Label manufacturing apparatus and method

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EP 1 974 899 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.10.2010 Bulletin 2010/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.10.2008 Bulletin 2008/40

(21)	Application number: 08251162.7

(22)	Date of filing: 28.03.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B31D 1/02^(2006.01)
G09F 3/02^(2006.01)

B26D 7/18^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	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 States:
	AL BA MK RS

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Priority:

31.03.2007 GB 0706360

(71)	Applicant: Reflex Labels Ltd
	Enterprise Way Sherburn-in -Elmet Leeds LS25 6NA (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Kendall, Ian George Reflex Labels Ltd., Vision House Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 5BU (GB)

(74)	Representative: Skinner, Michael Paul
	Swindell & Pearson Limited 48 Friar Gate Derby DE1 1GY Derby DE1 1GY (GB)

(54)	Label manufacturing apparatus and method

(57) 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.

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