Abstract: Methods of making labels devoid of liner plies. A method of making a label for securement to a substrate comprises providing a face ply having a top side and a bottom side. The method includes disposing a hotmelt adhesive on the bottom side in a pattern. The method comprises formulating a liner coating configured to be activated by a fluid. The method includes disposing the liner coating on the bottom side outwardly adjacent the hotmelt adhesive. The bottom side is configured to be secured to a substrate via the hotmelt adhesive upon activation of the liner coating by the fluid.

Abstract: A duplex liner for a label. A method for making a label comprises providing a printable face ply. The method comprises making a duplex liner by: (a) providing a transparent first liner ply; (b) providing a second liner ply that is configured to be printable; and (c) using a binder to bind the first liner ply to the second liner ply. The method includes releasably securing the duplex liner to the printable face ply.

Abstract: A magnetic business communication is produced in a unique manner in which a pigmented coating is applied over one face of the magnetic substrate so as to change the appearance of the magnetic material. An image is applied either directly over the pigmented coating or alternatively, the image may be reverse printed on a transparent film such that when the film is applied over the pigmented coating, the image will be visible through the face of the film.

Abstract: In an indirect process, acrylic adhesive is coated on a silicone liner. A soft rubber roller is employed between a reverse anilox cylinder and an anvil cylinder in a flexo print station to reduce shear hardening in the coating process and prevent or reduce shear hardening on the print rollers. Once the coated silicone liner passes the rollers, air knives are used to speed up the drying of the adhesive on the silicone liner before the coated liner is laminated to a face stock.

Abstract: A slug for a firearm cartridge made of plastic. Alternative embodiments have a flat leading end or a stair-stepped leading end. Additional embodiments have a metal insert or a combination of metal and plastic portions. The length and diameter of the slugs vary depending on the caliber of the firearm. A preferred embodiment is made from acetal resin (polyoxymethylene).

Abstract: A rotatable, adjustable circular focus sight is installed in a front sight of a handgun. The focus sight has a circular opening that may be rotated to different positions in the front sight to sharpen aiming of the handgun in order to accommodate varying environmental conditions and different types of ammunition. Alternative embodiments of the focus sight incorporate various cross-hair patterns and a pinhole.

Abstract: A rotatable, adjustable circular focus sight is installed in a front sight of a handgun. The focus sight has a circular opening that may be rotated to different positions in the front sight to sharpen aiming of the handgun in order to accommodate varying environmental conditions and different types of ammunition. Alternative embodiments of the focus sight incorporate various cross-hair patterns and a pinhole.

Abstract: Several shot shell pellets are connected by a tether strung through a hole or pinched in center of each pellet. Several shot pellets are connected in this manner with only the pellets at the end of the tether being fixed to the tether. The tether may be string, twine, thread, or elastic material, or may be connected through various other means. Differently shaped and sized shot pellets may also be used, and different numbers of shot pellets may also be tethered in this fashion.

Abstract: An automotive buyer guide comprises a front side having a central portion and an outer portion. The central portion and the outer portion are separated by a perforated border. The guide includes a back side which has an adhesive area that generally corresponds to the outer portion. At least part of the adhesive area comprises adhesive. A liner generally corresponding to the adhesive area is removably affixed to it. The adhesive area is configured to allow for securement of the back side to a window of the vehicle. The central portion can be detached from the outer portion along the perforated border after the automotive buyer guide is secured to the window.

Abstract: Versatility and high resolution are imparted to a high-speed printing apparatus by depositing separate colors of inkjet ink, under computer control, directly onto the blanket cylinder(s) for transfer to a printable substrate held on an impression cylinder, thus eliminating the need for printing plates and making it possible to electronically change the image or any part thereof from one impression to the next via a computer program. A plurality of inkjet heads may also successively deposit inks of different consistency directly on one or more blanket rollers under the control of a computer.

Abstract: A method for appraising at a retail location an item having one of a precious stone, a semi-precious stone, a precious metal, or a semi-precious metal includes the step of providing a variety of food products at the retail location. Then, by a transaction point computer at the retail location, the item to be appraised is received, along with the consumer's selection of a food product. The item's composition is determined using an evaluating device, and an exchange value is associated with the item using data obtained by the evaluating device and market data obtained over a network. The exchange value of the item is relayed to the consumer after the food product selected by the consumer has been delivered.

Abstract: A business form product (10) broadly including a printable sheet (12), a magnetic sheet (14) aligned edge-to-edge with the printable sheet (12) to define a seam (16), and a heat-resistant tape (18) applied over the seam (16) to retain the sheets (12,14) in the edge-to-edge relationship is disclosed. The inventive business form product (10, 106) is formed by joining multiple continuous webs (38, 58) edge-to-edge and marrying the webs (38,58) with an adhesive strip.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a continuous process that may be utilized to create an intermediate web assembly that includes a plurality of individual prime label segments with each segment having printed portion that has an outline and a pattern coated adhesive disposed on a first web which has an outline such that when the printed portion is applied over the pattern of adhesive, the outlines of each are substantially in alignment with one another. The process is utilized to create intricately shaped prime label products.

Abstract: A business form product (10) broadly including a printable sheet (12), a magnetic sheet (14) aligned edge-to-edge with the printable sheet (12) to define a seam (16), and a heat-resistant tape (18) applied over the seam (16) to retain the sheets (12,14) in the edge-to-edge relationship is disclosed. The inventive business form product (10, 106) is formed by joining multiple continuous webs (38, 58) edge-to-edge and marrying the webs (38,58) with an adhesive strip.

Abstract: A method for appraising at a retail location an item having one of a precious stone, a semi-precious stone, a precious metal, or a semi-precious metal includes the step of providing a variety of food products at the retail location. Then, by a transaction point computer at the retail location, the item to be appraised is received, along with the consumer's selection of a food product. The item's composition is determined using an evaluating device, and an exchange value is associated with the item using data obtained by the evaluating device and market data obtained over a network. The exchange value of the item is relayed to the consumer after the food product selected by the consumer has been delivered.

Abstract: A business form product (10) broadly including a printable sheet (12), a magnetic sheet (14) aligned edge-to-edge with the printable sheet (12) to define a seam (16), and a heat-resistant tape (18) applied over the seam (16) to retain the sheets (12,14) in the edge-to-edge relationship is disclosed. The inventive business form product (10, 106) is formed by joining multiple continuous webs (38, 58) edge-to-edge and marrying the webs (38,58) with a continuous streamer of tape (86) in a press (36). A preferred embodiment of the inventive method of forming the continuous sheet (106) is disclosed wherein at least one rotatable mechanical web guide (72) is used to align the webs (38,58) in the edge-to-edge relationship, thereby enabling precise alignment not available with existing optic-type web guides. A preferred embodiment of the printable business form product (10) is disclosed wherein heat-resistant tape (18) enables the business form product (10) to be printed in high-heat printing applications (e.g.

Abstract: Versatility and high resolution are imparted to a high-speed printing apparatus by depositing separate colors of inkjet ink, under computer control, directly onto the blanket cylinder(s) for transfer to a printable substrate held on an impression cylinder, thus eliminating the need for printing plates and making it possible to electronically change the image or any part thereof from one impression to the next via a computer program. A plurality of inkjet heads may also successively deposit inks of different consistency directly on one or more blanket rollers under the control of a computer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an open carrier web, a web having a series of regularly occurring openings or spaces that is used in connection with pressure sensitive products, namely labels. The carrier web uses a series of strings or filaments that are spaced from one another and travel in one or more directions depending on the particular configuration of the web that is being used. The open lattice work of the carrier web permits areas of the adhesive to be exposed while at the same time provides enough distance between successive layers of the pressure sensitive products that the adhesive will not cause the layers to become permanently adhered together. The carrier web assembly may be used in connection with continuous pressure sensitive products, that is where the web consists of a single continuous substrate, or alternatively, with a number of discrete individual labels that may be carried on the web.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for producing an incrementally laminated web having a series of discrete, individual segments that are preprinted prior to being placed on the web. The system includes a supply of individual segments that are prepared by cutting one or more sheets that have been printed in a number of pre-determined areas. The segments are placed into a supply or hopper which supplies a feeder mechanism that places each segment individually on a rotary positioning cylinder. The cylinder, through use of a segment holding or receiving area then positions each of the segments on a traveling web in a particular arrangement ranging from slightly overlapping to spaced from one another.

Abstract: A card based business communication is produced in a unique manner in which a pigmented coating is applied over one face of the card substrate so as to change the appearance of the card material and provide a based for a high resolution image. An image is applied either directly over the pigmented coating or alternatively, the image may be reverse printed on a transparent film such that when the film is applied over the pigmented coating, the image will be visible through the face of the film.