US 12,488,708 B2
Linerless label product, manufacturing a linerless label product and use of a linerless label product for delivery of orders
Marko Tiainen, Jyväskylä (FI); Katarzyna Wojtuś, Helsinki (FI); Markus Pääkkönen, Tampere (FI); and Janne Valkama, Valkeakoski (FI)
Assigned to UPM RAFLATAC OY, Tampere (FI)
Appl. No. 17/913,566
Filed by UPM Raflatac Oy, Tampere (FI)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/FI2021/050214
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/191506, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,660, filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0108262 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G09F 3/10 (2006.01); B31D 1/02 (2006.01); G09F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 3/10 (2013.01) [B31D 1/02 (2013.01); G09F 3/02 (2013.01); B31D 2201/02 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0202 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0241 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0258 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A linerless label web (631, 741) comprising a direct thermal printable face (210, 630, 740) and a pressure sensitive adhesive (220), wherein
the linerless label web (631, 741) comprises multiple label widths,
the pressure sensitive adhesive (220) is arranged in one or more machine-direction continuous stripes leaving one or more non-adhesive area(s) between said machine-direction continuous stripes in a cross direction of the linerless label web,
a total coverage of the pressure sensitive adhesive (220) in the cross direction of each label width is less than 70%, or less than 50%, or less than 30%,
each label width comprises non-adhesive areas arranged as continuous stripes in machine direction of the web on both longitudinal edges of the label width, a minimum non-adhesive area being 10% of total label width in the cross direction of the linerless label web,
the multiple label widths of the linerless label web (631, 741) differ in positioning, width and/or number of the machine-direction continuous stripes of the pressure sensitive adhesive (220).