EP3400138A1 - A laminated laser-engraving reactive page carrier unit comprising a hinge layer, a non-personalized manual identity booklet including such a page carrier unit, and a method for producing such a booklet - Google Patents

A laminated laser-engraving reactive page carrier unit comprising a hinge layer, a non-personalized manual identity booklet including such a page carrier unit, and a method for producing such a booklet

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EP3400138A1
EP3400138A1 EP17711804.9A EP17711804A EP3400138A1 EP 3400138 A1 EP3400138 A1 EP 3400138A1 EP 17711804 A EP17711804 A EP 17711804A EP 3400138 A1 EP3400138 A1 EP 3400138A1
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Roman ZNIDARIC
Jana HLEB
Milan KERIC
Franci ZAJC
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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
    • B42D25/20—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
    • 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
    • B42D25/40—Manufacture
    • B42D25/405—Marking
    • B42D25/41—Marking using electromagnetic radiation
    • 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
    • B42D25/40—Manufacture
    • B42D25/45—Associating two or more layers

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  • the present invention concerns a laminated laser-engraving-reactive page carrier unit comprising a hinge layer, a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular a non-personalized passport, which includes such a page carrier unit, and a method for producing such a booklet.
  • the non-personalized manual identity booklet in particular the non-personalized passport, has a firmly bound assembly of at least a laminated cover and multiple pages among which a particularly durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated page is dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given personal identification data by a legal authorized entity.
  • the non-personalized manual identity booklet in particular the non-personalized passport, can contain in addition an electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given individual identification data and biometric data of a legal holder.
  • This electronic component can be embedded during the manufacturing process, for example it can be found in the laminated cover of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, or in its "page carrier 2".
  • the page of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of the non-personalized passport, containing the durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated multi-layer page, is referred to as "page carrier 2".
  • the laminated part of the page carrier is referred to as "page carrier laminate”.
  • the present invention concerns as well a laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport, characterized by having two counts of the page carrier 1 (or of the page carrier unit), positioned next to each other, and having a flexible part which protrudes from one of its edges.
  • This laser-engraving-reactive component is manufactured according to the process.
  • the page carrier 2 plus the rest of the protruding flexible part 3 is referred to as "page carrier unit 1 ".
  • the page carrier 2 laminate plus the protruding flexible part 3 is referred to as "page carrier unit 1".
  • the protruding flexible part 3 serves as a secure connecting thin hinge between the page carrier 2 laminate and the rest of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of the non-personalized passport.
  • personalized identification booklet in particular a passport
  • personal identification data of the legal holder in accordance with ICAO standards includes a full name, photo, date of birth, town and/or country of birth, nationality etc. on a page, referred to as "page carrier" with a datapage.
  • page carrier with a datapage.
  • the data page includes various security elements and printed security labels.
  • Figure 1 shows a 3D sketch of a common example of a passport displaying in particular the datapage and showing an embedded electronic chip with antenna while Figure 2 shows an exploded top side-view of the passport in Figure 1 with the sewing plane.
  • the datapage should be as highly secure as possible against wear, tear and crease, as well as against forgery, in such a way that a trained staff can easily notice or detect if the data or passport were criminally manipulated or modified.
  • the passport can contain an electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, which itself contains the personal identification data and biometric data of the legal holder.
  • This electronic component is embedded for example in the cover of the passport or in its data carrier.
  • a known solution consists in incorporating the personal identification data into a durable and stiff multi- layer page laminate which is based on a thermoplastic material in particular polycarbonate (PC) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
  • PC polycarbonate
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the personal identification data would be engraved into the laser-engraving-reactive layer in the multi-layer page laminate in the non-personalized passport, by a legal authorized entity using a laser-engraving technique known in this profession.
  • the commercial passport- grade thermoplastic polycarbonate polymer material sheets impart to the laminated data carrier (and thus to the page carrier) durability and stiffness, high heat and impact resistances, and a very smooth surface with a glass-clear transparency to visible light for the transparent layers.
  • the maximum thickness of the data carrier is specified by ICAO standards and is such that authorized staff using a passport-reading-machine can verify the document in example by manually sliding the data carrier through a designed gap in the machine for this purpose.
  • thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate layer is followed by a number of optionally integrated security features and printed labels on thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate layers among which is a laser-engraving-reactive layer, then an optionally integrated security features and optionally printed labels on thermoplastic white polycarbonate background layer . Then, from the other side of the white polycarbonate background layer comes another optionally integrated security features and optionally printed labels on thermoplastic white polycarbonate layer and is followed by at least another layer of an optionally integrated security features and optionally printed labels on transparent polycarbonate layer.
  • Figure 3 shows a top cross-section sketch of a general example of a known composition of a laminated multi-layer data carrier unit.
  • This laminate is securely bound in the passport via a secure thin hinge as follows: partially sandwiched between the two thermoplastic white polycarbonate layers is a meshed textile layer which protruding flexible part (non-laminated part of the polycarbonate) serves as a secure connecting thin hinge between the composite laminate and the rest of the passport at the fold of the passport.
  • the protruding flexible part possesses two regions delimited by the sewing line in the passport.
  • a publication US2008/0284155 A1 discloses a data carrier unit variant of the above, and claims that during lamination of the thermoplastic polycarbonate sheets with a meshed textile sheet as the hinge, the polycarbonate material penetrates into the openings of the textile mesh (forming polycarbonate micro-bridges), and secures the textile mesh in the data carrier laminate.
  • this technique has a serious drawback arising from, for example, a visible imprinted mesh pattern in the obtained laminate.
  • a solution according to the invention is disclosed whereby this undesirable "visible imprinted mesh pattern" effect is eliminated.
  • Figure 1 3D sketch of known implementation of the basic case for known passport including datapage with integrated contactless chip and antenna.
  • Figure 2 exploded top side-view of the passport in Figure 1 with the sewing plane.
  • Figure 3 top cross-section sketch of a general example of a known composition of a laminated multi-layer data carrier unit.
  • Figure 4 page carrier for production of non-personalized passport according to the invention - 3D cross section view with enlarged area.
  • Figure 6 example of non-personalized passport according to the invention - 3D cross section view with enlarged area.
  • FIG. 7 top cross-section sketch of known implementation of the basic composition of integrated laminated multi-layer datapage according to the invention.
  • Figure 8 cross section view of page carrier for production of non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention with a sketch of the mesh fabric integration.
  • the page carrier unit 1 is designed for laser- engraving and comprises a number of layers, for example L1 to L6, which are laminated sheets arranged in a stack-formation furnishing a page carrier laminate, including a top layer L1 , a bottom layer L6 and one or more intermediate layers, for example L2 to L5, among which is a laser-engraving-reactive layer, wherein the laminated layers have a common outline with substantially flush edges, and the page carrier unit 1 further comprises a hinge layer 3 which is partially laminated within the laminate and partially protrudes outward from one edge of the laminate in order to serve as a hinge. Thereby the hinge layer 3 is produced from a plastic- based hinge sheet having a smooth and even surface.
  • layers for example L1 to L6, which are laminated sheets arranged in a stack-formation furnishing a page carrier laminate, including a top layer L1 , a bottom layer L6 and one or more intermediate layers, for example L2 to L5, among which is a laser-engraving-reactive layer, wherein the laminate
  • the plastic-based hinge sheet 3 at least at its upper and lower surfaces, is composed of a polymer material and these are connected by the same polymer material.
  • the plastic-based hinge sheet 3 may be a polymer sheet which can consist for instance of a single type of polymer, or alternatively, may be a composite material sheet which is preferably composed of a mesh material which is coated with a polymer. In any case, the hinge sheet 3 has smooth and even surface.
  • the hinge sheet 3 is a polymer sheet
  • the polymer sheet has preferably a softening point in the range of the softening point of at least one of the sheets used to produce the page carrier laminate, in particular of the sheets which are directly adjacent to the hinge sheet 3.
  • the hinge sheet 3 is a composite material sheet which is composed of a mesh material which is coated with a polymer
  • this coating polymer has preferably a softening point in the range of the softening point of at least one of the sheets used to produce the page carrier laminate 2, in particular of the sheets which are directly adjacent to the hinge sheet, and the mesh material 4 has preferably a softening point higher than this softening point, in such a way that the mesh material 4 does not melt during the lamination step.
  • the polymer sheet is preferably a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) sheet
  • the mesh material 4 is preferably based on polyamide or polyester and the polymer used for coating is based on polycarbonate, polyurethane (PU) or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).
  • the mesh material is based on polyamide or polyester having a softening point in the range of 220 °C to 300 °C.
  • All the sheets and layers from L1 to L6, including the hinge sheet 3 and hinge layer may comprise at least one security feature and/or may have labels printed on them.
  • the page carrier 1 unit has several layers produced by lamination from sheets arranged in a stack- formation, namely a top layer L1 produced from a thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheet, followed successively by a number of layers, for example L2 and L3, produced from thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheets, among which is a laser-engraving-reactive sheet, then a background layer L4 produced from a thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheet and a hinge layer 3 produced from a plastic-based hinge sheet, followed by another layer L5 produced from a thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheet, and at least a layer including a bottom layer L6 produced from a transparent polycarbonate sheet.
  • an electronic component in particular an electronic chip with antenna, may be embedded in the page carrier 2 laminate.
  • a manufacturing process according to the invention whereby the undesirable "visible imprinted mesh pattern" effect is eliminated, thus offering a simple and general solution for the manufacturing of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport.
  • This process uses a laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport, characterized by having two counts of the page carrier 1 unit, positioned next to each other, with the protruding flexible part 3 from the same edge.
  • this component contains two counts of durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated multi-layer page.
  • Figure 4 sketch shows a general example of two counts of the page carrier 1 unit for production of non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention - front view
  • Figure 5 sketch shows an example of two counts of the page carrier unit for production of non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention - front view showing contactless chip and antenna, with labels for personal data elements.
  • the choice of the chemical composition of the plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface is dictated by several factors among which is the softening point of its two-sandwiching thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheets. During the lamination step of the various sheets, the softened material of the plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface fuses with the white polycarbonate material in contact without creating an imprinted pattern in the obtained laminate. Other important factors dictating the choice of the chemical composition of the plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface are: allowing a secure and flexible connection between the laminate and the rest of non-personalized manual identity booklet, allowing a practical sewing technique to be performed for this connection.
  • the present solution offers a reproducible page carrier and booklet designs, and maintains a practical assembly of a secure non-personalized manual identity booklet for the subsequent secure laser-engraving of the personal identification data.
  • the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface is in particular:
  • thermoplastic polymer-based sheet such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) sheet, characterized by having a softening point in the range of the softening point of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels thermoplastic white polycarbonate stiff sheets, or
  • plastic-based mesh sheet is based on an organic material such as polyamide or polyester, characterized by having a softening point 10 °C to 50 °C higher than the softening point of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels thermoplastic white polycarbonate stiff sheets, for example having a softening point in the range of 220 °C to 300 °C, preferably around 250 °C, and wherein the organic polymer mesh coating 2 is based on an organic material such as polycarbonate, polyurethane (PU), or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), characterized by having a softening point in the range of the softening point of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels thermoplastic white polycarbonate stiff sheets.
  • an organic material such as polyamide or polyester, characterized by having a softening point 10 °C to 50 °C higher than the softening point of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels thermoplastic white polycarbonate stiff sheets, for example having a softening point in the range of 220 °C to 300 °
  • the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet 3 possessing a smooth and even surface is more particularly a TPU-coated polyamide-based mesh 4 or a TPU-coated polyester-based mesh 4.
  • Mesh 4 can be positioned on page carrier 1 unit at an angle, following the progression of of mesh part.
  • an optionally integrated security features and printed labels passport-grade thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheet is followed successively by an optionally integrated security features and printed labels, number of passport-grade thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheets of adequate quality among which a laser-engraving-reactive sheet, an optionally integrated security features and printed labels passport-grade thermoplastic white polycarbonate background sheet, an optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface, an optionally integrated security features and printed labels passport-grade thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheet, and finally followed by at least a sheet of an optionally integrated security features and printed labels passport-grade transparent polycarbonate sheet.
  • Double page carrier unit 1 with laser-engraving-reactive component used in the assembly of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non- personalized passport is characterized by having two counts of the page carrier unit 1 , positioned next to each other, and has the protruding flexible part 3 from the same edge.
  • the page carrier unit l ean contain in addition, an embedded electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given individual identification data and biometric data of a legal holder.
  • the design of the laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly (or of the page carrier unit 1) is fixed during the lamination step of the various selected sheets.
  • a non-laminated area of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based sheet possessing a smooth and even surface forms a protruding flexible part 3 which will serve as a secure and practical connecting thin hinge.
  • the laser-engraving-reactive component (page carrier unit 1) in the assembly thus prepared is characterized by having two parts:
  • the laminated part is defined by area A and distance dA, and possesses the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface embedded inside the page carrier laminate and occupying an area B and having a distance dB, in such a way to fix the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface inside the page carrier 2 laminate, for example, dB can be any distance from 1 cm to dA and is in particular shorter than dA, and
  • the protruding flexible part out of the page carrier laminate (the non- laminated area) possesses two areas defined as area C and area D, wherein their common delimiting border coincides with the placement of the sewing line,
  • - area C has a distance value dC which is less or equal to 1 cm, preferably from 2 to 7 mm, and more preferably from 2 to 5 mm, and,
  • - area D has a distance value dD which is less or equal to 2 cm, preferably less than 1 cm, and more preferably from 5 to 7 mm.
  • non-personalized manual identity booklet in particular of a non-personalized passport
  • a laser-engraving-reactive component page carrier unit 1
  • the non-persohalized manual identity booklet in particular the non- personalized passport, is a firmly bound assembly of at least a securalin-based cover, a number of cellulose-based paper sheets and a durable, stiff and laser- engraving-reactive laminated page carrier unit 1.
  • Figure 6 sketch shows an expanded top-down view of lines of sewing
  • Figure 7 shows a sketch example of non-personalized passport booklet according to the invention - 3D view with enlarged part.
  • Figure 8 shows carrier unit 1 for manufacturing of non-personalized identification booklet, according to the invention which the cutting of the mesh webbing 4 is angled in relation to the course of the lattice work.
  • the cellulose-based paper sheets are sewed from the spine (thus each sheet furnishes four pages), and the laser-engraving-reactive laminated page carrier unit 1 is sewed in such a way that the sewing line delimits two areas in its protruding flexible part (the non-laminated area).
  • the laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly which has two counts of durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated page carrier unit 1 , and following a sequence of operations involving stitch-binding, gluing, cutting and punching steps, two non-personalized manual identity booklets are produced in this way, wherein the page carrier laminate occupies the page number one and page number two.
  • the laser-engraving-reactive page corresponds to page number one or page number two.
  • the non-personalized manual identity booklet in particular the non- personalized passport, can contain in addition an electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given individual identification data and biometric data of a legal holder.
  • This electronic component can be embedded during the manufacturing process, for example it can be found in the laminated cover of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, or in its page carrier.

Abstract

The invention refers to the laminated page carrier unit (1), integrated with a laser-engraving-reactive layer for laser engraving, with a secure connecting thin hinge between the laminate and the rest of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport, which contains such an integrated page carrier unit (1), and the procedure for making such a booklet. A manufacturing process for the production of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, having a firmly bound assembly of at least a laminated cover and multiple pages among which a particularly durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated page is dedicated to the operation of secure personalization. As part of this manufacturing process is to make laminated page carrier (2) for laser engraving with the connective element in the form of a thin hinge layer (3) and non-personalized passport.

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A LAMINATED LASER-ENGRAVING REACTIVE PAGE CARRIER UNIT COMPRISING A HINGE LAYER, A NON-PERSONALIZED MANUAL IDENTITY BOOKLET INCLUDING SCUH A PAGE CARRIER UNIT, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A BOOKLET
The present invention concerns a laminated laser-engraving-reactive page carrier unit comprising a hinge layer, a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular a non-personalized passport, which includes such a page carrier unit, and a method for producing such a booklet. The non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular the non-personalized passport, has a firmly bound assembly of at least a laminated cover and multiple pages among which a particularly durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated page is dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given personal identification data by a legal authorized entity. The non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular the non-personalized passport, can contain in addition an electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given individual identification data and biometric data of a legal holder. This electronic component can be embedded during the manufacturing process, for example it can be found in the laminated cover of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, or in its "page carrier 2". The page of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of the non-personalized passport, containing the durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated multi-layer page, is referred to as "page carrier 2". The laminated part of the page carrier is referred to as "page carrier laminate".
The present invention concerns as well a laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport, characterized by having two counts of the page carrier 1 (or of the page carrier unit), positioned next to each other, and having a flexible part which protrudes from one of its edges. This laser-engraving-reactive component is manufactured according to the process. The page carrier 2 plus the rest of the protruding flexible part 3 is referred to as "page carrier unit 1 ". Or the page carrier 2 laminate plus the protruding flexible part 3 is referred to as "page carrier unit 1". The protruding flexible part 3 serves as a secure connecting thin hinge between the page carrier 2 laminate and the rest of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of the non-personalized passport.
Known example of personalized identification booklet, in particular a passport, include personal identification data of the legal holder in accordance with ICAO standards. This data includes a full name, photo, date of birth, town and/or country of birth, nationality etc. on a page, referred to as "page carrier" with a datapage. Optionally the data page includes various security elements and printed security labels.
Figure 1 shows a 3D sketch of a common example of a passport displaying in particular the datapage and showing an embedded electronic chip with antenna while Figure 2 shows an exploded top side-view of the passport in Figure 1 with the sewing plane.
The leaf referred to as "page carrier" of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of the non-personalized passport, containing the durable laser- engraving-reactive laminated page for laser-engraving. In particular, the datapage should be as highly secure as possible against wear, tear and crease, as well as against forgery, in such a way that a trained staff can easily notice or detect if the data or passport were criminally manipulated or modified.
In addition, the passport can contain an electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, which itself contains the personal identification data and biometric data of the legal holder. This electronic component is embedded for example in the cover of the passport or in its data carrier.
In particular, striving to increase the personal identification data protection in passports due to the frequent use of passports, and the security against forgery of passports while maintaining the ease of access to the personal identification data on one hand, and the life-span of the passport on the other, a known solution consists in incorporating the personal identification data into a durable and stiff multi- layer page laminate which is based on a thermoplastic material in particular polycarbonate (PC) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The personal identification data would be engraved into the laser-engraving-reactive layer in the multi-layer page laminate in the non-personalized passport, by a legal authorized entity using a laser-engraving technique known in this profession. The commercial passport- grade thermoplastic polycarbonate polymer material sheets impart to the laminated data carrier (and thus to the page carrier) durability and stiffness, high heat and impact resistances, and a very smooth surface with a glass-clear transparency to visible light for the transparent layers.
Passports possessing such a laminated multi-layer datapage or data carrier are known and in use. The maximum thickness of the data carrier (or of the page carrier) is specified by ICAO standards and is such that authorized staff using a passport-reading-machine can verify the document in example by manually sliding the data carrier through a designed gap in the machine for this purpose.
A general example of a known composition of a durable and stiff laminated multi-layer data carrier unit in passports is as follows: a top protective surface of optionally integrated security features and printed labels on thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate layer is followed by a number of optionally integrated security features and printed labels on thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate layers among which is a laser-engraving-reactive layer, then an optionally integrated security features and optionally printed labels on thermoplastic white polycarbonate background layer . Then, from the other side of the white polycarbonate background layer comes another optionally integrated security features and optionally printed labels on thermoplastic white polycarbonate layer and is followed by at least another layer of an optionally integrated security features and optionally printed labels on transparent polycarbonate layer.
Figure 3 shows a top cross-section sketch of a general example of a known composition of a laminated multi-layer data carrier unit.
This laminate is securely bound in the passport via a secure thin hinge as follows: partially sandwiched between the two thermoplastic white polycarbonate layers is a meshed textile layer which protruding flexible part (non-laminated part of the polycarbonate) serves as a secure connecting thin hinge between the composite laminate and the rest of the passport at the fold of the passport. The protruding flexible part possesses two regions delimited by the sewing line in the passport.
Due to the stiffness of the polycarbonate laminate which in itself is unsuitable to be directly sewn during the assembly of the booklet, such design type of secure thin hinge allows easy and complete closure of the passport which allows the practical binding of the laminate during the passport production to be easily sewn into the booklet. Thus, the protruding flexible part of the composite laminate is crucial for the complete closure of the passport and the efficient manufacturing of non-personalized passports.
A publication US2008/0284155 A1 discloses a data carrier unit variant of the above, and claims that during lamination of the thermoplastic polycarbonate sheets with a meshed textile sheet as the hinge, the polycarbonate material penetrates into the openings of the textile mesh (forming polycarbonate micro-bridges), and secures the textile mesh in the data carrier laminate. However, this technique has a serious drawback arising from, for example, a visible imprinted mesh pattern in the obtained laminate. Hereafter, a solution according to the invention is disclosed whereby this undesirable "visible imprinted mesh pattern" effect is eliminated.
The invention will be explained in detail on the basis of the applicable implementing case and the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 3D sketch of known implementation of the basic case for known passport including datapage with integrated contactless chip and antenna.
Figure 2 exploded top side-view of the passport in Figure 1 with the sewing plane.
Figure 3 top cross-section sketch of a general example of a known composition of a laminated multi-layer data carrier unit.
Figure 4 page carrier for production of non-personalized passport according to the invention - 3D cross section view with enlarged area. Figure 5 page carrier for production of non-personalized passport according to the invention.
Figure 6 example of non-personalized passport according to the invention - 3D cross section view with enlarged area.
Figure 7 top cross-section sketch of known implementation of the basic composition of integrated laminated multi-layer datapage according to the invention.
Figure 8 cross section view of page carrier for production of non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention with a sketch of the mesh fabric integration.
According to the present invention, the page carrier unit 1 is designed for laser- engraving and comprises a number of layers, for example L1 to L6, which are laminated sheets arranged in a stack-formation furnishing a page carrier laminate, including a top layer L1 , a bottom layer L6 and one or more intermediate layers, for example L2 to L5, among which is a laser-engraving-reactive layer, wherein the laminated layers have a common outline with substantially flush edges, and the page carrier unit 1 further comprises a hinge layer 3 which is partially laminated within the laminate and partially protrudes outward from one edge of the laminate in order to serve as a hinge. Thereby the hinge layer 3 is produced from a plastic- based hinge sheet having a smooth and even surface.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the plastic-based hinge sheet 3, at least at its upper and lower surfaces, is composed of a polymer material and these are connected by the same polymer material.
The plastic-based hinge sheet 3 may be a polymer sheet which can consist for instance of a single type of polymer, or alternatively, may be a composite material sheet which is preferably composed of a mesh material which is coated with a polymer. In any case, the hinge sheet 3 has smooth and even surface.
In case the hinge sheet 3 is a polymer sheet, the polymer sheet has preferably a softening point in the range of the softening point of at least one of the sheets used to produce the page carrier laminate, in particular of the sheets which are directly adjacent to the hinge sheet 3.
In case the hinge sheet 3 is a composite material sheet which is composed of a mesh material which is coated with a polymer, this coating polymer has preferably a softening point in the range of the softening point of at least one of the sheets used to produce the page carrier laminate 2, in particular of the sheets which are directly adjacent to the hinge sheet, and the mesh material 4 has preferably a softening point higher than this softening point, in such a way that the mesh material 4 does not melt during the lamination step.
In case the hinge sheet 3 is a polymer sheet, the polymer sheet is preferably a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) sheet, and in case the hinge sheet 3 is a composite material sheet, the mesh material 4 is preferably based on polyamide or polyester and the polymer used for coating is based on polycarbonate, polyurethane (PU) or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the mesh material is based on polyamide or polyester having a softening point in the range of 220 °C to 300 °C.
All the sheets and layers from L1 to L6, including the hinge sheet 3 and hinge layer may comprise at least one security feature and/or may have labels printed on them.
According to a specific embodiment of the invention, the page carrier 1 unit has several layers produced by lamination from sheets arranged in a stack- formation, namely a top layer L1 produced from a thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheet, followed successively by a number of layers, for example L2 and L3, produced from thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheets, among which is a laser-engraving-reactive sheet, then a background layer L4 produced from a thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheet and a hinge layer 3 produced from a plastic-based hinge sheet, followed by another layer L5 produced from a thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheet, and at least a layer including a bottom layer L6 produced from a transparent polycarbonate sheet. Also, an electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, may be embedded in the page carrier 2 laminate.
Hereafter, a manufacturing process according to the invention is disclosed whereby the undesirable "visible imprinted mesh pattern" effect is eliminated, thus offering a simple and general solution for the manufacturing of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport. This process uses a laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport, characterized by having two counts of the page carrier 1 unit, positioned next to each other, with the protruding flexible part 3 from the same edge. The protruding flexible part 3 of an optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based sheet, possessing a smooth and even surface, serves as a secure connecting thin hinge between the laminate and the rest of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport. Thus, this component contains two counts of durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated multi-layer page.
Figure 4 sketch shows a general example of two counts of the page carrier 1 unit for production of non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention - front view, while Figure 5 sketch shows an example of two counts of the page carrier unit for production of non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention - front view showing contactless chip and antenna, with labels for personal data elements.
The choice of the chemical composition of the plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface is dictated by several factors among which is the softening point of its two-sandwiching thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheets. During the lamination step of the various sheets, the softened material of the plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface fuses with the white polycarbonate material in contact without creating an imprinted pattern in the obtained laminate. Other important factors dictating the choice of the chemical composition of the plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface are: allowing a secure and flexible connection between the laminate and the rest of non-personalized manual identity booklet, allowing a practical sewing technique to be performed for this connection.
The present solution offers a reproducible page carrier and booklet designs, and maintains a practical assembly of a secure non-personalized manual identity booklet for the subsequent secure laser-engraving of the personal identification data.
The invention is described by way of examples and should not be construed as scope limiting.
According to the invention, the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface is in particular:
- a thermoplastic polymer-based sheet such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) sheet, characterized by having a softening point in the range of the softening point of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels thermoplastic white polycarbonate stiff sheets, or
- a plastic-based mesh sheet 4 which is coated with an organic polymer,
wherein the plastic-based mesh sheet is based on an organic material such as polyamide or polyester, characterized by having a softening point 10 °C to 50 °C higher than the softening point of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels thermoplastic white polycarbonate stiff sheets, for example having a softening point in the range of 220 °C to 300 °C, preferably around 250 °C, and wherein the organic polymer mesh coating 2 is based on an organic material such as polycarbonate, polyurethane (PU), or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), characterized by having a softening point in the range of the softening point of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels thermoplastic white polycarbonate stiff sheets.
According to the invention, the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet 3 possessing a smooth and even surface, is more particularly a TPU-coated polyamide-based mesh 4 or a TPU-coated polyester-based mesh 4. Mesh 4 can be positioned on page carrier 1 unit at an angle, following the progression of of mesh part.
Following is a general example according to the invention for producing a laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly containing two counts of durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated page carrier unit 1 shown in Figure 4, and an example used for a non-personalized passport is shown in Figure 5:
the following stack of sheets is subjected to a lamination step under pressure with heating, then to a cutting step: an optionally integrated security features and printed labels passport-grade thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheet is followed successively by an optionally integrated security features and printed labels, number of passport-grade thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheets of adequate quality among which a laser-engraving-reactive sheet, an optionally integrated security features and printed labels passport-grade thermoplastic white polycarbonate background sheet, an optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface, an optionally integrated security features and printed labels passport-grade thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheet, and finally followed by at least a sheet of an optionally integrated security features and printed labels passport-grade transparent polycarbonate sheet.
Double page carrier unit 1 with laser-engraving-reactive component used in the assembly of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non- personalized passport, is characterized by having two counts of the page carrier unit 1 , positioned next to each other, and has the protruding flexible part 3 from the same edge.
The page carrier unit l ean contain in addition, an embedded electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given individual identification data and biometric data of a legal holder.
The design of the laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly (or of the page carrier unit 1) is fixed during the lamination step of the various selected sheets. A non-laminated area of the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based sheet possessing a smooth and even surface forms a protruding flexible part 3 which will serve as a secure and practical connecting thin hinge.
According to the invention, the laser-engraving-reactive component (page carrier unit 1) in the assembly thus prepared is characterized by having two parts:
- the laminated part is defined by area A and distance dA, and possesses the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface embedded inside the page carrier laminate and occupying an area B and having a distance dB, in such a way to fix the optionally integrated security features and printed labels plastic-based hinge sheet possessing a smooth and even surface inside the page carrier 2 laminate, for example, dB can be any distance from 1 cm to dA and is in particular shorter than dA, and
- the protruding flexible part out of the page carrier laminate (the non- laminated area) possesses two areas defined as area C and area D, wherein their common delimiting border coincides with the placement of the sewing line,
- area C has a distance value dC which is less or equal to 1 cm, preferably from 2 to 7 mm, and more preferably from 2 to 5 mm, and,
- area D has a distance value dD which is less or equal to 2 cm, preferably less than 1 cm, and more preferably from 5 to 7 mm.
Following is a general example according to the invention for producing a non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular of a non-personalized passport, using a laser-engraving-reactive component (page carrier unit 1) in the assembly which contains two counts of durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated page carrier unit the non-persohalized manual identity booklet, in particular the non- personalized passport, is a firmly bound assembly of at least a securalin-based cover, a number of cellulose-based paper sheets and a durable, stiff and laser- engraving-reactive laminated page carrier unit 1.
Figure 6 sketch shows an expanded top-down view of lines of sewing, while Figure 7 shows a sketch example of non-personalized passport booklet according to the invention - 3D view with enlarged part. Figure 8 shows carrier unit 1 for manufacturing of non-personalized identification booklet, according to the invention which the cutting of the mesh webbing 4 is angled in relation to the course of the lattice work.
The cellulose-based paper sheets are sewed from the spine (thus each sheet furnishes four pages), and the laser-engraving-reactive laminated page carrier unit 1 is sewed in such a way that the sewing line delimits two areas in its protruding flexible part (the non-laminated area).
Using the laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly, which has two counts of durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated page carrier unit 1 , and following a sequence of operations involving stitch-binding, gluing, cutting and punching steps, two non-personalized manual identity booklets are produced in this way, wherein the page carrier laminate occupies the page number one and page number two. The laser-engraving-reactive page corresponds to page number one or page number two.
The non-personalized manual identity booklet, in particular the non- personalized passport, can contain in addition an electronic component, in particular an electronic chip with antenna, dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given individual identification data and biometric data of a legal holder. This electronic component can be embedded during the manufacturing process, for example it can be found in the laminated cover of the non-personalized manual identity booklet, or in its page carrier.

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1. A page carrier unit (1) containing laser-engraving-reactive component designed for laser-engraving of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, comprising:
- a number of layers (L1 to L6), which are laminated sheets arranged in a stack- formation, including a top layer (L1), a bottom layer (L6) and one or more intermediate layers (L2 to L5), among which is a laser-engraving-reactive layer, wherein the laminated layers have a common outline with substantially flush edges, and form a page carrier laminate (area A), and
- a hinge layer 3 which is partially laminated within the page carrier 2 laminate (area A) and partially protrudes outward from one edge of the page carrier 2 laminate (area A) in order to serve as a hinge,
characterized in that the hinge layer (3) is produced from a plastic-based hinge sheet having a smooth and even surface.
2. A page carrier unit (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic-based hinge sheet (3), at least at its upper and lower surfaces, is composed of a polymer material and these are connected by the same polymer material.
3. A page carrier unit (1 ) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hinge sheet (3) is a polymer sheet or a composite material sheet composed of a mesh material which is coated with a polymer.
4. A page carrier unit (1) according to claim 3, wherein the mesh material (4) is positioned within the carrier unit (2) and angled in relation to the course of the lattice work.
5. A page carrier unit (1) according to claim 2 to 4, wherein the polymer has a softening point in the range of the softening point of at least one of the sheets used to produce the page carrier (2) laminate area (A), and the mesh material has a softening point higher than the said softening point, in such a way that the mesh material (4) does not melt during the lamination step.
6. A page carrier unit (1) according to any claim 2 to 4, wherein in case the hinge sheet (3) is a polymer sheet, the polymer sheet is a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) sheet, and in case the hinge sheet (3) is a composite material sheet, the mesh material (4) is based on polyamide or polyester and the polymer used for coating is based on polycarbonate, polyurethane (PU) or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).
7. A page carrier unit (1) according to any claim 3 to 5, wherein the mesh material (4) is based on polyamide or polyester having a softening point in the range of 220°C to 300°C.
8. A page carrier unit (1) according to any claim 1 to 7, wherein at least one layer comprises at least one security feature and/or has labels printed on it.
9. A page carrier unit (1) according to any claim 1 to 7, wherein the page carrier (2) comprises several layers (L1 to L6) produced by lamination from sheets arranged in a stack-formation, namely a top layer (L1) produced from a thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheet, followed successively by a number of layers (L2 to L4) produced from thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate sheets among which is a laser-engraving- reactive sheet, then a background layer produced from a thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheet and a hinge layer (3) produced from a plastic-based hinge sheet, followed by another layer (L5) produced from a thermoplastic white polycarbonate sheet, and at least a layer including a bottom layer (L6) produced from a transparent polycarbonate sheet.
10. A page carrier unit (1) according to any claim 1 to 9, wherein an electronic component is embedded in the page carrier (2) laminate area(A).
11. A page carrier unit (1) designed for laser-engraving of a non-personalized manual identity booklet according to any claim 1 to 10 wherein the non-personalized manual identity booklet is a non-personalized passport,
12. A double carrier unit (1) assembly with laser-engraving-reactive layer for laser- engraving, characterized by having two counts of a page carrier (2) according to any claim 1 to 1 , positioned next to each other and having the protruding flexible part (3) from the same edge.
13. A manufacturing process for the production of a non-personalized manual identity booklet, having a firmly bound assembly of at least a laminated cover and multiple pages among which a particularly durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated page is dedicated to the subsequent operation of secure personalization with given personal identification data using a laser-engraving technique, wherein:
- the leaf of the booklet containing the durable laser-engraving-reactive laminated multilayer page, is referred to as "page carrier (2)",
- the page carrier laminate area (A) plus the protruding flexible part is referred to as "page carrier unit (1)", and the protruding flexible part serving as a secure connecting thin hinge (3) between the page carrier (2) laminate and the rest of the booklet, and is sewed in such a way that the sewing line delimits two areas in its protruding flexible part (the non-laminated area),
- the cellulose-based paper sheets are sewed from the spine furnishing each four pages, characterized by:
- using a laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly of page carrier unit (1) as described in claim 12, which is produced by lamination under pressure with heating followed by a cutting step, wherein the page carrier unit (1) according to any claim 1 to 11 forms two parts,
- the laminated part is defined by area (A) and distance dA (dA), and possesses the plastic-based hinge sheet embedded inside the page carrier laminate and occupying an area (B) and having a distance dB (dB), in such a way to fix the plastic-based hinge sheet inside the page carrier laminate,
- and the protruding flexible part out of the page carrier laminate (the non-laminated area) possesses two areas defined as area (C) having a distance dC (dC) and area D having a distance Dd (dD), wherein their common delimiting border coincides with the placement of the sewing line,
- following a sequence of operations involving stitch-binding, gluing, cutting and punching steps,
- using a laser-engraving-reactive component in the assembly of double page carrier (2) according to claim 12, two booklets are produced wherein the page carrier (2) occupies the page number one and page number two, and the laser-engraving-reactive page corresponds to page number one or page number two.
14. A manufacturing process according to claim 13, wherein: - dB) is any distance from 1 cm to dA (dA),
- dC (dC) is less or equal to 1 cm, and
- dD (dD) is less or equal to 2 cm.
15. A manufacturing process according to claim 13 or 14, wherein an electronic component, is embedded in the laminated cover.
16. A non-personalized manual identity booklet containing a page carrier unit (1) according to any claim 1 to 11.
17. A non-personalized manual identity booklet containing a page carrier unit (1) according to any claim 1 to 10, wherein an electronic component is embedded in the laminated cover.
EP17711804.9A 2016-01-06 2017-01-05 A laminated laser-engraving reactive page carrier unit comprising a hinge layer, a non-personalized manual identity booklet including such a page carrier unit, and a method for producing such a booklet Revoked EP3400138B1 (en)

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