(19)
(11) EP 0 747 871 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.12.1996 Bulletin 1996/50

(21) Application number: 96303845.0

(22) Date of filing: 29.05.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G09F 3/10, G09F 3/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 05.06.1995 US 462576

(71) Applicant: THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY
Dayton Ohio 45408 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Mehta, Rajendra
    Centerville, Ohio 45459 (US)
  • Laurash, David F.
    Bellbrook, Ohio 45305 (US)
  • Dotson, Mark
    Dayton, Ohio 45420 (US)
  • Lakes, A. Dale
    Dayton, Ohio 45419 (US)
  • Arway, Lawrence W.
    Kettering, Ohio 45429 (US)

(74) Representative: Caldwell, Judith Margaret et al
David Keltie Associates, Audrey House, Ely Place
London EC1N 6SN
London EC1N 6SN (GB)

   


(54) Imagable linerless pressure sensitive adhesive labels


(57) A linerless series of pressure sensitive adhesive labels is provided which have on one or more selected portions (18) thereof a series of imagable coatings (34) which may be activated to form colored images or areas (24, 26). The series of labels may be in the form of a continuous web (28) having first and second surfaces (30, 32), with a series of imagable coatings of color formers and color developers on the first surface (30) of the web. A coating of a release material (38) overlies the imagable coatings on the first surface of the substrate, and a coating of a pressure sensitive adhesive (40) is positioned on the second surface (32) of the web. The series of labels are wound or stacked so that the coating of pressure sensitive adhesive (40) contacts the release material (38) to permit individual labels to be dispensed.






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