Global Patent Index - EP 1974899 A2

EP 1974899 A2 20081001 - Label manufacturing apparatus and method

Title (en)

Label manufacturing apparatus and method

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von Etiketten

Title (fr)

Fabrication d'étiquettes

Publication

EP 1974899 A2 20081001 (EN)

Application

EP 08251162 A 20080328

Priority

GB 0706360 A 20070331

Abstract (en)

Label manufacturing apparatus 55 forms rolls of label web at 82 from stock material 56, which consists of label material carried by a liner or backing paper. Labels are printed on the web at printing stations 58. The label material is kiss cut at a cutting station 60 to define the outline of the labels. This defines waste label material around the labels. The waste material is stripped from the web by a suction arrangement 64 having a suction pump 68 and a mouth 66 into which the waste material is drawn.

IPC 8 full level

B26D 7/18 (2006.01); B31D 1/02 (2006.01); G09F 3/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP GB)

B26D 7/18 (2013.01 - GB); B26D 7/1863 (2013.01 - EP GB); B31D 1/02 (2013.01 - GB); B31D 1/021 (2013.01 - EP GB); B31D 1/026 (2013.01 - EP); G09F 3/02 (2013.01 - EP GB); G09F 3/10 (2013.01 - EP GB); B26D 1/225 (2013.01 - EP); B26D 1/405 (2013.01 - EP); B26D 9/00 (2013.01 - EP); B26F 1/384 (2013.01 - EP); G09F 2003/0263 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA MK RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1974899 A2 20081001; EP 1974899 A3 20101020; GB 0706360 D0 20070509; GB 2447990 A 20081001; GB 2447990 B 20110907

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 08251162 A 20080328; GB 0706360 A 20070331