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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Laura A. Dellevigne, Danbury, CT (US);
Bruno Telesca, Hawthorne, NY (US);
Mikhail Laksin, Boonton, NJ (US);
James A. Stevenson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Paul J. Donnelly, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Marc T. Wiescinski, Chicago, IL (US);
Brijesh K. Nigam, Naperville, IL (US);
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided herewith are methods of preparing a labeled article comprising curing an LED-curable adhesive on a film label such as a shrink film label, wherein at least portions of the LED-curable adhesive are disposed in the overlap formed between a leading edge and trailing edge of the film label. The curing can be conducted at a temperature below 70° C. and is suitable for labeling 500-720 articles per minute in a sequential manner. Also provided herewith are apparatus for labeling articles with film labels, such as shrink film labels comprising an LED station. Further, a method of retrofitting an existing hot-melt labeling system for use in labeling articles with film labels such as shrink film labels is also provided.