Method for producing a pattern in relief in a thin plastic card

• Main Authors: Kerhomen Julie, Morel Yvonnic
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.03.2017
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BOOK COVERS; BOOKBINDING; CALCULATING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; COLOUR PRINTING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; FILES; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; LINING MACHINES; LOOSE LEAVES; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITYFEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method for producing a pattern in relief in a thin plastic card, includes the following steps: producing a stack of layers including, in the following order: a transparent layer, a special layer, a black surface, and a substrate layer, and drawing the pattern by a laser through the transparent layer.