TW201816664A - Portable card and method for fabricating the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable card includes a main body and at least one crystal object. The portable card has at least one containing groove and the crystal object embedded in the containing groove of the main body. Besides, the present invention relating to a method for fabricating the portable card comprises the steps of: forming the printed main body with at least one position for reserved the containing groove; finishing the top surface of the main body to form the containing groove; disposing the crystal object into the containing groove; laminating a protective film onto both top surface of the main body and the crystal object; thermo-compression the main body and the protective film enables the crystal object is tightly attached to the containing groove. The present invention relating to the portable card is configured to improve problems of the knowing portable card with stereotyped shapes. Furthermore, the present invention of the portable card can provide more varieties of shapes.

Description

Portable card and manufacturing method thereof

The present invention relates to a portable card, and more particularly to a portable card embedded in a crystal.

The conventional portable card is made of plastic or pulp, which makes it light and easy to store. It is now widely used in daily life, such as membership cards, business cards or advertising cards. Produce text or images on the card body through printing technology, and also print a QR code or a QR code to read the bar code data through a barcode machine or a mobile device, for example : Store related information, etc. In addition, with the development of technology that miniaturizes the size of the integrated circuit, the portable card can be combined with processing chips, miniaturized circuits or sensing components, so that the portable card itself can store data, simply calculate or transmit data. Function, this type of portable card is also called smart card, such as: financial card, credit card, stored value card, transportation card (youyou card, card, Octopus and watermelon card, etc.), health insurance card or natural person certificate.

The conventional smart card (portable card) is divided into contact type or non-contact type according to the use mode, and the contact type exposes the contact pad on the surface of the card, and the contact pad is electrically connected with the external card through a plurality of metal contacts. The card reader reads the data of the integrated circuit chip, and the inductive magnetic strip also belongs to this type. The only difference is that when the inductive magnetic strip is used, the card reader needs to be configured with a corresponding magnetic head, and the magnetic head is used to receive the data of the induced magnetic strip. The non-contact type embeds the induction coil and its radio frequency identification tag (with integrated circuit chip) between the layers of the card, and the card reader reads the data of the radio frequency identification tag by mutual interaction between the antenna and the induction coil in the card reader. .

In the prior art, in order to avoid the wear of the portable card or the wear of the card, and the card body of the portable card is different, only the printing layer can be added in the card body, and the printing pigment is printed on the printing layer. To add color and pattern to the card body, or to add a different printed layer or protective layer on the surface of the card body to increase the special hand feeling; however, regardless of the added printing layer with a flat color and pattern design, or add The printed layer or protective layer of the special touch feel makes the overall structure of the portable card appear more monotonous and rigid.

The invention provides a portable card to improve the portable card with a relatively monotonous and rigid appearance, and to increase the diversity of the portable card structure.

The invention provides a method for manufacturing a portable card, which improves the portable card with a relatively monotonous and rigid appearance, and increases the diversity of the portable card structure.

In order to achieve at least one of the above advantages or other advantages, an embodiment of the present invention provides a portable card comprising a card body and at least one crystal object. The card main system has a receiving groove, and the crystal object is embedded in the receiving groove of the card body, so that the crystal object can be higher or lower than the top surface of the card body. Herein, the portable card of the present invention is applicable to a membership card, a business card or an advertising small card, etc. In addition, the portable card of the present invention is suitable for combining a processing chip, a miniaturized circuit, a magnetic strip or a wireless sensing element (antenna and Portable card (smart card) such as radio frequency identification tag, such as financial card, credit card, stored value card, transportation card (youyou card, card, Octopus and watermelon card, etc.), health insurance card or natural person certificate, etc. This does not limit the scope of application of the portable card.

In an embodiment of the invention, a protective film is further included to cover the card body and the crystal object.

In an embodiment of the invention, the protective film further comprises a perforation, and the perforation corresponds to the accommodating groove, so that the crystal object is exposed to the perforation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the receiving groove is a milling groove, and the shape thereof varies depending on the shape of the crystal object.

In an embodiment of the invention, the card body has at least one heat extension portion, and the heat extension portion is formed by extending a slot edge of the receiving slot into the receiving slot, and the heat extension portion is abutted. The edge of the crystal object, wherein the heat extension portion is formed by the heat of the card body having the accommodating groove.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the shape of the crystal object may be any three-dimensional structure, and the top surface diameter of the crystal object is smaller than the lateral maximum outer diameter of the crystal object; The top surface length may also be equal to the lateral maximum outer diameter of the crystal object, but this is not limited to the distribution position of the top surface of the crystal object. The top surface of the crystal object may be a triangle, an arbitrary polygon, a circle or an arbitrary shape, but the embodiment is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment of the invention, the top surface of the crystal object is not higher than the top surface of the card body. The top surface of the crystal object may be higher than the top surface of the card body, but the embodiment is not limited thereto.

In order to achieve at least one of the above advantages or other advantages, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a portable card, comprising the following steps: a first step: forming a printed position and reserving at least one accommodating slot position a card body; a second step: surface treating the top surface of the card body to form at least one receiving groove; a third step: arranging the crystal object in the receiving groove; and a fourth step: attaching a protective film to the card body The top surface and the top surface of the crystal object; the fifth step: hot pressing the protective film and the card body, so that the crystal object is tightly attached to the receiving groove of the card body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in the step of forming the card body, the method further comprises the steps of: adjusting the operating pressure to 20 to 50 bar and operating the temperature to 100 to 200 degrees to press a plurality of material layers; and adjusting again The operating pressure is 20 to 100 bar and the operating temperature is 10 to 40 degrees, and these material layers are successively pressed to become the card body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in the step of forming the card body, the method further comprises the steps of: adjusting the operating pressure to 30 to 60 bar and operating the temperature to 100 to 200 degrees to press the protective film and the card body; and adjusting again The operating pressure is 30~100 bar and the operating temperature is 10~40 degrees, and the protective film and the card body are successively pressed, so that the crystal object is tightly attached to the receiving groove of the card body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the card body extends to form a heat extension portion in the accommodating groove by heat-pressing the edge of the slot of the accommodating groove, and the heat extension portion abuts against the edge of the crystal object.

In the portable card of the embodiment of the present invention, since the accommodating groove of the card body is embedded with the crystal object, and the crystal object is not higher than the top surface of the card body, and the heat extension portion abuts against the edge of the crystal object, when When the portable card of the present invention is used, the crystal object is not worn by the external use or with the card body; in addition, the crystal object can also be higher than the top surface of the card body, and the heat extension portion abuts against the crystal object. The edge. In this way, after the ambient light is irradiated on the crystal object, the crystal object of the card main body can generate reflected light due to the surface cutting pattern, thereby increasing the beauty and diversity of the portable card.

In addition, in the method for manufacturing the portable card according to the embodiment of the present invention, the accommodating groove is formed by surface treatment, and the crystal object is disposed in the accommodating groove, and the protective film and the card body are formed by thermal compression bonding. Combined to increase the bonding force between the crystal object and the card body. In addition, the top surface of the crystal object may be a triangle, an arbitrary polygon, a circle, or an arbitrary shape. Therefore, the portable card structure and the manufacturing method thereof can improve the portable card with a relatively monotonous and rigid appearance, and increase the diversity of the portable card structure.

1 is a schematic diagram of a portable card in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the portable card 100 of the embodiment includes a card body 110 and at least one crystal object 120 . The material of the card body 110 is a PC, PVC, PETG, PET, or ABS application type. The material of the crystal object 110 includes ceria and lead oxide, but the composition of the crystal object 110 is not limited thereto, and the crystal object 120 can also refer to any exquisite. , high-quality glass, gemstones or gems and other products. Here, the portable card 100 of the present invention is applicable to a membership card, a business card, an advertisement card, and the like. In addition, the portable card 100 (smart card) can be divided into contact type and non-contact type according to the type of application, and then the electronic component is disposed in the card body 110, wherein the contact type configurable integrated circuit chip or magnetic strip, non-contact type The antenna and the radio frequency identification tag can be configured to enable the portable card 100 to have data exchange functions, such as a financial card, a credit card, a stored value card, a transportation card (a leisure card, a card, an Octopus, a watermelon card, etc.), a health insurance card or The natural person certificate or the like, but the application of the portable card 100 is not limited herein, and the detailed configuration will be described later.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the A-A' of the card body of the portable card in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together, the card body 110 of the embodiment has a receiving slot 111, and the crystal object 120 is embedded in the receiving slot 111 of the card body 110 so that the crystal object 120 is not higher than the card. The top surface 112 of the body 110. In one embodiment, the card body 110 has at least one heat extension portion 113 formed by extending the edge of the slot of the receiving slot 111 into the receiving slot 111 (as a center), and The heat extension portion 113 abuts against the edge of the crystal object 120, wherein the heat extension portion 113 is formed by the card body 110 having the accommodating groove 113 being heated. Thus, since the edge of the crystal object 120 is abutted by the heat extension portion 113, the bonding force between the crystal object 120 and the card body 110 is increased, and the abrasion between the crystal object 120 and the card body 110 is reduced. In addition, in an embodiment, the top surface 121 of the crystal object 120 is not higher than the top surface 112 of the card body, so that the portable card 100 does not cause the crystal object 120 to protrude from the top of the card body 110 when in use. The face 112 creates wear, which in turn increases the useful life of the crystal object 120 in the portable card 100. In another embodiment of the present invention, the crystal object 120 may be higher than the top surface 112 of the card body 110. When the ambient light is incident on the crystal object 120, the crystal object 120 in turn produces a better light reflection effect.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the A-A' of the card body of the portable card according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 together, the crystal object 120 is tightly attached to the receiving groove 111 of the card body 110, and the crystal object 120 can be of any type of three-dimensional structure. In one embodiment, the top surface of the crystal object is The diameter D1 is smaller than the lateral maximum outer diameter D2 of the crystal object, and when the ambient light is irradiated on the crystal object 120, the crystal object 120 further produces a light reflection effect. In addition, in an embodiment, the top surface diameter D1 of the crystal object may be equal to the lateral maximum outer diameter D2 of the crystal object, but the distribution position of the top surface of the crystal object is not limited thereto. In addition, the top surface of the crystal object 120 may be a triangle, an arbitrary polygon, a circle, or an arbitrary shape, but the embodiment is not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the portable card 100 of the present invention further includes at least one protective film 130 , and the protective film 130 can be a transparent protective film covering the card body 110 and the crystal object. 120, the transparent protective film 130 can use PC, PVC, PETG, PET, or ABS, and thereby protect the card body 110 and the crystal object 120 to avoid damage caused by use; The embodiment further adds a protective film 140 under the card body 110. In addition, in an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the protective film 130 has a through hole 131 corresponding to the receiving groove 111, so that the crystal object 120 is exposed to the through hole 131, so that the crystal object 120 is not covered. The protective layer 130 can increase the effect of light reflection, but the degree of covering the protective layer 130 on the crystal object 120 is not limited thereto; in addition, in an embodiment, the protective film 130 can also cover the top of the portion of the crystal object 120. Face 121 is used to produce a beautiful appearance. In addition, in an embodiment, the protective film 130 covers the card body 110 and the crystal object 120, wherein the protective film 130 covers the top surface of the heat extension portion 113 and the top surface 121 of the crystal object.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the steps of a method for manufacturing the portable card 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the method for manufacturing the portable card 100 of the present embodiment is used to manufacture the portable card 100 of the foregoing embodiments, including the following steps: Step S10: forming the printed and completing at least one accommodation a card body in the slot position; step S20: surface treating the top surface of the card body to form at least one receiving groove; step S30: arranging a crystal object in the receiving groove; step S40: attaching a protective film to a top surface of the card body and a top surface of the crystal object; and a step S50: thermally pressing the protective film and the card body to adhere the crystal object to the receiving groove of the card body.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , in step S10 , the card body 110 of the embodiment is composed of the foregoing materials, and in particular, at least one receiving groove 111 is reserved on the card body 110 . Positioning; in step S20, the surface 112 of the card body 110 is surface-treated, preferably through a milling machine, to form a receiving layer 111 on the surface 112 of the card body 110, and the receiving groove 111 is a milling groove, but The shape of the receiving groove 111 is not limited thereto; in step S30, the crystal object 110 is placed in the receiving groove 111; in step S40, the protective film 130 is attached to the top surface 112 of the card body 110 and the crystal. The top surface 121 of the object 120, in one embodiment, passes through the positioning hot stamping machine and the bonding machine to achieve a bonding operation: and, in step S50, the protective film 130 and the card body 110 are thermocompression bonded to the crystal object 120. Adhering to the receiving groove 111 of the card body 110, the receiving groove 111 can abut against the edge of the crystal object 120, and in an embodiment, the card body 110 is heated to form a heat extension portion as in the foregoing embodiment. 113, whereby the heat extension portion 113 is abutted against the crystal object 120 edge.

6 is a flow chart of a first thermal compression step of a method of manufacturing a portable card according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 together, the step S10 of the method for manufacturing the portable card of the present invention further includes the following steps: Step S11: adjusting the operating pressure to 20 to 50 bar and the operating temperature to be 100 to 200 degrees to the plural The material layers are pressed together; and step S12: adjusting the operating pressure to 20 to 100 bar again and operating the temperature to 10 to 40 degrees to successively press the material layers to become the card body.

Referring to FIG. 7 together, before the step S11, the plurality of material layers 150 are sequentially stacked. For example, the material layers 150 may sequentially include a protective layer 151, a printing layer 152, a printing layer 153, and a protective layer 154. The protective layer 151 (protective layer 154) is the same as the protective layer 130 of the foregoing embodiment, and the printing layer 152 and the printing layer 153 are colored by using a UV four-color printing machine or a screen printing machine, and are Made up of PC, PVC, PETG, PET, or ABS. In step S11, the stacked material layers 150 are sequentially placed in the positioning hot stamping machine and the laminating machine for the first hot pressing, and the hot pressing conditions are pressures of 20 to 50 bar and operation. The temperature is 100~200 degrees, and the temperature is continuously pressed for 15~30 minutes. In step S12, the operating pressure of the machine is adjusted again to be 20 to 100 bar and the operating temperature is 10 to 40 degrees, and the thermal compression is continued for 15 to 30 minutes. After the step S12 is completed, the card body 110 is formed. In addition, in the first hot pressing process, a colloid may be applied between the material layers 150 to facilitate bonding of the material layers 150, but the type or form of the colloid is not limited thereto, and a rubber layer may be added to each material. On layer 150, it is bonded by thermal compression to achieve the effect of bonding.

In the embodiment, when the smart card is manufactured, the card body 110 can be further configured with an integrated circuit chip, an antenna, an RFID tag, a magnetic strip or a circuit component. For example, when the non-contact portable card 100 is manufactured, the printing is performed. The antenna, the RFID tag and the circuit component are embedded between the layer 152 and the printed layer 153, and then the steps S11 to S12 are continued to form the non-contact card body 110, and then the steps S20 to S50 are continued to form a non-contact portable type. The card 100 is, for example, an inductive credit card, a stored value card, a transportation card (a leisure card, a card, an Octopus, a watermelon card, etc.), and a magnetic strip or an integrated circuit chip and a circuit component may be added outside the card body 110. The range of the contact type portable card 100 is, for example, a financial card, a non-inductive credit card, a health insurance card, or a natural person certificate. Therefore, the present embodiment can add the foregoing components to the card body 110 to enable the portable card 100. Can have the function of data exchange.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a second thermal compression step of a method for manufacturing a portable card according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5 and FIG. 8 together, the step S50 of the method for manufacturing the portable card of the present invention further includes the following steps: Step S51: adjusting the operating pressure to 30 to 60 bar and operating at a temperature of 100 to 200 degrees. Combining the protective film with the card body; and step S52: adjusting the operating pressure to 30 to 100 bar again and operating the temperature to 10 to 40 degrees to continuously press the protective film and the card body, so that the crystal object is attached to the card body It is accommodated in the slot.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 together, in the embodiment, after the step S40 is continued, the card body 110 and the protective film 130 are thermocompression-bonded (second thermal compression). That is, the protective film 130 is disposed on the card body 110, and in step S51, the two are placed in the positioning ironing machine and the laminating machine, and the operating pressure of the machine is set to 30 to 60 bar and the operating temperature is 100~. 200 degrees, continuous heat compression for 15 to 30 minutes. Then, in step S52, the operating pressure of the adjusting machine is 30~100 bar and the operating temperature is 10~40 degrees, and the pressing is continued for 15~30 minutes, and the second hot pressing is completed to make the protective film 130. Attached to the outside of the card body 110, and the card body 110 is caused to generate the heat extension portion 113 of the foregoing embodiment against the edge of the crystal object 120, so as to increase the bonding force between the card body 110 and the crystal object 120; In the process of the secondary thermocompression, in addition to the protective film 130, the protective film 140 may be further disposed under the card main body 110 to thermally press the protective film 130, the card main body 110 and the protective film 140 together to reduce the portable type. Loss when using the back side of the card 100.

In summary, the portable card of the embodiment of the present invention has a crystal object embedded in the receiving groove of the card body, and the crystal object can be higher or higher than the top surface of the card body, and the heat extension portion abuts. At the edge of the crystal object, therefore, when the portable card of the present invention is used, the crystal object is not worn by the external use or with the card body, and is irradiated with the ambient light on the crystal object, and the crystal of the card body The object can generate reflected light due to the surface cut pattern to increase the aesthetics and diversity of the portable card. In addition, in the method for manufacturing the portable card according to the embodiment of the present invention, the accommodating groove is formed by surface treatment, and the crystal object is disposed in the accommodating groove, and the protective film and the card body are combined by thermal compression bonding. , thereby increasing the bonding force between the crystal object and the card body. In addition, the top surface of the crystal object can be triangular, arbitrary polygonal, circular or any shape. Therefore, the portable card structure and the manufacturing method thereof can improve the portable card with a relatively monotonous and rigid appearance, and increase the diversity of the portable card structure.

100‧‧‧ portable card

110‧‧‧ card body

111‧‧‧ accommodating slots

112‧‧‧ top surface of the card body

113‧‧‧Hot extension

120‧‧‧Crystal objects

121‧‧‧Top surface of crystal objects

130, 140, 151, 154‧ ‧ protective film

131‧‧‧Perforation

150‧‧‧Material layer

152, 153‧‧‧Printing layer

The length of the top surface of the D1‧‧‧ crystal object

The lateral maximum outer diameter of the D2‧‧‧ crystal object

1 is a schematic view of a portable card according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the card body of the portable card according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the card body of the portable card according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the card body of the portable card according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a first thermal compression step of a method for manufacturing a portable card according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention; A schematic diagram of a plurality of material layers of a portable card; and FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a second thermal compression step of the portable card manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (15)

A portable card comprising: a card body having a receiving slot; and at least one crystal object embedded in the receiving slot of the card body. The portable card of claim 1, further comprising a protective film covering the card body and the crystal object. The portable card of claim 1, further comprising a protective film, the protective film having a through hole corresponding to the receiving groove to expose the crystal object to the through hole. The portable card of claim 1, wherein the receiving slot is a milling slot. The portable card of claim 1, wherein the card body has at least one heat extension portion extending from the edge of the slot of the accommodating slot into the accommodating slot. Forming, and the heat extension portion abuts against an edge of the crystal object, wherein the heat extension portion is formed by the card body having the receiving groove being heated. The portable card of claim 5, wherein the diameter of the top surface of the crystal object is smaller than the lateral maximum outer diameter of the crystal object. The portable card of claim 5, wherein the diameter of the top surface of the crystal object is equal to the lateral maximum outer diameter of the crystal object. The portable card of claim 5, wherein the top surface of the crystal object is not higher than a top surface of the card body. The portable card of claim 5, wherein the top surface of the crystal object is higher than the top surface of the card body. The portable card of claim 5, further comprising a protective film covering the card body and the crystal object, wherein the protective film covers the top surface of the heat extension portion and the The top surface of the crystal object. The portable card of claim 1, wherein the card body is composed of a plurality of material layers selected from the group consisting of PC, PVC, PETG, PET, and ABS. A method for manufacturing a portable card, comprising the steps of: forming a card body; surface treating the top surface of the card body to form at least one receiving groove; arranging a crystal object in the receiving groove; attaching a The protective film is on the top surface of the card body and the top surface of the crystal object; and the protective film and the card body are heat-compressed so that the crystal object is tightly attached to the receiving groove of the card body. The method for manufacturing the portable card according to claim 12, wherein the step of forming the card body further comprises the following steps: adjusting the operating pressure to 20 to 50 bar and the operating temperature to 100 to 200 degrees to the plural The material layers are pressed together; and the operating pressure is 20 to 100 bar and the operating temperature is 10 to 40 degrees, and the material layers are successively pressed to become the card body. The method for manufacturing a portable card according to claim 12, wherein in the step of thermally pressing the protective film and the card body, the method further comprises the steps of: adjusting the operating pressure to 30 to 60 bar and operating temperature. Pressing the protective film and the card body at 100 to 200 degrees; and adjusting the operating pressure to 30 to 100 bar and operating temperature to 10 to 40 degrees to continuously press the protective film and the card body to make the crystal object tight Attached to the receiving groove of the card body. The method of manufacturing a portable card according to claim 12, wherein the card body extends to the accommodating groove to form a heat extension portion by thermocompression bonding to the edge of the slot of the accommodating groove, and The heat extension abuts against the edge of the crystal object.