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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1987
Michael J Cooper, Colchester, GB;
Denny Bros. Printing Limited, Suffolk, GB;
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to a tag attachment system from which tags are suppliable to necked articles and the method associated with the tag attachment system for supplying tags to necked articles. A carrier strip of material has pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on a surface thereof. A plurality of tags are releasably secured to the strip at the surface of the strip and the tags are spaced apart along the length of the strip. Each of the tags has a surface on which a layer of coating release material is disposed and an aperture in which the necks of necked articles are receivable. The surface of the tags on which the coating release material is disposed confronts the surface of the carrier strip on which the adhesive is disposed so as to facilitate the releasable securement of the tags to the strip. The strip is passed around a guide disposed adjacent a path along which a plurality of necked articles are traveling. As the strip travels around the guide, the tags separate from the strip and the apertures therein are consecutively disposed in the path adjacent the necks of the articles whereupon the same are received by the necks of the articles resulting in the looping of the tags over the articles.