EP2746059A2 - Élément de sécurité avec effet de basculement - Google Patents

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EP2746059A2
EP2746059A2 EP13005877.9A EP13005877A EP2746059A2 EP 2746059 A2 EP2746059 A2 EP 2746059A2 EP 13005877 A EP13005877 A EP 13005877A EP 2746059 A2 EP2746059 A2 EP 2746059A2
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Walter Dr. Dörfler
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; 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
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/346—Perforations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; 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
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/351—Translucent or partly translucent parts, e.g. windows
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; 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
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/36—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery comprising special materials
    • B42D25/373—Metallic materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; 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
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
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    • B42D25/43—Marking by removal of material
    • B42D25/435—Marking by removal of material using electromagnetic radiation, e.g. laser
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  • the invention relates to a security element for increasing the protection against counterfeiting of security papers, documents of value, identification cards or products of any kind, the security element consisting of a substrate whose surface reflects diffuse light diffusely, and consists of a coating which covers the surface of the substrate at least partially, wherein the surface of the coating reflects incident light at least partially specularly.
  • a security element with an optically variable structure which has an embossed structure, which in turn consists of a plurality of non-linear, raised embossing elements.
  • the optically variable structure has, at least in a first subarea, at least one first additional information which is produced by variation of the geometric shape of the nonlinear embossing elements by shading effects.
  • the at least one first additional information arises in this case by at least a partial section of the geometry of the respective non-linear embossing elements, so that the respective geometric shape of the non-linear embossing elements this at least a partial cutout missing.
  • a security element with an optically variable structure which has a plurality of first embossed structures, wherein each of the first embossed structures consists of at least two flanks which converge at least at a specific angle.
  • at least one flank of the first embossed structures each have at least one additional embossed structure which is incident on the flank of the first embossed structures placed on or inserted into the flank of the first embossed structures.
  • the geometry of the at least one additional embossed structure is at least approximately inverse to the geometry of that flank of the first embossed structure on which the at least one additional embossed structure is placed or inserted.
  • a security element with an optically variable structure having 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 has a regular hexagonal base.
  • a reflective surface or coating is thus provided with a special embossed structure, so that a visually variable effect results for a viewer.
  • the invention is therefore the object of developing a generic security element such that the protection against counterfeiting is further increased.
  • the coating of the security element has areas with reduced layer thickness and / or with recesses, these areas having no apparent or only slightly recognizable contrast at certain viewing angles and a clearly discernable contrast to the surrounding areas of the coating without reduced layer thickness or at other viewing angles without recesses.
  • the regions with reduced layer thickness and / or recesses with respect to the specularly reflective environment appear light or dark or disappear almost completely for the viewer.
  • the specularly reflecting coating of the security element reflects the incident light directly into the eye of the observer, the coating appears bright in incident light, whereas the areas with reduced layer thickness and / or recesses appear dark. If the security element is tilted so that the specularly reflecting coating does not reflect the incident light towards the observer, the coating appears dark in incident light, whereas the areas with reduced layer thickness and / or recesses appear bright. In a viewing angle range between these two extreme cases, in which the specularly reflective coating substantially reflects the incident light past the observer's eye, in reflected light the coating and the areas with reduced layer thickness and / or with recesses appear to be the same or nearly the same light.
  • the substrate is not completely opaque, but at least translucent, the regions with reduced layer thickness and / or with recesses can be seen particularly advantageously also in transmitted light.
  • viewing in incident light is illumination of an object from one side and observation of the object from the same side.
  • a reflection in incident light is thus present, for example, when the front of the object is illuminated and also viewed.
  • a reflection in transmitted light in the sense of this invention is an illumination of an object from one side and a viewing of the object from another side, in particular the opposite side.
  • a reflection in transmitted light is thus present, for example, when the back of the object is illuminated and the front of the object is viewed. The light thus shines through the object.
  • Translucency in the sense of this invention means that an object, such as the substrate or the plastic film, can transmit incident light in a certain proportion. When light strikes one side of the object, a certain portion of the light is transmitted to the other side of the object and exits there again. The greater the percentage of transmitted light relative to the incident light, the more translucent the object is. If the percentage is at least 90%, ie if the object allows the incident light to pass through almost unimpaired, as in the case of a window, the object is called transparent. On the other hand, an object that transmits less than 20%, preferably less than 10%, and most preferably about 0% of the incident light, that is, the proportion of the transmitted light is small or close to zero, becomes opaque or referred to as not translucent.
  • the invention further relates to a method for producing an above-mentioned security element for increasing the protection against forgery of security papers, documents of value, identity cards or products of any kind.
  • a substrate is first provided, the surface of which diffusely reflects incident light, and applied to the substrate, a coating the surface of the substrate is at least partially covered, wherein the surface of the coating reflects incident light at least partially specular.
  • the coating is partially or completely removed in regions, so that regions of the coating with reduced layer thickness and / or recesses are produced. These areas have for a viewer at certain viewing angles no or only a slightly visible contrast and at other viewing angles a clearly visible contrast to the surrounding areas of the coating without reduced layer thickness or without recesses.
  • the coating has a metallically glossy surface, which particularly preferably has a silver, gold or copper-colored color impression.
  • the surface of the embossing elements is particularly preferably provided with a reflective or metallic or metallic reflective coating, so that the surface reflects the incident light almost mirror-like.
  • the coating preferably has a silver, gold or copper-colored color impression.
  • the coating is preferably printed on the substrate, printing inks with metallic or metal-like pigments being used. It has been shown that a metallic or metal-like hue has a particularly high contrast and thus causes a particularly pronounced tilting effect, since in this case the incident light is primarily reflected and diffuse only to a small extent.
  • the imprint or the coating is applied to the substrate, for example by screen printing, as a silver-colored patch or as a silver-colored foil.
  • the coating can also be vapor-deposited onto the substrate, wherein, for example, by means of PVD (physical vapor deposition) or CVD (chemical vapor deposition), a metallic or metal-like Material is first evaporated and then deposited on the surface of the substrate.
  • PVD physical vapor deposition
  • CVD chemical vapor deposition
  • Diffuse reflection is known to occur at interfaces with a large roughness relative to the wavelength of the incident light.
  • the incident light is emitted almost equally in all spatial directions.
  • Reflecting or directed reflection occurs on even or smooth surfaces, the size of the angle of incidence being equal to the size of the angle of reflection.
  • the substrate preferably comprises paper and / or a film, in particular a translucent film.
  • the substrate is completely made of either paper or plastic.
  • the substrate can also be made of different materials in some areas, and in particular in a range of paper and at the same time in another area made of plastic, preferably from a translucent film exist.
  • Translucent film is here understood to mean either a transparent or a semitransparent film, for example a translucent film which contains, for example, polyamide, polyester, polyethylene or biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP).
  • Value documents within the meaning of the present invention are, in particular, banknotes, stocks, bonds, certificates, vouchers, checks, high-quality admission tickets, but also other counterfeit-endangered documents, such as passports or other identity documents, and also card-shaped data carriers, in particular chip cards, as well as product security elements, such as labels, seals , Packaging and the like.
  • value document also includes non-executable precursors of such data carriers, for example in the case of security paper in quasi-endless form and be further processed at a later date.
  • the regions of the coating with a reduced layer thickness and / or recesses are produced by a laser beam, wherein the coating is partially and / or completely removed by the laser beam.
  • the regions of the coating with reduced layer thickness and / or with recesses represent alphanumeric characters and / or graphic images.
  • the optically variable structure consists of an embossed structure of a plurality of linear and / or non-linear embossing elements.
  • Such an optically variable structure is made of DE 10 2011 114 644 .
  • DE 10 2011114 647 and DE 10 2011114 645 The disclosure content of which is fully incorporated in this regard, in particular the passages indicated in the introduction to the description above.
  • the overlay of the optically variable effect of this invention with the optically variable effect of the embossed structures "deflects" the viewer's eye through the additional information of the embossed structures. This results in a larger viewing angle range, in which in reflected light, the coating and the regions of reduced film thickness and / or recesses appear to be the same or nearly the same brightness.
  • Fig.1 schematically shows a security element 1 according to the invention, wherein according to Fig. 1a the specularly reflecting coating of the security element reflects the incident light beam 2 into the light beam 3, the reflected light beam 3 being reflected directly into the eye 4 of the observer.
  • the coating 5 appears bright, whereas the areas 6 with reduced layer thickness and / or with recesses appear dark. The areas 6 in this case form the alphanumeric string "12345".
  • Fig. 2a the security element 1 is tilted so far that the specularly reflective coating does not reflect the incident light 2 towards the eye 4 of the observer, appears in reflected light
  • Fig. 2b the coating 5 dark, whereas the areas 6 with a reduced layer thickness and / or recesses appear bright.
  • Fig. 3 shows in Fig. 3a the viewing angle between the two extreme cases of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 in that the specularly reflecting coating of the security element 1 reflects the incident light 2 substantially just past the eye 4 of the observer. In this case, appear in reflected light according to Fig. 3b the coating 5 and the areas 6 with a reduced layer thickness and / or with recesses equal or nearly the same light.

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