EP0599675B2 - Feuille de sécurité, utilisable notamment comme page de garde de passeport - Google Patents
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- EP0599675B2 EP0599675B2 EP93402655A EP93402655A EP0599675B2 EP 0599675 B2 EP0599675 B2 EP 0599675B2 EP 93402655 A EP93402655 A EP 93402655A EP 93402655 A EP93402655 A EP 93402655A EP 0599675 B2 EP0599675 B2 EP 0599675B2
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- PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Glycerine Chemical compound OCC(O)CO PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 6
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 claims description 5
- 239000000945 filler Substances 0.000 claims description 4
- 239000005995 Aluminium silicate Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 235000012211 aluminium silicate Nutrition 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000011230 binding agent Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000006185 dispersion Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 235000011187 glycerol Nutrition 0.000 claims description 3
- NLYAJNPCOHFWQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N kaolin Chemical compound O.O.O=[Al]O[Si](=O)O[Si](=O)O[Al]=O NLYAJNPCOHFWQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 3
- 229920002635 polyurethane Polymers 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000004814 polyurethane Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000000835 fiber Substances 0.000 description 4
- 238000009958 sewing Methods 0.000 description 3
- 229920000742 Cotton Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 239000003795 chemical substances by application Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000004744 fabric Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000006748 scratching Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000002393 scratching effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229920003043 Cellulose fiber Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 238000004026 adhesive bonding Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000007900 aqueous suspension Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000010985 leather Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229920003023 plastic Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 239000002985 plastic film Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000004014 plasticizer Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000009877 rendering Methods 0.000 description 1
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
- D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D21H21/00—Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties
- D21H21/14—Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties characterised by function or properties in or on the paper
- D21H21/40—Agents facilitating proof of genuineness or preventing fraudulent alteration, e.g. for security paper
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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
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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
- B42D25/24—Passports
Definitions
- the invention relates to a security sheet and more especially a passport cover paper.
- Passports generally consist of a strong paper cover, like imitation leather, and leaflets.
- the sheets are made from security may include watermarks, fibers or colored or fluorescent boards, agents tampering chemicals.
- the sheets and the cover are most often united by the community using sewing with threads that can be fluorescent cents.
- Important passport details namely the holder's first and last name, nationality, date and place of birth, address, photograph carried on one side of a sheet and covered with a transparent plastic sheet, glued on the face of the sheet so that it cannot be torn off without destroying the sheet to which it is attached.
- a first object of the invention is to provide a paper security that can be secured to the internal side passport cover when manufacturing this and which cannot be separated later.
- a second object of the invention is to provide a paper above mentioned security which is further capable to support the sewing of the sheets with a thread.
- a third object of the invention is to provide a paper security mentioned above which is further printable.
- the invention relates to a sheet of paper as defined in claim 1.
- the two thin zones have a thickness of 60 micrometers and the area thick has a thickness of 90 micrometers.
- the sheet is rectangular. We can also foresee that the sheet has a thick area along the edges.
- the middle area is a watermark dark.
- the sheet according to the invention is sufficiently thin to prevent scratching of mentions printed or written on the sheet and to prevent the peeling of the sheet when it is secured to the face internal passport cover.
- the area thicker center supports seam using a wire which secures the cover and the sheets passport.
- the sheet of paper is coated so as to cloud it and to improve the printability of the sheet.
- the sheet is lying preferably using an aqueous composition described and claimed in the French patent application 90 13310.
- an aqueous composition comprising a binder such than an aqueous dispersion of polyurethane, a filler such as kaolin and a plasticizer, such as glycerin.
- the layer can be deposited on at least one side of the sheet.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a passport comprising the sheet according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 represents a sheet according to the invention.
- Figure 3 shows the sheet of Figure 2 in chopped off.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a passport 1 comprising a cover 2 and sheets 3.
- the sheets 3 and the cover are joined together by means of a seam 4 formed by a thread 5.
- the sheets are for example made of security paper based on cotton fibers, comprising watermarks, boards, threads possibly fluorescent safety.
- With the cover 2 is secured a sheet of paper 6 forming a cover page. This sheet 6 is shown in more detail in FIGS. 2 and 3.
- the sheet 6 comprises a zone 7a and a thin zone 7b of thickness e 1 .
- This thickness e 1 is less than 80 micrometers, preferably equal to 60 micrometers.
- the sheet 6 is for example a paper obtained from an aqueous suspension of cellulose fibers on a paper machine comprising a round shape and an embossed watermarked fabric. This watermarked fabric is embossed so that there is a greater deposit of fibers in a median zone 8 of the sheet 6.
- the median zone 8 then has a thickness e 2 greater than the thickness e 1 of the rest of the sheet .
- the middle zone 8 is therefore a dark watermark.
- the middle zone 8 has a thickness 50% greater than the thickness e 1 of the thin zone 7 a , 7 b .
- zone 7 a , 7 b has a thickness of 60 micrometers and zone 8 has a thickness of 90 micrometers (ie 30 micrometers more, namely 50% more).
- the sheet 6 according to the invention is sufficiently thin in the zones 7 a and 7 b so that the printed or handwritten inscriptions 9 carried on one side 10 of a zone 7 a , 7 b , cannot be scratched without the sheet 6 is damaged. If a counterfeiter tries to falsify the inscriptions by scratching them, the sheet 6 is pierced and / or torn. Likewise, if a counterfeiter tries to separate the sheet 6 from the cover 2 of the passport, this thin sheet 6 will tear.
- the sheet 6 is rectangular. It may however have rounded corners, as shown at 11 in FIG. 2, in order to conform to the shape of the cover 2 if the latter has rounded corners.
- This sheet 6 has a median 12 parallel to the widths 13, 14 of the sheet.
- the median zone 8 is a rectangle whose lengths 15, 16 are parallel to the widths 13, 14 of the sheet 6.
- the thicker median zone 8 has the function of allowing the seam 4 to be supported with the thread 5 and therefore the sheet will not pierce when sewing the cover 2 and the sheets 3.
- the sheet 6 is secured by gluing on the inside of the cover 2.
- this sheet is transparent. In order to opacify the sheet 6, it is coated with an aqueous composition comprising at least one filler and at least one binder. The layer is deposited on the face 10 of the sheet 6 intended to receive the prints 9.
- a layer which improves the rendering printing For example, you can file a aqueous layer containing an aqueous dispersion of polyurethane and a filler like kaolin as well than a plasticizing agent such as glycerin.
- the sheet 6 can be made of cotton linters fibers and can have a grammage between 20 and 45 g / m 2 preferably between 30 and 35 g / m 2 .
- Sheet 6 can also include boards and / or fluorescent security threads or fibers or color, chemical forgeries, watermarks light or dark.
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Description
Les feuillets 3 et la couverture sont solidarisés à l'aide d'une couture 4 formée par un fil 5. Les feuillets sont par exemple constitués de papier de sécurité à base de fibres de coton, comportant des filigranes, des planchettes, des fils de sécurité éventuellement fluorescents. Avec la couverture 2 est solidarisée une feuille de papier 6 formant page de garde. Cette feuille 6 est représentée plus en détail sur les figures 2 et 3.
Claims (7)
- Feuille de papier de sécurité comportant des bords parallèles deux à deux consistant en deux zones minces (7a,7b) d'épaisseur e1 inférieure à 80 µm et une zone épaisse (8) comprenant une zone rectangulaire médiane transversale de bord à bord entourée desdites deux zones minces (7a,7b) l'épaisseur e2 de la zone épaisse (8) étant supérieure ou égale à 150% de l'epaisseur de la zone mince, les zones minces (7a,7b) étant d'une superficie supérieure à celle de la zone épaisse (8).
- Feuille selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les deux zones minces (7a, 7b) ont une épaisseur de 60 micromètres et la zone épaisse (8) a une épaisseur de plus de 90 micromètres.
- Feuille selon la revendication 1 ou 2 caractérisée en ce que la dite zone médiane est un filigrane sombre.
- Feuille selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est couchée sur au moins une face à l'aide d'une composition aqueuse contenant au moins un liant et une charge, de façon à opacifier et améliorer l'imprimabilité de la feuille.
- Feuille selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est couchée à l'aide d'une composition contenant une dispersion aqueuse de polyuréthanne, de kaolin et de la glycérine.
- Feuille selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente un grammage compris entre 20 et 45 g/m2.
- Utilisation d'une feuille de papier selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6 comme face interne de la couverture d'un passeport pour porter les mentions importantes variables du passeport dans lesdites zones minces et supporter la couture de la feuille sur la couverture et les autres feuillets du passeport dans ladite zone médiane.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR9213773 | 1992-11-17 | ||
FR9213773A FR2698108B1 (fr) | 1992-11-17 | 1992-11-17 | Feuille de sécurité, utilisable notamment comme page de garde de passeport. |
Publications (3)
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EP0599675A1 EP0599675A1 (fr) | 1994-06-01 |
EP0599675B1 EP0599675B1 (fr) | 1997-01-29 |
EP0599675B2 true EP0599675B2 (fr) | 1999-08-25 |
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EP93402655A Expired - Lifetime EP0599675B2 (fr) | 1992-11-17 | 1993-10-29 | Feuille de sécurité, utilisable notamment comme page de garde de passeport |
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EP (1) | EP0599675B2 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE69307844T3 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2698108B1 (fr) |
Families Citing this family (7)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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BR9607409A (pt) * | 1995-03-13 | 1998-07-07 | Portals Ltd | Papel de segurança |
SE516625C2 (sv) * | 2000-06-20 | 2002-02-05 | Holmen Ab | Säkerhetspapper/kartong och förfarande för framställning därav |
IT1320079B1 (it) * | 2000-10-25 | 2003-11-18 | Cartiere Di Cordenons S P A | Materiali cartacei filigranati stampabili con elevata qualita' distampa. |
ITMI20022737A1 (it) | 2002-12-20 | 2004-06-21 | Gruppo Cordenons Spa | Materiale cartaceo in foglio con aspetto ed effetto al |
CN100473538C (zh) * | 2004-05-28 | 2009-04-01 | 联邦印刷有限公司 | 有价及安全文件及其制造方法 |
DE102004026698A1 (de) * | 2004-05-28 | 2005-12-15 | Bundesdruckerei Gmbh | Wert-und Sicherheitsdokument und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung |
GB0912201D0 (en) | 2009-07-14 | 2009-08-26 | Imerys Minerals Ltd | Coating compositions |
Citations (3)
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US479534A (en) † | 1892-07-26 | Sna-man | ||
DE2107113A1 (de) † | 1970-02-17 | 1971-08-26 | Sodeco Societe Des Compteurs De Geneve, Genf (Schweiz) | Zum Druck von Wertscheinen bestimmtes Papier vn Band oder Bogenform mit einer Sicherheitsstruktur und Detektorsystem zur Identifizierung dieser Sicherheitsstruktur |
CA1116851A (fr) † | 1980-01-31 | 1982-01-26 | John F. Frank | Traitement de surface de la feuille de papier |
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US1495467A (en) * | 1920-08-23 | 1924-05-27 | Joseph J White | Book |
US3366531A (en) * | 1964-01-14 | 1968-01-30 | Philip H. Long | Paper currency tapered in thickness |
FR2668507B1 (fr) * | 1990-02-09 | 1996-06-21 | Arjomari Europ | Feuille pour documents de securite, ayant une imprimabilite elevee en meme temps qu'une resistance a la circulation elevee. |
FR2684698B1 (fr) * | 1991-12-09 | 1994-01-21 | Arjo Wiggins Sa | Procede pour la fabrication d'un produit comportant des zones localisees d'opacite reduite et papier ainsi obtenu. |
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- 1992-11-17 FR FR9213773A patent/FR2698108B1/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1993-10-29 DE DE1993607844 patent/DE69307844T3/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-10-29 EP EP93402655A patent/EP0599675B2/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
Patent Citations (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US479534A (en) † | 1892-07-26 | Sna-man | ||
DE2107113A1 (de) † | 1970-02-17 | 1971-08-26 | Sodeco Societe Des Compteurs De Geneve, Genf (Schweiz) | Zum Druck von Wertscheinen bestimmtes Papier vn Band oder Bogenform mit einer Sicherheitsstruktur und Detektorsystem zur Identifizierung dieser Sicherheitsstruktur |
CA1116851A (fr) † | 1980-01-31 | 1982-01-26 | John F. Frank | Traitement de surface de la feuille de papier |
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DE69307844T2 (de) | 1997-07-31 |
DE69307844T3 (de) | 2000-04-27 |
EP0599675A1 (fr) | 1994-06-01 |
EP0599675B1 (fr) | 1997-01-29 |
DE69307844D1 (de) | 1997-03-13 |
FR2698108A1 (fr) | 1994-05-20 |
FR2698108B1 (fr) | 1994-12-23 |
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