EP1529654A2 - Scratch carrier and associated manufacturing method - Google Patents

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EP1529654A2
EP1529654A2 EP04292632A EP04292632A EP1529654A2 EP 1529654 A2 EP1529654 A2 EP 1529654A2 EP 04292632 A EP04292632 A EP 04292632A EP 04292632 A EP04292632 A EP 04292632A EP 1529654 A2 EP1529654 A2 EP 1529654A2
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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
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  • the present invention relates to the printing of support for example type of business card, greeting card, postcard, paper end, thick paper, cardboard, packaging, envelope or other. More particularly, the invention relates to supports comprising a message that we wish all or part to be initially masked to the view of the reader, the latter eliminating a mask to make appear and read hidden information.
  • the main disadvantage of this process lies in the fact that the production costs are high. This process is not economically interesting than for large series of cards, that is to say when a large number of cards with an area to be masked are produce.
  • the scratch ink film is then placed in one place and according to a predefined pattern, which allows to automate production and reduce costs.
  • Document DE 10145808 discloses a device two-layer security mask that adhere to each other temporarily and by WO 03/066344, a device secure occlusion device having an optically variable layer.
  • These occultation devices include a film totally printed ink, whose lateral extension is equal to that of the mask, which makes approximate, for the user, the positioning exact device on the area to be masked. Therefore, this type of occultation devices seem unsuitable for use for supports such as greeting cards, visiting cards, etc. for which the exact and easy positioning of the device is sought.
  • US 5,765,745 relates to a device of occultation allowing the inscription of the message to occult by a thermal printer. Besides the fact that the intrinsic structure of occultation device is complex so as to be able to register by thermal printing the message to hide, in this type of device, the lateral extension of the film corresponds to that of the support which has for consequence a significant use of film during production and therefore a high manufacturing cost.
  • the invention therefore aims to propose a scratch support improved, a particular mask forming element for scratch support and a method for obtaining at lower cost the forming element mask.
  • the subject of the invention is a scratch support comprising a sheet having at least one area to be masked on which is intended to be printed an information, and at least one mask element, each mask element consisting of a transparent film printed with a mask consisting of a scratch-off mark intended for covering an area to be masked, said mask being printed on a first face of said transparent film, a second face of said film transparency being intended to be glued to said sheet, said film transparency being partially printed from said mask so that said transparent film is interposed between said sheet and said mask, characterized in that the lateral extension of said transparent film is intermediate between the lateral extension of said mask and the extension side of said sheet, and in that said transparent film has a contour of cut that corresponds to the contour of the zone to be masked.
  • the fact that the lateral extension of the transparent film is intermediate between the lateral extension of the mask and the lateral extension of the support makes it possible to make a saving in transparent film during the manufacture of the mask element.
  • the fact that the film transparent has a contour of cut corresponding to the contour of the area to be masked allows each element forming a mask to be correctly positioned on the corresponding area to be masked.
  • a marginal gripping zone is defined between the outline of the mask and the said cutting contour of the film transparent.
  • said mask presents a complex geometric shape.
  • said transparent film is a film of polyester.
  • the second side of said transparent film is pre-glued with a material adhesive and covered with a peelable protective film, so that said pre-glued transparent film can be separated from said film before manual gluing or not, said transparent film on said sheet.
  • the cutting contour of the film transparency is included in the cutting contour of the film peelable protection, the portion of peelable protective film included between the cutting contour of the transparent film and that of the film of peelable protection being covered or not with transparent film.
  • said marginal gripping zone is keep on going.
  • said marginal gripping zone has a width of 1 to 3 mm.
  • the subject of the invention is also a forming element mask for a scratch support consisting of a transparent film printed with a mask consisting of a scratch mark, said mask being printed on a first side of said transparent film, a second face of said transparent film being intended to be glued on a sheet, said transparent film being partially printed from said mask, characterized in that the second side of said transparent film is pre-glued with an adhesive material and covered with a film of peelable protection, so that said pre-glued transparent film can be separated from said peelable protective film before manual bonding or no, said transparent film on said sheet and in that a zone of marginal grip is defined between the contour of the mask and said cutting contour of transparent film.
  • said marginal gripping zone is continuous and preferably has a width of 1 to 3 mm.
  • the possible stripping step makes it easier to take off, by the user, of the transparent film and the protection peelable.
  • Print or “print” relating to the message or information to to hide will have to be interpreted broadly, that is, meaning register by conventional printing processes, manually or other.
  • a card template 10 is chosen from a catalog of card templates. It is expected that this card model 10 can be personalized by means of a message 7, a part of which corresponds to a information 9 to be masked.
  • the card template 10 has a zone 11 (FIG. 2) delimited by a predefined outline 13 to contain said information 9.
  • the card template 10 is presented to the user, by example by putting it online via a telecommunication network 5, for example via the Internet.
  • the user connecting to the site corresponding and wishing to order a series of scratch cards 1 according to the card model 10, is eventually invited to enter a message 7 to seize and to seize, in the area to be masked, a information 9 to mask.
  • the information 9 must enter in the zone to be masked 11.
  • the user is also invited to enter the quantity N of scratch card 1 that he wishes to receive.
  • blank cards 12 are printed with graphics according to the card model 10.
  • printing techniques are artwork.
  • the raw material to produce the mask forming elements 27 is a sheet 21 for example sold in trade in the form of rolls.
  • Sheet 21 consists of a transparent film 15 and a peelable protective film for example a support paper (not shown).
  • the transparent film 15 is by example in polyester.
  • One side of the transparent film 15, said second face 17, is pre-glued with an adhesive material.
  • the second face 17 is placed opposite the backing paper to be protected.
  • the paper medium is for example a waxed paper sticking only weakly to the layer of adhesive material covering the second face 17 of the film transparent 15.
  • step a) of the process as the sheet 21 roll is unwound, a first face 19 of the transparent film 15, opposite to the second face 17 glued to the backing paper, is printed scratch ink 22.
  • the scratch ink printing is performed on the entire width of the first face 19.
  • the scratch ink is for example an ink type GO LENS OR B75 distributed by the companies ink manufacturer. It can also be a silver ink or colorful.
  • the transparent film carries for example the reference 02850020, distributed by the manufacturers of adhesive labels.
  • the technique used during this stage of forming the mask label maybe a standard printing technique for example by pad printing or screen printing. At the end of the training stage of a mask a), a completely printed transparent film 25, carried by the paper support, is obtained.
  • the fully printed transparent film 25 then undergoes a cutting step b).
  • the totally printed transparent film 25 is cut into a shape whose contour completely circumscribes the predefined contour 13 of the zone to be masked 11.
  • a transparent film cut out totally printed or element forming mask 27 is obtained.
  • the element forming mask 27 consists of a mask 23 and a transparent film 15 and is carried by the support paper (not shown).
  • the support paper presents preferentially a cutting contour different from that of the film transparent, and this for all the embodiments described in the this request.
  • N blank cards 12 of the selected card template 10 are eventually printed (step d) with the customization message 7 entered by the user.
  • cards forming a support 14 are produced.
  • these cards forming support 14 could be replaced by any type of sheet without going out of the scope of the invention, for example thin or thick paper sheet, in cardboard, packaging, envelope or other.
  • the user can register manually message 7 of customization before gluing the mask member on the area to be masked.
  • the card forming support 14 is printed message 7 personalization.
  • the part of this message 7 forming the information 9 is printed inside the outline 13 of the zone to be masked 11.
  • a mask element 27 largely covers the area to be masked 11.
  • the mask element 27 is constituted by a transparent film 15 of which a first face 19 is completely covered with the mask 23 consisting of scratch ink.
  • the second face 17 of the transparent film 15 is glued on the printed side 18 of the support card 14. It is understood, of course, and this for all the embodiments described herein, that if the support card has several areas to mask, an element forming mask can be glued vis-à-vis each zone to hide.
  • the card template 10 is customizable as well as the message 7 customization as to the position and the contour 13 'of the zone to be masked.
  • contour 13 'no longer being predefined, the shape of the mask 23 is no longer limited to a few simple geometric shapes, but may have a more complex form.
  • the method starts with the cutting step b) of the sheet 21.
  • the transparent film 15 and the paper are cut to a corresponding cutting contour at the peripheral edge 16 of the support card 14.
  • a cut transparent film 31, carried by the paper support is obtained.
  • a stock of such cut transparent films 31 can be made for the purpose of producing scratch cards quickly as soon as the order was made.
  • the step of forming a mask a) a location As soon as the order is made and the contour 13 'of the zone to be masked 11 has been defined, the step of forming a mask a) a location. During this step, the cut transparent film 31 is partially printed scratch ink in a pattern corresponding to position and in shape at the outline 13 'of the zone to be masked. forming a mask 33 consisting of the cut transparent film and partially printed and a mask 23 is produced at the output of the step forming a mask a). At this point, the mask member 33 is carried by the support paper.
  • N blank cards 12 are prepared according to the card model 10. Then, once the order has been placed, N blank cards 12 are possibly printed message 7 of customization to produce N cards forming support 14.
  • the support paper is separated from the element forming a mask 33 so as to allow the contacting of the second face 17 pre-glued with the transparent film 15 with the face printed 18 corresponding to the card forming support 14. It is easy to position the mask member 33 relative to the card making support 14 since the film was cut according to the edge device 16 of the card. Therefore the whole map forming a support 14 must be covered by the mask element 33.
  • the zone to be masked 11 is automatically covered by the printed mask on the first side 19 of the transparent film 15.
  • N scratch cards are produced.
  • Figure 5 is a sectional view of the scratch card the produced according to the steps of the second embodiment.
  • the film transparent 15 covers the entire printed face 18 of the card 14.
  • the scratch ink 23 is printed to form a mask on the first face 19 of the transparent film 15 so that that when the transparent film 15 is positioned relative to the card forming support 14, the mask 23 of scratch ink is correctly positioned relative to the map to cover the area to be masked 11.
  • the step of forming a mask a) by printing a scratch ink mask occurs after the step of gluing e) the transparent film 15 on the map 14.
  • the transparent film 15 can be cut to any cutting contour or advantageously according to a cutting contour which corresponds to the contour 13 'of the zone to be masked 11.
  • the cutting contour must contain the zone to mask 11 and the contour 13 'defined by the user, but is included in the inside of the surface defined by the peripheral edge 16 of the card 14. This allows, among other things, to save the material first constituted by sheet 21.
  • the lateral extension of the film 15 on the printed side 18 of the support card 14 is intermediate between that of the scratch card 1 of Figure 3 and that of the scratch card in Figure 5.
  • a marginal gripping area 20 is defined between the contour of the mask 23 and the cutting contour of the transparent film 15.
  • the marginal gripping zone 20 can be continuous or discontinuous and advantageously has a width of 1 to 3 mm.
  • the marginal grip zone 20 allows the takeoff of the element forming mask 33 'by reducing the risk of tampering with the mask 23.
  • the mask element 33 ' is consisting of the transparent film 15 cut according to a cutting contour which corresponds to the contour 13 'of the zone to be masked 11 and partially printed, on a first face, with a mask 23 so as to obtain a marginal gripping zone 20.
  • the transparent film 15 is preferentially covered, on a second face, with a film of peelable protection (not shown) including cutout contour that of the transparent film 15.
  • the portion of film transparent 15 between the cutting edge of the transparent film 15 and that of the peelable protection is removed by stripping so as to facilitate the take-off by the user of the transparent film 15 and the peelable protection.
  • the scratch support can be produced either in the form a pre-assembled scratch support, either in the form of a kit made up of of a sheet 14 and a mask member 33 ', that the user can assemble, after manual registration of message 7 or information 9 to hide, by manual gluing of the forming element mask 33 'on the zone to be masked 11.
  • the term information refers generally to any number, character, graphic design or similar.

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The medium has a mask forming component constituted of a transparent film (15) with its lateral extension interposed between a lateral extension of a support forming card (14) and lateral extension of a mask (23). The film presents a cutting outline that corresponds to a contour of a zone to be masked. The mask is formed on a face (19) of the film whose another face (17) is adhered to the card. An independent claim is also included for a method for formation of a mask forming component.

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La présente invention est relative à l'impression de support par exemple du type carte de visite, carte de voeux, carte postale, papier fin, papier épais, carton, emballage, enveloppe ou autre. Plus particulièrement, l'invention se rapporte à des supports comportant un message dont on souhaite que tout ou partie soit initialement masqué à la vue du lecteur, celui-ci éliminant un masque pour faire apparaítre et lire l'information masquée.The present invention relates to the printing of support for example type of business card, greeting card, postcard, paper end, thick paper, cardboard, packaging, envelope or other. More particularly, the invention relates to supports comprising a message that we wish all or part to be initially masked to the view of the reader, the latter eliminating a mask to make appear and read hidden information.

Par souci de simplicité, la description qui suit se réfère essentiellement à une carte à gratter, mais l'invention n'y est nullement limitée et s'applique à tout type de support.For the sake of simplicity, the following description refers to basically to a scratch card, but the invention is in no way limited and applies to any type of media.

Il est connu de recouvrir la zone portant l'information à masquer d'une encre à gratter. Le lecteur gratte la pellicule d'encre pour découvrir l'information masquée. Pour fabriquer une telle carte, à la fin du processus d'impression, la zone devant être masquée est directement recouverte d'un marquage grattable par un procédé de sérigraphie, tampographie ou offset.It is known to cover the area carrying information to hide from a scratch ink. The reader scrapes the ink film for discover hidden information. To make such a card, at the end of the printing process, the area to be masked is directly covered with a scratch-off marking by a screen printing process, pad printing or offset printing.

Le principal désavantage de ce procédé réside dans le fait que les coûts de production sont élevés. Ce procédé n'est économiquement intéressant que pour des grandes séries de cartes, c'est-à-dire lorsqu'un grand nombre de cartes ayant une zone à masquer sont à produire. La pellicule d'encre à gratter est alors disposée à un endroit et selon un motif prédéfinis, ce qui permet d'automatiser la production et de diminuer les coûts.The main disadvantage of this process lies in the fact that the production costs are high. This process is not economically interesting than for large series of cards, that is to say when a large number of cards with an area to be masked are produce. The scratch ink film is then placed in one place and according to a predefined pattern, which allows to automate production and reduce costs.

Ce procédé n'est donc pas adapté pour le cas des cartes personnalisables. En effet, dans ce cas, on souhaite réaliser un produit ayant un coût unitaire très bas pour permettre des productions en petites séries à des prix restant faibles. Eventuellement, une seule carte personnalisable ayant une zone masquée doit pouvoir être produite à un coût raisonnable.This method is therefore not suitable for the case of cards customizable. Indeed, in this case, we want to make a product having a very low unit cost to allow small productions series at low prices. Optionally, only one card customizable having a masked area must be able to be produced at a reasonable cost.

On connaít par le document DE 10145808 un dispositif d'occultation sécurisé à deux couches qui adhèrent l'une à l'autre temporairement et par le document WO 03/066344, un dispositif d'occultation sécurisé comportant une couche optiquement variable. Ces dispositifs d'occultation, outre le fait qu'ils sont structurellement complexes et donc difficiles et onéreux à fabriquer, comportent un film totalement imprimé d'encre, dont l'extension latérale est égale à celle du masque, ce qui rend approximatif, pour l'utilisateur, le positionnement exact du dispositif sur la zone à masquer. Par conséquent, ce type de dispositifs d'occultation paraít peu adapté pour une utilisation pour des supports du type cartes de voeux, de visite etc... pour laquelle le positionnement à la fois exact et facile du dispositif est recherché.Document DE 10145808 discloses a device two-layer security mask that adhere to each other temporarily and by WO 03/066344, a device secure occlusion device having an optically variable layer. These occultation devices, besides the fact that they are structurally complex and therefore difficult and expensive to manufacture, include a film totally printed ink, whose lateral extension is equal to that of the mask, which makes approximate, for the user, the positioning exact device on the area to be masked. Therefore, this type of occultation devices seem unsuitable for use for supports such as greeting cards, visiting cards, etc. for which the exact and easy positioning of the device is sought.

On connaít par ailleurs, par les documents US 2003/0072924 et DE 197 15 380, des dispositifs d'occultation destinés à occulter des donnés du type code PIN ou code confidentiel de cartes bancaires. Ces dispositifs d'occultation, outre le fait qu'ils comportent également un film totalement imprimé d'encre, dont l'extension latérale est égale à celle du masque, et donc présentent les inconvénients susmentionnés, sont destinés à être fabriqués de manière automatisée et ne peuvent être réalisés en petites séries à des prix restant faibles.We know moreover, by the US documents 2003/0072924 and DE 197 15 380, occultation devices for obscure data of the PIN code or PIN code type banking. These occultation devices, besides the fact that they comprise also a totally printed ink film, whose lateral extension is equal to that of the mask, and therefore have the disadvantages mentioned above, are intended to be manufactured in an automated way and can not be made in small series at low prices.

Le document US 5 765 745 concerne un dispositif d'occultation permettant l'inscription du message à occulter par une imprimante thermique. Outre le fait que la structure intrinsèque du dispositif d'occultation est complexe de façon à pouvoir inscrire par impression thermique le message à masquer, dans ce type de dispositif, l'extension latérale du film correspond à celle du support ce qui a pour conséquence une utilisation importante de film lors de la production et donc un coût de fabrication élevé.US 5,765,745 relates to a device of occultation allowing the inscription of the message to occult by a thermal printer. Besides the fact that the intrinsic structure of occultation device is complex so as to be able to register by thermal printing the message to hide, in this type of device, the lateral extension of the film corresponds to that of the support which has for consequence a significant use of film during production and therefore a high manufacturing cost.

L'enseignement technique du document US 4 738 473 qui concerne des tickets de loterie, sert de préambule à la revendication 1. Toutefois, sur ces tickets de loterie, un même film transparent est imprimé de plusieurs masques en des emplacements prédéterminés et s'étend sensiblement sur toute la surface du support, ce qui empêche l'utilisateur de positionner sélectivement un masque sur une zone à masquer. En outre, ce type de ticket est fabriqué de manière totalement automatisée et ne peut être réalisé en petites séries à des prix restant faibles.The technical teaching of the document US 4,738,473 which lottery tickets, serves as a preamble to claim 1. However, on these lottery tickets, the same transparent film is printed multiple masks in predetermined locations and extends substantially over the entire surface of the support, which prevents the user to selectively position a mask on an area to hide. In addition, this type of ticket is manufactured completely automated and can not be realized in small series at prices remaining low.

L'invention a donc pour but de proposer un support à gratter amélioré, un élément formant masque notamment pour support à gratter et un procédé permettant d'obtenir à moindre coût l'élément formant masque. The invention therefore aims to propose a scratch support improved, a particular mask forming element for scratch support and a method for obtaining at lower cost the forming element mask.

L'invention a pour objet un support à gratter comportant une feuille possédant au moins une zone à masquer sur laquelle est destinée à être imprimée une information, et au moins un élément formant masque, chaque élément formant masque étant constitué d'un film transparent imprimé d'un masque constitué d'un marquage grattable destiné à recouvrir une zone à masquer, ledit masque étant imprimé sur une première face dudit film transparent, une deuxième face dudit film transparent étant destinée à être collée à ladite feuille, ledit film transparent étant partiellement imprimé dudit masque de façon que ledit film transparent soit interposé entre ladite feuille et ledit masque, caractérisé en ce que l'extension latérale dudit film transparent est intermédiaire entre l'extension latérale dudit masque et l'extension latérale de ladite feuille, et en ce que ledit film transparent présente un contour de découpe qui correspond au contour de la zone à masquer.The subject of the invention is a scratch support comprising a sheet having at least one area to be masked on which is intended to be printed an information, and at least one mask element, each mask element consisting of a transparent film printed with a mask consisting of a scratch-off mark intended for covering an area to be masked, said mask being printed on a first face of said transparent film, a second face of said film transparency being intended to be glued to said sheet, said film transparency being partially printed from said mask so that said transparent film is interposed between said sheet and said mask, characterized in that the lateral extension of said transparent film is intermediate between the lateral extension of said mask and the extension side of said sheet, and in that said transparent film has a contour of cut that corresponds to the contour of the zone to be masked.

Ainsi le fait que l'extension latérale du film transparent est intermédiaire entre l'extension latérale du masque et l'extension latérale du support permet d'effectuer une économie en film transparent lors de la fabrication de l'élément formant masque. En outre, le fait que le film transparent présente un contour de découpe correspondant au contour de la zone à masquer permet à chaque élément formant masque d'être correctement positionné sur la zone à masquer correspondante.So the fact that the lateral extension of the transparent film is intermediate between the lateral extension of the mask and the lateral extension of the support makes it possible to make a saving in transparent film during the manufacture of the mask element. In addition, the fact that the film transparent has a contour of cut corresponding to the contour of the area to be masked allows each element forming a mask to be correctly positioned on the corresponding area to be masked.

Avantageusement, une zone de préhension marginale est définie entre le contour du masque et ledit contour de découpe du film transparent.Advantageously, a marginal gripping zone is defined between the outline of the mask and the said cutting contour of the film transparent.

Selon un mode de réalisation préféré, ledit masque présente une forme géométrique complexe.According to a preferred embodiment, said mask presents a complex geometric shape.

Préférentiellement, ledit film transparent est un film de polyester.Preferably, said transparent film is a film of polyester.

Selon un mode de réalisation particulièrement avantageux, la deuxième face dudit film transparent est préencollée d'une matière adhésive et recouverte d'une pellicule de protection pelable, afin que ledit film transparent préencollé puisse être séparé de ladite pellicule avant collage manuel ou non, dudit film transparent sur ladite feuille.According to a particularly advantageous embodiment, the second side of said transparent film is pre-glued with a material adhesive and covered with a peelable protective film, so that said pre-glued transparent film can be separated from said film before manual gluing or not, said transparent film on said sheet.

Avantageusement, le contour de découpe du film transparent est inclus dans le contour de découpe de la pellicule de protection pelable, la portion de pellicule de protection pelable comprise entre le contour de découpe du film transparent et celui de la pellicule de protection pelable étant recouverte ou non de film transparent.Advantageously, the cutting contour of the film transparency is included in the cutting contour of the film peelable protection, the portion of peelable protective film included between the cutting contour of the transparent film and that of the film of peelable protection being covered or not with transparent film.

Préférentiellement, ladite zone de préhension marginale est continue. Avantageusement, ladite zone de préhension marginale présente une largeur de 1 à 3 mm.Preferably, said marginal gripping zone is keep on going. Advantageously, said marginal gripping zone has a width of 1 to 3 mm.

L'invention a également pour objet un élément formant masque pour support à gratter étant constitué d'un film transparent imprimé d'un masque constitué d'un marquage grattable, ledit masque étant imprimé sur une première face dudit film transparent, une deuxième face dudit film transparent étant destinée à être collée sur une feuille, ledit film transparent étant partiellement imprimé dudit masque, caractérisé en ce que la deuxième face dudit film transparent est préencollée d'une matière adhésive et recouverte d'une pellicule de protection pelable, afin que ledit film transparent préencollé puisse être séparé de ladite pellicule de protection pelable avant collage manuel ou non, dudit film transparent sur ladite feuille et en ce qu'une zone de préhension marginale est définie entre le contour du masque et ledit contour de découpe du film transparent.The subject of the invention is also a forming element mask for a scratch support consisting of a transparent film printed with a mask consisting of a scratch mark, said mask being printed on a first side of said transparent film, a second face of said transparent film being intended to be glued on a sheet, said transparent film being partially printed from said mask, characterized in that the second side of said transparent film is pre-glued with an adhesive material and covered with a film of peelable protection, so that said pre-glued transparent film can be separated from said peelable protective film before manual bonding or no, said transparent film on said sheet and in that a zone of marginal grip is defined between the contour of the mask and said cutting contour of transparent film.

Avantageusement, ladite zone de préhension marginale est continue et présente préférentiellement une largeur de 1 à 3 mm.Advantageously, said marginal gripping zone is continuous and preferably has a width of 1 to 3 mm.

L'invention a également pour objet un procédé de formation d'un élément formant masque constitué d'un film transparent imprimé d'un masque, ledit masque étant constitué d'un marquage grattable imprimé sur une première face dudit film transparent, une deuxième face dudit film transparent étant destinée à être collée à une feuille, la deuxième face dudit film transparent étant préencollée d'une matière adhésive et recouverte d'une pellicule de protection pelable, afin que ledit film transparent préencollé puisse être séparé de ladite pellicule de protection pelable avant collage manuel ou non, dudit film transparent sur ladite feuille,, ledit film transparent étant partiellement imprimé dudit masque, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste :

  • à imprimer ledit masque constitué d'un marquage grattable sur ladite première face dudit film transparent afin de produire ledit film transparent partiellement imprimé de façon qu'une zone de préhension marginale est définie entre le contour du masque et le contour de découpe du film transparent ;
  • à découper ledit film transparent de façon que le contour de découpe corresponde à celui de la zone à masquer pour obtenir ledit élément formant masque, de façon que le contour de découpe du film transparent est inclus dans le contour de découpe de la pellicule de protection pelable et que la portion de film transparent comprise entre le contour de découpe du film transparent et celui de la pellicule de protection pelable est retirée de préférence par échenillage.
The subject of the invention is also a process for forming a mask element consisting of a transparent printed film of a mask, said mask consisting of a scratch-off marking printed on a first face of said transparent film, a second face said transparent film being intended to be adhered to a sheet, the second face of said transparent film being pre-glued with an adhesive material and covered with a peelable protective film, so that said transparent pre-glued film can be separated from said peelable protective film; before manual or non-manual bonding of said transparent film to said sheet, said transparent film being partially printed with said mask, characterized in that it consists of:
  • printing said scratch mark mask on said first face of said transparent film to produce said partially printed transparent film so that a marginal gripping area is defined between the mask contour and the transparent film cutting contour;
  • cutting said transparent film so that the cutting contour corresponds to that of the area to be masked to obtain said mask element, so that the cutting edge of the transparent film is included in the cutting contour of the peelable protective film and that the portion of transparent film between the cutting contour of the transparent film and that of the peelable protective film is preferably removed by stripping.

L'éventuelle étape d'échenillage permet de faciliter le décollage, par l'utilisateur, du film transparent et de la protection pelable.The possible stripping step makes it easier to take off, by the user, of the transparent film and the protection peelable.

L'invention sera mieux comprise, et d'autres buts, détails, caractéristiques et avantages de celle-ci apparaítront plus clairement au cours de la description suivante d'un mode de réalisation particulier de l'invention, donné uniquement à titre illustratif et non limitatif, en référence aux dessins annexés. Sur ces dessins :

  • la figure 1 est un organigramme du mode de réalisation actuellement préféré du procédé selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue de dessus d'une carte à gratter obtenue selon le mode de réalisation actuellement préféré du procédé représenté sur la figure 1 ;
  • la figure 3 est une coupe de la carte à gratter de la figure 2 prise le long de la ligne III-III de cette même figure ;
  • la figure 4 est un organigramme d'un deuxième mode de réalisation du procédé selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 5 est une vue en coupe, similaire à celle de la figure 3, d'une carte à gratter obtenue selon le deuxième mode de réalisation du procédé ; et
  • la figure 6 est une vue en coupe, similaire à celle de la figure 3, d'une carte à gratter obtenue selon une variante du deuxième mode de réalisation du procédé.
The invention will be better understood, and other objects, details, features and advantages thereof will appear more clearly in the following description of a particular embodiment of the invention, given solely for illustrative purposes and not limiting, with reference to the accompanying drawings. On these drawings:
  • Figure 1 is a flowchart of the presently preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention;
  • Figure 2 is a top view of a scratch card obtained according to the presently preferred embodiment of the method shown in Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a section of the scratch card of Figure 2 taken along the line III-III of the same figure;
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of the method according to the invention;
  • Figure 5 is a sectional view, similar to that of Figure 3, of a scratch card obtained according to the second embodiment of the method; and
  • Figure 6 is a sectional view, similar to that of Figure 3, of a scratch card obtained according to a variant of the second embodiment of the method.

Dans la description détaillée qui va suivre, les termes « imprimer » ou « impression » relatifs au message ou à l'information à masquer devront être interprétés de manière large, c'est-à-dire signifiant inscrire par des procédés classiques d'imprimerie, manuellement ou autres. In the following detailed description, the terms "Print" or "print" relating to the message or information to to hide will have to be interpreted broadly, that is, meaning register by conventional printing processes, manually or other.

En se reportant aux figures 1 à 3, le premier mode de réalisation du procédé de fabrication d'un support constitué d'une carte à gratter selon l'invention et la carte à gratter ainsi obtenue vont être décrits.Referring to Figures 1 to 3, the first mode of realization of the method of manufacturing a support consisting of a card scratch according to the invention and the scratch card thus obtained will be described.

Un modèle de carte 10 est choisi parmi un catalogue de modèles de carte. Il est prévu que ce modèle de carte 10 puisse être personnalisé au moyen d'un message 7 dont une partie correspond à une information 9 devant être masquée. Le modèle de carte 10 comporte une zone 11 (figure 2) délimitée par un contour 13 prédéfini devant contenir ladite information 9.A card template 10 is chosen from a catalog of card templates. It is expected that this card model 10 can be personalized by means of a message 7, a part of which corresponds to a information 9 to be masked. The card template 10 has a zone 11 (FIG. 2) delimited by a predefined outline 13 to contain said information 9.

Le modèle de carte 10 est présenté à l'utilisateur, par exemple en le mettant en ligne via un réseau de télécommunication 5, par exemple via l'Internet. L'utilisateur, se connectant sur le site correspondant et souhaitant commander une série de cartes à gratter 1 selon le modèle de carte 10, est éventuellement invité à saisir un message 7 de personnalisation et à saisir, dans la zone à masquer 11 une information 9 à masquer. Bien évidemment, l'information 9 doit entrer dans la zone à masquer 11. Avant de passer la commande, l'utilisateur est également invité à saisir la quantité N de carte à gratter 1 qu'il souhaite recevoir.The card template 10 is presented to the user, by example by putting it online via a telecommunication network 5, for example via the Internet. The user, connecting to the site corresponding and wishing to order a series of scratch cards 1 according to the card model 10, is eventually invited to enter a message 7 to seize and to seize, in the area to be masked, a information 9 to mask. Of course, the information 9 must enter in the zone to be masked 11. Before placing the order, the user is also invited to enter the quantity N of scratch card 1 that he wishes to receive.

Une fois que toutes ces données, et éventuellement d'autres, sont données par l'utilisateur, le procédé de fabrication des cartes à gratter proprement dit peut se dérouler.Once all this data, and possibly others, are given by the user, the method of manufacturing the cards to be scratching itself can take place.

Tout d'abord, et éventuellement avant qu'une commande particulière ne soit passée, des cartes vierges 12 sont imprimées avec des graphismes selon le modèle de carte 10. Au cours de cette étape (non représentée sur la figure 1) des techniques d'impression, par ailleurs connues et ne rentrant pas dans le cadre de ce document, sont mises en oeuvre.First, and possibly before an order particular is not passed, blank cards 12 are printed with graphics according to the card model 10. During this step (no shown in Figure 1) printing techniques, moreover known and not falling within the scope of this document, are artwork.

Parallèlement, puisque la zone à masquer 11 possède un contour 13 prédéfini lors de la création du modèle de carte 10, un stock d'éléments formant masque 27 prêts à l'emploi peut être produit avant qu'une commande ne soit effectivement réalisée.In parallel, since the zone to be masked has a outline 13 predefined when creating the map template 10, a stock ready-to-use mask elements 27 can be produced before that an order is actually made.

La production de tels éléments formant masque 27 va maintenant être décrite en détails. La matière première pour produire les éléments formant masque 27 est une feuille 21 par exemple vendue dans le commerce sous forme de rouleaux. La feuille 21 est constituée d'un film transparent 15 et d'une pellicule de protection pelable par exemple un papier support (non représenté). Le film transparent 15 est par exemple en polyester. Une face du film transparent 15, dite deuxième face 17, est préencollée d'une matière adhésive. La deuxième face 17 est placée en vis-à-vis du papier support pour être protégée. Le papier support est par exemple un papier paraffiné ne collant que faiblement à la couche de matière adhésive recouvrant la deuxième face 17 du film transparent 15.The production of such mask forming elements 27 is now be described in detail. The raw material to produce the mask forming elements 27 is a sheet 21 for example sold in trade in the form of rolls. Sheet 21 consists of a transparent film 15 and a peelable protective film for example a support paper (not shown). The transparent film 15 is by example in polyester. One side of the transparent film 15, said second face 17, is pre-glued with an adhesive material. The second face 17 is placed opposite the backing paper to be protected. The paper medium is for example a waxed paper sticking only weakly to the layer of adhesive material covering the second face 17 of the film transparent 15.

A l'étape a) du procédé, au fur et à mesure que la feuille 21 en rouleau est dévidée, une première face 19 du film transparent 15, opposée à la deuxième face 17 collée au papier support, est imprimée d'une encre à gratter 22. L'impression d'encre à gratter est effectuée sur toute la largeur de la première face 19. L'encre à gratter est par exemple une encre du type GO LENS OR B75 distribuée par les sociétés fabriquant d'encre. Il peut également s'agir d'une encre argentée ou colorée. Le film transparent porte par exemple la référence 02850020, distribué par les fabricants d'étiquettes adhésives. La technique d'impression utilisée au cours de cette étape de formation de l'étiquette-masque peut-être une technique d'impression standard par exemple par tampographie ou sérigraphie. A l'issue de l'étape de formation d'un masque a), un film transparent imprimé totalement 25, porté par le papier support, est obtenu.In step a) of the process, as the sheet 21 roll is unwound, a first face 19 of the transparent film 15, opposite to the second face 17 glued to the backing paper, is printed scratch ink 22. The scratch ink printing is performed on the entire width of the first face 19. The scratch ink is for example an ink type GO LENS OR B75 distributed by the companies ink manufacturer. It can also be a silver ink or colorful. The transparent film carries for example the reference 02850020, distributed by the manufacturers of adhesive labels. The technique used during this stage of forming the mask label maybe a standard printing technique for example by pad printing or screen printing. At the end of the training stage of a mask a), a completely printed transparent film 25, carried by the paper support, is obtained.

Le film transparent imprimé totalement 25 subit alors une étape de découpe b). Le film transparent imprimé totalement 25 est découpé selon une forme dont le contour circonscrit complètement le contour 13 prédéfini de la zone à masquer 11. A l'issue de l'étape de découpe b) un film transparent découpé imprimé totalement ou élément formant masque 27 est obtenu. A ce stade du procédé, l'élément formant masque 27 est constitué d'un masque 23 et d'un film transparent 15 et est porté par le papier support (non représenté). Le papier support présente préférentiellement un contour de découpe différent de celui du film transparent, et cela pour tous les modes de réalisation décrits dans la présente demande.The fully printed transparent film 25 then undergoes a cutting step b). The totally printed transparent film 25 is cut into a shape whose contour completely circumscribes the predefined contour 13 of the zone to be masked 11. At the end of the step of cutting b) a transparent film cut out totally printed or element forming mask 27 is obtained. At this stage of the process, the element forming mask 27 consists of a mask 23 and a transparent film 15 and is carried by the support paper (not shown). The support paper presents preferentially a cutting contour different from that of the film transparent, and this for all the embodiments described in the this request.

Il est à noter qu'aucun paramètre de personnalisation n'est intervenu jusqu'à ce stade de la fabrication. En conséquence la production de l'élément formant masque 27 peut être réalisée en amont, avant le passage d'une commande réelle. Des stocks d'éléments formant masque 27 peuvent être réalisés. Avantageusement, des éléments formant masque 27 ayant un petit nombre de formes géométriques différentes sont produits : carrés, ronds, etc. Le dessinateur du modèle de carte 10 doit respecter cette contrainte sur le contour 13 de la zone à masquer 11 lors de la réalisation du projet de modèle de carte 10.It should be noted that no customization parameter is intervened until this stage of manufacture. As a result production of the mask member 27 can be performed upstream, before the passage of a real order. Stocks of forming elements mask 27 can be made. Advantageously, elements forming mask 27 having a small number of geometric shapes different are produced: square, round, etc. The draftsman of the model map 10 must respect this constraint on the outline 13 of the zone to hide 11 when completing the map template project 10.

Une fois que la commande a été passée par l'utilisateur, N cartes vierges 12 du modèle de carte 10 sélectionné sont éventuellement imprimées (étape d) avec le message 7 de personnalisation saisi par l'utilisateur. A l'issue de l'éventuelle étape d'impression d) des cartes formant support 14 sont produites. Bien entendu, ces cartes formant support 14 pourraient être remplacées par tout type de feuille, sans sortir du cadre de l'invention, par exemple feuille en papier fin ou épais, en carton, d'emballage, d'enveloppe ou autre.Once the order has been placed by the user, N blank cards 12 of the selected card template 10 are eventually printed (step d) with the customization message 7 entered by the user. At the end of the possible printing step d) cards forming a support 14 are produced. Of course, these cards forming support 14 could be replaced by any type of sheet without going out of the scope of the invention, for example thin or thick paper sheet, in cardboard, packaging, envelope or other.

Il s'agit alors de recouvrir la zone à masquer 11 de la carte formant support 14 avec l'élément formant masque 27 produit comme cela a été décrit ci-dessus. Pour cela, le papier support est séparé de la deuxième face 17 au cours d'une étape de séparation c). Enfin, l'élément formant masque 27 est positionné sur la zone à masquer 11 et pressé sur la carte formant support 14 de manière que la deuxième face 17 préencollée du film transparent 15 colle sur une face imprimée 18 de la carte formant support 14. A l'issue de cette étape de collage e), manuelle ou automatique, N cartes à gratter 1 sont produites et prêtes à être livrées à l'utilisateur.It is then necessary to cover the zone to be masked 11 of the map forming support 14 with the mask member 27 produced as this has been described above. For this, the support paper is separated from the second face 17 during a separation step c). Finally, the element forming mask 27 is positioned on the zone to be masked 11 and pressed on the support card 14 so that the second face 17 pre-glued the transparent film 15 glue on a printed face 18 of the support card 14. At the end of this gluing step e), manual or automatic, N scratch cards 1 are produced and ready to be delivered to the user.

Selon une variante, qui concerne d'ailleurs tous les modes des réalisation de la présente invention, l'utilisateur peut inscrire manuellement le message 7 de personnalisation avant collage de l'élément formant masque sur la zone à masquer.According to one variant, which moreover concerns all the modes embodiments of the present invention, the user can register manually message 7 of customization before gluing the mask member on the area to be masked.

Une carte à gratter 1, produite selon le procédé qui vient d'être décrit, est représentée sur les figures 2 et 3. La carte formant support 14 est imprimé du message 7 de personnalisation. La partie de ce message 7 constituant l'information 9 est imprimée à l'intérieur du contour 13 de la zone à masquer 11. Un élément formant masque 27 recouvre largement la zone à masquer 11. L'élément formant masque 27 est constitué par un film transparent 15 dont une première face 19 est totalement recouverte du masque 23 constitué d'encre à gratter. La deuxième face 17 du film transparent 15 est collée sur la face imprimée 18 correspondante de la carte formant support 14. Il est bien entendu, et cela pour tous les modes de réalisation décrits dans la présente, que si la carte formant support comporte plusieurs zones à masquer, un élément formant masque pourra être collé en vis-à-vis de chaque zone à masquer.A scratch card 1, produced according to the method that comes to be described, is shown in Figures 2 and 3. The card forming support 14 is printed message 7 personalization. The part of this message 7 forming the information 9 is printed inside the outline 13 of the zone to be masked 11. A mask element 27 largely covers the area to be masked 11. The mask element 27 is constituted by a transparent film 15 of which a first face 19 is completely covered with the mask 23 consisting of scratch ink. The second face 17 of the transparent film 15 is glued on the printed side 18 of the support card 14. It is understood, of course, and this for all the embodiments described herein, that if the support card has several areas to mask, an element forming mask can be glued vis-à-vis each zone to hide.

En se reportant aux figures 4 et 5, un deuxième mode de réalisation du procédé de fabrication selon l'invention ainsi que la carte à gratter l'obtenue par ce procédé vont maintenant être décrits. Seules les étapes de ce deuxième mode de réalisation qui différent du premier mode de réalisation seront décrites en détail.Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, a second mode of realization of the manufacturing method according to the invention as well as the card to scratching the obtained by this method will now be described. Only steps of this second embodiment which differs from the first mode will be described in detail.

Dans ce deuxième mode de réalisation, le modèle de carte 10 est personnalisable aussi bien quant au message 7 de personnalisation que quant à la position et au contour 13' de la zone à masquer 11. Le contour 13' n'étant plus prédéfini, la forme du masque 23 n'est plus limitée à quelques formes géométriques simples, mais peut avoir une forme plus complexe.In this second embodiment, the card template 10 is customizable as well as the message 7 customization as to the position and the contour 13 'of the zone to be masked. contour 13 'no longer being predefined, the shape of the mask 23 is no longer limited to a few simple geometric shapes, but may have a more complex form.

Dans le deuxième mode de réalisation, le procédé débute avec l'étape de découpe b) de la feuille 21. Le film transparent 15 et le papier support sont découpés selon un contour de découpe correspondant au bord périphérique 16 de la carte formant support 14. A l'issue de l'étape de découpe b) un film transparent découpé 31, porté par le papier support, est obtenu. Un stock de tels films transparents découpés 31 peut être réalisé en vue de la production rapide des cartes à gratter l' dès que la commande en a été faite.In the second embodiment, the method starts with the cutting step b) of the sheet 21. The transparent film 15 and the paper are cut to a corresponding cutting contour at the peripheral edge 16 of the support card 14. At the end of the cutting step b) a cut transparent film 31, carried by the paper support, is obtained. A stock of such cut transparent films 31 can be made for the purpose of producing scratch cards quickly as soon as the order was made.

Dès que la commande est faite et que le contour 13' de la zone à masquer 11 a été défini, l'étape de formation d'un masque a) a lieu. Au cours de cette étape, le film transparent découpé 31 est partiellement imprimé d'encre à gratter selon un motif correspondant en position et en forme au contour 13' de la zone à masquer 11. Un élément formant masque 33 constitué du film transparent 15 découpé et partiellement imprimé et d'un masque 23 est produit en sortie de l'étape de formation d'un masque a). A ce stade, l'élément formant masque 33 est porté par le papier support.As soon as the order is made and the contour 13 'of the zone to be masked 11 has been defined, the step of forming a mask a) a location. During this step, the cut transparent film 31 is partially printed scratch ink in a pattern corresponding to position and in shape at the outline 13 'of the zone to be masked. forming a mask 33 consisting of the cut transparent film and partially printed and a mask 23 is produced at the output of the step forming a mask a). At this point, the mask member 33 is carried by the support paper.

Parallèlement, des cartes vierges 12 sont préparées selon le modèle de carte 10. Puis, une fois que la commande a été passée, N cartes vierges 12 sont éventuellement imprimées du message 7 de personnalisation pour produire N cartes formant support 14.At the same time, blank cards 12 are prepared according to the card model 10. Then, once the order has been placed, N blank cards 12 are possibly printed message 7 of customization to produce N cards forming support 14.

Il s'agit alors de couvrir la zone à masquer 11 de la carte formant support 14. Pour cela le papier support est séparé de l'élément formant masque 33 de manière à permettre la mise en contact de la deuxième face 17 préencollée du film transparent 15 avec la face imprimée 18 correspondante de la carte formant support 14. Il est facile de positionner l'élément formant masque 33 relativement à la carte faisant support 14 puisque le film a été découpé selon le bord périphérique 16 de la carte. Par conséquent l'ensemble de la carte formant support 14 doit être recouverte par l'élément formant masque 33. Au cours de cette étape de collage e), la zone à masquer 11 est recouverte automatiquement par le masque imprimé sur la première face 19 du film transparent 15. A l'issue de l'étape de collage e), qui peut être manuelle ou automatique, N cartes à gratter l' sont produites.It is then necessary to cover the zone to be masked 11 of the map 14. For this the support paper is separated from the element forming a mask 33 so as to allow the contacting of the second face 17 pre-glued with the transparent film 15 with the face printed 18 corresponding to the card forming support 14. It is easy to position the mask member 33 relative to the card making support 14 since the film was cut according to the edge device 16 of the card. Therefore the whole map forming a support 14 must be covered by the mask element 33. During this gluing step e), the zone to be masked 11 is automatically covered by the printed mask on the first side 19 of the transparent film 15. At the end of the gluing step e), which can be manual or automatic, N scratch cards are produced.

La figure 5 est une vue en coupe de la carte à gratter l' produite selon les étapes du deuxième mode de réalisation. Le film transparent 15 recouvre la totalité de la face imprimée 18 de la carte formant support 14. L'encre à gratter 23 est imprimée pour former un masque sur la première face 19 du film transparent 15 de manière à ce que, lorsque le film transparent 15 est positionné relativement à la carte formant support 14, le masque 23 d'encre à gratter est correctement positionné relativement à la carte pour recouvrir la zone à masquer 11.Figure 5 is a sectional view of the scratch card the produced according to the steps of the second embodiment. The film transparent 15 covers the entire printed face 18 of the card 14. The scratch ink 23 is printed to form a mask on the first face 19 of the transparent film 15 so that that when the transparent film 15 is positioned relative to the card forming support 14, the mask 23 of scratch ink is correctly positioned relative to the map to cover the area to be masked 11.

En variante de ce deuxième mode de réalisation, l'étape de formation d'un masque a) par impression d'un masque d'encre à gratter intervient après l'étape de collage e) du film transparent 15 sur la carte formant support 14. Avantageusement, selon une autre variante illustrée par la figure 6, au cours de l'étape de découpe b), le film transparent 15 peut être découpé selon un contour de découpe quelconque ou avantageusement selon un contour de découpe qui correspond au contour 13' de la zone à masquer 11. Le contour de découpe doit contenir la zone à masquer 11 et le contour 13' défini par l'utilisateur, mais est inclus à l'intérieur de la surface définie par le bord périphérique 16 de la carte formant support 14. Cela permet, entre autres, d'économiser la matière première constituée par la feuille 21. En conséquence, dans la carte à gratter 1" obtenue selon cette variante, l'extension latérale du film transparent 15 sur la face imprimée 18 de la carte formant support 14 est intermédiaire entre celle de la carte à gratter 1 de la figure 3 et celle de la carte à gratter l' de la figure 5. Ainsi, une zone de préhension marginale 20 est définie entre le contour du masque 23 et le contour de découpe du film transparent 15.As a variant of this second embodiment, the step of forming a mask a) by printing a scratch ink mask occurs after the step of gluing e) the transparent film 15 on the map 14. Advantageously, according to another illustrated variant in FIG. 6, during the cutting step b), the transparent film 15 can be cut to any cutting contour or advantageously according to a cutting contour which corresponds to the contour 13 'of the zone to be masked 11. The cutting contour must contain the zone to mask 11 and the contour 13 'defined by the user, but is included in the inside of the surface defined by the peripheral edge 16 of the card 14. This allows, among other things, to save the material first constituted by sheet 21. Accordingly, in the map to scratch 1 "obtained according to this variant, the lateral extension of the film 15 on the printed side 18 of the support card 14 is intermediate between that of the scratch card 1 of Figure 3 and that of the scratch card in Figure 5. Thus, a marginal gripping area 20 is defined between the contour of the mask 23 and the cutting contour of the transparent film 15.

La zone de préhension marginale 20 peut être continue ou discontinue et présente avantageusement une largeur de 1 à 3 mm. La zone de préhension marginale 20 permet le décollage de l'élément formant masque 33' en réduisant le risque d'altération du masque 23.The marginal gripping zone 20 can be continuous or discontinuous and advantageously has a width of 1 to 3 mm. The marginal grip zone 20 allows the takeoff of the element forming mask 33 'by reducing the risk of tampering with the mask 23.

Avantageusement, l'élément formant masque 33' est constitué du film transparent 15 découpé selon un contour de découpe qui correspond au contour 13' de la zone à masquer 11 et partiellement imprimé, sur une première face, d'un masque 23 de façon à obtenir une zone de préhension marginale 20. Le film transparent 15 est préférentiellement recouvert, sur une deuxième face, d'une pellicule de protection pelable (non représentée) dont le contour de découpe inclus celui du film transparent 15. Préférentiellement, la portion de film transparent 15 comprise entre le contour de découpe du film transparent 15 et celui de la protection pelable est retirée par échenillage de façon à faciliter le décollage, par l'utilisateur, du film transparent 15 et de la protection pelable.Advantageously, the mask element 33 'is consisting of the transparent film 15 cut according to a cutting contour which corresponds to the contour 13 'of the zone to be masked 11 and partially printed, on a first face, with a mask 23 so as to obtain a marginal gripping zone 20. The transparent film 15 is preferentially covered, on a second face, with a film of peelable protection (not shown) including cutout contour that of the transparent film 15. Preferably, the portion of film transparent 15 between the cutting edge of the transparent film 15 and that of the peelable protection is removed by stripping so as to facilitate the take-off by the user of the transparent film 15 and the peelable protection.

Enfin, le support à gratter peut être produit soit sous forme d'un support à gratter pré-assemblé, soit sous forme d'un kit constitué d'une feuille 14 et d'un élément formant masque 33', que l'utilisateur pourra assembler, après inscription manuelle du message 7 ou de l'information 9 à masquer, par collage manuel de l'élément formant masque 33' sur la zone à masquer 11.Finally, the scratch support can be produced either in the form a pre-assembled scratch support, either in the form of a kit made up of of a sheet 14 and a mask member 33 ', that the user can assemble, after manual registration of message 7 or information 9 to hide, by manual gluing of the forming element mask 33 'on the zone to be masked 11.

Dans la description précédente, le terme information désigne d'une manière générale tout chiffre, caractère, graphisme ou analogue.In the foregoing description, the term information refers generally to any number, character, graphic design or similar.

Bien que l'invention ait été décrite en liaison avec un mode de réalisation particulier, il est bien évident qu'elle n'y est nullement limitée à celui-ci et qu'elle comprend tous les équivalents techniques des moyens décrits ainsi que leurs combinaisons si celles-ci entrent dans le cadre de l'invention.Although the invention has been described in connection with a particular realization, it is quite obvious that it is not at all limited to this one and that it includes all the technical equivalents of means described and their combinations if they fall within framework of the invention.

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Support à gratter comportant une feuille (14) possédant au moins une zone à masquer (11) sur laquelle est destinée à être imprimée une information (9), et au moins un élément formant masque (33'), chaque élément formant masque (33') étant constitué d'un film transparent (15) imprimé d'un masque (23) constitué d'un marquage grattable destiné à recouvrir une zone à masquer, ledit masque étant imprimé sur une première face (19) dudit film transparent (15), une deuxième face (17) dudit film transparent (15) étant destinée à être collée à ladite feuille, ledit film transparent (15) étant partiellement imprimé dudit masque (23) de façon que ledit film transparent (15) soit interposé entre ladite feuille et ledit masque (23), caractérisé en ce que l'extension latérale dudit film transparent (15) est intermédiaire entre l'extension latérale dudit masque (23) et l'extension latérale de ladite feuille, et en ce que ledit film transparent (15) présente un contour de découpe qui correspond au contour (13') de la zone à masquer (11).A scraper holder having a sheet (14) having at least one mask area (11) on which information (9) is intended to be printed, and at least one mask member (33 '), each mask member (33) ') consisting of a transparent film (15) printed with a mask (23) consisting of a scratch-off marking intended to cover an area to be masked, said mask being printed on a first face (19) of said transparent film (15). ), a second face (17) of said transparent film (15) being intended to be glued to said sheet, said transparent film (15) being partially printed from said mask (23) so that said transparent film (15) is interposed between said sheet and said mask (23), characterized in that the lateral extension of said transparent film (15) is intermediate between the lateral extension of said mask (23) and the lateral extension of said sheet, and in that said transparent film (15) presents a co cutting edge which corresponds to the contour (13 ') of the zone to be masked (11). Support selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une zone de préhension marginale (20) est définie entre le contour du masque (23) et ledit contour de découpe du film transparent (15).Support according to claim 1, characterized in that a marginal gripping area (20) is defined between the contour of the mask (23) and said cutting edge of the transparent film (15). Support selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce ledit masque (23) présente une forme géométrique complexe.Support according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that said mask (23) has a complex geometric shape. Support à gratter selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la deuxième face (17) dudit film transparent (15) est préencollée d'une matière adhésive et recouverte d'une pellicule de protection pelable, afin que ledit film transparent préencollé puisse être séparé de ladite pellicule avant collage manuel ou non, dudit film transparent sur ladite feuille (14).Scratching support according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second face (17) of said transparent film (15) is pre-glued with an adhesive material and covered with a peelable protective film, so that said transparent pre-glued film can be separated from said film before manual bonding or not, said transparent film on said sheet (14). Support à gratter selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le contour de découpe du film transparent (15) est inclus dans le contour de découpe de la pellicule de protection pelable, la portion de pellicule de protection pelable comprise entre le contour de découpe du film transparent (15) et celui de la pellicule de protection pelable étant recouverte ou non de film transparent (15).Scratch holder according to claim 4, characterized in that the cutting edge of the transparent film (15) is included in the cutting contour of the peelable protective film, the peelable protective film portion lying between the cutting contour of the transparent film (15) and that of the peelable protective film being covered or not with transparent film (15). Support à gratter selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite zone de préhension marginale (20) est continue. Scratching support according to claim 2, characterized in that said marginal gripping zone (20) is continuous. Support à gratter selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la zone de préhension marginale (20) présente une largeur de 1 à 3 mm.Scratching support according to claim 6, characterized in that the marginal gripping zone (20) has a width of 1 to 3 mm. Elément formant masque pour support à gratter étant constitué d'un film transparent (15) imprimé d'un masque (23) constitué d'un marquage grattable, ledit masque étant imprimé sur une première face (19) dudit film transparent (15), une deuxième face (17) dudit film transparent (15) étant destinée à être collée sur une feuille (14), ledit film transparent (15) étant partiellement imprimé dudit masque (23), caractérisé en ce que la deuxième face (17) dudit film transparent (15) est préencollée d'une matière adhésive et recouverte d'une pellicule de protection pelable, afin que ledit film transparent préencollé puisse être séparé de ladite pellicule de protection pelable avant collage manuel ou non, dudit film transparent sur ladite feuille (14) et en ce qu'une zone de préhension marginale (20) est définie entre le contour du masque (23) et ledit contour de découpe du film transparent (15).Mask element for a scraper carrier consisting of a transparent film (15) printed with a mask (23) consisting of a scratch-off marking, said mask being printed on a first face (19) of said transparent film (15), a second face (17) of said transparent film (15) being intended to be adhered to a sheet (14), said transparent film (15) being partially printed with said mask (23), characterized in that the second face (17) of said transparent film (15) is pre-glued with an adhesive material and covered with a peelable protective film, so that said pre-glued transparent film can be separated from said peelable protective film before manual or non-manual bonding of said transparent film to said sheet ( 14) and that a marginal gripping area (20) is defined between the contour of the mask (23) and said cutting edge of the transparent film (15). Elément formant masque selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que ladite zone de préhension marginale (20) est continue et présente de préférence une largeur de 1 à 3 mm.A mask element according to claim 8, characterized in that said marginal gripping zone (20) is continuous and preferably has a width of 1 to 3 mm. Procédé de formation d'un élément formant masque (33') constitué d'un film transparent (15) imprimé d'un masque (23), ledit masque étant constitué d'un marquage grattable imprimé sur une première face (19) dudit film transparent (15), une deuxième face (17) dudit film transparent (15) étant destinée à être collée à une feuille, la deuxième face (17) dudit film transparent (15) étant préencollée d'une matière adhésive et recouverte d'une pellicule de protection pelable, afin que ledit film transparent préencollé puisse être séparé de ladite pellicule de protection pelable avant collage manuel ou non, dudit film transparent sur ladite feuille (14), ledit film transparent (15) étant partiellement imprimé dudit masque (23), caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste : à imprimer ledit masque (23) constitué d'un marquage grattable sur ladite première face (19) dudit film transparent (15) afin de produire ledit film transparent partiellement imprimé de façon qu'une zone de préhension marginale (20) est définie entre le contour du masque et le contour de découpe du film transparent (15); à découper ledit film transparent de façon que le contour de découpe corresponde à celui de la zone à masquer (11) pour obtenir ledit élément formant masque (33'), que le contour de découpe du film transparent (15) est inclus dans le contour de découpe de la pellicule de protection pelable et que la portion de film transparent (15) comprise entre le contour de découpe du film transparent (15) et celui de la pellicule de protection pelable est retirée de préférence par échenillage. A method of forming a mask member (33 ') consisting of a transparent film (15) printed with a mask (23), said mask consisting of a scratch-off marking printed on a first face (19) of said film transparent lens (15), a second face (17) of said transparent film (15) being intended to be glued to a sheet, the second face (17) of said transparent film (15) being pre-glued with an adhesive material and covered with a peelable protective film, so that said prepasted transparent film can be separated from said peelable protective film before manual or non-manual bonding, said transparent film to said sheet (14), said transparent film (15) being partially printed said mask (23) , characterized in that it consists of: printing said mask (23) consisting of a scratch-off marking on said first face (19) of said transparent film (15) to produce said partially printed transparent film so that a marginal gripping area (20) is defined between the contour of the mask and the cutting contour of the transparent film (15); cutting said transparent film so that the cutting contour corresponds to that of the area to be masked (11) to obtain said mask element (33 '), that the cutting contour of the transparent film (15) is included in the contour cutting the peelable protective film and that the transparent film portion (15) between the cutting edge of the transparent film (15) and that of the peelable protective film is preferably removed by weeding.
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