EP1802473A1 - Procédé de protection de données comprises dans des substrats de papier ou de plastique par transfert d'une couche de protection transparente - Google Patents

Procédé de protection de données comprises dans des substrats de papier ou de plastique par transfert d'une couche de protection transparente

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EP1802473A1
EP1802473A1 EP05778677A EP05778677A EP1802473A1 EP 1802473 A1 EP1802473 A1 EP 1802473A1 EP 05778677 A EP05778677 A EP 05778677A EP 05778677 A EP05778677 A EP 05778677A EP 1802473 A1 EP1802473 A1 EP 1802473A1
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support layer
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EP1802473B1 (fr
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Dino Radice
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Centro Grafico DG SpA
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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
    • B42D25/328—Diffraction gratings; Holograms
    • 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
    • B42D25/24—Passports

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  • the present invention refers to a method for the protection of data or information included on paper
  • plastic substrates constituting, for example, the pages of personal identification documents, such as passports for travel abroad or national identifica- tion use.
  • the present invention is aimed to improve the se ⁇
  • curity level of paper or plastic documents including data or information liable to forgery or alteration, by applying a protection on said data or information, such as variable identification data, i.e. photos, personal identification data, fingerprints and other data or information applied and/or printed on the
  • the anti-forgery security level of data or information is improved by means of a trans ⁇
  • inventions represent an improvement in security against alteration of information or data, allowing
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of the cross section of a multilayered element according to
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic, representation of an elevation view of a preferred representation of the multilayered element according to the present inven ⁇
  • Figure 3 shows a representation of a preferred
  • Figures 4 and 4a show two schematic representations of the top view of two preferred embodiments
  • FIGS 5 and 5a show two schematic representa ⁇
  • FIGS 6 and 6a show two schematic representations of the top view of two preferred embodiments
  • Figure 7 shows a further perspective view of an embodiment of the method for the protection of data or information included on a paper or plastic sub ⁇
  • an object of the present invention is a method for the protection of data or information
  • a paper or plastic substrate comprising the phases of :
  • strate surface including data or information, which multilayered element comprises a support layer made of heat-resistant material, an adhesive layer, a
  • plastic support layer a release layer, a transparent chemical protection layer, a hot-melt adhesive, the
  • an unprotected region preferably not including in ⁇
  • the thermal treatment comprises hot roll ⁇
  • said adhesive causing the transfer of the transparent chemical protection layer to the substrate
  • Hot rolling occurs by means of a rolling machine which thermally transfers the transparent chemical
  • Said machine is provided with an automatic temperature and
  • the thermal treatment running times are of 5-60 seconds at a temperature rang-
  • heat-resistant support layers as well as the adhesive layer, is performed by mechanical tearing-off
  • heat-resistant support layer of the multilayered element are greater than the dimensions or area of the
  • Said dimensions of the heat-resistant support layer can be equal or greater than the dimensions of the substrate to be protected.
  • the other ' layers included into the multilayered element being on the greater portion of the heat-resistant
  • the other layers included into the multilayered element extend to the edges of
  • port layer area which is bonded, preferably seamed, to the substrate, is delimited by a transversal mi ⁇
  • a heat-resistant tongue made of paper, polyester or the like which to ⁇
  • the heat-resistant support layer area which is preferably made of paper and is seamed to the substrate to be protected, such as for example the page of an identity document as a passport, can be continuous or discontinuous and can be also remov- able by tearing during the phase of removing the
  • the substrate seamed to the multilayered element by means of at least the heat-resistant support layer can already bear or not data or information to be
  • Figure 1 shows by way of example a schematic rep ⁇
  • the multilayered element comprises a heat-
  • the format is the one typical of
  • passports, ID cards and other identification documents more preferably, typically 95 mm x 125 mm or
  • said support is made of paper, with a thickness/grammage ranging from 30 to 300 g/m 2 , preferably from 50 to 100 g/m 2 , more
  • the adhesive layer marked by way of example with number 2 in figure 1, preferably includes a two-
  • component adhesive has a thickness ranging from 2 to 30 microns, preferably from 5 to 10 microns. According to the present invention, "two-
  • component adhesive means two-component adhesives well known in the art, such as those having polyure-
  • the plastic support material marked by way of example with number 3 in figure 1, is made of materi ⁇
  • polyethylene terephthalate polyethylene terephthalate
  • said layer having a thickness ranging from 8 to 150 microns, preferably from 19 to 50 microns, more preferably from 19 to 23
  • the release layer marked by way of example with number 4 in figure 1, comprises polymers having dif ⁇
  • ferent nature for example natural and/or synthetic waxes, thermosetting or thermoplastic acryl J ⁇ polyure-
  • the transparent chemical protec- tion layer according to the present invention can be shaped as a film. More preferably, the transparent
  • chemical protection layer bears security » elements, such as holographic grating, organic or inorganic pigments that can be decoded by different wavelength
  • a transparent chemical protection layer can mean to include an an ⁇
  • the transparent chemical protection layer according to the present invention has,' a thickness ranging from 1 to 10 microns, preferably from 1,5 to 5 microns, more preferably from 1,5 to 2 mi ⁇
  • the transparent chemical protection layer bears the holographic grinding application, the latter is protected by a transparent metallization
  • I 1 has a thickness ranging from 5 to 25 mi-
  • polymers having a melting point ranging from 80 to 150 0 C preferably comprising polymers having a melting point ranging from 80 to 150 0 C.
  • the multilayered element also comprises as optional
  • a thickness/grammage ranging from 30 to 300 g/m 2 , preferably from 50 to 100 g/m 2 , and more preferably from 60 to 90 g/m 2 , typically of 80 g/m 2 between the
  • heat-resistant support layer and the adhesive layer and/or an intercoat adhesion layer between the transparent chemical protection layer and the hot-melt adhesive layer.
  • identification use also comprising visas for travel abroad typically applied in the internal pages of documents .
  • said substrate has a thickness/grammage ranging from 60 to 300 g/m 2 . If the substrate is made
  • said plastic material has a thickness ranging from 23 to 250 microns. More specifically, said plastic material is polycarbonate, polyester OP- polypro-
  • data or information to be protected means data or information "liable to forgery or altera ⁇
  • variable identification data such as personal identification data, fingerprints, visas for travel abroad
  • information means information whose alteration or forgery causes serious
  • the data or information to be protected are in-
  • the substrate bearing data or information to be protected the protection method according to the present invention, the substrate bearing data or information to be protected
  • the multilayered element according to the present invention marked by way of example with number II in figure 2, is applied.
  • the multilayered element comprises: an heat- resistant support layer, preferably made of paper, marked by way of example with number Ia in figure 2 ,
  • said multi- layered element is seamed with the page to be pro- tected along the smaller portion delimited by the transversal micro-perforation on the first support heat-resistant layer, preferably made of paper, and wherein, when transferring the holographic film, every single page to be protected on which the multi-
  • layered element is applied is subjected to the thermal treatment to melt the adhesive layer, or during said phase of transferring the holographic film, all pages to be protected and to which the multilayered
  • F layers are removed from the document pages by a tear- ing-off action along the transversal micro-
  • paper and is seamed can be continuous or discontinuous and can also be removable by tearing after the
  • Figure 3 shows in particular the multilayered
  • the heat-resistant support layer (A) having dimensions or format greater than the dimensions " 'or format of the other layers (B) and bearing as preferred op ⁇
  • transversal micro-perforation C
  • seamed substrate
  • F substrate
  • the multilayered element is applied on the passport page, the transparent
  • a polymeric release layer marked by way of example with number 4a in figures 4 and 4A
  • a transparent chemical protection layer marked by way of example with number 5a in figures 4 and 4A
  • a hot-melt adhesive marked by way of example with number 6a in fig ⁇
  • a heat-resistant tongue IA' made of pa- per, polyester or the like which totally or partially follows said micro-perforation, and said layers hav ⁇
  • said multilayered element is seamed, by means of the seaming marked by way
  • first support heat-resistant layer preferably made of paper, and wherein, when transferring the holographic film, every single page to be protected on
  • the heat-resistant support layer which is preferably made of paper and is seamed, can be continuous or
  • a plastic support layer marked by way of example with number 3a in figures 5, 5A and 6,
  • An object of the present invention is also a multilayered element comprising a heat-resistant support
  • a heat-resistant support layer preferably made of paper, having dimensions greater than those of the other layers a ' nd preferably bearing a trans ⁇
  • a two-component adhesive layer a polyester layer, a release layer, an anti-scratch layer, a durable layer, a thermoplastic layer bearing the holo- graphic grating, a transparent metallization layer to
  • a further object of the present invention is a plastic or paper substrate whose surface bearing data
  • a protection layer comprising a transparent chemical protection layer and a hot-melt adhesive layer which is sandwiched between said holographic film and the surface to be
  • the dimensions or area of said protection layer being lower than the dimensions or area of the substrate to be protected, in compliance with what
  • grating can be of a computer-originated type, such as dot-matrix or e-beam lithography (Kinegram, exelgram,
  • the present invention is subjected to many
  • said multi- layered element (I) comprises a support layer (1) made of heat-resistant material; an adhesive layer
  • heat-resistant layer (Ia) has dimensions or area
  • said layer being bonded, i.e. seamed, by means of a seaming IA along a smaller portion of its
  • said support layer further comprising a heat- resistant tongue (IA') made of a heat-resistant mate ⁇

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  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
EP05778677A 2005-07-26 2005-07-26 Procédé de protection de données comprises dans des substrats de papier ou de plastique par transfert d'une couche de protection transparente Active EP1802473B1 (fr)

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DE602005006300T2 (de) 2009-05-20
WO2007013104A1 (fr) 2007-02-01

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