Value or security product with luminescent security elements and method for the production and use thereof in respect to visual and machine-operated detection of authenticity
First Claim
1. A value/security instrument with embedded security elements containing substances that have electroluminescent (EL) properties and that emit radiation within an alternating electric field, said instrument comprising:
- an essentially planar electrode arrangement is placed on said instrument; and
electrodes located on approximately the same plane lying adjacent to one another formed with a field gap between them, wherein the EL substances are penetrated by the field lines of the alternating electric field produced within the field gap.
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Abstract
A value or security product such as a banknote, ID card or the like, is provided with luminescent security elements which are excitable in an electromagnetic alternating field. A production method of applying the required colors and substances to the value or security product is also provided. Also included is a respective security technology arrangement for visual and machine-operated detection of authenticity, where electrical fields in particular and optical radiation, preferably in the UV wavelength range, are used to excite so-called phosphorous colors, and additional optical effects in the visible UV wavelength range can be achieved by secondary excitation mechanisms.
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27 Claims
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1. A value/security instrument with embedded security elements containing substances that have electroluminescent (EL) properties and that emit radiation within an alternating electric field, said instrument comprising:
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an essentially planar electrode arrangement is placed on said instrument; and
electrodes located on approximately the same plane lying adjacent to one another formed with a field gap between them, wherein the EL substances are penetrated by the field lines of the alternating electric field produced within the field gap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A process to manufacture a security document, printed using steel plate deep-engraved intaglio printing with a number of deep-engraved intaglio dyes, wherein the process comprises the steps of:
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graphical structuring of substrates, in particular special security paper of up to 200 gr/m2 surface weight using intaglio printing techniques, screen printing techniques and other printing processes;
printing of lateral electrodes using conducting pastes, said electrodes having electrical connector sites;
printing of an isolation dye;
printing of an EL substance at least partially over the electrodes;
printing passivating, electrically conducting dyes onto the electrical connector sites in the form of conducting dyes or pastes, in particular based on carbon and gold;
printing of an elastic, transparent, friction-resistant protective layer, in particular based on aqueous polyurethane dispersions; and
hardening of the printed material following the printing process. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A testing device to visually and/or machine test the authenticity of value/security documents that have EL-active security features at certain points thereon, said features containing electroluminescent substances, the testing device comprising:
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two supports on the testing device parallel to one another between which the document to be tested is placed, at least one of said supports being transparent;
an electrode arrangement on at least one of said supports, said electrode arrangement being capable of producing an alternating electric field that penetrates the value/security instrument at least at those points where the EL-active security features are located, thus exciting the EL-active security features so that they emit photons that can be evaluated either visually or by machine. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 23)
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20. A testing device to visually and/or machine test the authenticity of value/security documents having EL active security features at certain points thereon, said features containing electroluminescent substances, the testing device comprising:
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two supports parallel to one another between which the document to be tested is placed, at least one of said supports being transparent;
electrodes located at both said supports and producing an alternating electric field between each other similar to a plate condenser, said electric field penetrating the value/security instrument at least at the points where the EL-active security features are located, resulting in the EL-active security features being excited to the point of emitting photons that can be visually or mechanically evaluated. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A testing device to visually and/or machine test the authenticity of value/security documents having EL active security features located at certain points thereon, said features containing electroluminescent substances, the testing devices comprising:
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two supports parallel to one another between which the document to be tested is placed, at least one of said supports being transparent;
a first electrode located on the value/security instrument; and
a second electrode located on one of said supports resulting in an alternating electric field being produced between said two electrodes that penetrates the value/security instrument at least at the points where the EL-active security features are located, thus resulting in the EL-active security features being excited to the point of emitting photons that can be visually or mechanically evaluated.
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24. A value and security product with an area comprising:
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a printed layer comprising;
a print dye having at least one electroluminescent substance embedded therein as a security feature, wherein said electroluminescent substance emits an electromagnetic radiation in the form of electroluminescence by excitation within an alternating electric field produced by an essentially planar electrode arrangement having electrodes located on approximately the same plane and adjacent to each other, said electrodes forming a field gap between them and penetrate said electroluminescent substance with electric field lines; and
a thickness selected such that the electroluminescence is excitable by means of the alternating electric field. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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