EP3234940A1

EP3234940A1 - Adhesive label

Info

Publication number: EP3234940A1
Application number: EP15817191.8A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Sandrine Rancien; Brauge LAURENT
Original assignee: Arjobex SAS
Current assignee: Arjobex SAS
Priority date: 2014-12-19
Filing date: 2015-12-15
Publication date: 2017-10-25
Also published as: TW201633271A; US10283017B2; US20180005551A1; JP2018504649A; WO2016096924A1; CN107251129B; JP6771481B2; CN107251129A; FR3030856A1; TWI709119B; FR3030856B1

Abstract

The invention relates to an adhesive label (10) comprising: a printable front side (20, 22) which is non-opaque to IR radiation; an adhesive layer (25) for sticking the label to an application medium, the adhesive force of the front side being less than the gripping force of the adhesive layer; and a compound (24) exhibiting a certain behaviour when illuminated by said IR radiation through the front side (20, 22), the electromagnetic response of said compound during the illumination by said IR radiation being detectable through the front side.

Description

"Adhesive label"

The present invention relates to adhesive labels and more particularly to self-adhesive labels, including safety labels. Self-adhesive security labels can be both authenticatable and tamper-proof. By "tamper-proof" is meant in particular that they are destroyed in case of attempted separation (or peeling) of the substrate on which they were applied.

An adhesive label has a generally printable or customizable structure on its front face, called a front face, and an adhesive layer on its back side.

Some so-called "synthetic" adhesive labels comprise a polymer substrate, for example polyurethane (PU) or polyvinyl chloride (PVC), destructible.

Some of these labels highlight an attempt to remove the label from most application media, splitting into several pieces during a peel primer. Most of these labels, however, have the disadvantage of being only customizable by heat transfer or at least not having optimal printability by traditional printing processes, which limits the possibilities of design labels.

Other "synthetic" adhesive labels with polymeric substrate front have the advantage of highlighting an attempt to peel the label of its application support by delaminating in the thickness, a part of the remaining label present on the application medium due to a cohesion force of the substrate less than the adhesive force of the adhesive layer on the application medium. It is nevertheless possible to reuse the upper part of the front of the peeled label by adding adhesive and pasting it on another support.

The publication WO 2012/135085 discloses, on self-adhesive labels with a transparent front, a layer of adhesive and an invisible ink invisible under ambient light, arranged between the front and the adhesive layer, the luminescent ink emitting in visible under exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The front of this label is deliberately transparent or sufficiently transparent at the wavelengths of the UV and the visible on the one hand to allow the light, especially UV, to cross the front to reach the luminescence ink underneath and the exciting, and secondly to allow the wavelengths emitted by the ink in the visible of cross the frontal and so be seen in return. Preferably, the frontal transmittance is at least 80% and preferably greater than 95% in the UV and the visible. This label with a transparent front at UV and visible wavelengths makes it possible to check the authenticity of the label by irradiating it with a UV lamp, thus making visible the luminescent ink present under the front end.

Such a label has the disadvantage of requiring a transparent front, which can be binding on the aesthetic. Indeed, if the frontal is no longer transparent but opaque to visible light, it will absorb and / or diffuse the wavelengths of the visible and it will no longer be possible to see under UV irradiation the visible response of the luminescent ink present under the front, and thus to proceed to the verification of the authenticity of the label, the wavelengths of the visible not passing through the opaque front.

This transparent front label made of polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA) or bi-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) is also an uniquely authenticatable label that does not present no features highlighting an attempt to falsify by destruction, tearing or cohesive rupture (delamination) of the frontal.

WO 2012/142658 discloses a self-adhesive tape carrying microscopic particles coded with identification data, the support of the tape being transparent to allow identification and visualization of the particles after application of the tape on an application medium.

WO 2010/043821 discloses a security label, for product authentication, comprising a monolayer or multilayer transparent front cover, coated with a transparent layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive, receiving a visible impression under ambient lighting applied directly on the adhesive layer . After application of the label on the product to be authenticated, any attempt at delamination by manual, mechanical, thermal or chemical means causes the irreversible destruction of the cohesive rupture printing of the adhesive layer, whose cohesive strength is lower the adhesive strength of the label on the product to be authenticated.

This label can not be tampered with because it exhibits evidence of forgery by cohesive failure during a detachment attempt, but on the other hand requires a frontal and a transparent adhesive layer at visible wavelengths to allow the observation of the print through the front and the adhesive layer. EP 2747059, US 5,042,842, US 6,326,071 and US 5,605,738 disclose other adhesive labels.

The aim of the invention is to make it more difficult for fraud to break off a label, and it achieves this through an adhesive label comprising:

a printable front end that is not opaque to infrared radiation (Ht),

an adhesive layer for bonding the label to a support, the cohesive force of the front end being less than the adhesive force of the adhesive layer; a compound having a determined behavior when illuminated by said IR radiation through the front end; electromagnetic response of said compound upon illumination by said IR radiation being detectable through the frontal.

The compound, also called "IR tracer", may have a specific electromagnetic response to IR radiation. It is a tracer of one type or a mixture of several tracers of different types.

By "type of tracer" is meant a compound having a given behavior in response to a given incident radiation. Different types of tracers differ in their excitation wavelength (IR radiation) and / or their (s) wavelengths of absorption or emission.

"Printable" front-end means a front end suitable for traditional printing (offset, rotary typography, rotational fxxography, rotogravure, screen printing, etc.) and / or digital printing (toner, inkjet, etc.) and / or variable printing (thermal transfer, direct thermal, laser, inkjet ...). The printability of the front end may in particular be provided by an adhesion primer or a printability layer located on the face intended for printing and preferably on the front face opposite to the adhesive layer. The face provided with an adhesion primer or a printability layer is qualified printable face.

The term "IR radiation" means a set of one or more discrete or non-discrete electromagnetic waves emitted in the wavelength range of the infrared, in particular between 700 nm and 5 mm. The IR radiation is preferably between 700 nm and 15 μm, more preferably between 780 nm and 3 μm and more preferably between 800 nm and 1 μm. Said IR radiation may be centered on a single wavelength or consist of a set of several wavelengths for example between 700 nm and 5 mm, preferably between 700 nm and 15 μm, more preferably between 780 nm and 3 μm and more preferably between 800 nm and 1 μm. These wavelengths can be emitted by one or more different sources, for example simultaneously or successively by one or more diodes.

The term "specific electromagnetic response" means absorption or emission by the compound. In particular, these are, respectively, absorption by the compound of certain wavelengths of the incident IR radiation or emission by the compound of an electromagnetic radiation in the visible and / or invisible domain. for example in IR, in response to the excitation of the compound by the incident IR radiation. This electromagnetic response, when invisible to the naked eye, will be detected using a suitable detector, including automatically. It is preferably an emission by the compound of an electromagnetic radiation in the visible and / or invisible domain, in particular in the IR, in response to the excitation of the compound by the incident IR radiation. .

The invention also relates to an adhesive label intended to be applied on a support comprising:

a printable front end and not opaque to infrared radiation (DR),

an adhesive layer for bonding the label to a support, the cohesive force of the front end being less than the adhesive force of the adhesive layer on the support,

a compound having a determined behavior when illuminated by said IR radiation through the front end, the electromagnetic response of said compound during illumination by said IR radiation being detectable through the front end.

The adhesive label is in particular a self-adhesive label, preferably a security label.

The adhesive label may have before its application on a support a protector, in particular silicone, on the adhesive layer on the opposite side to the front.

The label according to the invention offers the advantage that after adhesion to the product to be authenticated, any attempt to detach it leads to delamination of the frontal by cohesive rupture thereof, whose cohesive strength is less than adhesive force of the adhesive layer, in particular on the support.

The frontal may comprise a multilayer complex, having a core layer having cavities, and two skin layers coextruded with the core layer.

The front end is preferably not completely transparent, especially opaque and in particular white. The frontal may be opaque to visible light and / or UV radiation. It is preferably opaque to visible light and its opacity in the visible range measured according to ISO 2471 standard "Paper and board - Determination of opacity on paper background - method of reflection in diffuse light" is in particular greater than 70% preferably greater than 80%.

The front end is preferably transparent to IR radiation. The term "IR radiation transparency" means a transmittance of the wavelengths of this radiation DR. measured using an IR spectrophotometer greater than 70%.

The frontend is preferably transparent to IR radiation in the wavelength range 700 nm - 15 μm, preferably 780 nm - 3 μm, more preferably 800 nm - 1 μm and more preferably in the range of wavelengths. excitation wave of said compound.

The front may comprise at least one layer of thermoplastic material, especially polyolefin. It is preferably a layer of polyethylene (PE) and more preferably of high density polyethylene (HDPE).

The front can be opaque to the type Polyart ^® multilayer structure TE produced and sold by the company Arjobex; such a frontal shows a delamination in case of attempted delamination due in particular to its multilayer structure and alveolate (presence of voids).

Thus, during an attempt to falsify by detaching a label according to the invention, the detectable compound through the front end will remain on the delaminated portion of the label comprising the adhesive layer, in particular fixed on the application support . The other part of the delaminated label, including in particular the information printed on the printable side, can not be reused by the fraudster, because it will no longer exhibit the electromagnetic response under IR illumination characteristic of the presence of this compound.

The adhesive layer may be a self-adhesive layer. It is preferably a pressure-sensitive adhesive.

In this case, by "cohesive force of the frontal inferior to the adhesive force of the adhesive layer", it must be considered that by carrying out the Finat peel tests: FTM 1 or FTM 2, 24 hours after the application of the adhesive label on a plate of standard glass "Finat" ( "Finat Technical Handbook - Test methods", ^9th edition), there cohesive failure of the front and not cohesive failure in the adhesive layer or adhesive layer interface - front. Preferably, the compound is such that the IR radiation to which it corresponds belongs to the near IR (ie NIR), in particular in the wavelength range extending from 780 nm to 3 μm, preferably extending between 800 nm. and 1 μm.

When the electromagnetic response of the compound is an emission by the compound of electromagnetic radiation, it is preferably an emission in the field of IR, especially in the wavelength range extending from 700 nm at 15 μm, preferably in the NIR range between 780 nm and 3 μm and more preferably between 800 nm and 1 μm.

In the case of an emission of the compound in the visible (in English "antistokes shift"), it is necessary that this emission is sufficiently intense that it can be seen through the frontal, especially when it has a certain opacity . The intensity of the emission and the opacity of the frontal are in particular adapted to each other to allow the observation of the emission through the frontal.

The incident radiation may in particular be emitted by one or more emitting diodes of IR light.

Said compound is preferably located with respect to the frontal on the same side as the adhesive layer.

Said compound may be a soluble or insoluble photoluminescent compound. It can be implemented in an intermediate layer between the front end and the adhesive layer or in the adhesive layer itself. It may also be present on the entire surface of the label, which is preferred, or on only part of its surface.

The intermediate layer or the adhesive layer containing said compound may also be loaded and / or colored, being careful to use fillers, pigments or dyes which do not absorb or little in the wavelengths chosen for the IR excitation and / or or which do not absorb either in the emission wavelengths of the compound, so as not to disturb the detection of the electromagnetic response of said compound. In particular, the adhesive layer or the intermediate layer is preferably devoid of carbon black and / or absorbing colored pigments in the IR, and in particular in the NIR.

The label may include charges reflecting the IR radiation in the intermedian layer and / or the adhesive layer and / or an additional layer.

In order to improve the detection of the electromagnetic response when it is an emission by the compound of an electromagnetic radiation, the intermediate layer and / or the adhesive layer, in particular containing said compound, may comprise charges reflecting the electromagnetic radiation. IR radiation, for example such as: - Sicopal ^® Black K 0095 from BASF,

Xfast ^® Black EH 0408 (0095) from BASF,

- Luconyl ^® NG Black EH 0952 (0095) from BASF or

- selected fillers in the Arctic range of the company Shepherd. Such charges may also be used in an additional layer, preferably comprised, with respect to the layer containing said compound, on the opposite side to the front end. If the layer containing said compound is an intermediate layer, said additional layer is preferably also between the adhesive layer and the intermediate layer.

Said compound may be luminescent, in particular fluorescent or phosphorescent under IR, being chosen in particular from photoluminescent compounds emitting in TIR and / or visible.

The compound may be present in the adhesive layer, or in an intermediate layer between the adhesive layer and the front, as mentioned above. The compound is preferably present throughout the entire label.

Compounds having a specific electromagnetic response under excitation in TIR, and in particular NIR, can be detected through opaque opaque frontends with a multilayer structure of the Polyart ^® TE type, because the polyethylene which is the base material of this material is transparent in a wide range of wavelengths of the near IR, and especially those between 800 and 1400 nm, used for the detection of said compounds. The Applicant has indeed found that such a front is surprisingly both opaque in the visible range and not opaque to IR radiation. The invention further relates to a method of authenticating a tag according to the invention, comprising the following steps:

illuminate the front end with radiation ER causing said compound to receive the IR radiation,

- detect the response of said compound through the frontal.

The IR radiation may be centered on a single wavelength or consist of a set of several wavelengths for example between 700 nm and 15 μm, preferably between 780 nm and 3 μm and more preferably between 800 nm. and 1 μm. These wavelengths can be emitted by one or more different light sources for the implementation of this method. The invention will be better understood on reading the following detailed description, non-limiting examples of implementation thereof, and on examining the appended drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 represents an example of an adhesive label according to the invention; FIG. 2 represents the part of the label continuing to adhere to the application support after an attempt at detachment and cohesive rupture of the front end, and

- Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1, a variant of the invention. The adhesive label 10 according to the invention, represented in FIG. 1, comprises a front surface 20 coated on one face 21 with a printability layer 22 and on the opposite face 23 with a layer 27 comprising a compound 24 having a specific response to the DR radiation. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 25 allows the adhesive label to be attached to an application medium. The layer 27 comprising the compound 24 is intermediate between the adhesive layer 25 and the front end 20.

The adhesive label 10 may be coated on the side of the adhesive layer 25 opposite the front 20 by a removable silicone protector not shown, which is removed at the time of use. It may be for example a film, a kraft paper or a silicone non-stick glassine, for example.

The adhesive label 10 may bear on the printability layer 22 an impression 26.

The printability layer 22 may further comprise security elements for authentication of the tag, these security elements being chosen so as not to hinder the detection of the specific response to that of the compound present in the layer 27 when the compound is illuminated by IR radiation through the frontal.

The security elements may have a so-called first, second or third level security feature.

"Top-level security feature" means a security feature visible to the naked eye, in daylight or artificial light, without the use of a particular device. Such a first-level security feature can be a variable optical effect, such as for example producing interferential platelet particles, magnetic or not, liquid and / or oriented and / or photonic crystals, a holographic element or a network of lenses in combination with underlying pattern, all of which are thus adapted to form a security element with a first-level feature. "Second-level security feature" means an optical effect that is always visible to the naked eye, but only with the aid of a relatively simple device, such as a lamp or pointer emitting in the ultraviolet light ( UV), the visible or the infrared (IR) or a magnifying glass or a decoding tool of the optical filter type or a polarizing filter. For example, a security element with a second level characteristic is luminescent, that is to say, for example, that it has a specific emission in the visible under the lighting of a Wood lamp emitting in the light. ultraviolet, for example still at a wavelength of 365 nm. Another example of a security element with a second level characteristic is an anti-stok element, that is to say having a specific emission in the visible under the illumination of an IR pointer, for example to a length 980 nm wave. A second-level feature may also be a feature of a security element that is revealed in case of heat and / or friction input.

Finally, by "third-level security feature" is meant a security feature requiring for its detection a dedicated detection device. An element exhibiting a third-level security feature is for example capable of generating a specific signal when it is simultaneously or not subjected to one or more sources of external stress. This signal is processed and analyzed by a dedicated detection device for authentication or identification of the security element. Other examples of security elements having a third-level security feature are tracers or materials in the form of active materials, particles or fibers, capable of generating a specific signal when these tracers are subject to a mechanical, thermal, photonic, optronic, electrical, magnetic or electromagnetic stress.

The security element or elements present in or on the printability layer

22 may be in the form of an impression, a foil or a patch affixed to the printability layer 22. In particular, the security element or elements affixed to the printability layer 20 may be:

a multi-layer interference film,

a structure with variable optical effects based on interferential pigments or liquid crystals,

a birefringent or polarizing layer,

a diffraction structure,

an embossed image (also called embossed image), a partially reflective refractive element,

a foil metallized, gonio-chromatic or holographic,

a variable optical effect layer based on interference pigments or liquid crystals.

The security element or elements may also be in the form of particles, agglomerates, fibers integrated in the printability layer 22. In particular, the security element or elements integrated in the printability layer 22 may be

particles or agglomerates of particles based on Hilite-type pigments or dyes, especially those described in application EP 0226367, visible or non-visible to the naked eye, in particular luminescent,

security fibers, in particular metallic, magnetic (with soft magnetism and / or hard), absorbing or excitable in the field of ultraviolet, visible or infrared, and in particular near infrared (NIR), an automatically detectable tracer having specific and measurable characteristics of luminescence (eg fluorescence or phosphorescence), light absorption (eg ultraviolet, visible or infrared), Raman activity, magnetism, microwave interaction, RF interaction, interaction with X-rays, XTerahertz or electrical conductivity.

The front end 20 is in the example of the polymer type and for example consists of a multilayer structure made by coextrusion, for example of the type marketed by the company ARJOBEX under the name Polyart ^® TE which has a density of less than 1 g. cm ^-3 and preferably less than 0.6 g.cm ^-3 . Multilayer structures of this type are described in particular in publication WO 2009/083690. It is preferably a front end corresponding to the structures described in publications WO 2004/007196 and WO 2012/035284, and incorporated herein by reference.

The frontal is non-opaque to IR radiation. Preferably, its transmittance, measured in% at IR radiation in the range of 800 nm to 1 μm is greater than or equal to 70%.

Its opacity in visible light, measured according to ISO 2471 "Paper and board - Determination of opacity on paper background - method of reflection in diffuse light" may be greater than or equal to 80%.

The front end 20 comprises, for example, a core layer 20a having voids, and two skin layers 20b and 20c and a printability layer at least on its surface. external face opposite to the adhesive layer, said printability layer being intended to be printed.

The core layer 20a may be thicker than each of the skin layers 20b or 20c. The core layer 20a may have a thickness greater than 10 microns, better 50 microns, more preferably 75 microns, and each skin layer 20b or 20c less than 50 microns thick, better 15 microns thick, more preferably 10 microns thick.

The front end 20 may have a total thickness of between 70 and 120 μm. The core layer 20a has voids as indicated above. The void rate of the front end 20 may be between 2 and 7%, preferably between 4 and 6%, based on the total volume of the front end. The skin layers 20b and 20c are preferably devoid of voids opening on their surface.

Said voids have the following effect:

conferring on said frontal 20 opacity to visible radiation due to the scattering of light through the voids, and

to confer on said frontal 20 characteristics of evidence of falsification, for example by delamination.

The determination of the void ratio can in particular be done after cutting the frontal ion beam (Argon ions for example), which limits the appearance. scratches, fills, tears or compressions on the frontal and preserve the morphology of the frontal, thus promoting the determination of porosity.

After making the cut, the observation can be done under an electron microscope, in particular using a scanning electron microscope, for example of the ESEM Quanta 200 type. It is then possible to distinguish the different layers of the frontal and the porosities. The void ratio can be calculated as the ratio of the total area of voids on the section to the total area of the section, using the following formula:

The coextrusion of the different layers 20a to 20c of the front end 20, during its manufacture, can be carried out at a temperature for example between 150 and 250 ° C.

The surface of the frontal can be subjected to oxidation by a treatment by electric discharges, corona type. Such a treatment makes it possible to obtain a polar surface as well as the wettability required to easily accept the coatings that the front end is brought to receive. The front 20 as well as the printability layer 22 are sufficiently transparent to a certain IR radiation to enable the detection of the specific response of the compound 24 to this IR radiation, this detection being advantageously able to take place through the front face 20 and the layer of printability 22.

For example, compound 24 is an IR luminescent tracer, which when excited by IR radiation, produces light in the IR, which light can be detected through the front end 20 and the printability layer 22, which are sufficiently transparent to this radiation to allow its detection.

Thus, in an exemplary implementation of the invention, the front end 20 and / or the printability layer 22 are opaque to UV and / or visible radiation, and transparent to IR radiation, in particular in the range between 700 nm. and 15 μm. Thus, the presence of compound 24 is undetectable in visible light on the printing side 26.

The layer 27 which contains the compound 24 is for example a layer of the same adhesive as that constituting the layer 25.

The presence of two adhesive layers 25 and 27, of which only one contains the compound 24, has the advantage of allowing a high concentration of this compound in the intermediate layer 27, which can facilitate its detection.

In the case of an attempt to detach the label 10 by peeling, the front end 20 undergoes a cohesive rupture and part of it remains attached to the application support S, as illustrated in FIG. 2. The other part, which has delaminated, can certainly be reused by the fraudster, but does not wear the layer 27 loaded with the compound 24 and therefore will not exhibit the characteristics of the initial label when subjected to IR radiation to detect the compound 24.

In the variant of Figure 3, the label 10 has a single adhesive layer 27 which contains the compound 24 and comes into contact with the application medium when using the label.

Of course, the invention is not limited to the examples which have just been described.

In particular, the compound 24 may be a luminescent compound which fluoresces, when excited by IR radiation, in visible light, the front end 20 and the printability layer 22 being in this case sufficiently transparent to this visible light to enable detection of this one during the IR excitation. In another variant, the compound 24 can re-emit in the UV, the front 20 and the printability layer 22 being in this case sufficiently transparent to this UV radiation to allow its detection.

Compound 24 can have a determined behavior when illuminated by said IR radiation through the frontal and be present under the frontal 20 non-homogeneously, being for example unequally distributed, for example in the form of a particular pattern . In this case, the front 20 and the printability layer 22 are sufficiently transparent to the IR radiation so that the latter can gain the compound 24, to allow to observe a non-uniform reflection of this IR radiation on the layer containing the compound 24 and thus discern the pattern formed by it.

For example, the compound 24 is deposited by printing under the front end 20, or alternatively on the adhesive, in the form of a pattern or an array of patterns.

The self-adhesive label according to the invention may be affixed to products or articles whose origin or membership is desired to authenticate in order to provide an authentication function. This label can also be used as a witness opening or tampering with a container whose content integrity is to be protected in order to provide an infalsification function.

The frontal may alternatively be cellulosic in nature. This is for example a paper whose opacity is provided by non-absorbent loads in TIR. These include a paper free of titanium dioxide.

Preferably, however, the front end is predominantly based on polyolefin, especially polyethylene, which has a high transparency at the IR, with only a few thin and isolated absorption bands.

Advantageously, the adhesive layer 25, on its face opposite to the front end 20, of the label is provided with a protector comprising a non-adherent coating, in particular a silicone coating. This is the support (or "backing") on which the labels are placed before their application on the medium to be secured.

Advantageously, the adhesive label according to the invention comprises a filled or colored layer, in particular adhesive and preferably colored. It may be the layer 27, the adhesive layer 25 or an additional layer located on the face of the adhesive layer 25 opposite to the front end 20, between the layers 25 and 27 or on the face of the front end 23 located on the side of the adhesive layer 25. It will be particularly important to use fillers, pigments or dyes which do not absorb or little in the wavelengths retained for the IR excitation, so as not to disturb the detection of the response electromagnetic said compound, especially when the colored layer is the layer 27 comprising the compound 24 or when the colored layer is located on the face of the front 23 located on the side of the adhesive layer 25.

Preferably layer 27 is colored. In particular, it comprises pigments or dyes which do not absorb or little in the wavelengths retained for IR excitation.

Example 1

It is used to make the front of the label, a medium sold under the brand name Polyart ^® TE 60 g / m ^{2 basis} weight on one side of a printability layer suitable for traditional printing (offset, gravure, screen printing). ...) on its outside. This Polyart ^® TE is an opaque white Polyart ^® grade with a density of less than 0.6 g.cm ^-3 , and low internal cohesion due to a high void content. HDPE polyethylene, the majority constituent of this material, is transparent at infrared wavelengths between 700 nm and 15 μm, with some thin absorption lines at wavelengths different from those generally used for detection, which allows to consider its use as a base material to achieve a front transparent to the IR radiation of the detector. In particular, the Polyart ^® TE has a transmittance greater than 70% in the wavelengths of the IR between 700 nm and 2 μm used for the detection of the compound through the frontal.

Labels are made according to the invention using a frontal

Polyart ^® TE and a tracer MicreTag IR / visible and IR / IR Brandwatch the company. The manufacturing involves the following steps:

coating of a coating composition based on acrylic styrene binder comprising the MicroTag tracer, on the inner face of a Polyart ^® TE support,

- Coating of a pressure sensitive adhesive type permanent acrylic on a silicone protector and lamination of the adhesive on the front Polyart ^® TE, the side of the layer with tracer to form the intermediate layer.

- transformation of the self-adhesive complex into labels by precut.

Determining quantities of markers to be incorporated into the intermediate layer to have a good detection of the tracer through the front with the Reveal ™ detector BrandWatch the company, through the thickness of the front in Polyart ^® TE.

After removal of the silicone protector, the labels are applied to wine bottle caps. The correct tracer authentication is verified through the front end with the Reveal ™ detector operating in the TIR wavelengths between 700 nm and 2 μm.

An attempt is made to detach the primer tag from the fingernail or cutter thereby simulating peel falsification of the tag, and then attempting to reuse the delaminated portion of the tag removed from the first support of the tag. application by adding on the back of the delaminated part of the label a spot of self-adhesive glue. It is verified that it is no longer possible to authenticate with the Reveal ™ detector the tracer on the reused part of the front end, removed from the application support, the tracer being in the delaminated part of the label remaining on the support of 'application.

Example 2

As for Example 1, the front-end is used to perform the label, a support sold under the trademark Polyart ^® TE grammage 60 g / m ² provided on one face of a printability layer suitable for printing traditional (offset, heliogravure, screen printing ...) on its outer face.

Labels laboratory is achieved according to the invention using a front Polyart ^® TE and Microtag tracer of Brandwatch society.

The manufacturing involves the following steps:

- coating on the inner face of the support in Polyart ^® TE of 10 g / m ² of a colored coating composition comprising the Microtag plotter, the layer being formulated with a styrene-acrylic binder and a pigment Blue Cartaren CBR 500 in sufficient concentration to bring a blue color to the layer,

- Coating on a silicone protector of a pressure-sensitive adhesive type permanent acrylic up to 25 g / m ² and lamination of the adhesive on the front Polyart ^® TE, the side of the layer with tracer MicroTag.

- transformation of the self-adhesive complex into labels by precut.

After removal of the silicone protector, the labels are applied to high-density polyethylene (HDPE) cans.

The correct tracer authentication is verified through the front panel with the Reveal ™ detector.

An attempt is made to detach the primer label from the fingernail or cutter, thus simulating a falsification by peeling the label.

After detaching the label, it is observed that the part of the label remaining on the application support shows a blue surface indicating that forgery has occurred. We then try to reuse the delaminated portion of the label removed from the first application support by adding back a point of adhesive glue and this label is applied to another medium. It is verified that it is no longer possible to authenticate the tracer with the Reveal ™ detector on the label thus reconstituted.

Example 3

To make the front of the label is used, a medium sold under the trademark Polyart ^® TE 67 g / m ² weight with a layer suitable for inkjet printing on its outer face. This Polyart ^® TE inkjet is a white and opaque Polyart ^® label grade with a density of less than 0.6 g.cm-3, and low internal cohesion due to a high void content.

Laboratory labels is carried out according to the invention using a front Polyart ^® TE and a tracer sold by Stardust including an IR / ER tracer having a specific electromagnetic response between 1000 and 2000 nm under excitation of a diode IR light emitting at 940 nm, therefore in a wavelength range in which the Polyart ^® TE has a high percentage of transmission.

The manufacturing involves the following steps:

- coating on the inner face of the support in Polyart ^® TE of 10 g / m ² of a colored coating composition comprising a Stardust plotter, the layer being formulated with a styrene-acrylic binder and a pigment Blue Cartaren CBR 500 nonabsorbent 940 nm in sufficient concentration to bring a blue color to the layer,

- coating on a silicone protector of a pressure-sensitive adhesive type permanent acrylic up to 25 g / m ² and then lamination of the adhesive on the front Polyart ^® TE, the side of the layer with Stardust tracer,

- transformation of the self-adhesive complex into labels by precut.

The amounts of tracer to be incorporated in the intermediate layer are determined in order to have a good detection of the tracer through the front end with the IRIS detector of the Stardust company, through the thickness of the Polyart ^® TE front end.

After removal of the silicone protector, the labels are applied to coated white cardboard cases.

The correct tracer authentication is verified through the front of the label with an IRIS reader.

An attempt is made to detach the primer label from the fingernail or cutter, thus simulating a falsification by peeling the label. We observe after detachment of the label that the part of the label remaining on the application support shows a blue surface indicating that there has been falsification.

We then try to reuse the delaminated portion of the label removed from the first application support by adding back a point of self-adhesive glue and this label is applied to another medium. It is verified that it is no longer possible to authenticate the tracer with the IRIS reader on the label thus reconstituted.

The invention is not limited to the examples which have just been described.

In particular, it is possible to deposit the IR tracer by printing on the adhesive side. The phrase "with one" should be understood as synonymous with

"Including at least one", and the expression "included between" means included limits.

Claims

An adhesive label (10), comprising:

- a printable front (20, 22), non-opaque to IR radiation, - an adhesive layer (25) for sticking the label on an application medium, the adhesive force of the front end being less than the adhesion force of the adhesive layer,

- a compound (24) having a determined behavior when illuminated by said IR radiation through the frontal (20, 22), the electromagnetic response of said compound upon illumination by said IR radiation being detectable through the frontal.

2. Label according to claim 1, the electromagnetic response being an absorption or emission by the compound.

3. Label according to one of the preceding claims, the front end comprising at least one layer (20a, 20b, 20c) of thermoplastic material, in particular polyolefin.

4. Label according to one of the preceding claims, said compound (24) being luminescent, preferably fluorescent, under IR, being in particular chosen from compounds emitting in TIR or the visible.

5. Label according to any one of the preceding claims, said IR radiation being a set of one or more electromagnetic waves emitted in the wavelength range of the infrared, in particular between 700 nm and 15 microns.

6. Label according to any one of the preceding claims, the compound (24) being present in the adhesive layer (25). .

7. Label according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the compound (24) being present in a layer (27) intermediate between the adhesive layer (25) and the frontal

(20, 22).

8. Label according to claim 7, the layer (27) intermediate being loaded or colored, preferably colored.

9. Label according to any one of claims 1 to 8, the compound (24) being present throughout the full extent of the label.

10. Label according to any one of the preceding claims, the front end being opaque to visible light.

11. Label according to any one of the preceding claims, the front end being opaque to UV radiation.

12. Label according to any one of the preceding claims, the front (20, 22) being substantially transparent in the range 700 nm - 15 microns.

13. Label according to any one of the preceding claims, the front end comprising a multilayer complex comprising a core layer (20a) having cavities and two skin layers (20b, 20c) coextruded with the core layer.

A label according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising charges reflecting IR radiation in the interlayer and / or the adhesive layer and / or an additional layer.

15. A method of authenticating a tag (10) as defined in any one of the preceding claims, comprising the following steps:

illuminate the front end with IR radiation causing the compound (24) to receive said IR radiation,

detecting the response of said compound (24) through the frontal (20, 22).

16. Method according to the preceding claim, the IR radiation being a set of one or more discrete electromagnetic waves or not, emitted in the wavelength range of the infrared, in particular between 700 nm and 15 microns.