JP5464019B2 - Card, magnetic transfer sheet, and method of manufacturing magnetic transfer sheet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a card having a magnetic tape portion such as a cash card or a credit card, and more particularly to a structure of a magnetic transfer sheet for imparting a forgery preventing effect to these cards.

  Conventionally, to prevent counterfeiting of securities such as cards and gift certificates, anti-counterfeiting media using light diffraction structures such as holograms that are difficult to counterfeit and that can be judged at a glance are used It has been. In recent years, it has been affixed to various products such as personal computer parts, equipment parts, and sporting goods, and has come to be widely used as a proof of authentic products and counterfeit prevention measures.

  On the other hand, magnetic tapes that are widely used as magnetic recording media include magnetic tapes used for plastic cards such as credit cards and cash cards. In these cards, it is important to prevent tampering and counterfeiting, and the above-described optical diffractive structures such as holograms have been affixed to prevent counterfeiting.

  However, the shape of these magnetic cards is determined by the standard, and it is necessary to display information in a limited space, and it is also necessary to design as a card while displaying the application, owner, expiration date, etc. Has been. Therefore, the provision of a hologram that is a forgery prevention measure is also limited in terms of space. As means for solving this problem, a card using a magnetic tape in which a light diffraction structure such as a hologram is laminated on a magnetic tape portion of a magnetic card is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

  The medium having the above-mentioned light diffraction structure has a reflective layer using a metal thin film having high light reflectivity in order to express a change in color due to light diffraction. Since the reflective layer is a metal, the entire layer exhibits conductivity. For this reason, when the card is charged with static electricity, a spark is generated through the metal reflection layer that instantly discharges the entire card to a single point. The problem has arisen.

In recent years, proposals have been made to solve these problems by partially providing a reflective metal thin film layer to block the electrical conductivity of the metal layer. As a typical method, 1) a metal thin film is provided in a sea island shape, and electricity is not conducted in the entire layer.
2) Apply ink in which metal fine particles are dispersed in a polymer resin, and provide a reflective layer thin film.
3) A method of providing a mask layer on a metal thin film using a printing method, and partially providing the metal thin film by etching with an alkali or acid (Patent Document 2).

However, the following drawbacks are pointed out with respect to these methods.
1) The sea-island-shaped metal thin film needs to be provided as a thin film so as not to have conductivity. Therefore, the light reflectivity is inferior, and the color unique to the metal appears, resulting in a blackish image.
2) In the method using the ink in which the metal particles are dispersed, the polymer resin layer enters between the diffraction structure forming layer and the metal fine particles, so that the image brightness due to the diffraction structure is inferior. Moreover, since the shape of the metal particles is not uniform, the light is irregularly reflected, resulting in a white and cloudy image.
3) There is a limit to the printing method in the method of partially providing the metal thin film. That is, when printing with a large halftone dot in the printing method, the reflective layer is divided, and the pattern of the diffractive structure appears to be divided. On the other hand, the more finely printed, the easier it is to connect halftone dots, and the occupied area (halftone dot density) becomes smaller. Therefore, the reflective layer portion is reduced, and the brightness of the diffractive structure is impaired.
Among these methods, the method 3) has the least dullness and high brightness. However, since the printing method is used as described above, the size and the area occupied (halftone dot density) are limited.

JP-A-6-167920 JP 2008-15071 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a card and a magnetic transfer sheet that have a light diffraction structure that prevents sparking due to static electricity and has a higher brightness than conventional proposals, and a method for manufacturing the same.

  The invention according to claim 1 for achieving the above-described object is characterized in that, on the support, at least a magnetic recording layer, and a diffractive structure forming portion having a first uneven region and a second uneven region on the surface, A card comprising a protective layer, a light-reflective metal thin film between the magnetic recording layer and the first concavo-convex region, wherein the pitch and amplitude of the second concavo-convex region are the pitch and amplitude of the first concavo-convex region. The card is characterized in that the first uneven region and the light-reflective metal thin film are formed in an island shape.

  In the invention according to claim 2, the ratio of the amplitude to the pitch of the first uneven region is 0.5 or less, and the ratio of the amplitude to the pitch of the second uneven region is in the range of 0.8 to 2.0. The card according to claim 1, wherein the card is a card.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the first uneven region and the light reflective metal thin film are formed in an island shape having a diameter of 120 μm or less and a pitch of 150 μm or less. The card according to claim 2.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the card according to any one of the first to third aspects, the proportion of the first uneven region in the diffractive structure forming portion is 50% or more. It is what.

  The invention according to claim 5 is a magnetic transfer sheet in which at least a peeling protective layer, a light diffraction structure portion, a magnetic recording layer, and an adhesive layer are laminated on a support, and the light diffraction structure portion is formed on the surface thereof. A diffractive structure forming portion having a first uneven area and a second uneven area, a light-reflective metal thin film layer, and a mask thin film layer are laminated, and the first uneven area is formed in an island shape. The island has a diameter of 120 μm or less, and the total area of the islands occupies 50% or more of the total area of the optical diffraction structure portion.

The invention according to claim 6 is a step of forming at least a release protective layer on the support,
A step of forming a light diffraction structure forming layer having a first uneven region and a second uneven region on its surface, a step of forming a light reflective metal thin film by a vapor deposition method or a sputtering method, a vapor deposition method, a sputtering method, or a CVD method; A step of forming a mask layer by a method, a step of selectively removing the light-reflective metal thin film and the mask layer provided in the second uneven region by etching,
The method for producing a magnetic transfer sheet according to claim 5, comprising a step of forming a magnetic recording layer and a step of forming an adhesive layer.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a reflective layer that is free from sparks and is finer than the limit of the printing method and has a high occupied area (halftone dot density). A structured magnetic transfer sheet can be provided.

It is a top view which shows one Embodiment of the card | curd which has a magnetic tape produced using the magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffraction structure of this invention. It is a plane enlarged view which shows one Example of the light diffraction structure part in the magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffraction structure of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows one Embodiment of the magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffraction structure of this invention. (A)-(d) is process drawing of the cross-sectional view explaining the manufacturing method of the magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffraction structure of this invention.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a card having a magnetic tape manufactured using the magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffraction structure of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view of the region indicated by A in FIG. It is a thing. FIG. 3 is a view showing a cross section of one embodiment of the magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffraction structure of the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view of a portion corresponding to the position B-B ′ in FIG. 2. FIGS. 4A to 4D are process diagrams for explaining the manufacturing method, and will be described below with reference to these drawings.

First, the basic configuration will be described.
The basic structure of the magnetic transfer sheet includes a peeling protective layer 32 that peels from the support 31 and serves as a protective film for the light diffraction structure, a light diffraction structure forming layer 33 that forms a light diffraction structure, and a light diffraction structure. A reflective layer 34 having a high light reflectivity for effectively displaying the image of FIG. 1, a mask layer 35 having a high resistance to alkalis and acids, a magnetic recording layer 36 for recording magnetic information, and an adhesive layer 37 provided for adhering to a card substrate. Laminated. The card has a configuration in which the magnetic transfer sheet is bonded to a card substrate through an adhesive layer 37, the support 31 is peeled off, and the peeling protective layer 32 is the surface.
Hereinafter, each layer will be described in detail.

  The resin used as the support 31 is generally a polyethylene terephthalate resin film having a stable thickness and high heat resistance, but the present invention is not limited to this. As other materials, polyethylene naphthalate resin films, polyimide resin films and the like are known as films having high heat resistance, and can be used for the same purpose. In addition, other films such as polyethylene, polypropylene, heat-resistant vinyl chloride and the like can be used as long as coating conditions for the coating liquid, more specifically, drying conditions permit.

  In addition, when it is difficult to peel off the peeling protective layer 32 due to transfer conditions or the like, a conventionally known release layer may be provided on the support 31 side. Easy peel processing may be performed to adjust the peelability. Further, as long as the transferability is not affected, processing such as antistatic treatment, mat processing, and emboss processing is possible.

  The peeling protection layer 32 is a layer that peels off from the support 31 and is further provided so as to cover the optical diffraction structure layer 33 after peeling. It also serves to protect damage caused by external factors such as resistance to alcohol and water.

Examples of the material used as the peeling protection layer 32 include thermosetting, moisture curing, ultraviolet curing, and electron beam curing resins, and a lubricant is added up to 20 parts by weight for the purpose of imparting friction resistance. Is also possible.

  The light diffractive structure forming layer 33 is a layer that expresses a color due to light diffraction, and is required to be able to form a concavo-convex pattern of 50 nm to 2000 nm with a press plate. The main materials thereof are thermoplastic resin, heat Examples include curable resins, ultraviolet ray or electron beam curable resins, such as thermoplastic resins such as acrylic resins, epoxy resins, cellulose resins, and vinyl resins, acrylic polyols and polyester polyols having reactive hydroxyl groups, and the like. Polyisocyanate added as a crosslinking agent, urethane resin, thermosetting resin such as melamine resin and phenolic resin, UV or electron beam curable resin such as epoxy (meth) acryl and urethane (meth) acrylate, alone Or these can be combined and used.

  It is necessary to form at least two types of uneven shapes shown in the first region 11 and the second region 12 shown in FIG. Although details will be described later, the reflective layer and the mask layer provided in the second region 12 portion are removed in a later step, and finally, the reflective layer 34 and the mask layer in the light diffraction structure portion of the first region 11 are used. 35 remains and is observed as the light diffraction structure 1 as shown in FIG.

The present invention is characterized in that the first region 11 is provided with a finer shape and a larger occupied area than the conventional printing method, and has a shape of 120 μm or less, which is a limit of a gravure printing method that is usually used. It is provided at an occupation rate of 50% or more. More preferably, by providing a shape of 30 μm or less and an occupation ratio of 80% or more, it is possible to obtain almost the same luminance as when the reflective layer 34 is provided on the entire surface.
The occupation ratio indicates the ratio of the first region to the total area of the light diffraction structure region (first and second regions).

  Further, the second region 12 needs to have a larger surface area than the shape of the first region 11 so that the reflective layer 34 and the mask layer 35 laminated on the region in a later step can be easily removed. Preferably, the ratio of the depth of the first region 11 to the uneven pitch is 0.5 or less, and the ratio of the depth to the pitch of the second region 12 is in the range of 0.8 to 2.0. .

The reflective layer 34 is a layer for effectively recognizing an image provided on the light diffraction structure forming layer 33, and a metal material such as Al, Sn, Cr, Ni, Cu or the like is used alone or in a stacked manner. It can be provided on the entire surface as shown in FIG. 4B with a film thickness of about 30 to 500 nm by a thin film forming method such as vacuum deposition or sputtering.
Here, the set film thickness is a film thickness corresponding to the first region 11, and the second region 12 having a large surface area is thinner than the first region 11.

Next, a mask layer 35 is formed on the reflective layer 34. The mask layer is made of a material that is more resistant to acid or alkali than the material used in the reflective layer, and specifically, MgF ₂ , ZnS, ZnO, Sn, Ni, Ag, Au, MgO, TiO ₂ , MgO, SiO ₂ , inorganic substances such as Al ₂ O ₃ or organic substances having a molecular weight of 1500 or less are used. Examples of such organic substances include acrylates, urethane acrylates, epoxy acrylates, and metal alkoxides, and these materials are formed within a range of 0.3 nm to 100 nm using a vacuum deposition method, a sputtering method, or a CVD method. (FIG. 4C).

  Subsequently, the material of the reflective layer 34 is exposed to a dissolvable etching solution. As this etching solution, typically, an alkaline solution such as a sodium hydroxide solution, a sodium carbonate solution and a potassium hydroxide solution, or an acidic solution such as hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid and acetic acid is used.

  As shown in FIG. 4C, a continuous film is formed in the first region 11 of the mask layer 35, whereas a discontinuous film is formed in the second region 12. The portion of the reflective material layer 34 that is not covered with the mask layer 35 is easier to be etched than the portion of the reflective material layer 34 that is covered with the mask layer 35 because it is more in contact with the etching solution. .

  Therefore, the reflective material layer 34 that does not cover the mask layer 35 is first etched, and over time, the etching spreads from that portion to the portion that covers the mask layer 35, and the reflection of the second region 12. All of the layer 34 is removed. On the other hand, in the first region where the mask layer 35 covers the entire surface, the etching does not proceed because the mask layer 35 exists. As described above, it is possible to leave only the first region 11 as shown in FIG. 4D by adjusting the etching solution concentration, temperature, processing time, and the like so as to optimize the etching.

The magnetic recording layer 36 is a magnetic paint prepared by dispersing magnetic powder such as γ-iron oxide, magnetite, cobalt-coated γFe ₂ O ₂ , barium ferrite, chromium oxide, iron-based metal magnetic powder in a binder, 5 to 20 μm is formed by a coating method. Surfactants, plasticizers, waxes, carbon black and fillers can be added to the magnetic coating as necessary.

  Next, the adhesive layer 37 is a heat sensitive material such as a thermoplastic resin having a function of adhering to the material to be transferred by being applied with heat and pressure in contact with various materials to be transferred (for example, paper / plastic). An adhesive material is used, and is formed to have a thickness of about 1 to 10 μm by a conventional coating method.

  The present invention will be described in detail with specific examples.

<Example 1>
First, the magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffraction structure of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 was produced.
Each layer was provided on a support 31 made of a transparent polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film having a thickness of 25 μm by the following procedure.
1) The peeling protective layer 32 is applied by 1 μm by a gravure method.
2) 2 μm of light diffraction structure molding layer 32 is applied by gravure method.
3) Using a press plate made of nickel on which the concave and convex shapes of the first region 11 and the second region 12 which are light diffractive structures were imprinted, it was molded by a roll embossing method.
The press plate was provided with a concavo-convex shape having a concavo-convex pattern pitch of 500 nm and a depth of 100 nm in the first region, and a pitch of 300 nm and a depth of 300 nm in the second region. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a first region having a diameter of 120 μm and an interval of 10 μm (second region portion) was used.
4) A 50 nm aluminum metal thin film is formed on the entire surface of the reflective layer 34 by vacuum deposition.
5) A 20 nm MgF2 thin film is formed as the mask layer 35 by vacuum deposition.
6) It was immersed in a 0.1N aqueous alkali solution, the reflective layer in the second region 12 was removed, and the reflective layer in the first region 11 was left in a state (FIG. 7), and was washed with water.
7) 8 μm of magnetic recording layer 36 is applied by microgravure method.
8) 2 μm of heat-sensitive adhesive was applied to the entire surface by a gravure method to form an adhesive layer 37.

  The composition of the materials used is shown below.

[Peeling protective coating]
Acrylic resin 15 parts Polyethylene WAX 1 part Methyl ethyl ketone 50 parts Toluene 34 parts

[Light diffraction structure molding layer paint]
Vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer 15 parts Urethane resin 10 parts Methyl ethyl ketone 50 parts Toluene 25 parts

[Magnetic recording layer paint]
γFe2O3 magnetic powder 30 parts Vinyl acetate copolymer 3 parts Polyurethane elastomer 20 parts Methyl ethyl ketone 15 parts Toluene 15 parts

[Adhesive layer paint]
Polyester resin 20 parts Ethyl acetate 60 parts Butyl acetate 20 parts

(Comparative example)
As a comparative example, a gravure printing method was used using the material of the example, and a magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffraction structure partially having a reflective layer 34 was produced.
1) The peeling protective layer 32 is applied by 1 μm by a gravure method.
2) 2 μm of light diffraction structure molding layer 32 is applied by gravure method.
3) The first region having the same structure as the light diffraction structure was molded on the entire surface.
4) A 50 nm aluminum metal thin film is formed on the entire surface of the reflective layer 34 by vacuum deposition.
5) As a mask layer for etching resistance, 1 μm was formed by a gravure method.
The examined patterns are shown below.
6) It was immersed in a 0.1N aqueous alkali solution to dissolve aluminum in a portion without a mask layer. 7) 8 μm of magnetic recording layer 36 is applied by microgravure method.
8) Apply heat sensitive adhesive to the whole surface by gravure method.

[Mask pattern]
(1) 120 μm diameter circle with a pitch of 130 μm
(2) Diameter of 120 μm and pitch of 150 μm
(3) A diameter of 120 μm and a pitch of 170 μm.

[Mask layer ink composition]
Vinyl chloride vinyl acetate copolymer 20 parts Precipitated barium sulfate (specific gravity 5.5) 10 parts Methyl ethyl ketone 40 parts Toluene 30 parts

  Using the transfer sheet obtained by the above method, it is bonded to a card made of vinyl chloride as a base material by heating and pressing, and the PET film is peeled off, and partially with the light diffraction structure of the present invention as shown in FIG. A card having a magnetic recording layer formed thereon using a magnetic transfer sheet was produced.

The evaluation results of the obtained card are shown in Table 1.
As an evaluation, it was confirmed whether or not a spark was generated due to luminance and static electricity by appearance observation.

  From the table, sparks are produced in Comparative Examples (1) and (2). When these were magnified and observed, the pattern that should be 120 μm was partially connected to level the paint, and the reflective layer was energized. On the other hand, in the comparative example (3), no spark was observed, but the area of the reflective layer was small and the luminance was low. On the other hand, in the example of the present invention, since the reflective layer region can be controlled with a sufficiently large occupied area and with a fine interval, a light diffraction structure with high brightness and no spark is obtained.

  The magnetic transfer sheet with a light diffractive structure of the present invention can be used for magnetic information recording media such as a cash card, a credit card, a passbook, etc., and can be provided with a light diffractive structure that prevents problems caused by static electricity.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Magnetic tape and card | curd with a light diffraction structure 11 1st uneven | corrugated area | region 12 2nd uneven | corrugated area | region 31 Support body 32 Peeling protective layer 33 Light diffraction structure formation layer 34 Reflective layer
35 Mask layer 36 Magnetic recording layer 37 Adhesive layer

Claims (6)

On the support, at least a magnetic recording layer,
A diffractive structure forming portion having a first uneven region and a second uneven region on the surface;
A protective layer;
A card comprising a light-reflective metal thin film between the magnetic recording layer and the first uneven region,
The pitch and amplitude of the second uneven area are larger than the pitch and amplitude of the first uneven area,
A card, wherein the first uneven region and the light-reflective metal thin film are formed in an island shape.   The ratio of the amplitude with respect to the pitch of the first uneven area is 0.5 or less, and the ratio of the amplitude with respect to the pitch of the second uneven area is in the range of 0.8 to 2.0. 1. The card according to 1.   3. The card according to claim 1, wherein the first uneven region and the light reflective metal thin film are formed in an island shape having a diameter of 120 μm or less and a pitch of 150 μm or less. The card according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a ratio of the first uneven region in the diffraction structure forming portion is 50% or more.   A magnetic transfer sheet in which at least a peeling protective layer, a light diffraction structure, a magnetic recording layer, and an adhesive layer are laminated on a support, the light diffraction structure having a first uneven region and a second on the surface. A diffractive structure forming part having a concavo-convex region, a light reflective metal thin film layer, a mask thin film layer are laminated, and the first concavo-convex region and the light reflective metal thin film layer are formed in an island shape, A magnetic transfer sheet characterized in that the diameter of the island is 120 μm or less and the total area of the island occupies 50% or more of the total area of the light diffraction structure. On the support, at least,
Forming a release protective layer;
Forming an optical diffraction structure forming layer having a first uneven region and a second uneven region on the surface;
Forming a light reflective metal thin film by vapor deposition or sputtering;
A step of forming a mask layer by vapor deposition, sputtering or CVD,
A step of selectively removing the light-reflective metal thin film and the mask layer provided in the second uneven region by etching;
Forming a magnetic recording layer;
The method for producing a magnetic transfer sheet according to claim 5, further comprising a step of forming an adhesive layer.

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