JP5471431B2 - Hologram label manufacturing method and hologram label - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a hologram label manufacturing method and a hologram label manufactured by the manufacturing method, and more particularly, a hologram brittle label manufacturing method for forming a brittle hologram that is difficult to forge or falsify due to hologram replacement, and the like. It relates to brittle labels.
In the present specification, “parts” indicating blending are based on mass unless otherwise specified. The “hologram” includes a hologram and a hologram having a light diffractive function such as a diffraction grating.

(Main application) The main application of the hologram label of the present invention is a hologram label used in the field of anti-counterfeiting or design, and specifically,
(1) Various product fields, such as genuine products manufactured by manufacturers, where certification of genuine products is significant, such as electronic equipment, electrical equipment, computer-related products, and their components, computer-related software, genuine equipment (paper Consumables such as printers and toner etc.) Pharmaceuticals, quasi-drugs, chemicals, etc.
(2) Fields where consumers are strongly required that the product itself is a genuine product, or affixing a label to improve designability, indicate that the product is expensive, and increase the added value of the product Fields, such as books, documents, lectures, plays, movies, photographs, paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, models, etc., or edits thereof, or those recorded on a recording medium (video cassette, compact disc, digital video Works such as discs), ROM boards that have been set and prevented from being changed (used for computer equipment, game machines, game machines, etc., including stickers across ROM and boards), watches, Clothing, bags, jewelry such as jewelry, sports equipment, cosmetics, and their luxury brand products, etc.
(3) Identification method (ID card) field, such as passport, driver's license, insurance card, membership card, identification card, resident registration card, hospital card, library card, etc.
(4) Fields that are required to be genuine in order to maintain economic order, such as gift certificates, gift certificates, etc., or prepaid cards, credit cards, cash cards, etc.
(5) Further, the field of packaging these items and sealing the packaging, for example, the field of simply storing or putting them in an envelope as mail or small parcels, or delivering and delivering them in a package, Fields that sell products in packages, fields that are simply packaged, fields that are used as seals for seals, fields that are affixed to prove their authenticity in their instructions and efficacy documents, etc.
In particular, it is suitable for a field in which the hologram label is skillfully removed to reduce the value of the hologram label or to be reused.

(Prior Art) In recent years, development of a hologram capable of reproducing a three-dimensional image using light interference has progressed, and this hologram requires advanced manufacturing technology and can be formed into various forms such as labels, seals, and foils. Therefore, it is applied and applied to a part of various things including the above-mentioned field as a forgery prevention means by applying this. This hologram has been widely used since it can be seen at a glance whether it is genuine or not and is difficult to manufacture as described above.
These are peeled off after being affixed to the article, and are peeled off by the support and the hologram layer, or the release layer provided between them and the support or the hologram layer so as not to be misused. In some cases, the entire hologram is destroyed when it is intentionally peeled off. In particular, as in the hologram brittle seal disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-48210, a support and a hologram forming layer are laminated via a patterned release layer, and a reflective metal thin film layer and an adhesive are formed on the hologram formation. Laminate the layers one after another and cut them into the required size and shape before use, and apply pressure to the counterfeits such as certificates and identification cards, adherends that do not want to be altered, or seals such as seals. There are some that stick while heating.
When the hologram label once attached to the adherend in this way is peeled off, the hologram is destroyed at the boundary section between the release layer portion and the non-release layer portion, and the hologram is formed on the support and the adherend. Since the label remains separated and cannot be peeled off as it is, the hologram label cannot be replaced with another article, and the hologram label is covered by the difficulty of counterfeiting or altering the hologram itself. The authenticity of the kimono can be guaranteed.

Therefore, in order to rewrite the description items and the seal photograph etc. of the place where the label is pasted, it is necessary to remove the remaining part of the label, and it is difficult to forge or alter it. Further, since the hologram remains only in a pattern on the support, it is impossible to replace the label, and the opening of the sealed portion can be easily recognized by the hologram remaining in the pattern on the adherend.
Therefore, the hologram label of the present invention can be applied not only to an adherend that is not to be counterfeited, but also as a seal of a package, and the hologram label can also be used as a decorative item due to its beauty.
However, the former holographic brittle seal of the former type is abused because the hologram layer and the reflective thin film layer are not destroyed depending on how they are peeled off, and the entire hologram seal is completely peeled off and can be reused as a result. There is a possibility. Therefore, as a method for destroying the hologram layer and the reflective thin film layer itself, there is a method disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-48210. However, in this method, when the hologram brittle seal is attached, Since the pattern-like release layer is provided, the presence of the pattern can be easily visually determined, which not only affects the appearance of the reproduced image of the hologram, but also reveals the existence of anti-counterfeiting measures. Have a problem.
In order to solve this problem, JP-A-8-152842 proposes a method of providing a brittle release layer between the reflective thin film layer and the adhesive layer. If the strength of the layer is large, the difference in adhesion strength with the base material, or the presence of brittle peelability, the hologram forming layer itself could not be broken or partially broken, and its purpose could not be fully achieved. .

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-48210 JP-A-8-152842

In the present invention, when applying a hologram label as a label to an adherend (also referred to as sticking), the hologram label can be attached without any problem, and an attempt is made to illegally remove the hologram label from the adherend. Then, only the label substrate is peeled off, and as a peeled trace, what remains on the adherend side (hologram forming layer, reflective thin film layer, and adhesive layer) is clearly visible message such as “open” A hologram label is displayed.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and the object of the present invention is to reliably prevent the hologram seal from being replaced by an unauthorized peeling action and to be partially brittle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hologram brittle seal in which it is difficult to detect the presence of a layer to break.

To solve the above problem,
The first aspect of the holographic label of the present invention is:
One surface of the transparent substrate is subjected to a surface activation treatment, followed by an inactivation treatment for partially forming a solvent having a boiling point of 60 ° C. or more and 200 ° C. or less in a pattern, and a hologram relief is provided thereon. A hologram forming layer, a reflective thin film layer, and an adhesive layer are provided.
According to the hologram label of the first aspect,
After performing surface activation treatment on one side of the transparent substrate, perform pattern-shaped inactivation treatment,
On top of that, a hologram label producing method comprising a hologram forming layer having a hologram relief, a reflective thin film layer, and an adhesive layer can be provided.
The second aspect of the hologram label of the present invention is:
The surface activation treatment is a light treatment or a physical treatment.
According to the hologram label of the second aspect,
The method for producing a hologram label according to claim 1, wherein the surface activation treatment is an optical treatment or a physical treatment.
The third aspect of the hologram label of the present invention is:
The pattern is constituted by a set of fine patterns.
According to the hologram label of the third aspect,
The method for producing a hologram label according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pattern is constituted by a set of fine patterns.
The fourth aspect of the hologram label of the present invention is:
It is a hologram label manufactured in the manufacturing method of the hologram label of Claims 1-3, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

That is, in the hologram label, a hologram forming layer having a hologram relief, a reflective thin film layer, and an adhesive layer are formed in this order on one surface of a transparent substrate. It is affixed to a part of the body or a sealed part such as an envelope.
This hologram label is peeled off from its adherend or sealed part without leaving any pasted traces, and the hologram label is also peeled off in its complete original state, and can be replaced with another adherend prepared improperly. After opening the envelope or box and replacing the contents, it is as if the contents of the adherend, envelope or box are genuine, or the original hologram label is peeled off. In order to prevent fraud, such as reducing its value,
Although it is desirable that the hologram forming layer itself of the hologram label breaks, the breaking strength of the hologram label base material and the hologram forming layer is very large, and adhesive strength as a label (180 ° peel test specified in JIS Z0237) In the case of 0.1 to 1.0 kg / 25 mm width), it is difficult to break those layers 100%.
Therefore, the surface of one side of the transparent substrate is surface activated to improve the adhesiveness with the hologram forming layer formed on the surface, and the strength of 0.5 kg / 25 mm width to 3.0 kg / 25 mm width (JIS) Any desired display pattern (characters, figures, symbols, etc.) that can visually recognize the surface activation surface can be used. Indicates the evidence that the label has been peeled off, and the characters other than the “open” character are inactivated in order to display characters such as “open”.) Inactivation processing is performed for.
For this surface activation, that is, treatment for greatly increasing wettability, treatment for creating a functional group on the surface, etc., light treatment such as laser irradiation, excimer light irradiation, oxygen-sensitized excimer light irradiation, (open) plasma treatment, Physical treatment such as corona treatment, electron beam irradiation treatment, surface treatment with chemicals such as oxidizing agents, chemical treatment such as primer treatment and silane coupling treatment, physical treatment such as argon beam etching, etching solution, and sandblasting There is a surface formation process.

When trying to peel off this hologram label, when the transparent substrate is peeled off, the deactivation treatment part is easily peeled off between the transparent substrate and the hologram forming layer, and the remaining activated surface part, That is, for example, only the character portion of “open” is peeled off while the surface of the hologram forming layer is adhered to the transparent substrate, so that the outermost surface of the hologram forming layer becomes rough and expresses light scattering properties. Thus, the letters “open” appear to float on the hologram label after peeling.
Therefore, in this case, the hologram reproduction image is observed as being blocked by the characters “open”. Moreover, since the area | region of the inactivation part is larger than the activation part, it also has the effect of promoting peeling at this interface.
Since the hologram reproduction image has very high redundancy, this interruption (meaning the width of the inactivated region, for example, the line width of the letter “open”) is 0.5 μm to the period of interference fringes of the hologram relief. It is 200 times to 5000 times 2 μm, more preferably 500 times to 2000 times.
If the blockage is less than 200 times, the hologram reproduction image is strongly reproduced due to the redundancy of the hologram and the blockage is weakened. If this blockage exceeds 5000 times, the transparent substrate becomes difficult to peel off, or the entire hologram label Can be peeled off, or when peeling, the rough surface part spreads (the phenomenon that the rough surface part and the rough surface part are connected, etc.) occurs, and it becomes difficult to obtain a clear cut. .
The clearness of the blocking (characters, etc.) when the transparent substrate is peeled is best 500 to 2000 times.

On the other hand, the deactivation treatment surface has a peel strength of 0.01 kg / 25 mm width to 0.1 kg / 25 mm width, and when trying to peel off the hologram label, It is assumed that the transparent substrate is peeled off, and when the transparent substrate is peeled off, the outermost surface of the hologram forming surface is almost a mirror surface, and the reproduced hologram image underneath can be clearly seen from that portion.
As the inactivation process, it is necessary to accurately inactivate only a predetermined part of the above-described activation process surface,
Solvents such as ketones (methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, cyclohexanone, etc.) that partially dissolve only the outermost surface of the transparent substrate or react with an activated functional group to eliminate the activity of the functional group. ), Alcohols (methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, etc., and further aqueous solutions thereof), aromatics (benzene, toluene, xylene, etc.), esters, ethers (tetrahydrofuran, etc.), etc.
Or, it is difficult to adhere to these transparent substrates in the first place, and resins having a low interfacial tension, such as silicone resins, paraffin resins, fluorine resins, resins containing these fluorinated hydrocarbon groups and organic silicon groups, etc. Then, it is inactivated into a pattern with high accuracy by partially forming it into the desired pattern described above by letterpress printing, ink jet printing, or the like.
At this time, it is desirable not to give an optical change on the transparent substrate after partial formation, the solvent etc. is volatilized, and the resin etc. is only for the purpose of surface modification, and the formation thickness after drying Is preferably about 1/50 to 1/10 of the wavelength of light. Of course, it is also suitable to use these in combination.

In the prior art, there is a method in which a transparent substrate is subjected to a surface activation treatment such as corona treatment directly in a pattern via a shielding mask or the like. According to this method, the gap between the shielding mask and the transparent substrate is Due to the diffusion of the processing gas, the interface between the activated part and the non-activated part is unclear (notched or partially exuded and does not become a clean straight line. Thus, the surface of the hologram forming layer becomes rough. Roughening occurs when the outermost surface of the hologram forming layer is peeled off (due to internal destruction of the hologram forming layer). Therefore, if this boundary surface is not a clean straight line, the destruction area expands to an unnecessary part. The message itself is unclear. This is prominent when the message includes fine lines, fine characters, and the like.
Since the inactivation treatment of the present invention uses the printing method described above, a very clear pattern can be formed, and the difference in adhesion strength between the inactivation treatment surface and the activation treatment surface is greatly increased. Therefore, the destruction area can be made clearer.
Of course, the pattern processing using the activation processing and the deactivation processing is optically transparent, and when observing the hologram label, the pattern boundary cannot be visually recognized, and illumination with a laser or the like is performed. Even so, the transparency (its continuity) is maintained.
Among surface activation treatments, light treatment such as laser irradiation or physical treatment such as plasma treatment does not cause irregularities on the treated surface of the transparent substrate, maintains a mirror surface, and deactivates the surface. Since the inactivation effect by the treatment is large, it is particularly desirable and excellent in optical transparency.
Further, in place of the above-described “pattern” being uniformly inactivated, the “pattern” is further subdivided into “fine patterns”, for example, fine patterns such as dot-like, checkered, and random patterns. When the transparent substrate is peeled off by inactivating only the active region (for example, by deactivating in a halftone dot, the part other than the halftone dot in the “pattern” remains as the activated surface). It is possible to make the rough surface state more complicated and to improve the light scattering property.

Considering the purpose of blocking the redundancy of the hologram, it is desirable to provide the “pattern” uniformly, but another feature at the time of reproducing the hologram image is “a fine light diffractive band having a width of 50 μm to 300 μm. When the hologram is cut off, a pair of light diffractive bands and hologram bands forms a stripe, and the interference effect of light diffracted from each band has an effect of inhibiting the reproduction of the hologram image. In order to “block” hologram reproduction, it is desirable that the “fine pattern” has a width of 50 μm to 300 μm and the same length. In the case of the present invention, the portion corresponding to the fine light diffractive band is a light scattering band.
For example, the size of the halftone dot diameter, the length of one side of a checkered square, and the width of each region of the random pattern are set as this size.
When the transparent substrate is peeled off, the mirror surface area and the roughened area are alternately formed with the above-described size, so that one mirror surface area and one roughened area adjacent to the mirror surface area have the fine “stripe” described above. ”And the stripes are repeatedly present, the reproduction of the hologram image is hindered, and it is visually recognized as a simple rainbow-colored region. Therefore, in this case, for example, a rainbow colored “open” character is observed.
As the hologram forming layer, various thermoplastic resins, thermosetting resins, or ionizing radiation curable resins can be used as described below, but the method of the present invention has a strength as a film of the hologram forming layer. This effect is exhibited when an ionizing radiation curable resin such as ultraviolet curing or electron beam curing is used, which is very strong and very difficult to break the film itself.
After forming an appropriate hologram relief on the hologram forming layer, a reflective thin film is formed, and an adhesive layer is further formed thereon, whereby the hologram label of the present invention can be produced.
After applying the hologram label to an appropriate position on the desired adherend, if the hologram label is to be peeled off, the transparent substrate is easily peeled off, and the hologram forming layer and the reflective thin film layer are formed on the adherend side. And the adhesive layer remains, the outermost surface of the hologram forming layer becomes a rough surface in a pattern shape, and a large light scattering effect due to a difference in refractive index with air is expressed to block the hologram reproduction image by the hologram relief. Is displayed (displayed) to clearly indicate that an illegal holographic label has been removed.

  According to the present invention, the transparent substrate is subjected to a surface activation treatment, followed by a pattern-like inactivation treatment, on which a hologram forming layer having a hologram relief, a reflective thin film layer, and an adhesive layer are provided. It is possible to provide a method for producing a hologram label characterized in that the hologram label is provided, and a hologram label produced by the production method. The hologram label is originally peeled after being stuck to a desired adherend. If an attempt is made to peel off the hologram label for which there is no illegal purpose, peeling occurs preferentially at the interface between the transparent substrate and the hologram forming layer, and after the peeling, it is clear that this is an illegal act. A message can be displayed, and it can be easily recognized that fraud has been performed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
It is sectional drawing of the hologram label A which shows one Example of this invention.

(Transparent substrate)
The transparent substrate 1 used in the hologram label of the present invention can be reduced in thickness, and has mechanical strength and solvent resistance and heat resistance suitable for processing and processing when manufacturing the hologram label A. Those having properties are preferred. Since it depends on the purpose of use, it is not limited, but a film-like or sheet-like plastic is preferable.
For example, various plastic films such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate, polyvinyl alcohol, polysulfone, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyarylate, triacetyl cellulose (TAC), diacetyl cellulose, and polyethylene / vinyl alcohol can be exemplified. .
One surface of the transparent substrate is subjected to a surface activation treatment on the entire surface, and then subjected to a deactivation treatment in a desired pattern. In these treatments, a hologram on the activation treatment surface and the deactivation treatment surface is used. It is desirable that the adhesiveness with the forming layer, that is, the difference in peel strength is large.
The thickness of the transparent substrate 1 is usually 5 to 250 μm, but is preferably 25 to 100 μm for proper handling as a label.
Further, a transparent resin may be coated on one surface of the transparent substrate, and the above-described effects may be obtained by performing the above-described treatment on the transparent resin. In addition to the above resin group, the resin used for the hologram forming layer described below can be used for this transparent resin.

Furthermore, for the purpose of expanding the difference in peel strength between the activation treatment surface and the deactivation treatment surface, a transparent resin formed as a protective layer on the hologram forming layer and having a peelability from the transparent substrate is provided. Also good. Also in this case, as the transparent resin, in addition to the resin group described above, a resin used for the hologram forming layer described below can be appropriately used.
Of course, in consideration of environmental impact, a transparent biodegradable plastic film or sheet can also be used. As a chemical synthesis system, a lactone resin: ε-caprolactone, 4-methylcaprolactone, 3,5,5 -Trimethylcaprolactone, 3,3,5-trimethylcaprolactone, β-propiolactone, γ-butyrolactone, δ-valerolactone, a homopolymer of enanthlactone or a copolymer of these two or more monomers, a mixture thereof, polycaprolactone Or polybutylene succinate resin: polybutylene succinate adipate, a mixture of polybutylene succinate and polycaprolactone, a mixture of polybutylene succinate and polybutylene succinate adipate, and polybutylene succinate adipate Polylactic acid Or a mixture of polylactic acid, a mixture of polylactic acid and D-lactic acid, or a polyester resin synthesized from a low molecular weight aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and a low molecular weight aliphatic diol, such as succinic acid and butanediol, ethylene glycol A combination of oxalic acid and neopentyl glycol, butanediol, ethylene glycol, etc., a mixture of modified polyvinyl alcohol, aliphatic polyester resin and starch, low molecular weight aliphatic polyester added with aliphatic isocyanate and polymerized Those are preferred.
In addition, natural products such as animal natural materials such as gelatin, plant natural materials such as cellulose, etc .: starch fatty acid ester, starch chitonan, cellulose, etc., as microbial production systems such as polyhydroxybutyrate and polyesters: carbon source P based on 3-hydroxypropionic acid, 4-hydroxybutyric acid, γ-butyrolactone (3HB-CO-4HB), propionic acid as carbon source, P based on valeric acid (3HB-CO-3HV), etc. Is preferred.

(Surface activation treatment)
Surface activation treatment for one surface of the transparent substrate 1 includes carbon dioxide laser irradiation, far infrared carbon dioxide laser irradiation, 172 nm vacuum ultraviolet (VUV, excimer light) irradiation, oxygen sensitized excimer light irradiation, plasma treatment, and open. Chemical bonding on the outermost surface of the transparent substrate by photon energy (7.2 eV), discharge energy, electron beam energy, etc. larger than the chemical bonding energy on the outermost surface of the transparent substrate such as plasma treatment, corona treatment, and electron beam irradiation treatment. A physical treatment such as cutting or generating a functional group by generating ozone or directly excited oxygen by being absorbed by oxygen in the atmosphere, such as vacuum ultraviolet light of 172 nm,
Oxidation treatment of transparent substrate by applying oxidizing agents such as permanganate and peroxide, primer coating treatment, vinyl / epoxy / methacryloxy / amino / mercapto / acryloxy / isocyanate / styryl / alkoxy oligomer type silane cup Physical treatment such as chemical treatment such as treatment using a ring agent, argon beam etching treatment that is vacuum treatment, etching solution treatment that partially dissolves the transparent base material, and sandblasting that mechanically scrapes the surface of the transparent base material A typical surface formation process is used. (Not shown)
By the surface activation treatment of the transparent substrate 1, a high peel strength can be obtained even for a resin having low adhesion to the transparent substrate 1, that is, a resin having a low peel strength.

Using the above surface activation treatment, the interfacial tension or surface energy of the transparent substrate is increased. Since the peel strength is determined by the resin used for the hologram forming layer and the forming method thereof, the interfacial tension value cannot be uniquely specified, but 60 to 80 mN / m is preferable as a guide. (In polyethylene terephthalate resin, 36 mN / m is increased to 60 mN / m, and the peel strength from the melamine resin as the hologram forming layer is increased from 0.4 kg / 25 mm width to 2.1 kg / 25 mm width. )
Therefore, the surface of one side of the transparent substrate is surface activated to improve the adhesiveness with the hologram forming layer formed on the surface, and the strength of 0.5 kg / 25 mm width to 3.0 kg / 25 mm width (JIS) Any desired display pattern (characters, figures, symbols, etc.) that can visually recognize the surface activation surface can be used. Indicates the evidence that the label has been peeled off, and the characters other than the “open” character are inactivated in order to display characters such as “open”.) Inactivation processing is performed for.
Among surface activation treatments, light treatment such as laser irradiation or physical treatment such as plasma treatment does not cause irregularities on the treated surface of the transparent substrate, maintains a mirror surface, and deactivates the surface. Since the inactivation effect by the treatment is large, it is particularly desirable and excellent in optical transparency.
Further, in place of the above-described “pattern” being uniformly inactivated, the “pattern” is further subdivided into “fine patterns”, for example, fine patterns such as dot-like, checkered, and random patterns. When the transparent substrate is peeled off by inactivating only the active region (for example, by deactivating in a halftone dot, the part other than the halftone dot in the “pattern” remains as the activated surface). It is possible to make the rough surface state more complicated and to improve the light scattering property.

(Surface deactivation treatment)
In order to form the portion 2 that has been subjected to the inactivation treatment in a pattern after the surface activation treatment on one surface of the transparent substrate 1,
Solvents such as ketones (acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, cyclohexanone) that partially dissolves only the outermost surface of the transparent substrate or reacts with activated functional groups to eliminate functional group activity , Diacetone alcohol, isophorone, diisobutyl ketone, etc.), alcohols (methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, n-propyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, etc., and further aqueous solutions thereof), aromatics (benzene , Toluene, xylene, Solvesso No. 100, Solvesso No. 150, Cactus P-180, etc.), cyclic hydrocarbons (cyclohexane, etc.), esters (ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, isobutyl acetate, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate) Cellulose acetate, ethyl-3-ethoxypropionate, etc.), ethers (tetrahydrofuran, methyl cellosolve, ethyl cellosolve, butyl cellosolve, t-butyl cellosolve, etc.) etc. are surface activated using a letterpress printing system or an ink jet system. A pattern is formed while avoiding contact with the activated surface, and reacts with only the activated outermost surface of the transparent substrate to inactivate only that portion.
At this time, since the solvent does not volatilize instantaneously and needs to remain on the surface of the transparent substrate for a predetermined time, the boiling point is adjusted to 60 degrees or more and 200 degrees or less, preferably 100 degrees or more and 160 degrees.
This method is particularly suitable in the sense that it hardly affects the surface roughness of the transparent substrate and only changes its properties.

Alternatively, a resin having a low interfacial tension, such as a silicone resin, a paraffinic resin, a fluororesin, a resin containing a fluorocarbon group or an organosilicon group, or a non-volatile resin that is difficult to adhere to the transparent substrate 1 in the first place. Oil (dry seed oil such as linseed oil, poppy oil, walnut oil, non-drying oil such as olive oil and peanut oil, semi-drying oil such as sesame oil and rapeseed oil), etc. by typographic printing, inkjet printing, etc. By partially forming the desired pattern, the pattern is inactivated with high accuracy.
At this time, it is desirable not to give an optical change on the transparent substrate after partial formation, the solvent etc. is volatilized, and the resin etc. is only for the purpose of surface modification, and the formation thickness after drying Is preferably about 1/50 to 1/10 of the wavelength of light. Of course, it is also suitable to use these in combination.
By this deactivation treatment, the deactivation treatment surface can make the peel strength between the transparent substrate and the hologram forming layer be 0.01 kg / 25 mm width or more and 0.1 kg / 25 mm width or less, and peel off the hologram label. As a result, no matter how it is devised, a gap is always generated between the transparent substrate and the hologram forming layer, and only the transparent substrate is peeled off.

Then, when the transparent substrate is completely peeled off, the outermost surface of the hologram forming surface corresponding to the inactivation processing surface becomes almost a mirror surface, and the hologram reproduction image underneath can be clearly seen from that portion. The outermost surface of the hologram forming surface corresponding to the activation processing surface is rough and scatters light so that the hologram reproduction image cannot be visually recognized through the portion.
Furthermore, the inside of the “pattern” described above is more “fine pattern”, that is, by inactivating only fine areas such as halftone dots, checkered patterns, random patterns, etc., when the transparent substrate is peeled off The roughened state can be made more complicated (meaning that the unevenness of the roughened surface is increased), and the light scattering property can be improved.
The minimum size of each “fine pattern” is about 10 μm using a high-precision printing method, and can be provided with a period of 10 μm. It can also be expanded to the line width. Obviously, in the case of providing such a “fine pattern” size, it is no longer possible to use a direct activation method using a mask that is a conventional method.
Preferably, one halftone dot with a size of 50 μm to 300 μm (halftone dot ratio is preferably 30% to 70%) or checkered pattern (square, rectangular, other shapes) is inactive to skip one. In addition, in order to avoid the occurrence of diffraction phenomenon that does not require regular processing, the size of the halftone dots and their squares and rectangles are randomly changed between 50 μm and 300 μm Is used.

(Hologram forming layer)
As the transparent resin material for constituting the hologram forming layer 3 of the present invention, various thermoplastic resins, thermosetting resins, or ionizing radiation curable resins can be used. Thermoplastic resins include acrylic ester resins, acrylamide resins, nitrocellulose resins, or polystyrene resins. Thermosetting resins include unsaturated polyester resins, acrylic urethane resins, epoxy-modified acrylic resins, and epoxy-modified unsaturated resins. A polyester resin, an alkyd resin, a phenol resin, etc. are mentioned.
These thermoplastic resins and thermosetting resins can be used alone or in combination of two or more. One or more of these resins may be cross-linked using various isocyanate resins, or various curing catalysts, for example, metal soap such as cobalt naphthenate or zinc naphthenate may be blended. Or peroxide such as benzoyl peroxide and methyl ethyl ketone peroxide for initiating polymerization with heat or ultraviolet light, benzophenone, acetophenone, anthraquinone, naphthoquinone, azobisisobutyronitrile, or diphenyl sulfide good.
Examples of the ionizing radiation curable resin include epoxy acrylate, urethane acrylate, acrylic-modified polyester, etc., for the purpose of introducing a crosslinked structure into such an ionizing radiation curable resin or adjusting the viscosity, A monofunctional monomer, a polyfunctional monomer, or an oligomer may be blended and used.

In order to form the hologram forming layer 3 using the above resin material, it can be directly formed by developing the photosensitive resin material by performing interference exposure of the hologram. It is preferable to perform molding by using a replica or a plating mold thereof as a replica mold and pressing the mold surface against the layer of the resin material.
When thermosetting resin or ionizing radiation curable resin is used, curing is performed by heating or ionizing radiation irradiation while keeping the uncured resin in close contact with the mold surface, and then cured by peeling after curing. The fine irregularities of the relief hologram can be formed on one side of the layer made of a transparent resin material. A diffraction grating forming layer having a diffraction grating formed in a pattern by a similar method can also be used as the optical diffraction structure.
A hologram is a recording of interference fringes due to interference of light between object light and reference light in an uneven relief shape. For example, a laser reproduction hologram such as a Fresnel hologram, a white light reproduction hologram such as a rainbow hologram, There are color holograms utilizing the above principle, computer generated holograms (CGH), holographic diffraction gratings and the like. Further, like a machine readable hologram, the reproduction light may be converted into data by a light receiving unit and transmitted as predetermined information, or authenticity determination may be performed.

In order to precisely create fine irregularities, not only optical methods, but also electron beam lithography equipment can be used to create precisely designed relief structures that produce more precise and complex reproduction light. Good. The relief shape is designed to have a pitch, depth, or specific periodic shape of the unevenness according to the wavelength (range) of the light or light source for reproducing or reproducing the hologram, the direction and the intensity of reproduction or reproduction. The pitch (period) of the unevenness depends on the reproduction or reproduction angle, but is usually 0.1 μm to several μm, and the depth of the unevenness is a factor that greatly affects the reproduction or reproduction intensity, but is usually 0.1 μm. ˜1 μm.
As in the case of a single diffraction grating, when the unevenness of exactly the same shape is repeated, as the adjacent unevenness is the same shape, the degree of interference of reflected light increases and the intensity increases, and the maximum value is reached. Converge. Diffraction in the diffraction direction is also minimized. When a single point of an image converges to a focal point, such as a stereoscopic image, the convergence accuracy to the focal point is improved, and a reproduced or reproduced image becomes clear.
Further, in the case of a transparent metal compound thin film, the upper and lower surfaces of the thin film have the same relief shape, and the more uniform the distance between the surfaces (that is, the film thickness), the higher the reproduction or reproduction strength. growing. In addition, if there are irregularities having a period and shape different from the irregularities of the hologram image on the relief surface, this becomes noise during reproduction or reproduction of the hologram or diffraction grating, which causes the image to become unclear.

The relief shape is shaped (also referred to as replication) by using an original plate on which diffraction gratings and interference fringes are recorded in a concavo-convex shape as a press die (referred to as a stamper) on the hologram forming layer 3 or described below. The concavo-convex pattern of the original plate can be duplicated by superimposing the original plate on the reflective thin film layer 4 and heat-pressing both of them with an appropriate means such as a heating roll. The hologram pattern to be formed may be single or plural.
In order to accurately reproduce the above-mentioned extremely fine shape and to minimize distortion and deformation such as heat shrinkage after replication, the original plate is made of metal and replicated at low temperature and high pressure.
For the original plate, a metal having high hardness such as Ni is used. After a Cr or Ni thin film is formed on the surface of a glass master or the like formed by optical photography or electron beam drawing by vacuum deposition or sputtering, Ni or the like is electrodeposited (electroplating, electroless plating, Furthermore, after forming 50-1000 micrometers by composite plating etc., it can make by peeling a metal.
In order to use it for high-pressure rotation type replication, it is necessary to increase the thickness accuracy of this Ni layer, and it is usually ± 10 μm, preferably ± 1 μm. For this reason, you may use the back surface grinding | polishing or the planarization method.

Since the replication method is a high pressure, a rotary method is used instead of a flat plate method, and the linear pressure is 0.1 ton / m to 10 ton / m, preferably 5 ton / m or more. If the diameter of the duplication cylinder is small, the reproducibility of the relief is lowered. Therefore, it is preferable that the duplication cylinder diameter is large. Usually, an arc having a diameter of 0.1 m to 2.0 m, preferably 1.0 m or more is used. To do.
The hologram forming layer 3 on the transparent substrate 1 is pressed along this duplication cylinder, and duplication is carried out from the back side with a metal cylinder at the above pressure. In order to minimize distortion and deformation such as heat shrinkage after replication, a method of heating only a part of the hologram forming layer 3 side rather than heating the entire transparent substrate 1 is desirable. Usually it is heated to 60 ° C to 110 ° C. Furthermore, the precision can be further improved by keeping the metal cylinder on the back surface at room temperature or cooling it.

(Reflective thin film)
In the hologram label of the present invention, the reflective thin film layer 4 is formed so as to contact and follow the hologram relief formed on the hologram forming layer 3. Since this thin film needs to reflect incident light, it is not particularly limited as long as it is a thin film having a higher refractive index than that of the transparent substrate 1.
The reflective thin film layer 4 may be either a metallic gloss reflective layer such as a metal thin film formed by a vacuum thin film method or the like, or a transparent reflective layer. When provided, the image on the adherend covered with the label after label sticking can be observed through the hologram, which is preferable.
As a transparent reflective layer, it is almost colorless and transparent, and its optical refractive index is different from that of the hologram forming layer. A simple hologram can be produced. For example, a thin film having a higher refractive index than that of the hologram forming layer 3, for example, ZnS, TiO ₂ , Al ₂ O ₃ , Sb ₂ S ₃ , SiO, SnO ₂ , ITO, or the like. Preferably, it is a metal oxide or nitride, specifically, Be, Mg, Ca, Cr, Mn, Cu, Ag, Al, Sn, In, Te, Ti, Fe, Co, Zn, Ge, Pb. Cd, Bi, Se, Ga, Rb, Sb, Pb, Ni, Sr, Ba, La, Ce, Au, and other oxides or nitrides, and the like can be exemplified by a mixture of two or more thereof. Also, a general light-reflective metal thin film such as aluminum can be used with transparency when the thickness is 20 nm or less.

  As with the metal thin film, the transparent metal compound is formed by vapor deposition or sputtering so that the thickness of the transparent biodegradable plastic film or sheet 1 is about 10 to 2000 nm, preferably 20 to 1000 nm. It may be provided by a vacuum thin film method such as ion plating or CVD (chemical vapor deposition). In particular, the CVD method causes little thermal damage to the hologram forming layer 3. Even if other thin film forming methods are used, if the thin film layer to be formed is made thin, the thermal damage can be reduced. For example, in the case of an AL vapor deposition layer, although depending on the formation conditions, approximately 20 nm is a critical point where transparency is lost and total reflection appears. This thickness varies depending on the forming conditions such as the thin film material, the forming method, the metal heating temperature and the degree of vacuum.

(Adhesive layer)
The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 5 may be any conventionally known solvent-based or water-based pressure-sensitive adhesive, such as vinyl acetate resin, acrylic resin, vinyl acetate-acrylic copolymer, vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride copolymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. Examples thereof include polymers, polyurethane resins, and rubber resins such as natural rubber and chloroprene rubber. Natural latex such as natural rubber latex, natural rubber latex obtained by graft polymerization of natural rubber with styrene, especially methacrylic acid methyl, in particular, to make natural material composition You may use what was produced from the raw material.

The coating amount of the adhesive layer 5 is generally about 8 to 30 g / m ² (solid content), and is applied and dried by a conventionally known method, that is, a gravure coat, roll coat, comma coat or the like. Thus, the adhesive layer 5 is formed. Further, the adhesive strength of the adhesive layer 5 is a peel strength between the reflective thin film layer 4 and the adhesive layer 5, and is desirably in the range of about 0.1 to 1 kg in a 180 ° peel method in accordance with JIS Z0237. Of course, even higher peel strengths are suitable for the purposes of the present invention.
The type and the coating amount of the pressure-sensitive adhesive as described above are such that when the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 5 is formed on the transparent substrate 1, the hologram forming layer 3 and the reflective thin film layer 4, the peel strength is within the above range. In addition, it is preferable to select and use.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example and a comparative example demonstrate this invention further in detail, it is not limited to this. In addition, except a solvent, each composition of each layer is a mass part of solid content conversion.
(Example 1) A 38 μm polyethylene terephthalate resin film was used as the transparent substrate 1, and one side of the film was used with an excimer UV03 reformer manufactured by Excimer Co., Ltd., with a wavelength of 172n.
The letter “open” and “sealed” in a vertical and horizontal 10 mm × 10 mm size using the following deactivation treatment solvent composition on a film that has been surface activated by irradiating m excimer light. Were formed continuously and vertically and with a coating thickness of 5 μm (the line width was 1000 μm). This was dried at a drying temperature of 80 ° C. to form “pattern-inactivated part 2”.
<Solvent composition for deactivation treatment>
Methyl ethyl ketone (boiling point 80 ° C.) 15 parts Toluene (boiling point 100 ° C.) 25 parts Methyl isobutyl ketone (boiling point 115 ° C.) 30 parts Cyclohexanone (boiling point 156 ° C.) 30 parts (Peel strength between the transparent substrate 1 and the hologram forming layer 3: equivalent to an inactivation treatment portion of 80 g / 25 mm width and an activation treatment surface of 1.2 kg / 25 mm width), a design photographed using a laser optical system A Ni original plate having a high-quality hologram is prepared, and the relief surface of the Ni original plate is combined with the hologram forming layer 3 described above to prepare a rotary relief hologram forming apparatus (original cylinder diameter 1.0 m, original plate surface temperature 100 ° C. Hologram relief by pressurizing cylinder diameter 0.3m water cooling, pressure 2 ton / m, replication speed 10m / min) Formed on the beam forming layer 3.
Next, a reflective thin film layer 4 made of an AL thin film having a thickness of 200 nm was formed so as to be in contact with and follow the hologram relief surface by a vacuum vapor deposition machine manufactured by ULVAC.

On this AL thin film forming surface, the following composition was applied with a gravure coater so that the coating amount after drying was 20 μm, and dried at 70 ° C. to form an adhesive layer 5 to a size of 20 mm × 40 mm. The hologram label A of Example 1 was obtained by cutting.
・ <Adhesive composition>
Vinyl acetate-acrylic copolymer 30 parts by mass Toluene 40 parts by mass Vinyl acetate 40 parts by mass This hologram label was applied with a predetermined pressure for sealing an envelope containing important documents, and left for 24 hours. The optical difference between the surface activation treatment portion and the surface deactivation treatment portion could not be recognized, and it was not possible to confirm the presence of “patterned” characters.
When the hologram label was peeled off, only the transparent substrate 1 was easily peeled off, and the “surface-inactivated portion 2 in a pattern” was formed on the outermost surface of the hologram forming layer 3 after the peeling. In other words, the letters “open” and “sealing” that are continuous vertically and horizontally scatter the light so as to shield the hologram image, and the clear hologram and the letters “open” and “sealing” become clear. I was able to see.
From this, it was considered that the hologram label A has high design properties and an anti-opening effect.

(Example 2) TiOx thin film layer 40n using an ULVAC electron beam heating vacuum deposition machine
Except that m was formed and the design was printed on the envelope to be sealed, everything was the same as Example 1, and a hologram label A (transparent hologram label) of Example 2 was obtained.
As evaluated in the same manner as in Example 1, there is no optical difference between the “patterned” character portion in the transparent hologram label and the other portions, and the envelope design can be made through the transparent hologram label. In addition to being able to confirm clearly, the same effect as Example 1 was acquired.
(Example 3) A 38 μm polyethylene terephthalate resin film was used as the transparent substrate 1, and one surface thereof was subjected to a surface activation treatment by a corona treatment method using a polydyne low frequency corona treatment system manufactured by Navitas, and the following composition was obtained. A hologram label A of Example 3 was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the solvent composition for inactivation treatment was formed by an inkjet method with a thickness of 1 μm.
<Solvent composition for deactivation treatment>
Methyl ethyl ketone (boiling point 80 degrees) 40 parts Toluene (boiling point 100 degrees) 30 parts Methyl isobutyl ketone (boiling point 115 degrees) 29 parts Linseed oil 1 part When evaluated in the same manner as in Example 1, the transparent substrate 1 peels off very easily. Except that, the same effect as in Example 1 was obtained.
Example 4 A hologram label A of Example 4 was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a biodegradable plastic Tosero pal seal thickness of 40 μm was used as the transparent substrate 1.
When evaluated in the same manner as in Example 1, it was estimated that the same effect as in Example 1 was obtained and that it would be environmentally friendly when discarded.
(Embodiment 5) “Fine pattern”, that is, a rectangle of 50 μm × 100 μm, this basic shape is a checkered pattern, one surface is subjected to surface deactivation treatment, and the above-mentioned “open” and “sealed” A hologram label A of Example 5 was obtained in the same manner as Example 2 except that the pattern was formed.
When evaluated in the same manner as in Example 2, the same effect as in Example 2 was obtained, and the pattern after peeling of the transparent substrate 1 could be visually recognized more clearly.

(Comparative example)
Comparative Example 1 A hologram label of Comparative Example 1 was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the surface activation treatment and the surface inactivation treatment were not performed.
When this hologram label was evaluated in the same manner as in Example 1, the transparent substrate 1 was not easily peeled off, but was peeled off from the adhesive layer 5, and a gap was formed between the transparent substrate 1 and the hologram forming layer 3 in the middle of peeling. Only occurred.
Therefore, it was thought that if this hologram was carefully removed, it could be illegally removed.

A Hologram label 1 Transparent substrate 2 A part of one surface of the transparent substrate that has been subjected to a surface inactivation process after the surface activation process (also referred to as a surface inactivated part).
3 Hologram formation layer 4 Reflective thin film layer 5 Adhesive layer

Claims (3)

One surface of the transparent substrate is subjected to a surface activation treatment, followed by an inactivation treatment for partially forming a solvent having a boiling point of 60 ° C. or more and 200 ° C. or less in a pattern, and a hologram relief is provided thereon. A method for producing a hologram label, comprising a hologram forming layer, a reflective thin film layer, and an adhesive layer. The method for manufacturing a hologram label according to claim 1, wherein the surface activation treatment is an optical treatment or a physical treatment. The method for manufacturing a hologram label according to claim 1, wherein the pattern is constituted by a set of fine patterns.

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