US Patent Issued to Fuji Seal International on Nov. 4 for "Method of removing ink layer from shrink sleeve label" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,062, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Fuji Seal International Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method of removing ink layer from shrink sleeve label" was invented by Masaya Fushida (Osaka, Japan) and Akira Miyazaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of efficiently removing an ink layer. The method of removing an ink layer from a shrink sleeve label includes preheating the shrink sleeve label including the ink layer, shredding the shrink sleeve label after the preheating to fabricate shrink sleeve label pieces, and removing the ink layer from the shrink sleeve label pieces by alkaline desorption. A temperature of t...