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EP3511175A1 - Élément de sécurité doté d'une structure optique variable d'éléments estampés agencés de manière statistique - Google Patents

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EP3511175A1
EP3511175A1 EP19000023.2A EP19000023A EP3511175A1 EP 3511175 A1 EP3511175 A1 EP 3511175A1 EP 19000023 A EP19000023 A EP 19000023A EP 3511175 A1 EP3511175 A1 EP 3511175A1
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embossing
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Karlheinz Mayer
Thanh-Hao Huynh
Peter Franz
Christoph Mengel
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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    • B42D25/20Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/29Securities; Bank notes
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/324Reliefs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40Manufacture
    • B42D25/405Marking
    • B42D25/425Marking by deformation, e.g. embossing
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING
    • B44B5/00Machines or apparatus for embossing decorations or marks, e.g. embossing coins
    • B44B5/02Dies; Accessories
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  • the invention relates to a security element with an optically variable structure, which has an embossed structure and a coating, wherein the embossed structure and the coating are combined so that at least parts of the coating are completely visible when viewed vertically, but concealed by oblique view, so that at Changing the viewing direction different information will be visible.
  • the invention further relates to a stamping tool for producing such a security element.
  • the invention further relates to a stamping tool for producing such a security element.
  • a security element with an optically variable structure which has a plurality of embossing elements, wherein each of the embossing elements consists of at least two flanks which converge at a certain angle and / or a certain direction.
  • the surface of the embossing elements is reflective.
  • the security element consists of at least two groups of embossing elements, wherein the at least two groups differ from one another only in the angle and / or direction with which the flanks of the embossing elements converge.
  • Each embossing element of WO 2013/045054 has a regular hexagonal base.
  • the invention has the object of developing a generic security element such that the protection against counterfeiting is further increased.
  • the embossing structure consists of a plurality of embossing elements, which are arranged statistically to each other.
  • the corresponding embossing tool has for the production of the embossing structure on a plurality of elevations or depressions, which are arranged statistically to each other.
  • a statistical arrangement in the sense of this invention is an arrangement in which the embossing elements are stochastically or randomly distributed to each other. Furthermore, a pseudo-random distribution is possible in which the embossing elements are statistically distributed in a certain area, this area repeating itself regularly.
  • the embossed structure consists of a regular arrangement of identical regions, wherein the embossing elements are statistically distributed within a region.
  • the depth of the respective increase or depression in the embossing tool is known to be slightly larger than that of the corresponding embossing elements in the substrate of the security element, which were produced with this embossing tool.
  • This difference between the depth / height of the structures in the embossing tool and the height / depth of the embossed structures in the substrate is due to the fact that the substrate can not be pressed completely into the depressions or to the impressions of the embossing tool during the embossing process Embossing process, depending on the substrate properties to a small extent relax.
  • the embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool with respect to their arrangement and / or distribution and / or size and / or outline shape and / or orientation are arranged statistically to each other.
  • the embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool have the same outline shape, size and orientation and are arranged statistically with respect to the respective distance from one another.
  • the embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool can also have the same outline shape and size and be arranged statistically with respect to the respective alignment with respect to one another.
  • adjacent adjacent embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool to each other. This means that touch the outer contour of adjacent embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool.
  • the slope corresponds approximately to the average of the slopes of the two adjacent embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool.
  • the width of this plateau and thus the distance of the outer edges of the two adjacent embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool should be at most half of the average value of the lateral extent of the two adjacent embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool.
  • a plateau should only be about half as wide as the width of one of the embossing elements delimiting it or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool.
  • the depressions or elevations of the embossing tool at its edge merge softly into the surrounding surface of the embossing tool in order to prevent substrate damage during an embossing process.
  • the steepness of the flanks influences the tear behavior of the substrate.
  • a particular advantage of the invention is that individual patterns or series of patterns can be created, wherein an individual statistical arrangement of the embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool is used for each application.
  • Different patterns or different series of patterns have different statistical arrangement of the embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool, wherein in particular within a series of patterns all the patterns have the same statistical distribution.
  • Such patterns are, for example, pattern banknotes or sample packages.
  • the patterns can be used customer-specific or order-specific and thus fakes and plagiarisms are recognized.
  • the statistical variation is so small that it is not noticeable optically or only insignificantly, but is detected by means of a computer algorithm.
  • the statistical variation is so small that it can not be recognized as such with an unarmed eye.
  • the distance between the individual embossing elements is 0 ⁇ m to 1000 ⁇ m, preferably 0 ⁇ m to 300 ⁇ m, particularly preferably 0 ⁇ m to 150 ⁇ m.
  • the embossing elements or the elevations or depressions of the stamping tool preferably have a depth of 30 .mu.m to 1000 .mu.m, more preferably from 30 .mu.m to 150 .mu.m and most preferably from 50 .mu.m to 120 .mu.m.
  • the outer contour of the embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool is configured triangular, quadrangular, pentagonal, hexagonal or honeycomb-shaped or polygonal or polygonal.
  • the elevations or depressions of the embossing tool are preferably generated with a laser in order to be able to produce a higher aspect or depth or height-to-width ratio, a greater variety of geometries and steeper flanks.
  • the coating of the security element is a metallic or metallic-like surface, which is applied to the substrate, for example by screen printing, offset printing, indirect high pressure, high pressure, digital printing or gravure printing, a silver-colored patch or a cold or hot foil or a laminated material which is applied to the substrate.
  • the material of the substrate itself may already be designed to be metallically reflective or reflective.
  • An optically variable element in the sense of this invention is an element whose visual appearance changes upon tilting or rotation of the element. For example, when the optically variable element is tilted or rotated, its color changes, apparently a bar moves from one side of the element to another, becomes tilted or tilted Turning different characters represented or results in a so-called pumping effect in the form of an enlarging or contracting outline of a picture motif.
  • the substrate is particularly preferably made of paper made of cotton fibers, as used for example for banknotes, or of other natural fibers or of synthetic fibers or of a mixture of natural and synthetic fibers, or of at least one plastic film. Further preferably, the substrate consists of a combination of at least two superimposed and interconnected different substrates, a so-called hybrid. In this case, the substrate consists, for example, of a combination of plastic film-paper-plastic film, i. a paper substrate is covered on either side by a plastic film, or a combination of paper plastic film paper, i. a substrate made of a plastic film is covered on each side by paper.
  • the font DE 102 43 653 A9 in particular states that the paper layer usually has a weight of 50 g / m 2 to 100 g / m 2 , preferably from 80 g / m 2 to 90 g / m 2 .
  • any other suitable weight can be used.
  • the substrate consists of a cardboard, cardboard or a paper having a basis weight of 120 g / m 2 or more.
  • Security documents for which such a security element can be used are, in particular, bank notes, shares, bonds, certificates, vouchers, checks, high-quality admission tickets, but also other counterfeits Papers, such as passports and other identification documents, as well as cards, such as credit or debit cards, whose card body has at least one layer of security paper, and also product securing elements, such as labels, seals, packaging, cartons, leaflets, blisters, metal foils and the like.
  • the simplified term value document includes all the above materials, documents and product safeguards.
  • front side or back side of the substrate or value document or the embossing tool are relative terms which may also be referred to as "the one" and “the opposite” sides and which constitute the overwhelming portion of the overall surface of the substrate or value document or the embossing tool form. Specifically, these terms do not include the side surfaces of a substrate or value document or embossing tool that are at a thickness of a substrate or value document. For card bodies as small as about one millimeter in thickness, or banknotes as small as a fraction of a millimeter in thickness, the side surfaces are vanishingly small and are not usually provided with security elements or coatings.
  • Information within the meaning of this invention is a pattern-shaped and visually perceptible representation. This can for example form an alphanumeric string of numbers and / or letters, a graphic image, an image, a text or other characters. Particularly preferably, the information consists of positive or / and negative motives.
  • a motif element in this case a motif element is itself applied to the substrate, whereas in the case of a negative motif the area surrounding the motif element is applied to the substrate.
  • a positive subject is a dark color on the bright substrate printed letter.
  • a negative motif is, for example, a surface applied in a dark color on the light substrate, which has an unprinted area in the form of a letter within the area.
  • embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool instead of “embossing elements or elevations or depressions of the embossing tool” for reasons of simplification, only “embossing elements” is used. However, the embodiments always relate to both embossing elements and elevations or depressions of the embossing tool.
  • Fig. 1 shows in plan view a first embodiment of a distribution of embossing elements according to the invention.
  • the embossing elements are hexagonal or honeycomb-shaped and all have the same dimensions, in particular the same area. Furthermore, they have the same orientation, so they are not twisted aligned. However, the embossing elements are not arranged in a regular grid, but distributed randomly, touching adjacent embossing elements.
  • Fig. 2 shows in plan view a second embodiment of a distribution of embossing elements according to the invention.
  • the embossing elements are hexagonal or honeycomb-shaped and all have the same dimensions, in particular the same area. However, the orientation of the embossing elements to each other is statistically distributed so that they are arranged randomly rotated to each other, touching adjacent embossing elements.
  • Fig. 3 shows a plan view of a third embodiment of a distribution of embossing elements according to the invention.
  • the embossing elements are hexagonal or honeycomb-shaped and all have the same orientation to each other, so they are not twisted aligned. However, the surface of the embossing elements is different and randomly distributed, touching adjacent embossing elements.
  • Fig. 1 to 3 Of course, any other regularly or irregularly shaped polygons can be used instead of hexagonal or honeycomb-shaped.
  • Fig. 4 shows a top view of a fourth embodiment of a distribution of embossing elements according to the invention.
  • the area size, shape (triangles, squares, pentagons, dodecagons) and orientation or rotation of the Embossing elements here is statistically distributed, touching adjacent embossing elements.

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WO2006018232A1 (fr) * 2004-08-13 2006-02-23 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Support de donnees ayant une structure optiquement variable
DE10243653A9 (de) 2002-09-19 2006-11-23 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Sicherheitspapier
WO2012143426A1 (fr) * 2011-04-20 2012-10-26 Rolic Ag Microstructures à reliefs de surface optiquement efficaces asymétriques et leur procédé de réalisation
WO2013045054A1 (fr) 2011-09-30 2013-04-04 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Élément de sécurité doté d'une structure optiquement variable constituée de micro-miroirs
EP2889152A1 (fr) * 2013-12-20 2015-07-01 Giesecke & Devrient GmbH Élément de sécurité destiné à représenter au moins une information variable optiquement
WO2016166044A1 (fr) * 2015-04-16 2016-10-20 Rolic Ag Dispositif de diffusion d'images multiples

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DE10243653A9 (de) 2002-09-19 2006-11-23 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Sicherheitspapier
WO2006018232A1 (fr) * 2004-08-13 2006-02-23 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Support de donnees ayant une structure optiquement variable
WO2012143426A1 (fr) * 2011-04-20 2012-10-26 Rolic Ag Microstructures à reliefs de surface optiquement efficaces asymétriques et leur procédé de réalisation
WO2013045054A1 (fr) 2011-09-30 2013-04-04 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Élément de sécurité doté d'une structure optiquement variable constituée de micro-miroirs
EP2889152A1 (fr) * 2013-12-20 2015-07-01 Giesecke & Devrient GmbH Élément de sécurité destiné à représenter au moins une information variable optiquement
WO2016166044A1 (fr) * 2015-04-16 2016-10-20 Rolic Ag Dispositif de diffusion d'images multiples

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