FR2862416A1 - Complex adhesive identification label for motor vehicle has supporting layer, transparent panel and printed zone with information - Google Patents

Abstract

Identification label designed to be attached to a transparent supporting surface such as a windscreen comprises a supporting layer (1), a transparent adhesive information label (2) with a general information zone (7) and a zone (12) with specific information (13) printed thermally or by laser and a protective layer (3) designed to be stuck over the printed zone and incorporating an adhesive that leaves a trace in the event of attempted tampering. Identification label designed to be attached to a transparent supporting surface such as a windscreen comprises a supporting layer (1), a transparent adhesive information label (2) with a general information zone (7) and a zone (12) with specific information (13) printed thermally or by laser and a protective layer (3) designed to be stuck over the printed zone and incorporating an adhesive that leaves a trace in the event of attempted tampering. The information label and/or protective layer incorporate a security system such as a watermark or hologram.

Description

The present invention relates to the technical field of identification

  of a motor vehicle by means of a label fixed on a window of the vehicle and comprising information visible from the outside of the vehicle through the transparent window.

  In the state of the art, it is known to many technical solutions for producing a secure identification label of a motor vehicle. For example, patent FR 2 757 984 describes a secure marking label consisting of a support sheet having two flaps separated from each other by a fold line. The two flaps have identical dimensions greater than the components carried by these flaps. The first component has a first component and a pre-cut zone delimiting a folding flap. The second component comprises a second component formed by a transparent plastic film bearing an inscription on the reverse side, and a second printed area made on the front face. The two components are arranged on the support film symmetrically with respect to the fold line so that the second component comes to be positioned when the flaps are folded over one another on the back of the first component. Before this operation, the tab is folded to release the central portion of the back of the first component and to allow the bonding of the second component on the first component.

  It appears that such a security system is formed from a support sheet having different components relatively difficult and expensive to achieve. In addition, the marking of the different information requires various operations to be implemented with a specific hardware. Finally, the realization of such a security system is relatively difficult to carry out because of the various successive steps to be performed.

  It appears from the state of the art the need to have a technique for producing a secure identification label for a motor vehicle, with ease of implementation and a reduced manufacturing cost.

  The object of the invention is therefore to achieve this objective by providing a complex adhesive sheet for the realization of a secure identification label for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, such a sheet is constituted by a support sheet: an informative transparent adhesive label comprising a vitrophanie information display area and a specific information printing zone, this adhesive information label being intended to be glued on a transparent support, - an adhesive label for protecting specific information, intended to be placed on the printing area after the printing of said specific information, means for viewing the removal or attempt to removing at least the protective adhesive label from the printing area.

  According to an advantageous characteristic of realization, the means of visualization of the removal or attempt of removal of the protection label are made by an adhesive to witness of removal allowing to leave traces visible during its withdrawal from the zone d printing, or by a weakening medium leading to the deterioration of the printing area.

  According to another advantageous characteristic of the invention, the informative label also comprises means for visualizing its removal or attempting to remove a transparent support constituted in particular by a removal control adhesive or by a weakening support leading to deterioration of the support of the informative label.

  Preferably, the informative label comprises, in the specific information printing area, a writing varnish to facilitate the printing of said information.

  According to a preferred embodiment variant, the informative label and / or the protection label comprises security means.

  Another object of the invention is to propose a simple method of implementing an adhesive complex sheet according to the invention, with a view to producing a secure identification label for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, this method comprises the following steps: - producing a support sheet: E of an informative transparent adhesive label comprising a vitrophanie information display area and a specific information printing area, É d an adhesive label for protecting the specific information, 5 É means for visualizing the removal or attempted removal of the protective adhesive label from the printing area, - ensuring the vitrophante marking of specific information on the print area of the informative label, - separate the protective label from the support sheet and stick it on the printing area 10 of the informative label, - and separate from the support sheet, the label informative provided with the label of protection in order to stick it on a transparent support.

  Advantageously, the method consists in ensuring the marking of specific information on the printing area of the informative label, using a thermal printer or a laser printer.

  Another object of the invention is to provide a secure identification tag obtained from an adhesive complex sheet according to the invention and intended to be fixed on a transparent support. This secure identification tag comprises an informative adhesive transparent label having a window display area and a window area of specific information, the area of specific information being covered at least in part. by an adhesive label for protecting said specific information, such a label comprising means for visualizing the removal or attempt to remove at least the protective adhesive label from the printing zone.

  According to one characteristic of the invention, the means of visualizing the removal or attempted removal of the protective label are made by an adhesive removal witness to leave visible traces when removed from the area of printing, or by a weakening medium leading to the deterioration of the printing area.

  According to another embodiment, the informative label also comprises means for visualizing its removal or attempted removal of the transparent support, consisting in particular of a removal control adhesive or an embrittlement support leading to the deterioration of the support of the informative label.

  According to another embodiment characteristic, the informative label and / or the protection label comprises security means.

  Various other characteristics appear from the description given below with reference to the accompanying drawings which show, by way of non-limiting examples, embodiments of the subject of the invention.

  Figure 1 is a front plan view of an exemplary embodiment of an adhesive composite sheet according to the invention.

  Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along lines AA of FIG. 1 and showing on a larger scale the characteristic details of the sheet illustrated in FIG. 1.

  Figure 3 is a front plan view of a secure label according to the invention.

  Figure 4 is a sectional view illustrating on a large scale the various components of the secure label according to the invention, placed on a transparent support.

  Figure 5 is a front plan view taken substantially along lines 20 W of Figure 4 and showing the secure label visible through a transparent support.

  As is more particularly apparent from Figs. 1 and 2, the object of the invention is an adhesive complex sheet I constituted in the form of a support sheet 1 on the one hand, an adhesive transparent informative label 2 and, on the other hand, a This support sheet 1 may be constituted in a known manner by a paper provided with a silicone coating making it possible to obtain sufficient adhesion for the informative adhesive 2 and protection 3 labels without the appearance of a connection. internally, so that it is still possible to remove these labels 2 and 3 from the support sheet 1.

  According to the invention, the transparent adhesive informative label 2 comprises a transparent support 5 and a transparent adhesive 6 in contact with the support sheet 1. This transparent adhesive information label 2 comprises a zone 7 for presentation of infoiivations 8 in vitrophanie, i.e., such information 8 is written backwards as shown in FIG. 1, to be read at the location through a transparent support 10 such as a glass wall, when the adhesive label 2 is stuck on such a transparent support 10 (Figure 5). Such information 8 may be information of a general nature, for example linked to a country and in the form of texts and / or logos.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the informative adhesive label 2 comprises a window printing area 12, personalized or specific information 13. This printing area 12 is adapted to allow printing by simple means of printing. vehicle-specific information, such as, for example, its registration number. For example, the marking of the specific information 13 is performed on the printing area 12 using a thermal printer or a laser printer. According to a preferred embodiment, the printing zone 12 comprises a writing varnish to facilitate the printing of the specific information 13. Of course, the specific information 13 is marked in a window so that said specific information 13 is visible to through the transparent support 10 when the informative adhesive label 2 is stuck on such a transparent support.

  In the example illustrated, the transparent adhesive informative label 2 has a substantially parallelepiped shape in which is arranged a printing zone 12 of generally rectangular shape. The presentation zone 7 is thus located on all or part of the remaining surface outside the printing zone 12.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the protective adhesive label 3 consists of a support 15 coated with an adhesive 16 in contact with the support sheet 1. This adhesive label of protection 3 with a transparent character or not is intended to be placed on all or part of the printing zone 12. This adhesive protective label 3 has in the example illustrated, a dimension slightly greater than the printing zone 12 so as to make sure that the Adhesive protective label 3 protects at least a portion of the specific information 13. Of course, it may be provided that the protection label 3 has a dimension smaller than the size of the printing area 12. In this case, only some of the specific information 13 is protected by the protection label 3.

  According to another characteristic of the invention, the support sheet 1 comprises means for visualizing the removal or attempted removal of at least the protective adhesive label 3 from the printing zone 12. other words, such means attest to the withdrawal or the desire to withdraw the protection label 3, by a possible fraudster wishing to make a change to the specific information 13. Such display means are constituted, for example, by a adhesive with a removal indicator making it possible to leave visible traces when the protective label 3 is removed from the printing zone 12. According to another variant embodiment, the display means consist of an embrittlement support leading to the deterioration of the protective label 3 placed on the printing zone 12. Such embrittlement support may consist of a support comprising precut lines .

  According to a preferred embodiment variant, the informative label 2 also comprises means for displaying its removal or attempted removal of the transparent support 10. For example, as described above, these display means may consist in particular of an adhesive to removal indicator or by a weakening support leading to the deterioration of the support of the informative label 2.

  As is apparent from the foregoing description, the adhesive foil I is used to enable the production of a secure identification tag 20 for a motor vehicle (Figures 3 to 5). The realization of such a secure identification tag 20 follows directly from the foregoing description.

  According to a first step, a support sheet 1 is produced: an informative transparent adhesive label 2 comprising an information display area 8 in the form of a window and a zone 12 suitable for printing specific information 13; an adhesive protective label 3 for specific information 13.

  The method then consists in ensuring the vitrophany marking of specific information 13 on the printing zone 12 of the informative label 2.

  Advantageously, the marking of the specific information 13 can be carried out using a thermal printer or a laser printer. Such specific information 13 may correspond, for example, to the registration number of the motor vehicle on a pane of which must be placed the secure identification tag 20.

  After the marking of this specific information 13, it is planned to separate the protective label 3 from the carrier sheet 1 in order to stick this protection label 3 on the printing area 12 of the informative label 2.

  The method then consists in separating from the support sheet 1, the informative label 2 provided with the protection label 3 in order to stick it on a transparent support 10. This secure identification tag 20 thus enables the reading to be done. place, through the transparent support 10, information 8 and 13.

  According to a preferred variant embodiment, the informative label 2 and / or the protection tag 3 comprise security means such as, for example, watermarks, holograms, etc. It follows from the foregoing description that the adhesive complex sheet according to the invention has an ease of manufacture and a reduced manufacturing cost. In addition, making a secure label from this complex adhesive sheet is relatively simple to carry out.

  The invention is not limited to the examples described and shown because various modifications can be made without departing from its scope.

Claims (10)

  1 - adhesive complex sheet for producing a secure identification label for a motor vehicle, characterized in that it consists of a sheet (1) support: - a transparent adhesive information label (2) comprising a an information display area (7) (8) and a specific information printing area (12) (13), said adhesive information label being intended to be glued on a transparent support (10), an adhesive label for protecting (3) specific information, intended to be placed on the printing area after the printing of said specific information, - means for displaying the removal or attempted removal of at least the adhesive label (3) for protecting the printing area (12).   2 - adhesive complex sheet according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for viewing the removal or attempted removal of the protective label (3) are made by a removal control adhesive allowing to leave traces visible when it is removed from the printing zone (12), or by a weakening medium leading to the deterioration of the printing zone (12).   3 - adhesive complex sheet according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the informative label (2) also comprises means for visualizing its removal or attempted removal of a transparent support (10), constituted in particular by a adhesive with a removal indicator or with a weakening support leading to the deterioration of the support of the informative label (2).   4 - adhesive complex sheet according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the informative label (2) has in the printing area (12), a writing varnish to facilitate the printing of information specific.   - Adhesive complex sheet according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the informative label (2) and / or the protective label (3) comprises securing means.   6 - Process for implementing a complex adhesive sheet (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5 for producing a secure identification label (20) for a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - making a support sheet (1): É an informative transparent adhesive label (2) having a zone (7) for presenting information (8) in a window and a zone (12) of printing specific information (13), E of an adhesive label (3) for protecting the specific information (13), É means for viewing the removal or attempting to remove the adhesive protective label (3). ), of the printing area (12), - to mark the specific area of information (13) on the printing area (12) of the information label (2), - to separate the protection label. (3) of the carrier sheet (1) and stick it on the printing area (12) of the label e informative (2), and separate from the carrier sheet (1), the informative label (2) provided with the protective label (3) to stick it on a transparent support (10).   7 - Process according to claim 6, characterized in that it consists in ensuring the marking of specific information (13) on the printing area (12) of the informative label (2), with the aid of a thermal printer or a laser printer.   8 - Secure identification label obtained from a complex adhesive sheet (I) according to one of claims 1 to 5 and intended to be fixed on a transparent support (10), characterized in that it comprises a transparent informative adhesive label (2) comprising a window-like information display area (7) and a specific information-window-printing area (12) (13), the printing area (12) specific information (13) being covered at least in part, by an adhesive protection label (3) of said specific information, such a tag having means for viewing the removal or attempted removal of at least one of adhesive protective label (3) of the printing area (12).   9 - secure identification label according to claim 8, characterized in that the means for viewing the removal or attempted removal of the protective label (3) are made by a removal control adhesive allowing to leaving visible traces when it is removed from the printing zone (12), or by an embrittlement medium leading to the deterioration of the printing zone (12).   10 - secure identification label according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the informative label (2) also comprises means for viewing its removal or attempted removal of a transparent medium (10), consisting in particular by an adhesive with a removal indicator or by an embrittlement medium leading to the deterioration of the support of the informative label (2).   11 - Secure identification label according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that the informative label (2) and / or the protection label (3) comprises securing means.