FR2549775A1 - PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING PLASTICATED IDENTIFICATION CARDS - Google Patents

Abstract

MANUFACTURE OF PLASTICIZED IDENTIFICATION CARDS INCLUDING A MEDIA FOR THE ENTRY OF PERSONALIZED INFORMATION, SEALED BETWEEN TWO SHEETS OF A COMPLEX INCLUDING AN INNER LAYER OF LOW MELTING POINT PLASTIC AND AN OUTER LAYER OF MELTING POINT PLASTIC HIGHER. A SUPPORT SHEET 15 COVERED ON ONE SIDE WITH A LAYER OF PLASTIC MATERIAL 14 AT LOW MELTING POINT AND SHOWING A SIZE DOUBLE THAN THAT OF THE SUPPORT OF THE DEFINITIVE CARD IS USED AND SHEET 15 IS FOLDED IN TWO AFTER RECORDING INFORMATION OF SO THAT LAYERS 14 OF TWO PLY 13A, 13B SEAL TO BETWEEN THEM.

Description

Process for manufacturing plasticized identification cards

  The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing plasticized identification cards of the type comprising, on a support made of paper, cardboard or similar material allowing the registration of personalized information by hand and / or machine, said support being sealed, by application of heat and pressure, where appropriate together with a picture of the cardholder, between two sheets of a transparent complex composed of two layers of different plastics, the plastic material of the inner layer is to the support having a

  melting point lower than the plastic of the outer layer.

  Identification cards, such as, for example, identity cards, driving licenses, etc., or badges cards used for other purposes, do not include personalized information written in the hand or hand. the machine only on one side, while the other side has practically no use and includes at most some inscriptions printed in advance The reason is that if one wanted for example to write to the typewriter information customized on both sides of the support, it would be necessary, after filling one of the faces of the support 20 out the support of the typewriter and reintroduce it in the latter after returning, which is in practice very difficult given the reduced format that is sought for such identification cards In the case where the personalized information is

  registered by an automatic machine such as a computer printer, such a reversal is practically impossible.

  This is the reason why the currently known plasticized identification cards, carrying personalized information on one side, have a relatively large format and are therefore unwieldy and practical, especially if these cards must receive a large number of information. mations, possibly in addition to a photo or for example fingerprints

digitals of the cardholder.

  The subject of the present invention is a manufacturing method making it possible, in a simple and rapid manner, to produce plasticized identification cards which can be of a reduced size while at the same time being able to comprise a large number of personalized information and which present all the information required.

  advantages of inviolability and strength of known plastic cards.

  According to the manufacturing method according to the invention, a card paper, cardboard or other similar material coated on one side with a plastic layer having a lower melting point is used as the information carrier of the card. that the plastic material of the outer layer of the two sheets between which the support must be sealed, said sheet having a format that is twice the format of the information carrier of the final card is entered the personalized information manually and / or to the machine on the uncoated side

  The support is then folded in half, the face covered with one half of the support against the face covered with the other half of the support.

  The support thus folded is placed, if necessary with a photo of identity between the two sheets of complex of a somewhat larger size than that of the folded support. Finally, the whole folded support and the two sheets of paper are subjected. complex to the action of heat and pressure so as to seal the two complex sheets to the support and to each other by their inner layers and to seal the two folds of the support between them by

  said layer covering one side of the support.

  The use of an information carrier sheet having a format double that of the final card makes it possible to easily register personalized information by hand and / or machine (for example, typewriter or printer). computer) on the same side of the support sheet, which is, after folding of this sheet, the front face and the back side of the support The latter thus carries, after folding, the information on both sides, which allows, for the same amount of information, to reduce the size of the final map, compared to a map bearing information on one side. Moreover, because the support sheet is folded in half, it is possible to use a sheet having a lower force than that used for the current cards, for example a paper having a force of the order of 90 to 100 gr. The fact that the carrier sheet is covered on its non-inscribed face with a layer of low-melting plastic material ensures that after heat sealing, the two plies of the sheet are At the same time, the inner layers of the outermost sheets of the complex are indiscriminately bonded to the two outer faces of the folded backing sheet, and to each other all around the folded backing sheet. forming group

  thus an indisoluble and inviolable block.

  In order to form a rectangular card which is the most usual form for the identification cards, according to the invention, a support sheet having, before folding, a format corresponding to two supports juxtaposed by their short sides is used. , before folding, for the purpose of inscription, carrier sheets the width of which corresponds to that of the sheets generally used for machine

write or computer printer.

  In case of registration of the personalized information by computer printer, it is advantageous to use, for forming the information carriers, a web of continuous paper provided with perforations on its two longitudinal edges, in which each support sheet is delimited by dashed lines or similar weakening lines in the direction

  longitudinal and transverse, the dotted lines or longitudinal lines separating the leaves perforations and the dotted lines or transverse lines separating the sheets between them.

  The outer sheets of the complex of the identification card can be constituted, in a manner known per se, by a complex of polyethyl ester and of polyethylene. Each time two sheets of this type can be united in advance by welding along a edge, in the form of a pocket receiving the information carrier The support is advantageously constituted by a sheet of paper, cardboard or similar material coated on a polyethylene side, for example by extrusion It is pos2.5 sible also d use a sheet of paper, cardboard or similar material covered with an acrylic resin applied for example by coating,

  in the aqueous state or in the state of fusion ("hotmelt").

  Referring to the accompanying drawing, an illustrative and non-limiting embodiment of the process according to the invention will be described in more detail below; in the drawing: Fig 1 is a front view of a portion of a continuous sheet from which are made the information carriers of the card according to the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a card made in accordance with the present invention; FIG. 3 is a section, on a larger scale, according to III-III of FIG.

fig 2.

  FIG. 1 shows a portion of a continuous sheet 1 made of, for example, paper coated on the back, that is to say on the non-visible face in FIG. of

  relatively low melting, for example polyethylene or acrylic resin.

  The band 1 has, on each of its two longitudinal edges, a row of perforations 2 commonly called carol band, for advancing the band 1 in a printer, for example a computer printer. The band 1 forms a succession of rectangular fields 3 delimited by transverse weakening lines 4 separating the successive fields 3 from each other and by longitudinal weakening lines 5 separating the fields 3 from the carol strips 2 On each field 3 are printed on the front of the strip 1, side by side two rectangular boxes 6 and 7, juxtaposed by their short sides In boxes 6 and 7 are printed in advance information 8 and 9, for example destination or the like, and that information 10 and 11 which must be completed by the registration of personalized information In addition, the box 7 includes a zone 12 for receiving a photo ID. To establish an identification card, the information 10 and 11 of the two boxes 6 and 7 of a field 3 are completed, for example by means of a typewriter or a computer printer. for example, by entering the name, function, code number, etc. of the card holder or card-maker, these personalized inscriptions may be supplemented by the signature of the holder or the person in charge of the card. establishment of the cards, and then the field 3 is separated from the continuous strip 1 The field 3 is folded into two equal parts corresponding to the two compartments 6 and 7, so that the plastic-coated verses of these two folds come together. The information carrier thus folded is then placed between two transparent sheets of a plastic complex of different melting point, for example polyethylene and polyester, so that the layers of polyethy The lower melting points of the two complex sheets are rotated toward each other and towards the folded information carrier, while the more melting polyester layers fold, while higher melting point polyester are facing outwards The assembly comprising the information carrier 3 and the two complex sheets located on either side of the support 3 is passed through a plasticizer said laminator to seal, by the combined action of heat and pressure, the two complex sheets on both sides of the folded information carrier and between them on the periphery of the support and the two folds of the support between them by melting the lower melting layers of the two complex sheets and melting the plastic layer covering the sheet constituting the support. These seals result in an identification card visible on fig 2, whose

  all the constituent parts are interconnected in indissoluble manner, which makes the card inviolable.

  In FIG. 3, which is a section on a larger scale along line III-III of FIG. 2, the two folds 13 a, 13 b of the information carrier, connected to one another by sealing a layer of material, are recognized. plastic 14 covering the back of a sheet of paper 15, and the two complex sheets 16 and 16b whose inner layers 17, for example polyethylene, are sealed on the sheet of paper 15 of the support and are sealed together on The identification card is thus perfectly protected by the outer layers 18a, 18b of the two complex sheets 16a, 16b, the layers 18a, 18b being able to be constituted by a material resistant to the substrate. acids, tear, to the

  heat, etc., for example polyester.

  It goes without saying that many modifications and variations can be made, in the context of the invention, to the method as described above and shown in the accompanying drawing. It is thus possible for example to use for the support of information high-security watermarked paper, or the like with phosphorescent particles The card may also have a magnetic strip and / or be braced to allow automatic reading In order to prevent the picture possibly made from forming an extra thickness, it is possible to cut zone 12

  and put the picture in this cutout.

  Finally, it should be noted that the method according to the invention is particularly interesting for the manufacture of cards receiving a great deal of personalized information to be manually entered.

and in particular to the machine.

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Claims (5)

  1 process for the production of plasticized identification cards comprising, on a support made of paper, cardboard or a similar material allowing the registration of personalized information by hand and / or machine, said support being sealed by application of heat and pressure, if necessary in conjunction with a picture of the card holder, between two sheets of a transparent complex composed of two layers of different plastics plastic material of the inner layer facing the support having a melting point more the plastic material 10 of the outer layer, characterized in that an information carrier is a sheet of paper, cardboard or the like coated on one side with a plastic layer having a melting lower than the plastic material of said outer layer, said carrier sheet having a format which is twice the size of the carrier of i nformations of the final map, that the personalized information is inscribed on the uncoated side of the support, that the inscription medium is folded in two, the face covered with one half of the support against the covered face of the other half of the support, place the support thus folded, if necessary with an identity photo, between said two complex sheets, and subject all to the action of heat and pressure so as to sealing the two complex sheets to the support and to each other by said inner layers and sealing the two folds of the support between them by said layer covering a face of the support. Process according to Claim 1, characterized in that, to form a rectangular card, a sheet of paper, cardboard or similar material having a format corresponding to two cards is used.   juxtaposed by their small sides.   Process according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a strip of paper, cardboard or like continuous material is used in forming the information carrier in which each carrier sheet is   is delimited by transverse dashed lines or similar weakening allowing the detachment of the sheets of the continuous strip.   4. Process according to claim 3, characterized in that a strip having a row of perforations on its two longitudinal edges is used, the sheets being separated from the rows of perforations by   longitudinal lines of dotted or similar weakening.   Process according to any one of the preceding claims,   characterized by the fact that a sheet of paper, cardboard or similar material coated with polyethylene on one side.   Process according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a sheet of paper, cardboard or similar material coated with resinscrylate on one side is used to form the information carrier.   Process according to any one of the preceding claims,   characterized by providing a cut corresponding to the size of a photo in one of the folds of the support and placing a photo in   said cutting before sealing the support before the photo between the two sheets of complex.