Card with photograph

• US 4,768,811 A
• Filed: 09/02/1986
• Issued: 09/06/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fuji Photo Optical Co. Ltd (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hosaka, Schunichi, Oshikoshi, Yuji, Sakamoto, Kiichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US06/902,967
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 156/108, 156/252, 156/253, 156/277, 283/82, 283/903, 283/107, 283/109
• US Class Current: 283/82
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/04 Transparent material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/16 Magnetic or magnetisable material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/30 Plastic material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/32 Other material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/40 with a foldable or removable part
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2035/06 Picture of the user
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/00 Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/23 Identity cards
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/309 Photographs
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/40 Manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/42 by photographic processes
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/455 using heat
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/46 using pressure
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/47 using adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/475 Cutting cards
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/48 Controlling the manufacturing process
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/485 by electronic processing means
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 11/08 Varnishing, e.g. application of protective layers on finished photographic prints
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 11/14 Pasting; Mounting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/903 Lottery ticket

Abstract

A card with a photograph is of at least four-layer structure. The card includes: a display sheet made by printing a composite image of a portrait image and a character image such as a name on a photographic paper; a plastic frame sheet in which the display sheet is fitted; at least one plastic core sheet attached to the back surface of the frame sheet; a transparent plastic first cover sheet attached to the front surface of the frame sheet; a second cover sheet attached to the back surface of the core sheet; and an adhesive layer bonding the display sheet and the first cover sheet. The frame sheet, at least one core sheet, and the two cover sheets are made of a heat and pressure-weldable plastic such as a polyvinyl chloride resin. These four sheets are stacked one upon another, sandwiched between two ferro-type plates, and pressure-welded with heat, so that the four plastic sheets are pressure-welded with heat and the display sheet and the first cover sheet are heat-sealed. Lastly, the four sheets are punched out using a punching-out cutter to form a card with a narrow frame sheet remaining around the display sheet.

Claims

1. In a card comprising:

a display sheet on which a portrait image and a character image are printed on a photographic paper;

a plastic frame sheet in which said display sheet is fitted;

at least one plastic core sheet attached to the back of said frame sheet;

at least one first transparent plastic cover sheet attached to the front of said frame sheet;

at least one second cover sheet attached to the back of said core sheet; and

an adhesive layer bonding together said display sheet and said first cover sheet;

said core sheet and said frame sheet being made of a single two-fold sheet; and

said first and second cover sheets being made of a single two-fold sheet.