EP1334844B2 - Security device, preferably a security thread, comprising characters being visually readable as well as magnetic characteristics, and method of producing the same - Google Patents

Security device, preferably a security thread, comprising characters being visually readable as well as magnetic characteristics, and method of producing the same Download PDF

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EP1334844B2
EP1334844B2 EP02002901A EP02002901A EP1334844B2 EP 1334844 B2 EP1334844 B2 EP 1334844B2 EP 02002901 A EP02002901 A EP 02002901A EP 02002901 A EP02002901 A EP 02002901A EP 1334844 B2 EP1334844 B2 EP 1334844B2
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Maurizio Lazzerini
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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
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/355—Security threads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B41M3/14—Security printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/0033—Owner certificates, insurance policies, guarantees
    • 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
    • B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/0053—Forms specially designed for commercial use, e.g. bills, receipts, offer or order sheets, coupons
    • 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
    • B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/0073—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for characterised by shape or material of the sheets
    • 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
    • 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
    • D21H21/44—Latent security elements, i.e. detectable or becoming apparent only by use of special verification or tampering devices or methods

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  • the present invention relates to a security device according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a method according to the preamble of claim 6.
  • the security device preferably is a security thread having visible negative characters or scripts as well as a magnetic characteristic.
  • the security thread can be incorporated into a document such as a banknote.
  • Security threads being partially or completely incorporated into a paper substrate of a banknote during the manufacturing process of the paper substrate are commonly used security devices for the check of the authenticity of the banknote.
  • a method of forming negative characters and/or scripts in a thorough metal layer is used, for example by first applying a basis layer of pure aluminium on a polyester substrate so that the aluminium abuts with one surface thereof on the polyester substrate, and then by a demetallisation or by stripping off aluminium parts from the aluminium basis layer so as to form recessed characters or scripts as a negative.
  • These characters or scripts are called "negative characters or scripts" throughout this specification. By visually checking those characters and/or scripts against the backlight, they appear transparent and are thus readable.
  • the presence of the metallic basis may be detected by using a capacitive or inductive circuit.
  • the conventional security threads comprise magnetic characteristics in the so-called IMT-format.
  • the IMT-format is realised by depositing surfaces having modulated lengths and a constant thickness, with the length of one single module being constant and defined as larger than zero.
  • the security threads comprise a combination of metallic and magnetic characteristics as a single security thread.
  • water used for paper manufacture sometimes has a degraded quality, is chlorinated and thereby complicates the manufacture of security threads.
  • the conventional security thread comprises a transparent substrate, a metallic layer such as a layer of pure aluminium having negative characters 30a incorporated therein, and a magnetic layer 50 arranged over or under the metallic layer 10, with the geometrical arrangement of the magnetic layer 50 allowing the negative characters 30a to be exposed (in this specification, the terms “over” and “under” refer to opposite directions).
  • the production method of such a security thread comprises a step of printing an activatable ink on the substrate, a step of applying a metallic layer on the printed side of the substrate, and a step of activating the ink so as to remove the ink together with the metal deposited thereon, thereby forming recesses in the metallic layer.
  • the negative characters are obtained.
  • a cover layer is directly arranged over the magnetic code layer so as to protect and smoothen the magnetic code layer.
  • a heat-bondable glue or coating layer is provided on the side of the substrate opposite to the magnetic code layer and/or on the side of the cover layer opposite to the magnetic code layer for facilitating the incorporation of the security device into a document like a banknote.
  • the printed ink layer, the support layer and/or the cover layer are made of a grey colour nitroacryl-soluble, resin-based ink containing less than 5 % of aluminium powder.
  • the security device has an outer appearance like a metallic thread, but due to the neglectable aluminium part of the ink, the security device has no metallic background owing to a lack of electrical or heat conductance.
  • the magnetic code layer is a printed layer of a magnetic ink which enables an easy manufacture of the magnetic code layer.
  • the method further comprises the step of printing a cover layer over the magnetic code layer.
  • the method further comprises the step of arranging a heat-bondable glue or coating layer on the side of the substrate opposite to the magnetic code layer and/or on the side of the cover layer opposite to the magnetic code layer.
  • the printed ink layer, the support layer and/or the cover layer are printed by means of a grey colour ink, preferably a nitroacryl-soluble, resin-based ink containing less than 5 % of aluminium powder.
  • the step of printing the printed ink layer uses the corona phenomenon.
  • a conventional intaglio printing machine (not shown) may be used, as is, for instance, employed for the printing of a flexible packing material.
  • the security thread 1 is built up by a substrate which is preferably a transparent polyester substrate 2.
  • a printed ink layer 3 which has negative characters or scripts 3a which appear transparent when visually checking them against the backlight.
  • a nitroacryl-soluble, resin-based ink containing less than 5 % of aluminium powder is applied under 52 dyne by virtue of the corona phenomenon. Since the ink contains a neglectable part of aluminium therein, the ink neither conducts electricity nor heat.
  • the ink is a grey or silver colour ink.
  • the printed ink layer 3 is not completely covered by the characters or scripts 3a so that there are free areas 3b which are sufficient for arranging a magnetic code adjacent to the characters or scripts 3a which will be applied in a later step.
  • a support layer 4 is arranged partially only within the free areas 3b adjacent to the scripts or characters 3a so that the characters or scripts 3a and the support layer 4 are arranged alternately in a longitudinal direction of the security thread 1, and the characters or scripts 3a are not covered by the support layer 4.
  • the support layer 4 is also printed by a grey colour nitroacryl-soluble, resin-based ink containing less than 5 % of aluminium powder.
  • a magnetic code layer 5 is arranged. Similarly to the support layer 4, the magnetic code layer 5 is arranged partially only within the free areas 3b between the characters or scripts 3a.
  • the magnetic code layer 5 is preferably formed by first embossing recesses in a surface of the support layer 4 opposite to the printed ink layer 3 by means of roll embossing (not shown). That is, by roll embossing, a plurality of recesses having different depths are formed in the support layer 4 so as to create a predetermined signal sequence where, for instance, the recesses representing the binary "1" have a depth of 100 ⁇ m, whereas the recesses representing the binary "0" have a depth of 50 ⁇ m.
  • a magnetic ink is directly applied on the embossed surface of the support layer 4.
  • twice the amount of the magnetic ink can be accommodated as compared to the recesses having a depth of only 50 ⁇ m.
  • the final thickness of the magnetic ink in the recesses having a depth of 100 ⁇ m may be 10 ⁇ m
  • the final thickness of the magnetic ink in the recesses having a depth of 50 ⁇ m may be 5 ⁇ m.
  • the magnetic code layer 5 comprising different thicknesses of the dried magnetic ink provides the signal sequence which can be read, for instance, by means of a capacitive or inductive circuit (not shown).
  • a cover layer 6 of ink Directly above the magnetic code layer 5, there is preferably printed a cover layer 6 of ink. Similarly to the support layer 4 and the magnetic code layer 5, the cover layer 6 is arranged partially only within the free areas 3b between the scripts or characters 3a. The cover layer 6 provides a protection and also a plain surface over the magnetic code layer 5, since the magnetic code layer 5 itself may have an uneven surface when the magnetic ink is dried.
  • the cover layer 6 consists of a grey colour nitroacryl-soluble, resin-based ink containing less than 5 % of aluminium powder like the printed ink layer 3 or the support layer 4.
  • a heat-bondable glue or coating layer 7 can be applied and can be reactivated during the step of the paper manufacture for the purpose of incorporating the thread 1 in the paper (not shown).
  • a thus produced thread 1 can be processed in any paper mills under any methods of manufacturing, for instance in a step for introducing the thread 1 into the paper.
  • the polyester bobbin (not shown) of the polyester substrate can be coupled with another polyester.
  • the security thread 1 according the present invention offers the following advantages.
  • the optical features of the security thread 1, that means the negative characters or scripts 3a being visually readable, are printed by use of a conventional grey colour ink having a small amount of aluminium powder (less than 5 %), while the conventional thread is produced by applying a thorough aluminium-layer on a polyester substrate and then by stripping off a part of the aluminium by means of a demetallisation so as to form a negative character.
  • the production costs of the security strip according to the present invention are reduced since the conventional, expensive steps for the metallisation and the demetallisation are omitted.
  • the security thread 1 according to the present invention can be produced by using the conventional rotary press roller (not shown) having different sections and a printing width of 1600 mm, whereas the printing width of the conventional thread in the EURO banknote having an aluminium layer, which must be subjected to a demetallisation process, is 800 mm. Thereby, the costs are further remarkably reduced.
  • the grey colour ink of the printed ink layer 3 neither conducts electricity nor heat due to the neglectable amount of aluminium therein so that the printed ink layer 3 forms no metallic background.
  • the security thread 1 is resistive against even the worst environment conditions during the paper manufacture process.
  • the magnetic code layer 5 of the security thread 1 according to the present invention has, on the one hand, an even surface due to the cover layer 6 and, on the other hand, different thicknesses of the magnetic ink due to the provision of the support layer 4 having different embossed recesses.
  • the recesses representing the binary "1" are twice as deep as the recesses representing the binary "0". Since the binary "0" can be clearly differentiated as compared with the IMT-format, where the binary "0" is characterised by a complete lack of a magnetic characteristic, the security thread 1 according to the present invention can be at least 30 % longer.
  • cover layer 6 may be omitted so that the magnetic code layer 5 is directly covered by the heat-bondable glue or coating layer 7, for instance.
  • the support layer 4 obtains different embossed recesses by means of the roll embossing, however the different recesses may also be formed by another device or method, such as an appropriate printing device and method.
  • the support layer 4 and the cover layer 6 are arranged only in the free areas 3b adjacent to the characters or scripts 3a, but it is conceivable that the support layer 4 and/or the cover layer 6 have sufficient transparency to be arranged over the characters or scripts 3a.
  • the characters or scripts 3a and the magnetic code layer 5 are alternately arranged, but it is conceivable that the characters or scripts 3a and the magnetic code layer 3, respectively, are arranged any way.
  • the magnetic code layer 5 implements the signal sequence by modulating the thicknesses of the magnetic code layer.

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EP02002901A 2002-02-08 2002-02-08 Security device, preferably a security thread, comprising characters being visually readable as well as magnetic characteristics, and method of producing the same Expired - Lifetime EP1334844B2 (en)

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DE60201880T DE60201880T3 (de) 2002-02-08 2002-02-08 Sicherheitsvorrichtung, vorzugsweise, ein Sicherheitsfaden, bestehend aus visuell lesbaren Zeichen sowie magnetischer Eigenschaften, und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung
EP02002901A EP1334844B2 (en) 2002-02-08 2002-02-08 Security device, preferably a security thread, comprising characters being visually readable as well as magnetic characteristics, and method of producing the same
ES02002901T ES2231592T5 (es) 2002-02-08 2002-02-08 Dispositivo de seguridad, preferentemente un hilo de seguridad, que comprende caracteres que son legibles visualmente asi como características magnéticas y método para fabricarlo.
AT02002901T ATE281943T1 (de) 2002-02-08 2002-02-08 Sicherheitsvorrichtung, vorzugsweise, ein sicherheitsfaden, bestehend aus visuell lesbaren zeichen sowie magnetischer eigenschaften, und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung
KR1020047012203A KR100918192B1 (ko) 2002-02-08 2003-02-06 자기 특성뿐만 아니라 육안으로 판독 가능한 문자를포함하고, 바람직하게 보안사인 보안장치, 및 그 제조방법
AU2003205742A AU2003205742A1 (en) 2002-02-08 2003-02-06 Security device, preferably a security thread, comprising characters being visually readable as well as magnetic characteristics, and method of producing the same
PCT/EP2003/001196 WO2003066343A1 (en) 2002-02-08 2003-02-06 Security device, preferably a security thread, comprising characters being visually readable as well as magnetic characteristics, and method of producing the same
UA20040806743A UA77748C2 (en) 2002-02-08 2003-06-02 Security device, preferably security thread for being incorporated into document such and method of its manufacturing

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ES2231592T3 (es) 2005-05-16
AU2003205742A1 (en) 2003-09-02
DE60201880D1 (de) 2004-12-16
EP1334844A1 (en) 2003-08-13
DE60201880T3 (de) 2010-12-02
DE60201880T2 (de) 2005-11-03
ATE281943T1 (de) 2004-11-15
ES2231592T5 (es) 2010-12-09
KR20040107469A (ko) 2004-12-20
WO2003066343A1 (en) 2003-08-14
EP1334844B1 (en) 2004-11-10
KR100918192B1 (ko) 2009-09-22
UA77748C2 (en) 2007-01-15

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