Identification function paper and identification card

• US 7,322,522 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2004
• Issued: 01/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ehime Prefectural Government, Lintec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Ehime Prefectural Government, Lintec Corporation
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Satoshi, Morikawa, Masaaki, Matsushita, Taiga, Fujiwara, Katsuhisa, Senba, Tatsuo, Nagashima, Kousaku
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Thien M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Labaze; Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US10/989,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20050121527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,168 Days
• Field of Search: 235/449, 235/375, 235/380, 235/493, 235/487, 235/488, 235/439
• US Class Current: 235/449
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/16 Magnetic or magnetisable material
• 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 25/355 Security threads
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/369 Magnetised or magnetisable materials
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 15/12 partly organic, partly inorganic
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 21/48 Elements suited for physical verification, e.g. by irradiation

Abstract

The present invention provides identification functional paper which allows secure measurement of a change in signal caused by a magnetic material and excels in waveform reproducibility when measuring a single specimen two or more times, and an identification card including the identification functional paper. The identification functional paper includes a magnetized fiber obtained by filling the fiber inner cavity with a magnetic material, and the identification card includes the identification functional paper.

Claims

1. An identification functional paper comprising a magnetized fiber comprising hollow fiber having an inner cavity filled with a magnetic material, wherein the magnetized fiber is manufactured by a process comprising the steps:

(i.) dispersing natural or artificial hollow fibers in a metal salt aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt of a metal which forms the magnetic material;

(ii.) adding alkali to the resulting fiber dispersion liquid in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a metal hydroxide solution; and

(iii.) oxidizing the resulting metal hydroxide to obtain the magnetic material.

2. The identification functional paper according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic material is present in said fiber in an amount of 25 to 45 wt%.

3. The identification functional paper according to claim 2, comprising the magnetized fiber in an amount of 0.001 to 30 wt%.

4. The identification functional paper according to claim 3, wherein said magnetic material is present in said paper in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt%.

5. The identification functional paper according to claim 1, comprising the magnetized fiber in an amount of 0.001 to 30 wt%.

6. The identification functional paper according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein said magnetic material is present in said paper in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt%.

7. The identification functional paper according to claim 1, wherein said magnetic material is selected from the group consisting of magnetite, manganese ferrite, and manganese zinc ferrite.

8. The identification functional paper according to claim 1, wherein a breaking strength (km) of said paper is 5 to 8.

9. The identification functional paper according to claim 1, wherein the bursting strength (kPa m²/g) of said paper is 200 to 600.

10. An identification card comprising an identification functional paper which comprises a magnetized fiber comprising hollow fiber having an inner cavity filled with a magnetic material, wherein the magnetized fiber is manufactured by a process comprising the steps:

(i.) dispersing natural or artificial hollow fibers in a metal salt aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt of a metal which forms the magnetic material;

(ii.) adding alkali to the resulting fiber dispersion liquid in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a metal hydroxide solution; and

(iii.) oxidizing the resultinzrnetal hydroxide to obtain the magnetic material.

11. An identification card comprising an identification functional paper which comprises a magnetized fiber comprising hollow fiber having an inner cavity filled with a magnetic material, wherein the magnetized fiber is manufactured by a process comprising the steps:

(i.) dispersinginatural or artificial hollow fibers in a metal salt aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt of a metal which forms the magnetic material;

(ii.) adding alkali to the resulting fiber dispersion liquid in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a metal hydroxide solution; and

(iii.) oxidizing the resulting metal hydroxide to obtain the magnetic material,

wherein said magnetic material is present in said paper in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt%.

12. A magnetized fiber comprising hollow fiber having an inner cavity filled with a magnetic material, wherein the magnetized fiber is manufactured by a process comprisina the steps:

(i.) dispersing natural or artificial hollow fibers in a metal salt aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt of a metal which forms the magnetic material;

(ii.) adding alkali to the resulting fiber dispersion liquid in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a metal hydroxide solution; and

(iii.) oxidizing the resulting metal hydroxide to obtain the magnetic material,

wherein said magnetic material is selected from the group consisting of magnetite, manganese ferrite, and manganese zinc ferrite.

13. A method of manufacturing an identification functional paper comprising a magnetized fiber comprising hollow fiber having an inner cavity filled with a magnetic material, said method comprising:

(i) dispersing natural or artificial hollow fibers in a metal salt aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt of a metal which forms the magnetic material;

(ii) adding alkali to the resulting fiber dispersion liquid in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a metal hydroxide solution; and

(iii) oxidizing the resulting metal hydroxide to obtain the magnetic material.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein, in step (i), the metal salt is a ferrous salt or a metal salt containing a ferrous salt and a divalent metal salt and wherein, after dispersing the hollow fibers in the metal salt aqueous solution, ultrasonic processing is conducted in order to cause the metal ions to enter deeply into the hollow fibers.

15. The method of claim 14, in which the divalent metal salt is at least one metal salt selected from the group consisting of manganese, zinc, cobalt, nickel, barium, and strontium salts.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the inert gas in step (ii) is at least one gas selected from the group consisting of nitrogen gas and helium gas.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the oxidation in step (iii) is conducted by blowing oxygen gas or air into the metal hydroxide solution, or by adding a hydrogen peroxide oxidizing agent to the metal hydroxide solution.

18. An identification card comprising an identification functional paper which comprises a magnetized fiber comprising hollow fiber having an inner cavity filled with a magnetic material, wherein the magnetized fiber is manufactured by a process comprising the steps:

(i.) dispersing natural or artificial hollow fibers in a metal salt aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt of a metal which forms the magnetic material;

(ii.) adding alkali to the resulting fiber dispersion liquid in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a metal hydroxide solution; and

(iii.) oxidizing the resulting metal hydroxide to obtain the magnetic material,

wherein the magnetic material is present in said fiber in an amount of 25 to 45 wt% and wherein said magnetic material is present in said paper in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt%.

19. An identification card comprising an identification functional paper which comprises a magnetized fiber comprising hollow fiber having an inner cavity filled with a magnetic material, wherein the magnetized fiber is manufactured by a process comprising the steps:

(i.) dispersing natural or artificial hollow fibers in a metal salt aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt of a metal which forms the magnetic material;

(ii.) adding alkali to the resulting fiber dispersion liquid in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a metal hydroxide solution; and

(iii.) oxidizing the resulting metal hydroxide to obtain the magnetic material,

wherein the magnetic material is present in said fiber in an amount of 25 to 45 wt%, the magnetized fiber is present in said paper in an amount of 0.001 to 30 wt%, and the magnetic material is present in said paper in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt%.