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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Primera Technology, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Robert P. Cummins, Deephaven, MN (US);
Todd A. Britz, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Darren W. Haas, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Michael R. Tolrud, Chaska, MN (US);
Assignee:
Primera Technology, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/26 (2006.01); B26D 3/08 (2006.01); B26F 1/38 (2006.01); B31D 1/02 (2006.01); B26D 5/32 (2006.01); B26D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 7/2614 (2013.01); B26D 3/085 (2013.01); B26F 1/3806 (2013.01); B31D 1/026 (2013.01); B26D 5/32 (2013.01); B26D 11/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4978 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1057 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1322 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1712 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1741 (2015.01);
Abstract
A label finishing station receives a web carrying printed images for labels arranged so there are a plurality of images formed in rows or ranks across the width of the web. The images are also arranged in longitudinal columns along the length of the web. A cutting station carries a plurality of cutter heads to cut out the plurality of labels forming each row or rank simultaneously. The web, with the label peripheries cut out, may be slit longitudinally and formed into finished rolls of labels.