EP1090187A1 - Merkmalsstoffe und sicherheitsmerkmale und verfahren zur integration dieser in die papierstoffbahn sowie verfahren zur prüfung - Google Patents
Merkmalsstoffe und sicherheitsmerkmale und verfahren zur integration dieser in die papierstoffbahn sowie verfahren zur prüfungInfo
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- the invention relates to feature substances and security features and a method for integrating them into the paper web of documents, securities, banknotes, packaging and goods as well as a method for testing electrically conductive feature substances and security features integrated in this way according to the preambles of claims 1, 13, 32 and 53 .
- the paper webs for documents, securities, banknotes, packaging and for goods are provided with feature substances to increase the security against counterfeiting.
- Light-active feature substances that have been used to date are currently available on the open market, so that counterfeiters are able to reproduce the security features produced with them.
- complicated solutions were created using light-active feature substances, in which - as described in DE 196 53 423 - light-absorbing feature substances which are not visually recognizable by human vision are additionally used. In this way, for example, during an inspection under the influence of IR light, printed images with noticeable defects are created.
- feature substances are further applied to the paper web in a defined distribution in order to make the authenticity of a document machine-readable.
- a security feature currently used in banknotes is embodied by a film structure consisting of at least one carrier film and a metallization applied to the carrier film.
- a so-called security thread is either completely or embedded in the paper web with windows. Such a security thread, including recognizable demetallised points in the form of characters or letters, was originally used only for human-visual inspection.
- the solution according to the invention affords the advantage of providing feature substances and security features in connection with security paper with hidden, detectable features which are not recognizable by human vision and whose homogeneous or partial presence has to be checked.
- the results surprisingly Advantage of a continuously running, time-saving and inexpensive process for the introduction of feature substances and security features in paper webs.
- FIG. 1 Fourdrinier screen of a paper machine in a schematic side view and top view to illustrate the method of partially integrating the feature substance in line form
- FIG. 2 Circular screen in a paper machine in a schematic side view and top view to show the same method
- 3a schematic plan view of a sheet material during the test, including a signal image of the sheet material with homogeneously introduced feature substance and embossed watermark,
- FIG. 5 Four-wire of a paper machine in a schematic side view with a headbox for homogeneous integration of the feature substance
- FIG. 6 Signal image when a sensor is slipped over a banknote with a homogeneous feature substance distribution and with a security thread
- FIG. 7 signal image when the sensor is slipped over a banknote with a homogeneous feature substance distribution and a watermark
- FIG. 7a signal linkage of the sensors
- FIG. 8 schematic side view of a watermark embossing roller with a feature substance transfer roller
- FIG. 8a signal image of an electrically conductive watermark in conventional paper
- FIG. 9 schematic representation with partial application of feature substance or integration of feature substance into the paper web
- FIG. 10 signal images of partial feature substance detection
- FIG. 13 - a film structure with two carrier films and a metallization, each of the carrier films carrying a further layer of the electrically conductive polymer
- FIG. 14 - a film structure with two carrier films, a metallization and a further layer of the electrically conductive polymer
- Fig. 1 is a paper machine in a schematic side view and top view with a fourdrinier wire 1, a headbox 3, outlet pipes 17, a control part 18 for the outlet pipes 17, an automatic valve 19 in each outlet pipe 17, a pump 20 for the feature substance circuit and a storage container 26 for the feature substance for partial integration.
- Test zones 14 containing feature substance are also shown.
- Fig. 2 shows the rotary screen 2 of a paper machine in a schematic side view and top view with a material inlet 4, the partial test zones 14, the outlet pipe 17, the control part 18 for the outlet pipe 17, the automatic valve 19 in each outlet pipe 17, the pump 20th for the feature substance cycle and the reservoir 26 for the feature substance for partial integration.
- FIG 3 shows the circular wire 2 of a paper machine in a schematic representation with connected watermark embossing roller 5, the feature substance distributed homogeneously in the paper 6, the material inlet 4 and the embossing segment 25 of the watermark embossing roller 5.
- FIG. 3a shows the schematic plan view of a sheet material during the test, including the signal image 23 of the sheet material with a homogeneously introduced feature substance and embossed watermark and with optical sensors 13 for activating a large number of capacitive scanner sensors 11.
- a schematic time scale with the Events 1 - 16 are shown.
- the signal image shows the voltage U of the capacitive scanner sensors 11 as a function of time with the times 10 - 13.
- FIG. 4 shows the rotary screen 2 of a paper machine in a schematic side view with the material inlet 4 for homogeneous integration of the feature material and a machine chest 8.
- 5 shows the wire 4 of a paper machine in a schematic side view with the material inlet 3, the machine chest 8 and the feature substance 6 homogeneously distributed in the paper.
- FIG. 7 shows the signal image in the form of a diagram of the voltage U as a function of the number of channels when the optical scanner sensors 10 and the capacitive scanner sensors 11 are slipped over a banknote with a homogeneous feature substance distribution 6 and with an electrically conductive embossing area 24. These are shown in a schematic representation Sensor channels 1-14 shown.
- FIG. 7a shows the signal linkage of the optical scanner sensors 10, the capacitive scanner sensors 11 and the optical sensors 13 for activating the capacitive scanner sensors 11 when testing a sheet material with partial test zones 14.
- FIG. 8 shows the schematic side view of a watermark embossing roller 5 with embossing segments 25 and with a feature substance transfer roller 7, an electrically conductive test zone 9 in the form of a watermark, a feature substance reservoir 16 and a pressure roller 27.
- FIG. 8a shows the signal image in the form of a diagram of the voltage U. as a function of the number of channels when testing an electrically conductive test zone 9 in paper not provided with feature substance.
- FIG. 9 shows, in a schematic representation after a partial integration of features substance into the paper web according to FIG. 8, the test with the capacitive scanner sensors 11, the optical sensors 13 for their activation and with the different partial test zones 14a, 14b, 14c.
- FIG. 10 shows the signal images 23 of the partial feature substance detection corresponding to the arrangements in FIG. 9.
- FIG. 11 shows a film structure with a carrier film 28, a metallization 29 and a further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer.
- FIG. 12 shows another film structure with the carrier film 28, the metallization 29 and the further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer.
- 13 shows a film structure with two carrier films 28; 28 'and a metallization 29, each of the carrier films 28; 28 'carries a further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer.
- FIG. 14 shows a film structure with two carrier films 28; 28 ', a metallization 29 and a further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer.
- FIG. 1 and 2 show how a partial application of a feature substance is realized by metering devices positioned exactly above the paper web 6.
- the prerequisite for a uniform supply of the dosing devices with the feature substance is a constant circulation of the pulp by pumps 20 in the entire pipe system including the reservoir 26 for the feature substance for partial integration.
- the feature substance is partially applied to the paper web or integrated into it.
- continuous test zones 14a, discontinuous test zones 14b or punctiform test zones 14c are formed. See also FIG. 9.
- partial test zones 14 with the feature substance are obtained. These can extend over the entire sheet width or sheet length or can be present in sections in the sheet length or sheet width.
- the width of the lines or line sections is the resolution of the scanner sensors 10; to adapt.
- a line width of 2 mm is preferably selected.
- FIG. 4 and 5 illustrate the preparation of a paper stock homogeneously mixed with feature substance or the production of special paper with electrically conductive polymers or electrically conductive pigments on the wire 4 and wire 2.
- the paper stock is mixed with the feature stock in the machine chest 8 and kept in the state of a homogeneous suspension with constant stirring.
- an addition amount of 10% is preferably used for a solid feature substance. This quantity can vary depending on the type of detection.
- electrically conductive polymers is that these polymers have good compatibility with the other ingredients in the pulp.
- the integration into the paper stock is therefore much less complicated than with solid feature fabrics, since the electrically conductive polymers are also available in liquid form.
- the concentrations required permit an almost transparent, electrically conductive marking.
- a coding is generated by a change in consistency in the otherwise homogeneously distributed feature substance. This is done by embossing in the embossing area 24, which causes a change in consistency and thus a change in the electrical conductivity.
- the other possibility provides for a partial application of feature substance.
- An impression is produced on the paper web by means of the embossing roller 5 and the feature substance transfer roller 7.
- the impression of the embossing segments 25 corresponds to the pictorial representation of the electrically conductive test zone in the form of the watermark 9.
- test zones 14 in the paper web 6 are checked for the homogeneous or partial presence of the feature substance.
- the test result obtained influences the automatic valves 19 in the outlet pipes 17 via the control part 18.
- FIGS. 3a, 6, 7, 7a, 8a, 9 and 10 show the test method in different applications with the corresponding signal images.
- the method for testing paper 6 with an integrated electrically conductive feature substance, for example in the form of an electrically conductive polymer, is explained below with reference to FIG. 3a. It is shown schematically that the paper 6 with an embossed watermark passes through an arrangement of optical sensors 13. These activate a further arrangement of capacitive scanner sensors 11, which extends over the entire width of the paper web 6. The time scale with the times 1-16 clarifies the course of time during which the paper 6 moves through the arrangements of the optical sensors 13 and the capacitive scanner sensors 11.
- the capacitive scanner sensors 11 emit a voltage during the passage of the paper 6 which corresponds to the change in the electrical conductivity on the paper web 6. Accordingly, a recording tester shows a signal image showing the voltage U as a function of time.
- the times 10-13 on the time axis t correspond to the times at which the watermark passes through the arrangement of the capacitive scanner sensors 11.
- the scanning frequency is preferably 200 kHz.
- FIG. 6 shows the signal image when passing through paper 6 in the form of a banknote with a homogeneous distribution of feature substances and with one
- the signal image 23 shows a voltage U as a function of the time t.
- the signal image 23 shows a constant voltage at a relatively low, but evaluable level.
- a watermark in the embossing area 24 shows how the test of the electrical conductivity of the paper 6 is carried out as a reference test for the test of the pictorial design of the watermark.
- the paper 6 with the watermark successively passes through an arrangement of optical scanner sensors 10 and a further arrangement of capacitive scanner sensors 11 in the direction of the arrow.
- the associated signal image shows the corresponding voltage profile of the optical scanner sensors 10 and the capacitive scanner sensors 11, shown here as a function of the number of channels.
- the sensor channels are controlled alternately as described above.
- 9 and 10 show the testing of feature substance applied in a linear manner to paper 6 and the signal images 23 which are produced in the process.
- the paper 6 contains a test zone 14a with a continuous, linear application of the feature substance.
- a test arrangement consisting of the optical sensors 13 and the capacitive scanner sensors 11
- the application of the feature substance in the test zone 14b is interrupted at regular intervals.
- Fig. 9c the order in the test zone 14c is interrupted at irregular intervals. This is also reflected in the resulting signal image 23.
- the film structure of the security feature to be introduced into a paper web contains a carrier film 28, for example made of polypropylene, with a thickness of preferably 40 ⁇ m.
- the metallization 29 applied to the carrier film 28, for example by vapor deposition or sputtering, has an additional thickness of approximately 2 nm.
- the metallization 29 contains demetallized points, for example in the form of letters or numbers, which are human-visually recognizable for the user in transmitted light.
- the demetalization extends in sections to the edge of the carrier film 28.
- the carrier film 28 is provided with a further layer 30 made of an electrically conductive polymer.
- the electrically conductive polymer for example a PEDT / PSS (polyethylene dioxythiophene polystyrene sulfonate) according to the formulation CPP105, is applied to the carrier film 28 in a thickness of 1 ⁇ m to 2 ⁇ m.
- the addition of the further layer 30 thus leads to a completely negligible increase in thickness.
- the film structure with the feature substance according to the invention which is introduced into a paper web as a security feature, does not in any way affect the documents or bank notes made from the paper web, even in a stack of considerable height, due to its slightly changed thickness. Nor is the paper weakened by an increased thickness at the embedding point of the security feature.
- the metallization 29 applied to the carrier film 28, for example by vapor deposition or sputtering, is only a few atomic layers thick and therefore relatively brittle depending on the surface structure of the carrier film. Randomly distributed hairline cracks occur during folding, bending or kinking, making the intended measurement of the conductivity of predetermined sections of the metallization 29 impossible.
- the further layer 30 is flexible and elastic and, compared to the metallization 29, has a much higher extensibility as a function of the surface structure of the carrier film 28. Even when bending, kinking and folding, for example a bank note, the further layer 30 is not interrupted.
- test devices present in automated teller machines now record a measured value of the conductivity from the metallization 29 provided according to the known prior art with possibly existing hairline cracks and from the relatively high-resistance layer 30 connected in parallel to the metallization 29 for predetermined sections of the security feature.
- FIG. 11 shows the carrier film 28, on one side of which the metallization 29 is applied. is brought.
- the other side of the carrier film 28 carries the further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer.
- the further layer 30 is applied to the carrier film 28 by customary technological processes, for example by calendering.
- a composite film is thus formed, to which the metallization 29 is then applied, for example by vapor deposition.
- the further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer to the metallization 29 after the support film 28 has been vapor-deposited.
- the further layer 30 has a certain protective effect for the metallization 29.
- FIG. 12 shows another preferred embodiment of the film structure with the feature substance according to the invention.
- the carrier film 28 with the metallization 29 is shown.
- the further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer as an adhesion promoter between the carrier film 28 and the metallization 29.
- the arrangement of the further layer 30 as an adhesion promoter is not limited to an improvement in the adhesion between the carrier film 28 and the metallization 29.
- the further layer 30 can be used between any other films or layers to improve the adhesion.
- an adhesion promoter between the carrier film 28 and the metallization 29 there is the advantage that the relatively brittle metallization 29 on the substantially more elastic layer 30 withstands significantly higher mechanical stresses than when the carrier film 28 is vaporized directly.
- FIG. 13 shows a film structure for a security feature with the feature substance according to the invention using a carrier film 28 on which the metallization 29 is applied.
- the metallization 29 is covered by a further carrier film 28 '. This is done, for example, to protect the metallization 29 when it is exposed to increased stress in a window thread with a partial embedding in the paper web. Increased stresses during the technological process of paper production are a further reason for the use of a further carrier film 28 '.
- At least one of the carrier films 28; 28 ' is provided with the further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer.
- FIG. 14 shows an embodiment in which only one of the carrier films 28 carries the further layer 30 made of the electrically conductive polymer.
- the invention is not restricted to the feature substance according to the invention being used as a further layer 30 in a film structure.
- the feature substance according to the invention can be introduced into the paper web in any configuration as a security feature.
- Another preferred embodiment is to provide selected printing inks with the electrically conductive polymer for the purpose of testing.
- the electrical conductivity of the polymer can be brought about by different physical processes. One of these processes is based on the fact that the electrically conductive polymer has a special polymeric lattice structure which to a certain extent permits an electron shift and is therefore electrically conductive. Another physical process is based on the fact that certain, finely divided substances are added to a polymer, so that electrical conductivity is created. If you choose a material with a consistency similar to that of a varnish as the starting material for the electrically conductive polymer, you can incorporate different additives in the structure of the polymer in a fine distribution.
- these substances can be electrically conductive and thereby cause an electrical conductivity of the polymer. call, but they can also be of a different nature, for example contain feature pigments.
- the purpose of improving counterfeit security is to provide additional security features in addition to the feature of electrical conductivity and to combine them in a suitable manner.
- both human-visually recognizable feature pigments and also those are provided which can only be recognized with suitable test devices, such as with special light sources and optical sensors.
- the invention also extends to the combination of the electrical conductivity with such additives which have magnetic properties.
- a combination of the electrical conductivity with optical and magnetic feature substances is particularly advantageous in the sense of the invention.
- the additives with magnetic properties are hidden by adding human-visually recognizable feature pigments.
- a potential counterfeiter remains uncertain as to whether a magnetically active substance is present, particularly since the amounts used are small and the magnetic effects cannot be readily ascertained.
- the invention also extends to the fact that the optically active additives are arranged in the electrically conductive polymer in such a way that an optical coding is produced, for example a color pattern that can be evaluated with test devices.
- an optical coding is produced, for example a color pattern that can be evaluated with test devices.
- the magnetically active additives the arrangement of which creates a magnetic coding, for example in the form of a magnetic bar code.
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