Plastic films having high opacity and low transparency for id documents having a transparent window

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021394485-A1
Application number	US-201917287674-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 12, 2019
Priority date	Nov 16, 2018
Publication date	Dec 23, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a layered composite comprising at least one transparent layer a) containing a thermoplastic, this transparent layer having a light transmission in the range of from ≥85% to ≤98% determined according to ISO 13468-2:2006-07, and an opaque layer b) containing at least one thermoplastic, characterised in that the opaque layer b) has a light transmission in the range of from ≥0.1% to ≤25% determined according to ISO 13468-2:2006-07, a layer thickness in the range of from ≥20 μm to ≤70 μm, preferably from ≥20 μm to ≤60 μm, particularly preferably from ≥25 μm to ≤55 μm, and at least one opening.

First claim

1 . A multi-layer film comprising at least
a) a transparent layer a) containing a thermoplastic, wherein the transparent layer has a light transmission in a range from ≥85% to ≤98% determined according to ISO 13468-2:2006-07; and b) an opaque layer b) containing at least one thermoplastic,
wherein the opaque layer b) has a light transmission in a range from ≥0.1% to ≤25% determined according to ISO 13468-2:2006-07, a layer thickness in a range from ≥20 μm to ≤70 μm, and has at least one opening.

2 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one further transparent layer c) containing a thermoplastic and having a light transmission in a range from ≥85% to ≤98% determined according to ISO 13468-2:2006-07, wherein the layer c) is identical to or different from layer a) and is arranged such that a layer sequence a) b) c) results in the multi-layer film.

3 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 1 , wherein layer b) contains at least one filler.

4 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 1 , wherein layers a), layer b) optionally a further transparent layer c), or a combination thereof independently of one another comprise at least one thermoplastic selected from the group consisting of a polymer of ethylenically unsaturated monomers a polycondensates of bifunctional reactive compounds, and combinations thereof.

5 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one opening in layer b) is not additionally filled with a thermoplastic material.

6 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 1 , wherein layer a), layer b), optionally a further transparent layer c), or a combination thereof comprises a laser-sensitive additive.

7 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the layer a) has a thickness of ≥30 to ≤800 μm.

8 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one layer c) has a thickness of ≥30 to ≤700 μm.

9 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the opening has a shape selected from the group consisting of star-shaped, square, triangular, rectangular, head-shaped, and a combination of at least two thereof.

10 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the opening in layer b) is introduced into layer b) by means of laser radiation.

11 . A process for producing a multi-layer film comprising
providing at least one multi-layer film construction as claimed in claim 1 , optionally providing further layers comprising at least one thermoplastic, optionally applying security features in such a way that layer b) at least partially covers these security features, laminating the multi-layer film construction at a temperature of 120° C. to 210° C. ° C. to and a pressure of 10 N/cm 2 to 400 N/cm 2 .

12 . The process as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the multi-layer film construction is inscribed by laser radiation before and/or after lamination.

13 . The process as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the opening in layer b) is introduced into layer b) by laser radiation.

14 . A security document, comprising at least one multi-layer film construction as claimed in claim 1 .

15 . A method of producing a window in a security document, comprising preparing a security document comprising an opaque layer comprising at least one thermoplastic, said opaque layer having a light transmission in a range from ≥0.1% to ≤25% determined according to ISO 13468-2:2006-07 and having a layer thickness in a range from ≥20 μm to ≤70 μm.

16 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one thermoplastic is selected from the group consisting of: one or more polycarbonates or copolycarbonates based on diphenols, poly- or copolyacrylates and poly- or copolymethacrylates, poly- or copolymers of styrene, polyurethanes, polyolefins, poly- or copolycondensates of terephthalic acid, poly- or copolycondensates of naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, poly- or copolycondensates of at least one cycloalkyldicarboxylic acid, polysulfones, and mixtures thereof.

17 . The multi-layer film as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one thermoplastic is selected from the group consisting of: one or more polycarbonates or copolycarbonates based on diphenols, blends containing at least one polycarbonate, and copolycarbonate.

Assignees

• Covestro Intellectual Property Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Tziovaras Georgios
• Pudleiner Heinz
• Planken Kira
• Janke Stefan
• Koehler Christoph

Classifications

• B32B2554/00

  Paper of special types, e.g. banknotes · CPC title

• B32B2429/00

  Carriers for sound or information · CPC title

• B32B2307/54

  Yield strength; Tensile strength · CPC title

• B32B2307/41

  Opaque · CPC title

• B32B2264/1022

  Titania · CPC title