US1735894A - Label - Google Patents

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Patented ov. 1a, 1929 UNITED .STATES 'OFFICE J FBED H. COOMBS, LYNN, MASSACHUSET TS, ASSIGNORVTO FORBES LITHOGRAPH MAN- UFACTURING COMPANY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CORPORATION OF MASSA- CHUSETTS LABEL Application filed May 27,

This invention relates to labels of the kind secured about packages of commodities and' the object is to provide an improvement in the construction of such labels Whereby their appearance will not be impaired' by inaccuracies in application.

My invention will be well understood i reference to the following description taken in Connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein: V

F ig. l is a plan view of a labelembodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a carton ha.ving a label applied thereto but with part broken away, this figure being on a larger scale than Fig. 1.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, I have there shown in a schematio manner a label 3 V lithographed in suitable COlOI'S and adapted to be wrapped around a can or Carton 5, as indicated in Fig. 2, with the ends lapping and adhesively secured together. Grdinary printeI S ink and lithographer s inks are, however, resistant to adhesive and it is therefore at one end of the label to receive the glue or other adhesive and over which the other end of the label is lapped and to which it is :Eastened. If, however, the label is not applied with entire accuraoy and the ends are slightly out of registration in the manner illus Since this V 1926; SeraI m, 112,018Q

9, the upper one in the fignre, is exposed beyond the margin of the overlying end and as it matches the same in color it is not noticed as a oontrasting white margin would be.

In'referring to the label as printed I mean by prmtmg any method of providing color or decoration which so alters the character of 'the paper as to make it resistant to adhesive.

I have described in detail the embodiment of my invention illustrated .in the accompanying drawing. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I shall ex press in the following claim.

Claim:

A printe'd label having ends of equalwidth adapted to be 'adhesively Secured together to secure the label in encircling relation about a package, said label having at one end on its'outer 'face an unprinted portion of less width than said end providing for the application of adhesive thereto and adapted to underlie the other end of the label, said part being bordered at the sides with printed marginls matching the margins of-the overlying enc.

name to this specification.

FRED H. COOMBS.

tracting greatly from the appearance of the v article; v

In accordance with my invention I utilize an uncolored or white'end portion 7' on the label of less width than the label itself. I may make the label as shown of uniform width throughout but I eXtend the printing of the margin from end to" end, leaving along one end the unprinted space 7 bordered at each edge by narrow printed portions 9, matching the corresponding edges of th' other or overlying end. An adhesive oint of substantially the width of the label is pro-

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