EP3515722B1 - Device and method for producing a data card for a book-like identification, value, or security document, system and method for producing a book-like identification, value, or security document, and data card for an identification, value, or security document - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a device and a method for producing a data card for a book-like identification, value or security document, a system and a method for producing a book-like identification, value or security document and a data card for an identification, value or security document Security document.

Book-like identity documents, documents of value or security documents, for example passports, consist of a cover and a passport book block protected by the cover, which has personal and / or document-specific information. The passport book block has several double pages and a data card. The data card is, for example, a plastic or paper-based card on which personal and / or document-specific information such as a passport photo, name or address of the user or an identification number is applied, in particular also in machine-readable form. The double pages can contain further person- and / or document-specific information or, for example, be designed as visa pages for receiving visa stamps. The ID, value or security document, in particular the data card, can have a chip on which personal and / or document-specific information is stored.

A flexible tab is provided on one edge of the data card. The flap is sewn to one another to form the passport book block along a seam with the double pages and a cover sheet enclosing the double pages and the data card. To protect the seam, a lap band is usually provided along the seam. From the prior art, for example the WO 2006/079224 A1 , There are known methods of manufacturing a data card with a tab attached. According to this method, the tab is integrated into the data card, i.e. it is attached to the data card when it is manufactured.

From the WO 2014/095230 A1 a method is also known in which the tab is subsequently attached to an existing data card. However, this procedure is very complex and inflexible.

The document DE 10 2012 112 383 A1 discloses an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1.

The object of the invention is to provide a device and a method for producing a data card for a book-like identity document, value document or security document, which enable a data card to be produced quickly and easily. Another object of the invention is to provide a system for producing a To provide book-shaped identification, value or security document with such a data card, which enables a fast and flexible production of an identification, value or security document with such a data card. A further object of the invention is to provide a data card for an identity document, a value document or a security document.

The objects on which the invention is based are achieved with the features of the independent patent claims. Embodiments of the invention are given in the dependent claims.

The invention is based on the basic idea of attaching the tab to the data card only after it has been produced. This has the advantage that the transport and handling of the data card are simplified, in particular when producing a book-like identity document, document of value or security document in which the data card is produced separately. Since the tab is attached to the data card, it protrudes beyond the surface of the data card, so that the data cards cannot be stacked or can only be stacked to a limited extent. The packaging and the transport to a system for producing a book-like identity document, value document or security document are therefore complex. In addition, the data cards would have different orientations upon delivery, which would make recording and further processing more complex.

With the method according to the invention, the data cards can be easily stacked and transported without a flap, which simplifies further processing, in particular recording and alignment in a system for producing a book-like ID, value or security document. In this system, the data cards are then further processed into a finished, book-like ID, value or security document.

An “ID, value or security document” is understood in the following to be a paper- and / or plastic-based document on which person-specific and / or document-specific information is applied in an optically legible manner that enable identification of the user or the document, for example for the release and use of certain services or functions. This includes, for example, identification documents, in particular passports, ID cards, visas as well as driver's licenses, vehicle registration documents, vehicle documents, company ID cards, health cards or other ID documents as well as waybills or other credentials. For example, the document can also be a voucher or an access card. The document can have a chip or other electronic components, in particular for storing person-specific and / or document-specific information.

In the following, a “data card” is understood to mean a paper or plastic-based card arranged in a book block of an identity document, value or security document, on which person-specific and / or document-specific information is applied in an optically readable manner that identifies the user or the document, for example for the release and use of certain services or functions. The data card can have a chip or other electronic components, in particular for storing person-specific and / or document-specific information.

• Eine Bearbeitungseinheit, wobei die Bearbeitungseinheit eine Aufnahme für die Datenkarte sowie Mittel zum form- und/oder stoffschlüssigen Verbinden des Lasche und der Datenkarte in einem Überlappungsbereich aufweist, und
• eine Bereitstellungseinheit für die Lasche, wobei die Bereitstellungseinheit eine Zuführeinrichtung für ein Endlosband für die Lasche, eine Schneideinrichtung für das Endlosband sowie eine Halte- und Transporteinrichtung für die Lasche aufweist, wobei die Halte- und Transporteinrichtung zum Halten eines Längsrandes der Lasche und zum Transport der Lasche zur Aufnahme für die Datenkarte ausgebildet ist.

According to embodiments of the invention, a device for producing a data card for a book-like identity document, value document or security document is provided. The identity, value or security document has a cover and a passport book block comprising a data card, several double pages, a cover sheet and a flap tape, the data card having a flexible flap connected to the data card along one edge. The data card with the flexible flap, the double pages, the cover sheet and the backing tape are sewn together with a seam. The inside of the cover is glued flat to an outside of the cover sheet. The device has:

• A processing unit, the processing unit having a receptacle for the data card and means for form-fitting and / or material-locking connection of the tab and the data card in an overlapping area, and
• a supply unit for the tab, the supply unit having a feed device for an endless belt for the tab, a cutting device for the endless belt and a holding and transport device for the tab, the holding and transport device for holding a longitudinal edge of the tab and for transporting the Tab is designed to accommodate the data card.

The means for form-fitting and / or material-locking connection of the tab to the data card have, for example, a sonotrode for an ultrasonic welding process. The data card is usually made of plastic. The flap is a fabric tape that has a plastic coating. An ultrasonic welding process enables the tab to be attached quickly and permanently to the data card. The plastic of the data card and / or the tab is softened or melted in an overlapping area of the data card and the endless belt by the sonotrode in such a way that the data card and the tab connect positively and / or materially when the plastic subsequently hardens. Additional connecting means, for example adhesive layers, can thus be dispensed with.

The provision unit can furthermore have means for sealing the edges of the tab, the means for sealing the edges in particular having a sonotrode for an ultrasonic welding process. For example, the cutting edges, that is to say the front and rear edges of the tab, are sealed. But it is also possible to seal the edge that does not overlap with the data card in order to prevent this edge from fraying. Optionally, the endless belt can already be provided with a sealed edge, so that no sealing of this edge is required or only the cut edges have to be sealed.

The cutting device can have a blade, the blade being straight or curved. For example, the blade is a stamp with a circular blade through which a section of the endless belt is punched out so that the flap is offset inward in the finished ID, value or security document so that the flap is exposed to less stress.

The cutting device is arranged for example in the production flow behind the means for sealing the edges of the flap. The areas in which the endless belt is cut through is first sealed and then the endless belt is shortened to the format of the tab for the data card. This reliably prevents the edges from fraying when cutting. As a result of the ultrasonic welding, the surface of the tab can be very rough in the overlapping area, as the melted plastic emerges from the fabric of the tab. In order to smooth the overlapping area, a smoothing unit is preferably provided which is designed to smooth the overlapping area of the tab with the data card after the tab has been connected to the data card. Furthermore, the edge of the tab attached to the data card can have a protruding edge on the side facing away from the data card, which edge can be disruptive when the identity document, value document or security document is used. In particular, this edge can rub against the adjacent double pages, the cover sheet or the cover. The smoothing unit can process this edge, in particular bevel or round it off.

For example, the smoothing unit has a sonotrode by means of which the material of the tab can be melted and smoothed. The sonotrode preferably has an energy input that differs from the sonotrode of the processing unit. However, other means are also conceivable which use a material-forming or material-removing method, with the feed device has a redundant feed for the endless belt, the feed having a magazine with at least two rollers for each one endless belt and a device for connecting a beginning of an endless belt of a roll to an end of an endless belt of a second roll. This ensures uninterrupted feeding of the endless belt. The connection of the two endless belts has the advantage that only one feed of the endless belt is required.

• zumindest einen verdreh- und/oder verschwenkbaren mehrgelenkiger Arm,
• ein am mehrgelenkige Arm gelagertes Kopfteil,
• zumindest zwei, insbesondere drei, am Kopfteil angeordnete Halteeinheiten, wobei jede Halteeinheit einen Antrieb zum Betätigen der Halteeinheit aufweist, und
• eine Steuerung, zur gleichzeitigen Ansteuerung der Antriebe der Halteeinheiten und zum Bewegen des mehrgelenkigen Armes.

A holding and transport device is provided in order to insert the data card into the receptacle or to remove it from it. The holding and transport device has:

• at least one twistable and / or pivotable multi-articulated arm,
• a head part supported on the multi-articulated arm,
• at least two, in particular three, holding units arranged on the head part, each holding unit having a drive for actuating the holding unit, and
• a control for the simultaneous control of the drives of the holding units and for moving the multi-articulated arm.

The holding unit preferably only attacks the edge of the data card. This edge is removed in subsequent production steps of the identity document, value document or security document, so that damage to the data card of the finished identity document, value document or security document by the holding unit is excluded.

The device can furthermore have an acceptance device, wherein the acceptance device is designed to accept a magazine with data cards, and wherein the acceptance device has a removal device for the individual removal of the data cards from the magazine. The data cards can be individually removed from the magazine and fed into the receptacle for attaching the tab.

The removal device has, for example, suction elements, the suction elements being arranged in a suction position in which a flat product is held on the suction elements, in at least one curved plane, so that the flat product is bent in the curved plane, and on the magazine and / or wipers are provided on the acceptance device, the spacing of which is smaller than the extent of the data card in the flat state and is greater than the extent in the direction of the data card. This arrangement of the suction elements allows the product to be bent, which can simplify the lifting of the product from a stack. A second good lying directly on this good is not bent due to its inherent rigidity, so that a gap is formed between the goods, which prevents the two goods from sticking to one another.

Furthermore, the expansion of the material is shortened in a direction transverse to the suction direction, while the material underneath, since it is not bent, has a greater expansion in this direction. The held, bent item can therefore be lifted between the scrapers due to the small expansion, while the underneath, not bent item is held back by the scraper. This ensures that only one good is lifted.

On the removal device, the holding and transport device and / or the receptacle, means for aligning the removal device, the holding and transport device relative to the data card and / or for the relative alignment of the data card for the receptacle can be provided.

Furthermore, a detection device is preferably provided which is configured to detect an identification feature provided on the data card and / or to carry out a quality control of the data card.

• eine Vorrichtung zur Anbringung eines Fälzelbandes an einem Vorblatt,
• eine Vorrichtung zur Bereitstellung und Anbringung eines Fälzelbandes an einem Vorblatt,
• eine Vorrichtung zum Verbinden der Doppelseiten, des Vorblattes, des Fälzelbandes sowie der Lasche zu einem Passbuchblock,
• eine Bereitstellungsvorrichtung für einen Einband,
• eine Klebe- und Faltvorrichtung zum Verbinden des Vorblattes mit dem Einband und zum Falten des Passbuchrohlings,
• eine Endbearbeitungsvorrichtung für den Passbuchrohling, wobei die Endbearbeitungsvorrichtung die Außenkanten des Passbuchrohlings bearbeitet, und
• eine Personalisierungsvorrichtung für einen im Ausweis- Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokument , insbesondere in der Datenkarte vorgesehenen Chip mit einem gesicherten Speicherbereich, und
• eine Erkennungsvorrichtung, wobei die Erkennungsvorrichtung ausgebildet ist
  • ∘ zur Erfassung eines Identifikationsmerkmals der Datenkarte, und
  • ∘ zur Erstellung einer für die jeweilige Datenkarte individuellen Stückliste für das Ausweis- Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokument in Abhängigkeit von dem erfassten Identifikationsmerkmal.

According to a further aspect of the invention, a system for producing a book-shaped identity document, document of value or security document is provided with a device according to the invention, the system further comprising:

• a device for attaching a lintel tape to a cover sheet,
• a device for providing and attaching a lintel tape to a cover sheet,
• a device for joining the double pages, the cover sheet, the flap tape and the flap to form a passport book block,
• a provision device for a cover,
• a gluing and folding device for connecting the cover sheet to the cover and for folding the passport book blank,
• a finishing device for the passport book blank, the finishing device processing the outer edges of the passport book blank, and
• a personalization device for a chip provided in the identification, value or security document, in particular in the data card, with a secured memory area, and
• a recognition device, wherein the recognition device is formed
  • ∘ to record an identification feature of the data card, and
  • ∘ to create an individual parts list for the respective data card for the ID, value or security document, depending on the recorded identification feature.

The data card has an identification feature that defines the type of book-shaped ID, value or security document. The data card, the passport book block, a passport book blank and / or the ID, value or security document are transported individually between the devices, with the devices an assignment of the respective data card, the passport book block, the passport book blank and / or the ID, value or security document to the individual parts list created by the recognition device takes place.

• Bereitstellen der Datenkarte,
• Einlegen der Datenkarte in die Aufnahme der Bearbeitungseinheit,
• Bereitstellen des Endlosbandes,
• Zuschneiden des Endlosbandes zu einer Lasche,
• Auflegen der Lasche auf die Datenkarte, wobei sich die Lasche und die Datenkarte in einem Überlappungsbereich überlappen,
• stoff- und/oder formschlüssiges Verbinden der Datenkarte mit dem Endlosband im Überlappungsbereich,

According to a further aspect of the invention, a method for separating and sorting double pages for a book-shaped identity document, document of value or security document is provided. The identity document, value document or security document has a cover and a passport book block comprising a data card, several double pages, a cover sheet and a flap tape. The data card has a flexible flap connected to the data card along one edge, the data card with the flexible flap, the double pages, the cover sheet and the flap tape being sewn together with a seam. The inside of the cover is glued flat to an outside of the cover sheet. The method uses an apparatus described above and comprises the following steps:

• Providing the data card,
• Inserting the data card into the receptacle of the processing unit,
• Provision of the endless belt,
• Cutting the endless belt into a flap,
• Placing the tab on the data card, with the tab and the data card overlapping in an overlap area,
• material and / or form-fitting connection of the data card with the endless belt in the overlap area,

The tab and the data card are preferably connected by ultrasonic welding in the overlapping area.

After connecting the tab and the data card, the overlapping area can be smoothed, in particular by an ultrasonic method.

The smoothing includes, for example, the processing of the edge of the tab attached to the data card, the edge in particular being beveled or rounded.

The endless belt can be provided by a feed device and cut to the required length by a cutting device.

Before or after the cutting of the endless strip, the edges of the tab are preferably sealed, in particular by ultrasonic welding, in order to prevent the edges from fraying.

The tab can be held on a longitudinal edge and inserted into the receptacle. By holding it along the longitudinal edge, it is not necessary to tension the tab in order to be able to lay it flat on the data card.

In order to increase the protection against forgery of the identity document, value document or security document, a security feature can be introduced into the flap. The security feature can also take place during the material and / or form-fitting connection of the tab to the data card or in a separate method step.

After connecting the tab to the data card, a quality check of the data card is carried out, for example. Further production steps of an identity document, valuable document or security document are preferably only triggered when the identity document, valuable document or security document has passed the quality check. If the data card is faulty, it is sorted out and the subsequent production steps for producing the identification, value or security document are not triggered. This ensures a more efficient use of materials, since the other components of the identity document, value document or security document are only provided and processed if an error-free data card is available.

After the quality check, an identification feature provided on the data card is recorded. The subsequent production steps for producing the identity document, document of value or security document are carried out as a function of this identification feature and the required components are provided as a function of this identification feature. This enables quick and individual production of various ID, value or security documents.

• Herstellung der Datenkarte mit einem Verfahren nach einem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren,
• Bereitstellen des Vorblattes,
• Anbringen des Fälzelbandes an der Außenseite des Vorblattes,
• Bereitstellen der Doppelseiten,
• Zusammentragen des Datenkarte, der Doppelseiten und des Vorblattes,
• Vernähen der Lasche, der Doppelseiten, des Vorblattes und des Fälzelbandes entlang einer Naht zu einem Passbuchblock,
• Bereitstellen eines Einbandes für das Ausweis-, Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokument,
• Verbinden des Vorlageblattes mit dem Einband zu einem Passbuchrohling und Falten des Passbuchrohlings, und
• Endbearbeitung des Passbuchrohlings zu einem Ausweis-, Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokument, wobei insbesondere die äußere Form des Ausweis-, Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokument erstellt wird.

According to a further aspect of the invention, a method for producing a book-like identity document, value document or security document is provided, the identity document, value document or security document having a cover and a passport book block comprising a data card, several double pages, a cover sheet and a flap tape, wherein the data card has a flexible flap connected to the data card along one edge, the data card with the flexible flap, the double pages, the cover sheet and the flap tape being sewn to one another with a seam, and the cover with an inner side being flat with an outer side of the Front sheet is glued, the method comprising the following steps:

• Production of the data card with a method according to a method according to the invention,
• Providing the cover sheet,
• Attaching the backing tape to the outside of the cover sheet,
• Provision of the double pages,
• Gathering the data card, the double pages and the cover sheet,
• Sewing the flap, the double pages, the cover sheet and the flap tape along a seam to form a passport book block,
• Providing a cover for the ID, value or security document,
• Joining the template sheet with the cover to form a passport book blank and folding the passport book blank, and
• Final processing of the passport book blank into an identification, valuable or security document, in particular the external shape of the identification, valuable or security document being created.

The identity document, value document or security document, in particular the data card, can have a chip with a secure memory area, with personal and / or document-specific data being stored in the secure memory area of the chip. The personal and / or document-specific data are preferably stored after the ID, value or document has been completed Security document, so that it is ensured that the data is not saved on an incorrect ID, value or security document. For this purpose, after the production of the ID, valuable or security document and before the data is saved, a quality control of the ID, valuable or security document takes place. The data is only saved on the ID, value or security document if the ID, value or security document has passed the quality control.

A data card is also disclosed, the data card having a flexible tab connected to the data card in a form-fitting and / or material-locking manner on one edge of the data card, the data card being produced using a method described above.

The data card can have a chip with a secured memory area, personal and / or document-specific data being stored in the secured memory area of the chip.

Figur 1

eine perspektivische Ansicht eines buchartigen Ausweis- Wertoder Sicherheitsdokument,

Figuren 2a - 2f

Verfahrensschritte zur Herstellung des buchartigen Ausweis- Wertoder Sicherheitsdokument aus Figur 1,

Figur 3

Ein System zur Herstellung eines buchartigen Ausweis-, Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokuments,

Figur 4

ein Ablaufdiagramm eines Verfahrens zur Herstellung eines Ausweis-, Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokuments,

Figur 5

Eine Vorrichtung zur Anbringung der Lasche an der Datenkarte des eines buchartigen Ausweis-, Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokument aus Figur 1,

Figuren 6a - 6c

Verfahrensschritte zur Herstellung einer Datenkarte mit der Vorrichtung aus Figur 5,

Figur 7

ein Ablaufdiagramm des Verfahrens zur Anbringung der Lasche an der Datenkarte eines buchartigen Ausweis-, Wert- oder Sicherheitsdokument mit der Vorrichtung aus Figur 5,

Figur 8

eine Annahmevorrichtung der Vorrichtung aus Figur 5, und

Figur 9

eine Halte- und Transporteinrichtung der Annahmevorrichtung aus Figur 8,

Embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawings. In these show:

Figure 1

a perspective view of a book-like ID, value or security document,

Figures 2a - 2f

Process steps for producing the book-like identity document, value or security document Figure 1 ,

Figure 3

A system for the production of a book-like ID, value or security document,

Figure 4

a flowchart of a method for producing an identity document, value document or security document,

Figure 5

A device for attaching the tab to the data card of a book-like ID, value or security document Figure 1 ,

Figures 6a-6c

Method steps for producing a data card with the device Figure 5 ,

Figure 7

a flow chart of the method for attaching the tab to the data card of a book-like ID, value or security document with the device Figure 5 ,

Figure 8

an acceptance device of the device Figure 5 , and

Figure 9

a holding and transport device of the acceptance device Figure 8 ,

In Figure 1 a book-shaped identification, value or security document 100 is shown. The identity document, value document or security document 100 is, for example, an identification document, in particular a passport or an identity card.

The identification, value or security document 100 has a cover 102 and a passport book block 104 held in the cover 102. The passport book block 104 consists of a data card 106, a plurality of double pages 108, a cover sheet 110 and a lap band 112, which are connected to one another with a seam 114.

The data card 106 is a plastic or paper-based card on which personal and / or document-specific information is applied. For example, the data card 106 can have a passport picture 116 and personal information 118 of a user. The information 118 is preferably applied to the data card 106 in a machine-readable form. Furthermore, the data card 106 has a machine-readable identification feature that the data card 106 uniquely during the production process of the ID, Identified value or security document 100. The data card 106 can furthermore have a chip in which personal and / or document-specific information can be stored. In particular, the chip has a secure memory area for storing personal and / or document-specific information. Furthermore, the data card 106 can have visible and / or invisible security features that prevent the data card 106 from being forged.

A flexible tab 120 is provided on the data card 106 and is made from an endless belt. The endless belt consists of a fabric that is coated and / or sheathed with a flexible plastic material. The tab 120 is attached to the data card 106 in a form-fitting and / or material fit and is thus part of the data card 106. Further security features can be provided on the tab 120.

The double pages 108 are each cut from a sheet, preferably a sheet of paper, and folded along their center line 122. The double pages 108 can be printed, for example with further personal and / or document-specific information, page numbers or other information. The double pages 108 can furthermore be prepared for the receipt of stamps, for example visa stamps. The double pages 108 also preferably contain security features which prevent the double pages 108 from being forged. The security features can, for example, be printed on, worked into double pages 108 or incorporated into them. For example, the double sides 108 contain a perforation, the perforation tapering conically through the double sides 108.

The cover sheet 110 forms the outer end of the passport book block 104. With the outside 124 of the cover sheet 110, the passport book block 104 is glued onto the inside 126 of the cover 102.

The lap band 112 serves to reinforce the seam area and is glued to the outside 124 of the cover sheet 110 before the passport book block 104 is sewn.

The cover 102 is made of a paper- and / or plastic-based material and can also have a chip.

The manufacture of the in Figure 1 The book-shaped identification, value or security document 100 shown is hereinafter based on FIG Figures 2 a) to 2 f ) explained.

In a first step, the data card 106 is provided and the tab 120 is attached to the data card ( Figure 2a ). The manufacture of the data card 106 is well known and will not be discussed in detail. The tab 120 is supplied as an endless band, connected to the data card 106 in a form-fitting and / or material fit in an overlapping area 121 and cut to the desired length.

Then the lap band 112 is applied to the seam area of the cover sheet 110 and the passport book block 104 consisting of the double pages 108, the data card 106 and the cover sheet 110 is put together ( Figure 2b ) and. The data card 106 is inserted into the passport book block 104 in such a way that the flap 120 is arranged in the seam area.

Then the passport book block 104 is sewn along the center line 122 of the double pages 108 ( Figure 2c ).

After the passport book block 104 has been sewn, the cover 102 is provided, the inside 126 is glued to the outside 124 of the cover sheet 110 and the passport blank 128 thus produced is folded ( Figures 2d and 2e ).

Finally, the free edges of the passport book blank 128 are processed and so the passport book blank 128 to the final format of the identity card, value or Security document 100 cut ( Figure 2f ). The edges adjoining the spine and the edge of the passport book blank 128 or of the identity document, value or security document 100 opposite the spine are regarded as free edges.

Further security features, for example a perforation, can then be applied to the double pages 108.

After the identification, value or security document 100 has been produced, there is usually a quality control and then optionally a personalization of the chip.

Such an identification, value or security document is produced in an in Figure 3 System 150 shown schematically. The system 150 has a device 200 for producing a data card 106 with a flexible tab 120 attached to it, a compiling device 300 for the passport book block 104, a device 400 for providing and attaching the lap band 112, a device 500 for collecting and Joining the double pages 108, the cover sheet 110, the flap tape 112 and the flap 120 to form a passport book block 104, a supply device 600 for the cover, a gluing and folding unit 700, a finishing device 800, a personalization device 850 and a transfer device 870.

Furthermore, transport and holding devices 900, 1000 are provided to hold the data card 106, the cover sheet 110, the cover 102, the double pages 108, the passport book block 104, the passport book blank 322 and / or the ID, value or security document 100 between the Devices 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 to be transported individually.

In addition, an acceptance device 250 for data cards is provided, which is part of the device 200 in the embodiment shown here. The acceptance device 250 can receive data cards 106 individually or in blocks and feed them for further production.

A controller 152 is also provided, which is coupled to the devices 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 and the transport and holding devices 900, 1000.

Figure 4 shows a flow chart of a method for producing an identity document, value document or security document (100). In the first step (S01) the data card (106) is manufactured with a tab (120). The corresponding double pages (108) (S02) and the corresponding front sheet (110) (S03) are then provided to each data card (106). The binding tape (112) is then attached to the front sheet (110) (S04). The data card (106) is then brought together with the double pages (108) and the cover sheet (110) (S05) and sewn to form a passport book block (104) (S06). The cover (102) is now provided (S07) and connected to the passport book block (104) to form a passport book blank (128) (S08). Finally, the passport book block (104) is finished (S09) and the chip is personalized (S10).

The device 200 is designed to produce a data card 106 with a flexible tab 120 attached to it. For this purpose, the device 200 can accept a tabless data card 106 from the acceptance device 250 and attach a flexible tab 120 to the latter. The tab 120 is supplied, for example, as an endless belt and cut to the desired length, the end regions of the endless belt being sealed in order to prevent fraying. The tab 120 is then attached to the data card 106 using an ultrasonic welding process. After the tab 120 has been attached, a quality control and an identification feature provided on the data card 106 are recorded.

The identification feature is then transmitted to the controller 152, and the controller 152 accesses a parts list stored in a memory 154, corresponding to the identification feature, which lists the number and type of the double pages, possibly the type of cover sheet 110, the type of cover 102 and other production-specific features of the identification, value or security document 100 to be produced.

For example, each data card 106 has an identification feature that uniquely identifies the data card 106. The identification feature can, however, also merely contain a reference to a parts list or contain an assignment to a parts list without containing detailed information on the individual data card 106. The parts list can then be transmitted to the following devices 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 as well as the transport and holding devices 900, 1000 on which the data card is located or the components for the identity card, value card assigned to the data card. or produce security document 100. The control is preferably designed such that it can track the position of the data card 106 or the components of the identification, value or security document 100 assigned to the data card 106. For example, the identification feature of the data card 106 can be recorded on the respective devices and transmitted to the controller 152. The controller 152 can then transmit the respective parts list or the necessary components for the production of the ID, value or security document 100 to the respective device 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800.

The compilation device 300 can determine the number and type of double pages 108 as a function of the parts list that is determined after the identification feature has been recorded, personalize them and compile them in a desired sequence.

The device 400 can provide a lap band and attach it to a provided cover sheet 110 in the seam area.

In the device 500, the personalized and provided double pages 108, the cover sheet 110 and the data card 106 become a passport book block 104 are combined and connected to one another along the center line 122 with a seam 114.

The supply device 700 for the cover provides the cover 102 as a function of the individual parts list and / or the identification feature and applies a layer of adhesive to the inside 126 of the cover 102.

In the gluing and folding unit 700, the cover 102 is connected to the passport book block 104 to form a passport book blank 128 and folded along the center line 122.

The finishing device 800 can cut the folded passport book blank 128 to the final shape or format of the identification, value or security document 100.

The personalization device 850 can incorporate individual features into the ID, value or security document 100, for example a laser perforation, or store person-specific and / or document-specific information in a chip of the ID, value or security document 100. In the embodiment shown here, the personalization device 850 has a unit 852 for unfolding the ID, value or security document 100, a unit 854 for making a laser perforation in the sides of the ID, value or security document 100, a unit 856 for closing the ID, valuable or security document 100 and a unit 858 for writing on the chip of ID, valuable or security document 100.

The system is configured in such a way that the ID, value or security document 100 or its components are transferred directly between the devices 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 850. Optionally, however, transfer or buffer stations can also be provided between individual devices 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 850.

The transfer device 870 can collect the produced and personalized identification, value or security documents 100 and / or transfer them to a subsequent system for collecting and packaging.

Between the units 852, 854, 856, 858 of the personalization device 850 and the transfer device 870, a holding and transport device 1000 with two ring-shaped guide units is provided 1002, in each of which a holding receptacle 1006 is slidably mounted, so that a holding receptacle 1006 is inserted into the holding receptacle 1006 ID, value or security document 100 can be transported between the units 852, 854, 856, 858 of the personalization device 850 and the transfer device 870.

Between the devices 200, 300, 400, 600, the devices 500, 600, 700 or the device 800 and the holding and transport device 1000, holding and transport devices 900 are provided which have a multi-articulated arm 902 made up of several segments 904 exists, with each adjacent segments 904 being pivotable and / or rotatable relative to one another.

In Figure 5 a device 200 for producing a data card 106 for an above-described identification, value or security document 100 is shown.

The device 200 has an acceptance device 250 for a tab-free data card 106, a provision unit 204 for providing the tab 120, a processing unit 206 for attaching the tab 120 to the data card 106 and a holding and transport device 900 for transporting the data card 106. Furthermore, a detection device 208 and a transfer device are provided.

The processing unit 206 has a receptacle for the data card 106. The receptacle can have stops and / or centering aids, for example, which enable the data card 106 to be inserted in a defined position. For example, optical detection means are provided that the position of the data card 106 record and transmit to a controller. The control can then control the holding and transport device in such a way that the data card 106 can be placed in the receptacle in the desired position.

The processing unit 206 also has means 216 for form-fitting and / or material-fitting connection of the tab 120 and the data card 106 in an overlap area 121. The means 216 are formed by a sonotrode by means of which the tab 120 on the data card 106 can be ultrasonically sealed.

The provision unit 204 has a feed device 218 for an endless belt 220 for the tab 120, a cutting device 222 for the endless belt 220, a gripping device 226 for the endless belt 220 and a holding and transport device 224 for the tab 120.

The feed device 218 has a magazine 228 with at least two rollers 230 for an endless belt 220 each, the endless belt being able to be unwound from the rollers 230. A drive can preferably be provided in order to unwind the endless belt from each of the rollers 230. Furthermore, a device is provided for connecting a start of an endless belt 220 of a roll 230 to an end of an endless belt 220 of a second roll 230. This ensures that an endless belt 220 can always be fed to the supply unit 204. If the endless belt 220 is completely unwound from a first roll 230, the endless belt 220 is automatically fed to a second roll 230 and connected to the end of the endless belt 220 of the first roll 230, so that the production cycle is not interrupted. At the same time, a signal is output which signals to an operator that the empty reel 230 must be replaced. This redundant supply of the endless belt 220 ensures trouble-free operation of the device 200.

The gripper 226 can grasp and extend one end of the endless belt 220.

The holding and transport device 224 can then grip and hold the drawn-out endless belt 220 on a longitudinal edge.

The cutting device 222 can cut the endless belt 220 to the predetermined length of the tab. The cutting device 222 is preferably firmly mounted and the endless belt 220 is pulled out to such an extent that the endless belt 220 can be cut to the required length by the cutting device. Optionally, however, the cutting device 222 can also be movably mounted and displaceable relative to the endless belt 220.

Means 234 for sealing the edges of the tab 120 are also provided. The means 234 are preferably formed by a sonotrode, this sonotrode having an energy input that differs from the sonotrode of the processing unit 206.

The edges of the endless belt 220, in particular the cutting edges, that is to say the front and rear edges of the flap 120, can be sealed by the means 234, so that these edges are prevented from fraying. However, it is also possible to seal the edge that does not overlap with the data card, i.e. a longitudinal edge, in order to prevent this edge from fraying. Optionally, the endless belt can also be provided with a sealed longitudinal edge, so that no sealing of this edge is required or only the cut edges have to be sealed.

The cutting device can have a blade, the blade being straight or curved. For example, the blade is a stamp with a circular blade through which a section of the endless belt is punched out so that the flap is offset inward in the finished ID, value or security document so that the flap is exposed to less stress.

The cutting device 222 is arranged, for example, in the production flow behind the means 234 for sealing the edges of the tab 120. The areas in which the endless belt 220 is cut through is first sealed and then the endless belt 220 is shortened to the format of the tab 120 for the data card 106. This reliably prevents the edges from fraying during cutting.

The acceptance device 250 is designed to accept a magazine 236 with data cards 106 and has a removal device 238 for the individual removal of the data cards 106 from the magazine 236.

The acceptance device 250 has a total of four positions 252 for magazines 236. A first position 252a is a removal and receiving position in which magazines can be inserted into the acceptance device 250 or removed from it. A second position 252b is a buffer position into which an inserted magazine is passed on. A third position 252c is the removal position in which the data cards 106 can be removed individually by the removal device 238. A fourth position 252d serves as a waiting position for an empty magazine if the removal and receiving position 252a is occupied.

The removal device 238 has suction elements 240, wherein the suction elements 240 are arranged in a suction position in which a data card 106 is held on the suction elements 240 in a plane curved in at least one direction, so that the data card 106 is bent in the curved plane . A scraper 242 is provided on the magazine 236, which is formed by several inwardly directed projections, the distance between which is smaller than the extent of the data card in the flat state and greater than the extent in the direction of the data card ( Figure 9 ).

As a result of this arrangement of the suction elements 240, the data card will be bent when it is picked up, as a result of which the lifting of the data card 106 from a stack can be simplified. A second directly adjacent to this data card 106 Data card 106 is not bent due to its inherent rigidity, so that a gap is formed between the data cards, which prevents the two data cards 106 from sticking to one another.

Furthermore, the expansion of the data card is shortened in a direction running transversely to the suction direction, while the underlying data card 106, since it is not bent, has a greater expansion in this direction. The held data card can be lifted between the wipers 242 due to the small extent, while the underlying, unbent data card is held back by the wipers 242. This ensures that only one data card is lifted.

After the data card has been removed, it is taken over by the holding and transport device 900 and inserted into the receptacle in the desired orientation. The holding and transport device 900 preferably only acts on the edge of the data card 106, which is removed in the further manufacturing process in order to prevent damage to the data card 106.

The recognition device 208 can be assigned to the acceptance device 130 and have means for detecting an identification feature of the data card 106 in order to determine the type of the data card 106, as well as means for detecting the orientation of the data card 106 in order to be able to align it so that it is ensured that the data card 106 has the desired orientation for further processing. The means for detecting the orientation of the data card 106 can be configured, for example, to detect an alignment marking provided on the data card. Alternatively, the alignment can also be recognized, for example, using information already applied to the data card. For example, it is known at which position on a data card a passport photo, an MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) or other information is applied to the data card, so that the orientation of the data card 106 can be recognized on the basis of this.

The data card 106 can then be aligned in a defined orientation so that the data card 106 can always be picked up by the holding and transport device 900 in the same orientation. Alternatively, the orientation of the data card 106 can be transmitted to the holding and transport device 900 and the data card 106 is oriented by the holding and transport device 900. If it is ensured that the data cards 106 are always delivered in the same orientation, corresponding Funds are waived.

In addition, means are provided for processing the endless belt 220, in particular the edges of the endless belt 220, wherein these means can also be formed by a sonotrode.

The manufacturing method for the data card 106 is described below with reference to FIGS. 6a) to 6c) and 7.

First, a data card 106 is provided, for example, by removing it from the magazine 236 of the acceptance device 250 and receiving it with a holding and transport device 900. The data card is then inserted into the receptacle in a defined orientation. ( Figure 6a ). The orientation can already be determined when recording with the holding and transport device 900, so that the holding and transport device 900 only has to put down in a defined position. alternatively, the orientation can also be checked and corrected when it is inserted into the receptacle. The receptacle can optionally have centering aids.

A section of the endless belt 220 is then provided by gripping the end of the endless belt 220 with the gripper 226 and pulling it out. The endless belt 220 is then fixed to a longitudinal edge with the holding and transport device 224 and cut to the desired length with the cutting device 222 ( Figure 6b ).

If different data card formats are used, the type of data card 106 can be checked in advance, for example by recording the format or reading out an identification feature that defines the type of data card 106 from the data card. The endless belt 220 is then cut to the required length.

Before or after the cutting of the endless belt 220, the cutting areas, that is to say the front and rear edges of the flap 112, can be sealed in order to prevent the flap 110 from fraying.

The cutting can be done in such a way that the edges have a straight end. Alternatively, an arc-shaped cut can also be made, as a result of which the edges in the finished identification, value or security document 100 are offset inward, so that it is protected from physical stress.

Subsequently, the flap 112 with the holding and transport device 224 is placed on the data card 106 in such a way that they overlap in an overlap area 121 and the data card 106 and the flap 112 are connected to one another in the overlap area 121 by ultrasonic welding ( Figure 6c ).

Optionally, a security feature can be introduced into the tab 120 in order to increase the security of the data card 106 against forgery.

Finally, the data card 106 with the tab 120 attached to it is removed from the receptacle, fed to the transfer device and detected with the detection device 208, the data card being checked visually. After a successful optical check, an identification feature provided on the data card 106 is recorded and the data card 106 is fed to the further devices for producing an identity document, value document or security document 100.

The overlap area 121 is usually rough after the connection of the data card 106 and the tab 120, since the plastic material of the tab 120 and / or the data card 106 softens and is then distributed unevenly. In order to smooth this roughness, a smoothing unit 244 is provided which is formed by a sonotrode which has an energy input that differs from the sonotrode of the processing unit 206. The plastic material can be softened and smoothed by this sonotrode. Furthermore, the transition between the longitudinal edge of the tab 120 resting on the data card 106 and the data card 106 can also be smoothed.

Figure 7 FIG. 12 shows a flow diagram that describes the connection of the data card 106 to the tab 120. First, the data card 106 and the endless belt 220 are provided (S40, S42). The endless belt is adapted to the length of the data card and cut to size in a form-fitting manner (S44). In the next step, the data card is inserted into the receptacle of the processing unit (S46). After the tab has been placed (S50), the tab and the data card are connected in an overlapping area (S50). Finally, the data card is checked and an identification feature is recorded (S52).

List of reference symbols

100

ID, value or security document

102

cover

104

Passport book block

106

Data card

108

Double pages

110

Cover sheet

112

Fälzelband

114

seam

116

Passport photo

118

Data

120

Tab

121

Overlap area

122

Center line

124

Outside of the cover sheet

126

Inside of the cover

128

Passport book blank

150

System for the production of a book-shaped ID, value or security document

152

control

154

Storage

200

Device for producing a data card

204

Provisioning unit

206

Machining unit

208

Detection device

216

Means for connecting the tab and the data card

218

Feeding device

220

Endless belt

222

Cutting device

224

Holding and transport device

226

Gripping device

228

Magazine for endless belt

230

Roll for endless belt

234

Means for sealing the edges of the flap

236

Magazine for data cards

238

Extraction device

240

Suction elements

242

Scraper

244

Smoothing device

250

Acceptance device

252a

Removal and pick-up position

252b

Buffer position

252c

Picking position

252d

Waiting position

300

Assembly device

400

Device for providing and attaching the lumber tape

500

Device for connecting the double pages, the cover sheet, the lap band and the flap

600

Device for providing the cover

700

Gluing and folding device

800

Finishing device

850

Personalization device

852

Unit of the personalization device

854

Unit of the personalization device

856

Unit of the personalization device

858

Unit of the personalization device

870

Transfer device

900

Holding and transport device

902

poor

1000

Holding and transport device

S01

Make the data card with tab

S02

Providing the double pages

S03

Providing the cover sheet

S04

Attach the liner tape to the cover sheet

S05

Compilation of the data card, the double pages and the cover sheet

S06

Sewing the pass block

S07

Providing the cover

S08

Joining of the cover sheet and the cover to a passport book blank

S09

Finishing the passport book blank

S10

Personalize the chip

S40

Deploy the data card

S42

Providing the endless belt

S44

Cutting the endless belt into a flap

S46

Insertion of the data card into the receptacle of the processing unit

S48

Place the tab on the data card

S50

Connect the data card and the tab in an overlapping area

S52

Check the data card and record an identification feature

Claims (15)

1. A device (200) for producing a data card (106) comprising a flexible tab for a book-like identification, value or security document (100), the identification, value or security document (100) comprising a cover (102) as well as a passport book block (104) comprising a data card (106), a plurality of double pages (108), an endpaper (110) and a spine tape (112), the data card (106) comprising a flexible tab (120) connected along an edge to the data card (106), the data card (106) comprising the flexible tab (120), the double pages (108), the endpaper (110) and the spine tape (112) being sewn together by way of a seam (114), and the cover (102) with an inner side (126) being adhesively bonded in a planar manner to an outer side (124) of the endpaper (110), the device (200) comprising:

   - a processing unit (206), wherein the processing unit (206) comprises a holder for the data card (106) as well as means (216) for connecting the tab (120) and the data card (106) in an overlapping region (121) in a form-locked and/or integral manner so that the tab (120) applied to the data card (106) protrudes over the surface of the data card (106);

   - a provision unit (204) for the tab (120), wherein the provision unit (204) comprises a feed unit (218) for an endless tape (220) for the tab (120), a cutting unit (222) for the endless tape (220), as well as a holding and transport device (224) for the tab (120), wherein the holding and transport device (224) is designed to hold a longitudinal edge of the tab (120) and to transport the tab (120) to the holder for the data card (106),

   characterized by the device furthermore comprising:

   - a holding and transport device (900) for the data card (106) comprising

   ∘ at least one rotatable and/or pivotable multi-joint arm (902);

   ∘ a head part (908) mounted on the multi-joint arm (902);

   ∘ at least two, and in particular three, holding units (912, 914, 916) arranged on the head part (908), wherein each holding unit (912, 914, 916) comprises a drive (918, 920, 922) for actuating the holding unit (912, 914, 916); and

   ∘ a control unit (924) for simultaneously activating the drives (918, 920, 922) of the holding units (912, 914, 916) and for moving the multi-joint arm (902),

   the holding and transport device (900) engaging on an edge of the data card (106) and being designed to insert the data card (106) into the holder of the processing unit (206).
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the means (216) for connecting the tab (120) to the data card (106) in a form-locked and/or integral manner comprise a sonotrode for an ultrasonic welding process.
3. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the provision unit (204) comprises means for sealing (234) the edges of the tab (120), the means for sealing the edges in particular comprising a sonotrode for an ultrasonic welding process
   and/or
   wherein the cutting unit (222) comprises a blade, the blade being straight or curved.
4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the cutting unit (222), in the production flow, is arranged downstream of the means (234) for sealing the edges of the tab (120).
5. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a smoothing unit (244) is provided, which is designed to smoothen the overlapping region (121) of the tab (120) with the data card (106) after the tab (120) has been connected to the data card (106), the smoothing unit (244) optionally comprising a sonotrode, the energy input of the sonotrode being different from that of the sonotrode of the processing unit (206).
6. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the feed unit (218) has a redundant feed design for the endless tape (220), the feed design comprising a magazine including at least two reels (230) for a respective endless tape (220), as well as a unit for connecting a beginning of an endless tape (220) of one reel (230) to an end of an endless tape (220) of a second reel (230).
7. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the device (200) comprises an acceptance device (250), the acceptance device (250) being designed to accept a magazine (236) including data cards (106), and the acceptance device (250) comprising a removal unit (238) for separately removing the data cards (106) from the magazine (236).
8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the removal unit (238) comprises suction elements (240), the suction elements (240) in a suction position, in which a planar object is held on the suction elements (240), being arranged in a plane that is curved at least in one direction, so that the planar object is bent in the curved plane, and strippers (242) being provided on the magazine (236) and/or on the acceptance device (250), the distance of the strippers being smaller than the extension of the data card (106) in a planar state and greater than the extension in the direction of the data card (106).
9. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein means for aligning the removal unit (238), for aligning the holding and transport device (224) for the tab (120) relative to the data card (106) and/or for aligning the data card (106) relative to the holder are provided on the removal unit (238), the holding and transport device (224) for the tab (120) and/or the holder, and/or
   wherein a recognition unit (208) is provided, which is configured to detect an identification feature provided on the data card (106) and/or to carry out a quality control measure of the data card (106).
10. A system (150) for producing a book-like identification, value or security document (100), comprising a device (200) according to any one of the preceding claims,
    the system (150) furthermore comprising:

    - a device (300) for attaching a spine tape to an endpaper;

    - a device (400) for providing and attaching a spine tape (112) to an endpaper (110);

    - a device (500) for connecting the double pages (108), the endpaper (110), the spine tape (112) as well as the tab (120) to form a passport book block (104);

    - a provision device (600) for a cover (102);

    - a bonding and folding device (700) for connecting the endpaper (110) to the cover (102) and for folding the passport book blank (128);

    - a final processing device (800) for the passport book blank (128), the final processing device (800) processing the outside edges of the passport book blank (128); and

    - a personalization device (850) for a chip including a secure memory area which is provided in the identification, value or security document (100), in particular in the data card (106); and

    - a recognition device (208), the recognition device (208) being designed to

    ∘ detect an identification feature of the data card (106). and to

    ∘ create an individual list of items for the particular data card (106) for the identification, value or security document (100) as a function of the detected identification feature,

    the data card (106) including an identification feature that establishes the type of the book-like identification, value or security document (100), the data card (106), the passport book block (104), a passport book blank and/or the identification, value or security document (100) being transported separately between the devices, at the devices an association of the particular data card (106), of the passport book block (104), of the passport book blank and/or of the identification, value or security document (100) with the individual list of items created by the recognition device taking place.
11. A method for producing a data card comprising a flexible tab for a book-like identification, value or security document (100), the identification, value or security document (100) comprising a cover (102) as well as a passport book block (104) comprising a data card (106), a plurality of double pages (108), an endpaper (110) and a spine tape (112), the data card (106) comprising a flexible tab (120) connected along an edge to the data card (106), the data card (106) comprising the flexible tab (120), the double pages (108), the endpaper (110) and the spine tape (112) being sewn together by way of a seam (114), and the cover (102) with an inner side (126) being adhesively bonded in a planar manner to an outer side (124) of the endpaper (110), the method comprising the following steps:

    - providing the data card (106);

    - inserting the data card (106) into the holder of the processing unit (206), wherein a holding and transport device (900) for the data card (106) engages on an edge of the data card (106) and inserts the data card (106) into the holder;

    - providing the endless tape (220);

    - cutting the endless tape (220) to form a tab (120);

    - placing the tab (120) onto the data card (106), wherein the tab (120) and the data card (106) overlap in an overlapping region (121) so that the tab (120) applied to the data card (106) protrudes over the surface of the data card (106), wherein the tab (120) is held by a holding and transport device (224) for the tab (120) on a longitudinal edge and is inserted into the holder; and

    - connecting the data card (106) to the tab (120) in the overlapping region (121) in an integral and/or form-locked manner.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the tab (120) and the data card (106) are connected in the overlapping region (121) by way of ultrasonic welding,
    and/or
    wherein a smoothing of the overlapping region (121), in particular by way of an ultrasonic process, is carried out after the tab (120) and the data card (106) have been connected, the smoothing optionally encompassing the processing of the edge of the tab attached to the data card (106), and the edge in particular being beveled or rounded.
13. The method according to either claim 11 or 12, wherein the endless tape is provided by a feed unit and cut to the required length by a cutting unit, and/or
    wherein the edges of the tab (120) are sealed, in particular by way of ultrasonic welding, before or after the endless tape (220) is cut,
    and/or
    wherein a security feature is introduced into the tab (120),
    and/or
    wherein a quality check of the data card (106) is carried out after the tab (120) has been connected to the data card (106), in particular a detection of an identification feature provided on the data card (106) is carried out after the quality check.
14. A method for producing a book-like identification, value or security document (100), the identification, value or security document (100) comprising a cover (102) as well as a passport book block (104) comprising a data card (106), a plurality of double pages (108), an endpaper (110) and a spine tape (112), the data card (106) comprising a flexible tab (120) connected along an edge to the data card (106), the data card (106) comprising the flexible tab (120), the double pages (108), the endpaper (110) and the spine tape (112) being sewn together by way of a seam (114), and the cover (102) with an inner side (126) being adhesively bonded in a planar manner to an outer side (124) of the endpaper (110), the method comprising the following steps:

    - producing the data card (106) comprising the flexible tab by way of a method according to any one of claims 11 to 13;

    - providing the endpaper (110);

    - attaching the spine tape (112) to the outer side (124) of the endpaper (110);

    - providing the double pages (108);

    - collating the data card (106), the double pages (108) and the endpaper (110);

    - sewing the tab (120), the double pages (108), the endpaper (110) and the spine tape (112) together along a seam (114) to form a passport book block (104);

    - providing a cover (102) for the identification, value or security document (100);

    - connecting the endpaper (110) to the cover (102) to form a passport book blank and folding the passport book blank; and

    - final processing the passport book blank to form an identification, value or security document (100), in particular the outer shape of the identification, value or security document (100) being created.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the identification, value or security document (100), in particular the data card (106), comprises a chip including a secure memory area, personal and/or document-specific data being stored in the secure memory area of the chip.

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