EP1103036A1 - Materiau de bande, element de protection et procede pour produire un element de protection pour la protection electronique d'articles - Google Patents

Materiau de bande, element de protection et procede pour produire un element de protection pour la protection electronique d'articles

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EP1103036A1
EP1103036A1 EP99917900A EP99917900A EP1103036A1 EP 1103036 A1 EP1103036 A1 EP 1103036A1 EP 99917900 A EP99917900 A EP 99917900A EP 99917900 A EP99917900 A EP 99917900A EP 1103036 A1 EP1103036 A1 EP 1103036A1
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Prior art keywords
layer
thin
layer material
carrier layer
transfer
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EP1103036B1 (fr
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Manfred Rührig
François COSNARD
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Meto International GmbH
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Meto International GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
    • G08B13/2405—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting characterised by the tag technology used
    • G08B13/2408—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting characterised by the tag technology used using ferromagnetic tags
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
    • G08B13/2428—Tag details
    • G08B13/2437—Tag layered structure, processes for making layered tags
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
    • G08B13/2428—Tag details
    • G08B13/2437—Tag layered structure, processes for making layered tags
    • G08B13/244—Tag manufacturing, e.g. continuous manufacturing processes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
    • G08B13/2428—Tag details
    • G08B13/2437—Tag layered structure, processes for making layered tags
    • G08B13/2442—Tag materials and material properties thereof, e.g. magnetic material details
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
    • G08B13/2428—Tag details
    • G08B13/2437—Tag layered structure, processes for making layered tags
    • G08B13/2445—Tag integrated into item to be protected, e.g. source tagging

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a tape material and a securing element, with a carrier layer and a magnetic thin-layer material provided on the carrier layer, the thin-layer material emitting a characteristic signal in a monitoring zone for the electronic securing of articles. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a securing element according to the invention.
  • securing elements In connection with electronic article surveillance, which is becoming increasingly popular to prevent inventory losses in department stores and warehouses, a variety of different securing elements are used.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of a securing element has become known from EP 0 295 028 B1.
  • This patent describes the so-called thin-film fuse elements for the first time.
  • the security elements made of thin-layer materials are characterized by their small dimensions, which means that they can be used universally to secure the various articles.
  • EP 0 412 137 B proposes a perforated foil made of nickel as a suitable deactivation material.
  • Activatable security elements made of thin-layer material consist of a thin layer of soft magnetic amorphous material, preferably in the ⁇ m range.
  • the layer is e.g. applied to a carrier substrate using a physical deposition process under vacuum conditions (sputtering).
  • electrolytic deposition processes are also suitable for the production of thin-film materials.
  • the thin-layer starting material which is usually in the form of a strip material, is subsequently punched out in label form and applied to an article to be secured as an adhesive label.
  • the disadvantage of the known securing elements made of thin-film material or of the known manufacturing methods is that several intermediate steps are required until the securing elements made of the thin-layer material are brought into the desired label shape and are connected to the articles to be secured.
  • the invention is based on the object of proposing a strip material, a securing element made from the strip material and a method for producing a securing element which allow thin-layer materials to be applied in a simple manner to any carrier materials.
  • the object is achieved in that a transfer layer which can be melted by means of pressure and / or heat is provided on the thin-layer material and that the adhesion between the carrier layer and the thin-layer material is less than the adhesion between the thin-layer material and the transfer layer, so that a desired area of the thin-layer material can be transferred via the transfer layer to the article or a further carrier layer by means of a hot stamp.
  • the strip material according to the invention is designed in such a way that it can be transferred to any carrier substrate under the action of heat and / or pressure, without the need for any kind of stamping process.
  • the carrier substrate is preferably labels for bottles, packaging or else the articles to be secured.
  • a wax-like release layer is provided which melts when it is heated by the hot stamping die.
  • the thin layer material is a soft magnetic thin layer or a semi-hard or hard magnetic thin layer, a semi-hard or hard magnetic layer for the purpose of deactivating the soft magnetic thin layer material always in combination with the soft magnetic thin layer Material is used.
  • the backing layer is a polyester film.
  • the transfer layer is an adhesive, the melting temperature of which is preferably in the range between 60 ° and 150 °. The adhesive melts under the influence of the temperature of the hot stamp and, after cooling, creates an intimate connection between the article or the carrier layer and the thin-layer material.
  • the object is achieved in that a transfer layer which can be melted by means of pressure and / or heat is provided on the thin-layer material and that the adhesion between the carrier layer and the thin-layer material is less than the adhesion between the thin-layer material and the transfer layer, so that the thin-layer material can be applied to the article or a further carrier layer by means of the transfer layer by local heat supply and / or pressurization.
  • An essential advantage of the securing element according to the invention is that it can be applied to any type of substrate at any desired point using a single process step, namely that of hot stamping, without any problems.
  • the security element should be applied to an information label, for example a bottle label.
  • Bottle labels of this type are printed as tape material, then divided into individual labels and stacked.
  • the thin-film securing elements can be applied to the rear sides of the labels by means of a hot stamp in a printing press while the front sides are being printed. In order to decorate the labels, the thin-film securing elements can also be attached to the front of the labels in individual cases.
  • Bottle labels are stacked before being applied to the corresponding articles. Since the thin-film securing elements, in contrast to strip-shaped or acustomagnetic securing elements, have only a small thickness, stacking the labels is relatively unproblematic, even if the securing elements are always applied to the labels in the same place. In order to achieve completely uniform stack heights over the entire area of the labels, the securing elements according to the invention can of course also be arranged in different areas of the labels - a possibility for which the securing elements according to the invention and their application method according to the invention are ideally suited.
  • Another advantage of the security elements according to the invention is without a doubt that due to their small thickness under the labels applied to the articles they do not appear at all or only slightly.
  • the thin-layer material is structured in itself and has the shape of a hologram.
  • the direct connection between the security element and the proof of authenticity provides a universally applicable and inexpensive labeling element.
  • the soft-magnetic securing element according to the invention can be designed so that it can be deactivated by applying a semi-hard or hard-magnetic thin-layer material to the soft-magnetic thin-layer material.
  • the 'further carrier layer' is the activatable securing element which is made of a soft magnetic thin-layer material.
  • the security element according to the invention provides coded information that allows a certain article to be reliably detected.
  • the soft magnetic thin-layer material is transferred in individual sections to the article or the further carrier layer in such a way that the security element in the interrogation field of a monitoring zone emits a coded identification signal.
  • the object is achieved in that a transfer layer which can be melted by means of pressure and / or heat is applied to the thin-layer material, the adhesion between the carrier layer and the thin-layer material being less than the adhesion between the thin-layer material and the transfer layer, and that the thin-layer material is applied to the article or to another carrier layer by means of the transfer layer by means of local heat supply and / or pressurization.
  • the strip material 1 shows a cross section through an advantageous embodiment of the strip material 1 according to the invention.
  • the strip material 1 consists of a carrier layer 2, which is preferably made of polyester film, a release layer 2, which is, for example, a wax layer, a soft magnetic or semi-hard or hard magnetic thin-film material 5 and a pressure- or heat-sensitive transfer layer 4.
  • the additional release layer 5 can be dispensed with if the carrier layer 2 itself already has the required low adhesion with respect to the thin layer -Materials 3 has.
  • the thin-layer material 3 provided with the transfer layer 4 can be transferred to any further carrier layer 6 under the action of a hot stamping stamp 7.
  • This carrier layer 6 can be a bottle label, for example.
  • the securing element 8 is e.g. applied to the back of the bottle label; the bottle label is then stuck onto a bottle. Due to the small thickness of the thin-layer material, it is not recognizable from the outside for a potential thief whether or not the article, here the bottle, is secured against theft by means of an electronically detectable security element.
  • the outer shape of the securing element 8 can of course be designed as desired by using a correspondingly shaped hot stamping stamp 7 for transferring the securing element 8 to the article 6a or another carrier layer 6b.
  • the hot stamping stamp 7 In order to additionally impress the shape of a hologram on the securing element 8, the hot stamping stamp 7 must have a corresponding surface structure.
  • FIG 3 shows a cross section through the strip material 1 according to the invention or through the securing element according to the invention after the hot stamping process has ended.
  • FIG. 4 shows a top view of an advantageous embodiment of an identification element 10 according to the invention.
  • the soft magnetic thin-layer material 3 is arranged in individual sections 9 on a carrier layer 6a, 6b in such a way that it sends out a coded signal in the query field of an electronic article surveillance system, which signal can be clearly assigned to the corresponding article 6a.
  • an element designed in this way also fulfills an identification function.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Burglar Alarm Systems (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Adhesives Or Adhesive Processes (AREA)
  • Packaging Frangible Articles (AREA)
  • Coils Or Transformers For Communication (AREA)
  • Adhesive Tapes (AREA)
EP99917900A 1998-07-30 1999-03-29 Materiau de bande, element de protection et procede pour produire un element de protection pour la protection electronique d'articles Expired - Lifetime EP1103036B1 (fr)

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DE19834367A DE19834367A1 (de) 1998-07-30 1998-07-30 Bandmaterial, Sicherungselement und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Sicherungselements für die elektronische Artikelsicherung
DE19834367 1998-07-30
PCT/EP1999/002131 WO2000007160A1 (fr) 1998-07-30 1999-03-29 Materiau de bande, element de protection et procede pour produire un element de protection pour la protection electronique d'articles

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EP1103036B1 EP1103036B1 (fr) 2004-11-10

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US (1) US6441739B2 (fr)
EP (1) EP1103036B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2002521773A (fr)
AT (1) ATE282233T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU755940B2 (fr)
DE (2) DE19834367A1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2232130T3 (fr)
WO (1) WO2000007160A1 (fr)

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DE19834367A1 (de) 2000-02-03
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