Minigrip LLC

Alcan International Limited

Lawson Mardon USA Inc.

Bruce Joseph Maliner

Donald L Van Erden

Paul A Tilman

David Pastrich

James Kenneth Hester

Joseph Borders

A label for a soft drink bottle or other container. The label is an elongated strip of flexible material having first and second ends, inner and outer surfaces and upper and lower edges. A first quantity of adhesive is applied to the inner surface of the strip adjacent to the first end, a second quantity of adhesive is applied to the inner surface of the strip adjacent to the second end, and a third quantity of adhesive is applied to the inner surface of the strip in a region spaced from the first and second ends. A tear line extends laterally across the strip between the upper and lower edges, the tear line being positioned adjacent to the third quantity of adhesive between the third quantity of adhesive and the second end of the strip, and defines an adhesive-free area on the inner surface between the tear line and the second quantity of adhesive. The material of the strip comprising a tamper-evident layer that provides clear indication of peeling of the second end of the strip and/or tearing along the tear line. The invention also relates to a container with such a label and apparatus for applying the label.

Container label with tear-off part

A roll fed labelling system and associated label are disclosed. The label ( ) includes a triggering mark ( ) formed of luminophor ink, i.e. containing a fluorescent optical brightening agent, that reflects visible light when irradiated with UV light. A modulated UV light is directed at the label and the modulated reflected visible light is detected and used to trigger a cutting mechanism to separate a single label from the remainder of the roll. The triggering mark need not visibly contrast with the surrounding graphics of the label and may be invisible in visible light. When producing the roll of labels, the amount of brightening agent may be controlled by monitoring the luminescence of the triggering mark relative to a reference level which may be derived with reference to a maximum luminescence of other parts of the label.

Label scanning system

A four corner bag especially suitable for packaging dry cereal, and method of making the bag from sheet or plastic film material. The bag is provided with opposite wall panels joined at a closed bag bottom and closed opposite sides, the panels defining an openable bag top provided with a reclosable fastener along the inner ends of upstanding pull flanges. Lower corner chamfer seals extend from the closed bottom to the sides of the bag. Upper corner chamfer seals extend from adjacent to the ends of the reclosable fastener to the top edges of the pull flanges. Thereby, when the bag is filled, the chamfer seals will free the four corners of the bag from interfering with easy reception and packing of the filled bag in a fairly close fitting carton.

Reclosable bag especially suitable for cereal packaging, and method

A method and apparatus of forming a reclosable bag of flexible film wherein the bag has confronting side walls joined by seams at its edges and confronting rib and groove fastener strips at the top edge with the strips joined to the inner faces of the bag walls by bonding layers which have a predetermined width such that when a spot seal is formed at the ends of the strips, leakage is prevented between said strip ends so that the interconnecting profiles of the strips are sealed in permanent alignment. The flattened melted material of the spot seals is secured to the bag walls by the bonding layer and the predetermined width of the bonding layer is wider than the spot seals.

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Edgewater, NJ, United States of America

Bruce Joseph Maliner