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US 12,430,531 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing a card-shaped data carrier and lamination plate therefor
AssigneeGiesecke+Devrient Epayments GmbH
InventorKevin Lee Ballard
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a card-shaped data carrier, such as an identification card, and includes the steps of: providing a card body with printed features and with an overlay layer disposed over the printed features; providing a press tool having a profile corresponding to a predetermined shape registered to the printed features on the card body, wherein the profile is provided by an electroformed layer; and embossing the profile of the press tool in the overlay layer. A lamination plate is provided for embossing an overlay layer of such data carrier, including a profile with a predetermined shape. The profile is registered to printed features on the card body, and the profile is provided by an electroformed layer.
Claims14
A method of manufacturing a card-shaped data carrier, comprising the steps of:
- providing a card body with printed features and with an overlay layer disposed over the printed features;
- providing a press tool having a profile corresponding to a predetermined shape registered to and aligned with the printed features on the card body, wherein the profile is provided by an electroformed layer;
- and
- embossing the profile of the press tool in the overlay layer;
- wherein the profile is an inversion of structural features formed on the overlay layer by the press tool;
- wherein the step of providing the press tool further includes:
- providing a master sheet by applying varnish on a first overlay layer disposed on a first card body having printed features, wherein the varnish is applied in at least one area of a surface of the first overlay layer to create a varnish layer corresponding to the predetermined shape registered to the printed features on the first card body:
- metalizing a surface of the master sheet in at least the area of the varnish layer;
- and
- manufacturing a father sheet including the profile corresponding to the predetermined shape from the master sheet, wherein manufacturing of the profile of the father sheet includes:
- connecting the master sheet to a cathode of a DC current source to provide a first mandrel in an electroforming apparatus;
- and
- forming a first layer in at least the area of the varnish layer of the master sheet by electrodeposition in the electroforming apparatus;
- manufacturing a mother sheet, including an inverted profile, from the father sheet, wherein manufacturing of the inverted profile of the mother sheet includes:
- connecting the father sheet to a cathode of a DC current source to provide a second mandrel in an electroforming apparatus;
- forming a second layer in at least the area of the profile of the father sheet by electrodeposition in the electroforming apparatus;
- and
- manufacturing a third-generation sheet including the profile corresponding to the predetermined shape from the mother sheet, wherein manufacturing of the profile of the third-generation sheet includes:
- connecting the mother sheet to a cathode of a DC current source to provide a third mandrel of the electroforming apparatus;
- and
- forming a third layer in at least the area of the inverted profile of the mother sheet by electrodeposition in the electroforming apparatus.
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A lamination plate for embossing an overlay layer of a card-shaped data carrier, comprising a profile with a predetermined shape, the profile being registered to and aligned with printed features on a card body of the data carrier;
- wherein the profile is provided by an electroformed layer;
- wherein the profile is an inversion of structural features formed on the overlay layer by a press tool;
- wherein the press tool is provided with a master sheet having a varnish applied on a first overlay layer disposed on a first card body having printed features, wherein the varnish is applied in at least one area of a surface of the first overlay layer to create a varnish layer corresponding to the predetermined shape registered to the printed features on the first card body;
- wherein a surface of the master sheet is metalized in at least the area of the varnish layer;
- wherein the press tool is further provided with a father sheet including the profile corresponding to the predetermined shape from the master sheet;
- wherein the master sheet is connected to a cathode of a DC current source provided to a first mandrel in an electroforming apparatus;
- and
- wherein a first layer is formed in at least the area of the varnish layer of the master sheet by electrodeposition in the electroforming apparatus.
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A method of manufacturing a card-shaped data carrier, comprising the steps of:
- providing a card body with printed features and with an overlay layer disposed over the printed features;
- providing a press tool having a profile corresponding to a predetermined shape registered to the printed features on the card body, wherein the profile is provided by an electroformed layer;
- and
- embossing the profile of the press tool in the overlay layer;
- wherein the step of providing the press tool further comprises:
- providing a master sheet by applying varnish on a first overlay layer disposed on a first card body having printed features, wherein the varnish is applied in at least one area of a surface of the first overlay layer to create a varnish layer corresponding to the predetermined shape registered to the printed features on the first card body;
- metalizing a surface of the master sheet in at least the area of the varnish layer;
- and
- manufacturing a father sheet including the profile corresponding to the predetermined shape from the master sheet, wherein manufacturing of the profile of the father sheet includes:
- connecting the master sheet to a cathode of a DC current source to provide a first mandrel in an electroforming apparatus and
- forming a first layer in at least the area of the varnish layer of the master sheet by electrodeposition in the electroforming apparatus;
- manufacturing a mother sheet, including an inverted profile, from the father sheet, wherein manufacturing of the inverted profile of the mother sheet includes:
- connecting the father sheet to a cathode of a DC current source to provide a second mandrel in an electroforming apparatus;
- forming a second layer in at least the area of the profile of the father sheet by electrodeposition in the electroforming apparatus;
- and
- manufacturing a third-generation sheet including the profile corresponding to the predetermined shape from the mother sheet, wherein manufacturing of the profile of the third-generation sheet includes:
- connecting the mother sheet to a cathode of a DC current source to provide a third mandrel of the electroforming apparatus and
- forming a third layer in at least the area of the inverted profile of the mother sheet by electrodeposition in the electroforming apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.