A security element is arranged to safeguard valuable articles, featuring a motif layer based on a liquid-crystal material that forms a latent motif. The security element includes a first embossing varnish layer on a carrier film, with a motif layer partly on this varnish, based on nematic liquid crystals. A second embossing varnish layer covers the surface. The facing surface of the first varnish has an embossing with at least two regions featuring different alignment structures, creating a second latent motif. These alignment structures include an aperiodic grating with varying grid spacing. The motif layer, forming a first latent motif, overlaps the second latent motif regions. The nematic liquid-crystal material is aligned by the motif-forming regions, producing a discernible motif when viewed through a polarizer. The second varnish layer also has an embossing for a micro-optical relief structure and reflection-enhancing coating.
The invention relates to a release coat formulation for producing a water-soluble release coat, in particular for the production of pigments or foil security features, comprising at least one binder selected from a polysaccharide, a polyvinyl alcohol, a polyethylene glycol, a polyacrylic acid and a combination thereof; and at least one solvent selected from water, an organic solvent and a combination thereof; wherein the release coat formulation is crosslinking-resistant and is free from crosslinking inhibitors. Furthermore, a method for producing pigments or foil security features is provided.
The invention relates to a security element (20) for securing valuable objects (10), comprising a motif layer based on a liquid crystal material which is designed and intended to form a latent motif. According to the invention, the security element (20) comprises a first embossed lacquer layer (26) arranged on a carrier film (22), a motif layer (30) partially present on the first embossed lacquer layer (26) and based on a nematic liquid crystal material, and a single-layer or multi-layer second embossed lacquer layer (34) present over the entire surface. The nematic liquid crystal material contains at least one dichroic fluorescent dye, from which the emission of polarised light depends on its orientation. The surface of the first embossed lacquer layer (26) facing the nematic liquid crystal material is provided with an embossing which has at least two regions (28A, 28B) with alignment structures of different orientation in order to form a second latent motif, wherein the nematic liquid crystal material is homogeneously aligned by the motif-forming regions (28A, 28B) in the form of the second latent motif, each having a different orientation, such that the second latent motif formed by the different alignment structures can be recognised by the emission of polarised light. The motif layer (30) is arranged directly on the first embossed lacquer layer (26) in some regions in the form of a first latent motif (46) and overlaps with the regions (28A, 28B) forming the second latent motif. The second embossed lacquer layer (34) is provided with an embossing for producing a micro-optical relief structure (38) and a reflection-increasing coating (36).
A device for producing an electrode stack containing flat electrode elements includes a stacking wheel, which is mounted to rotate about a stacking wheel axis and has a plurality of stacking wheel fingers, which define respective intermediate spaces for receiving the electrode elements, and a wiper unit, which is designed to remove the electrode elements one after the other from the respective intermediate spaces through interaction with a rotational movement of the stacking wheel about the stacking wheel axis. The device furthermore includes a receiving unit for successively receiving the electrode elements removed from the intermediate spaces. The receiving unit has a base structure, on which the electrode elements received in the receiving unit can be stacked, and a delimiting element, which forms an end stop for the electrode elements received in the receiving unit and which is arranged statically in relation to the stacking wheel axis.
The invention relates to a method for checking a value document which is moved in a transport direction and has a security element, preferably a security thread, with at least one composite magnetic region, wherein the at least one composite magnetic region of the security element has at least one high-coercivity magnetic subregion which contains a high-coercivity magnetic material with a first coercivity, and at least one low-coercivity magnetic subregion which contains a low-coercivity magnetic material with a second coercivity which is lower than the first coercivity, wherein the magnetic subregions are separated by a narrow strip or abut one another along a line, said strip or line extending at least partially obliquely or orthogonally to the transport direction. The method comprises the following steps: first magnetising of the at least one magnetic region by a first magnetic field the magnetic field strength of which is greater than the first coercivity so that the magnetisation of the high-coercivity magnetic material and the magnetisation of the low-coercivity magnetic material are aligned in a first magnetisation direction, and thereafter second magnetising of the at least one magnetic region by a second magnetic field the magnetic field strength of which is less than the first coercivity but greater than the second coercivity, wherein the second magnetic field is oriented such that the magnetisation of the low-coercivity magnetic material is aligned by the second magnetising in a second magnetisation direction which differs from the first magnetisation direction; detecting of magnetic signals of the at least one magnetic region by means of at least one magnetosensitive magnetic detector; and evaluating of the detected magnetic signals in order to check whether the composite magnetic region is present.
The invention relates to optically variable security elements for safeguarding valuable items, comprising a reflective surface region which contains a plurality of reflective pixel elements which, depending on the viewing angle, together display a motif that includes at least one representation of a curve which, when viewed from a first viewing direction, is visible within a display region as a predefined curve in a central position, and, when the security element is tilted about two different predetermined axes, moves within the display region in different directions away from the central position; or which together generate an optically variable motif representation, the visual appearance of which changes when the security element is tilted about two independent axes.
The invention relates to an optically variable security element (12) for safeguarding valuable items (10), said security element comprising a planar motif region (20) having a macro-motif (14) with two or more motif images (14-1 to 14-5) and with a plurality of substructures (14-G, 14-K) for each motif image (14-1 to 14-5), the substructures jointly extending over the entire motif image and each comprising alternately arranged light and dark partial regions. The pixel element(s) (40; 42) of a pixel-element group (40-G, 40-M, 40-K; 42-G, 42-M, 42-K) associated with a viewing direction exhibit an angular spread about an inclination N0, thereby creating, around the viewing direction, an angular visibility range in which the appearance of the macro-motif image associated with said viewing direction, together with the substructure associated with said viewing direction, becomes visible.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets,
threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed
matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in this class,
provided with security features for protection against
counterfeiting, in particular provided with security
features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted
and/or rotated; micro-optic or holographic security elements
being security markers having optically variable effect for
insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents,
in particular provided with security features displaying an
optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in
particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective,
high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby
the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors,
micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures,
refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric
nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or
combinations thereof; safety markers, namely films, tapes,
strips, lines or patches; micro-optic or holographic
security markings having machine-readable properties, in
particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or
phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation
and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for
the creation of a communication connection with detectors;
plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable
printed matter, all being equipped with security features
for counterfeit protection, the aforesaid goods in
particular provided with security features displaying an
optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished
goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in this
class, all provided with security features for protection
against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security
features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted
and/or rotated; foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic
materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets,
threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed
matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9,
provided with security features for protection against
counterfeiting, in particular provided with security
features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted
and/or rotated; micro-optic or holographic security elements
being security markers having optically variable effect for
insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents,
in particular provided with security features displaying an
optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in
particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective,
high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby
the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors,
micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures,
refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric
nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or
combinations thereof; safety markers, namely films, tapes,
strips, lines or patches; micro-optic or holographic
security markings having machine-readable properties, in
particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or
phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation
and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for
the creation of a communication connection with detectors;
plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable
printed matter, all being equipped with security features
for counterfeit protection, the aforesaid goods in
particular provided with security features displaying an
optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished
goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in this
class, all provided with security features for protection
against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security
features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted
and/or rotated; embossed, coated and optically active foils,
tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in
the manufacture of security markings.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
36 - Financial, insurance and real estate services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Computer software; cloud-based software; downloadable and cloud-based software applications; cash management system software, namely software for banks, central banks, financial and credit institutions, cash in transit companies, service providers, banknote printers and their customers for the administration, processing, reconciliation, coordination, monitoring, forecasting and optimization of cash transactions, cash logistics and cash processing; cash management system software in the form of modular software components for server and PC applications and for peripheral devices connected thereto; money management software for managing, processing, reconciling, monitoring, forecasting and optimizing money transfers; apparatus, instruments and machines for sorting, handling, recognizing, processing, counting and destroying currency and banknotes; cash registers; calculating machines; cash counting machines; big data management software computer hardware and software for processing, analyzing, transmitting, reproducing and storing data and for generating notifications and reports; computer databases; computer servers; database servers; computer hardware and software for database management; computer software for device management; computer hardware and software for sorting, handling, processing, counting and destroying currency and banknotes; computer software for conducting financial, business and commercial transactions; market prediction software; machine learning software; predictive maintenance software. Business consultancy relating to cash management systems and cash management system software; business consultancy and optimization services relating to contract processing for banks, financial and credit institutions, cash in transit companies, service providers, banknote printers and their customers; business consultancy relating to system architecture and process optimization of production and service processes in the field of cash management, cash processing and banknote printing. Cash disbursement services; electronic cash transaction services; financial services; financial data analysis, reporting, consultancy and advisory services in the field of currency and banknote processing. Design and development of cash management system software, in particular for banks, financial and credit institutions, cash in transit companies, service providers, banknote printers and their customers; design and development of software for the administration, processing, coordination, monitoring, forecasting and optimization of cash transactions, cash logistics and cash processing; design and development of modular software components for server and PC applications and for connected peripheral devices; rental of software; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software (SaaS); hosting of websites; rental of hardware, including computer hardware and installations; IT consultancy, advisory and information services; IT security, protection and restoration services; data duplication and conversion services; data coding services; all of the aforesaid services relating exclusively to money management systems and money management system software; installation, maintenance, repair, adaptation and updating of software; installation, maintenance, repair, adaptation and updating of database software; technical advice, support and maintenance relating to the operation of computers and apparatus in the field of currency and banknote processing; scientific and technological services and research; industrial analysis and research; evaluation of data processing performance against benchmark standards.
11.
SECURITY ELEMENT WITH COLOUR-PRODUCING NANOSTRUCTURES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
A security element includes a structured layer with a base surface, recesses or protrusions that are recessed or elevated relative to the base surface, and a reflector layer arranged on the structured layer. The recesses or protrusions are designed as color-generating nanostructures based on their dimensions along the base surface, their vertical extension perpendicular to the base surface, and their arrangement on the base surface, which are formed as color-generating nanostructures. The structured layer includes areas in which the vertical extension of the recesses or protrusions varies along a direction according to a function that does not have a constant value so that a mixed color is visible in each of the areas in the top view.
A security element for a value document includes: a first concealed motif region having a first luminescence layer with at least one first excitation wavelength in the UV-A range; and a second concealed motif region having a second luminescence layer with at least one second excitation wavelength in the UV-A range that is different from the at least one first excitation wavelength.
The invention relates to a sensor and a method for checking value documents (2), in particular bank notes, and a value document processing apparatus (1). The sensor has a detection device (3) which is configured to detect electromagnetic radiation, which emanates from a value document (2) to be checked, in at least two different spectral ranges in a locally resolved manner, wherein a plurality of image points are obtained, to each of which at least two intensity values are assigned. Furthermore, the sensor has a processing device (7), which is configured i) to assign one feature point located in a feature space to a plurality of image points in each case, said feature point being defined by at least two feature point coordinates which are based on the intensity values assigned to the respective image point and/or adjacent image points, ii) for feature points which lie outside a feature region in the feature space specified for the respective image point by a curve or area, determining position information by way of which the position of the respective feature point relative to the feature region is characterised, and iii) assigning the feature points lying outside the feature region to different defect classes depending on the determined position information, said defect classes characterising different types of defects on the value document.
The invention relates to a process for producing a surface-functionalised pigment, to a surface-functionalised pigment, and to a printing ink. The process for producing a surface-functionalised pigment, in particular a colourshift pigment, comprises providing at least one layer of a pigment material on a carrier material (S1); detaching the pigment material from the carrier material using a water-containing liquid (S2); reducing the proportion of liquid in the detached pigment material until a suspension of the pigment having a water content of 25 to 75 wt.% is obtained (S3); adding a silane, which has at least one surface-active or reactive group and at least one functional group that can be hydrolysed with water, to the suspension of the pigment (S4); and drying the silane-containing suspension of the pigment, wherein the pigment is silanised (S5).
The invention describes a method for checking a value document transported in a direction of transport and containing a security element that comprises at least one composite magnetic region comprising a hard-magnetic subregion containing hard magnetic material and an adjacent soft-magnetic subregion containing soft magnetic material, the subregions being separated by a strip or adjoining one another along a line, at least part of which strip or line runs obliquely or orthogonally with respect to the direction of transport. The method comprises first magnetization of the composite magnetic region in a first magnetization direction using a first magnetic field, the strength of which is greater than the coercive field strength of the hard magnetic material, and second magnetization of the composite magnetic region in a second magnetization direction using a second magnetic field, the strength of which is less than the coercive field strength of the hard magnetic material, the second magnetization direction differing from the first magnetization direction and preferably being directed counter to the first magnetization direction. During the second magnetization, a magnetic signal of the composite magnetic region is detected by means of a magnetic detector. The magnetic signal is evaluated, this involving checking whether the magnetic signal corresponds to two oppositely magnetized subregions.
The invention relates to a magnetic ink composition comprising a first magnetic material and a second magnetic material, the first magnetic material and the second magnetic material being present in the magnetic ink composition as a mixture. The first magnetic material has a first coercivity, and the second magnetic material has a second coercivity that differs from the first coercivity. The first magnetic material and the second magnetic material are each a low-coercivity magnetic material, or the first magnetic material and the second magnetic material are each a high-coercivity magnetic material. The invention also relates to a security element (10) comprising the magnetic ink composition, and to a value document (1) comprising the security element (10).
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
G06K 19/12 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code using markings of different kinds in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards the marking being sensed by magnetic means
G07D 7/004 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip
G07D 7/04 - Testing magnetic properties of the materials thereof, e.g. by detection of magnetic imprint
18.
SECURITY ELEMENT WITH MAGNETIC CODING, VALUE DOCUMENT, PRODUCTION METHOD AND CHECKING METHOD
The invention provides for at least one of the code cells (20) of the magnetic coding (16) to contain a partial region made of hard magnetic material with moderate coercive field strength (LoCo material) (30) and a partial region made of a soft magnetic material (32), the partial regions that contain LoCo material (30) and the partial regions that contain soft magnetic material (32) being arranged next to one another within the code cell (20).
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
G06K 19/12 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code using markings of different kinds in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards the marking being sensed by magnetic means
G07D 7/004 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip
G07D 7/04 - Testing magnetic properties of the materials thereof, e.g. by detection of magnetic imprint
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets, threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9, provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Micro-optic or holographic security elements being security markers having optically variable effect for insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective, high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors, micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures, refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or combinations thereof; Safety markers, namely Films, Tapes, Strips, lines or Patches; Micro-optic or holographic security markings having machine-readable properties, in particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for the creation of a communication connection with detectors; Plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable printed matter, all being equipped with security features for counterfeit protection, The aforesaid goods in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in class 17, all provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
20.
METHOD FOR CHECKING A VALUE DOCUMENT HAVING AN OPTICAL FEATURE WHICH HAS A MAGNETIC PROPERTY, AND MEANS FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD
The invention relates to a method for checking a value document having an optically detectable feature which has a magnetic property, wherein a digital optical image of at least the feature of the value document and, for the feature of the value document, spatially resolved magnetic sensor data detected by a magnetic sensor is used. Expected magnetic sensor data for the feature is determined on the basis of the digital optical image of the feature. The detected magnetic sensor data and the expected magnetic sensor data are compared with one another, and a comparison signal is preferably formed which reproduces the result of the comparison. The invention further relates to a corresponding evaluation device.
G07D 7/0043 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using barcodes
G07D 7/04 - Testing magnetic properties of the materials thereof, e.g. by detection of magnetic imprint
G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Production installations and parts thereof for the
manufacture of security elements, namely security threads
and security strips, security patches, imprints with
colours, coloured fibres, planchettes, taggants, paper
substrates for the manufacture of banknotes and passports,
plastic substrates for the manufacture of security films and
banknote substrates, embossed films, plastic films and
laminates; paper machines and parts thereof for the
production of banknotes and security papers and commercial
papers, in particular based on raw materials cotton;
laminating machines for the application of security elements
of paper, plastic films or paper-plastic composite
substrates, in particular on banknote and security papers;
bleach plants and mechanical refiners and parts thereof for
the production of bleached cotton cellulose for the paper
and textile industry; printing machines and parts thereof
for banknote and security printing; casting, embossing and
assembly installations and parts thereof for the production
of coin blanks and coins and medals; embossing moulds being
machine parts; lithographic production installations and
machines for processing films, in particular for printing,
coating, embossing, for the manufacture of optical or
functional films; laser installations for the processing of
substrate webs. Elements displaying an optically variable effect, namely
holograms; security markings displaying an optically
variable effect, namely optically variable microrelief
security elements, optically variable thin layer elements,
optically variable liquid crystal elements; security
markings with visible or invisible machine-readable
elements; security markings with printed electronic
components; optical, electronic, mechanical and acoustic
quality monitoring and operational monitoring installations
for banknote and security paper factories, banknotes and
security paper printers and minting institutions; security
elements made from value and security printing letters and
embossed films for application to or on goods for verifying
the authenticity of goods, more specifically stickers,
labels; plastic films and laminates in the form of strips,
tapes, patches, stickers, labels, security threads, all
being self-adhesive, for authenticity detection and forgery
protection. Substrates mainly of paper, including in combination with
substrates coated with plastic and/or metal, metallic
substrates and substrates containing metal being
semi-finished goods for the manufacture of value printed
goods, including security papers, including for banknotes,
cheques, shares, obligations, passports, birth certificates,
visas, identity cards, driving licences and other identity
documents, credit cards, coupons, vouchers, certificates,
revenue stamps, fee stamps, entry tickets, transport
tickets, security stickers; the aforesaid goods all equipped
with security features for protection against reproduction
and forgery, in particular with security threads, security
films, electronic storage devices, watermarks, coloured
fibres, planchettes, additives with specific testable
physical properties and/or displaying optically variable
elements, including iridescent or optically diffractive
elements, including holograms, micromirrors, microlenses,
nanostructures, optically variable micro/nano-relief based
elements; certificates of value and security printing
letters and embossed films being security elements for
application to or on goods for verifying the authenticity of
goods; embossing stamps (other than hand tools) for the
manufacture of optically variable reliefs (including
holograms), embossed in embossing varnish and reliefs in a
watermark filter, for use for the manufacture of watermark
paper. Embossed films of plastic materials; plastic films and
laminates with conductive or light-emitting or electronic
components; embossed foils of metallised plastic. Assembly and construction and commissioning, maintenance,
repair, conversion and modernisation of and for
installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for
banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of
security films. Preparation of technical concepts for and technological
consultancy relating to planning, building and operation of
installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for
banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of
security films, technical expertise and project planning,
construction drafting, industrial design; preparation of
technical concepts for and technical consultancy relating to
the securing of data and goods against counterfeiting and
forgery (goods security).
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Production installations and parts thereof for the
manufacture of security elements, namely security threads
and security strips, security patches, imprints with
colours, coloured fibres, planchettes, taggants, paper
substrates for the manufacture of banknotes and passports,
plastic substrates for the manufacture of security films and
banknote substrates, embossed films, plastic films and
laminates; paper machines and parts thereof for the
production of banknotes and security papers and commercial
papers, in particular based on raw materials cotton;
laminating machines for the application of security elements
of paper, plastic films or paper-plastic composite
substrates, in particular on banknote and security papers;
bleach plants and mechanical refiners and parts thereof for
the production of bleached cotton cellulose for the paper
and textile industry; printing machines and parts thereof
for banknote and security printing; casting, embossing and
assembly installations and parts thereof for the production
of coin blanks and coins and medals; embossing moulds being
machine parts; lithographic production installations and
machines for processing films, in particular for printing,
coating, embossing, for the manufacture of optical or
functional films; laser installations for the processing of
substrate webs. Elements displaying an optically variable effect, namely
holograms; security markings displaying an optically
variable effect, namely optically variable microrelief
security elements, optically variable thin layer elements,
optically variable liquid crystal elements; security
markings with visible or invisible machine-readable
elements; security markings with printed electronic
components; optical, electronic, mechanical and acoustic
quality monitoring and operational monitoring installations
for banknote and security paper factories, banknotes and
security paper printers and minting institutions; security
elements made from value and security printing letters and
embossed films for application to or on goods for verifying
the authenticity of goods, more specifically stickers,
labels; plastic films and laminates in the form of strips,
tapes, patches, stickers, labels, security threads, all
being self-adhesive, for authenticity detection and forgery
protection. Substrates mainly of paper, including in combination with
substrates coated with plastic and/or metal, metallic
substrates and substrates containing metal being
semi-finished goods for the manufacture of value printed
goods, including security papers, including for banknotes,
cheques, shares, obligations, passports, birth certificates,
visas, identity cards, driving licences and other identity
documents, credit cards, coupons, vouchers, certificates,
revenue stamps, fee stamps, entry tickets, transport
tickets, security stickers; the aforesaid goods all equipped
with security features for protection against reproduction
and forgery, in particular with security threads, security
films, electronic storage devices, watermarks, coloured
fibres, planchettes, additives with specific testable
physical properties and/or displaying optically variable
elements, including iridescent or optically diffractive
elements, including holograms, micromirrors, microlenses,
nanostructures, optically variable micro/nano-relief based
elements; certificates of value and security printing
letters and embossed films being security elements for
application to or on goods for verifying the authenticity of
goods; embossing stamps (other than hand tools) for the
manufacture of optically variable reliefs (including
holograms), embossed in embossing varnish and reliefs in a
watermark filter, for use for the manufacture of watermark
paper. Embossed films of plastic materials; plastic films and
laminates with conductive or light-emitting or electronic
components; embossed foils of metallised plastic. Assembly and construction and commissioning, maintenance,
repair, conversion and modernisation of and for
installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for
banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of
security films. Preparation of technical concepts for and technological
consultancy relating to planning, building and operation of
installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for
banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of
security films, technical expertise and project planning,
construction drafting, industrial design; preparation of
technical concepts for and technical consultancy relating to
the securing of data and goods against counterfeiting and
forgery (goods security).
A device and a method for testing flat samples, include an optical sensor module which for optically testing the flat sample captures a measurement signal of the flat sample when the flat sample is located in the target measurement plane or at least approximately in the target measurement plane. A window is arranged between the sensor module and the flat sample at a window distance from the target measurement plane. The sensor module is arranged at a module distance from the target measurement plane. The module distance is selected to be sufficiently small for a signal variation of the measurement signal of the flat sample as a function of the measurement distance deviation in the region of the target measurement plane to be reduced by the retroreflection effect of the window compared to a signal variation occurring without the retroreflection effect.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets, threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9, provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Micro-optic or holographic security elements being security markers having optically variable effect for insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective, high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors, micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures, refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or combinations thereof; Safety markers, namely Films, Tapes, Strips, lines or Patches; Micro-optic or holographic security markings having machine-readable properties, in particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for the creation of a communication connection with detectors; Plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable printed matter, all being equipped with security features for counterfeit protection, The aforesaid goods in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in class 17, all provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
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Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets, threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9, provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Micro-optic or holographic security elements being security markers having optically variable effect for insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective, high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors, micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures, refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or combinations thereof; Safety markers, namely Films, Tapes, Strips, lines or Patches; Micro-optic or holographic security markings having machine-readable properties, in particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for the creation of a communication connection with detectors; Plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable printed matter, all being equipped with security features for counterfeit protection, The aforesaid goods in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in class 17, all provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
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Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets, threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9, provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Micro-optic or holographic security elements being security markers having optically variable effect for insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective, high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors, micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures, refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or combinations thereof; Safety markers, namely Films, Tapes, Strips, lines or Patches; Micro-optic or holographic security markings having machine-readable properties, in particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for the creation of a communication connection with detectors; Plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable printed matter, all being equipped with security features for counterfeit protection, The aforesaid goods in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in class 17, all provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
The present invention relates to a system of at least two types of switchable capsule-luminescent pigments, wherein the capsule-luminescent pigments are polymer particles having a diameter of 0.1-1000 µm, each containing at least one luminescent substance and a photochemically switchable absorber, wherein a first type of capsule-luminescent pigment comprises a first luminescent substance emitting a first color in the VIS spectral range; a second type of capsule-luminescent pigment comprises the first luminescent substance and a second luminescent substance emitting a second color in the VIS spectral range, the first and the second colors being different from one another; and the two capsule-luminescent pigments each comprise the same photochemically switchable absorber, said photochemically switchable absorber having a first and a second switching state, wherein the absorption spectrum of said photochemically switchable absorber in the second switching state significantly overlaps the emission spectrum of the first luminescent substance. The present invention also relates to a switchable luminescent printing ink, comprising a system of at least two types of switchable capsule-luminescent pigments as described herein, and to a value document, preferably a banknote, having a switchable luminescent print that comprises a system of at least two types of switchable capsule-luminescent pigments as described herein.
The present invention relates to a capsule-luminescent pigment comprising a luminescent substance and a photochemically switchable absorber as a molecular switch, wherein the luminescent substance and the photochemically switchable absorber are dissolved and/or dispersed as separate molecules in a polymer particle, the luminescent substance having an energy transfer level relevant to the luminescence, and the photochemically switchable absorber having a first absorption spectrum in a first switching state and a second absorption spectrum in a second switching state, wherein the energy transfer level relevant to the luminescence of the luminescent substance significantly falls into an absorption band of the photochemically switchable absorber in the second switching state, so that the luminescence of the luminescent substance is considerably more intense in the first switching state of the photochemically switchable absorber than in the second switching state of the photochemically switchable absorber. The present invention also relates to a switchable luminescent printing ink, comprising a capsule-luminescent pigment as described herein, and to a value document, preferably a banknote, comprising a print having a first switchable luminescent printing ink as described herein.
The invention relates to a system consisting of at least two types of switchable encapsulated luminescent pigments, wherein the encapsulated luminescent pigments are polymer particles with a diameter of 0.1-1000 µm, each particle containing at least one luminescent substance and a photochemically switchable absorber; a first type of encapsulated luminescent pigment comprises a first luminescent substance which emits a first color in the VIS spectral range; a second type of encapsulated luminescent pigment comprises a second luminescent substance which emits a second color in the VIS spectral range, said first and second colors being different; and the two encapsulated luminescent pigments each comprise the same photochemically switchable absorber, said photochemically switchable absorber having a first and a second switched state, and the absorption spectrum of the photochemically switchable absorber greatly overlapping with the excitation spectra of the first and the second luminescent substance in the second switched state. The invention further relates to a switchable luminescent printing ink, comprising a system consisting of at least two types of switchable encapsulated luminescent pigments as described herein, and to a value document, preferably a banknote, having a switchable luminescent imprint, comprising a system consisting of at least two types of switchable encapsulated luminescent pigments as described herein.
The invention relates to an encapsulated luminescent pigment comprising a luminescent substance and a diarylethene as a molecular switch, wherein the luminescent substance and the diarylethene are dissolved and/or dispersed as separate molecules in a polymer particle. The luminescent substance has an emission spectrum, and the diarylethene has a first absorption spectrum in a first switched state and a second absorption spectrum in a second switched state, the first absorption spectrum of the diarylethene not significantly overlapping with the emission spectrum of the luminescent substance and the second absorption spectrum of the diarylethene significantly overlapping with the emission spectrum of the luminescent substance such that the luminescence of the luminescent substance is substantially more intense in the first switched state than in the second switched state of the diarylethene. The invention further relates to a switchable luminescent printing ink, comprising an encapsulated luminescent pigment as described herein, and to a value document, preferably a banknote, comprising an imprint which has a first switchable luminescent printing ink as described herein.
The present invention relates to a capsule-luminescent pigment comprising a luminescent substance and a photochemically switchable absorber as a molecular switch, wherein the luminescent substance and the photochemically switchable absorber are dissolved and/or dispersed as separate molecules in a polymer particle, the luminescent substance having an excitation spectrum, and the photochemically switchable absorber having a first absorption spectrum in a first switching state and a second absorption spectrum in a second switching state, wherein the first absorption spectrum of the photochemically switchable absorber does not significantly overlap with the excitation spectrum of the luminescent substance and the second absorption spectrum of the photochemically switchable absorber does significantly overlap with the excitation spectrum of the luminescent substance, so that the luminescence of the luminescent substance is considerably more intense in the first switching state of the photochemically switchable absorber than in the second switching state of the photochemically switchable absorber. The present invention also relates to a switchable luminescent printing ink, comprising a capsule-luminescent pigment as described herein, and to a value document, preferably a banknote, comprising a print having a first switchable luminescent printing ink as described herein.
A sensor element is for testing a planar data carrier with a spin resonance feature. The sensor element includes a magnetic core having an air gap into which the planar data carrier can be inserted for testing purposes, a polarization device for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, and a resonator device for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be tested in the air gap. The resonator device has at least two stripline resonators positioned at different positions in the air gap. The polarization device generates an in-homogeneous magnetic flux in the air gap so that the static magnetic flux has a first field strength at the position of a first stripline resonator and a second, different field strength at the position of a second stripline resonator.
The invention relates to an optically variable security element (12) for securing articles of value (10), comprising a reflective surface region (14) which contains a plurality of reflective pixel elements (20) that together produce an optically variable motif representation, the appearance of which changes in the plane of the reflective surface region when the security element is tilted in a first direction (16). According to the invention, the pixel elements (20) each have a constant inclination, except for any isolated discontinuities, with respect to the reflective surface region (14) in the first direction (16), the pixel elements (20), in a second direction (18) perpendicular to the first direction, in the plane of the reflective surface region, each have an inclination with respect to the reflective surface region (14) that varies, except for any isolated discontinuities, in a predetermined inclination range in the entire surface region (14) or in two or more partial surface regions (52, 54; 60, 62, 64) visible to the naked eye, as a result of which the optically variable motif representation, when tilted in the second direction (18), appears with substantially uniform brightness in the entire surface region or in said partial surface regions.
In the method according to the invention, – in a preparation process, secondary fibrous materials are obtained from discarded banknotes and/or banknote waste by means of a dry defibration process, and – the obtained secondary fibrous materials are used at least partly together with primary fibrous materials in a paper production process in order to form the paper layer of the security substrate. The invention also relates to a security substrate (310) for a banknote, having at least one paper layer (320; 332; 15 334) formed from a fibrous material.
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Counterfeit detector devices, namely, holographic and micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets, threads and foils, that display an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, for use in valuable printed matter; Counterfeit detector markers, namely, micro-optic and holographic security markers that display an optically variable movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, and in some instances, feature a reflective, high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors, micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures, refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or combinations thereof, for insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents; Safety markers, namely films, tapes, strips, or patches; Security devices for banknotes, identity documents, smart cards, chip cards, banderoles, package bands featuring micro-optic or holographic security markings having machine-readable properties, in particular being magnet-coded fluorescent and/or phosphorescent and verifiable by infrared radiation and having integrated microscopic antenna structures for the creation of a communication connection with detectors; counterfeit detectors, namely, plastic foils equipped with security features that display an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, for use in valuable printed matter; counterfeit detectors, namely, plastic film displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, for use in valuable printed matter; counterfeit detectors, namely, plastic film displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, for use in valuable printed matter. Foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
36.
Sensor element, test device, and method for testing a data carrier having a spin resonance feature
A sensor element is for testing a flat data carrier having a spin resonance feature. The sensor element includes a magnetic core having an air gap, which is delimited by two pole surfaces of the magnetic core and into which the flat data carrier can be inserted in order to be tested, a polarization device for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, and a resonator device for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be tested in the air gap. The resonator device has a signal source and a plurality of stripline resonators which are simultaneously fed from the signal source, and the stripline resonators are formed in a planar manner with a main extension plane which is plan-parallel to at least one of the pole surfaces of the magnetic core.
The invention relates to an optically variable representation element (12) having at least one reflective surface region (24), having at least two partial regions visible to the naked eye, which display different colours at least in some regions when viewed in reflected light. According to the invention, the at least one reflective surface region (24) is coated at least in some regions with a surface-conforming interference layer structure (32) and the reflective surface region (24) contains a micro-relief structure (26) in a first and in a second partial region, which micro-relief structure produces a dynamic effect and is formed with a plurality of micro-relief structure elements (34, 36). The micro-relief structure (26) of the first partial region and/or the micro-relief structure (26) of the second partial region is further provided at least in some regions with a colour-modifying nanostructure (38), which is formed by at least one subwavelength structure. In addition, in the first and/or second partial region, the colour effect of the interference layer structure is modified by the colour-modifying nanostructure (38) such that the first and/or the second partial region shows at least one of the different colours due to the combined effect of the interference layer structure (32) and the colour-modifying nanostructure (38).
The invention relates to a security element (12) for protecting valuable objects, comprising a feature region (14) having at least two sections (16, 18) which are visible to the naked eye and which exhibit different colours when viewed from above. According to the invention, it is provided here that the feature region (14) is coated in said sections (16, 18) with a common, shape-following and colour-producing multilayer structure (30). The surface of the feature region (14) is of nanoscale smooth design in a first of said sections (16) and is provided in a second of said sections (18) with a stochastic, flat nanotexture (28) which has a multiplicity of nanostructure elements (54) with an average spacing of between 50 nm and 500 nm. As a result of the effect of the colour-producing multilayer structure (30), the first section (16) exhibits a first colour when viewed from above. In the second section (18), the colour effect of the colour-producing multilayer structure (30) is modified by the stochastic nanotexture (28) such that the second section (18) exhibits a second, different colour when viewed from above due to the combined effect of the colour-producing multilayer structure (30) and the stochastic nanotexture (28).
A flat document of value has a surface area having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and which is provided with a luminescence feature in the surface area. The luminescence feature includes a first luminescence marker in a first subarea and a second luminescence marker in a second, different subarea. The first and second luminescence markers are able to be excited to luminesce at the same wavelength and luminesce, after excitation, essentially in the same emission band in the infrared spectral range. The first and second luminescence markers have spectrally similar infrared emission spectra, namely infrared emission spectra that have a spectral difference between 0.5% and 15%. The first and second subarea are arranged so as to overlap one another in the surface area in projection onto the longitudinal direction and/or in projection onto the transverse direction.
A filling apparatus and to a method are for filling containers with document-of-value stacks, and to a document-of-value processing apparatus. The filling apparatus is designed for filling containers with document-of-value stacks, for example document-of-value stacks that are set down by a document-of-value processing machine in a delivery region of the document-of-value processing machine. The filling apparatus has a feed interface, a delivery interface and a transport path along which the containers can be transported from the feed interface to the delivery interface, and a filling region in which in each case one container that has been fed to the filling apparatus can be positioned in order to be filled with document-of-value stacks by means of a gripping device.
A gripper is for holding and depositing a stack of sheet material at a depositing location, and has at least one first gripping element, which comprises or forms a first contact surface for contact with the stack, and at least one second gripping element, which includes a second contact surface for contact with the stack. The first and second contact surfaces are designed for contact with the stack on both sides. The gripping elements are guided adjustably with respect to one another so that the contact surfaces can be moved with respect to one another in the direction of the surface normals that are respectively associated with the contact surfaces to hold the stack between the contact surfaces. The first gripping element is mounted to pivot about a pivot axis so it can pivot between a gripping position, and a release position.
B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
B65H 5/00 - Feeding articles separated from pilesFeeding articles to machines
B65H 7/00 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles
42.
SORTING PLANAR OBJECTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GALVANIC CELLS
The invention relates to the sorting of planar objects that are used to produce galvanic cells, in particular electrochemical energy stores or electrochemical energy transducers. In the process, planar objects are transported along a transport path to at least two intermediate stations, said transport path branching in such a way at at least one branching device that the planar objects can be selectively transported to a first or second intermediate station. In order to sort the planar objects, the following steps are carried out in each case: - providing at least one object property of the respective planar object, and - selecting one of the intermediate stations for the respective planar object depending on the object property/properties of the respective planar object, in order to assign the respective planar object to the selected intermediate station, and - transporting the respective planar object along the transport path to the selected intermediate station, with the respective planar object being guided to the selected intermediate station by the branching device.
A sensor element for testing a flat-surface data carrier has a spin resonance feature. The sensor element includes a magnetic core with an air gap, into which the flat-surface data carrier can be inserted for testing, a polarization device for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, and a resonator device for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be tested in the air gap. The resonator device contains at least two stripline resonators, which are designed and configured to be operated at different excitation frequencies.
A sensor element is for testing a planar data carrier that has a spin resonance feature. The sensor element includes: a magnetic core having an air gap into which the planar data carrier can be inserted for testing purposes; a polarization device for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap; and a resonator device for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be tested in the air gap. The resonator device has a stripline resonator and a supply structure for the stripline resonator and is designed to generate a high-frequency field with circular polarization owing to the geometry of the stripline resonator and/or the geometry of the supply structure.
G01N 24/08 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects by using nuclear magnetic resonance
45.
FORMATION OF SHEET STACKS BY MEANS OF A SHEET-PROCESSING APPARATUS
A method for forming sheet stacks in a dispensing region of a sheet processing apparatus, involves: a) stacking sheets by a stacker wheel onto a sheet stack located on a lifting platform, b) introducing a deposition platform into the dispensing region, c) stacking further sheets by the stacker wheel onto the deposition platform arranged underneath the stacker wheel, d) introducing a gripping device into the dispensing region to take up, by the gripping device, the sheet stack formed on the lifting platform, e) removing the sheet stack formed on the lifting platform from the dispensing region, and, after the removal of the sheet stack, f) raising the lifting platform up to the deposition platform, and g) transferring the further sheet stack formed on the deposition platform onto the lifting platform and moving the deposition platform away out of the dispensing region.
A sensor element for testing a flat-surface data carrier having a spin resonance feature. The sensor element includes a magnetic core with an air gap, into which the flat-surface data carrier can be inserted for testing, a polarization device for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, a resonator device for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be tested in the air gap, having at least one stripline resonator fed by a signal source, and a modulation device for generating a time-varying magnetic modulation field in the air gap parallel to the static magnetic field. The modulation device has a plurality of modulation coils, which are designed and configured for generating different modulation frequencies so that the modulated magnetic field generated by the modulation device, together with the polarization device, has different modulation frequencies at different locations within the air gap.
G07D 7/04 - Testing magnetic properties of the materials thereof, e.g. by detection of magnetic imprint
G01N 24/10 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects by using electron paramagnetic resonance
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36 - Financial, insurance and real estate services
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40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
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45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
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goods; software for the aforesaid goods; computer money in
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and other financial and credit institutions, cash-in-transit
companies and service companies and their customers;
development of computer money in cash management system
software, in particular software for managing, processing,
reconciling, monitoring, forecasting and optimizing of money
in cash transfers and transport, money in cash processing
and related data collected and their processing; development
of money in cash management system software, in particular
in the form of modular software modules for server/PC
applications and for peripheral devices networked with them;
rental of software; hosting services; software as a service;
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48.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING FLAT ELEMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GALVANIC CELLS
The invention relates to a device (1) for separating flat elements (2) for the production of galvanic cells. The device (1) comprises a receiving unit (10) which is designed to receive a stack (3) of flat elements (2) having a plurality of flat elements (2) and to provide the flat elements (2), one after the other, to a separating region (20). The device (1) further comprises a conveyor belt (30) for conveying a flat element (2) in a discharge direction (4) and a suction unit (40) for generating a negative pressure in the region of a section (30a) of the conveyor belt (30) in order to thus suck an uppermost flat element (2a) of the stack (3) of flat elements (2) from the receiving device (10) onto the conveyor belt (30). The suction unit (40) is designed to maintain a suctioned state during the conveying of the uppermost flat element (2a), in which state the uppermost flat element (2a) is sucked onto the conveyor belt (30), in order to thus convey the uppermost flat element (2a) away from the receiving device (10) in the discharge direction (4). The invention further relates to a method for separating flat elements (2).
B65H 3/12 - Suction bands, belts, or tables moving relatively to the pile
B65H 7/02 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
B65H 7/16 - Controlling air-supply to pneumatic separators
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17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
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Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets, threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9, provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Micro-optic or holographic security elements being security markers having optically variable effect for insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective, high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors, micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures, refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or combinations thereof; Safety markers, namely Films, Tapes, Strips, lines or Patches; Micro-optic or holographic security markings having machine-readable properties, in particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for the creation of a communication connection with detectors; Plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable printed matter, all being equipped with security features for counterfeit protection, The aforesaid goods in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in class 17, all provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets, threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9, provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Micro-optic or holographic security elements being security markers having optically variable effect for insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective, high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors, micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures, refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or combinations thereof; Safety markers, namely Films, Tapes, Strips, lines or Patches; Micro-optic or holographic security markings having machine-readable properties, in particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for the creation of a communication connection with detectors; Plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable printed matter, all being equipped with security features for counterfeit protection, The aforesaid goods in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in class 17, all provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
51.
APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRODE STACK FROM ELECTRODE STACK ELEMENTS
An apparatus for producing an electrode stack from electrode stack elements is provided. A stacking wheel has at least one stacking wheel disc, which can be rotationally driven about an axis of rotation and which has compartments for receiving the electrode stack elements. A stripper strips the electrode stack elements from the compartments during a rotation of the stacking wheel. A shelf is provided for the electrode stack elements stripped from the stacking wheel. A conveyor conveys the electrode stack elements into the compartments. The conveyor comprises a transfer device for transferring the electrode stack elements into the compartments and a feeding device for feeding the electrode stack elements to the transfer device. A method for producing an electrode stack using the apparatus is also provided.
H01M 10/04 - Construction or manufacture in general
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Manufacturing machines and structural parts thereof for the manufacture of security elements, namely security threads and security strips, security patches, imprints with colours, coloured, fibres, planchettes, taggants, paper substrates for the manufacture of banknotes and passports, plastic substrates for the manufacture of security films and banknote substrates, embossed films, plastic films and laminates; paper making machines and replacement parts thereof for the production of banknotes and security papers and commercial papers, in particular based on raw materials; laminating machines for the application of security elements of paper, plastic films or paper-plastic composite substrates, in particular on banknote and security papers; bleach plants and mechanical refiners in the nature of paper machines and structural parts thereof for the production of bleached cotton cellulose for the paper and textile industry; printing machines being printing presses and replacement parts thereof for banknote and security printing; casting, embossing and assembly machines and structural parts thereof for the production of coin blanks and coins and medals; embossing moulds being machine parts for paper embossing machines; lithographic production machines for processing films, in particular for printing, coating, embossing, for the manufacture of optical or functional films; laser installations for the processing of substrate webs, namely, laser machines for cutting, marking, and engraving fabric, paper production machines, paper converting machines, and paper processing machines. Elements displaying an optically variable effect, namely holographic or microoptical or nanooptical foil elements; security markings displaying an optically variable effect, namely optically variable microrelief security elements, optically variable thin layer elements, optically variable liquid crystal elements, all being in the nature of a optically variable security element; security markings with visible or invisible machine-readable elements, namely, substrates encoded with security features for identification purposes; security markings with printed electronic components in the nature of printed electronic components. Substrates mainly of paper onto which analog or digital images are printed, being semi-finished goods for the manufacture of value printed goods, particularly, for use with security papers, circulating banknotes, commemorative banknotes, collectable banknotes, bank checks, passports, birth certificates, visas, identity cards, driving licences and other identity tags, credit cards, coupons, vouchers, certificates, revenue stamps, fee stamps, entry tickets, transport tickets, security stickers; the aforesaid goods all equipped with security features for protection against reproduction and forgery, in particular with security threads, security films, electronic storage devices, watermarks, coloured fibres, planchettes, additives with specific testable physical properties and displaying optically variable elements being iridescent or optically diffractive elements, holograms, micromirrors, microlenses, nanostructures, optically variable micro-relief based elements; certificates of value and security printing letters and embossed films being security elements for application to or on goods for verifying the authenticity of goods; embossing stamps for cylinder mould for use for the manufacture of watermark paper. Embossed films of plastic materials for the manufacture of security foils, security stripes, security patches, security threads, security polymer-substrate; plastic films for use in laminating paper with conductive, light-emitting and electronic components specially adapted for use in lamination; embossed foils of metallised plastic for the manufacture of banknotes by embedding in security substrate or applying onto security substrate. Assembly, maintenance, repair, and modification of installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of security films. Technological consultancy relating to planning, building and operation of installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of security films; technical expertise in the nature of construction project planning, construction drafting, industrial design; Technological consultancy relating to the securing of data and digital goods against counterfeiting and forgery.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Manufacturing machines and structural parts thereof for the manufacture of security elements, namely security threads and security strips, security patches, imprints with colours, coloured, fibres, planchettes, taggants, paper substrates for the manufacture of banknotes and passports, plastic substrates for the manufacture of security films and banknote substrates, embossed films, plastic films and laminates; paper making machines and replacement parts thereof for the production of banknotes and security papers and commercial papers, in particular based on raw materials; laminating machines for the application of security elements of paper, plastic films or paper-plastic composite substrates, in particular on banknote and security papers; bleach plants and mechanical refiners in the nature of paper machines and structural parts thereof for the production of bleached cotton cellulose for the paper and textile industry; printing machines being printing presses and replacement parts thereof for banknote and security printing; casting, embossing and assembly machines and structural parts thereof for the production of coin blanks and coins and medals; embossing moulds being machine parts for paper embossing machines; lithographic production machines for processing films, in particular for printing, coating, embossing, for the manufacture of optical or functional films; laser installations for the processing of substrate webs, namely, laser machines for cutting, marking, and engraving fabric, paper production machines, paper converting machines, and paper processing machines. Elements displaying an optically variable effect, namely holographic or microoptical or nanooptical foil elements; security markings displaying an optically variable effect, namely optically variable microrelief security elements, optically variable thin layer elements, optically variable liquid crystal elements, all being in the nature of a optically variable security element; security markings with visible or invisible machine-readable elements, namely, substrates encoded with security features for identification purposes; security markings with printed electronic components in the nature of printed electronic components. Substrates mainly of paper onto which analog or digital images are printed, being semi-finished goods for the manufacture of value printed goods, particularly, for use with security papers, circulating banknotes, commemorative banknotes, collectable banknotes, bank checks, passports, birth certificates, visas, identity cards, driving licences and other identity tags, credit cards, coupons, vouchers, certificates, revenue stamps, fee stamps, entry tickets, transport tickets, security stickers; the aforesaid goods all equipped with security features for protection against reproduction and forgery, in particular with security threads, security films, electronic storage devices, watermarks, coloured fibres, planchettes, additives with specific testable physical properties and displaying optically variable elements being iridescent or optically diffractive elements, holograms, micromirrors, microlenses, nanostructures, optically variable micro-relief based elements; certificates of value and security printing letters and embossed films being security elements for application to or on goods for verifying the authenticity of goods; embossing stamps for cylinder mould for use for the manufacture of watermark paper. Embossed films of plastic materials for the manufacture of security foils, security stripes, security patches, security threads, security polymer-substrate; plastic films for use in laminating paper with conductive, light-emitting and electronic components specially adapted for use in lamination; embossed foils of metallised plastic for the manufacture of banknotes by embedding in security substrate or applying onto security substrate. Assembly, maintenance, repair, and modification of installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of security films. Technological consultancy relating to planning, building and operation of installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of security films; technical expertise in the nature of construction project planning, construction drafting, industrial design; Technological consultancy relating to the securing of data and digital goods against counterfeiting and forgery.
54.
METHOD AND AIR FLOW DIVERTER FOR CONVEYING FLAT ELEMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GALVANIC CELLS
The invention relates to a method and a device (10) for conveying flat elements (12) for the production of galvanic cells, wherein the method is carried out with the continuous movement of a flat element (12) in a direction of conveyance (14). In a pneumatic diverter (18) of the conveying device (10), by means of which the conveyance path (16; 22; 24) is vertically divided into two directions (22; 24), air nozzles (60; 62) are arranged both above and below guide belts (21; 23) which delimit a diverter region (18). The air nozzles (60; 62) produce an as narrow and wide an air flow (30; 31) as possible and push the flat element (12) onto one of the conveying belts (21; 23). In the upward switching direction, the air flow (30) of a lower nozzle (60) pushes the flat element (12) onto the underside of the upper conveying belt (21). In the downward switching direction, the air flow (31) of an upper nozzle (62) pushes the flat element (12) onto the upper side of the lower conveying belt (23). As soon as the flat element (12) has reached a wedging point at the diverter outlet, the air flow can be switched over. Therefore, no particular minimum distance between the flat elements (12) is necessary, because the switching operation does not have to wait for the flat element (12) to completely pass through.
B65H 29/12 - Delivering or advancing articles from machinesAdvancing articles to or into piles by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands
55.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT AND MICRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT
12therebythereby modified in the exposed regions (202; 206; 218). The solubility of the light-sensitive layer (e.g. photoresist) can be changed and then removed in regions. The laser radiation can remove regions of the light-sensitive layer or change its colour, reflection and/or transmission properties. The motif layer can have recesses (34, 36) of different depths that can be filled with two different colours (40, 42).
The invention relates to a method for producing a micro-optical representation arrangement which has a coloured motif layer (26), which is arranged in a motif plane and has a plurality of differently coloured micromotif elements (28-1, 28-2), and a focusing element grid (24) consisting of a plurality of microfocusing elements for viewing the micromotif elements (28-1, 28-2). In the method for producing the coloured motif layer (26), the following steps are carried out: - in an embossing step, an embossed structure with a multiplicity of structural elements (34, 36) is introduced into an embossing lacquer layer (32), which structural elements each correspond to one of at least two different structure types having different physical properties, - wherein the structural elements (34, 36) are all produced using the same embossing tool in a single embossing step such that the embossed structural elements (34, 36) are all in a defined phase relation determined by the embossing tool, and - in a processing step, the structural elements (34, 36) are selectively provided with at least one colouring material (40, 42) using the different physical properties of the respective associated structure type such that, when the representation arrangement is viewed, the structural elements (34) of a first structure type are visible in a first colour and the structural elements (36) of a second structure type are visible in a second, different colour.
A device and a method are for stacking value documents. The device includes a stacker unit for receiving the value documents and a conveyor unit for conveying the value documents into the stacker unit. The stacker unit has a rotatable stacker wheel for receiving the value documents, wherein the rotatable stacker wheel has a plurality of deflectable stacker wheel segments which are provided along the circumference of the rotatable stacker wheel in a mutually spaced manner. Each of the deflectable stacker wheel segments defines a respective receiving region for receiving at least one of the value documents. The device additionally has a deflecting unit which is designed to deflect each stacker wheel segment individually to thus modify the size of the respective receiving region associated with the stacker wheel segment.
A method for producing value documents and a sensor system for quality control during the production of value documents, wherein a first optical radiation emanating from a first semi-finished product is captured with a first sensitivity and a first resolution and is tested on the basis of a first test criterion. If the first test criterion is satisfied, the following steps are carried out: introducing and/or applying at least one feature substance into and/or onto the first semifinished product, wherein a value document or a second semifinished product is obtained; capturing a second optical radiation emanating from the value document or the second semifinished product with at least one second sensitivity and at least one second resolution; and testing the second optical radiation on the basis of at least one second test criterion.
A banknote processing device, includes a banknote compartment configured to receive a plurality of banknotes to be processed and a drive unit configured to move the banknotes out of the banknote compartment such that a filling state of the banknote compartment changes over time. The banknote processing device has an acquisition unit configured to acquire a present filling state of the banknote compartment, the present filling state being representative for an amount of banknotes located within the banknote compartment, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to generate an output signal based on the present filling state of the banknote compartment. A method is provided for monitoring a filling state of a banknote processing device.
The present invention relates to a security device (20) having a foil carrier (22) having opposing main surfaces and having, arranged on the opposing main surfaces of the foil carrier, two machine-readable feature regions (24, 26) that include in each case an IR-absorbing substance, at least one of the machine-readable feature regions (24, 26) including an IR-absorbing substance having an absorption maximum between 800 nm and 1000 nm.
The invention relates to a device (1) for influencing a movement of flat elements (2) for the production of galvanic cells or value documents (2). The device (1) comprises a conveying region (10), which provides a space for moving a flat element (2) or a value document (2). The device (1) also comprises a gas supply unit (20), which supplies a first gas flow (21), directed in a first direction (31), to the conveying region (10) in order to thus exert a first force (41) on the flat element (2) or value document (2). The gas supply unit (20) or a further gas supply unit (20') supplies a second gas flow (22) to the conveying region (10) in order to thus exert a second force (42) on the flat element (2) or value document (2). A first volume flow allocated to the first gas flow (21) can be set independently of a second volume flow allocated to the second gas flow (22), or a second volume flow allocated to the second gas flow (22) can be set independently of a first volume flow allocated to the first gas flow (21) in order to thus influence the movement of the flat element (2) or the value document (2). The invention also relates to a method for conveying flat elements (2) or value documents (2).
B65H 3/08 - Separating articles from piles using pneumatic force
B65H 5/22 - Feeding articles separated from pilesFeeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device
B65H 7/02 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
B65H 7/16 - Controlling air-supply to pneumatic separators
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
02 - Paints, varnishes, lacquers
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
Goods & Services
Chemical products for use in the following fields: Industry, Science, The printing industry and printing art; Chemicals for producing artificial pigments that change colour depending on the viewing angle. Pigments that change colour depending on the viewing angle, in printing ink, security inks, special-effect inks, printing pastes; Paints of any origin for graphic printing; Paints, inks, lacquers, dyes for use in screen printing, digital printing, inkjet printing, intaglio printing, typographic printing, security printing; Pigments that change colour depending on the viewing angle, on film and in powder form; Unprocessed artificial pigments that change colour depending on the viewing angle. Printed matter that changes colour depending on the viewing angle, Including, in particular Banknotes, Identity documents, Certificates of achievement, Securities, Safety paper.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
36 - Financial, insurance and real estate services
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
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Shredding machines other than paper shredders for offices for destroying and disposing of money in cash and structural replacement parts therefor; apparatus for the destroying and/or disposing of money in cash in the nature of shredding machines other than paper shredders for offices. Downloadable software and money counting and sorting machines for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting and/or devaluing of them, and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; downloadable software for installations and systems for the automatic destroying and/or disposing of money in cash; component parts and spare parts for the aforesaid goods; computer money in cash management software used to manage, process, reconcile, monitor, forecast and optimize money in cash transfers for use by banks, and financial and credit institutions, namely, downloadable money in cash management system software, in particular software for banks, other financial and credit institutions and cash transport enterprises as well as for their customers, for managing, processing, reconciling, monitoring, forecasting and optimizing money in cash transfers, in particular in the form of downloadable software modules for server/PC application and for peripheral devices networked thereto; apparatus for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting and/or devaluing of the same, namely money counting, checking and sorting, canceling and devaluing, destroying and disposing machines, currency counting machines. On-line retail store services and wholesale distributorship services featuring software, installations and systems for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and/or disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; on-line computerized retail store services and wholesale store services featuring software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and/or disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; retail store services featuring software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and/or disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; online retail store services via a global computer network featuring software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and/or disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; on-line retail store services featuring software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and/or disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; business consulting services relating to money in cash management systems and money in cash management system software; consulting on business matters, in particular process optimization of production and service processes in connection with money in cash management, money in cash processing; retail store services and online retail store services featuring money in cash counting apparatus, money in cash verifying apparatus, money in cash counting and money in cash sorting machines, automatic money in cash sorting machines, apparatus for testing the authenticity of money in cash, parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; wholesale store services and online wholesale store services featuring money in cash counting apparatus, money in cash verifying apparatus, money in cash counting and money in cash sorting machines, automatic money in cash sorting machines, apparatus for testing the authenticity of money in cash, parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Payment verification services, namely, banknote checking and verifying; rental of machines for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing of money in cash especially rental on a pay-per-use-basis; rental of machines for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing of the same money in cash and coins especially rental on a pay-per-use-basis; financial services, namely, consulting and optimization of money order processing for banks, other financial and credit institutions, cash-in-transit companies and service companies and for their customers. Repair and maintenance of information technology equipment for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, canceling, destroying and/or disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; repair and maintenance of IT equipment; all of the aforementioned services exclusively in relation to money in cash management systems. Rental of machines in the nature of shredding machines other than paper shredders for offices for destroying and disposing of money in cash especially rental on a pay-per-use-basis; rental of machines in the nature of shredding machines other than paper shredders for offices for destroying and disposing of the same money in cash and coins especially rental on a pay-per-use-basis. Development of software for installations and systems for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; rental of software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and/or disposing of money in cash and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; software as a service for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and/or disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; IT consulting and IT information services relating to installation, maintenance and repair of computer software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, canceling, destroying and disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; IT security and protection services being data security consultancy for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, canceling, destroying and disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; installation of software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; rental of software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; web site hosting services for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash; design and development of software, in particular digital money and cash management system software for banks and other financial and credit institutions, cash-in-transit companies and service companies and their customers; development of software, in particular digital money and cash management system software for managing, processing, reconciling, monitoring, forecasting and optimizing of money in cash transfers and transport, money in cash processing and related data collected and their processing; development of software, in particular digital money and cash management system software, in particular in the form of modular software modules for server/PC applications and for peripheral devices networked with them; rental of software for digital money and cash management system software for banks and other financial and credit institutions, cash-in-transit companies and service companies and their customers; web site hosting services; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for digital money and cash management system software for banks and other financial and credit institutions, cash-in-transit companies and service companies and their customers for use in database management, for service desk management, for accounting in the field of use for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and disposing of money; rental of computer hardware and computer systems; media duplication of data and digital information and data conversion of electronic information; data encoding services; all of the aforementioned services exclusively in relation to money in cash management systems or money in cash management system software. Licensing of computer software in particular digital money and cash management system software for managing, processing, reconciling, monitoring, forecasting and optimizing of money in cash transfers and transport, money in cash processing and related data collected and their processing; licensing of software for the automatic processing of money in cash, in particular for counting, checking, sorting, devaluing, destroying and disposing of them and calculating a probable demand of money in cash.
64.
ELECTRODE-STACKING WHEEL HAVING AN ELECTRODE-CLAMPING ELEMENT, CORRESPONDING ELECTRODE-STACKING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRODE STACK
An electrode-stacking wheel designed to receive and convey planar electrode elements, includes: a spindle designed for the rotating of the electrode-stacking wheel; a plurality of stacking fingers, which are radial to the spindle and which are arranged circumferentially around the axis of rotation; a plurality of intermediate spaces, which are formed between the respective stacking fingers, each intermediate space being designed to receive at least one of the electrode elements; and an electrode-clamping element formed in each of the intermediate spaces, each electrode-clamping element being designed such that, in the clamping state, the electrode-clamping element applies clamping force to a main surface of one of the electrode elements and presses the electrode element in question against the stacking finger in question by means of the force application.
The invention relates to an assembly (1) for a measuring device (100). The assembly (1) comprises a first sub-assembly (10) with a contact pin (11), which extends along a longitudinal axis (12), and a second sub-assembly (20) with a contact element (21), which has a contact surface (22). A measuring region (30), which extends along a measuring plane (31), is formed between the contact pin (11) and the contact surface (22). The contact surface (22) runs diagonally relative to the measuring plane (31), and the contact pin (11) and the contact surface (22) can be moved relative to each other in order to thus allow the contact pin (11) to approach the contact surface (22) of the contact element (21) along the longitudinal axis (12) of the contact pin (11) and in order to push a test object (200) section positioned in the measuring region (30) against the contact surface (22) by means of the contact pin (11). The contact pin (11) and the contact surface (22) can be rotated relative to each other.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Holographic or micro-optic security tags, tapes, sheets, threads and foils, in particular for use in valuable printed matter, all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9, provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Micro-optic or holographic security elements being security markers having optically variable effect for insertion or attachment to bank notes or identity documents, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated, in particular having, at least in certain areas, a reflective, high-index, polarising or colour-changing coating, whereby the micro-optic relief can show in particular micro-mirrors, micro-staggered structures, diffractive structures, refractive structures, photonic properties, chromophoric nanostructures, microstructures having nanostructures or combinations thereof; Safety markers, namely Films, Tapes, Strips, lines or Patches; Micro-optic or holographic security markings having machine-readable properties, in particular being magnet-coded and/or fluorescent and/or phosphorescent and/or verifiable by infrared radiation and/or having integrated microscopic antenna structures for the creation of a communication connection with detectors; Plastic foils [other than for packaging] for use in valuable printed matter, all being equipped with security features for counterfeit protection, The aforesaid goods in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated. Plastic film [other than for wrapping] being semi-finished goods for use in valuable printed matter, included in class 17, all provided with security features for protection against counterfeiting, in particular provided with security features displaying an optical movement effect when tilted and/or rotated; Foils, tapes, strips or patches of synthetic materials for use in the manufacture of security markings.
67.
LUMINESCENT PRINTING INK FOR SECURITY PRINTING, ITEM HAVING LUMINESCENT FEATURE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD
A luminescent printing ink for security printing includes a fluorescent substance and a phosphorescent substance which each luminesce in the visible spectral range when excited with non-visible excitation light. The printing ink contains one or more capsule luminescent pigment varieties, each of which has a core, a shell encapsulating the core and a luminescent substance present in the core. The fluorescent substance and the phosphorescent substance are each present as a luminescent substance in the core of one or more of the capsule luminescent pigment varieties so that the capsule luminescent pigments form fluorescent capsule luminescent pigments and/or phosphorescent capsule luminescent pigments. The luminescences of the fluorescent and the phosphorescent capsule luminescence pigments have the same light-fastness and the same chemical stability, and their luminescences visually produce a substantially matching colour impression.
The invention relates to an optically variable security element (12) for securing articles of value, containing two relief layers (24, 34) arranged at different heights. Each of the relief layers (24, 34) is provided with a reflection-increasing coating (26, 36) which follows the surface topography of the respective relief layer, wherein the reflection-increasing coating (36) of the higher relief layer (34) is designed with a wavelength-based reflection and transmission in the visible spectral range. In a reflective feature region (14) within the security element, the higher relief layer (34) is designed as a relief structure and exhibits a first optically variable effect in a first color, and the lower relief layer (24) is designed as a relief structure and exhibits a second optically variable effect in a different second color through the first reflection-increasing coating (36). In a reflective neutral region (16) within the security element, the higher relief layer (34) is designed as a flat structure (34-F) and/or as a deactivation structure (34-D) which is formed by elevations and/or recesses and which suppresses the reflective and/or coloring properties of the first reflection-increasing coating (36).
The invention relates to a security element (14) for safeguarding security papers, value documents, and other data carriers using a luminescent security feature. According to the invention, the luminescent security feature contains a luminescent iris printing (34) with a color gradient between at least two different luminescent shades.
543y24y342y4yy (IV), wherein y indicates the degree of doping of the luminophore and is selected from the range 0 < y < 0.1, and the elements for the host lattice and dopants are selected from the following list: A = Ca, Sr, Ba and the mixtures thereof; E = Sr, Ba and the mixtures thereof; X = P, V, As and the mixtures thereof; Z = S, Se and the mixtures thereof; Hal = F, CI and the mixtures thereof; and Dot = Mn(V).
The invention relates to a security element for safeguarding security papers, value documents, and other data carriers using a combination security feature (16) which contains a colored image motif, wherein - the combination security feature (16) displays a first image motif with a 2D or 3D appearance under normal illumination using visible light (20) and - under hybrid illumination using visible light (20) and UV light (22), displays a second image motif with a 3D appearance. The combination security feature (16) has a body color layer (32, 34) with at least one visually visible body color in order to produce the first image motif and at least one luminescent color layer (36) arranged above and/or below the body color layer (32, 34), said luminescent color layer, together with the body color layer (32, 34), producing the second image motif upon being excited with UV light.
OPTICALLY VARIABLE SURFACE PATTERN, VALUE DOCUMENT HAVING OPTICALLY VARIABLE SURFACE PATTERN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICALLY VARIABLE SURFACE PATTERN
The invention relates to an optically variable surface pattern. The surface pattern comprises a first sub-wavelength structure, which defines a first surface area and is designed to create at least one first color impression for the observer from at least one first observation perspective. The surface pattern moreover comprises a translucent chromatic color layer, which defines a second surface area and is designed to create a second color impression. The first surface area at least partially overlaps with the second surface area and forms a first overlap area, so that the first sub-wavelength structure is covered by the translucent chromatic color layer in the first overlap area. The first overlap area is designed to create at least one third color impression for the observer from the at least one first observation perspective. The first sub-wavelength structure has a distance to the translucent chromatic color layer in the first overlap area. The invention moreover relates to a value document having such an optically variable surface pattern and to a method for producing an optically variable surface pattern.
The invention relates to an optically variable security element (12) for securing security papers, value documents, and other items of value, said security element comprising at least one colour-shifting, multilayer interference layer element (22) having a reflector layer (28), at least one absorber layer (24), and at least one dielectric spacer layer (26) that is positioned between the reflector layer (28) and the at least one absorber layer (24), wherein the multilayer interference layer element (22), owing to its layered structure, produces an intrinsic colour-shifting effect with a first colour when viewed from a first viewing direction and a different second colour when viewed from a second viewing direction. According to the invention, a plurality of colour-selective scattering nanoparticles (34) are arranged above and/or below the at least one multilayer interference layer element (22) and, through Rayleigh scattering, modify the intrinsic colour-shifting effect of the at least one multilayer interference layer element (22) such that the security element exhibits a colour-shifting effect between a third colour when viewed from the first viewing direction (40) and a different fourth colour when viewed from the second viewing direction (42), wherein the third colour differs from the first colour in hue and/or colour purity, and/or the fourth colour differs from the second colour in hue and/or colour purity.
The invention relates to a method for producing a security element (4) comprising the following steps: providing a UV-embossing lacquer layer (8) and embossing a relief structure (9) and hardening the UV-embossing lacquer layer (8); printing a lacquer as a primer on the relief structure (9) and drying the lacquer, wherein the dried primer has a layer thickness of a maximum of 2 µm; and depositing by PVD of a ZnS layer (12) of a maximum thickness of 1 µm to cover the dried primer layer (10).
An optically variable surface pattern which is designed to provide a multi-color representation when viewed from at least one predefined viewing angle and includes a multiplicity of surface elements which are provided with relief structures, at least one of the relief structures having nanostructures that act as color filters. The relief structures are selected from a set of at least four relief structures that differ from one another, each of which generating a color impression corresponding to a predefined monochromatic color when viewed from the predefined viewing angle, and each of the monochromatic colors corresponding to a different basic color. The surface elements are dimensioned such that, in at least one subregion of the surface pattern, when viewed from the at least one predefined viewing angle, a color impression corresponding to a mixed color that differs from the predefined basic colors can be generated.
The invention relates to an optically variable security element (12) for securing security papers, value documents, and other items of value, said security element comprising at least one colour-shifting, multilayer interference layer element (22) having a reflector layer (28), at least one absorber layer (24), and at least one dielectric spacer layer (26) that is positioned between the reflector layer (28) and the at least one absorber layer (24), wherein the multilayer interference layer element (22), owing to its layered structure, produces an intrinsic colour-shifting effect with a first colour when viewed from a first viewing direction and a different second colour when viewed from a second viewing direction. According to the invention, a blue-light absorber (32) having an absorption edge within the wavelength range of 380 nm to 460 nm is arranged above and/or below the at least one multilayer interference layer element (22), said absorber selectively absorbing the blue light component and thereby modifying the intrinsic colour-shifting effect of the at least one multilayer interference layer element (22) such that the security element (12) exhibits a modified colour-shifting effect between a third colour when viewed from the first viewing direction (40) and a different fourth colour when viewed from the second viewing direction (42), wherein the third colour differs from the first colour in hue and/or colour purity and/or the fourth colour differs from the second colour in hue and/or colour purity.
The invention relates to an optically variable security element (12) for securing security papers, value documents, and other items of value, said security element comprising at least one colour-shifting, multilayer interference layer element (22) having a reflector layer (28), at least one absorber layer (24), and at least one dielectric spacer layer (26) that is positioned between the reflector layer (28) and the at least one absorber layer (24), wherein the multilayer interference layer element (22), owing to its layered structure, produces an intrinsic colour-shifting effect with a first colour when viewed from a first viewing direction and a different second colour when viewed from a second viewing direction. According to the invention, a colour-selective scattering layer (30, 32) is arranged above and/or below the at least one multilayer interference layer element (22), said scattering layer having nanoscale variations in refractive index produced by cracks (34) and/or air inclusions, and, owing to its colour-selective scattering, modifying the intrinsic colour-shifting effect of the at least one multilayer interference layer element (22) such that the security element exhibits a colour-shifting effect between a third colour when viewed from the first viewing direction (40) and a different fourth colour when viewed from the second viewing direction (42), wherein the third colour differs from the first colour in hue and/or colour purity, and/or the fourth colour differs from the second colour in hue and/or colour purity.
The invention relates to a device (1) for separating flat elements (2) for the production of galvanic cells. The device (1) comprises a receiving unit (10) which is designed to receive a stack (3) of flat elements (2) having a plurality of flat elements (2) and to provide the flat elements (2), one after the other, to a separating region (20). The device (1) also comprises a gas supply unit (30) which is designed to supply a gas flow (21, 22) to the separating region (20), said gas flow generating a negative pressure in the separating region (20) in order to lift, by means of the generated negative pressure, a first flat element (4) from the stack (3) of flat elements (2). The device (1) is furthermore designed to exert a force (24) on the lifted first flat element (4), which causes the first flat element (4) to move out of the separating region (20) along a movement direction (6). The invention also relates to a method for separating flat elements (2) for the production of galvanic cells.
H01M 10/04 - Construction or manufacture in general
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
The invention describes a sensor device for testing a flat data carrier, in particular a value document, having an OSL security feature, which data carrier is transported through a detection region of the sensor device, in a specified transport direction at a specified transport speed in a measuring plane of the sensor device, with: a charging radiation source for charging the OSL security feature at a first wavelength, which is designed to emit charging radiation of a first wavelength onto a charging region in the detection region; a read-out radiation source for reading out the OSL security feature, which is designed to emit read-out radiation of a second wavelength, which differs from the first wavelength, onto a read-out region in the detection region; a detection device for detecting signal radiation, of a third wavelength which differs from the first and second wavelength, emitted from the OSL security feature when illuminated by the read-out radiation, said signal radiation being incident along a detection beam axis, wherein the sensor device is configured such that a region on the data carrier transported through the detection region in the measurement plane in the specified transport direction is first irradiated by the charging radiation and then by the read-out radiation.
A platelet-shaped magnetic effect pigment for use in a printing ink, includes a layer construction with a magnetic layer and at least one optical functional layer. The magnetic layer is based on elongate nanomagnets that do not touch one another and have a substantially uniform preferred magnetic direction arranged perpendicular to the platelet plane of the effect pigment.
C09D 11/037 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the pigment
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
C09D 11/50 - Sympathetic, colour-changing or similar inks
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossed films of metallised plastic. Production installations and parts thereof for the manufacture of security elements, namely security threads and security strips, security patches, imprints with colours, coloured fibres, planchettes, taggants, paper substrates for the manufacture of banknotes and passports, plastic substrates for the manufacture of security films and banknote substrates, embossed films, plastic films and laminates; Paper machines and parts thereof for the production of banknotes and security papers and commercial papers, in particular based on raw materials cotton; Laminating machines for the application of security elements of paper, plastic films or paper-plastic composite substrates, in particular on banknote and security papers; Bleach plants and mechanical refiners and parts thereof for the production of bleached cotton cellulose for the paper and textile industry; Printing machines and parts thereof for banknote and security printing; Casting, embossing and assembly installations and parts thereof for the production of coin blanks and coins and medals; Embossing moulds being machine parts; Lithographic production installations and machines for processing films, in particular for printing, coating, embossing, for the manufacture of optical or functional films; Laser installations for the processing of substrate webs. Elements displaying an optically variable effect, namely Holograms; Security markings displaying an optically variable effect, namely Optically variable microrelief security elements, optically variable thin layer elements, optically variable liquid crystal elements; Security markings with visible or invisible machine-readable elements; Security markings with printed electronic components; Optical, electronic, mechanical and acoustic quality monitoring and operational monitoring installations for banknote and security paper factories, banknotes and security paper printers and minting institutions; Security elements made from value and security printing letters and embossed films for application to or on goods for verifying the authenticity of goods, more specifically stickers, labels; Plastic films and laminates in the form of strips, tapes, patches, stickers, labels, security threads, all being self-adhesive, for authenticity detection and forgery protection. Substrates mainly of paper, including in combination with substrates coated with plastic and/or metal, metallic substrates and substrates containing metal being semi-finished goods for the manufacture of value printed goods, including security papers, including for banknotes, cheques, shares, obligations, passports, birth certificates, visas, identity cards, driving licences and other identity documents, credit cards, coupons, vouchers, certificates, revenue stamps, fee stamps, entry tickets, transport tickets, security stickers; The aforesaid goods all equipped with security features for protection against reproduction and forgery, in particular with security threads, security films, electronic storage devices, watermarks, coloured fibres, planchettes, additives with specific testable physical properties and/or displaying optically variable elements, including iridescent or optically diffractive elements, including holograms, micromirrors, microlenses, nanostructures, optically variable micro/nano-relief based elements; Certificates of value and security printing letters and embossed films being security elements for application to or on goods for verifying the authenticity of goods; Embossing stamps (other than hand tools) for the manufacture of optically variable reliefs (including holograms), embossed in embossing varnish and reliefs in a watermark filter, for use for the manufacture of watermark paper. Embossed films of plastic materials; Plastic films and laminates with conductive or light-emitting or electronic components. Assembly and construction and commissioning, maintenance, repair, conversion and modernisation of and for installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of security films. Preparation of technical concepts for and technological consultancy relating to planning, building and operation of installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of security films, technical expertise and project planning, construction drafting, industrial design; Preparation of technical concepts for and technical consultancy relating to the securing of data and goods against counterfeiting and forgery (goods security).
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossed films of metallised plastic. Production installations and parts thereof for the manufacture of security elements, namely security threads and security strips, security patches, imprints with colours, coloured fibres, planchettes, taggants, paper substrates for the manufacture of banknotes and passports, plastic substrates for the manufacture of security films and banknote substrates, embossed films, plastic films and laminates; Paper machines and parts thereof for the production of banknotes and security papers and commercial papers, in particular based on raw materials cotton; Laminating machines for the application of security elements of paper, plastic films or paper-plastic composite substrates, in particular on banknote and security papers; Bleach plants and mechanical refiners and parts thereof for the production of bleached cotton cellulose for the paper and textile industry; Printing machines and parts thereof for banknote and security printing; Casting, embossing and assembly installations and parts thereof for the production of coin blanks and coins and medals; Embossing moulds being machine parts; Lithographic production installations and machines for processing films, in particular for printing, coating, embossing, for the manufacture of optical or functional films; Laser installations for the processing of substrate webs. Elements displaying an optically variable effect, namely Holograms; Security markings displaying an optically variable effect, namely Optically variable microrelief security elements, optically variable thin layer elements, optically variable liquid crystal elements; Security markings with visible or invisible machine-readable elements; Security markings with printed electronic components; Optical, electronic, mechanical and acoustic quality monitoring and operational monitoring installations for banknote and security paper factories, banknotes and security paper printers and minting institutions; Security elements made from value and security printing letters and embossed films for application to or on goods for verifying the authenticity of goods, more specifically stickers, labels; Plastic films and laminates in the form of strips, tapes, patches, stickers, labels, security threads, all being self-adhesive, for authenticity detection and forgery protection. Substrates mainly of paper, including in combination with substrates coated with plastic and/or metal, metallic substrates and substrates containing metal being semi-finished goods for the manufacture of value printed goods, including security papers, including for banknotes, cheques, shares, obligations, passports, birth certificates, visas, identity cards, driving licences and other identity documents, credit cards, coupons, vouchers, certificates, revenue stamps, fee stamps, entry tickets, transport tickets, security stickers; The aforesaid goods all equipped with security features for protection against reproduction and forgery, in particular with security threads, security films, electronic storage devices, watermarks, coloured fibres, planchettes, additives with specific testable physical properties and/or displaying optically variable elements, including iridescent or optically diffractive elements, including holograms, micromirrors, microlenses, nanostructures, optically variable micro/nano-relief based elements; Certificates of value and security printing letters and embossed films being security elements for application to or on goods for verifying the authenticity of goods; Embossing stamps (other than hand tools) for the manufacture of optically variable reliefs (including holograms), embossed in embossing varnish and reliefs in a watermark filter, for use for the manufacture of watermark paper. Embossed films of plastic materials; Plastic films and laminates with conductive or light-emitting or electronic components. Assembly and construction and commissioning, maintenance, repair, conversion and modernisation of and for installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of security films. Preparation of technical concepts for and technological consultancy relating to planning, building and operation of installations and machines for the manufacture of papers for banknotes and passports and machines for the manufacture of security films, technical expertise and project planning, construction drafting, industrial design; Preparation of technical concepts for and technical consultancy relating to the securing of data and goods against counterfeiting and forgery (goods security).
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SECURITY ELEMENT FOR A VALUE DOCUMENT, VALUE DOCUMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY ELEMENT
The invention relates to a security element (1) for a value document, which security element comprises a substrate body (2,16) comprising a front side (3) and a rear side (4), and a see-through element (15), which upon being looked through presents a see-through image to an observer. The seethrough element (15) comprises micro-imaging elements (14), and first micro-image elements (6) and second micro-image elements (8) arranged alternately in a micro-image layer (5), wherein the micro-image layer (5) is applied to the front side (3) or the rear side (4) of the substrate body (2,16), or is embedded therein, and the micro-imaging elements (14) image the micro-image elements (6, 8). The first micro-image elements (6) together with the micro-imaging elements (14) provide a first view (7) of the see-through image, said first view being discernible from a first viewing angle range, and the second micro-image elements (8) together with the micro-imaging elements (14) provide a second view (9) of the see-through image, said second view being discernible from a second viewing angle range. The micro-image elements (6,8) are arranged in such a way that the views (7,9) are interleaved in one another with respect to the micro-image layer (5), and the first view (7) differs from the second view (9) in terms of its translucency.
An optically variable surface pattern (10) which is designed to provide a multicolor representation when viewed from at least one predefined viewing angle and comprises a multiplicity of surface elements (20) which are provided with relief structures, at least one of the relief structures having nanostructures that act as color filters. According to the invention, the relief structures are selected from a set of at least four relief structures that differ from one another, each of which generating a color impression corresponding to a predefined monochromatic color when viewed from the predefined viewing angle, and each of the monochromatic colors corresponding to a different basic color. The surface elements (20) are dimensioned such that, in at least one subregion of the surface pattern (10), when viewed from the at least one predefined viewing angle, a color impression corresponding to a mixed color that differs from the predefined basic colors can be generated. In this respect, positions of the relief structures in the optically variable surface pattern (10) and/or surface dimensioning of the relief structures inside the surface elements (20) are not fixedly predefined, for example are not regular or are not limited in terms of minimum extent. Fig. 6 30
A sensor and a method for checking documents of value are provided with a radiation source for applying electromagnetic radiation to a document of value and a detector for position-resolved recording of the electromagnetic radiation emerging from the document of value in at least two different spectral ranges. A first feature of the document of value is checked with the aid of the detector signals generated for at least one first spectral range, and a second feature is checked while taking into account the detector signals generated for at least one second spectral range. The electromagnetic radiation recorded by the detector, or the detector signals of the detector, are attenuated color channel-specifically, an attenuation being performed in the first spectral range relative to the second spectral range. A sensor system and a document of value processing device are provided employing the sensor and/or method.
It is disclosed a method of manufacturing a security device, the method comprising the following steps: providing a substantially flat substrate (2, 16) having a surface and a security element (8, 10, 12) in a second pattern, applying an adhesive (20) in a first pattern onto the surface, wherein the first pattern complements and/or covers the second pattern providing a substantially flat donor element (22), comprising a substrate layer (23) and a transfer layer (25), wherein the transfer layer (25) forms a surface of the donor element (22), laminating the donor element (22) with the substrate (2, 16) to build a laminated compound (26), wherein the transfer layer (25) contacts the adhesive (20), curing the laminated compound (26) for a curing time of at least 12 hours, and removing the substrate layer (23) from the laminated compound (26), leaving the transfer layer (25) only on the first pattern where the adhesive (20) has been applied.
The filling of value documents cassettes involves a cassette receiving device for receiving a value document cassette and a gripping device for transporting a value document stack from a value document container into the value document cassette. The apparatus optionally has a formatting device for the automatic alignment of a value document stack removed from the value document container before the stack is inserted in the value document cassette. A finger element is attached to the transport device of the gripping device, and besides the gripping device, the finger element is guided into the value document cassette before the value documents are inserted.
The invention relates to an optically variable see-through security element (12) for safeguarding data carriers (10), comprising a lens grid (22) composed of a plurality of microlenses (24) which are arranged in a first grid and the refractive effect of which defines a focal plane, a color change coating (30), which is substantially arranged in the focal plane of the lens grid (22) and exhibits different colors in a plan view and in a see-through view, and a microstructure arrangement substantially arranged in the focal plane of the lens grid (22) and composed of a plurality of microstructures (40, 42) which are arranged in a second grid and generate one or more motif images (16-T2, 16-T3) when viewed through the lens grid (22) in a see-through view in predefined viewing directions. In this case, the microstructures (40, 42) are formed in or directly on the color change coating (30).
A cover device for retaining a plurality of value documents in a compartment space. The cover device comprises a base unit extending in a main longitudinal direction, as well as a retaining element. A coupling element defines a hinge axis that allows the retaining element to pivot relative to the base unit between a closed position and an opened position. The hinge axis is inclined with respect to the main longitudinal direction. The invention further relates to a system and a banknote stacking module.
The invention relates to a security element for producing value documents, such as bank notes, cheques, or the like. The security element (4) has a front side (2) and a back side (78). The security element (4) has a substrate body (37) which has a grid structure (38, 49) which extends over a region and has a reflector layer (52) thereon, and the grid structure shows at least one colour when viewed from above and/or in transmission. The grid structure (38, 49) has at least two partial regions (10-14 and 22-32) which cannot be perceived in the spectral range, in each of which partial regions the grid structure (38, 49) is designed in a uniform manner, wherein the grid structures (38, 49) differ between the partial regions (10-14 and 22-32) by way of at least one grid structure parameter (h, d) such that the partial regions (10-14 and 22-32) differ in respect of their absorption in the near infrared range.
The invention relates to a sensor device (20) for testing a planar data carrier (10), in particular a value document, having a luminescent feature (12), which sensor device comprises an excitation radiation source (22) for exciting the luminescent feature (12) and a detection device (26) for recording the signal radiation (28) emitted by the luminescent feature in response to the excitation of the luminescent feature by means of the radiation from the excitation radiation source. According to the invention, the detection device (26) contains at least two photodiode-based detection channels (32, 34) having different bandwidths.
A device is provided for illuminating value documents to a sensor for testing value documents, and to a value document-processing system. The device has a support element and multiple radiation sources which are arranged in a row on the support element, and which are designed to emit electromagnetic radiation in order to illuminate a value document. The support element is equipped with a recess which is arranged at a distance to the radiation sources arranged in the row and which ex-tends over a first section of the row, wherein the support element has a heat-transfer capability in a support element region lying on the first section of the row, said heat-transfer capability being reduced in comparison to a support element region lying on another section of the row.
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The invention relates to a security feature for securing a value document, wherein the safety feature is based on an ESR-active substance and a luminescent substance, wherein the ESR-active substance and the luminescent substance are either the same substance or different substances, wherein - the luminescent substance emits in the IR wavelength range, is based on a host lattice with garnet structure or perovskite structure and has rare earth metals with a rare earth metal content of ≥2.0 %; - the ESR-active substance has an ESR-active transition metal; - the ESR-active substance has an ESR signal with a g value of <1.9 or >2.1, is based on a transition-metal-containing host lattice with garnet structure or perovskite structure, has a transition metal content of the ESR-active transition metal of ≥5 % and contains rare earth metals, wherein the rare earth metal content is ≥2.0 % and <13.0 % in the event of a garnet structure, and ≥2.0 % and <18.0 % in the event of a perovskite structure.
The invention relates to a device (1) for filling value document containers (2) with value documents. The device comprises a receiving unit (10) for receiving at least two value document containers (2a, 2b) and for transporting the at least two value document containers (2a, 2b) from a storage region (12) into a filling region (14) of the receiving unit (10). A first gripping unit (20) is designed to remove a value document stack (3) from a value document processing device (110) or a transport device (120) and move the removed value document stack (3) into the filling region (14). A control unit (30) is designed to control the first gripping unit (20) in order to selectively fill a selected value document container (2a) of the at least two value document containers (2a, 2b) with the removed value document stack (3) by means of the first gripping unit (20) when the at least two value document containers (2a, 2b) are located in the filling region (14). The invention additionally relates to a system and a method for filling value document containers (2) with value documents.
The invention relates to a method for producing a transfer structure comprising a temporary support and a multi-layer transfer material. The transfer material has, in particular, a transfer element which is characterised in that the film layer of the transport element has, on one side, an adhesion-promoting surface such that subsequent coating layers can be anchored adhesively directly on the film layer of the transfer element by means of pressing.
The invention relates to an accumulation device (1) for accumulating stacks (11) of value documents (12). The device (1) comprises a base support structure (10) and a side support structure (20) together defining a receiving space (30) into which a stack (11) of value documents (12) is insertable. The side support structure (20) comprises one or more longitudinal openings (22) in which a gripping element (51) of a robot unit (50) can move from an open end region (32) towards the base support structure (10) during a placement of the stack (11) of value documents (12) onto the base support structure (10) such that the value documents (12) of the stack (11) of value documents (12) are arranged one upon the other within the receiving space (30). The invention further relates to an arrangement and to a method for accumulating stacks (11) of value documents (12).
The invention relates to a device (1) for providing value document trays (11, 21) to a robot unit (3). The device (1) comprises a set (10) of value document trays (11), wherein each value document tray (11) is configured to receive a plurality of value documents (5). The device (1) further comprises a support structure (30) configured to accommodate a first provisioning layer (31) for receiving the value document trays (11). The support structure (30) may allow a movement (35) of the value document trays (11) in the first provisioning layer (31) between a first access position (12) and a first handling position (13). The first access position (12) is representative for a position of the value document trays (11) in which each value document tray (11) is accessible by a robot unit (3), thereby allowing the robot unit (3) to remove the value documents (5) from each value document tray (11).
The invention relates to an aligning station (2) for aligning documents of value (21) in a document-of-value stack (14), to an apparatus (1) which is intended for aligning the document-of-value stack (14) and comprises the aligning station (2), and to a method for aligning a document-of-value stack (14). The aligning station (2) comprises a base (3), on which a document-of-value stack (14) containing documents of value (21) in the form of sheets can be set down such that the documents of value (21) rest on the base (3) by way of first edges (15), also comprises two mutually opposite side walls (4, 4Z), further comprises a transverse wall (5), which runs perpendicularly in relation to the base (3) such that the transverse wall (5) faces second edges (16) of the documents of value (21), wherein the first edges (15) and second edges (16) are perpendicular in relation to one another, moreover comprises a transverse side (6), which is located opposite the transverse wall (5), runs parallel to the transverse wall (5) and is at least partially open, and additionally comprises an open upper side (13), which is located opposite the base (3), wherein the upper side (13) and the transverse side (6) are designed to be open such that the document-of-value stack (14) can be gripped by a gripper optionally through the transverse side (6) or through the upper side (13) of the aligning station.
