PT1278173E - Removable security identification label - Google Patents

Abstract

Starting from the basic structuring of any conventional self-adhesive label, on the basis of a strip of paper (1) bearing the identification details of a given object or product, provided on its rear side with a layer of adhesive (6) for attachment to said object or product, assisted by a siliconized strip (7) removable at the time of its affixture, its features essentially revolve round the fact the aforesaid strip of paper (1) includes on its rear side, between the strip proper and the layer of adhesive 6), a printed message (8), visible through the actual strip of paper (1) and acting as a means for the validation of the label, so that in the event of any possible fraudulent tampering aimed at transferring said label to an object differing from the printed message (8), together with the layer of adhesive (6), it remains affixed to the original object, becomes therefore detached from the label proper (1), and reveals that the latter has been subject to tampering. <IMAGE>

Description

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DESCRIPTION &quot; REMOVABLE SAFETY IDENTIFICATION LABEL &quot;

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a removable multilayer label for the purpose of identifying a particular article or document. As a security label, it can be used to ensure the authenticity and origin of the item you are identifying, to monitor your serial number and, generally, to any of the usual uses of security labels.

Likewise and as a security tag, it contains a variable amount of security elements, depending on the intended application, which will make it very difficult to falsify, tamper with or reproduce the tag, partially or totally, together with the fixed or variable that it can contain.

In its most basic configuration, the label consists of a removable main layer with information about the product or document it identifies, and a second layer that remains attached to the product or document after the main layer has been removed. The tag has been designed so that its main layer can be easily separated from the article it identifies and then is immediately attached to another carrier and / or document, thereby transforming the tag into a coupon or tag that can be exchanged. This coupon may be used to obtain some reward, monetary or otherwise, associated with the purchase and / or use of the product originally identified by the label. 2

Once the main layer has been removed, the label layer that remains attached to the product identified by the security label contains some security features that help identify the product, making it obvious that the main layer is not present. In this way, the product or document it protects is prevented from being used and / or sold a second time. The main layer can contain information of any kind. This information, which may be fixed or variable between different labels, may be read or interpreted through the use of conventional readers. Once attached to the carrier document, it facilitates the use of automatic scanners.

HISTORY OF THE INVENTION

One of the usual ways to identify a product or object is to use a self-adhesive label with information relating to that article, such as the manufacturer's name, product name, price, bar code, reference number, etc.

These tags are originally supplied with a silicone protector, removable at the time the label is affixed to the article, which fixation from the theoretical point of view should be at least impossible to remove so that the label could not be separated from the article without being destroyed.

If the adhesive is of the type that allows the label to be separated from the object it identifies without suffering any damage and without causing damage to the surface of the object, in most cases the label can not be glued permanently to another object or document. Also, you do not notice anything on the object or document from which the label was separated. 3 There are also other applications for multi-layer labels with a construction identical to the one advertised here. However, the advertised label has two characteristics that clearly differentiate it from these applications: - the removable main layer, intended to obtain a reward, is also a security label that incorporates two or more security elements that make it very difficult to falsify and / or reproduction of the label or possible tampering with the items it contains; - the layer of the label remaining attached to the product or document it identifies also has security features printed on the back that help to guarantee the authenticity of the product or document in question, warn of the absence of the main layer and show that the product has been duly while the removable layer (s) were present. The fact that the master layer can be used as a coupon or means to verify that the original product or document has been used for the intended purpose implies the existence of a reward. This reward, whether monetary directly or not, involves an economic value and is therefore susceptible to fraudulent attacks and hence the need for different layers of the label to include security features. The existence of this reward is still generally due to the fact that the product or document identified with the label in question has a value likely to attract attempted fraud. The invention then seeks to protect: the coupon itself, since this always includes a financial value of exchange; therefore, the coupon is protected with security features commonly used in banknotes, checks and the like to avoid forgery of said coupon and, consequently, obtain the aforementioned reward by gluing a false coupon to the document that gives rise to the reward, the reward of the original product or document, avoiding the obtainment of this reward and also the possibility of selling the product or document at its total value (that is, without right to the reward, thus obtaining a double benefit): - a false label is attached to the product (which is avoided with the security elements of the main layer) the product or document is delivered without the label, without being noticed, (which is avoided by the security elements present in the layer that remains attached to the product), - and the product or document itself, insofar as the different layers have safety features that guarantee authenticity, origin and / or monitoring product or document. The main layer uses a permanent type adhesive. Thus, for this purpose, the perfect adherence of the mentioned layer of the document is ensured, which allows to obtain the reward. It also avoids any possibility of this layer being accidentally separated from the product or document, where it is originally placed. One-sided, removable and non-permanent adhesive labels can not guarantee either of the following two circumstances. The security tag is described in International PCT Publication WO 98/52178 which includes a label coating with a first adhesive layer and a removable overlapping label attached to said coating by a second adhesive layer.

Another safety tag of this type is known from European patent EP-0 611 055.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The removable security identification tag provided by the invention provides a completely satisfactory solution to the above-described problems, as it itself is an effective element, which, added to a product or service, offers a high security product having security features intrinsically incorporated, while being effective in having a monetary value as if it were a coupon that can be exchanged for money or a service offered.

In this sense and more specifically the label disclosed herein is, in its simplest version, a paper strip having an adhesive layer (backing layer) adhered to a second layer of silicone paper, which also has another adhesive layer on the back side. side opposite the one where the first layer is glued, while the whole assembly is completed with a strip of silicone paper to protect this final adhesive layer.

This second adhesive layer may be transparent or non-transparent, so that the impression on the back of the strip, which acts as a base, may or may not be visible through the medium. The impression, which may or may not be safety, is made on the back of this secondary layer prior to the application of the adhesive for this printing to be part of the production process of the invention. 6

In the simplest version with only a second label (main layer) we can, as already mentioned, be before a conventional label with a strong (also called permanent) adhesive, which will be suitable to include items that may or may not be related to those appear on the back of the strip that acts as the base, as well as any authenticity or security identifier. This sticker thus becomes a kind of proof of identification or even a coupon with monetary value and easily removable from the strip of silicone, to which it is glued (secondary layer) and can then be glued to the element we want to monitor, register, etc. ., attaching it to the other element where the base label was pasted.

In one embodiment, between the average adhesive label formed by the silicone paper, wherein on one of its sides, more specifically that which supports the adhesive and between which the safety message is printed, there may be several adhesive labels having these characteristics of the same nature , which may be suitable for use as evidence of identification or monetary value coupons, at intermediate stages of the use of the identified product or article. The fact that the message on the secondary layer (s) is printed on the back side (s) and prior to the application of the adhesive, virtually ensures that this printed message can not be altered without a clear indication of tampering, while at the same time protecting the impression against other possible external aggressions. This feature alone represents a safety feature. 7

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to complement the description offered and to better understand the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of the practical version thereof, this description is accompanied, as an integral part, by a set of drawings in which, for informational but not restrictive purposes , we will now present the following: Figure 1 shows a schematic, sectional and significantly enlarged representation of a removable security identification tag produced in accordance with the invention, specifically in accordance with the simpler version presented herein. Figure 2 shows, according to a representation identical to that of the previous figure, the second version of the security label with additional intermediate layers. Figure 3 shows a plan view of both labels of the previous figures. Figure 4 shows, finally, the text printed on the back of the second layer, which becomes readable when the main layer is separated, in a plain plan view of the second layer that remains fixed to the product.

PRIVILEGED VERSION OF THE INVENTION

In view of the described figures and especially figure 1, it can be seen that the security label proposed by the invention in its simplest version is composed, as is conventional, by a paper strip (10), by the aforementioned main layer , of 8 suitable dimensions, and by the bearer on its outer face of the details of identification of the object or product (2), such as those mentioned above corresponding to the name of the manufacturer, product name, price, reference number, barcode or variable, linear or two-dimensional, etc.), etc., which are globally referenced as (2) in Figures 1 and 3, being able to include any other type of security item, ultraviolet printing (4), microtexts, (5), security backgrounds based on delicate line designs, etc., depending on the desired degree of security, a paper strip (10) which, as is conventional, includes a layer (9) to be attached to the article in question, adhered to a strip of silicone paper (10) and adhesive (9), silicone paper (1) supporting a printed message (8), which may be visible or not through the silicone paper 1 and / or the paper of the strip 10, this printing being protected by the addition of a strong adhesive layer 6 which protects the printed message on this silicone paper 1 against tampering, ensuring the adherence of the silicone paper (1). This label can be easily removed from the classic silicone protective layer or strip 7, this strip 1 being attached to the printed message 8 and the adhesive 6 to secure the assembly (multi-layer identification tag) formed by the strips (1 and 10) to the product.

This assembly is completed with the corresponding category of silicone protective layer (7), removable at the time of its attachment.

Under these conditions and taking into account the permanent nature of the adhesive layer 9, when attempting to separate the appropriate strip 10 and 1, this adhesive 9 and 6 is completely or partially joined to the product or document to which the label is attached. fixed and to the object to be identified, and in this type of separation of labels there may be an undue adulteration and it is clear that the product or service is not original.

According to the representation shown in figure 2, the paper strip 10 bearing the identification details of the object or product and which can support printed security messages may consist of a strip of paper which, through its adhesive layer ( 9) may be attached to another strip (1), which may be transparent or non-transparent, so as to enable the printed information or message (8) to be seen and made of silicone paper, which facilitates separation of the strip with the information (10) so that this strip (1) helps to remove the rest of the label in its entirety. This strip 1 may include a printed security message 8 which may or may not be visible through the strip 1 and / or 10, this printed message being protected by the adhesive layer 6 and the current layer 1), which avoids tampering with the printed message (8).

This adhesive strip 1 may be repeated as necessary with the addition of successive adhesive strips 1 'with printed messages 8' and adhesive layers 6 ', which are finally completed with the layer of silicone paper 7. ), which protects the final adhesive (6 ') before the entire set of labels is affixed to the final product to be identified. The base strip 10 with its corresponding security message printed on the front thus becomes an identification proof or even a coupon with a monetary value on the basis of which a quantitative value is to be obtained which may reflect a monetary amount , as mentioned, or an equivalent value. 10

DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN THE DESCRIPTION

This list of documents submitted by the applicant has been collected exclusively for the reader's information and is not part of the European patent document. Although it has been elaborated with the utmost care, the IEP does not assume, however, any responsibility for any errors or omissions.

Patent documents presented in the disclosure

• WO 9852178 A

• EP 0611055 A

Lisbon, 01/23/2009

Claims (5)

A removable security identification tag including: a paper strip (10) with identification details (2) of a certain object or product, a permanent adhesive layer (9) on the back of the paper strip (10), a (10) is provided with printed safety messages (3,4,5) therein and in that, between the strip (10) and the strip (10) and the siliconized protective paper (7), at least one transparent intermediate strip (1) is incorporated on the reverse with an adhesive layer (6), wherein an intermediate message (8) is printed between said intermediate strip (1) and (6), said intermediate strip (1) identifying details of the same object or product. The removable safety identification tag according to claim 1, characterized in that the strip (1) is made of siliconized paper. Safety identification tag according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the strip (10) is transparent. The removable security identification tag according to claim 1, characterized in that the security item is selected from the group: encoded printing (3), ultraviolet printing (4), microtexts (5) or a security background based on designs of delicate lines. The removable security tag according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the strip (1) includes security elements. Lisbon, 01/23/2009