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!-~ This application is a divisional of copending Canadian patent
~ application serial no. 247,919 filed March 15 1976, the inventor being
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,' This invention relates to improved labeling, and has for an object
~., thereof the provision of new and improved labeling.
,. Another object of the invention is to provide an improved computer
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strip form in which a combined backing and carrier strip is slit longitudinal-
ly, a label-price tag strip is adhered to the carrier strip to hold the two
halves of the carrier strip together and perforated tear and fold lines are
formed in strips.
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided in a
computer strip form construction, a non-adhesive carrier strip having a pair
~ of perforated feed portions along the side edges thereof and a central, fully
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cut line paralleling the side edges to form two side-by-side backing portions,
~; a plurality of carton labels each of a predetermined height and pressure
sensitive adhesive on the back thereof adhering the label to one of the back-
ing portions, a plurality of price tag sheets each comprising a plurality of
.' price tags secured to each other and to the carton label along tear lines and
pressure sensitive adhesive on the backs thereof adhering the sheet to the
other backing portion, the tear lines between the carton labels and the price
tag sheets forming fold lines, the carton labels and the price tag sheets
serving to secure the backing portions of the carrier strip together, each of
the price tag sheets being of a height less than that of the carton labels
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,.,~;',.4, and being between the upper and lower edges of each carton label, the backing
portion covering the back of the carton label being removable so that the
. price tag sheet and other backing portion can be folded back on and the other
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~ backing portion be adhered to the back o~ the shipping label with exposed
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~; portions of the back of the shipping label being adherable to a carton, said
other bacXing portion being in separated segments each being under one of
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~; secured to s~id one ~f the price ~g shee~s,
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided in
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,~ a computer strip ~orm construct~on of a non~adhes.ive carrier strip having a
pair of perforated feed portions along the side edges thereof and a central
~; cut line paralleling t~e s~ide edges and dividing t~e strip into a label por-
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tion and a price tag portion, and a label-price tag strip having a label ~.
~; section and a price tag section side-by-side, the label section comprising a ~
series of labels separable from each other, the label-price tag strip having ~.
on the back thereof a pressure sensitive adhesive adhered to the carrier
strip and holding the label portion and the price tag portion of the carrier
strip together with the label section adhered to the label portion and the
price tag section adhered to the price tag portion, the price tag section and `~price tag portion having cut-out portions to separate the price tag portion
into a series of separated segments secured together only by one of the per-
forated feed portions so that when the price tag section and portion are
folded back under the label section, they leave exposed at least part of the
back side o each label, the edge of each price tage section adjacent its
associated la~el section being secured to that label section along the entire ;.lengt~ o that edge so that folding of the price tag sheet transversely of
that edge is prevented, each cutout portion extending below the upper edge of
the ad~acent label and also extending above the lower edge of the label just
above the adjacent label.
The invention, in conjunction with that of patent application
serial no. 247,919 will now be described in greater detail with reference to
t~e accompan~ing drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a fragmentary, top plan view of an improved computer
strip form forming one embodiment of the invention;
Pigure 2 is an enlarged top plan view of a label-price tag composite :.
of t~e strip form of Figure 1 and forming one embodiment of the invention;
~igure 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view taken along
line 3 - 3 of Figure 2;
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Figure 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary, bottom plan view of the com-
~: puter str~p form of Figure l;
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Figure S is an enlarged, fragmentary top plan view of a carton
having the label-price tag adhered thereto with the label portion uppermost
and the price tag portion folded thereunder.
Figure 6 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the label-price tag
composite of Figure 5;
Figure 7 is an enlarged, fragmentary, top plan view of the com-
puter strip form with one of the label portions being peeled off the carrier
strip;
Figure 8 is an enlarged, sectional view taken along line 8-8 of
Figure 6;
Figure 9 is a fragmentary, top plan view of a computer strip form-
ing an alternate embodiment of the invention; and `
Figure 10 is a fragmentary, top plan view of a computer strip form-
ing an alternate embodiment of the invention.
Referring now in detail to the drawings, there is shown in Figures `s
1 and 4 a computer strip form 10 forming one specific embodiment of the
invention ant including a paper carrier strip 12 and a label-price tag paper
strip 14 having a pressure sensitive backing 16 thereon sticking the strip
14 to the strip 12 between perforated margins 18 and 20 of the carrier strip.
In forming the strip form 10, a knife cut 22 (Figure 4) is made along the
entire length of the centerline of the carrier strip 12 after which the
strip 12 is pressed against the front face of the strip 14 to adhere the two
strips together, the strip 14 then holding the two halves of the longitudin-
`' ally split strip 12 together. Then, perforated tear lines 31-35 are formed ~ ~-
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through the sheets 12 and 14 and rectangular cutouts or holes 36 and
~l notches 38 are made in the strips 12 and 14, respectively, the lines 31 and
; 34 also being fold lines.
After the strip form 10 is so formed, it folds along lines 31 into
a stack, and is run through a computer ~not shown) which prints names and
, 30 addresses 50 and contents identification 52 and any other desired indicia 53
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on label portions 54 of the strip 14. It also prints prices 56 and other
desired indicia 57 on price tags 58 of price tag portions 60, which are joined `to the label portions 54 by the fold lines 34. Then, the so printed out
strip form is sent to a warehouse, and, when a carton 62 ~Figure 5) is to be
sent to a store, the label portion 54 printed for that carton is peeled from
the continuous strip half 67 of the strip 12, thumbs 64 and 66 of the user
being shown in the peeling in Figure 7, and the margin 12 is torn at the
lines 31 to remove a label-price tag composite or assembly 68 as shown in
Figure 2. The composite 68 includes the label portion 54 gummed on its
uncovered back with the pressure sensitive adhesive 16, the price tag por-
tion 60 and a T-shaped segment 72 of the strip 12 adhered to and covering
the gummed back of the price tag portion 60. The price tag portion then is
folded back, along the line 34, under the label portion and the segment is
adhered to the central portion of the label portion 54, as shown in Figures
5 and 6, leaving gummed upper and lower margins 74 and 76 uncovered. The
composite then is placed on the carton 62 and the gummed margins are pressed
against the paper carton to stick the composite to the carton, as shown in
Figure S. Then, when the carton has arrived at its destination and is opened
up, the user merely tears off the composite,tearing off the margins at tear
lines 32 and 33, and peels and tears off the price tags 58 one at a time and
sticks them on the goods fromthe carton.
While the composite 68 is on the carton, the price tags are
covered and protected, and are not visible so that confidentiality of pricing
is maintained. Also, the price tags are always fixed to the label portion 54
and therefore with the carton so as to be readily available whenever the
carton is opened, the price tags being adhered to the segment 72 and the
segment 72 being adhered to the label portion.
The faces of the carrier strip 12 are somewhat waxy so that the
pressure sensitive adhesive 16, while sticking thereto, can be readily peeled
off. If a carton is to have an exceptionally large numberof units, =ore than
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the number of price tags on one price tag portion 60, the computer prints
an arrow 80 (Figure 1) on one or more of the immediately succeeding label ``
portions 54 and this composite (or composites) are also torn off, the price
tag portion folded back, and the label portion also stuck onto the carton.
Each composite 68 may be peeled and torn from the strip form with
a single sweep. While the cutouts 36 and 38 are preferred, it will be under- ;
stood that instead of the cutouts, very weak tear lines may be formed at the
tops and bottoms of the cutouts 36 and 38 and complete cuts formed at the
right-hand edges of the cutouts 36, as viewed in Figure 1. However, these -
latter tear lines must be very weak to readily separate the composites along
these lines.
Embodiment of Figure 9
A computer strip 110 forming an alternate embodiment of the ;-
invention is like the computer strip 10 of Figures 1-4 except that, to faci-
litate folding of the strip and also the peeling of each label portion 154
from carrier strip 112, the label portions are separated by narrow cutout
portions 129, which are superposed over perforated tear lines 131 in the `
carrier strip. Corner portions 133 of the labels are rounded. Also, as
another alternative, it will be understood that the perforated lines 31 may
be such as to be much more easily torn than the lines 32 and 33.
Embodiment of Figure 10
A computer strip 210 forming an alternate embodiment of the
invention is like the computer strip 110 except that in the strip 210, knife
cuts 229 are provided, and may have corner cutouts 211 made to enable corners
213 to be easily lifted from carrier strip 210 to start the peeling of each
label portion 254 from carrier strip 212.
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