Moore Business Forms, Inc.

Nancy L Wantuch

Khaled M Khatib

James M Schweitzer

A release coating that exhibits superior release properties includes about 70% Goldschmidt RC 711 silicone, about 30% Goldschmidt RC 726 silicone and about 3% of total silicone weight photo initiator. The silicone mixture provides a smooth release and better avoids the deleterious effects of aging such as yellowing and flaking. In addition, the silicone mixture is a soft silicone such that it will not come off in a printer. The invention also includes a method of making a release coating and a method of applying a release coating to a substrate.

Release coating for linerless labels, method of making a release coating and method of applying a release coating

A linerless label dispenser includes a cutting mechanism. Linerless labels are transported from a roll underneath a plastic guide and onto an adhesive-release material guide structure/ramp past a sensor to a print head which prints indicia on the release material coated face of the labels. From the print head and cooperating print roller the labels pass to a plasma coated stripper surface which is disposed at an upwardly directed angle between about 20-35.degree. with respect to the horizontal, and into contact with a plasma coated stationary anvil blade. The anvil blade is spaced downwardly from the stripper surface a distance of about 0.001-0.008 inches (preferably about 0.002-0.004 inches) and cooperates with a plasma coated or texture painted rotary blade of a rotary cutter. Downstream of the blades may be a plasma coated exit roller typically cooperating with a hold down mechanism for dispensing individual cut labels.

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Barker, NY, United States of America

Nancy L Wantuch