Security paper

• US 6,159,585 A
• Filed: 09/23/1999
• Issued: 12/12/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Domtar Incorporated (PT Sinar Mas Group)
• Original Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corporation
• Inventors: Rittenhouse, David A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thibodeau, Paul
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rickman, Holly C
• Application Number:
  US09/401,664
• Time in Patent Office: 446 Days
• Field of Search: 428/199, 428/207, 428/328, 428/330, 428/402.2, 428/402.24, 428/537.5, 428/913, 428/915, 428/916, 162/140, 162/158, 162/162, 162/181.2, 283/72
• US Class Current: 428/199
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 21/46 Elements suited for chemical verification or impeding chemical tampering, e.g. by use of eradicators
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/916 Fraud or tamper detecting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24835 including developable image or soluble portion in coating or impregnation [e.g., safety paper, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24901 including coloring matter
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31993 Of paper

Abstract

A security paper indicates exposure to a solvent by a solvent resistant color signal. A metal mordant dye first co-reactant and a mordant dye second co-reactant form an organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product when the paper is washed with an organic solvent. The metal mordant dye first co-reactant and a mordant dye second co-reactant are chemically isolated from each other so as to prevent the coordinate covalent bond from forming until the paper is washed with an organic solvent. The chemical isolation can be effected by encapsulation or other physical separation of the co-reactants. The organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product, once formed, remains entrapped in the web when the paper is washed with an organic solvent. The chemical isolation prevents the organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product from forming upon the application of pressure alone to the paper.

Claims

1. A security paper which forms an indelible color when contacted with an organic solvent comprising a web of cellulosic fibers, said web containing a metal mordant dye first co-reactant in particulate form chemically isolated from a mordant dye second co-reactant in particulate form, said mordant dye second co-reactant forming a coordinate covalent bond with said metal mordant dye first co-reactant to produce an organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product when the paper is washed with an organic solvent, said chemical isolation preventing said coordinate covalent bond from forming until the paper is washed with an organic solvent and said organic solvent insoluble colored reaction product remaining entrapped in the web when the paper is washed with an organic solvent, wherein said organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product does not form upon the application of pressure alone to said paper.

2. The security paper of claim 1 wherein said chemical isolation comprises disposing said metal mordant dye first co-reactant and said mordant dye second co-reactant on opposite sides of a layer of said web.

3. The security paper of claim 1 wherein said chemical isolation comprises providing a barrier layer between said metal mordant dye first co-reactant and said mordant dye second co-reactant.

4. The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical isolation comprises disposing said metal mordant dye first co-reactant and said mordant dye second co-reactant on said web such that said co-reactants are spaced from one another along a plane of said web.

5. The security paper of claim 1 wherein the metal mordant has a pKa greater than 8.

6. The security paper of claim 1 wherein the metal mordant is selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Sn, Ni, Ca, Al, Cu, Cd, Cr, Co, Pb, Hg, and Mg.

7. The security paper of claim 1 wherein the mordant dye second co-reactant is selected from the group consisting of alizarine blue, alizarine orange, alizarine yellow, aluminon, 1-aminoanthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid, o-aminobenzoic acid, 3-amino-2-napththoic acid, 1-amino-2naphthol-4-sulfonic acid, ampelopsin, anacardic acid, anthragallol, biacalein, 5-bromoanthranilic acid, 3'"'"'-carboxy-4'"'"'-hydroxycinchophen, carminic acid, catechin, o-cresotic acid, delphinidin chloride, 2,3-diaminophenazine, 2,4-diaminophenol, digallic acid, dimethylglyoxime, echinochrome, eriochrome®

black T, eriodictyol, ethyl thiocyanate, ferrocyanidion, fisetin, flavone, fustin, gallacetophenone, gallamide, gallein, gallic acid, gentisic acid, α

-glucogallin, β

-glucogallin, gossypol, hematein, hematoxylin, 4-hydroxylisophthalic acid, 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, 3-(2-hydroxy-1-naphthylmethyl) salicylic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-phenylcinchoninic acid, isoquercitrin, leucocyanidin, luteolin, maclurin, methylenedigallic acid, 5,5'"'"'-methylenedisalicylic acid, morin, munjistin, myricetin, dimethylglyoxime, 3-nitrosalicylic acid, 1-nitroso-2-naphthol, pamoic acid, potassium ferricyanide, potassium ferrocyanide, potassium thiocyanate, pyrocatechol, pyrogallol, pyroligneous acid, quercetagetin, quercetin, quercitrin, β

-resorcylic acid, rhamnetin, rubeanic acid, rufigallol, rutin, salazosulfadimidine, salazosulfamide, salicil, salicylamide, salicylazosulfapyridine, salicylic acid, scutellarein, tannic acid, thiosalicylic acid, and o-thymotic acid.

8. The security paper of claim 1 wherein the mordant dye second co-reactant is of a size from about 0.3μ

to 50μ

.

9. The security paper of claim 1 wherein the metal mordant dye is ferric chloride and the mordant dye is tannic acid.

10. The security paper of claim 1 wherein the metal mordant dye is a nickel cation and the mordant dye is dithiooxamide.

11. The security paper of claim 1 wherein the metal mordant dye is a copper cation and the mordant dye is dithiooxamide.

12. A method of making the security paper of claim 1 comprising the steps of:

(a) contacting a cellulose fiber paper substrate with a metal mordant first co-reactant in particulate form and

(b) contacting the cellulose fiber paper substrate with a mordant dye second co-reactant in particulate form, said mordant dye second co-reactant forming a coordinate covalent bond with the metal mordant first co-reactant to produce an organic solvent insoluble colored reaction product when the paper is washed with an organic solvent, wherein the color reaction product remains entrapped in the web cellulosic fiber paper substrate when said paper substrate is washed with an organic solvent, and wherein said organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product does not form upon the application of pressure alone to said paper.

16. The security paper of claim 2 wherein the mordant dye second co-reactant is selected from the group consisting of 1,2-dihydroxy anthraquinone, dithiooxamide, dimethylglyoxime, and N,N'"'"' dimethyl dithiooxamide.

17. The security paper of claim 3 wherein the mordant dye second co-reactant is selected from the group consisting of 1,2-dihydroxy anthraquinone, dithiooxamide, dimethylglyoxime and, Acid Black N,N'"'"' dimethyl dithiooxamide.

18. The security paper of claim 4 wherein the mordant dye second co-reactant is selected from the group consisting of 1,2-dihydroxy anthraquinone, dithiooxamide, dimethylglyoxime and, Acid Black N,N'"'"' dimethyl dithiooxamide.

19. The security paper of claim 2 wherein the mordant is a nickel cation and the mordant dye is 1,2-dihydroxy anthraquinone.

13. A security paper which forms an indelible color when contacted with an organic solvent comprising a web of cellulosic fibers, said web containing a metal mordant first co-reactant in particulate form chemically isolated from a mordant dye second co-reactant in particulate form, wherein one of said metal mordant first co-reactant and said mordant dye second co-reactant is attached to said cellulosic fibers, wherein said mordant dye second co-reactant forms a coordinate covalent bond with the metal mordant first co-reactant to produce an organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product when the paper is washed with an organic solvent, said chemical isolation preventing said coordinate covalent bond from forming until the paper is washed with an organic solvent, wherein said organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product remains entrapped in the web when the paper is washed with an organic solvent, and wherein said organic solvent-insoluble colored reaction product does not form upon the application of pressure alone to said paper.

14. The security paper of claim 13 wherein said metal mordant first co-reactant is attached to the cellulosic fibers using a retention aid.

15. The security paper of claim 14 wherein the retention aid is selected from polyethyleneimine and polyacrylamide.