A kind of optical anti-counterfeiting element and have the product of this Security element
Technical field
The present invention relates to be applicable to a kind of optical anti-counterfeiting element of all kinds of high safety products such as banknote, credit card, passport, marketable securities and high value added product; And relate to the product that has this Security element; Specifically; Relate to a kind of Security element that has interference light change characteristic and diffraction light change characteristic simultaneously, and further relate to the product that has this Security element, for example use banknote or the cheque paper of this Security element as opened window safety line.
Background technology
The application of optical anti-counterfeiting technology in high demand for security products such as banknote, credit card, passport and marketable securities and high value added product is very extensive, and has obtained extraordinary effect.
The optical anti-counterfeiting technology adopts diffraction light change image usually and interferes light variation image to realize false proof purpose.
Diffraction light change image, such as hologram, dynamic diffraction etc., its optical texture is the diffraction grating of relief type, utilizes its diffraction reproduced image.This image can have stereoeffect, dynamic change, change color etc. with as popular anti-counterfeiting characteristic, can have implicit pattern, coding pattern etc. again and be used as professional and expert's anti-counterfeiting characteristic.This type anti-fake product is made through adopting mould pressing process that diffraction structure is transferred on the basement membrane usually.
Mould pressing process has two kinds, and the one, be coated with mold pressing on the basement membrane of metallic reflector (being called hard pressure); The one, do not having mold pressing on the basement membrane of metallic reflector (being called soft pressure), and then whether determining the plating reflecting layer according to product requirement.Metallic reflector can improve the brightness of diffraction light change image greatly.
The metal of metallic reflector is aluminium normally, also can be other metal, such as silver, nickel, copper etc.Metallic reflector can be continuous, and cover whole diffraction light change image fully; Also can be discontinuous and cover part diffraction light change image, wherein cover part and unmasked portion form patterns such as character, sign, sign.
GB2,136,352 disclose a kind of Security element that has the diffraction light change image of above-mentioned metal pattern.Basement membrane can be single plastic sheeting, also can be to have to be used to improve the mold pressing imaging layer of diffraction light change image quality and the plastic sheeting of other functional layers.According to requirement of products and environment for use, can be chosen on the metallic reflector that processes the coating protective layer or be covered with diaphragm, to improve the stability of product.
Interfering light variation image, is the image that the change color of utilizing the interference effect of optical film structure to produce forms.It is compared with diffraction light change image, and the change color contrast is strong, differentiates easily.Interference light becomes image technique and utilizes pearl printing ink, photochromatic printing ink, single or multiple lift blooming, composite plastic film to wait and realize usually.The different single layer optical film of optical thickness has the various colors variation effect, adds in the printing ink and just constitutes pearl printing ink and be broken into fractionlet to this blooming.Multi-layer optical film comprises deielectric-coating and medium/metal film.
Deielectric-coating can be the assembly of thin films structure that high refractive index medium and low refractive index dielectric replace, and for example Chinese patent discloses a kind of multilayer dielectric film No. 00814584.9.Typical medium/metal film comprises three-decker, is followed successively by absorbed layer, dielectric layer and reflecting layer from top to bottom.Absorbed layer is metal (perhaps metallic compound) layers of several nanometers to tens nanometer thickness; Dielectric layer is the transparent dielectric layer with certain optical thickness, and itself can be the sandwich construction of different medium; The reflecting layer also is a metal level, and it can adopt identical with absorbed layer or different metallic (the most frequently used is aluminium).Wherein, absorbed layer is very thin, guarantees that light can see through.And different with absorbed layer be that thicker tens nanometers that are generally in reflecting layer can not let light see through to several microns.The reflecting layer can be discontinuous, and metal section and part forms patterns such as character, sign, sign with no metal section and part.Chinese patent discloses the multiple layer metal/deielectric-coating of different structure for No. 99809993.7 and No. 00818424.0.Be broken into fractionlet to multilayer film as just constituting photochromatic printing ink in the pigment adding printing ink, one Chinese patent application discloses a kind of method of making photochromatic printing ink pigment No. 97194750.3.
Chinese patent No. 00810089.6 and No. 00818424.0, and one Chinese patent application has the optical anti-counterfeiting element that interference light becomes characteristic and diffraction light change characteristic when disclosing multiple different structure for No. 03802372.5.Their common feature is to have substituted the metallic reflector in the common diffraction light change image element with optical interference coating, perhaps interferes light variation image and diffraction light change image to be positioned at the both sides of a hyaline layer or film.These structures make diffraction light change characteristic and the interference light change characteristic in the same area occur simultaneously, can produce some unique optical effects.But, in all said structures, there is not the independent reflecting layer that belongs to diffraction light change image, if optical interference coating is the medium/metal film, the shared metallic reflector of diffraction structure and inteferometer coating then.
Summary of the invention
For overcoming the defective of prior art, the invention provides a kind of, phenomenon different with the existing product structure obviously difference, have a Security element that interference light becomes characteristic and diffraction light change characteristic simultaneously.The interference light of said element becomes characteristic and the diffraction light change characteristic is not disturbed mutually, outstanding advantage anti-counterfeiting characteristic separately.
One aspect of the present invention provides a kind of optical anti-counterfeiting element; Said optical anti-counterfeiting element comprises that interference light becomes layer, part covers diffraction light change image and the metallic reflector that this interference light becomes layer at least; Thereby this metallic reflection layer segment covers said diffraction light change image and forms metal cover part and no metal cover part; Wherein said metal cover part presents the diffraction light change characteristic, and said no metal cover part presents interference light change characteristic or diffraction and interferes comprehensive light to become characteristic.
In one embodiment, diffraction light change image and metallic reflector all are positioned at interference light change layer top.
In a preferred embodiment, optical anti-counterfeiting element of the present invention also comprises the mold pressing imaging layer, and the diffraction light change image mold pressing is formed at the surface of mold pressing imaging layer.
In another preferred embodiment, optical anti-counterfeiting element of the present invention also comprises transparent dielectric layer, and more preferably this transparent dielectric layer becomes between layer and the metallic reflector at interference light.
In a preferred embodiment, interference light of the present invention becomes layer and is made up of the material with interference light change characteristic, include but not limited to pearl printing ink, photochromatic printing ink, single or multiple lift blooming, composite plastic film, and other has the material that interference light becomes characteristic.
The material of metallic reflector of the present invention can be aluminium, silver, copper, tin, chromium, nickel, titanium etc. and their alloy, is preferably aluminium.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, said metal cover part and no metal cover part form patterns such as distinguishable sign, mark, character.
In another preferred embodiment, said diffraction light change image and/or interference light become layer itself also can have patterns such as distinguishable sign, mark, character.
In some preferred embodiment, said metallic reflector top also can further be provided with protective layer or diaphragm.
In other preferred embodiment, optical anti-counterfeiting element of the present invention can also comprise and is used for machine-readable magnetic medium layer.
Optical anti-counterfeiting element of the present invention can be forms such as label, sign, wide, safety line; And can stick on the various article through various bonding mechanisms, for example transfer on high safety products such as banknote, credit card and the high value added product through thermoprint or adhesive sticker mode.Also can the Security element of the present invention of safety line form be partially submerged into and process the cheque paper that has opened window safety line in the paper.
Another aspect of the present invention provides the product that has optical anti-counterfeiting element of the present invention; Include but not limited to all kinds of high safety products and high value added products such as banknote, credit card, passport, marketable securities; And each wrapping paper, packing box etc., preferred banknote is bank note, marketable securities and cheque paper particularly.
In a preferred embodiment, said product comprises body and optical anti-counterfeiting element of the present invention.More preferably, this Security element is arranged in said body surface or is partially submerged into said body at least.Particularly preferably, said Security element is partially submerged in the said body and forms opened window safety line.
In a further preferred embodiment, said product is be opened window safety line with optical anti-counterfeiting element of the present invention banknote or a cheque paper.
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Fig. 1 to Fig. 7 is the sketch map of several preferred embodiments of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
In order to understand the present invention better, will make more detailed explanation to various aspects of the present invention with reference to accompanying drawing.Be appreciated that said accompanying drawing is the description to the preferred embodiment of the invention with specifying, but not limit scope of the present invention by any way.
What Fig. 1 showed is the schematic cross-section of the layer structure of the present invention's first preferred embodiment, is followed successively by metallic reflector 4, diffraction light change image 3 and interference light from top to bottom and becomes layer 2.Diffraction light change image 3 covers the part surface at least that interference light becomes layer 2, and metallic reflector 4 parts cover diffraction light change image 3, forms metal cover part 5 and no metal cover part 6.Wherein, metal cover part 5 presents the diffraction light change characteristic, and no metal cover part 6 presents interference light and becomes characteristic or diffraction and interfere comprehensive light to become characteristic.
Diffraction light change image 3 generally is to transfer to said interference light through mould pressing process to become layer 2 lip-deep.
Metal cover part 5 is preferably formed patterns such as distinguishable sign, mark, character with no metal cover part 6.
The material of metallic reflector 4 can be aluminium, silver, copper, tin, chromium, nickel, titanium etc., and their alloy, is preferably aluminium.
The typical method that forms metallic reflector 4 is that vacuum evaporation obtains complete metal level, on metal level, requires printing protection glue according to designed patterns then, and the applied chemistry method is removed the metal of not protection part.Also can adopt other anyly can access that there is metal the part and remainder does not have the preparation method of the metal level of metal.
It can be by pearl printing ink, photochromatic printing ink, single or multiple lift blooming, composite plastic film that interference light becomes layer 2, and other have interference light and become that materials of characteristic constitute.Interference light becomes the medium/metal film of a preferred version of layer 2 into three-decker, and its structure is followed successively by absorbed layer, dielectric layer and reflecting layer from top to bottom.
Interference light becomes in the layer 2 also can have patterns such as distinguishable sign, mark, character.Such as, if becoming layer 2, interference light forms by printing ink, these patterns can be with pearl printing ink or photochromatic printing ink printing formation so; If it is film formed by optical interference that interference light becomes layer 2, these patterns can be that different parts because of inteferometer coating has heterogeneity and forms so, also can form through remove part or all of rete at some position.
What Fig. 2 showed is second preferred embodiment of the present invention.Different with scheme shown in Figure 1 is that this optical anti-counterfeiting element also comprises substrate 1.Substrate 1 has first surface and second surface on the other side (being shown as upper surface and lower surface among the figure); Wherein interference light change layer 2 is formed on the first surface; And be coated with adhesive phase 7 on the second surface, with convenient this Security element is sticked on the target item.
In a further preferred embodiment, can adopt various conventional methods on substrate 1, to form interference light and become layer 2, include but not limited to modes such as printing, coating and vapor deposition.
What Fig. 3 showed is the 3rd preferred embodiment of the present invention.What the scheme that shows with Fig. 2 was different is, becoming at interference light has increased the quality that mold pressing imaging layer 8 is used to improve diffraction light change image on the layer 2, and diffraction light change image 3 mold pressings are formed on the surface of mold pressing imaging layer 8.
What Fig. 4 showed is the 4th preferred embodiment of the present invention.Interference light becomes layer 2 and is positioned on the second surface of substrate 1, and at least partly is coated with diffraction light change image 3 on the first surface of substrate 1, and metallic reflector 4 parts cover diffraction light change image 3, and have adhesive phase 7 at interference light change layer 2.
What Fig. 5 showed is the 5th preferred embodiment of the present invention.Different with Fig. 4 scheme is, on substrate 1 first surface, has increased mold pressing imaging layer 8, and diffraction light change image 3 mold pressings are formed on the surface of mold pressing imaging layer 8.
In above-mentioned embodiment, for make Security element in use diffraction light change image be protected, be unlikely to impaired, can on metallic reflector 4, be coated with protective layer or covered with protective film (not shown).
What Fig. 6 showed is the 6th preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the substrate 1 that wherein has the diffraction light change image 3 that is covered by metallic reflector 4 parts on the second surface and interference light become layer 2 and be combined with each other through transparent dielectric layer 10.Wherein, substrate 1 is a plastic foil, and interference light becomes layer 2 into having the film of interference light change characteristic, and reaching transparent dielectric layer 10 is substratum transparent, and also can be provided with mold pressing imaging layer 8 between substrate 1 and the diffraction light change image 3.See that from technical process this structure is to interfere light variation image on different films, to be processed respectively with diffraction light change image, then with image surface to combine with substratum transparent together.The film of these structure both sides has than the effect of protective layer better protection the image that is clipped in the middle.
What Fig. 7 showed is the 7th preferred embodiment of the present invention.Be followed successively by substrate 1, peel ply 9 from top to bottom, mold pressing imaging layer 8, diffraction light change image 3, metallic reflector 4, interference light become layer 2 and adhesive phase 7.
The Security element that this scheme is processed can be transferred on the target item through hot stamping process, and after the thermoprint, substrate 1 is stripped from.In order to protect the Security element after the thermoprint in use not to be damaged, can matcoveredn between peel ply 9 and mold pressing imaging layer 8.Between metallic reflector 4 and interference light change layer 2, transparent dielectric layer 10 can also be arranged.
In above all embodiment, said Security element can further comprise and be used for machine-readable magnetic medium layer (not shown).Be positioned at interference light such as the magnetic medium layer and become below the layer 2, the magnetic medium layer can not influence visual effect of the present invention like this.
Substrate of the present invention 1, adhesive phase 7, mold pressing imaging layer 8, peel ply 9, transparent dielectric layer 10, magnetic medium layer and protective layer (film) all are to adopt the conventional material that is used for this type of purposes well known in the art to prepare with method.
Some preferred embodiment of the present invention has below exemplarily been described.And will be understood by those skilled in the art that under the prerequisite that does not depart from design of the present invention and spirit and can make various equivalents or modification to it.And the technical scheme that so obtains also should belong to scope of the present invention.