US2313592A - Safety paper and process of preparing the same - Google Patents

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US2313592A
US2313592A US358523A US35852340A US2313592A US 2313592 A US2313592 A US 2313592A US 358523 A US358523 A US 358523A US 35852340 A US35852340 A US 35852340A US 2313592 A US2313592 A US 2313592A
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • D21H21/14Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties characterised by function or properties in or on the paper
    • D21H21/40Agents facilitating proof of genuineness or preventing fraudulent alteration, e.g. for security paper
    • D21H21/44Latent security elements, i.e. detectable or becoming apparent only by use of special verification or tampering devices or methods
    • D21H21/46Elements suited for chemical verification or impeding chemical tampering, e.g. by use of eradicators
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • This invention relates to safety paper, and it comprises a safety paper having incorporated therein a 3,3 benzidine derivative reactive with potassium permanganate solutions to form colored compounds which are stable, especially to heat, and which are resistant to reduction by sodium bisulfite. It further comprises safety paper having distinctive marking or indicia printed thereon by inks containng such benzidine derivatives, and it further comprises inks suitable for the prmting of safety paper, which inks contain benzidine derivatives of the character described.
  • Safety paper for makin bank checks, drafts, bonds or other documents are composed of a paper base impregnated with chemicals which develop discoloration upon the application of chemical ink eradicators. This impregnation may be throughout the paper or it "may be the result of printing warning indicia, such as the word void," n the paper so that when ink eradicators are applied for the purpose of altering the document the chemicals are converted to colored compounds. If, for example, the word void is printed with a colorless ink, or the printing is camoufiaged when slightly discernible, as shown, for example, in the Smith Patent 1,689,302, then when chemical ink eradicators are applied the word void flashes up in color.
  • the class of compounds I use can be generically defined as substantially colorless 3,3 disubstituted benzidines, or salts thereof, which yield 001- ored compounds when treated with potassium permanganate, but which colored compounds are resistant to reduction or bleaching by sodium bisulfite. All of the substances I use are thus benzidines, or benzidine salts, having substituents in the 3,3 positions, further qualified by their chemical behaviour when treated with potassium permanganate followed by sodium bisulfite.
  • diphenylbenzidine and salts thereof 3,3 dichlorobenzidine and salts thereof 3,3 dibromobenzidine and salts thereof 3,3 benzidine disulfonic acid and salts thereof 3,3 dinitrobenzidine and salts thereof 3,3 diphenylbenzidine and salts thereof All but the diphenyl compound are benzidines which are disubstituted in the 3,3 positions by negative substituents, and all such negatively substituted benzidines form colored compounds with permanganate which are resistant to removal when treated with sodium bisulfite.
  • Salts of thesecompounds are generally the di-. hydrochloride such as 3,3 dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride since the hydrochlorides are readily water soluble.
  • the dinitro compounds are yellow but this is no objection if the paper itself is tinted yellow or, when the nitro compound is used for printing warning indicia the printing is camouflaged as described above. All of these benzidine derivatives develop discernible brownish stains when treated with permanganate and the stain resists attempts to remove it by the application of a sodium bisulfite solution. The stains also resist attempts to remove them by volatilization.
  • the disubstituted benzidines of the present invention can be incorporated in the paper in any of the ways well known in the art.
  • One of the simplest is to impregnate the paper with an aqueous solution of the disubstituted benzidine in the form of its water-soluble dihydrochloride and then precipitate an insoluble salt by treating the paper with an aqueous solution of an inorganic sulfate. This precipitates the water-insoluble disulfate.
  • the insoluble disubstituted benzidine sulfate can be added to the beater in the manufacture of the paper as a suspension. or aqueous suspensions of the insoluble sulfate, such as 3,3 dic mecanicbenzidine sulfate can be used for sizing the paper.
  • .Proportions of the substituted benzidine are This is particularly useful where warning words or indicia which develop color upon the application of eradicators are printed.
  • One suitable ink contains 2 parts by weight of a 5% solution of ethyl cellulose in dimethylphthalate and 1 part of dichlorobenzidine.
  • the ink vehicle used can be varied and is no part of the present invention. The proportions can, of course, be varied over wide limits depending upon the printing conditions and the desired depth of color in the resulting stain.
  • benzidine derivatives of the present invention are particularly designed to be responsive to permanganate eradicators and resistant to attempts to remove the colored compounds thus formed, it will, of course, be understood that the substances of my invention are highly responsive to eradicators of the hypochlorite type. Thus I have been able to provide color-forming compounds for use in safety paper which are responsive to common ink eradicators and are resistant to attempts which may be made to remove the colored compounds formed.
  • safety paper in the appended claims means any paper or writing surface on which it is desired to indicate the application of a chemical ink eradicator by the production of a stain or discoloration.
  • a. safety paper which comprises incorporating in the paper a benzidine compound chosen from the group consisting of substituted benzidines, having negative substituents in the 3,3 positions, and salts thereof.
  • An ink comprising a vehicle and a benzidine compound chosen from the group consisting of substituted benzidines, having negative sub- BURGESS W. SMITH.

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Patented Mar. 9, 1943 SAFETY PAPER AND PROCESS OF PREPARING THE SAME Burgess W. Smith, Rochester, N. 1%, assignor to The Todd Company, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New Yorlr No Drawing. Application September 26, 1940, Serial No. 358,523
12 Claims.
This invention relates to safety paper, and it comprises a safety paper having incorporated therein a 3,3 benzidine derivative reactive with potassium permanganate solutions to form colored compounds which are stable, especially to heat, and which are resistant to reduction by sodium bisulfite. It further comprises safety paper having distinctive marking or indicia printed thereon by inks containng such benzidine derivatives, and it further comprises inks suitable for the prmting of safety paper, which inks contain benzidine derivatives of the character described.
Safety paper for makin bank checks, drafts, bonds or other documents are composed of a paper base impregnated with chemicals which develop discoloration upon the application of chemical ink eradicators. This impregnation may be throughout the paper or it "may be the result of printing warning indicia, such as the word void," n the paper so that when ink eradicators are applied for the purpose of altering the document the chemicals are converted to colored compounds. If, for example, the word void is printed with a colorless ink, or the printing is camoufiaged when slightly discernible, as shown, for example, in the Smith Patent 1,689,302, then when chemical ink eradicators are applied the word void flashes up in color.
Various color-forming compounds have been used in the past for preparation of safety paper of this type, and the impregnating chemicals have generally been adequate for the development of a permanent color with solutions of hypochlorites preceded or followed by the action of an organic acid, such as tartaric. Safety papers which contain aromatic amines, such as benzidine, and phenol compounds, such as diphenols, together with manganese sulfate, produce more or less permanent stains with eradicators of the hypochlorite type. Potassium permanganate will also form a colored oxidation product with amines and phenols but this colored oxidation product can be bleached .with reducing agents, such as sodium bisulphite. Moreover, many of the colored oxidation products obtained by means of potassium permanganate will sublime when heated moderately, because of their quinone character, and they can be driven off from the paper by warming the paper below the charring temperature thereof.
Thus the usual aromatic amines and phenolic compounds are satisfactory when hypochlorite ink eradicators are used, but are unsatisfactory when ink eradicators of the permanganate type are used. Since potassium permanganate is cheap and readily available it is sometimes used for the purpose of altering documents, and if the safety paper used for these documents is not resistent to the bleaching or volatilization of the colored permanganate oxidation product then, of course, the paper is limited in its protection.
I have now discovered a class of organic compounds which can be incorporated in safety paper, or in inks for the printing of warning indicia thereon, and which overcome common objections hitherto encountered with respect to eradication by permanganates.
The class of compounds I use can be generically defined as substantially colorless 3,3 disubstituted benzidines, or salts thereof, which yield 001- ored compounds when treated with potassium permanganate, but which colored compounds are resistant to reduction or bleaching by sodium bisulfite. All of the substances I use are thus benzidines, or benzidine salts, having substituents in the 3,3 positions, further qualified by their chemical behaviour when treated with potassium permanganate followed by sodium bisulfite.
Among the substances which can be used in the practice of the present invention are:
3,3 dichlorobenzidine and salts thereof 3,3 dibromobenzidine and salts thereof 3,3 benzidine disulfonic acid and salts thereof 3,3 dinitrobenzidine and salts thereof 3,3 diphenylbenzidine and salts thereof All but the diphenyl compound are benzidines which are disubstituted in the 3,3 positions by negative substituents, and all such negatively substituted benzidines form colored compounds with permanganate which are resistant to removal when treated with sodium bisulfite.
Salts of thesecompounds are generally the di-. hydrochloride such as 3,3 dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride since the hydrochlorides are readily water soluble. The dinitro compounds are yellow but this is no objection if the paper itself is tinted yellow or, when the nitro compound is used for printing warning indicia the printing is camouflaged as described above. All of these benzidine derivatives develop discernible brownish stains when treated with permanganate and the stain resists attempts to remove it by the application of a sodium bisulfite solution. The stains also resist attempts to remove them by volatilization.
The disubstituted benzidines of the present invention can be incorporated in the paper in any of the ways well known in the art. One of the simplest is to impregnate the paper with an aqueous solution of the disubstituted benzidine in the form of its water-soluble dihydrochloride and then precipitate an insoluble salt by treating the paper with an aqueous solution of an inorganic sulfate. This precipitates the water-insoluble disulfate. Alternatively, the insoluble disubstituted benzidine sulfate can be added to the beater in the manufacture of the paper as a suspension. or aqueous suspensions of the insoluble sulfate, such as 3,3 diciilorbenzidine sulfate can be used for sizing the paper.
.Proportions of the substituted benzidine are This is particularly useful where warning words or indicia which develop color upon the application of eradicators are printed. One suitable ink contains 2 parts by weight of a 5% solution of ethyl cellulose in dimethylphthalate and 1 part of dichlorobenzidine. The ink vehicle used can be varied and is no part of the present invention. The proportions can, of course, be varied over wide limits depending upon the printing conditions and the desired depth of color in the resulting stain.
While the benzidine derivatives of the present invention are particularly designed to be responsive to permanganate eradicators and resistant to attempts to remove the colored compounds thus formed, it will, of course, be understood that the substances of my invention are highly responsive to eradicators of the hypochlorite type. Thus I have been able to provide color-forming compounds for use in safety paper which are responsive to common ink eradicators and are resistant to attempts which may be made to remove the colored compounds formed.
The term safety paper" in the appended claims means any paper or writing surface on which it is desired to indicate the application of a chemical ink eradicator by the production of a stain or discoloration.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:
1. Safety paper containing a benzidine compound chosen from the group consisting of substituted benzidines having negative substituents in the 3,3 positions, and salts thereof.
2. Safety paper containing a 3,3 dihalo benzidine compound.
3. Safety paper containing a 3,3 dichlorobenzidine compound.
4. Safety paper containing a 3,3 diphenyl benzidine compound;
5. The process of preparing a. safety paper which comprises incorporating in the paper a benzidine compound chosen from the group consisting of substituted benzidines, having negative substituents in the 3,3 positions, and salts thereof.
6. The process of preparing a safety paper which comprises incorporating in the paper a 3,3 dihalo benzidine compound.
'7. The process of preparing safety paper which comprises incorporating therein a 3,3 dichlorbenzidine compound.
8. The process of preparing safety paper which comprises incorporating therein a 3,3 diphenyl benzidine compound.
9. An ink comprising a vehicle and a benzidine compound chosen from the group consisting of substituted benzidines, having negative sub- BURGESS W. SMITH.
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US2555474A (en) * 1948-06-04 1951-06-05 Vries John De Safety ink
US3886083A (en) * 1974-05-09 1975-05-27 American Bank Note Co Safety inks and documents

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US3886083A (en) * 1974-05-09 1975-05-27 American Bank Note Co Safety inks and documents

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