EP2709800A1

EP2709800A1 - Method for producing a non-detachable security seal

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Publication number: EP2709800A1
Application number: EP12724898.7A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Niklas RADZEY; Barbara Schmidt
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2011-05-17
Filing date: 2012-05-16
Publication date: 2014-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-16
Also published as: EP2709800B1; WO2012156097A1; DE102011101745A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a) a security seal (12) on an original article (28, 32) or b) a pad (11) for such a security seal (12), wherein, in a first step, a substrate (4) is arranged in a region (2, 30) on the original article (28, 32) in case a) or on a base (3) in case b) and, in a second step, shredded banknote snippets (10) are arranged on the substrate (4) or are introduced into the substrate (4). The present invention also relates to a pad (11) and an original article (28, 32) on which a security seal (12) is arranged.

Description

METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INDEPENDABLE SAFETY SEAL

description

The invention relates to a method for producing a security seal on an original article or a pad for such a security seal.

The subject of the present invention is also a person and an original object on which a security seal is arranged. The invention relates, for example, to the field of forgery of expert reports, expertises, pictures, paintings and products. In particular, it relates to a method of making a permanent, visible seal having implemented

reproducible applications directly on a product to ensure originality, to document, to enable authentication and optimal

To enable counterfeit security.

Counterfeit appraisals and expert opinions are used to price exaggerated, manipulated or completely fake pieces for supposedly genuine instruments, antiques and paintings. The facts: The gray market is a seemingly impenetrable network of organized counterfeiters and fraudsters who have purposefully exploited the ignorance of a - mostly well-heeled - buyers group to fake with fake reviews high prices for inferior goods. These traders, usually noble gangsters in pinstripes, initially gain the confidence of interested parties, clients or acquirers. They make them credible, these reports submitted by him were genuine unique, after all, they would by respected experts, on their own papers, with their own watermarks and seemingly Signed distinctive seals. The fact that these could be falsified is often not even considered by the unsuspecting victims of the alleged authenticity features. The reality: The previous expert opinion is deficient. Even a moderately talented forger copies such a written document in such a deceptively real way within a few days that the reviewer himself will not recognize his own document as a falsification.

For example, methods known in the art include:

A.) Use of sealing wax. Application by heating and dripping the sealing wax on a document and pressing the seal stamp in the liquid

Sealing compound.

B.) The usual seal security by example Notarprägestempel o. Ä.

C.) Use of dry and hot stamping dies by means of positive and negative molds

D.) Mechanical document security by means of individually produced embossing stamps

E.) use of holograms,

F.) Use of security labels with micro-array elements to produce a completely unique microarray or even use of inorganic microparticles.

The most common methods used to secure documents are based on

Manufacturing processes that could even be recreated by laymen. To name for example are seals that are applied with the help of embossing pliers o. Ä. Instruments. The production of seal molds are often simple mechanical

Manufacturing processes. The application of sealing wax is known to almost everyone. Making hot stamping dies is also not particularly difficult and the materials are accessible to anyone.

The preparation of micro-array elements is in the current state of

Computer technology in any case nachbaubar, at least imitable. A halfway PC familiar can come with such programs to remarkable results. Especially in the Asian region, there is almost a market for it

To find services in the field. In the field of inorganic microparticles it is specified to consider as well. It is mainly about

Proof of authenticity that can not be imitated, ie the highest possible To identify counterfeit security. Visual markings are suitable for integration in product manufacturing, usually larger quantities. It is to

Performing the method at least one printing device or

Pressure control required. Secret arrangement patterns are hardly possible and would have to be kept secret. Watermarks, holograms, or barcodes that provide proof of authenticity by comparing a two-dimensional, typically graphical, texture pattern are also possible. The imitation should not in such structural patterns by their size, but by their complex

Illustration or arrangement of their individual structural elements, can be prevented. Here, the breadth of variations is not so great that every single product can get its own label. If, however, a large number of identical products are marked with the same label, the impres- sion of imitation increases for a counterfeiter.

Falsification of the labels can also be made without any problems and misuse can be carried out.

The previous methods are all based, more or less, on a typographic design and must be pre-produced. This requires a great deal of preparation and harbors too many risks from integrated machinery and equipment that could be manipulated or viewed by third parties. Not to mention the people involved, who present certain known security risks. In most cases, the graphic security features are generated in a precisely defined and reproducible manner. This results in variations of security labels by controlled constant change according to rules, obvious by programming. If this is known or can it be reconstructed on the basis of the technical status of the appearance of the label, so it can also be copied. Especially if the label was not designed for the unique, but for a type or a series.

Holograms as safety labels are mainly glued on and can be removed either by chemicals or by water. If a document is backed up with a hologram - such as the holospot ^® brand - the hologram will simply be placed on the surface of the hologram

Attached document. The fact is, however, that paper dissolves in water, the

Hologram but undamaged, so completely preserved. It is made of plastic. The document to be protected and the hologram can therefore be separated. Whether one of the Damage to both is irrelevant. The fact is, the purpose of document protection is not fully guaranteed. This in turn corroborates the logical conclusion that the undamaged hologram can be misused on another document. The hologram may be tamper-proof, but not fully capable of protecting a document.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION According to the invention, in a process for the production

a) a security seal on an original item or

b) a pad for such a security seal

in a first step

in case a) in an area on the original object or

in case b) on a base

a carrier layer is arranged and

in a second step, shredded banknote chips are arranged on the carrier layer or introduced into the carrier layer. In case b) the pedestal is placed on the original article in a further step and fixed permanently.

It is particularly advantageous that the security seal produced in this way can be used for the visible identification of a registration, a genuineness or an origin of the original article and / or for the improvement of a counterfeit security of the original article.

For example, original items that may be identified include any type of documents, in particular stocks, opinions, titles or deeds, such as notarial deeds. In addition, as original objects also pictures,

Be labeled paintings, musical instruments, antiques or jewelry. Images may include, for example, photographs, etchings or lithographs, which are usually sold without a frame. Advantageously, within the scope of the invention, worthless banknote shreds with high-tech splinters thereon can to a certain extent be recycled and used in a security seal for marking original items. Shredded banknote snippets may in particular include such snippets that are at a destruction of commercial banknotes of any country or

Regional currencies, such as euro notes or dollar bills arise. In banks, usually worn, over-written, crumpled or torn banknotes are sorted out and returned to the national banks. Of these, they are destroyed in mechanical shredder. In the destruction of banknotes arise sections of banknotes, which have become worthless in itself. However, they are modern

Banknotes are designed to have a certain number of high-tech security features that make banknote counterfeiting and validation of genuine banknotes possible. Such high-tech security features include, in particular, holograms, watermarks, security threads, UV threads, film strips and pearlescent or fluorescent features

Materials.

Shredded banknote shreds are preferably used, which are formed strip-shaped or band-shaped. Banknotes, which are destroyed, for example, by the German Bundesbank, become maximum 1, 5 x 15 mm large strips

shredded. These are then pressed into cylindrical pellets with 6.5 cm in diameter and a maximum of 6 cm in height. In the security seal according to the invention, snippets of a maximum of 1.5 × 15 mm can be used by the German Bundesbank for marking original objects, which forms a particularly cost-effective variant of the method. Alternatively or in addition thereto, it may also be provided that the user of the method himself destroys or cuts banknotes that are valid or invalid in, for example, a machine shredder and uses them to mark original items. This special shapes, such as zigzag cuts, circular or elliptical punching patterns or any

Art cuts from banknotes are used. A specialist is the

Design latitude in the own preparation of the shredded banknote snippets apparent. Already a single banknote snippet is sufficient due to the therein high-tech splitter in order to implement the method for producing the security seal or the pad for the security seal. However, this would correspond to an unintentionally low security level of the security seal. Therefore, preferably two to several hundred or thousand, preferably about 5 to 50, more preferably between 10 and 20 banknote shreds are used in a security seal according to the invention. The latter preferred choice is characterized in particular by the fact that in this way an optically particularly appealing arrangement of the banknote chips can be achieved, which also offers sufficient security.

According to a preferred embodiment of the method, the shredded banknote chips are arranged on the original article or during the production of the pad in a random arrangement on the carrier layer or introduced into the carrier layer. A random arrangement does not just allow for a conspicuous one

Distinguishing original items that are the same by comparing the

Security seals. In addition to the counterfeit-proof features of banknotes randomly selected by shredding, there is another factor which can contribute to improving the security against counterfeiting, namely that of the arrangement of counterfeit securities

Snippets of banknotes.

The random arrangement can relate to the spatial position and the chronological sequence of the arrangement of the individual snippets, as well as in general to the overlapping of the banknote snippets to one another, in particular also to the type and position of

Overlaps of the individual snippets with each other. At least two banknote snippets, particularly preferably a multiplicity of banknote snippets, are preferably arranged at least partially overlapping. In this case, an open or a compact arrangement of the banknote snippets can be provided. An open arrangement comprises a plurality of clear spaces in which there are no banknote snippets in the

Carrier material and in which, where appropriate, the original object through the carrier material shines through. A compact arrangement can be achieved, for example, particularly simply by using or replicating a few millimeters thick slice of one of the above-described pellets from the German Bundesbank. In a compact banknote netting is in this area of the Security Seal ideally no review of the original item possible.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the method, the shredded banknote snippets on the original article or in the

Production of the pad by hand arranged on the carrier layer or introduced into the carrier layer. An exclusively manual attachment or insertion is a guarantee for the actually random arrangement of the banknote snippets on or in the carrier material. The fact that a person distributes the snippets, it is also achieved that each security seal is unique in each case. Manually applied or introduced

Banknote snippets may also have recognizable microstructures, such as remnants of fingerprints or uneven layers in the carrier layer, which are caused, for example, when exchanged by fingertips. Also, the carrier layer may have recognizable microstructures, such as trapped air bubbles, the number and / or size of which may differ from those which arise in machine-applied or applied banknote snippets. As an alternative to manual operation, a machine-operated process can be provided which has nondeterministic elements, for example using drop shafts and / or machine-generated air flows in which the banknote chips are guided onto the carrier layer or by using robot arms which are for example driven nondeterministically. This has the advantage that a security seal can usually be produced by automation in a shorter time and more cost-effectively than by hand. It can also be provided to manually apply one or a few, for example, in their position banknotes and the rest by machine.

According to a preferred embodiment of the method, in a further step on the original article or in the production of the pad, further particles or strips having forgery-proof features are arranged on the carrier layer or introduced into the carrier layer. Such forgery-proof features having particles or strips may, for example, from stocks, checks,

Certificates, expired tickets, paper strips printed with special color, special-printed plastics, newspaper strips, magazine paper strips, pictures or drawings. These can for example be shredded, cut or torn and optionally further processed, which such particles or strips can be provided. The particles or strips preferably also have, like the shredded banknote chips, forgery-proof features such as holograms, watermarks, security threads, UV threads, film strips and materials provided with pearlescent or fluorescence features. The arrangement of the further anti-counterfeiting features having particles or stripes on the carrier layer can also be done manually or automatically, the procedures each having the same advantages described with respect to the manual or automatic application of the shredded banknotes.

According to a preferred embodiment of the method, at least one code is arranged on the carrier layer or introduced into the carrier layer in a further step on the original article or during the production of the pad. A code can be any character with built-in numeric or alphanumeric code. In particular, the code may also include a bar code or a data matrix code such as a QR code, i. H. a so-called quick-response code or an RFID code. A code makes the security seal particularly easy to read and check by machine. If the code includes numeric or alphanumeric characters, it preferably has a font size and font that the code can be read by machine error-free.

According to a preferred embodiment, the carrier layer of a

Carrier material is formed, which is to be selected depending on the original item. The carrier material may in particular be made of a two-component epoxy resin adhesive, a self-adhesive polymer plastic, a polyester resin or a clearcoat or a combination thereof. The carrier layer may be transparent or opaque. In an opaque

Carrier layer are preferred clear, not milky colors, which can be easily recognized by machine.

The in-the-carrier-layer-introduction differs from the on-the-Trägerschicht- arranging in that the snippets, particles or stripes thereafter not rest on the support layer, but may be completely surrounded by this, which is done for example by dipping or sedimentation can. For the safety of Security seal, it is advantageous if the security features, especially the shredded banknote snippets are not accessible. If these are already introduced into the carrier layer during the production of the seal, a further wetting with a further carrier layer is possibly no longer necessary.

But it can also be provided on the original article or at the

Production of the pad on the arrangement with the carrier layer and the shredded banknotes to arrange another carrier layer. This ensures that the shredded banknote snippets are not accessible. The further carrier layer may be made of the same material as the first carrier layer. The others

Carrier layer may also comprise a different material, in particular as a clearcoat, which also causes a certain surface appearance, such as a matte or glossy surface or a particularly smooth or particularly rough surface.

The arrangement which comprises one or more carrier layers and shredded banknotes, in the case of the pad optionally also a base and a top layer, can then be compressed manually or mechanically on the original article or during the production of the pad, for example by a stamping tool. The stamp can be part of a machine, for example

Forming press tool, which is suitable for the execution of the method. When squeezed, the security seal becomes as a unit with the original one

Item connected and completed. This can be a smooth surface of the

Security seal to be created.

After compression of the security seal, curing of the

Air seal or, for example, tempering at moderate heat, such as between 30 ° C and 50 ° C in a room. The curing can

in particular by means of a UV light source, for example by means of a

High-pressure mercury vapor lamp or by means of a plurality of LEDs. The curing can also be carried out simultaneously with the compression with a curing tool, which may be formed combined with the pressing tool, for example as a press die with a UV light source integrated therein. The UV light source can be located in a hand-held device. A two-part epoxy resin adhesive generally does not require UV curing. The curing takes place in this case within minutes in the air. The two-component epoxy resin proves to be particularly harmless for the original items, ie it does not attack them and is therefore preferred for particularly expensive items, such as paintings or musical instruments. In contrast, a one-component adhesive, which has undergone UV curing, for example, provides improved adhesion. It has been found that even in the case of marking documents as original objects with a sufficient light intensity, a carrier layer with a UV-curable one-component adhesive can be used, wherein a one-sided seal hardening, depending on the UV efficiency, about 3 s to 6 s can amount.

The attachment of the pad on the original article is preferably carried out in that the pad is peeled off and the pedestal is pressed onto the object. Alternatively, it may also be provided to arrange on the original article a carrier layer, which may for example also be made of a two-component epoxy adhesive, a self-adhesive polymer plastic, a polyester resin or a clearcoat or a combination thereof, and then the Päd with or without pad to squeeze. The pressing of the pad on the original object can be done manually or by machine, for example using a stamping tool. A simultaneous or subsequent curing can be carried out exactly as described in connection with the production of the pad. The UV light source can be located in particular in a hand-held device.

In a further development of the method, the original article is punched in the area in which the security seal is applied. Arranging a Durchgangsöff can be done for example by any punch, in a document, for example, by a punch. It can then be provided with respect to the back of the original article, the same procedure as on the

Front perform. It can be provided to arrange a carrier layer on the back of the original article in a first step and to arrange in a second step shredded banknote snippets on the carrier layer or to introduce it into the carrier layer. It is clear that all training and further education of the Method are also possible here. Alternatively, it can be provided to arrange another Päd on the back of the original article and to attach permanently. It is particularly advantageous that the seal of the front and the seal of the back are ideally inseparably connected to each other by the perforation and not destroy the seal without the seal itself and the unique to be protected from each other. This development is particularly advantageous to apply if it is the original object is a multi-page document or a document in which the front and back are labeled. A connection with an emergency thread may additionally be provided.

In particular, when using the method for original objects that are not documents, such as musical instruments, paintings, paintings, antiques or

Jewelery, the original article may be cleaned prior to application of the backing layer or prior to application of the pad by a dry process, a wet chemical process and / or a mechanical process to firmly adhere the backing layer to the original article. By wet-chemical and mechanical

In particular, it is also possible to roughen the surface of the original article so that the carrier layer adheres better to it.

Mechanical procedures for making such original objects before the

For example, brushing, sanding, polishing with an abrasive, or pressure blasting with a jet of water, sand blasting, or blasting with supercritical carbon dioxide. By such a mechanical process, the uppermost layer of the original article is removed in each case.

To remove dust and other particles that may affect the adhesion of the carrier layer on the original article, as well as for roughening the surface, dry cleaning methods are also suitable. These are, for example, the dedusting by means of brushing and / or deionized air, corona discharge or low-pressure plasma and the removal of particles by means of rollers and / or rollers, which are provided with an adhesive layer. By means of a corona discharge or a low-pressure plasma, the surface tension of the original article can be selectively increased, the surface of the original article cleaned of organic residues and thus both the Wetting with the carrier layer as well as the adhesion of the carrier layer can be improved.

The wet-chemical process is particularly suitable for rinsing the original one

Subject in the appropriate area with acidic or alkaline reagents or with appropriate solvents. Also water in conjunction with ultrasound can be used. Acidic or alkaline reagents are, for example, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid or nitric acid, phosphoric acid or caustic soda, potassium hydroxide or carbonates, such as potassium carbonate, these being selected depending on the original article. Suitable solvents are, for example, alcohols, ketones and

Hydrocarbons, which are also to be selected depending on the original article.

According to a further aspect, the invention comprises a substrate comprising a first carrier layer with a carrier material made of a two-component epoxy resin adhesive, a self-adhesive polymer plastic, a polyester resin or a clearcoat material and placed on the carrier layer or introduced into the carrier layer

Shredded banknote snippets includes. The pedestal may in particular be produced by one of the methods described above.

The pedestrian can comprise further layers, both on the side facing the original article and on the side facing away from the original article. The further layers may in particular comprise protective layers, which are to be removed before application and allow storage of the pads, for example, without sticking to one another, wherein a comparison with a commercial bicycle patches with its protective films on the top and bottom can help to an idea.

Preferably, the pod comprises a substrate on which the first carrier layer is arranged and / or a cover layer. The backing and / or the cover layer may be made of a material comprising polyolefins, polystyrenes, vinyl polymers, polycarbonates, polyethers, polyurethanes, polyphenylene oxide, polyethylene copolymers, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), styrene / ethylene / butylene block copolymer (SEB), styrene / Ethylene / propylene copolymer (SEP), polypropylene (PP), medicinal white oil, styrene / butadiene / styrene copolymer (SBS), polybutylene (PB), ethylene / propylene / diene rubber (EPDM), Ethylene / propylene polymer and styrene / butadiene / styrene block polymer (SBS), functionalized polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), functionalized

Styrene / ethylene / butylene block copolymer (SEB), polyethylene plastomer,

Polyethylene copolymer, ethylene / vinyl acetate (EVA), styrene / ethylene / propylene copolymer (SEP), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), styrene / isoprene / styrene block copolymer (SIS), polybutene (PB), polyester, polyethylene plastomer, polycarbonate (Makrolon), polyethylene copolymer, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), PCCE or SEB / SEP, PMP, PB, polyamide (PA), polytetrafluoroethylene, available under the trademark Teflon ^® polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), or mixtures of these be made ,

The backing and / or the cover layer preferably comprise materials which repel the adhesive of the carrier layer used and / or have sufficient adhesive resistance with respect to the carrier layer, so that the underlay and / or the cover layer can be easily detached from the carrier material. Particularly preferably, the substrate and / or the cover layer comprise a material which is made of a polypropylene (PP).

According to a preferred embodiment, the pedestrian comprises further counterfeit-proof features comprising particles or strips. The particles or strips preferably also have, like the shredded banknote chips, forgery-proof features such as holograms, watermarks, security threads, UV threads, film strips and materials provided with pearlescent or fluorescence features.

According to a preferred embodiment, the pedestrian comprises further counterfeit-proof features having particles or strips, the particles or strips of shares, checks, certificates, expired tickets, printed with special color

Paper strips, with special color printed plastic, newspaper strips,

Magazine paper strips, pictures or drawings. these can

for example, shredded, cut or torn and optionally

be further processed, whereby particles or strips can be provided.

According to a preferred embodiment, the ped includes at least one code, for example a character with an integrated numeric or alphanumeric code, a bar code, a data matrix code, for example a QR code or a RFID code. It can be provided to arrange a code element having at least one code in the carrier layer or on the cover layer. An RFID code can be arranged, for example, as an RFID label in the carrier layer or on the cover layer.

According to a further aspect, the invention comprises an original article on which a security seal is arranged, which comprises a first layer with a carrier material and arranged on the carrier layer or introduced into the carrier layer

Has shredded banknote snippets. The security seal can in particular be formed by one of the pads described above.

The security seal and / or the pad preferably have a size of 0.02 cm ² to 100 cm ² , in particular from 0.4 cm ² to 10 cm ² , particularly preferably from 1 cm ² to 6 cm ² . In the case of an oval or circular shape, a diameter of 1.5 cm to 4 cm is preferred, wherein the diameter of an oval shape may refer to the size of both the small and the large axis. For original items such as musical instruments, paintings, paintings, antiques or jewelry, sizes are preferred that do not distort the look of the original item too much, so are not annoying. With these objects and documents, however, a testimony of authenticity can be in the foreground, so that the security seal can also have a conspicuous size.

In the context of the invention, a method is provided, which is a

Marking a variety of original items with coded

Includes security seals and storage of security seals with associated codes in databases. Preferably, a unique code is used so that each security seal can be uniquely identified by code. For example, the codes and the associated security seals can be placed in tables on a

be stored on a machine-readable storage medium, such as on a permanent or rewritable storage medium or in association with a

Computer equipment or on a removable CD-ROM, DVD or USB stick. Additionally or alternatively, the codes and associated security seals may be provided for download on a computing device such as a server, e.g. B. over a data network such as the Internet or a Communication connection such as a telephone line or a wireless connection. For security reasons, storage in an offline database is preferred.

A check of the security seal can be done for example by photographing or scanning, wherein the electronic image is transmitted to a server, which verifies the authenticity. Here it is provided that the code is first recognized and the photographed or scanned security seal is compared with the stored in the database to the code security seal. The authenticity check is carried out on the basis of comparison of the shredded banknote snippets, in particular the type, condition and location of the high-tech chips, the type, condition and location of the shredded chips

Banknote snippets, as well as possibly the other security features and optionally by detecting the nature and location of other structures, such as trapped air bubbles. The recognition of objects on the images may include, in particular, texture-based methods in which objects can be detected by means of classifiers, wherein certain features of the image are compared at certain positions with stored and / or learned features and their similarity to one another is determined. There are a variety of methods known to those skilled in the art. A particularly preferred embodiment of the invention consists in a

Failsafe seal, which should not be prefabricated by machine and / or serial for safety reasons. It is executed and applied directly on the object. For this purpose, the base material is applied using appropriate equipment. This usually consists of two-component epoxy resin. It may also be off

self-adhesive polymer labels or polyester resin. For a seal, the two component adhesive is fused fifty to fifty. After the end of the dripping time, it is applied to the previously marked area of the object to be protected by means of a spatula. In this mass applied shredded, old banknote snippets from the banknote destruction site of the German Bundesbank come and

Shredded holograms interspersed by hand at random. Every single one

As such, particles of these snippets must be labeled as false-proof, because each item contains features that could not be reconstructed as individual parts, even if a counterfeiter wanted to make the effort, a failure would be predictable. It creates an unmistakable self-image, which is not in its kind is reproducible. On the other hand, there is also the three-dimensionality, which is documented as a picture in the scanned, high-resolution state and registered in a database. When trying the implemented particles and snippets as falsifications. The documented image on the original can only be displayed disfigured. A superimposition of the forgery and the original documents this already in the first 1: 1 comparison, in the magnification and

Overlapping it becomes particularly clearly visible.

A particularly preferred feature of anti-counterfeiting security is the implied one

Hologram, which is registered in a separate database and is only available once for this original label. The once assigned and registered alphanumeric code - also included in the hologram - is inserted into the second level of the seal, covered with the same material and again

compressed. It connects inextricably with the ground, thus creating the counterfeit-proof overall seal, for example, in three levels. In order to make sheet documents undetachable from the ground, is provided according to a particularly preferred embodiment, the seal in fact to a whole piece with the

Put the underground together in between. This is achieved, for example, by the fact that material to be secured can be punched in the area to be applied in order to be able to carry out the same procedure from the rear side. The materials, in the not yet fully cured state, naturally combine their chemical properties. As a result, a document to be explicitly secured is inseparably connected to each other by the connection of the seal of the front side and the seal of the back after curing of the substrates and the seal and the document can not be separated without destroying the seal itself and the unique one to be protected.

The security seal adheres firmly to the product, eg. B. on a report and preferably also includes various open and hidden security features that are written in advance with a high-resolution laser in the information field. The seal is photographed and scanned and can be stored with the alphanumeric code in databases and compared. The method is preferably carried out directly on the object, that is executed on and on the original and applied and not completed outside of the process of forgery-proofing. The manual method differs from mass-produced and implemented methods, for example, using micropigments because of its uniqueness in the manufacturing process. Regardless of technical progress, it is simple, stable and effective. Although it might be considered obsolete at first glance due to some necessary human manipulation, it turns out to be outdated, simply because of the high-tech manufacturing process used in the process. As shredded former banknotes and implied individual applications, as remarkably timely in the technical effect.

The invention represents in itself a new technical procedure in the protection against counterfeiting of expertises, documents, pictures and paintings, which in itself not too

Because of the interaction of all the components used - including the purely accidentally enclosed air bubbles - it is unique in its nature and must be considered as a genetic fingerprint. The procedure gives each buyer the authenticity of his forgery-proof unique certificate for the inspected instrument, picture, painting, antique, jewelery, diamonds and the like. guaranteed. Paintings, pictures and expert reports etc. with the provided seal are no longer to be faked, because a) the scanned and photographed

The security seal is stored in two exclusively offline databases and b) the same security seal is additionally backed up as a microfilm.

The process provides clarity and maximum security for business transactions on the basis of credibility. The procedure always preserves the reputation of the expert without any doubt. Any buyer or owner of pictures, paintings,

Musical instruments, etc. can be sure that its unique with this seal unique by origin and authenticity to recognize clearly and the deposit of the data is immediately available. Insurances reduce their risk and the risk of theft is considerably minimized. In addition, every secured document can be tracked. The examination of the originality happens, for example, by superimposing and directly comparing the random arrangement of the implemented applications and the

Matching the hologram and checking the characteristics and the

alphanumeric codes with the security features of the original security seal stored in the databases according to the method described. Brief description of the drawings

a base or an area of an original article with a carrier layer arranged thereon in plan view,

Figure 2 shows the pad or the area of the original article of FIG

1 with banknote snippets arranged thereon in plan view,

Figures 3 to 7 different embodiments of a security seals or

Pads for safety seals in plan view, Figure 8 is a security seal with through holes in plan view,

9 shows a security seal on a document in plan view, FIG.

FIG. 10 shows a security seal on an edge of a painting in plan view;

Figure 1 1 an arrangement with shredded banknotes and shredded

Holograms and

Figure 12 is a code element.

FIG. 1 shows a region 2 of an original article or a substrate 3 with a carrier layer 4 arranged thereon. The substrate 3 may be a protective film on which a substrate for producing a security seal is arranged. The

Carrier layer 4 is in the example shown in Figure 1 with a spatula 6 by hand 8 on the pad 3 or on the area 2 of the original article

applied, but can also be arranged by machine.

FIG. 2 shows the underlay 3 or the region 2 of the original article with the carrier layer 4 and banknote snippets 10 arranged thereon Banknote snippets 10 are randomly arranged by hand 8 on the carrier layer 4 in the example shown in FIG. 2, but can also be arranged by machine.

FIG. 3 shows the region 2 of the original article with it arranged on it

Security seal, or a Ped 1 1 for producing the security seal with the

Carrier layer 4 and thereon or therein arranged banknote snippets 10. The illustrated in Figure 3 object with the carrier layer and the banknote snippets 10 arranged thereon or therein, a security seal 12 or a Päd 1 1 for a

Safety seal 12 represent.

FIG. 4 shows the security seal 12 or the pedestal 11 for a security seal 12 from FIG. 3 with a cover layer 14 arranged thereon. The cover layer 14 is arranged by hand in the example shown in FIG. 4, but can also be arranged by machine. The article shown in Figure 4 can also as a

Security seal 12 and be referred to as a Päd 1 1 for a security seal 12.

FIG. 5 shows the security seal 12 or the pedestal 11 for a security seal 12 from FIG. 3 with a code element 16 arranged thereon. The code element 16 is arranged in the example shown in FIG. 5 by hand 8, but can also be arranged by machine. The code element 16 in the illustrated embodiment comprises a data matrix code 18, a numerical code 20 and a trade mark 22. The code element 16 may be placed on the support layer 4, incorporated therein or placed on a cover layer 14, for example with reference to FIG 4 has been described. The article shown in Figure 5 can also be referred to as a security seal 12 and as a Päd 1 1 for a security seal 12.

FIG. 6 shows the security seal 12 or the pedestal 11 for a security seal 12 from FIG. 5 with further particles 24 having forgery-proof features, for example in the form of hologram snippets. The other counterfeit-proof features

having particles 24 are arranged in the example shown in Figure 6 by hand 8, but can also be arranged by machine. The object shown in Figure 6 can also be used as a security seal 12 and as a Päd 1 1 for a

Security seal 12 are designated. FIG. 7 shows the security seal 12 or the pedestal 11 for a security seal 12 from FIG. 6 with a cover layer 14 arranged thereon. The cover layer 14 is arranged by hand in the example shown in FIG. 7, but can also be arranged by machine. The object shown in Figure 7 can also as a

Security seal 12 and be referred to as a Päd 1 1 for a security seal 12.

Figure 8 shows a security seal 12 on an original article with two

Through openings 26. The passage openings 26 may be formed manually or mechanically by any punching tool. The illustrated in Figure 8

Item may be referred to as a security seal 12 or form part of a security seal 12, which by another security seal on the

Back of the original item is completed. FIG. 9 shows a security seal 12 on a document 28, here by way of example

Valuation of an expert. The security seal 12 is arranged clearly visible on the surface and fulfills the purpose of the visible identification of the authenticity of the document 28 and the improvement of the security against counterfeiting. The security seal 12 comprises in the illustrated embodiment an opaque support layer 4, in which the shredded banknote snippets 10 and the

Code element 16 are arranged. It may be formed by a pad 1 1, which was prepared as described above or applied directly to the document 28. FIG. 10 shows a security seal 12 on a frame 30 of a painting 32. The security seal 12, like the security seal 12 shown in FIG. 9, is clearly visible and fulfills the purpose of visibly marking the authenticity of the painting 32 and improving the forgery security of the painting 32. In the illustrated embodiment, the security seal 12 comprises a transparent carrier layer 4, in which the shredded banknote chips 10, shredded hologram snippets 24 and the code element 16 are arranged.

Figure 1 1 shows randomly distributed shredded banknote chips 10 and randomly distributed shredded hologram chips 24 in plan view. Shown is a variety of Banknote snippets 10, which are arranged at least partially overlapping. An overlapping region of the banknote snippets is selected by way of example and designated by the reference numeral 38. In one area there is provided an open arrangement 36 of banknotes which comprises a plurality of clear spaces in which there are no banknote chips in the carrier material and in which the original article passes through the carrier material, if it is transparent. In another area, a compact arrangement 34 is provided, where no review of the original object longer possible. In particular, in the hologram snippets 24 can be seen how the

safety features after shredding. The security-relevant features include, for example, alphanumeric codes, such as numbers 40 and

Labels 42 which may be readable or partially readable or may be sliced into unreadable clusters. Other features can include watermarks, security thread, UV threads, foil strips and with pearlescent film or with

Include fluorescent features, their location and arrangement shape the unalterable security seal.

FIG. 12 shows an illustration of the code element 16. The code element 16 here by way of example comprises a data matrix code 18, a numeric code 20 and a

Trademark 22, some or all of which may be holographically incorporated into the code element 16.

The following is a description of other possible embodiments of the invention.

According to one embodiment, a method for producing a permanent security seal directly on an original document, image, painting, product for the purpose of visibly marking the registration, the authenticity, the origin of the same and improving the security against forgery, comprises a carrier layer on a unique item to be secured Epoxy resin or similar material by hand or by dispenser is applied and by hand, randomly shredded, forgery-proof banknote snippets are sprinkled, which then have a random arrangement and by means of stamping tool with adhesive repellent surface in the carrier layer be pressed. After hardening, the first level of the seal is to be regarded as a unalterable, not fake, unique entity.

In a further development, an explicitly prepared hologram with integrated alphanumeric code is applied to the method on this first level. In addition, shredded hologram particles are scattered by hand, which are also regarded as forgery-proof. They form the second level with the hologram.

Furthermore, the method preferably comprises that the first and the second level are coated and pressed together with a further layer of the carrier material, which completes the seal as a uniting connection and makes it forgery-proof as a sealing element.

According to one embodiment, it is provided that this sealing element with the to be protected unique due to its nature and the non-removable and

immediate application to the unique, a closed

Security seal and this unique offers against unauthorized duplication or counterfeiting the maximum protection.

For example, as a carrier material, a two-component epoxy resin adhesive, self-adhesive polymer plastic, polyester resin or clearcoat can be used.

In addition, it is provided that the material to be secured in the area to be applied can be perforated in order to carry out the same procedure from the rear side. As a result, an explicit document to be secured is inseparably connected to one another by the connection of the seal of the front side and the seal of the back after curing of the support materials and can not be separated without destroying the seal itself and the unique to be protected.

It is advantageous that the seal due to its nature with the substrate material forms a permanent bond and can only be separated by violence.

According to one embodiment, the method is characterized in that partially and substantially actually present particles or strips of in itself once with counterfeit-proof features - such as holograms, watermarks, security thread, UV Threads, foil strips, pearlescent film, etc. - provided materials such as discarded and shredded banknotes with fluorescent features, stocks, checks, certificates, holograms of various origins, expired tickets, special color printed strips of paper, specialty color printed plastic, newspaper / magazine paper strips, Pictures and drawings etc. can be used.

It is advantageous that implied codes, such as the bar code, the QR code (Quick Response), which can be photographed and seen or read as an image on the PC or Ipad, other codes, such as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) or

Microchips in the second level and are part of the security seal.

In the method, by the manual method is basically the

Guaranteed counterfeiting security because the resulting image is unique as a unique unique piece of DNA and can be compared as an image in the database. The state of the high-tech splitters implied here will remain unaffected in the future and can always be adapted to the respective requirements.

Claims

claims

1. Process for the preparation

a) a security seal (12) on an original item (28, 32) or

b) a pad (1 1) for such a security seal (12),

in a first step

in case a) in a region (2, 30) on the original article (28, 32) or in case b) on a substrate (3)

a carrier layer (4) is arranged and

in a second step, shredded banknote chips (10) are arranged on the carrier layer (4) or introduced into the carrier layer (4).

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the case b) in a further step, the Päd (1 1) on the original article (28, 32) is arranged and permanently attached.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the shredded banknote snippets (10) arranged in a random arrangement on the carrier layer (4) or introduced into the carrier layer (4).

4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shredded banknote snippets (10) by hand (8) arranged on the carrier layer (4) or introduced into the carrier layer (4).

5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that arranged in a further step by hand (8) or mechanically further forgery-proof features (40, 42) having particles (24) or strips on the carrier layer (4) or in the carrier layer (4).

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that the further counterfeit-proof features (40, 42) comprising particles (24) or strips of shares, checks, certificates, expired tickets, printed with special color

Paper strips, with special color printed plastic, newspaper strips,

Magazine paper strips, images or drawings are provided.

7. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that arranged in a further step at least one code (18, 20) on the carrier layer (4) or in the carrier layer (4) is introduced.

8. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the original article (28) in the region (2) in which the security seal (12) is applied, is perforated.

9. Päd (1 1), comprising a first carrier layer (4) with one of a two

Component epoxy resin adhesive, a self-adhesive polymer plastic, a polyester resin or a clearcoat fabricated carrier material and on the carrier layer (4) arranged or in the carrier layer (4) introduced shredded banknote snippets (10).

10. Päd (1 1) according to claim 9, further comprising a pad (3) on which the first carrier layer (4) is arranged.

A pedestrian (11) according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising a cover layer (14).

12. Päd (1 1) according to any one of claims 9 to 1 1, comprising further on the carrier layer (4) arranged or in the carrier layer (4) introduced counterfeit-proof features (40, 42) having particles (24) or strip.

13. Päd (1 1) according to any one of claims 9 to 12, further comprising a code element (16).

14. An original article (28, 32) on which a security seal (12) is arranged, which has a first layer with a carrier material and on the carrier layer (4). arranged or in the carrier layer (4) introduced shredded banknote snippets (10).

15. An original article (28, 32) according to claim 14, wherein the security seal (12) by a Päd (1 1) is formed according to one of claims 9 to 13.