerless label incorporates such the activatable...