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US4186944A
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Security document
Assignee: QED Intellectual Property Ltd
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Filing: 1978-04-28
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Granted: 1980-02-05
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Expires: 1998-04-28
Abstract
Abstract A method of printing wherein magnetic particles dispersed in an ink are selectively orientated prior to printing onto a document where the particles are aligned on a carrier while the ink is in a low viscous state and the printing is effected when the ink is in a high viscous state. The method by which the viscosity is changed is the selective application of heat.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph R. Pearce
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 14:34
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M3/00; B41M3/14; B41M7/00; B41M7/009; B42; B42D; B42D25/00; B42D25/20; B42D25/29; G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08; G06K19/10; G06K19/12; G07; G07D; G07D7/00; G07D7/04; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/84; G11B5/842; G11B5/845
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A security document including a carrieer of a material having an ink permeable surface and having printed thereon a design delineated by the form of a security ink deposit so that the authenticity of the document can be verified, wherein at least a portion of said document design is printed with a security ink including alignable magnetisable particles said alignable magnetisable particles in at least one selected area of said design being printed in position on said ink permeable surface so that they are substantially aligned in a preselected distinct direction, the distinct direction being detectable to verify the document as authentic.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A security document including a carrieer of a material having an ink permeable surface and having printed thereon a design delineated by the form of a security ink deposit so that the authenticity of the document can be verified, wherein at least a portion of said document design is printed with a security ink including alignable magnetisable particles said alignable magnetisable particles in at least one selected area of said design being printed in position on said ink permeable surface so that they are substantially aligned in a preselected distinct direction, the distinct direction being detectable to verify the document as authentic.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A document according to claim 1 wherein the ink used to print said at least a portion of said design is visually indistingishable from ink used to print the rest of the design.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A security document according to claim 1 in which a plurality of distinctly aligned areas of said design are selected and the distinct directions of alignment of particles in these areas form a pattern.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A security document according to claim 3 in which a plurality of such distinctly aligned areas are arranged to represent whooly one of a number, a character or other design features.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
166 words
A security document including a carrier of a material having an ink permeable surface and having printed thereon a design delineated by the form of a security ink deposit so that the authenticity of the document can be verified, wherein at least a portion of said document design is printed with a security ink including alignable magnetisable particles, an extender, a filler, a varnish and a drier agent, proportioned to produce a visocity controllably changeable from a condition in which the particles are alignable to a condition in which the alignments are maintained, there being substantially equal proportions of the extender, of the varnish and of the magnetisable particles and filler taken together, and a minor proportion of the drier agent, and said alignable magnetisable particles in at least one selected area of said design being printed in position on said ink permeable surface so that they are substantially aligned in a preselected distinct direction, the distinct direction being detectable to verify the document as authentic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
166 words
A security document including a carrier of a material having an ink permeable surface and having printed thereon a design delineated by the form of a security ink deposit so that the authenticity of the document can be verified, wherein at least a portion of said document design is printed with a security ink including alignable magnetisable particles, an extender, a filler, a varnish and a drier agent, proportioned to produce a visocity controllably changeable from a condition in which the particles are alignable to a condition in which the alignments are maintained, there being substantially equal proportions of the extender, of the varnish and of the magnetisable particles and filler taken together, and a minor proportion of the drier agent, and said alignable magnetisable particles in at least one selected area of said design being printed in position on said ink permeable surface so that they are substantially aligned in a preselected distinct direction, the distinct direction being detectable to verify the document as authentic.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A security document according to claim 5 wherein the proportion of the drier agent is 0.5%.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1987-02-04 | 1987-08-06 | 1988-02-05 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1991-02-04 | 1991-08-06 | 1992-02-05 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |