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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2000
Alden R. Miles, St. Paul, MN (US);
Timothy A. Mertens, St. Paul, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of applying repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets to moving articles includes aligning a plurality of articles for sequential movement through a sheet application station. Each article has at least two different sheet landing areas defined on a common surface thereof A repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet from a first applicator is applied at the sheet application station onto a first landing area of every other article as it passes the sheet application station. A repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet from a second applicator is applied onto a second different landing area on all of the remaining articles as they pass through the sheet application station. The resultant stack of articles formed in this way does not have all of the note sheets aligned vertically in the stack, thus reducing the overall height of the stack by dispersing horizontally the added thicknesses of the note sheets on the articles.