EP0093009B2 - Fabrication d'un élément en feuille ayant un dispositif réfléchissant prévenant sa contrefaçon - Google Patents

Fabrication d'un élément en feuille ayant un dispositif réfléchissant prévenant sa contrefaçon Download PDF

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EP0093009B2
EP0093009B2 EP83302342A EP83302342A EP0093009B2 EP 0093009 B2 EP0093009 B2 EP 0093009B2 EP 83302342 A EP83302342 A EP 83302342A EP 83302342 A EP83302342 A EP 83302342A EP 0093009 B2 EP0093009 B2 EP 0093009B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/29—Securities; Bank notes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B41M3/14—Security printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G21/00—Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
    • G03G21/04—Preventing copies being made of an original
    • G03G21/043—Preventing copies being made of an original by using an original which is not reproducible or only reproducible with a different appearence, e.g. originals with a photochromic layer or a colour background
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    • B42D2035/26—
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40—Manufacture
    • B42D25/45—Associating two or more layers
    • B42D25/455—Associating two or more layers using heat
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40—Manufacture
    • B42D25/475—Cutting cards

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  • the present invention relates to a sheet element having a reflective anti-counterfeiting device and manufacture thereof, and in particular to security and other valuable documents having a security band in the form of a continuous protective pattern.
  • metallic inks or coatings on the surface of documents.
  • metallic inks are not effective in practice because they are made from metallic platelets or particles which cannot be strictly orientated with respect to a plane surface so as to produce a specular reflection over a large area.
  • a contributing factor to this is the unevenness of most paper surfaces.
  • a copy of a metallic ink printed original might therefore resemble the original too closely to be detected as a counterfeit.
  • US-A-4066 280 teaches a method of a similar kind whereby part of the material on the document is printed in an ink containing a specularly reflective colouring material, for example, powdered aluminium.
  • a specularly reflective colouring material for example, powdered aluminium.
  • US-A-4066 280 also teaches a method whereby documents are printed with two overlapping imprints, one being in conventional colouring materials and the second being made in an ink including a specularly reflective colouring material.
  • the second imprint either overlaps or is overlapped by part of the first imprint.
  • the second imprint comprises a multiplicity of fine, closely spaced marks.
  • the present invention provides a method for the manufacture of a bank note or other security document constituted by a paper sheet element having a reflective anti-counterfeiting device constituted by a specularly reflective foil material, the method comprising the steps (a) to (c) as defined in claim 1.
  • the foil material may be applied to the surface of the sheet element by a process of hot foil stamping or by a transfer process.
  • the application is carried out with an elongate length of the foil material to constitute a plurality of the sheet elements thereby to result in a relatively convenient and inexpensive manufacturing process.
  • the foil material is very thin when compared to the thickness of the sheet element and so the thickness of the sheet element is not substantially increased over that part of its surface on which the foil material is disposed.
  • FIG. 1 shows a security document, such as a bank note 1, which has been manufactured in accordance with the present invention.
  • the bank note 1 consists of a body of a sheet material having a particular shape, in the example shown the shape is rectangular, and a particular area, as desired.
  • the sheet material may be, for example, paper.
  • the bank note 1 has a continuous band 2 of a thin-layered foil material disposed on its surface across its width at a specific position along its length.
  • the foil material is a metallic foil or a similarly reflective film.
  • the foil material is in the form of a continuous, repetitive pattern, which is preferably complicated and characteristic of the particular bank note 1 to which the foil material is applied.
  • the width of the band 2 is preferably between 0.5 centimetres and 2.5 centimetres.
  • the continuous band 2 is overprinted with at least one security tint 3.
  • the security tint 3 is of a pattern and colouration which is a characteristic part of the particular bank note 1.
  • the security tint 3 extends over both the surface of the continuous band 2 and the surface of the bank note 1 adjacent thereto.
  • the bank note 1 is printed over other portions of its surface with the normal printings which make up the remainder of the design of the bank note 1.
  • bank note 1 or other security document When the bank note 1 or other security document is to be made of paper, a known method of manufacture of paper bank notes involves the production of a reel or web of paper which may either be printed in web-form or cut into a number of sheets which are printed with a number of prints individually. Each web orsheet is then cut up into a number of individual bank notes 1 or other security documents.
  • a continuous band 4 of the foil material is applied to a reel of paper 5 before the reel is sheeted or printed.
  • the reel 5 is unwound in the direction shown by the arrow A and the web of paper 6 is fed continuously through means 7 for applying the foil material.
  • Figure 2 only shows the arrangement of the apparatus for the application of one band 4 of foil material, although it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that a number of means 7 may be employed to apply a corresponding number of bands4.
  • Theweb of paper 6 is then stored on a second reel 8 ready for subsequent printing or sheeting prior to printing.
  • the foil material may be applied by the method of hot foil stamping or by a similar method such as a transfer process.
  • a plurality of stamping stations each having a respective means 7 for applying bands 4, are arranged along a line transverse to the direction of feed A of t he web of paper 6.
  • the foil material is applied to the web of paper 6 along the lengt h of t he web at specific positions along the width of the web, such that after sheeting and printing of the paper a band 2 of foil material is disposed on the surface of each bank note 1 at a particular position, as is shown in Figure 1.
  • the web of paper 6 passes between two rollers 20, 22.
  • One of the rollers 20 is a die or wheel having a patterned outercylindri- cal surface 24.
  • a length of suitable foil 9 which is disposed on a suitable backing material 10 is fed between the web of paper 6 and the patterned die or wheel 20.
  • the die or wheel 20 When hot foil stamping is employed, the die or wheel 20 is maintained at an elevated temperature and the pressure applied by the die or wheel 20 to the foil 9, which is reflective, is such that the foil 9 is detached from the backing material 10 and is applied to the web of paper 6 in a pattern corresponding to that on the die or wheel 20.
  • the arrangement is similar to that used for hot foil stamping but the foil material is applied to the web of paper 6 only by the pressure of the die or wheel 20 and not by the action of both heat and pressure.
  • the transfer process may be used when the foil material to be applied to the web of paper is other than metallised.
  • the metallised foil material may be at least partly coated with a lacquer.
  • the lacquer can be applied either in a single or multicoloured pattern such that simulation of the metallised foil material, by employing commercially available materials, is rendered very difficult.
  • the particular pattern and colouration of the lacquer may be arranged to be characteristic of the particular bank note 1 or other security document to which the foil material is to be applied.
  • the foil material may be applied to not only one but both sides of the web of paper 6.
  • two patterned dies or wheels 20 may be employed, each being associated with a respective length of the foil 9 to be applied to the web of paper 6.
  • the paper is then passed, either in that form or via a sheeter in which the paper is cut into sheets of appropriate dimensions, to a security document printer.
  • the paper is then printed with a security tint 3 in a known manner and with other desired prints, which is very convenient in operation.
  • a security tint 3 in a known manner and with other desired prints, which is very convenient in operation.
  • Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide security documents which are convenient and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and provide good security against counterfeiting.
  • the application of the foil material may readily be incorporated into the known methods of manufacture of paper for security documents.
  • the application process is very quick and is of a continuous nature.
  • the process also readily ensures that the foil material is applied to the correct portion of the web of substrate.
  • a suitable choice of pattern avoids the necessity to align the foil material in machine direction registration with the documents to be printed on the substrate.
  • stamping such as hot foil stamping
  • the application of the foil material to the web of substrate by stamping provides a secure bond between the substrate and the foil material. This is particularly essential in the production of bank notes where the bank notes are likely to be roughly handled in use.
  • a foil having a minimal thickness, provides that when a number of security documents, such as bank notes, are arranged together in a pile, the thickness of the pile in that part of its area which corresponds to the foil material is not substantially increased and the pile has a uniform thickness. This feature is very important for documents intended for use in automatic printing, handling and distribution apparatuses.
  • a reflective foil which is overprinted on at least part of its surface with a security tint ensures good protection against counterfeiting by, for example, photoreproduction.

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1. Procédé de fabrication d'un billet de banque ou d'un autre document de sécurité constitué d'un élément en feuille de papier (6) comportant un dispositif réfléchis- sant prévenant sa contrefaçon constitué par un matériau en lame réfléchissant de manière spéculaire (2), caractérisé par :
(a) l'application par pression ou, à la fois chauffage et pression d'une bande continue (4) du matériau en lame sous la forme d'un dessin répétitif continu sur une portion de la surface de l'élément en feuille lorsque l'élément en feuille se présente sous la forme d'une bande allongée de papier, le dessin s'étendant sur la longueur de la bande ;
(b) l'impression de l'élément en feuille de sorte à surimprimer (3) au moins une partie du matériau en lame avec une encre de sécurité qui s'étend à la fois sur la surface de la bande continue et la surface de l'élément en feuille de papier adjacente à la bande continue ; et
(c) la coupure, soit avant ou après l'impression de l'élément en feuille, de la bande en feuilles individuelles, chacune possédant une longueur respective du matériau en lame.
2. Procédé selon la revendication 1 dans lequel la bande continue est appliquée à l'élément en feuille par estampage de lame à chaud.
3. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel une bande continue de matériau en lame est appliquée sur chaque face de l'élément en feuille.
4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel la bande continue est appliquée sur l'élément en feuille en faisant passer la bande allongée du matériau en lame et une longueur allongée de l'élément en feuille par une paire de rouleaux (20,22) dont l'un au moins des rouleaux (20) est chauffé et comporte une surface cylindrique à dessin et le matériau en lame est appliqué sur l' élément en feuille en un dessin correspondant à celui sur le rouleau.
EP83302342A 1982-04-27 1983-04-25 Fabrication d'un élément en feuille ayant un dispositif réfléchissant prévenant sa contrefaçon Expired - Lifetime EP0093009B2 (fr)

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GB8311172D0 (en) 1983-06-02
CA1211771A (fr) 1986-09-23
EP0093009A3 (en) 1985-07-17
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DE3381739D1 (de) 1990-08-23
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