CONTINUOUS FORM COMPUTER PRINT-OUT DOCUMENT PROTECTION SYSTEM

• US 3,833,395 A
• Filed: 09/11/1972
• Issued: 09/03/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Standard Register Company (Middleby Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Earl J. Gosnell
• Inventors: Gosnell, Earl J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Katz, Murray
• Application Number:
  US05/287,837
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 117/1,1.5 283/8,8A,8B,9R,9A
• US Class Current: 156/67
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 3/144 using fluorescent, luminescent or iridescent effects
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/02 characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/24 by means of a handwritten signature

Abstract

A method of safeguarding the amount and/or signature of negotiable instruments such as a check or similar document from fraudulent alternation or forgery by providing a pressure transfer coating for application to the document to be protected during amount printing and/or signing thereof comprising a pressure sensitive tape having a release coating, a polyester or acrylic coating including fluorescent, colorless pigment and an amorphous silica, and a strata having a design with a brilliantly colored daylight fluorescent ink and a waxy-type coating thereon. The latter three strata are pressure released from the tape and transferred to the document over the amount or signature area to be protected, and then heated so as to cause penetration of the wax-like layer and deeper penetration of the amount indicia into the document fibers.

Claims

2. A document protection system for safeguarding negotiable instruments of exchange against fraudulent alteration of amount and/or signature comprising;

a paper document bearing indicia including an amount and signature and instructions relating to safeguarding the amount and signature areas and a distinctive protection pattern adjacent one edge of said document the disruption of which signals illegal alteration of the document, and a plurality of protective coatings overlying, bonded to, and impregnating the paper of the amount and signature areas, said coatings comprising a first layer of the dried residue of acrylic coating material of the formulation;

methyl methacrylate copolymer (40 percent dispersion in toluene) 42.48 percent, silica pigment 3 percent, magnesium 8-hydroxiquinolate (30 percent dispersion) fluorescent pigment 10 percent, toluene 35.62 percent, and isopropyl alcohol 8.9 percent, a second layer of a brilliant daylight fluorescent green ink and a third layer of a wax material of the formulation;

glyceryl mono-hydroxy-stearate 79.8 percent, hydrogenated castor oil 13 percent, condensation product of aryl sulfonamide and formaldehyde 7 percent, butylated hydroxy-anisole 0.1 percent and butylated hydroxy-toluene 0.1 percent. said wax-like coating being capable upon application of heat of penetrating said document and solubilizing the indicia coloring matter so as to make the amount and signature visible from the reverse side of the document.

3. A document protection system for safeguarding negotiable instruments of exchange against fraudulent alteration of amount and/or signature comprising:

A document bearing indicia including an amount and signature and instructions relating to safeguarding the amount and signature areas, A carrier member, and a plurality of strata bonded together on said carrier member and capable of being released therefrom under pressure, said strata comprising a first layer of the dried residue of acrylic material containing a distinctive fluorescent, colorless pigment and an amorphous silica of the formulation;

methyl methacrylate copolymer (40 percent dispersion in toluene) 42.48 percent, silica aerogel pigment 3 percent, magnesium 8-hydroxiquinolate (30 percent dispersion) fluorescent pigment 10 percent, toluene 35.62 percent and isopropyl alcohol 8.92 percent, a second layer (moire design) of a brilliantly colored daylight fluorescent green ink, a third layer of a wax type material of the formulation;

glyceryl mono-hydroxy-stearate 79.8 percent, hydrogenated castor oil 13 percent, colorless aryl sulfonamide formaldehyde resin 7 percent, butylated hydroxy-anisole 0.1 percent and butylated hydroxy-toluene 0.1 percent. said wax-like material being capable under applied heat of penetrating said document to cause the amount to become visible on the opposite side of the document.

4. A document protection system for safeguarding negotiable instruments of exchange against fraudulent alteration of amount and/or signature comprising;

a document bearing indicia including an amount and signature and instructions relating to safeguarding the amount and signature areas, a distinctive pattern viewable when illegally disturbed overlying said amount area, a carrier member including a silicone release coating thereon, and a plurality of strata bonded to said carrier member and releasable therefrom under pressure, and overlying said amount area, said strata comprising a first layer of the dried residue of acrylic material containing a distinctive fluorescent, colorless pigment and an amorphous silica of the formulation;

methyl methacrylate copolymer (40 percent dispersion in toluene) 42.48 percent, silica aerogel pigment 3 percent, magnesium 8-hydroxiquinolate (30 percent dispersion) fluorescent pigment 10 percent, toluene 35.62 percent and isopropyl alcohol 8.92 percent, a second layer (moire design) of a brilliantly colored daylight fluorescent green ink, a third layer of a wax type material of the formulation;

glyceryl mono-hydroxy-stearate 79.8 percent, hydrogenated castor oil 13 percent, colorless aryl sulfonamide formaldehyde resin 7 percent, butylated hydroxy-anisole 0.1 percent and butylated hydroxy-toluene 0.1 percent. said strata adapted to be bonded to said document by the applied pressure and by heat so as to cause the wax-like coating material and the amount ink to penetrate said document causing the amount area to become visible on the opposite side of the document.

5. A document protection method for safeguarding negotiable instruments of exchange against fraudulent alteration of amount and/or signature comprising the steps of:

providing a document with indicia including an amount and signature and instructions relating to safeguarding the amount and signature areas, applying a plurality of pressure releasable strata to a carrier member, said strata comprising a first layer of acrylic coating material of the formulation;

methyl methacrylate copolymer (40 percent dispersion in toluene) 42.48 percent, silica pigment 3 percent, magnesium 8-hydroxiquinolate (30 percent dispersion) fluorescent pigment 10 percent, toluene 35.62 percent, and isopropyl alcohol 8.9 percent, a second layer of A brilliant daylight fluorescent green ink and a third layer of a wax material of the formulation;

glyceryl mono-hydroxy-stearate 79.8 percent, hydrogenated castor oil 13 percent, condensation product of aryl sulfonamide and formaldehyde 7 percent, butylated hydroxy-anisole 0.1 percent and butylated hydroxy-toluene 0.1 percent. releasing said strata from said carrier under pressure effectively bonding said strata to said document while removing said carrier member, and heating said strata to cause a portion thereof to penetrate said document transparentizing the same.

6. A document protection method for safeguarding negotiable instruments of exchange against fraudulent alteration of amount and/or signature comprising the steps of:

providing a document with amount, signature and instruction indicia relating to safeguarding the amount and signature areas and a distinctive pattern viewable when said document is illegally disturbed, bonding a plurality of pressure releasable strata to a carrier member, said strata comprising a first layer of acrylic material containing distinctive fluorescent, colorless pigment and an amorphous silica, a second layer providing an overall moire design in a brilliantly colored daylight fluorescent ink and a third layer of waxy material of the formulation;

glyceryl mono-hydroxy-stearate 79.8 percent, hydrogenated castor oil 13 percent, condensation product of aryl sulfonamide and formaldehyde 7 percent, butylated hydroxy-anisole 0.1 percent and butylated hydroxy-toluene 0.1 percent, applying pressure to said carrier member effective to bond said strata to said document while releasing said carrier member, and heating said pressure bonded strata to cause a portion of the material thereof to penetrate said document transparentizing the same.

7. A document protection method for safeguarding negotiable instruments of exchange against fraudulent alteration of amount and/or signature comprising the steps of:

printing a document with indicia including a distinctive pattern which is exposed when the document is illegally altered or defaced and an amount and signature and instructions relating to safeguarding the amount and signature areas, pressure bonding a plurality of strata releasable from a carrier member to said document, said strata comprising a first layer of acrylic material containing a distinctive fluorescent, colorless pigment and an amorphous silica of the formulation;

methyl methacrylate copolymer (40 percent dispersion in toluene) 42.48 percent, silica aerogel pigment 3 percent, magnesium 8-hydroxiquinolate (30 percent dispersion) fluorescent pigment 10 percent, toluene 35.62 percent, and isopropyl alcohol 8.92 percent, a second layer (moire design) of a brilliantly colored daylight fluorescent green ink, a third layer of a wax type material of the formulation;

glyceryl mono-hydroxy-stearate 79.8 percent, hydrogenated castor oil 13 percent, colorless aryl sulfonomide formaldehyde resin 7 percent, butylated hydroxy-anisole 0.1 percent and butylated hydroxy-toluene 0.1 percent and heating said strata to a temperature of 175*F sufficient to cause said wax-like material to penetrate said document making the amount visible on the opposite side thereof.