EP0906834B2 - Numbered information carrier and it's method of production - Google Patents

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EP0906834B2
EP0906834B2 EP98116307A EP98116307A EP0906834B2 EP 0906834 B2 EP0906834 B2 EP 0906834B2 EP 98116307 A EP98116307 A EP 98116307A EP 98116307 A EP98116307 A EP 98116307A EP 0906834 B2 EP0906834 B2 EP 0906834B2
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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
    • B42D25/21—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose for multiple purposes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/086—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means by passive credit-cards adapted therefor, e.g. constructive particularities to avoid counterfeiting, e.g. by inclusion of a physical or chemical security-layer
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/004—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip
    • G07D7/0047—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using checkcodes, e.g. coded numbers derived from serial number and denomination
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  • the invention relates to a data carrier, such as a security, an identity card, a banknote, a packaging or the like with at least one security element applied to the data carrier, which has a serial number, which individualizes the data carrier from a number of data carriers and a method for producing the data carrier ,
  • a data carrier such as a security, an identity card, a banknote, a packaging or the like with at least one security element applied to the data carrier, which has a serial number, which individualizes the data carrier from a number of data carriers and a method for producing the data carrier ,
  • serial number is usually printed on the already completed data carrier.
  • this printed serial number of the disk is individualized, i. it is assigned an individual and unique feature, whereby the data carrier from a series of otherwise identical data carriers is uniquely identifiable.
  • a numbering unit is usually used, which is introduced in a numbering station, whereby the data carriers to be numbered are already through the numbering station as a single benefit or even in a multiple-use arc, thereby providing the serial number.
  • serial number For applying the serial number to a security document, a method is already known from DE-OS 1486 894, in which a serial number is applied by means of a numbering on the document, wherein the numbering has digit scrolls, which after each imprint of a number to a counter be switched on.
  • This multi-digit serial number can be provided several times on the document and can be applied horizontally or vertically as required.
  • this serial number it is possible to apply this serial number with a special color, which ensures that the value document against falsification is better secured and moreover, a simple control of the correct numbering and adjustment, i. So the correct application of the serial number is possible.
  • magnetic colors are proposed for this purpose so that the numbering can be read by machine with the aid of suitable detectors.
  • EP 0 061 795 B1 In order to increase the security against forgery of value documents, it is further proposed in EP 0 061 795 B1 to provide an additional code number on the document.
  • This code number is applied to the document by a numeric roller arranged equiaxially to the numbering machine and can be controlled as a function of the respective setting of the number wheels of the serial number.
  • an additional code number can be generated, which is generated depending on the printed serial number and applied together with it.
  • EP 0 160 504 B1 further proposes to provide the serial number on a document in such a way that at least two characters of the serial number differ in their height, width, font or in a combination of these properties.
  • the invention is thus based on the object of providing numbered documents with a security element, which on the one hand ensures individualization of the individual documents from a series of documents and, on the other hand, improves the forgery-proofing of the numbered documents.
  • a data carrier such as a value document
  • a security element having a serial number, this security element consisting of two parts.
  • the first part of the security element has only a part of the serial number, while the second part of the security element has the entire serial number.
  • both parts of the security element are each applied with a separate numbering on the document relative to each other in a defined position.
  • the numbering device used is, in particular, in each case a numbering unit which has numbering wheels.
  • number wheels are provided with a blind numbering, so number wheels that carry no digits. This blind digitization causes no digits to be transmitted to the document at these locations, so the number applied represents only partially the serial number.
  • the two parts of the security element are applied with different numbering on the disk, it is possible to make the first part of the security element so that it only partially represents the serial number, while the second part of the security element can be designed so that it Completely reproduces the serial number.
  • the first and the second part together form the security element according to the invention.
  • the serial number may be entered in to represent two different shades.
  • the sequence of digits associated with the first part of the security element may be presented in a completely different color than the sequence of digits associated with the second part of the security element.
  • a positionally accurate guidance of the document within the numbering ensures after the application of the first part of the security element, ie the first, incomplete digit sequence of the serial number that the document is exactly the second numbering supplied and here the second part of the security element, ie the full serial number the value document is applied.
  • the incomplete serial number of the first part of the security element is completed by a digit of the second part of the security element. It is irrelevant in this procedure which part of the security element is applied first and which second is applied to the data carrier.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows eight adjacent number blocks 18 of a first number row 10 from a first numbering unit and eight adjacent number blocks 20 of a second number row 12 of a second numbering unit.
  • numeric blocks 18, 20 10 numeric blocks with digits 16 and numeric blocks are provided with a blind numeral 14 alternately in the number series.
  • the number blocks 20 carry digits 17 at the positions where the number row 10 has blind digits 14, while the dummy digits 15 of the number row 12 are correspondingly provided at the points at which the series 10 digits 16 are provided.
  • the first and the second numbering works are now provided in a numbering station for numbering documents in such a way that first the number series 10 is printed on the document.
  • the second digit sequence is applied in the present case to the document that the full serial number, which consists of a combination of Numbers 16 of the first row of digits 10 and the numbers 17 of the second row of numbers 12 is applied to the document.
  • the position of the security element which is composed of the digits of the first row of digits 10 and the second row of digits 12, is freely selectable on the document.
  • the data carrier 22 for example a banknote
  • the numbers 16 of the first number row 10 and the numbers 17 of the second number row 12 are applied so that they are on a common straight baseline.
  • the serial number 24 is thereby applied with the help of two numbering machines, which each contain a blind numbering.
  • This serial number then represents the security element that consists of two parts.
  • the first part represents the serial number only incomplete and consists for example of the number sequence "A 641".
  • the second part also represents the applied serial number also incomplete and in this example consists of the digit sequence "7 5 3 2".
  • the two parts of the security element are applied to the banknote in such a way that the individual numbers from the two numbering stations alternately follow one another and together form the complete serial number 24.
  • serial number 24 which, as indicated in the present example, has different colors alternately for the individual digits of the serial number, if the two numbering units are colored differently become. Since each numbering unit is usually colored with only one color, the numerals printed by a numbering system always have the same color.
  • the serial number can also be provided on the banknote several times with a suitable design of the numbering station, the serial numbers 24 and 25 being applied to the banknote 22 in the manner described above.
  • the serial number 24 can be applied, for example, with two different colors, such as black and red, while the serial number 25 may well have a different color combination, such as green and blue.
  • the first part of the security element 28, which represents the serial number only incomplete and, for example, from the digit sequence "7654312" is combined with the second part of the security element 30 so that by the positionally accurate arrangement the two parts of the security element 28 and 30, the first part of the security element 28 is supplemented by the first digit ("A") of the second part of the security element 30 to the complete serial number.
  • a first and a second numbering unit are provided in the numbering apparatus, the first numbering unit having the serial number only incompletely, i. that at one point, in this case the first digit, a blind digit is inserted.
  • the second numbering unit is in the present case designed as a vertical numbering unit and includes the complete serial number without blind numbering.
  • the document is then guided in the numbering station so that after the application of the first part of the security element 28, the second part of the security element 30 is applied to the banknote 22 with exact position, so that the first part 28 is replaced by a digit of the second part 30 to the complete serial number is supplemented.
  • the first part of the security feature 28 can be supplemented by any point of the second part of the security element 30 per se.
  • the number sequence "A765431" on the document 22 is supplemented by the last digit "2" of the second part of the security feature 30 to the complete serial number.
  • the security element is designed so that the first part of the security element crosses with the second part of the security element and the first part is supplemented by the second part to the complete serial number.
  • the first part of the security element 28 which only partially has the serial number, is combined with the second part of the security element 30, which has the serial number completely, in such a way that the number sequence of the first part is followed by a digit of the second part a complete serial number is added.
  • the security element provided in this manner on the data carrier gives a considerably higher protection against imitation, since the two parts of the security element have to be applied to each other with exact position, which is possible only with high-precision special machines.
  • FIG. 7 shows a further possibility of arranging the first and the second part of the security element on the document in such a way that the forgery-proofness of the document is considerably increased.
  • the first part of the element consists of the numbers 32 and 36, which are applied vertically or horizontally on the document 22 along a respective common baseline. Offset to this baseline, the second part of the security element 34 or 38 is provided on the document 22 respectively.
  • the numbers 32 and 34 or 36 and 38 are arranged in their position relative to each other so that they are intertwined and offset from one another, wherein both parts together form the complete serial number.
  • the security feature can be provided in one or more of the listed variants one or more times on a disk.
  • the security element can be applied to a disk, if this is still available as a multiple use, for example as a sheet.
  • This sheet is then fed to a numbering station, wherein successively the first and then the second part of the security element are each applied simultaneously to each individual volume of the sheet.
  • the order in which the first and second parts of the security element are applied to a document is irrelevant.

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A numbered data carrier and method for producing the same, wherein the data carrier includes a document of value and at least one security element having a serial number that individualizes the data carrier out of a series of data carriers. The security element includes first and second parts. The first part of the security element partly represents the serial number and the second part of the security element represents the serial number either partly or completely. The security element is applied on the document.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Datenträger, wie ein Wertpapier, eine Ausweiskarte, eine Banknote, eine Verpackung oder dergleichen mit wenigstens einem auf dem Datenträger aufgebrachten Sicherheitselement, das eine Seriennummer aufweist, die den Datenträger aus einer Reihe von Datenträgern individualisiert sowie ein Verfahren zur Herstellung des Datenträgers.The invention relates to a data carrier, such as a security, an identity card, a banknote, a packaging or the like with at least one security element applied to the data carrier, which has a serial number, which individualizes the data carrier from a number of data carriers and a method for producing the data carrier ,

Zur Erhöhung der Fälschungssicherheit und zur Identifikation von Dokumenten, wie beispielsweise Banknoten, Schecks, Ausweiskarten, Kreditkarten oder ähnlichem werden fortlaufende Nummerierungen auf diese Dokumente aufgebracht, wobei diese sogenannte "Seriennummer" zumeist auf den bereits fertiggestellten Datenträger aufgedruckt wird. Mit Hilfe dieser aufgedruckten Seriennummer wird der Datenträger individualisiert, d.h. es wird ihm ein individuelles und einzigartiges Merkmal zugeordnet, wodurch der Datenträger aus einer Serie von ansonsten gleichen Datenträgern eindeutig identifizierbar ist.To increase the security against counterfeiting and to identify documents such as banknotes, checks, identity cards, credit cards or the like, consecutive numbers are applied to these documents, whereby this so-called "serial number" is usually printed on the already completed data carrier. With the help of this printed serial number of the disk is individualized, i. it is assigned an individual and unique feature, whereby the data carrier from a series of otherwise identical data carriers is uniquely identifiable.

Zum Aufbringen von Seriennummern auf den Datenträger wird üblicherweise ein Nummerierwerk verwendet, das in einer Nummerierstation eingebracht ist, wobei die zu nummerierenden Datenträger bereits als Einzelnutzen oder noch im Bogen zu mehreren Nutzen die Nummerierstation durchlaufen und dabei mit der Seriennummer versehen werden.For applying serial numbers to the data carrier, a numbering unit is usually used, which is introduced in a numbering station, whereby the data carriers to be numbered are already through the numbering station as a single benefit or even in a multiple-use arc, thereby providing the serial number.

Zum Aufbringen der Seriennummer auf ein Sicherheitsdokument ist aus der DE-OS 1486 894 bereits ein Verfahren bekannt, bei dem eine fortlaufende Seriennummer mit Hilfe eines Nummerierwerkes auf das Dokument aufgebracht wird, wobei das Nummerierwerk Ziffernrollen aufweist, die nach jedem Aufdruck einer Nummer um einen Zähler weitergeschaltet werden. Diese mehrstellige Seriennummer kann auf dem Dokument mehrfach vorgesehen werden und je nach Anforderung waagrecht oder senkrecht aufgebracht werden. Zur weiteren Absicherung des Wertdokumentes ist es möglich, diese Seriennummer mit einer Spezialfarbe aufzubringen, die gewährleistet, dass das Wertdokument gegen Verfälschung besser abgesichert ist und darüber hinaus eine einfache Kontrolle der korrekten Nummerierung sowie Justierung, d.h. also des korrekten Aufbringens der Seriennummer ermöglicht wird. Vorgeschlagen werden hierzu beispielsweise magnetische Farben, so dass mit Hilfe geeigneter Detektoren die Nummerierung maschinell gelesen werden kann.For applying the serial number to a security document, a method is already known from DE-OS 1486 894, in which a serial number is applied by means of a numbering on the document, wherein the numbering has digit scrolls, which after each imprint of a number to a counter be switched on. This multi-digit serial number can be provided several times on the document and can be applied horizontally or vertically as required. To further secure the value document, it is possible to apply this serial number with a special color, which ensures that the value document against falsification is better secured and moreover, a simple control of the correct numbering and adjustment, i. So the correct application of the serial number is possible. For example, magnetic colors are proposed for this purpose so that the numbering can be read by machine with the aid of suitable detectors.

Zur Erhöhung der Fälschungssicherheit von Wertdokumenten wird weiterhin in der EP 0 061 795 B1 vorgeschlagen, eine zusätzliche Codezahl auf dem Dokument vorzusehen. Diese Codezahl wird durch eine zum Nummerierwerk gleichachsig angeordnete Ziffernrolle auf das Dokument aufgebracht und ist in Abhängigkeit von der jeweiligen Einstellung der Ziffernrollen der Seriennummer steuerbar. Damit kann eine zusätzliche Codezahl erzeugt werden, die abhängig von der aufgedruckten Seriennummer erzeugt und zusammen mit ihr aufgebracht wird.In order to increase the security against forgery of value documents, it is further proposed in EP 0 061 795 B1 to provide an additional code number on the document. This code number is applied to the document by a numeric roller arranged equiaxially to the numbering machine and can be controlled as a function of the respective setting of the number wheels of the serial number. Thus, an additional code number can be generated, which is generated depending on the printed serial number and applied together with it.

Zur Verbesserung der Sicherheit nummerierter Wertdokumente wird in der EP 0 160 504 B1 weiterhin vorgeschlagen, die Seriennummer auf einem Dokument so vorzusehen, dass sich wenigstens zwei Zeichen der Seriennummer in ihrer Höhe, Breite, Schriftart oder in einer Kombination dieser Eigenschaften unterscheiden.In order to improve the security of numbered value documents, EP 0 160 504 B1 further proposes to provide the serial number on a document in such a way that at least two characters of the serial number differ in their height, width, font or in a combination of these properties.

Der Erfindung liegt somit die Aufgabe zugrunde, nummerierte Dokumente mit einem Sicherheitselement zu versehen, welches zum einen eine Individualisierung der Einzeldokumente aus einer Serie von Dokumenten gewährleistet und zum anderen, die Fälschungssicherheit der nummerierten Dokumente verbessert.The invention is thus based on the object of providing numbered documents with a security element, which on the one hand ensures individualization of the individual documents from a series of documents and, on the other hand, improves the forgery-proofing of the numbered documents.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die Merkmale der unabhängigen Ansprüche gelöst.This object is solved by the features of the independent claims.

Gemäß der vorliegenden Erfindung wird ein Datenträger, wie beispielsweise ein Wertdokument mit einem Sicherheitselement versehen, das eine Seriennummer aufweist, wobei dieses Sicherheitselement aus zwei Teilen besteht. Der erste Teil des Sicherheitselementes weist dabei lediglich einen Teil der Seriennummer auf, während der zweite Teil des Sicherheitselementes die gesamte Seriennummer aufweist.According to the present invention, a data carrier, such as a value document, is provided with a security element having a serial number, this security element consisting of two parts. The first part of the security element has only a part of the serial number, while the second part of the security element has the entire serial number.

Bei der Herstellung des Datenträgers werden beide Teile des Sicherheitselementes jeweils mit einer separaten Nummeriervorrichtung auf das Dokument relativ zueinander in definierter Position aufgebracht. Dabei wird als Nummeriervorrichtung insbesondere jeweils ein Nummerierwerk verwendet, das Ziffernräder aufweist. Dabei sind an den Stellen des Nummerierwerkes, an denen die Seriennummer unvollständig ist, Ziffernräder mit einer Blindzifferung vorgesehen, also Ziffernräder, die keine Ziffern tragen. Diese Blindzifferung bewirkt, dass an diesen Stellen auf das Dokument keine Ziffern übertragen werden, die aufgebrachte Nummer somit nur teilweise die Seriennummer repräsentiert. Da die beiden Teile des Sicherheitselementes mit unterschiedlichen Nummerierwerken auf den Datenträger aufgebracht werden, ist es möglich, den ersten Teil des Sicherheitselementes so zu gestalten, dass er die Seriennummer lediglich teilweise repräsentiert, während der zweite Teil des Sicherheitselementes so ausgeführt werden kann, dass er die Seriennummer vollständig wiedergibt. Der erste und der zweite Teil bilden gemeinsam das erfindungsgemäße Sicherheitselement.In the manufacture of the data carrier both parts of the security element are each applied with a separate numbering on the document relative to each other in a defined position. In this case, the numbering device used is, in particular, in each case a numbering unit which has numbering wheels. In this case, at the points of the numbering, where the serial number is incomplete, number wheels are provided with a blind numbering, so number wheels that carry no digits. This blind digitization causes no digits to be transmitted to the document at these locations, so the number applied represents only partially the serial number. Since the two parts of the security element are applied with different numbering on the disk, it is possible to make the first part of the security element so that it only partially represents the serial number, while the second part of the security element can be designed so that it Completely reproduces the serial number. The first and the second part together form the security element according to the invention.

Sofern in einer Nummerierstation zwei Nummerierwerke verwendet werden, die gegebenenfalls an einer oder mehreren Stellen eine Blindzifferung aufweisen, ist es nun erstmals möglich, die Seriennummer in zwei unterschiedlichen Farbtönen darzustellen. So kann die Ziffernfolge, die dem ersten Teil des Sicherheitselementes zugeordnet ist, in einer völlig anderen Farbe dargestellt werden als die Ziffernfolge, die dem zweiten Teil des Sicherheitselementes zugeordnet ist. Eine positionsgenaue Führung des Dokumentes innerhalb der Nummerierstation gewährleistet nach dem Aufbringen des ersten Teils des Sicherheitselementes, d.h. also der ersten, unvollständigen Ziffernfolge der Seriennummer, dass das Dokument positionsgenau der zweiten Nummeriereinrichtung zugeführt wird und hier der zweite Teil des Sicherheitselements, also die vollständige Seriennummer auf dem Wertdokument aufgebracht wird. Damit wird die unvollständige Seriennummer des ersten Teils des Sicherheitselements durch eine Ziffer des zweiten Teils des Sicherheitselements vervollständigt. Unerheblich ist bei dieser Vorgehensweise, welcher Teil des Sicherheitselementes als erster und welcher als zweiter auf den Datenträger aufgebracht wird.If two numbering stations are used in a numbering station, which optionally have blind dialing at one or more places, it is now possible for the serial number to be entered in to represent two different shades. Thus, the sequence of digits associated with the first part of the security element may be presented in a completely different color than the sequence of digits associated with the second part of the security element. A positionally accurate guidance of the document within the numbering ensures after the application of the first part of the security element, ie the first, incomplete digit sequence of the serial number that the document is exactly the second numbering supplied and here the second part of the security element, ie the full serial number the value document is applied. Thus, the incomplete serial number of the first part of the security element is completed by a digit of the second part of the security element. It is irrelevant in this procedure which part of the security element is applied first and which second is applied to the data carrier.

Die Verwendung zweier unterschiedlicher Nummerierwerke in einer Nummerierstation zum Aufbringen des ersten und des zweiten Teils des Sicherheitselementes macht es erforderlich, dass der mit der Seriennummer zu bedruckende Datenträger als Einzeldatenträger oder als Mehrfachnutzen, beispielsweise im Bogenformat, so durch die Nummerierstation geführt wird, dass er beiden Nummeriervorrichtungen positionsgenau zugeführt wird. Auf diese Weise ist es möglich, die beiden Teile des Sicherheitselementes in einer relativ zueinander definierten Position auf dem Datenträger aufzubringen, so dass die beiden Teile des Sicherheitselementes auf dem Datenträger mit der gewünschten Passergenauigkeit vorliegen.The use of two different numbering in a numbering station for applying the first and the second part of the security element makes it necessary that the volume to be printed with the serial number is performed as a single disk or as multiple benefits, for example in sheet format, by the numbering that he two Numbering devices is supplied positionally accurate. In this way, it is possible to apply the two parts of the security element in a position relative to each other defined on the disk, so that the two parts of the security element are present on the disk with the desired registration accuracy.

Im Sinne der Erfindung werden alle Zeichen oder Symbole, insbesondere aber auch Buchstaben, die zur Wiedergabe einer Seriennummer geeignet sind, als Ziffern verstanden.For the purposes of the invention, all characters or symbols, but in particular also letters which are suitable for reproducing a serial number, are understood as digits.

Weitere Vorteile und vorteilhafte Ausführungsformen der Erfindung ergeben sich aus den nachfolgend beschriebenen Figuren, bei deren Darstellung zugunsten der Übersichtlichkeit auf eine maßstabsgetreue Wiedergabe verzichtet wurde. Die Ausführungsformen nach den Fig. 2 und 3, sowie die darauf vezegenen Beschreibungsteile sind nicht Gegenstand der Erfindung.Further advantages and advantageous embodiments of the invention will become apparent from the figures described below, has been omitted in their representation in favor of clarity to a true to scale reproduction. The embodiments according to FIGS. 2 and 3, as well as the parts of the description thereof are not subject of the invention.

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zwei Ziffernblöcke zweier verschiedener Nummerierwerke,
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einen Datenträger mit einem Sicherheitselement,
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einen Datenträger mit einem Sicherheitselement,
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einen Ausschnitt aus einem Datenträger mit einem erfindungsgemäßen Sicherheitselement,
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einen Ausschnitt aus einem Datenträger mit einem erfindungsgemäßen Sicherheitselement,
Fig. 6
einen Ausschnitt aus einem Datenträger mit einem erfindungsgemäßen Sicherheitselement,
Fig. 7
einen Ausschnitt aus einem Datenträger mit einem erfindungsgemäßen Sicherheitselement.
They show in detail:
Fig. 1
two number blocks of two different numbering machines,
Fig. 2
a volume with a security element,
Fig. 3
a volume with a security element,
Fig. 4.
a detail of a data carrier with a security element according to the invention,
Fig. 5
a detail of a data carrier with a security element according to the invention,
Fig. 6
a detail of a data carrier with a security element according to the invention,
Fig. 7
a section of a data carrier with a security element according to the invention.

In Fig. 1 sind schematisch acht nebeneinanderliegende Ziffernblöcke 18 einer ersten Ziffernreihe 10 aus einem ersten Nummerierwerk sowie acht nebeneinanderliegende Ziffernblöcke 20 einer zweiten Ziffernreihe 12 eines zweiten Nummerierwerkes dargestellt. Auf den einzelnen Ziffernblöcken 18, 20 sind in der Ziffernreihe 10 Ziffernblöcke mit Ziffern 16 und Ziffernblöcke mit einer Blindzifferung 14 alternierend vorgesehen. In der zweiten Ziffernreihe 12, die zu einer zweiten Nummeriervorrichtung gehört, tragen die Ziffernblöcke 20 gerade an den Stellen Ziffern 17, an denen die Ziffernreihe 10 Blindziffern 14 aufweist, während die Blindziffern 15 der Ziffernreihe 12 entsprechend an den Stellen vorgesehen sind, an denen in der Reihe 10 Ziffern 16 vorgesehen sind. Das erste und das zweite Nummerierwerk werden nun in einer Nummerierstation zur Nummerierung von Dokumenten so vorgesehen, dass zunächst die Ziffernreihe 10 auf das Dokument aufgedruckt wird. Durch eine positionsgenaue Führung des Dokumentes innerhalb der Nummerierstation zum zweiten Nummerierwerk ist es möglich, das Dokument mit der zweiten Ziffernfolge passergenau zu versehen, wobei die zweite Ziffernfolge im vorliegenden Fall so auf das Dokument aufgebracht wird, dass die vollständige Seriennummer, die aus einer Kombination der Ziffern 16 der ersten Ziffernreihe 10 und der Ziffern 17 der zweiten Ziffernreihe 12 besteht, auf das Dokument aufgebracht wird. Die Position des Sicherheitselements, das sich aus den Ziffern der ersten Ziffernreihe 10 und der zweiten Ziffernreihe 12 zusammensetzt, ist auf dem Dokument frei wählbar.FIG. 1 schematically shows eight adjacent number blocks 18 of a first number row 10 from a first numbering unit and eight adjacent number blocks 20 of a second number row 12 of a second numbering unit. On the individual numeric blocks 18, 20 10 numeric blocks with digits 16 and numeric blocks are provided with a blind numeral 14 alternately in the number series. In the second row of digits 12, which belongs to a second numbering device, the number blocks 20 carry digits 17 at the positions where the number row 10 has blind digits 14, while the dummy digits 15 of the number row 12 are correspondingly provided at the points at which the series 10 digits 16 are provided. The first and the second numbering works are now provided in a numbering station for numbering documents in such a way that first the number series 10 is printed on the document. By a positionally accurate guidance of the document within the numbering to the second numbering it is possible to provide the document with the second digit sequence passer exactly, the second digit sequence is applied in the present case to the document that the full serial number, which consists of a combination of Numbers 16 of the first row of digits 10 and the numbers 17 of the second row of numbers 12 is applied to the document. The position of the security element, which is composed of the digits of the first row of digits 10 and the second row of digits 12, is freely selectable on the document.

In einer Ausführungsform, die in Fig. 2 gezeigt ist, werden auf den Datenträger 22, beispielsweise eine Banknote, die Ziffern 16 der ersten Ziffernreihe 10 und die Ziffern 17 der zweiten Ziffernreihe 12 so aufgebracht, dass sie sich auf einer gemeinsamen geraden Grundlinie befinden. Die Seriennummer 24 wird dabei mit Hilfe zweier Nummerierwerke, die jeweils eine Blindzifferung enthalten, aufgebracht. Diese Seriennummer stellt dann das Sicherheitselement dar, das aus zwei Teilen besteht. Der erste Teil repräsentiert die Seriennummer nur unvollständig und besteht beispielsweise aus der Ziffernfolge "A 641". Der zweite Teil repräsentiert die aufgebrachte Seriennummer ebenfalls unvollständig und besteht in diesem Beispiel aus der Ziffemfolge "7 5 3 2". Die beiden Teile des Sicherheitselementes werden so auf die Banknote aufgebracht, dass die einzelnen Ziffern aus den beiden Nummerierwerken jeweils abwechselnd aufeinander folgen und zusammen die vollständige Seriennummer 24 bilden. Da zum Aufbringen der beiden Teile unterschiedliche Nummerierwerke verwendet werden, ist es möglich, auf dem Dokument 22 eine Seriennummer 24 zu erzeugen, die, wie im vorliegenden Beispiel angedeutet, alternierend für die einzelnen Ziffern der Seriennummer verschiedene Farben aufweist, wenn die beiden Nummerierwerke unterschiedlich eingefärbt werden. Da jedes Nummerierwerk üblicherweise nur mit einer Farbe eingefärbt wird, weisen die von einem Nummerierwerk gedruckten Ziffern jeweils die gleiche Farbe auf.In an embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the data carrier 22, for example a banknote, the numbers 16 of the first number row 10 and the numbers 17 of the second number row 12 are applied so that they are on a common straight baseline. The serial number 24 is thereby applied with the help of two numbering machines, which each contain a blind numbering. This serial number then represents the security element that consists of two parts. The first part represents the serial number only incomplete and consists for example of the number sequence "A 641". The second part also represents the applied serial number also incomplete and in this example consists of the digit sequence "7 5 3 2". The two parts of the security element are applied to the banknote in such a way that the individual numbers from the two numbering stations alternately follow one another and together form the complete serial number 24. Since different numbering units are used to apply the two parts, it is possible to produce on the document 22 a serial number 24 which, as indicated in the present example, has different colors alternately for the individual digits of the serial number, if the two numbering units are colored differently become. Since each numbering unit is usually colored with only one color, the numerals printed by a numbering system always have the same color.

Wie in Fig. 2 gezeigt ist, kann die Seriennummer bei einer geeigneten Gestaltung der Nummerierstation auch mehrfach auf der Banknote vorgesehen werden, wobei auf der Banknote 22 die Seriennummern 24 und 25 in der oben beschriebenen Art und Weise aufgebracht sind. Dabei kann die Seriennummer 24 beispielsweise mit zwei unterschiedlichen Farben, wie etwa Schwarz und Rot aufgebracht werden, während die Seriennummer 25 durchaus auch eine andere Farbkombination, wie etwa Grün und Blau aufweisen kann.As shown in Fig. 2, the serial number can also be provided on the banknote several times with a suitable design of the numbering station, the serial numbers 24 and 25 being applied to the banknote 22 in the manner described above. The serial number 24 can be applied, for example, with two different colors, such as black and red, while the serial number 25 may well have a different color combination, such as green and blue.

Sofern zum Aufbringen des Sicherheitselementes statt der in Fig. 1 dargestellten horizontalen Ziffernwerke vertikale Ziffernwerke verwendet werden, ist es auch möglich, wie in Fig. 3 gezeigt, das Sicherheitselement in Form der Seriennummer 26 vertikal auf den Datenträger aufzubringen. Bei geeigneter Gestaltung der Nummerierstation ist es auch möglich, den Datenträger 22 mit mehreren solchen Sicherheitselementen zu versehen, wobei gemäß Fig. 3 auf einer Banknote 22 auch vertikal aufgebrachte Sicherheitselemente 26 mit horizontal aufgebrachten Sicherheitselementen 25 kombiniert werden können.Unless used for applying the security element instead of the vertical numbering works shown in Fig. 1 vertical digit works, it is also possible, as shown in Fig. 3, to apply the security element in the form of the serial number 26 vertically on the disk. With a suitable design of the numbering station, it is also possible to provide the data carrier 22 with a plurality of such security elements, wherein according to FIG. 3 also vertically applied security elements 26 can be combined with horizontally applied security elements 25 on a banknote 22.

In einer weiteren Ausführungsform wird, wie in Fig. 4 gezeigt, der erste Teil des Sicherheitselementes 28, der die Seriennummer nur unvollständig repräsentiert und beispielsweise aus der Ziffernfolge "7654312" besteht mit dem zweiten Teil des Sicherheitselementes 30 so kombiniert, dass durch die positionsgenaue Anordnung der beiden Teile des Sicherheitselementes 28 und 30 der erste Teil des Sicherheitselementes 28 durch die erste Ziffer ("A") des zweiten Teils des Sicherheitselementes 30 zur vollständigen Seriennummer ergänzt wird. Um dies zu erreichen, wird in der Nummeriervorrichtung ein erstes und ein zweites Nummerierwerk vorgesehen, wobei das erste Nummerierwerk die Seriennummer nur unvollständig aufweist, d.h. dass an einer Stelle, im vorliegenden Fall der ersten Stelle, eine Blindziffer eingesetzt ist. Das zweite Nummerierwerk ist im vorliegenden Fall als Vertikalnummerierwerk ausgeführt und umfasst die vollständige Seriennummer ohne Blindzifferung. Das Dokument wird in der Nummerierstation dann so geführt, dass nach dem Aufbringen des ersten Teils des Sicherheitselementes 28 der zweite Teil des Sicherheitselementes 30 positionsgenau auf die Banknote 22 aufgebracht wird, so dass der erste Teil 28 durch eine Ziffer des zweiten Teils 30 zur vollständigen Seriennummer ergänzt wird.In a further embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4, the first part of the security element 28, which represents the serial number only incomplete and, for example, from the digit sequence "7654312" is combined with the second part of the security element 30 so that by the positionally accurate arrangement the two parts of the security element 28 and 30, the first part of the security element 28 is supplemented by the first digit ("A") of the second part of the security element 30 to the complete serial number. In order to achieve this, a first and a second numbering unit are provided in the numbering apparatus, the first numbering unit having the serial number only incompletely, i. that at one point, in this case the first digit, a blind digit is inserted. The second numbering unit is in the present case designed as a vertical numbering unit and includes the complete serial number without blind numbering. The document is then guided in the numbering station so that after the application of the first part of the security element 28, the second part of the security element 30 is applied to the banknote 22 with exact position, so that the first part 28 is replaced by a digit of the second part 30 to the complete serial number is supplemented.

Entsprechendes gilt auch für die in Fig. 5 dargestellte Ausführungsform, in der gezeigt ist, dass der erste Teil des Sicherheitsmerkmals 28 an sich durch jede beliebige Stelle des zweiten Teils des Sicherheitselementes 30 ergänzt werden kann. Im Beispiel gemäß Fig. 5 wird auf dem Dokument 22 die Ziffernfolge "A765431" durch die letzte Ziffer "2" des zweiten Teils des Sicherheitsmerkmals 30 zur vollständigen Seriennummer ergänzt.The same applies to the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, in which it is shown that the first part of the security feature 28 can be supplemented by any point of the second part of the security element 30 per se. In the example according to FIG. 5, the number sequence "A765431" on the document 22 is supplemented by the last digit "2" of the second part of the security feature 30 to the complete serial number.

In einer weiteren Ausführungsform gemäß Fig. 6 wird das Sicherheitselement so ausgeführt, dass sich der erste Teil des Sicherheitselementes mit dem zweiten Teil des Sicherheitselementes kreuzt und der erste Teil durch den zweiten Teil zur vollständigen Seriennummer ergänzt wird. Dies bedeutet, dass der erste Teil des Sicherheitselementes 28, der die Seriennummer nur zum Teil aufweist, mit dem zweiten Teil des Sicherheitselementes 30, der die Seriennummer vollständig aufweist, so kombiniert ist, dass die Ziffernfolge des ersten Teiles durch eine Ziffer des zweiten Teiles zu einer vollständigen Seriennummer ergänzt wird.In a further embodiment according to FIG. 6, the security element is designed so that the first part of the security element crosses with the second part of the security element and the first part is supplemented by the second part to the complete serial number. This means that the first part of the security element 28, which only partially has the serial number, is combined with the second part of the security element 30, which has the serial number completely, in such a way that the number sequence of the first part is followed by a digit of the second part a complete serial number is added.

Das auf diese Art und Weise auf dem Datenträger vorgesehene Sicherheitselement verleiht einen erheblich höheren Schutz gegen Nachahmung, da die beiden Teile des Sicherheitselementes zueinander positionsgenau aufgebracht werden müssen, was ausschließlich mit hochpräzisen Spezialmaschinen möglich ist.The security element provided in this manner on the data carrier gives a considerably higher protection against imitation, since the two parts of the security element have to be applied to each other with exact position, which is possible only with high-precision special machines.

In Fig. 7 ist eine weitere Möglichkeit gezeigt, den ersten und den zweiten Teil des Sicherheitselementes auf dem Dokument so anzuordnen, dass die Fälschungssicherheit des Dokumentes erheblich erhöht wird. Dabei besteht der erste Teil des Elementes aus den Ziffern 32 bzw. 36, die senkrecht bzw. waagrecht auf dem Dokument 22 entlang einer jeweils gemeinsamen Grundlinie aufgebracht sind. Versetzt zu dieser Grundlinie wird jeweils der zweite Teil des Sicherheitselementes 34 bzw. 38 auf dem Dokument 22 vorgesehen. Dabei werden die Ziffern 32 und 34 bzw. 36 und 38 in ihrer Position relativ zueinander so angeordnet, dass sie ineinander verschlungen und zueinander versetzt sind, wobei beide Teile zusammen die vollständige Seriennummer bilden.FIG. 7 shows a further possibility of arranging the first and the second part of the security element on the document in such a way that the forgery-proofness of the document is considerably increased. In this case, the first part of the element consists of the numbers 32 and 36, which are applied vertically or horizontally on the document 22 along a respective common baseline. Offset to this baseline, the second part of the security element 34 or 38 is provided on the document 22 respectively. The numbers 32 and 34 or 36 and 38 are arranged in their position relative to each other so that they are intertwined and offset from one another, wherein both parts together form the complete serial number.

In allen angeführten Beispielen, ist es möglich, die beiden Teile der Seriennummer in der gleichen oder in unterschiedlichen Farben auszuführen. Dabei kommen beliebige Farbkombinationen in Betracht. Es können auch metallisch glänzende, fluoreszierende, phosphoreszierende, magnetische oder elektrisch leitfähige Druckfarben verwendet werden, was insbesondere die automatische Verarbeitbarkeit bzw. die Maschinenlesbarkeit der Dokumente verbessert. Außerdem können ein oder beide Teil(e) des Sicherheitselementes als sogenannte Blinddrucke, d.h. als Drucke ohne Farbübertrag auf dem Dokument vorgesehen werden.In all the examples given, it is possible to carry out both parts of the serial number in the same or different colors. Any color combinations come into consideration. Metallically lustrous, fluorescent, phosphorescent, magnetic or electrically conductive printing inks can also be used, which improves in particular the automatic processability or the machine readability of the documents. In addition, one or both of the part (s) of the security element may be referred to as so-called blank prints, i. be provided as prints without ink transfer on the document.

Das Sicherheitsmerkmal kann in einer oder mehreren der angeführten Varianten einfach oder mehrfach auf einem Datenträger vorgesehen werden.The security feature can be provided in one or more of the listed variants one or more times on a disk.

Besonders einfach kann das Sicherheitselement auf einen Datenträger aufgebracht werden, wenn dieser noch als Mehrfachnutzen, beispielsweise als Bogen vorliegt. Dieser Bogen wird dann einer Nummerierstation zugeführt, wobei nacheinander der erste und anschließend der zweite Teil des Sicherheitselementes jeweils gleichzeitig auf jeden einzelnen Datenträger des Bogens aufgebracht werden.Particularly simple, the security element can be applied to a disk, if this is still available as a multiple use, for example as a sheet. This sheet is then fed to a numbering station, wherein successively the first and then the second part of the security element are each applied simultaneously to each individual volume of the sheet.

Die Reihenfolge, in der der erste und der zweite Teil des Sicherheitselements auf ein Dokument aufgebracht werden, ist unerheblich. Für das erfindungsgemäße Sicherheitselement ist es lediglich erforderlich, die beiden Teile des Sicherheitselementes relativ zueinander in der gewünschten definierten Position aufzubringen, was besonders durch eine Nummerierstation erleichtert wird, bei der der Bogen oder jeder einzelne Datenträger so durch die Station geführt wird, dass ein positionsgenaues Aufbringen der beiden Teile des Sicherheitselementes gewährleistet ist.The order in which the first and second parts of the security element are applied to a document is irrelevant. For the security element according to the invention, it is only necessary to apply the two parts of the security element relative to each other in the desired defined position, which is particularly facilitated by a numbering, in which the sheet or each disk is passed through the station that a positionally accurate application the two parts of the security element is guaranteed.

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  1. A data carrier (22) such as a paper of value, ID card, bank note or the like having at least one security element applied to said data carrier (22) which has a serial number individualizing the data carrier (22) out of a series of data carriers, characterized in that the security element consists of at least a first part (28) and a second part (30), and the first part represents the serial number only partly and the second part represents the serial number completely, the parts being so combined that their positionally accurate arrangement causes the first part (28) of the security element to be supplemented by a figure of the second part (30) of the security element to form a complete serial number.
  2. The data carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that the first part (28) of the security element has a different color from the second part (30).
  3. The data carrier according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first and second parts (28, 30) of the security element are disposed perpendicular to each other.
  4. A data carrier (22) such as a paper of value, ID card, bank note or the like having at least one security element applied to said data carrier which has a serial number (24, 25, 25) individualizing the data carrier (22) out of a series of data carriers, characterized in that the security element consists of at least a first part (16, 32, 36) and a second part (17, 34, 38), and each part represents the serial number (24, 25, 26) only partly and has part of the figures of the serial number (24, 25, 26), and the two parts are disposed on the data carrier (22) in such a way as to form a complete serial number, the figures of the first part being disposed along a common base line and the second part of the serial number being offset from said base line, and the figures of the two parts of the serial number following each other alternatingly.
  5. The data carrier according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the first (16, 28, 32, 36) and/or second part (17, 30, 34, 38) of the security element have a fluorescent color.
  6. The data carrier according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the security element is provided on the data carrier (22) several times.
  7. A method for producing a data carrier (22) such as a paper of value, ID card, bank note or the like having at least one security element applied to said data carrier (22) which has a serial number (24, 25, 26) individualizing the data carrier (22) out of a series of data carriers, characterized in that the security element consists of at least a first part (16, 28, 32, 36) and a second part (17, 30, 34, 38), and each part is applied to the data carrier (22) with a separate numbering apparatus, the first part representing the serial number only partly and the second part representing the serial number completely, and the first (16, 28, 32, 36) and the second part (17, 30, 34, 38) of the security element being applied to the data carrier (22) in an accurate position such that the first part is supplemented by the second part to form a complete serial number.
  8. The method for producing a data carrier according to claim 7, characterized in that the first (28) and second (30) parts of the security element are applied perpendicular to each other.
  9. The method for producing a data carrier according to any of claims 7 to 8, characterized in that the first part (16, 28, 32, 36) and/or the second part (17, 30, 34, 38) of the security element is applied in a fluorescent color.
  10. The method for producing a data carrier according to any of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the first part (16, 28, 32, 36) of the security element is applied in a different color from the second part (17, 30, 34, 38).
  11. The method for producing a data carrier according to any of claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the first (16, 28, 32, 36) and/or second (17, 30, 34, 38) part of the security element is applied with a numbering machine having figure wheels.
  12. The method for producing a data carrier according to claim 11, characterized in that at least one figure wheel of the numbering machine has blind figures (14, 15) so that no figures are transferred to the data carrier (22) at these places.
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