Water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876257-B2
Application number	US-201615745998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2016
Priority date	Apr 28, 2016
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

The present invention discloses a water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of anti-counterfeiting technology of paper. The water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper consists of a base paper layer and an anti-counterfeiting label thereon. The anti-counterfeiting label is a colorless, invisible pattern or character, and does not have any effect on the appearance of the base paper. When contacting with water, a transparency of a location where the paper has the anti-counterfeiting label increases, and thereby a character or a pattern appears. After drying, the character or the pattern disappears, and the paper reverted to normal. The water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper may be prepared by method of printing the anti-counterfeiting label at a surface of the base paper by processes such as printing, code-spurting and inkjet printing according to requirements. Compared with the existing anti-counterfeiting surface-printing technology and other anti-counterfeiting embedment technology, the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper is low in cost, the process is simple, and is not easy to be imitated; and its identification method is simple, its anti-counterfeiting effect is remarkable, and detection is repeatable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper, consisting:
a base paper layer; and
an anti-counterfeiting label on the base paper layer,
wherein the anti-counterfeiting label of the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper is colorless and invisible, and does not have any effect on an intrinsic color of the base paper layer,
wherein when the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper contacts with water, a local transparency of the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper where the anti-counterfeiting label is located increases, and thereby a character or a pattern of the anti-counterfeiting label appears; after drying, the character or the pattern disappears, the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper reverted to normal, and a water-induced anti-counterfeiting feature detection of the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper is repeatable,
wherein a functional ink used for the anti-counterfeiting label comprises components as follows: a filler: 1 to 25 parts by weight; an adhesive: 3 to 50 parts by weight; a surfactant: 3 to 75 parts by weight; a vegetable oil: 5 to 20 parts by weight; an inorganic additive: 3 to 30 parts by weight; and a rheological agent: 1 to 15 parts by weight.

2. The water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper according to claim 1 , wherein the base paper layer is writing paper, art paper, newsprint, printer paper, drawing paper, bond paper, cardboard paper, offset paper, paper for account books, bible paper or kraft paper that is made from plant fibers, having a basis weight of 20 g/m 2 to 200 g/m 2 , and a Cobb60 value of 5 g/m 2 to 100 g/m 2 .

3. The water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper according to claim 1 , wherein the filler is calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, barium sulfate, calcium sulfate, kaolin, mica powder, montmorillonite, silicon dioxide, aluminium hydroxide, or aluminium oxide; the adhesive is epoxy resin, acrylic resin, polyvinyl alcohol, natural resin, guar gum, chitosan, cellulose derivative, starch, sodium alginate, styrene-butadiene latex, or styrene-acrylic emulsion; the surfactant is alkyl alcohol ether carboxylate, alkyl phosphate carboxylate, alkyl sulfonate, alkylbenzene sulfonate, sulfamate, higher fatty alcohol sulfate, fatty glyceride, polysorbate, fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether, alkylphenol ethoxylates, or alcohol compounds; the vegetable oil is tung oil, linseed oil, stillingia oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, castor oil, peanut oil, coconut oil, or cottonseed oil; the inorganic additive is sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, calcium chloride, nitrates, nitrites, or bicarbonates; and the rheological agent is organic bentonite, diatomite, cellulose derivative, polyurethane, polyether, or acrylic acid.

4. The water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper according to claim 1 , wherein the functional ink has a solid content of 5% to 60%, and a viscosity of 1 mPa·s to 10000 mPa·s.

5. A method of preparing the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper according to claim 1 , comprising specific preparation steps as follows:
1) mixing, dispersing and stirring a filler, an adhesive, a surfactant, a vegetable oil, an inorganic additive, a rheological agent and a solvent, after diluting by adding water to have a desired solid content, rolling to form inks of various printing inks and inkjet inks;
2) printing a desired anti-counterfeiting label at a surface of a base paper using the inks obtained from step 1) by printing, code-spurting or inkjet printing, obtaining the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper after drying.

6. A method of preparing the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper according to claim 2 , comprising specific preparation steps as follows:
1) mixing, dispersing and stirring a filler, an adhesive, a surfactant, a vegetable oil, an inorganic additive, a rheological agent and a solvent, after diluting by adding water to have a desired solid content, rolling to form inks of various printing inks and inkjet inks;
2) printing a desired anti-counterfeiting label at a surface of a base paper using the inks obtained from step 1) by printing, code-spurting or inkjet printing, obtaining the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper after drying.

7. A method of preparing the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper according to claim 3 , comprising specific preparation steps as follows:
1) mixing, dispersing and stirring a filler, an adhesive, a surfactant, a vegetable oil, an inorganic additive, a rheological agent and a solvent, after diluting by adding water to have a desired solid content, rolling to form inks of various printing inks and inkjet inks;
2) printing a desired anti-counterfeiting label at a surface of a base paper using the inks obtained from step 1) by printing, code-spurting or inkjet printing, obtaining the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper after drying.

8. A method of preparing the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper according to claim 4 , comprising specific preparation steps as follows:
1) mixing, dispersing and stirring a filler, an adhesive, a surfactant, a vegetable oil, an inorganic additive, a rheological agent and a solvent, after diluting by adding water to have a desired solid content, rolling to form inks of various printing inks and inkjet inks;
2) printing a desired anti-counterfeiting label at a surface of a base paper using the inks obtained from step 1) by printing, code-spurting or inkjet printing, obtaining the water-induced anti-counterfeiting paper after drying.

Assignees

• Univ South China Tech

Inventors

• Kuang Yudi
• Chen Gang
• Zhang Junqi

Classifications

• B42D25/378

  Special inks · CPC title

• B41M3/14

  Security printing {(securities B42D25/29)} · CPC title

• C09D11/30

  Inkjet printing inks · CPC title

• D21H21/44 Primary

  Latent security elements, i.e. detectable or becoming apparent only by use of special verification or tampering devices or methods · CPC title

• C09D11/06

  based on fatty oils · CPC title