Tickets with extruded security stripe and method of making same
AssigneeDocuSystems, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Breen, Christian K. Oelsner
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Abstract
Documents bearing a thin reflective extruded security stripe comprising a leafing aluminum pigment having a gloss characteristic of from 20 to 24 as measured on a Gardner/BYK Microglass meter at a 60.degree. angle. A water soluble dye may be incorporated in the stripe. A method of making the document and a dye containing leafing aluminum pigment for extrusion on the document are also disclosed.
Claims26
A ticket comprising
- a paper substrate,
- a reflective extruded security stripe on said substrate, said stripe being deposited from a composition comprising a leafing aluminum pigment and a binder, said stripe having a gloss characteristic of from about 20 to about 24 as measured on a Gardner/BYK Microgloss meter at a 60.degree. angle, said stripe being deposited at a dry weight of from about 10 to about 30 grams/square meter, said stripe being adherent to the substrate.
A document comprising a paper substrate, and on said substrate a magnetic recording stripe and a spaced parallel extruded elongated reflective stripe, said reflective stripe comprising leafing aluminum pigment and a binder and having a gloss characteristic of from about 20 to about 24 as measured on a Gardner/BYK Microgloss meter at a 60.degree. angle, said reflective stripe having a thickness of from about 0.0003 to about 0.0006 inch and being adherent to the substrate.
A method of making a ticket resistant to counterfeiting and forging comprising the steps of
- providing a paper ticket stock substrate,
- preparing a composition comprising leafing aluminum pigment particles, a vehicle which evaporates, and a binder,
- extruding said composition onto said substrate and curing said composition in an elongated stripe and evaporating said vehicle to leave a deposit of said aluminum pigment particles, said stripe having a gloss characteristic of from about 20 to about 24 as measured on a Gardner/BYK Microgloss meter at a 60.degree. angle, said stripe being deposited at a dry weight of from about 10 to about 30 grams/square meter and being adherent to said substrate.
A method of making a ticket resistant to counterfeiting and forging comprising the steps of
- providing a paper ticket stock substrate,
- grinding a dye in an organic solvent in which it is not soluble until it is thoroughly wetted-out by the solvent and reduced to a very fine particle size of no more than 15 microns in any dimension,
- mixing a leafing aluminum pigment and a binder in an organic solvent, and then mixing said wetted-out dye therewith to produce an extrudable composition in which all of the particles in the composition have a particle size of no more than 15 microns in any dimension, and
- then extruding said extrudable composition onto a ticket substrate along its length and curing said composition to produce a reflective security stripe having a gloss characteristic of from about 20 to about 24 as measured on a Gardner/BYK Microgloss meter at a 60.degree. angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.