DE102014217716A1 - The data carrier and the data carrier containing book or book-shaped object and method for producing the data carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

To protect against manipulation by separating a data carrier 300 from a book or book-shaped object 20 into which it is inserted, it is provided that the data carrier 300 is formed by a data page 100 and a connecting element 200 connected to it in an overlapping area 310. wherein the connecting element 200 comprises a textile material 210 and the data carrier 300 contains a print 180, wherein the print 180 is at least also in the overlapping region 310 and wherein the textile material 210 touches the print 180 and / or penetrates these completely or partially.

Description

Technical field of the invention

The present invention relates to a data carrier for insertion into a book or book-shaped object, further a book or book-shaped object and method for producing a data carrier. Such data carriers are known in the security document field and are typically used as part of passports or other book or book-shaped security documents.

Prior art and background of the invention

In the area of passport books, the development in recent years has been that important personal data of the bearer of the passport book are on a plastic card, which is inserted in the otherwise made of paper passport book. So that the rigid plastic card can be turned over like a normal paper page in the passport book, it requires a hinge or a link that connects the plastic card with the passport book. For this purpose, there are various solutions that are based, for example, to provide a passport card on the inside of the passport with a textile or flexible strip, by means of which the card can be sewn into the passport book.

Various solutions are known from the prior art for this purpose:
Out DE 10 2012 019 308 A1 An inlay for a data page for a passport is shown. The inlay has a fabric layer intimately bonded to a plastic layer which fills the meshes of the fabric so that the inlay has a closed profiled surface. This surface is formed on the one hand by the raised tissue structure of the tissue layer and on the other by intermediate intermediate surfaces of plastic material. The surface dimensions of the inlay correspond to the outer dimensions specified for a data page plus a fastening area with which the data page can be fixed in the passport book and which for this protrudes beyond the main part of the data page. In one embodiment, the inlay may also form a stripe in the data page that survives at an edge of the data page.

In DE 10 2010 053 640 A1 a multilayer data carrier is proposed which has at least one integrally coextruded strip film and at least one further film associated therewith. The coextruded strip film has a strip of soft material and a strip of stiff material. The further foil is formed by a stack of layers which covers only a part of the strip foil and leaves a border zone uncovered over the strip of soft material. The layer stack area forms the data area of a data page. The soft tab area serves to sew the data carrier into a passport book.

Furthermore, it turns out DE 10 2012 213 913 A1 a passbook card which has a connection tab for connecting a book or stapling page with a passport document. The connecting strap is formed of a textile material. For this purpose, the connecting tab with the booklet or book page are arranged overlapping and both welded together in the overlap region, in particular by means of ultrasound. It is stated that a printed image in the form of alphanumeric characters present in the booklet or book page is made visible by the welding through the connecting tab.

An essential feature of all ID documents is the protection against counterfeiting. To this end, the highest possible barriers to counterfeiting and falsification of the documents are set up. The security against counterfeiting always results from the sum of the different security features of a document. These include, for example, the peculiarities of the materials used, such as papers and plastics, as well as the colors and printing methods used. In addition to the visible colors, UV and IR-active or luminescent colors are also preferred for the colors. Fine guilloches and color gradients (irises) play an important role in the printing process. In order to protect important areas, such as the portrait of the document holder, or the entire document against counterfeiting or falsification, very thin optically active layers are often additionally applied, such as a hologram.

In the many types of falsification and falsification of passbooks, the complete exchange of cards in the passbooks is a commonly used method of counterfeiting. To do this, the passport must be disassembled and the card including the tab removed from the passport, or the tab remains in the passport, and the card is separated from the tab and replaced by another, possibly manipulated, card.

The invention underlying problem

Therefore, a problem underlying the present invention is that conventional passport booklet constructions are not sufficiently secure against the data page exchange, and in particular that it is difficult to visualize manipulation. Further, like in the case of in DE 10 2010 053 640 A1 shown construction used only with elaborate process materials.

Broad features of the invention and preferred embodiments

To solve these and other problems, the present invention according to a first aspect relates to a data carrier which is suitable for insertion into a book or book-shaped object, in particular in a book or book-shaped security document, especially in a passport book.

According to a second aspect, the present invention relates to a book or book-shaped object with the inventive data carrier incorporated therein, in particular a book or book-shaped security document, in particular a passport book.

According to a third aspect, the present invention relates to a method for producing the data carrier according to the invention, in particular in two different alternative embodiments.

According to the present invention, the data carrier according to the invention is formed by a data page and a connecting element connected to the data page in an overlapping area. The connecting element has a textile material. Preferably, the connecting element is formed by the textile material, i. it consists of it and contains no other ingredients. The data carrier contains a print that is at least also in the overlapping area. The textile material touches the print and / or penetrates these completely or partially. The print may have originally been located in the data page and / or in / on the connector (before connecting the data page to the connector).

The present invention is based on the idea that a manipulation of the connection of the data page and / or the connecting element in a forgery or falsification remains visible when the printing is in direct contact with the textile material of the connecting element, namely the fact that the textile material until to the level in which the printing is located, extends into the disk and / or even penetrates the printing in whole or in part, if the printing was originally in / on the data page. For example, the joining element can be pressed into the data page by the deformation process during joining at least as far as the printing plane, for example to a depth of at least 160 μm below the surface of the data page (with respect to the data page not yet connected to the connecting element), so that it Printing touched and / or penetrates in whole or in part. If the printing was in / on the connecting element, this is deformed during joining, so that also a touch of the printing of the textile material or a penetration is caused by the textile material. In any case, the textile material comes in contact with the print, i. with the ink forming the printing, so that it tears when loosening the composite in an uncontrolled manner and destroyed or damaged, at least changed, the printed image. Because when releasing the connection between the connecting element and the data side, the printing is completely or at least partially detached from the data page and remains on the material of the connecting element, or the printing remains - if this was originally on the connecting element - only partially on the Connecting element and is partially entrained by the detached data page. This makes the manipulation permanently visible. On the surface of the data carrier remains an irreversible distortion of the printed image even with a very low expression of this security feature. In particular, if the printed image is formed by very fine lines or other detailed design of the print, this can not be restored after its destruction by the release of the composite.

With the invention, therefore, the printing is used as a security feature.

Due to this novel structure of the data carrier and conventional materials and methods for its production can be used, so that existing know-how and existing equipment can be used. Therefore, the process can be implemented without costly changes to the established manufacturing process.

The book or book-shaped object with the data carrier according to the invention incorporated therein is in particular a passport book. Alternatively, it can also be another security document into which a data page is inserted. This article preferably has a stiff and sturdy staple or book cover made of two parts on the outer sides, a front part and a back part, which are connected to one another via a staple or spine. Furthermore, in addition to the data page, the article may also have booklets or book pages, which are typically made of paper and serve to receive subsequently inserted information, in the case of a passport (passport) of registered visas.

For the purposes of the present invention, a data page means a flat, preferably rectangular, carrier, for example for information to be displayed about an entity, such as a person or a thing, the information being either in plain text or in coded form, either in the Eye recognizable form or only in recognizable with an optical aid form or in electronically stored form, for example in an electronic semiconductor chip to which an external electrical contact and / or contactless by means of an associated antenna (RFID) can be communicated. The data page, preferably a data card, is inserted via the connecting element in the book or book-shaped object, for example by sewing. The data page comprises individualizing data of the person or thing to which the security document is associated, in plain text or in encrypted or suitably designed form, which is hardly or hardly imitable, such as data reproduced with specific luminescent colors in, for example, alphanumeric Presentation. The data page may further comprise common security features such as electromagnetic radiation diffractive elements, such as volume or surface holograms, tilt images, special print patterns such as guilloches (especially in pastel colors) and variable colors, embossings and the like, said print patterns being those in accordance with the invention used printing can form when they extend into the overlap area. Further, the data page may also include electronic components such as electronic displays, sensors such as touch sensors, and the like.

The format of the data page depends on the book or book-shaped object in which the data page is to be integrated. For example, it may be one of the formats ID 1, ID 2 or ID 3 according to ISO / IEC 7810 to have. In general, the data page is a plastic body, which may be formed, for example, by a laminate of a plurality of laminate layers, which are connected to one another in register under the action of heat and under increased pressure. For example, the laminate layers are made of a material suitable for lamination. The data page may be formed from a polymer selected from a group comprising polycarbonate (PC), especially bisphenol A polycarbonate or a polycarbonate formed with a geminally disubstituted bis (hydroxyphenyl) cycloalkane, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), their derivatives , such as glycol-modified PET (PETG), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinyl butyral (PVB), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyimide (PI), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polystyrene (PS), polyvinylphenol (PVP), polypropylene ( PP), polyethylene (PE), thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), in particular thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) and their derivatives, polyamide (PA) and / or paper (cellulose) and / or cardboard and / or a glass and / or metal and / or a ceramic. In addition, the data page may also be made of a plurality of these materials, in particular if it is formed from several layers and the individual layers are formed from different materials. Preferably, it consists of PC or PC / TPU / PC. The polymers may be either filled or unfilled. In the latter case they are preferably transparent or translucent. If the polymers are filled, they are opaque. The filler may therefore be, for example, a pigment. The layers can be colored or colorless. The outer layers of the data page can be particularly colorless transparent and have a high abrasion resistance. The above information relates both to films to be joined together and to liquid formulations applied to a precursor, such as a protective or topcoat. A laminate formed in this way can finally be coated on one or both sides with the protective or topcoat or with a film. In particular, the film may be a scratch-resistant film. Overlay layers formed in this way protect a security feature arranged underneath and / or give the document the required abrasion resistance. In principle, the data card can also be produced by (co) extrusion. The thickness of the data card is preferably 250 to 950 μm.

If the printing is usually not on the outside of the data page but below an outer film layer or a protective lacquer layer (overlay layer), this film layer or protective lacquer layer is transparent or at least translucent to recognize the print can. In principle, it is also conceivable that the layers above the printing are opaque, if the printing is clearly visible from the back of the data page. For this purpose, the data page must be completely transparent at least in the area of the printing and towards the back.

The printing can be in accordance with the present invention in different ways in or on the data side or in or on that side of the connecting element, with which this is connected to the data side, up / introduced. If the print is in the data page, ie inside it, a transparent / translucent cover or overlay film (including a transparent / translucent protective varnish) may be located above the print. In this case, the printing is for example at a depth of 50 to 250 microns, preferably from 10 to 200 microns, and more typically from about 100 microns, below the surface of the data page. If the foil or the protective varnish is not transparent or translucent but opaque, it must be ensured that the print is clearly visible from the back of the data carrier. For example, can be used to generate the printing, a conventional printing process, such as an offset, flexographic and screen printing process. In principle, a digital printing method is also possible, for example an inkjet or xerographic printing method. Common colors and inks are used, which can be seen when viewed in daylight. In principle, however, it is also possible to use inks or inks which are visible in spectral ranges other than the visible spectral range, for example in the IR or UV spectral range, or which become visible only in the case of excitation with electromagnetic radiation in a region other than the visible spectral range then luminesce in the visible spectral range. Furthermore, a printing in the sense of the invention is also to be understood as laser writing, in which, for example, a laser-sensitive layer is used, which is typically formed from polycarbonate, whereby laser irradiation results, for example, in blackening in this layer. Such a method is for example in DE 29 07 004 B1 specified. The method given in this document is hereby included in the disclosure of the present application.

The connecting element, in particular a connecting lug, is preferably an elongate, in particular rectangular, sheet which is sufficiently wide in order to be able to be overlapped with the data side at the edge, so that a firm joining connection can be produced in this area, and around others to be able to form an area for incorporation in the book or book-shaped object. Preferably, the connecting element is as long in an extension direction as the data side, so that the connecting element extends over an entire edge length of the data page and not beyond. In the volume, the connector overlaps the data page in the overlap area so that another connector area of the connector projects laterally beyond the data page. This connection area is used for subsequent connection of the data carrier with the body of the book or book-shaped object. The connecting element can have at least one security feature, for example one or more security threads or additional printing.

The textile material of the connecting element may be formed by filaments, in particular yarn, threads or fibers. It may in particular be formed by a textile fabric in the form of a woven, knitted fabric, knitted fabric, braid, stitchbonded fabric, a nonwoven fabric, felt or a felt-like fabric or even another textile material. In the case of a woven, knitted, knitted, braided or knitted fabric, the threads, fibers or yarn from which it is formed are regularly arranged. In the case of a nonwoven fabric, felt or felt-like fabric, the arrangement is irregular. Preferably, the textile material is formed by a fabric with warp and weft threads. Preferably, it is a tissue. In particular, the fabric may have a mesh size of at least 30 mesh, more preferably at least 60 mesh. The mesh size is at most 300 mesh.

The textile material of the connecting element may consist of or contain one or more fusible materials, for example to enable a welding process. However, this is not absolutely necessary, since a connection can also be made in other ways, in the case of a welding process in that the data page has a fusible material. The textile material is preferably made of plastic (polymer). It has been found to be particularly advantageous to use as plastic a polyester, for example polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyamide (PA), or a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), because these materials readily spin to yarn or the like and then to the textile material continue processing. The textile material may preferably be formed at least partially from polyester. Alternatively, other materials are conceivable, such as cotton or metal. The melting point or the softening temperature (Vicat softening temperature after DIN EN ISO 306 ) of a fusible material is preferably to be adapted to the material properties of the data page. The melting or softening temperature of the textile material is preferably higher than the melting point or the softening temperature of at least one material on the data side. In particular, it is important that the textile material of the connecting element maintains its shape during joining, while at least one material of the layer region of the data page in which the printing is located melts during joining, so that the connecting element can penetrate into this layer material. In the case of a connecting member to be joined by welding or laminating to the data side, the melting point of the textile material of the connecting member is higher than the laminating or welding temperature. Optionally, the textile material has no melting point or softening temperature, but decomposes at elevated temperature (for example, in the case of a thermosetting polymer or a non-fusible natural product such as cotton or cellulose) and therefore retains its integrity. According to the invention, therefore, the connecting element penetrates into the data page even to the printing when a non-meltable material is used as a textile material. The same applies to the case that the printing is on / in the connecting element, which in this case contains a printable material which is deformable under the joining conditions, so that the textile material comes into contact with the printing.

The textile material may be formed from one or at least two materials (for example, a blended fabric). In the case of a textile material consisting of two materials, a first and a second material, the materials may be selected such that the first material melts or melts under the joining conditions and does not melt or melt the second material. For example, it can be provided that the second material is not a fusible material (in particular no thermoplastic material), for example a material other than a plastic, such as a cellulosic material or a protein, for example a wool material, or a thermosetting plastic or carbon, glass fiber, inorganic Fibers or metallic fibers (wires). For example, the textile material may be formed by a fusible plastic as a first material and cotton as a second material, for example by a cotton-polymer blend, in particular a cotton-polyester blend. For example, the warp threads of a blend fabric can remain unchanged during welding and press into the data page, so that they come into contact with the printing, while the weft threads on or melt and firmly connect with the material on the data side. The weft threads extend in this case from the free edge of the connecting element in the overlapping region, while the warp threads are parallel to the edge of the data side on which the connecting element is mounted.

If the textile material is additionally coated on at least one side with a layer of material, it may also be printable. In this case, the printing provided for the purpose according to the invention can also be mounted on / in the connecting element and that on the side with which the connecting element is connected to the data side.

The textile material and optionally a material layer of the connecting element are designed so that the printing under the connecting element remains clearly visible after the joining process. For this purpose, the textile material and optionally the material layer are transparent or at least translucent at least after the joining process. When using non-dyed textile materials, it has been found that the underlying printing is also visible through them because the optical scattering effects as a result of their embedding in the plastic on the data side as a whole are significantly reduced. For example, a textile tape itself appears opaque, while the underlying print is clearly visible after being applied to the data page. Embedding makes the textile material optically transparent, so to speak.

For the connection of the connecting element with the data page, the textile material should be such that it penetrates as far as possible in the joining process in the material of the data page. For this purpose, it may in particular be particularly open-pored. The material of the data side melts on and penetrates into these pores or spaces of the textile material of the connecting element.

For example, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the textile material may completely (100%) dip into the data page so that it does not protrude at the top of the data page after completion of the joining process and a smooth surface of the data side has formed over the textile material , In principle, however, the textile material can only partially penetrate into the material of the data side, so that a relief (roughness) caused by the textile material results at the top side of the data page.

How deep the textile material penetrates into the data page depends on various parameters, including the proportion of gaps (pores) in the textile material: For this purpose, for example, adjust the mesh size of a fabric or other textile material. In any case, the proportion of the interstices (pores) in the textile material in a range of 10 to 85 vol .-% (volume fraction in a volume range of the textile material, which is defined by two parallel material delimiting the levels, wherein the filaments of the textile material are considered to be compact entities containing no gap portion region and in which no other material is otherwise contained). How deep the textile material penetrates into the data page also depends on the viscosity of the material on the data side during the joining process, the applied pressure, the duration of the joining process and other parameters. It is essential for the present invention that the textile material in any case penetrates so deeply into the data page material that it comes into contact with the printing there and this partially remains in a withdrawal of the connecting element from the data side in this and partially removed.

In order optionally to compensate any roughness remaining on the surface of the data carrier in the overlapping region after the joining, it can be provided in another preferred embodiment of the present invention that an additional film element or a protective lacquer is applied to the connecting element at least in the overlapping region. The film element, as well as the material of the data side, can melt during the joining and produce a smooth surface. The material of the film element can be selected from the same materials from which the data side or the protective lacquer can also be formed; in this regard, reference is made to the above description for the materials of the data page. As a film element in the context of the present invention is also a liquid formulation, such as a paint to understand. The film element is preferably transparent or at least translucent, so that the underlying printing is visible. If this is not the case, the data page must recognize the print, at least from the back.

The application of the additional film element also increases the adhesive strength of the connecting element on the data side, in particular when the textile material is not particularly readily penetrable by the material on the data side. In particular, when the sheet member is formed of the same material as the data side, the adhesive strength of the material of the connection member to the data side is significantly improved.

The additional film element may be applied to a portion of the data page, in this case the overlap area and optionally additionally to an adjacent surface area on the data page, or to the entire volume, i. on the data side and the protrusion formed by the connection member. This creates a uniform smooth surface of the disk.

In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, a security element can additionally be applied to the surface of the data page (on the side on which the connecting element is connected to the data page) in a surface region of the data carrier enclosing at least the overlapping region. This security element can be designed in the form of a transfer element. For example, the additional security element may be an optically active coating, for example a hologram, which may be formed in particular by a hologram foil. The additional security element acts as a further safeguard against the separation of the data page from the connecting element, in particular if the security element also extends beyond the overlapping area to the surface area of the data page not occupied by the connecting element. By separating the data side of the connecting element in this case, the security element is damaged. In this way, the connection element is also part of the entire security concept of the security document in which the data carrier is integrated.

The application of the additional security element is possible in particular if a very smooth surface is produced in the overlapping area and in the adjacent surface areas of the data carrier by the additional film element or the additional protective lacquer. The film element enables a smooth surface in the overlapping area of the connecting element to be produced with the data page largely independent of the permeability of the textile material.

In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the additional film element can also form a printable surface above the overlapping area. For example, the foil element may have its own printing on its side facing the connecting element, which is thus disposed on the inside and thus protected against access from the outside. For example, the film element can also be optically writable or laser-sensitive, so that the overlap region can carry individualizing information due to the flexibility of the designs that can be produced with it and therefore additional individualizing information can be located on and / or in the overlap region of the data carrier. As a result, the area of the connection element becomes part of the personalization concept of a book or book-shaped security document.

In order to further increase the security against the unnoticed separation of the data page from the security document, at least one predetermined separation line in the form of an array of perforations or holes can be formed in the connecting element according to a further embodiment of the present invention. These prevent the separation of the connecting element as a whole.

• (a) Bereitstellen einer Datenseite und eines ein textiles Material aufweisenden Verbindungselements, wobei die Datenseite und/oder das Verbindungselement eine Bedruckung enthält und wobei sich die Bedruckung zumindest auch in einem Überlappungsbereich der Datenseite mit dem Verbindungselement befindet;
• (b) Anordnen der Datenseite und des Verbindungselements, sodass die Datenseite und das Verbindungselement in dem Überlappungsbereich überlappen; und
• (c) stoffschlüssiges Verbinden der Datenseite mit dem Verbindungselement in dem Überlappungsbereich, wobei mindestens ein Material der Datenseite und/oder des Verbindungselements verformt wird, sodass das textile Material die Bedruckung berührt und/oder diese durchdringt.

The data carrier according to the invention can be produced by any desired method. A first particularly preferred embodiment of such a production method comprises the following method steps:

• (A) providing a data page and a textile material having a connecting element, wherein the data page and / or the connecting element contains a print and wherein the printing is at least also in an overlapping region of the data side with the connecting element;
• (b) arranging the data page and the connector such that the data page and the connector overlap in the overlap area; and
• (c) integrally bonding the data side to the connecting element in the overlapping region, wherein at least one material of the data side and / or the connecting element is deformed such that the textile material touches and / or penetrates the printing.

In this embodiment, the data page is first prepared and then connected to the connector. For example, the data page may already contain all the security features. The data page can be produced in the manner indicated above, for example by laminating a film layer stack produced from film layers. For this purpose, a conventional lamination with conventional lamination can be used. Typically, the lamination of PC in a hot / cold laminating press is made in a first step at 170 to 200 ° C and a pressure of 50 to 600 N / cm ² and in a second step with cooling to about room temperature and under the same pressure. The lamination of PET-G takes place at a slightly lower temperature, for example at 160 ° C. Other materials are processed under appropriate lamination conditions.

For the material-locking connection of the data side to the connecting element in the overlapping region, in a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, a welding method, in particular a sound wave-introducing method, very particularly preferably an ultrasonic welding method, can be used. Alternatively, it is also possible to use a conventional joining method with a heating stamp or a method in which heat is supplied by means of IR radiation in the overlapping area. The ensemble of connecting element and data side in the overlapping area is preferably subjected to a pressing pressure for materially bonded connection.

For ultrasonic welding a sonotrode is used. The ultrasound vibrations generated by the sonotrode, which are introduced into the connection point between the data side and the connection element, heat this area, so that at least one material of the connection partner melts, so that the connection is established. In principle, other connection mechanisms are also conceivable, for example an intimate approximation of the materials to one another, so that atomic (chemical) connections can occur. During the welding process, the sonotrode can be pressed onto the connection point by applying a pressing pressure in order to be able to enter the energy into the connection area as efficiently as possible. For this purpose, an abutment can be arranged opposite to the sonotrode, are placed on the superimposed connection partner and pressed by the sonotrode. In the sonotrode ultrasound is generated by means of a piezocrystal, from which the resulting mechanical vibrations are transmitted to the working surface of the sonotrode. In one embodiment variant, the sonotrode can have a plane surface (flat) or a profiled (for example grid-shaped and / or in the form of information-reproducing structures) working surface. This is on DE 10 2012 213 913 A1 , the disclosure of which is incorporated in the present application. The working area of the sonotrode can basically be the same size as or smaller or larger than the overlap area. The sonotrode is preferably pressed from the side of the connecting element onto the stack of connecting element and data side, so that it is in direct contact with the connecting element during the welding process. The joining time is for example 0.1 to 2 s.

Instead of a welding method, another method can be used for materially connecting the connecting element to the data page, for example gluing.

• (a) Bereitstellen von zum Laminieren zu einer Datenseite geeigneten Folien und Bereitstellen eines ein textiles Material aufweisenden Verbindungselements, wobei mindestens eine der Folien und/oder das Verbindungselement eine Bedruckung enthält und wobei sich die Bedruckung zumindest auch in einem Überlappungsbereich der Datenseite mit dem Verbindungselement befindet;
• (b) Anordnen der Folien unter Bildung eines Folienstapels sowie des Folienstapels und des Verbindungselements zueinander, sodass der Folienstapel und das Verbindungselement in einem Überlappungsbereich überlappen; und
• (c) Laminieren der Folien des Folienstapels und des Verbindungselements unter Bildung des Datenträgers, wobei mindestens ein Material von Folien des Folienstapels und/oder des Verbindungselements verformt wird, so dass das textile Material die Bedruckung berührt und/oder diese durchdringt.

A second particularly preferred embodiment of the production method comprises the following method steps:

• (A) providing films suitable for laminating to a data page and providing a textile material having a connecting element, wherein at least one of the films and / or the connecting element contains a printing and wherein the printing is at least also in an overlapping region of the data side with the connecting element ;
• (B) arranging the films to form a film stack and the film stack and the connecting element to each other, so that the film stack and the connecting element overlap in an overlapping region; and
• (C) laminating the films of the film stack and the connecting element to form the data carrier, wherein at least one material of Films of the film stack and / or the connecting element is deformed so that the textile material touches the print and / or penetrates.

In this embodiment variant, the film layers of the data side and the connecting element are joined together so that, as in the first variant, the data page is not first produced and then connected to the connecting element. For laminating the film layers and the connector, a conventional lamination method is employed using commonly used laminators. With regard to the laminating conditions to be applied, reference is made to the above information.

The unit of data page and attached fastener is connected to the body of the book or book shaped article. The body preferably has a booklet or spine. This also includes the fold area of a booklet. The aforementioned unit is preferably connected to the body via the connecting element in the region of the staple or spine. For this purpose, the free edge of the connecting element (connecting region) can be connected to the body, for example by means of an adhesive, sewing or welding process.

Alternatively, the connection of the connector to the body can be made even prior to its connection to the data page, i. between the process steps (a) and (b) in both aforementioned process variants. In these cases, the connecting element is connected to the body after the provision, followed by process step (b) of the respective process variant.

The data carrier can be inserted in a book or book-shaped body, so that the data page forms an inner side of the book or book-shaped object. The body preferably has other pages and optionally a book or book spine. If appropriate, the connecting element can be inserted into the body which has not yet been finished, in that, together with the connecting element, the sides and optionally the booklet or spine are also joined together.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the connecting element is located on the inside of the booklet or book, preferably in the region of its fold. The data page of the data carrier according to the invention can also be added as an outer page instead of a staple or book spine on the connecting element. In this case, the connecting element may form the booklet or spine in the form of Fälzelbandes. Not only the data page can be connected to the connector in this embodiment, but also another outer side.

The present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the figures described below. These figures as well as the description of the figures represent only an exemplary description of the present invention without limiting the scope of protection of the present application.

1 shows a section of the printed part of a data card (top or bottom part) in a schematic cross-sectional view;

2 shows the manufacture of a data carrier by applying a textile fabric (the connecting element) on the printed part of a data card, as in 1 shown, fragmentary in a schematic cross-sectional view; (a) prior to application to the data card; (b) after penetration of the textile fabric into the data card;

3 shows the production of a data carrier by collating several film layers, one of which is printed, and a textile fabric (the connecting element) and laminating the film layers and the textile fabric fragmentary in a schematic cross-sectional view; (a) before lamination; (b) after penetration of the textile fabric into the upper layers of film;

4 shows the production of a data carrier by applying a connecting element which carries a print on a data card in sections in a schematic cross-sectional representation;

5 shows a data card with only partially penetrated into the printed part of the data card textile fabric (the connecting element) fragmentary in a schematic cross-sectional view;

6 shows the application of a film element and a textile fabric (the connecting element) on the printed part of a data card, as in 1 shown, fragmentary in a schematic cross-sectional view; (a) prior to application to the data card; (b) after penetration of the textile fabric into and application of the film element to the data card;

7 shows a printed part provided with a textile fabric and a film element as well as with an optical coating a data card in sections in a schematic cross-sectional representation;

8th shows a data carrier according to the invention in an isometric view;

9 shows a passport with a data card according to the invention in a schematic cross-sectional view.

In the figures, like elements and elements having the same function are given the same reference number.

According to the present invention, a data page 100 via a connecting element 200 with a body 20 a book or book-shaped object 1 connected. Hereinafter, this invention will be described with reference to a data carrier formed by a data card and a connection tab, which is provided for insertion into a security document, in particular in a passport book. In principle, however, of course, any other designs and applications are conceivable, which are also included in the scope of the present application.

Such a trained in the form of a data card or passport card data page 100 as part of, for example, a passport book 1 has various security features and personalizes especially the passport holder. These are a photo of the owner whose personal data in plain text and other security features included (not shown in the figures). The passport card can also be equipped as RFID document with an antenna and an RFID Hableiterchip and optionally with electronic components (also not shown).

1 shows an example of such a data page a section of a data card 100 in cross-section, for example by means of a connecting strap 200 in a book or book-like document body 20 a security document, such as the passport book 1 , can be fastened ( 9 ). The representation in 1 Sectionally shows only an upper part of the data card. The main body of the card forming plastic body 110 continues downwards. Shown is only the upper half. The lower half may for example be constructed symmetrically to the upper half. Above the plastic body is an overlay layer 120 shown. The plastic body and the overlay layer are no longer distinguishable in a laminated state. Only the printing between them 180 then marks a boundary between the two original layers. In the 1 given illustration shows the state before the lamination.

This data card 100 indicates under the overlay situation 120 a print 180 on, for example Guilloche. This imprint is on the plastic body 110 applied, for example, printed. The plastic body is produced, for example, by laminating a plurality of foil layers of polymer material, for example PET-G, PC or PVC (see 3 ). The foil layers can be unfilled or filled with filling material. In the former case they are transparent and in the latter case opaque. Inner foil layers of the plastic body may be opaque, while the outer foil layers are transparent. The overlay layer of a polymer of the aforementioned types located on the outside above the print is also transparent, so that the print is clearly visible. The total thickness of the data card can be, for example, 750 μm. The lateral dimensions of the data card are typically 86 mm × 125 mm.

The printing 180 has been produced, for example, by a conventional offset, flexographic or screen printing process or by a digital printing process, such as inkjet or xerographic printing. The printing can be printed with conventional printing inks which are visible in the visible spectral range and / or with in the visible spectral range luminescent printing inks. Alternatively, the printing can also be done with a laser writing method according to DE 29 07 004 B1 in the plastic body 110 be formed. Furthermore, the data card has further security features including personalization features (face photo, personal data in plain text, document number) as well as the output location, the issuing location, and the issue date (not shown), but not a hologram.

For the preparation of the data carrier according to the invention 300 becomes the data page 100 with a connecting element 200 connected. For this purpose, for example, a connection tab according to one of in 2 . 3 shown method variants connected to the data card cohesively. For the purpose of further explanation of the invention with reference to the 2 to 9 It is assumed that the structure of the data card is the same as in 1 is. The connecting strap is formed for the exemplary illustration of the invention solely by a textile material, but may in principle also additionally comprise a further material, for example a polymer material. The connecting strap is for example made of a woven material of warp and weft threads 215 produced. This makes it flexible so that the passport can be easily opened and closed. Alternatively, another textile material, such as a non-woven, can be used.

In 2 . 3 This is exemplified by a fabric of warp and weft threads 215 shown, which may be made of a polymeric material. In order for the effect of the present invention to be achieved, the polymer material is selected to have a (Vicat) softening temperature higher than that for making the data card 100 or the connection of the connecting strap 200 temperature required with the data card, hence the integrity of the textile material 210 is not affected in the joining process. For example, thermoplastic PET or PA can be used for the fabric because this material retains its shape under processing conditions. The tissue is colorless and translucent. The connecting element is designed in the form of a connecting strap and shaped as a strip. The strip has a greater length than its width. The length is preferably the same size as the length of the edge of the data card to which the connection tab is attached. The width is selected to provide a first stripe overlap area suitable for a sufficiently strong connection to the data card 310 and also one for a sufficiently strong connection to the document body 20 suitable second strip-shaped connection area 320 be available. (Data carrier already completed, see 8th )

After a first process variant ( 2 ) is first the data card 100 prepared, for example, by laminating several polymeric film layers under conventional laminating conditions. This data card also already contains the printing used according to the invention as a security feature 180 under an overlay situation 120 , as in 1 shown.

For fixing the connecting strap 200 (textile fabric 210 ) and the data card 100 arranged one above the other ( 2 (a) ) that both have an overlap area 310 form. For this purpose, the textile fabric is overlapped by a first strip-shaped section with a longitudinal edge of the data card, with an approximately equally wide second section projecting beyond this edge (data carriers already completed, see 8th ). Subsequently, pressure P and heat Δ are applied to this stack. For example, for this purpose, an ultrasonic sonotrode can be used (not shown), which has a sonotrodes work surface which is the same size as the overlap region and which is either completely flat or has a profiled sonotrodes work surface. Ultrasonic vibrations, which are carried out by the sonotrode and their energy is fed into the material stack, heats the material, causing the polymer material of the data card to melt. Thereby, and by the pressure exerted on the stack via the sonotrode, the textile fabric of the connection tab penetrates into the material of the data card ( 2 B) ). Since the penetration depth d _{E is} greater than the depth d _{B of} the printing 180 below the surface of the data card, penetrates the textile fabric 210 the printing and connects to this. After cooling and solidification of the polymer material, the textile fabric (connecting tab) and the data card are firmly bonded together. When using non-colored synthetic fiber materials, it has been found that the underlying printing is also visible through them, because their embedding in the plastic of the card body significantly reduces the overall optical scattering effects. By creating the connection, there is also an intimate connection of the textile fabric to the printing ink of the printing. In the case of an attempted separation of the data card from the connecting tab, the textile material inevitably also partially entrains the printing, so that the printed image is irretrievably damaged. As a result, such manipulation remains even later recognizable.

After a second process variant ( 3 ) will be the data card 100 forming film layers 111 . 112 . 113 . 120 and the textile fabric 210 (Connecting strap 200 ) to a pile 150 arranged one above the other ( 3 (a) ). As in the case of the first variant, the in 2 is shown, the connecting tab overlaps the foil layers in an overlapping area 310 partially, wherein the overlapping strip is sufficiently large so that a firm connection between the connection partners can be made. The protruding portion of the connecting tab, which is not connected to the foil layers, later serves for connection to the passbook body 20 , The uppermost film layer is in turn by a colorless and transparent overlay layer 120 educated. Underneath is the imprint 180 supporting foil layer 113 , The film layers are also arranged one above the other.

For connecting the foil layers 111 . 112 . 113 . 120 together and the textile fabric 210 with the outer foil layers 113 . 120 This stack is pressed in a lamination (not shown), wherein heat Δ is introduced with simultaneous application of pressure P in the stacked material ( 3 (b) ). The material of the film layers melts while the textile fabric retains its shape. As a result, on the one hand, the film layers intimately bond with each other, so that a monolithic bond is formed, and on the other hand, the textile fabric penetrates into the outer layer of the film stack and penetrates the printing 180 , As with the first method variant explained, the textile fabric combines very firmly with the printing ink of the print after cooling and solidification of the film material, so that a separation of the connection tab from the data card 100 inevitably would lead to damage to the printing.

In an alternative embodiment, a connection tab 200 used by a textile fabric 210 , a layer of material applied thereto 230 and a protective layer 240 both made of PET-G, for example ( 4 (a) ). On the material layer and protected by the protective layer is a print 180 generated. The data card 100 is made of a plastic body 110 and an overlay location 120 formed, which are shown for the purpose of illustration only as separate layers, but before the joining process are already assembled into a single plastic body. The connection lug comes with the data card 100 merged in such a way that the side of the connection tab having the printing faces the data card ( 4 (a) ). It becomes in an overlap area as in the previous examples 310 aligned with the data card. To produce the connection of the connection tab with the data card is again an ultrasonic welding method, as in the example according to 2 described, applied. During welding, the material layer softens the connecting strap. In addition, the material of the overlay position of the data card can also be melted. As a result of the applied pressure, the textile material presses through the material layer into the material of the data card so that it penetrates the print ( 4 (b) ). Also in this case, an intimate connection between the connecting tab and the data card and in particular a contact between the textile material and the printing is made, so that a manipulation by separating the data card from the connecting tab can be detected by permanent change in the printing.

By connecting the connecting strap 200 or the textile material 210 with the data card 100 becomes a volume 300 produced, whose appearance in 8th is shown schematically. The connecting tab overlaps in a strip-shaped overlapping area 310 with the data card and is inextricably linked with this in this overlap area. The connection tab is located in a connection area via the data card 320 above. This area is used for the subsequent connection of the data carrier with the passbook body 20 ,

In the 2 . 3 shown manufacturing variants lead to a connection of the connecting strap 200 with the data card 100 in the overlap area 310 a smooth surface results since the textile material 210 completely (100%) penetrates the data card material and no longer protrudes partially outward.

In 5 an alternative embodiment is shown, in which the textile fabric 210 not completely in the material of the data card 100 penetrates and therefore still little over the data card surface protrudes. This results in a characteristic of the textile fabric roughness / profiling. This construction results when the interstice volume of the textile fabric is relatively low, so that the molten material of the outer film layers 110 . 120 can not readily penetrate into the interstices of the textile fabric. Also, the connection conditions (temperature, pressure, duration) and the material of the outer film layers have a significant influence on whether the textile fabric completely or incompletely penetrates into the data card. Essential for the purposes of the present invention is merely that the textile fabric penetrates so deeply that it comes into contact with the printing. This is both in the case of complete penetration, as in 2 . 3 shown, as well as in the case of incomplete penetration, as in 5 and also as in the case of the alternative embodiment according to FIG 4 shown the case. The purpose of the invention, a separation of the connecting strap 200 To visually manifest from the data card later, will only be achieved if the print is damaged during removal.

So even if when connecting the textile fabric 210 with the data card 100 gives a smooth surface, although the textile fabric does not completely penetrate into the data card, in addition, a film element 130 in the overlap area 310 externally applied to the data card ( 6 ). For this purpose, the data card together with the textile fabric of the connecting strap 200 and the film strip ( 6 (a) ) and then subjected to the joining process described above ( 6 (b) ). The foil element may become, as in 6 (b) shown, only on the overlap area, but also at least partially on the disk 300 extend outside of the overlap area. In principle, the film element can also be on the connection area 320 extend the connection tab, which connects to the passport body 20 is provided. The film element is preferably formed from one of the materials from which the data card is formed, preferably from the material from which the overlay layer 120 consists. The foil element is transparent, so that the printing 180 remains visible. During the subsequent merging and joining, for example ultrasonic welding or Laminating, in this embodiment, a structure of the resulting data carrier is obtained in which the textile fabric is located completely within the data carrier and therefore has a smooth surface in the overlapping region.

Through the additional foil element 130 Therefore, a smooth surface is also in the overlap area 310 guaranteed. In addition, this also the adhesive strength of the connection between the connection tab 200 and data card 100 elevated.

Thus the connection of the data card 100 with the connecting strap 200 is secured by another security feature, at least in the overlap area 310 , Preferably also beyond on the surface of the data card outside the overlap region, after performing the joining method according to the invention an additional security element externally 140 be applied ( 7 ). For example, a hologram foil can be applied. This requires a very smooth surface for application. Therefore, it is necessary that the textile fabric 210 when joining into the data card material completely penetrates or that a film element 130 As described above, applied to the surface area in which the security element is to be applied. By extending beyond the overlap area hologram or other security film security against manipulation is further increased, because this film would inevitably be destroyed when disconnecting the data card from the connecting strap.

Yet another increase in the level of security of the joint connection between the connecting plate 200 and the data card 100 is achieved by attaching a predetermined breaking line 250 reached in the connecting lug. This predetermined breaking line can be achieved by a series of perforations 255 be formed. In addition, the connection tab in the overlap area 310 additional individualizing information 220 have, for example in the form of alphanumeric characters ( 8th ).

This in 9 illustrated security document 1 is a passport, for example. The data carrier according to the invention is included in this security document. The security document is from an outside book cover (back) 2 , for example made of cardboard, several pass pages 3a . 3b . 3c , ... and the passport card 100 educated. The book cover can be a hinge 5 have, in the area parts of the book cover abut. For example, the book cover of two rigid parts adjacent to each other 2a . 2 B exist, which are interconnected by means of a flexible envelope. The book cover may be provided on the outside with an emblem, for example, the issuing state.

Inside are several document pages 3a . 3b . 3c , ... for the acceptance of visas and the passport card 100 with the book cover 2 connected. The book cover and the document pages form a document body 20 ,

The passport card 100 forms together with the connecting strap 200 a disk 300 and is over the connection tab with the document pages 3a . 3b . 3c , ... and the book cover 2 connected. The passport card 100 is between the book cover and an inner document page 3a arranged. For the connection, these components are sewn together. The seam 8th (one thread) reaches in the area of the hinge 5 through the document pages, the connecting tab and the book cover and connects them together. To anchor the seam in the spine, is on the hinge a Fälzelband 9 glued from a flexible material.

The document pages 3a . 3b . 3c , ... put the visa pages of the passport 1 They are, apart from a security printing in the form of guilloches, watermarks and possibly an identification number, not provided with other security features or other printing features.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Booklet or book-shaped object, security document, passport book

2, 2a, 2b

book cover

3a, 3b, 3c

document pages

5

hinge

8th

seam

9

Fälzelband

20

Document body, passbook body

100

Data page, data card, passport card

111, 112, 113

Films (layers)

110

Plastic body of the data card

120

Overlay location

130

film element

140

Security element, hologram foil

150

film stack

180

Oppression

185

pressure level

200

Connecting element, connecting strap

210

textile material, textile fabric

215

Warp / weft threads

220

individualizing information

230

material layer

240

protective layer

250

Line of weakness

300

disk

310

overlap area

320

connecting area

d _B

Depth of printing below the surface of the data page

d _E

penetration depth

P

print

Δ

heat input

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

This list of the documents listed by the applicant has been generated automatically and is included solely for the better information of the reader. The list is not part of the German patent or utility model application. The DPMA assumes no liability for any errors or omissions.

Cited patent literature

• DE 102012019308 A1 [0003]
• DE 102010053640 A1 [0004, 0008]
• DE 102012213913 A1 [0005, 0040]
• DE 2907004 B1 [0020, 0063]

Cited non-patent literature

• ISO / IEC 7810 [0018]
• DIN EN ISO 306 [0023]

Claims (12)

Disk ( 300 ), suitable for insertion into a book or book-shaped object ( 20 ), which is formed by a data page ( 100 ) and one with this in an overlap area ( 310 ) connected connecting element ( 200 ), wherein the connecting element ( 200 ) a textile material ( 210 ) and the data carrier ( 300 ) a print ( 180 ), whereby the printing ( 180 ) at least also in the overlapping area ( 310 ), characterized in that the textile material ( 210 ) the printing ( 180 ) and / or penetrates it in whole or in part. Disk ( 300 ) according to claim 1, characterized in that the textile material ( 210 ) of the connecting element ( 200 ) is formed by a tissue. Disk ( 300 ) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the melting point or the softening temperature of the textile material ( 210 ) of the connecting element ( 200 ) is higher than the melting point or the softening temperature of at least one material on the data side ( 100 ). Disk ( 300 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least in the overlapping region ( 310 ) an additional foil element ( 130 ) over the connecting element ( 200 ) is located. Disk ( 300 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on the surface of the data page ( 100 ) additionally in at least one overlapping area ( 310 ) enclosing surface area of the data carrier a security element ( 140 ) is applied. Disk ( 300 ) according to claim 5, characterized in that the security element ( 140 ) is formed by a hologram foil. Disk ( 300 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting element ( 200 ) at least one target separation line ( 250 ) in the form of an array of perforations ( 255 ) having. Disk ( 300 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on and / or in the connecting element ( 200 ) additional individualizing information ( 220 ) are located. Stapling or book-shaped object ( 1 ) with a data carrier integrated therein ( 300 ) according to one of claims 1 to 8. Method for producing a data carrier ( 300 ), which can be inserted into a book or book-shaped object ( 1 ), comprising the following method steps: (a) providing a data page ( 100 ) and one a textile material ( 210 ) having connecting element ( 200 ), where the data page ( 100 ) and / or the connecting element ( 200 ) a print ( 180 ) and where the printing ( 180 ) at least also in an overlapping area ( 310 ) of the data page ( 100 ) with the connecting element ( 200 ) is located; (b) arranging the data page ( 100 ) and the connecting element ( 200 ), so the data page ( 100 ) and the connecting element ( 200 ) in the overlapping area ( 310 ) overlap; and (c) materially connecting the data page ( 100 ) with the connecting element ( 200 ) in the overlapping area ( 310 ), wherein at least one material on the data side ( 100 ) and / or the connecting element ( 200 ) is deformed, so that the textile material ( 210 ) the printing ( 180 ) and / or penetrates them in whole or in part. Method for producing a data carrier ( 300 ) according to claim 10, characterized in that the data page ( 100 ) with the connecting element ( 200 ) are joined together by means of ultrasonic welding. Method for producing a data carrier ( 300 ), which can be inserted into a book or book-shaped object ( 1 ), comprising the following method steps: (a) providing for lamination to a data page ( 100 ) suitable films ( 110 . 120 ; 111 . 112 . 113 ) and providing a textile material ( 210 ) having connecting element ( 200 ), wherein at least one of the films ( 110 . 120 ; 111 . 112 . 113 ) and / or the connecting element ( 200 ) a print ( 180 ) and where the printing ( 180 ) at least also in an overlapping area ( 310 ) of the data page ( 100 ) with the connecting element ( 200 ) is located; (b) arranging the films ( 110 . 120 ; 111 . 112 . 113 ) to form a film stack ( 150 ) as well as the film stack ( 150 ) and the connecting element ( 200 ) to each other, so that the film stack ( 150 ) and the connecting element ( 200 ) in an overlapping area ( 310 ) overlap; and (c) laminating the films ( 110 . 120 ; 111 . 112 . 113 ) of the film stack ( 150 ) and the connecting element ( 200 ) forming the data carrier ( 300 ), wherein at least one material of films ( 110 . 120 ; 111 . 112 . 113 ) of the film stack ( 150 ) and / or the connecting element ( 200 ) is deformed, so that the textile material ( 210 ) the printing ( 180 ) and / or penetrates them in whole or in part.

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