SI25121A - Laminated carrier sheet for laser engraving with a binding element, non-personalized identification booklet comprising such a carrier sheet and a procedure of making such a booklet - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a laminated integral carrier sheet (1) with a reactive laser engraving side with a thin binding element, a non-registered identification book, in particular a non-honed passport containing such an integrated carrier sheet (1), and a process for producing such a booklet. A production process for the production of a seamless identification book consisting of at least one of the coated covers and several pages, among which a durable laminated reactive face for laser engraving intended for secure personalization. Within this process, a laminated double laser engagement carrier sheet (2) is manufactured with a connecting member in the form of a bonding layer (3) and a non-registered passport.

Description

LAMIN IRAN BEARING LASER FOR ENGRAVING WITH LEGGING

THE ELEMENTS, A UNSPECIFIED IDENTIFICATION LIBRARY CONTAINING SUCH A CARRIER SHEET, AND A PROCEDURE FOR MAKING SUCH A LIBRARY

The subject of the invention is a laminated carrier sheet with a reactive laser engraving side with a thin binding element represented by an outwardly moving flexible portion, an unpersonalized identification booklet, in particular an unpersonalized passport containing such a carrier sheet, and a process for making such a booklet. A non-personalized identification booklet, in particular a passport, consists of at least compactly bound covers and several pages, among which a particularly durable laminated reactive laser engraving page intended for subsequent secure personalization with appropriate holder identification data by an authorized legal authority. A non-personal identification booklet, in particular a non-personal passport, may additionally contain an electronic component, in particular a contactless chip, intended for subsequent secure identification with the relevant personal identification and biometric data of the legal holder by an authorized legal authority. This electronic component is installed during the manufacturing process itself, and e.g. is in the cover of the non-personal identification booklet or in the carrier sheet 2. The carrier sheet 2 represents in the non-personal identification booklet, in particular the non-personal passport, a sheet with a durable laminated multi-layer reactive laser engraving page, while the carrier sheet laminate represents a laminated part of such a sheet.

In a specific embodiment, the carrier sheet may be designed as a dual carrier sheet or a dual carrier sheet 1, with a reactive laser engraving page used in the manufacturing process of producing a non-personalized identification booklet, in particular an unmanaged passport, and comprising two carrier sheets or two complete support sheets positioned side by side so that their flexible part extends from the same edge of the laminate. Such double carrier sheet or dual complete carrier sheet with reactive laser engraving side is produced in accordance with the manufacturing process.

The complete carrier sheet 1 in the non-personal booklet represents the carrier sheet 2 together with the remaining flexible laminate part 3 of the laminate or the laminate of the carrier sheet 2 together with the entire flexible part 3 of the non-laminated area. it serves as a secure thin bonding element between the laminate and the rest of the non-personal booklet, especially the non-personal passport.

The laminated carrier sheet 2 with a reactive laser engraving page is inserted into a non-personal identification booklet, in particular a non-personal passport, and presents to the binding layer 3 an integral carrier sheet 1 with a reactive laser engraving page and is manufactured according to a manufacturing process.

Known embodiments of the personalized identification booklet, in particular the passport, contain personal data elements filled with the identification information of the legal holder in accordance with ICAO standards. This information includes the name and surname of the holder, a photograph, date of birth, place and / or country of birth, citizenship, etc., on a page called a data sheet with a data page. The data page optionally contains various security features and printed security tags.

Figure 1 shows a 3-D sketch of a general example of a known embodiment of a passport with a data page with a built-in contactless chip, while Figure 2 shows an expanded view of the passport of Figure 1 from above with a stitch line view.

The sheet, called the carrier sheet in the non-personalized identification booklet, especially the passport, contains a permanent laminated reactive laser engraving page. It is important that the data sheet of the data sheet is as protected as possible against wear, tear and fuzzing as well as tampering in such a way that trained personnel can easily see or detect if the information in the identification booklet has been verified when verifying the identity and validity of the identification document. unlawfully manipulated or tampered with.

The passport may additionally contain an electronic component, in particular a contactless chip, on which the personal identification data and biometric data of the passport holder are stored. This electronic component, for example, is embedded in covers or on a passport carrier.

In response to the need to improve the persistence of personal identification data in passports due to the frequent use of passports and the need for increased protection against fraudulent passports, passports are produced that contain personal identification data in a durable and solid multilayered laminated page located on based on thermoplastic material, in particular polycarbonate (PC) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The identity of the holder is laser-engraved into a laser-reactive layer (a layer of thermoplastic material containing a laser-reactive additive), which is one of the layers of a multilayered laminated page of a non-personalized passport. Such engraving is performed by an authorized legal authority using a laser technique known in the art.

The laminated support sheet consists of a laminated stack of high quality thermoplastic polycarbonate films and is durable and solid due to its composition, well resistant to heat and shock, smooth surfaces, and has a glassy, glassy appearance.

Passports containing such a laminated multi-layered data page or carrier sheet are known and in use. The maximum thickness of the data page or the data sheet is specified by the ICAO standard and is such that it allows the passport to be checked by an authorized person with a manual slip of the data sheet or. data pages through the instrument slot for this purpose.

A general example of a known composition of a laminated multilayer integral carrier sheet or a. The passport data page is as follows: the top thermoplastic polycarbonate protective layer with optional integrated security features and printed security labels is followed by several thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate layers with optional integrated security elements and printed security labels, including a reactive thermoplastic layer for laser-engraving polycarbonate background layer with optional integrated security features and printed security tags. Then, on the other side of the white polycarbonate layer, there is another thermoplastic white polycarbonate backdrop with optional integrated security features and printed security tags, and finally at least one transparent polycarbonate layer of adequate quality with optional integrated security features and printed security labels.

Figure 3 schematically shows a general example of a known composition of a laminated multilayer integral carrier sheet in cross section - top view.

Such laminate is securely bonded to the passport with a thin bonding element, as follows: partially sandwiched between two white polycarbonate layers, it is a punchy textile layer which, with its flexible outwardly extending portion, that is, the non-laminated portion outside the polycarbonate, serves as a secure thin bonding element the element between the composite laminate and the rest of the passport in the folding of the passport. The outwardly extending flexible part has two areas delimited by the sewing line in the passport.

Due to the strength of the polycarbonate laminate, which as such is not suitable for direct stitching in the booklet composition, this type of model with a securely integrated binding element allows the passport to be closed as well as to be easily sewn into the booklet during production.

The solution in publication US2008 / 0284155 A1 discloses a variant of the carrier sheet or. data pages described above and claims that while laminating thermoplastic polycarbonate films with a mesh textile material as a thin bonding element, the polycarbonate material penetrates the holes of the mesh textile material - forming polycarbonate micro-bridges - thus fixing the textile mesh in the data carrier laminate. However, this technique has a serious drawback, which is reflected, for example, in the visibly impressed mesh pattern of the laminate thus produced.

The following describes a solution according to the invention, whereby such undesirable effect of a visibly imprinted mesh pattern is eliminated by a laminated support sheet having a reactive laser engraving side with a thin binding element, or. of laminate extending flexible part.

The invention will be explained in more detail on the basis of an embodiment and accompanying drawings, of which:

Figure 1 3-D sketch known embodiment of a general example of a known passport with a data page with a built-in contactless chip;

Fig. 2 is an expanded view of a known embodiment of the passport of Fig. 1 from the top showing the sewing line;

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a known embodiment of a general example composition of a laminated multilayer integrated data sheet in cross section - top view;

Figure 4 is a carrier sheet for making a non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention;

5 shows a carrier card for the production of a non-personalized passport according to the invention;

6 is an example of a non-personalized passport according to the invention - 3-D enlarged view;

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a known embodiment of a general example of a cross-sectional view of a composition of a laminated multilayer comprehensive data sheet according to the invention;

8 is a carrier sheet for making a non-personalized identification booklet of the invention by cutting the fabric at an angle.

According to the present invention, the integral carrier sheet 1 is designed for laser engraving and consists of several layers, for example from L1 to L6, which are laminated in stack form and form a laminate comprising the top layer L1 and the bottom layer L6 and one or more intermediate layers, for example from L2 to L5, among which is a reactive laser engraving layer with laminated layers having aligned edges, and the integral carrier sheet 1 further comprises a thin bonding layer 3 partially laminated in the laminate and extending in part from one edge of the laminate to serve as a bonding element. This thin bonding layer 3 is made from a plastic-based foil having a uniformly flattened surface.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the bonding layer 3 is made on the basis of plastic at least on its upper and lower surfaces of the polymeric material, the two surfaces being interconnected by the same polymeric material.

The plastic-based bonding layer 3 can be a polymeric film that can be made of one type of polymer, or alternatively it may be a composite film made of a composite material such that it is represented by a mesh coated with a polymeric material. In each case, the bonding layer 3 has a uniform leveled surface.

In case the binder layer 3 is a polymeric foil, the polymeric material of which it is made has a preferred softening point in the area of the softening point of at least one of the foils from which the laminate of the carrier sheet is made, in particular of the films in direct contact with this binder polymer layer 3.

In case the bonding layer 3 is a composite film, in the composite material, the polymer used for coating the mesh has a preferred softening point in the area of the softening point of at least one of the films from which the laminate of the carrier sheet 2 is made, in particular the films contained in direct contact with the composite film and having the material of which the mesh 4 is made, has a point • of softening point higher than that of the softener, so that the material of which the mesh 4 is made does not melt during lamination.

In case the bonding layer 3 is a polymeric film, this polymeric film is preferably a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film, and in case the bonding layer 3 is a composite film, in this composite film the material of the mesh 4 is preferably based on polyamide or polyester, and a polymer used to coat mesh 4, based on polycarbonate, polyurethane (PU) or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).

According to the present invention, the mesh is in a composite film based on polyamide or polyester having a softening point in the range of 220 ° C to 300 ° C.

All films and layers L1 through L6, including the bonding layer 3 the film and the bonding layer, may contain at least one security element and / or may have printed labels.

According to the present invention, the integral carrier sheet 1 consists of several layers of laminated stack of films, namely a top layer L1 made of thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate film, followed in succession by several layers, for example L2 and L3, produced from thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate films , including a reactive laser engraving film, then a background layer L4 made of thermoplastic white polycarbonate film and a bonding layer 3 of plastic-based binder followed by another layer L5 of thermoplastic white polycarbonate film, and at least another one layer containing the bottom layer L6 produced from transparent polycarbonate film.

An electronic component, especially a contactless chip, may be incorporated into the laminate of carrier sheet 2.

In the following, a manufacturing process is described in accordance with the present invention in which the undesirable effect of a visibly imprinted mesh pattern on the laminate is eliminated. The process of the present invention provides a simple and general solution for the production of a non-personalized identification booklet, especially a passport. This method uses a double integral carrier sheet 1 with a reactive laser engraving side, in particular a non-personalized passport, characterized in that the integral carrier sheet 1 is positioned side-by-side so that their flexible part - bond layer 3 extends from the same laminate goods. The outwardly extending flexible portion - plastic layer-based bonding layer 3 with a uniformly flat surface serves as a secure thin bonding element between the laminate and the remaining non-personal identification booklet, especially the non-personal passport.

Figure 4 schematically shows a general example of a double identity carrier 1 for the creation of a non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention, front view, while Figure 5 schematically shows an example of a double identity carrier for the manufacture of a non-personalized passport according to the invention; displayed contactless chip and tags for personal data items.

The choice of the chemical composition of the bonding foil on the basis of plastic with a uniformly leveled surface is dictated by several factors, among which is the softening point of the thermoplastic white polycarbonate films surrounding this bonding film. During the laminating of the various films, the softened plastic bonding material based on a uniformly flat surface is poured onto the contact surfaces with a white polycarbonate material to form a laminate without a visibly imprinted pattern. Other important factors that dictate the chemical composition of a binder film based on a uniformly flattened surface are: it provides a secure and flexible connection between the laminate and the rest of the non-personalized identification booklet, and that it allows the use of a practical sewing technique when making the booklet.

This object solution enables the production of reproducible copies of the carrier lists and booklets, while maintaining the format of a secure non-personal identification booklet suitable for the continued secure laser engraving of the holder's personal identification data.

The present invention is explained by the examples, but should by no means be construed as limiting.

According to the present invention, the plastic-based binder film has a uniformly flat surface, in particular;

- thermoplastic polymer film, such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film, characterized by a softening point within the softening point of the thermoplastic white polycharonate film, or • ·

- a composite film of mesh 4 based on plastic coated with an organic polymer, said mesh having a polyamide or polyester base characterized by a softening point of 10 ° C to 50 ° C above the softening point of the white polychronate film , for example, has a softening point in the range of 220 ° C to 300 ° C, and preferably about 250 ° C, and is an organic polymer for coating mesh 2 based on polycarbonate, polyurethane (PU) or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) characterized by that it has a softening point in the area of the softening point of the white polycaronate foil.

According to the present invention, a composite film with a uniformly flat surface that serves as a thin bonding element - a bonding layer 3, in particular of a polyamide-based TPU-coated mesh 4 or a polyester-coated TPU-coated mesh 4.

The mesh 4 may be positioned in the integral carrier sheet 1 at an angle to the course of the mesh portion.

A general example in accordance with the present invention for the production of a double integrated carrier with a reactive laser engraving page is shown in Figure 4, and an example for a non-personal passport in Figure 5 is as follows:

The stack of foils, which is laminated under pressure upon heating and then cut, is as follows: top is thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate foil of appropriate quality with optional integrated safety features and printed safety labels, followed by a number of thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate foils in sequence of quality with optional integrated security features and printed security tags, including reactive laser engraving film, followed by thermoplastic white polycarbonate foil of appropriate quality with optional integrated security features and printed security labels, plastic-based bonding layer with a uniform leveled surface, is a polymeric or composite film with optional integrated security features and printed security labels, thermoplastic white polycaronate foil of appropriate quality with optional integrated security elements and printed security labels, and finally at least one transparent polycarbonate foil of appropriate quality with optional integrated security features and printed security labels.

Dual integrated carrier sheet 1 with a reactive laser engraving page used to produce a non-personalized identification booklet, especially a non-personalized passport, is characterized in that the carrier sheet 2 is positioned side by side so that their flexible part is a bonding layer 3 extends from the same edge of the laminate.

The Integrated Carrier Sheet 1 may contain an additional built-in electronic component, in particular a contactless chip, which is subsequently personalized with the personal identification data and biometric data of a given legal holder.

The design of the double integral carrier sheet 1 with the reactive laser engraving side is fixed during the laminating step of the various selected foils. The non-laminated area of plastic-based bonding foil with a uniform leveled surface and optionally integrated safety elements and printed security markings forms an outwardly extending flexible portion - the bonding layer 3, which will serve as a secure and practical thin bonding element in the booklet.

According to the invention, the double integral carrier sheet 1 is characterized by two parts:

- the laminated part is defined by area A and distance dA having a plastic-based bonding foil with a uniformly flattened surface embedded in the laminate of the carrier sheet 2 occupying area B with a distance of dB in such a way that this film is fixed in the laminate of the carrier sheet 2, the dB case may be any distance from 1 cm to dA, and

- an outwardly extending flexible portion, that is, a non-laminated area projecting from the edge of the laminate of the integral carrier sheet 1, and having two areas defined as section C and section D, where their common demarcation border coincides with the sewing line,

- area C has a dC distance of less than or equal to 1 cm, preferably from 2 mm to 7 mm, and more preferably from 2 mm to 5 mm, and

- area D has a distance dD less than or equal to 2 cm, preferably less than 1 cm, and more preferably 5 mm to 7 mm.

The following is a general example according to the invention for the manufacture of a non-personal identification booklet, in particular a non-personal passport using a double integrated carrier 1 with a reactive laser engraving page: a non-personal identification booklet, in particular a non-personal passport, is a tightly bound assembly consisting of at least secularin protected covers, multiple pulp-based paper sheets, and a durable solid multilayer laminated integral carrier sheet with a reactive laser engraving side.

Figure 6 shows an expanded top view showing a sewing line, while Figure 7 shows a sketch of a non-personalized passport according to the invention - a 3-D enlarged view. Figure 8 shows a complete carrier sheet 1 for making a non-personalized identification booklet according to the invention in which the fabric of the mesh 4 is cut at an angle with respect to the course of the mesh portion.

The pulp-based paper sheets are sewn into the back so that each page has four pages in the booklet. Simultaneously with the paper sheets, the multilayered laminated carrier sheet 1 is sewn together with the reactive laser engraving side in such a way that the sewing line divides the flexible part, that is, the non-laminated part, into two areas.

Using a double integrated carrier sheet 1 with a reactive laser engraving page, two non-personalized booklets are produced in a sequence of steps involving stitching, gluing, cutting and punching, with the laminated carrier having page number one and page number two, and the reactive laser engraving page includes page number one or page number two.

A non-personalized identification booklet, in particular a non-personalized passport, may additionally contain an electronic component, in particular a contactless chip, intended for subsequent secure identification with the personal identification data and biometric data of a given legal holder. Such an electronic component can be installed during the manufacturing process, for example, in the cover or in a non-personal identification booklet.

Claims (17)

PATENT APPLICATIONS A complete carrier sheet (1) with a reactive laser engraving page designed for a non-personalized identification booklet consisting of: several layers (L1 to L6) being a laminated stack of films, comprising a top layer (L1), a bottom layer (L6) and one or more intermediate layers (L2 to L5), each of which has a reactive laser engraving layer, having the laminated layers are uniformly aligned edges, forming the laminate of the support sheet (2) in the area (A), and the bonding layer (3), which is partially laminated to the laminate of the support sheet (2) in the area (A), and partly extends from the edge laminate of the supporting sheet (2) and serves as a bonding element, characterized in that the bonding layer (3) is made of a plastic-based bonding foil having a smooth and flat surface. Integral support sheet (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the bonding layer (3) having a uniformly flat surface is at least on its upper and lower surfaces composed of polymeric material, the two surfaces being interconnected associated with the same polymeric material. Comprehensive carrier sheet (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the bonding layer (3) is a polymeric film or a composite film composed of a mesh (4) made of a polymer-coated mesh material. Comprehensive carrier sheet (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the mesh (4) is positioned in the carrier sheet (2) at an angle with respect to the course of the mesh portion. Complete carrier sheet (1) according to claim 2 to 4, characterized in that the polymer has a softening point in the area of the softening point of at least one of the films from which the laminate of the carrier sheet (2) is produced in region (A), and has the material of which the mesh (4) is at a softening point higher than that of the softening point so that the material of which the mesh (4) does not melt during lamination. Comprehensive carrier sheet (1) according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that in the case where the bonding layer (3) is a polymeric film, this polymeric film is a thermoplastic polyurethane TPU film, and that when the bonding layer is the layer (3) is a composite film, the mesh (4) is based on polyamide or polyester, and the polymer coating is based on polycarbonate, PU polyurethane or TPU thermoplastic polyurethane. Comprehensive carrier sheet (1) according to any one of claims 3 to 6, characterized in that the polyamide or polyester based mesh (4) has a softening point in the range of 220 ° C to 300 ° C. A complete carrier sheet (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least one layer contains at least one security element and / or printed markings. An integral support sheet (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the support sheet (2) consists of several layers (L1 to L6) produced by laminating a stack of foils, namely the top layer (L1) produced made of thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate film, followed in succession by several layers (L2 to L4) made of thermoplastic transparent polycarbonate film, among which is a reactive polycarbonate film for laser engraving, a background layer made of thermoplastic white polycarbonate film and a bonding layer plastic based bonding films followed by another layer (L5) made of thermoplastic white polycarbonate film, and at least another layer containing a lower layer (L6) made of transparent polycarbonate film. Comprehensive carrier sheet (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that an electronic component is embedded in the laminate region (A) of the carrier sheet (2). An integrated carrier sheet (1) with a reactive laser engraving page designed for a non-personal identification booklet according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the non-personal identification booklet is an un-personal passport. Dual integral carrier sheet (1) with reactive laser engraving side, characterized in that it comprises two carrier sheets (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 11, positioned side by side so that their flexible part is a bonding layer (3) extends from the same edge of the laminate. 13. A manufacturing process for producing a non-personalized identification booklet, the booklet consisting of at least compactly bound covers and multiple pages, including a particularly durable laminated reactive laser engraving page for subsequent secure personalization with given personal identification information using the laser technique engraving, whereby: - a booklet sheet containing a persistently laminated multi-layer reactive laser engraving page is called a carrier sheet (2), - the laminate of the support sheet in area (A) with the entire outwardly moving flexible part - the bonding layer (3) is called the integral bearing sheet (1) and the outwardly moving flexible bonding layer (3) serves as a thin secure bonding element between the laminate in the region ( A) the support sheet (2) and the rest of the booklet, and is sewn in the booklet in such a way that the sewing line divides it into two areas, - the pulp-based paper sheets are sewn centrally into the back of the booklet and each sheet forms four pages in the booklet, - the use of a double integral carrier sheet (1) with a reactive laser engraving side according to claim 12, which is produced by pressure lamination upon heating and subsequent cutting, wherein the integral carrier sheet (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 11, forms two parts, laminated part defined by area (A) and distance dA (dA) having a plastic film binder embedded in the carrier sheet laminate occupying area (B) with dB distance (dB) in such a way that this bonding foil is fixed into the laminate, and from the edge of the laminate extending flexible portion having two areas defined as area (C) with distance dC (dC) and area (D) with distance dD (dD), with their common demarcation boundary coinciding with the sewing line , - that, in a sequence of steps involving stitching, gluing, cutting and punching, using the dual carrier sheet (2) for laser engraving according to claim 12, two booklets are produced, the carrier sheet (2) occupying page number one, and page number two, and the reactive laser engraving page takes page number one or page number two. Production process according to claim 13, characterized in: - that the distance dB (dB) is any distance from 1 cm to the distance dA (dA), the distance dC (dC) is less than or equal to 1 cm, and - that the distance dD (dD) is less than or equal to 2 cm. Production process according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that an electronic component is incorporated into the covers. 16. A non-personal identification booklet comprising a complete carrier sheet (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 11. A non-personal identification booklet comprising a complete carrier sheet (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein an electronic component is incorporated in the covers of the booklet.