A method for manufacturing an embossed sheet of substrate configured to produce a controlled thickness value of the embossed sheet of substrate and to reduce a content of clusters present in the non-embossed substrate. The method comprises providing a sheet of substrate comprising a first material, the sheet of substrate having an average starting thickness; providing an embossing roller system comprising at least a first and a second embossing roller, having respectively a first radial profile and a corresponding second radial profile congruent to the first radial profile, the first radial profile comprising embossing structures protruding from or recessed in a base surface of the first embossing roller, and forming radially oriented ridges and grooves respectively; inserting the sheet of substrate in a nip formed between the first and the second embossing roller; adjusting an embossing pressure between the first and the second embossing roller to obtain a determined nip value of the nip, smaller than the average starting thickness; embossing the sheet of substrate; thereby obtaining the controlled thickness value of the embossed sheet of substrate smaller than the average starting thickness; compressing in the nip at least a first type of cluster comprising the first material inside the embossed sheet of substrate; processing at least a second type of cluster made of a second material different from the first material in any one of the following manners: compressing and maintaining the at least one second type of cluster in the embossed sheet of substrate; extracting the at least one second type of cluster as debris from the sheet of substrate by means of the embossing pressure (P), which causes the at least one second type of cluster to emerge from the embossed sheet of substrate and adhere as debris to a surface of the embossed sheet of substrate; extracting the at least one second type of cluster as debris from the sheet of substrate by means of the embossing pressure, which causes the at least one second type of cluster to emerge from the embossed sheet of substrate and adhere as debris to any one of the base surfaces and the embossing structures of the first and the second embossing rollers. The method further comprises detaching the debris from the base surfaces and the embossing structures by means of a roller cleaning tool; and removing the detached debris from the embossing roller system by means of an air-depression cleaning system.
A method for manufacturing an embossed sheet of substrate configured to produce a controlled thickness value of the embossed sheet of substrate and to reduce a content of clusters present in the non-embossed substrate. The method comprises providing a sheet of substrate comprising a first material, the sheet of substrate having an average starting thickness; providing an embossing roller system comprising at least a first and a second embossing roller, having respectively a first radial profile and a corresponding second radial profile congruent to the first radial profile, the first radial profile comprising embossing structures protruding from or recessed in a base surface of the first embossing roller, and forming radially oriented ridges and grooves respectively; inserting the sheet of substrate in a nip formed between the first and the second embossing roller; adjusting an embossing pressure between the first and the second embossing roller to obtain a determined nip value of the nip, smaller than the average starting thickness; embossing the sheet of substrate; thereby obtaining the controlled thickness value of the embossed sheet of substrate smaller than the average starting thickness; compressing in the nip at least a first type of cluster comprising the first material inside the embossed sheet of substrate; processing at least a second type of cluster made of a second material different from the first material in any one of the following manners: compressing and maintaining the at least one second type of cluster in the embossed sheet of substrate; extracting the at least one second type of cluster as debris from the sheet of substrate by means of the embossing pressure (P), which causes the at least one second type of cluster to emerge from the embossed sheet of substrate and adhere as debris to a surface of the embossed sheet of substrate; extracting the at least one second type of cluster as debris from the sheet of substrate by means of the embossing pressure, which causes the at least one second type of cluster to emerge from the embossed sheet of substrate and adhere as debris to any one of the base surfaces and the embossing structures of the first and the second embossing rollers. The method further comprises detaching the debris from the base surfaces and the embossing structures by means of a roller cleaning tool; and removing the detached debris from the embossing roller system by means of an air-depression cleaning system.
A method for manufacturing an embossed sheet of material and obtaining a controlled material thickness, the embossed sheet of material being configured to obtain a filtering element configured for an inhalable drug delivery device, and for filtering a mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element. The method comprises embossing the sheet of material at least with embossing features by means of an embossing rollers system in which embossing features formed on a first base surface of a first embossing roller and corresponding embossing features formed on a second base surface of a second embossing roller are in a congruence with each other, the embossing features comprising profile embossing features configured for embossing at least an aerodynamic profile on the sheet of material, configured to modify in a determined manner flow properties for the mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element by creating a gas flow turbulence occurrence in the filtering element; embossing the sheet of material with separating base surface zones located between embossing features, and corresponding to the first base surface and the second base surface. For each embossing feature the corresponding congruence is configured to be such that for a first subset of the embossing features, corresponding protrusion and recess embossing features located respectively on different embossing rollers have a value of height of the protrusion embossing feature greater than a value of depth of the recess embossing feature; thereby configuring a width of the nip between the first and the second embossing rollers, which has a first nip width value for the separating base surface zones, and different nip width values smaller than the first nip width value for embossing features of the first subset of the embossing features; thereby enabling to obtain the controlled material thickness of the embossed sheet of material with respectively a first value of the material thickness when the sheet of material is embossed with the separating base surface zones, and different values of the material thickness smaller than the first value of the material thickness when the sheet of material is embossed with embossing features of the first subset of the embossing features.
A method for manufacturing an embossed sheet of material and obtaining a controlled material thickness, the embossed sheet of material being configured to obtain a filtering element configured for an inhalable drug delivery device, and for filtering a mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element. The method comprises embossing the sheet of material at least with embossing features by means of an embossing rollers system in which embossing features formed on a first base surface of a first embossing roller and corresponding embossing features formed on a second base surface of a second embossing roller are in a congruence with each other, the embossing features comprising profile embossing features configured for embossing at least an aerodynamic profile on the sheet of material, configured to modify in a determined manner flow properties for the mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element by creating a gas flow turbulence occurrence in the filtering element; embossing the sheet of material with separating base surface zones located between embossing features, and corresponding to the first base surface and the second base surface. For each embossing feature the corresponding congruence is configured to be such that for a first subset of the embossing features, corresponding protrusion and recess embossing features located respectively on different embossing rollers have a value of height of the protrusion embossing feature greater than a value of depth of the recess embossing feature; thereby configuring a width of the nip between the first and the second embossing rollers, which has a first nip width value for the separating base surface zones, and different nip width values smaller than the first nip width value for embossing features of the first subset of the embossing features; thereby enabling to obtain the controlled material thickness of the embossed sheet of material with respectively a first value of the material thickness when the sheet of material is embossed with the separating base surface zones, and different values of the material thickness smaller than the first value of the material thickness when the sheet of material is embossed with embossing features of the first subset of the embossing features.
A tamper-evidence for a product casing (103), comprising the product casing (103) made from a packaging material; at least a first longitudinally shaped tearing zone (204) comprising structures embossed in the packaging material, the at least one first longitudinally shaped tearing zone being located on a surface of the product casing and defining a delimitation of a lid area (202) on the surface of the product casing; an opening strip (200) made of a foil material, the opening strip being configured to adhere on the packaging material of substantially the entire lid area, to cover the at least one first longitudinally shaped tearing zone in order to seal it, and to produce a tearing of the packaging material corresponding to the at least one first longitudinally shaped tearing zone on the product casing and a removing from the product casing of packaging material of the lid area, as an effect of the opening strip being pulled away from the product casing and further comprising a second longitudinally shaped tearing zone (205) parallel to the first longitudinally shaped tearing zone, and wherein the lid area (202) is delimited by the first and second longitudinally shaped tearing zones and a border of the packaging material.
B65D 85/10 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
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A METHOD AND AN EMBOSSING SET-UP TO EMBOSS TURBULENCE PRODUCING FEATURES INTO A SHEET OF MATERIAL FOR AN INHALABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM'S FILTERING ELEMENT
A method for manufacturing an embossed sheet of material (200) configured to be folded and obtain a filtering element (203) configured for an inhalable drug delivery device, and for filtering a mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element. It comprises: providing the sheet of material (103); and embossing the sheet of material (200) with a plurality of stripes (311,312), by means of a patrix-matrix embossing rollers system (101,102), and by feeding the sheet of material (103) to a nip between the patrix-matrix embossing rollers (101,102), each stripe comprising corresponding embossing features on each of a patrix embossing roller (101) and a matrix embossing roller (102) of the embossing rollers system (101,102), and each embossed stripe (311,312) being oriented longitudinally on the sheet of material (200) with respect to a feed direction (307) of the sheet of material (103) fed to the nip (105). The embossing features comprise: profile embossing features configured for embossing at least an aerodynamic profile on the sheet of material (200), the profile embossing features being arranged according to a radial direction of the stripe (311,312) on the embossing rollers (101,102), the embossed aerodynamic profile being configured to modify in a determined manner flow properties for the mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element by creating a gas flow turbulence occurrence in the filtering element, whereby the profile embossing features in the stripe (311,312) form at least an alternance of a minimum constriction section area (308) and a maximum expansion section area (309) in the radial direction of the stripe (311,312) on the embossing roller (101.102), with a cross-section area ratio between the maximum expansion section area (309) and the minimum constriction section area (308) in a range from 15:1 to 2:1. The embossing features further comprise: radial embossing features (605,609) configured to delimitate each stripe (311,312) on opposite radial sides of the stripe (311,312), on the patrix-matrix embossing rollers (101,102), and further configured to form longitudinal delimitation embossed features (310) that delimitate the embossed stripe (311,312) on the sheet of material (200), on opposite longitudinal sides of the embossed stripe (311,312).
A METHOD AND AN EMBOSSING SET-UP TO EMBOSS TURBULENCE PRODUCING FEATURES INTO A SHEET OF MATERIAL FOR AN INHALABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM'S FILTERING ELEMENT
A method for manufacturing an embossed sheet of material (200) configured to be folded and obtain a filtering element (203)configured for an inhalable drug delivery device, and for filteringa mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element. Itcomprises: providing the sheet of material (103); and embossingthe sheet of material (200) with a plurality of stripes (311, 312), by means of a patrix-matrix embossing rollers system (101,102), and by fpatrix-matrix embossing rollers (101,102), and further configuredto form longitudinal delimitation embossed features (310) thatdelimitate the embossed stripe (311,312) on the sheet of material A method for manufacturing an embossed sheet of material (200) configured to be folded and obtain a filtering element (203) configured for an inhalable drug delivery device, and for filtering a mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element. It comprises: providing the sheet of material (103); and embossing the sheet of material (200) with a plurality of stripes (311,312), by means of a patrix-matrix embossing rollers system (101,102), and by feeding the sheet of material (103) to a nip between the patrix-matrix embossing rollers (101,102), each stripe comprising corresponding embossing features on each of a patrix embossing roller (101) and a matrix embossing roller (102) of the embossing rollers system (101,102), and each embossed stripe (311,312) being oriented longitudinally on the sheet of material (200) with respect to a feed direction (307) of the sheet of material (103) fed to the nip (105). The embossing features comprise: profile embossing features configured for embossing at least an aerodynamic profile on the sheet of material (200), the profile embossing features being arranged according to a radial direction of the stripe (311,312) on the embossing rollers (101,102), the embossed aerodynamic profile being configured to modify in a determined manner flow properties for the mainstream gas flow passing through the filtering element by creating a gas flow turbulence occurrence in the filtering element, whereby the profile embossing features in the stripe (311,312) form at least an alternance of a minimum constriction section area (308) and a maximum expansion section area (309) in the radial direction oft he stripe (311,312) on the embossing roller (101.102), with a cross section area ratio between the maximum expansion section area(309) and the minimum constriction section area (308) in a range from 15:1 to 2:1. The embossing features further comprise: radial embossing features (605,609) configured to delimitate each stripe(311,312) on opposite radial sides of the stripe (311,312), on the patrix-matrix embossing rollers (101,102), and further configured to form longitudinal delimitation embossed features (310) that delimitate the embossed stripe (311,312) on the sheet of material (200), on opposite longitudinal sides of the embossed stripe (311,312).
METHOD FOR OBTAINING ENGRAVING INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTROL A SYSTEM COMPRISING A SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR, TO REPRESENT A PIXELIZED IMAGE ON A SOLID PIECE BY MEANS OF AN ENGRAVING BEAM
A method for obtaining engraving instructions to control a system comprising a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM), the engraving instructions being configured to control the system to represent a pixelized image on a solid piece by means of an engraving beam. The engraving beam is formed by an adjustable number of focal spots aligned on an orientation axis, thereby defining a brush, and is generated by means of a laser and the SLM. The pixelized image comprises at least a first delimited surface to which is attributed a first appearance, the first appearance corresponding to a set of a first angle of orientation of the brush and a first period corresponding to a distance separating one focal spot from a next focal spot in the brush, the first delimited surface to be filled with engraved structures arranged as first linear segments by means of the engraving beam, the first linear segments being perpendicular to the first orientation of the brush. The method comprises uploading of the pixelized image of the first delimited surface into a memory of the system; uploading a table of appearances comprising at least for the first appearance a set with the first angle of orientation and the first period; uploading parameters for available brush widths at least for the first appearance, the parameters comprising a list of at least one brush with a determined number of focal spots. The method further comprises rotating the first delimited surface as a function of an angle of rotation corresponding to the first angle of orientation; re-pixelization of the rotated first delimited surface; determining of a start position and an end position of each of the linear segments in order to sweep the rotated first delimited surface with the brush having the widest possible width in successive and adjacent stripes; determining of a first remaining surface not yet swept of the rotated first delimited surface and repeating the step of determining of a start position and an end position of the linear segments having a smaller width corresponding to an available brush that is smaller than the previously used brush; generating a computer-generated hologram for each available width of available brushes used with the first angle of orientation; and sending engraving instructions to a further memory of the system.
B23K 26/359 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring for surface treatment by providing a line or line pattern, e.g. a dotted break initiation line
B23K 26/064 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms
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A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN EMBOSSING TOOL WITH A CODE-CONTAINING TOPOGRAPHY
A method for manufacturing an embossing tool with a code-containing topography that comprises a plurality of surface structures on the embossing tool surface, comprising providing an image file of the image containing a raster of image pixels with a determined bit depth and an initial image resolution, transforming the image file into a primary raster of image pixels with the determined resolution, providing a code raster of image pixels for the alphanumerical or graphical code, applying a first logical operation to combine the code raster of image pixels and the primary raster of image pixels in order to obtain a first image raster of image pixels as a result. The method further comprises applying a second logical operation to combine the first image raster of image pixels and the code raster of image pixels in order to obtain a second image raster of image pixels). The code raster of image pixels, the first image raster of image pixels and the second image raster of image pixels respectively comprise pixels of bit depth 1, wherein for each raster, a "1"-state of the pixel indicates that a raster-specific surface structure for that raster is to be planned in the topography for a location on the embossing tool surface corresponding to a position (m,n) of the image pixel in the raster, whereas a "0"-state of the pixel indicates that no raster-specific surface structure for that raster is to be planned in the topography for a further location on the embossing tool surface corresponding to a further position of the image pixel in the raster. The method further comprises projecting the code raster of image pixels, the first image raster of image pixels and the second image raster of image pixels onto the embossing tool surface to obtain the topography raster of the locations on the embossing tool surface for the raster specific surface structures, and engraving on the embossing tool surface the raster specific surface structures at their respective obtained locations and hence obtain the code containing topography.
G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
G06K 15/02 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
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Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical use. Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories of embossing machines not included in
other classes, particularly embossing rollers, creasing
rollers; embossing machines with heating for heat treatment
of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical,
chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing
rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring,
in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for
structuring surfaces by direct laser beam printing, in
particular for creating esthetic effects; machine tools for
structuring the surface of a metal object by direct laser
beam printing, in particular for creating esthetic effects;
printing ferrules, not hand-operated; machines for making
cigarette filter rods; machines for making cigarettes. Books of cigarette papers; cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes; filter tips for cigarettes; cigarette filters;
cigarette paper; electronic apparatus as well as their parts
for heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; tobacco
products; smokers' articles. Engraving by removal of material; engraving of embossing
rolls; embossing of calenders; laser engraving of materials
in submicrometric, micrometric or macrometric sizes for
esthetic, technical and physical purposes; embossing on all
media, particularly on substrates used in the production of
filters for cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and any
nicotine or medicine delivery device. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; design and
optimization of embossing tools for aesthetic, technical or
physical effects, all in particular on jewelry, watches,
pharmaceutical products, food or tobacco products.
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Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical use. Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories of embossing machines not included in
other classes, particularly embossing rollers, creasing
rollers; embossing machines with heating for heat treatment
of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical,
chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing
rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring,
in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for
structuring surfaces by direct laser beam printing, in
particular for creating esthetic effects; machine tools for
structuring the surface of a metal object by direct laser
beam printing, in particular for creating esthetic effects;
printing ferrules, not hand-operated; machines for making
cigarette filter rods; machines for making cigarettes. Books of cigarette papers; cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes; filter tips for cigarettes; cigarette filters;
cigarette paper; electronic apparatus as well as their parts
for heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; tobacco
products; smokers' articles. Engraving by removal of material; engraving of embossing
rolls; embossing of calenders; laser engraving of materials
in submicrometric, micrometric or macrometric sizes for
esthetic, technical and physical purposes; embossing on all
media, particularly on substrates used in the production of
filters for cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and any
nicotine or medicine delivery device. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; design and
optimization of embossing tools for aesthetic, technical or
physical effects, all in particular on jewelry, watches,
pharmaceutical products, food or tobacco products.
A method for embossing a barrier paper, wherein the barrier paper comprises paper and a protective layer on at least one of its sides. The method comprises providing a first embossing system with a first embossing tool and a second embossing tool cooperating with the first embossing tool to emboss the barrier paper: providing a patrix structure on the first embossing tool: providing a matrix structure on the second embossing tool: whereby the matrix structure corresponds to the patrix structure in such a manner that when embossing the barrier paper, a functionality of the protective layer is preserved. The method further comprises embossing the barrier paper by inserting the barrier paper between the first and the second embossing tools, applying pressure between the patrix and the matrix structures to press the patrix structure on a paper side which is a side of the barrier paper opposite to the side with the protective layer of the barrier paper, and push the barrier paper in the matrix structure, whereby the protective layer faces the matrix structure, thereby modifying a fiber structure of the paper in the barrier paper by at least one of the following effects: breaking of paper fibers, compressing of the paper fibers, densifying of the paper fibers; resulting in a modified folding behavior of the barrier paper and in maintaining a substantially unchanged shape of the barrier paper over its lifetime.
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Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical use, namely, for smoking cessation purposes Embossing machines; embossers, being embossing machines, for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, and both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper and metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; parts and accessories of embossing machines not included in other classes, particularly embossing rollers, creasing rollers; embossing machines with heating for heat treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical and photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for structuring surfaces by direct laser beam printing, in particular for creating aesthetic effects; machine tools for structuring the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, in particular for creating esthetic effects; machines for making cigarette filter rods; machines for making cigarettes for industrial purposes Books of cigarette papers; cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; filter tips for cigarettes; cigarette filters; cigarette paper; electronic apparatus in the nature of electronic cigarette lighters, as well as their structural and replacement parts, for heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; tobacco products, namely, tobacco tins, tobacco jars, rolling tobacco and tobacco filters; smokers' articles, namely, smoker's storage vaults for cigars, cigarettes and snuff, lighters for smokers, smoking pipe cleaners and cigar glue Engraving by removal of material; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns with calendars; laser engraving of materials in submicrometric, micrometric and macrometric sizes for esthetic, technical and physical purposes; embossing on all media, particularly on substrates used in the production of filters for cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and any nicotine or medicine delivery device Design and optimization in the nature of engineering of embossing tools; technological consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results; design and optimization in the nature of engineering of embossing tools for aesthetic, technical and physical effects, all in particular on jewelry, watches, pharmaceutical products, food and tobacco products
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Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical use, namely, for smoking cessation purposes Embossing machines; embossers, being embossing machines, for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, and both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper and metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; parts and accessories of embossing machines not included in other classes, particularly embossing rollers, creasing rollers; embossing machines with heating for heat treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical and photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for structuring surfaces by direct laser beam printing, in particular for creating aesthetic effects; machine tools for structuring the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, in particular for creating esthetic effects; machines for making cigarette filter rods; machines for making cigarettes for industrial purposes Books of cigarette papers; cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; filter tips for cigarettes; cigarette filters; cigarette paper; electronic apparatus in the nature of electronic cigarette lighters, as well as their structural and replacement parts, for heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; tobacco products, namely, tobacco tins, tobacco jars, rolling tobacco and tobacco filters; smokers' articles, namely, smoker's storage vaults for cigars, cigarettes and snuff, lighters for smokers, smoking pipe cleaners and cigar glue Engraving by removal of material; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns with calendars; laser engraving of materials in submicrometric, micrometric and macrometric sizes for esthetic, technical and physical purposes; embossing on all media, particularly on substrates used in the production of filters for cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and any nicotine or medicine delivery device Design and optimization in the nature of engineering of embossing tools; technological consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results; design and optimization in the nature of engineering of embossing tools for aesthetic, technical and physical effects, all in particular on jewelry, watches, pharmaceutical products, food and tobacco products
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(1) Cigarettes sans tabac à usage médical.
(2) Gaufreuses; gaufreuses pour le gaufrage de feuilles minces, de feuilles minces d'aluminium, de feuilles minces constituées de polymères, de laminés minces comprenant du papier, de polymères, ou des deux; gaufreuses pour le gaufrage de feuilles stratifiées, de feuilles de métal, de papier métallisé ou de produits stratifiés métallisés; installations comprenant une machine d'emballage et une gaufreuse synchronisée avec la machine d'emballage; parties et accessoires de gaufreuses non compris dans d'autres classes, notamment des rouleaux de gaufrage, rouleaux de froissage; gaufreuses avec chauffage pour le traitement thermique de matériaux de gaufrage; machines-outils pour la structuration mécanique, chimique ou photo-lithographique de rouleaux de gaufrage; machines-outils pour la structuration en relief non-rotative, en particulier par une ablation laser; machines-outils pour la structuration de surfaces par impression au faisceau laser direct, en particulier pour créer des effets esthétiques; machines-outils pour la structuration de la surface d'un objet métallique par impression au faisceau laser direct, en particulier pour créer des effets esthétiques; viroles d'impression, non entraînées manuellement; machines pour la fabrication de bâtonnets-filtres pour cigarettes; machines pour la fabrication de cigarettes.
(3) Cahiers de papier à cigarettes; cigarettes; cigarettes électroniques; embouts de filtres pour cigarettes; filtres pour cigarettes; papier à cigarettes; appareils électroniques ainsi que leurs parties destinées à chauffer des cigarettes ou du tabac pour dégager des aérosols contenant de la nicotine pour l'inhalation; produits du tabac; articles pour fumeurs. (1) Gravure par enlèvement de matière; gravure de rouleaux de gaufrage; gaufrage de calandres; gravure au laser de matériaux en tailles submicrométrique, micrométrique ou macrométrique à des fins esthétiques, techniques et physiques; travaux de gaufrage sur tous supports, notamment de substrats utilisés dans la production des filtres pour les cigarettes, les cigarettes électroniques et tout dispositif de diffusion de substances nicotiques ou médicamenteuses.
(2) Conception et optimisation d'outils de gaufrages; services de conseils technologiques pour l'obtention de résultats améliorés de gaufrages esthétiques, physiques et mécaniques; conception et optimisation d'outils de gaufrages à des fins d'effets esthétiques, techniques ou physiques, tous en particulier sur les bijoux, les montres, les produits pharmaceutiques, les aliments ou produits du tabac.
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(1) Cigarettes sans tabac à usage médical.
(2) Gaufreuses; gaufreuses pour le gaufrage de feuilles minces, de feuilles minces d'aluminium, de feuilles minces constituées de polymères, de laminés minces comprenant du papier, de polymères, ou des deux; gaufreuses pour le gaufrage de feuilles stratifiées, de feuilles de métal, de papier métallisé ou de produits stratifiés métallisés; installations comprenant une machine d'emballage et une gaufreuse synchronisée avec la machine d'emballage; parties et accessoires de gaufreuses non compris dans d'autres classes, notamment des rouleaux de gaufrage, rouleaux de froissage; gaufreuses avec chauffage pour le traitement thermique de matériaux de gaufrage; machines-outils pour la structuration mécanique, chimique ou photo-lithographique de rouleaux de gaufrage; machines-outils pour la structuration en relief non-rotative, en particulier par une ablation laser; machines-outils pour la structuration de surfaces par impression au faisceau laser direct, en particulier pour créer des effets esthétiques; machines-outils pour la structuration de la surface d'un objet métallique par impression au faisceau laser direct, en particulier pour créer des effets esthétiques; viroles d'impression, non entraînées manuellement; machines pour la fabrication de bâtonnets-filtres pour cigarettes; machines pour la fabrication de cigarettes.
(3) Cahiers de papier à cigarettes; cigarettes; cigarettes électroniques; embouts de filtres pour cigarettes; filtres pour cigarettes; papier à cigarettes; appareils électroniques ainsi que leurs parties destinées à chauffer des cigarettes ou du tabac pour dégager des aérosols contenant de la nicotine pour l'inhalation; produits du tabac; articles pour fumeurs. (1) Gravure par enlèvement de matière; gravure de rouleaux de gaufrage; gaufrage de calandres; gravure au laser de matériaux en tailles submicrométrique, micrométrique ou macrométrique à des fins esthétiques, techniques et physiques; travaux de gaufrage sur tous supports, notamment de substrats utilisés dans la production des filtres pour les cigarettes, les cigarettes électroniques et tout dispositif de diffusion de substances nicotiques ou médicamenteuses.
(2) Conception et optimisation d'outils de gaufrages; services de conseils technologiques pour l'obtention de résultats améliorés de gaufrages esthétiques, physiques et mécaniques; conception et optimisation d'outils de gaufrage à des fins d'effets esthétiques, techniques ou physiques, tous en particulier sur les bijoux, les montres, les produits pharmaceutiques, les aliments ou produits du tabac.
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A DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR OPTICAL ENGRAVING OF A DIFFRACTION GRATING ON A WORKPIECE
A device for engraving a diffraction grating on a workpiece, comprises an optical set-up comprising a laser, a beam forming device, a beam splitting device, and a focusing head. The laser is configured to output a laser beam. The beam forming device is configured to control a diameter of and a light intensity distribution in the laser beam, and output a primary laser beam. The beam splitting device is configured for a splitting of the primary laser beam into a plurality of split beams for the engraving. The focusing head comprises a microscope objective lens (109) configured to focus the respective split beams in respective foci on the workpiece, an auto-focusing system configured to produce a positioning signal for adjusting and maintaining a distance between the microscope objective lens and the workpiece in order to maintain the respective foci of the split beams on the workpiece and output the positioning signal; and a micro-actuator configured to receive the positioning signal and adjust the distance between the microscope objective lens and the workpiece, whereby the auto-focusing system and the micro-actuator are operationally connected in a closed-loop. The device for engraving further comprises a positioning device configured to perform a relative positioning between the workpiece in the respective foci of the split beams, and the optical set-up; and a controller configured to control the positioning device and the laser according to engraving instructions for the diffraction grating.
A method for seamlessly embossing micro- or nanostructures into at least one thermoformable layer of a sandwich structure, the sandwich structure comprising a layer of carrier substrate and a cover made of the at least one thermoformable layer. The micro- or nanostructures comprise at least embossing structures that are a combination of a plurality of structures, the combination comprising a first structure and a second structure, with respectively a first width and a second width in a scale of at least 5 to 1, or respectively a first height and a second height in the scale of at least 5 to 1. The method further comprises melting material of the at least one thermoformable layer to a viscous phase; applying the molten material of the at least one thermoformable layer onto the layer of carrier substrate to obtain the sandwich structure prior to embossing; maintaining the material of the at least one thermoformable layer in the viscous phase prior to embossing; feeding the sandwich structure in a nip of a set of a first embossing roller and a second embossing roller, the first embossing roller and the embossing micro- or nanostructures carried thereon being made from a single bulk material, the first embossing roller comprising the embossing micro- or nanostructures in form of at least a protrusion and/or at least a recess on its cylindrical surface, the second embossing roller having a smooth cylindrical surface, the at least one thermoformable layer of material being oriented towards the first embossing roller and the layer of carrier substrate oriented towards the second embossing roller; embossing the micro- or nanostructures into the at least one thermoformable layer; and controlling a temperature of the sandwich structure at an output of the nip to a solidifying temperature of the at least one thermoformable layer.
A method for embossing a sheet of substrate, wherein the embossing is realized by providing means of at least a first embossing roller and a second embossing roller configured to emboss first structures and second structures, thereby embossing the sheet of substrate when this passes in a nip formed by the first and second embossing rollers, whereby the embossed sheet of substrate is configured to be used in a manufacturing of cigarette filters, and is further configured to be entirely biodegradable. The method comprises providing a sheet of substrate. The method further comprises any one of the embossing steps in a list comprising: embossing the sheet of substrate with first structures to form crimping lines; embossing the sheet of substrate with second structures to form chimney structures; embossing the sheet of substrate with a combination of first and second structures to form crimping lines and chimney structures respectively. The crimping lines have a first width at a surface level of the sheet of substrate, and a first height or depth measured from the surface level in a first range of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm, thereby configured to be deformable when used in the manufacturing process of cigarette filters. the chimney structures comprise segments that have a second width at the surface level of the sheet of substrate, in a second range of 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm, and a second height or depth measured from the surface level in a third range of 0.1 mm to 1.5 mm, thereby configured to remain open when used in the manufacturing process of cigarette filters and influence a pressure drop of air in such cigarette filters. Further the sheet of substrate comprises fibers with a cut length in a fourth range of 0.5 mm to 6.0 mm, and with a diameter in a fifth range of 10 μm to 500 μm, the fibers being entirely biodegradable and randomly distributed to deliver an air permeability. The sheet of substrate's air permeability being configured with filtration capabilities of substances present in a cigarette smoke.
A method for embossing a sheet of substrate, wherein the embossing is realized by providing means of at least a first embossing roller and a second embossing roller configured to emboss first structures and second structures, thereby embossing the sheet of substrate when this passes in a nip formed by the first and second embossing rollers, whereby the embossed sheet of substrate is configured to be used in a manufacturing of cigarette filters, and is further configured to be entirely biodegradable. The method comprises providing a sheet of substrate. The method further comprises any one of the embossing steps in a list comprising: embossing the sheet of substrate with first structures to form crimping lines; embossing the sheet of substrate with second structures to form chimney structures; embossing the sheet of substrate with a combination of first and second structures to form crimping lines and chimney structures respectively. The crimping lines have a first width at a surface level of the sheet of substrate, and a first height or depth measured from the surface level in a first range of 0,1 mm to 0,5 mm, thereby configured to be deformable when used in the manufacturing process of cigarette filters. the chimney structures comprise segments that have a second width at the surface level of the sheet of substrate, in a second range of 0,5 mm to 5,0 mm, and a second height or depth measured from the surface level in a third range of 0,1 mm to 1,5 mm, thereby configured to remain open when used in the manufacturing process of cigarette filters and influence a pressure drop of air in such cigarette filters. Further the sheet of substrate comprises fibers with a cut length in a fourth range of 0,5 mm to 6,0 mm, and with a diameter in a fifth range of 10 µm to 500 µm, the fibers being entirely biodegradable and randomly distributed to deliver an air permeability. The sheet of substrate's air permeability being configured with filtration capabilities of substances present in a cigarette smoke.
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07 - Machines and machine tools
34 - Tobacco; smokers' articles
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Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical use. Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories for embossers not included in other
classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers
with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials;
machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or
photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine
tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular
by laser ablation; machine tools for structuring surfaces by
direct laser beam printing, in particular for creating
esthetic effects; machine tools for structuring the surface
of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, in
particular for creating esthetic effects; printing ferrules,
not hand-operated; machines for making cigarette filter
rods; machines for making cigarettes. Books of cigarette papers; cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes; filter tips for cigarettes; cigarette filters;
cigarette paper; electronic apparatus as well as their parts
for heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; tobacco
products; smokers' articles. Engraving by removal of material; engraving of embossing
rolls; embossing of calenders; laser engraving of materials
in submicrometric, micrometric or macrometric sizes for
esthetic, technical and physical purposes; embossing on all
media, particularly on substrates used in the production of
filters for cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and any
nicotine or medicine delivery device. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; designing
esthetic, technical or physical effects, all in particular
on jewels, watches, pharmaceuticals, food or tobacco
products.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories for embossers not included in other
classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers
with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials;
machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or
photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine
tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular
by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or
microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in
particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light
effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects,
security features or a combination thereof; machine tools
for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing,
particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical
effects or security features; machine tools for structuring
of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam
printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
special optical effects or security features; printing
ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of
calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron,
micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical,
physical or safety purposes; embossing on all media,
including thin sheets. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; process design
for reading markings or security elements embossed or
generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design
of processes for reading markings for identification and/or
authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations or
markings using light diffraction, in particular of security
elements or methods of encrypting and decrypting
information; design of aesthetic, technical or physical
effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals,
food or valuable products.
23.
METHOD FOR POLISHING A SURFACE OF AN EMBOSSING TOOL COMPRISING MICRO-STRUCTURES
A method for a laser polishing of a workpiece's surface carrying at least one micro-structure having a determined shape. The workpiece's surface and the micro-structure are made from a same determined material and the laser polishing method is configured to substantially preserve at least the determined shape after its polishing. The method comprises focusing a pulsed femtosecond laser beam in a focus waist on or above the workpiece's surface at a distance in a range from 0 µm to 1 Rayleigh length on either side of the focus waist in a laser beam propagation axis, measured from the workpiece's surface, the laser beam impinging on the workpiece's surface in a spot; creating a relative movement at a determined scanning speed between the spot and the workpiece's surface configured to scan at least a part of the workpiece's surface, and of the at least one micro-structure. The impinging laser beam heats the workpiece's surface or the at least one micro-structure, whereupon a determined number of successive pulses causes a melting layer zone of the determined material at the workpiece's surface which upon solidification improves the initial roughness of the workpiece's surface, and which is advanced over the workpiece's surface at the determined scanning speed (V) in order to polish the workpiece's surface. Each pulse of the laser delivers a determined fluence at the spot, to the workpiece's surface or the at least one micro-structure, that is below an ablation fluence threshold of the determined material. The melting layer zone is obtained by a partial superposition of the spots produced by corresponding successive pulses, the superposition which enables to reach a melting temperature of the determined material and form the melting layer zone. A pulse duration of pulses in the fs laser beam is greater or equal to 100 fs and inferior or equal to 2000 fs. Thereby the method achieves a polishing and obtaining of the workpiece's surface and the at least one micro-structure with a roughness Ra of equal or greater than 100 nm.
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Embossing machines; embossers, namely, embossing machines for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; component parts for embossing machines not included in other classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects, security features or a combination thereof; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated, namely, component parts of industrial printing machines in the nature of printing ferrules, not hand-operated Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical, physical or safety purposes; embossing on all media, including thin sheets Design and development of embossing tools; technological consulting services for embossing tools for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results; engineering services, namely, process design engineering services for reading markings or security elements embossed or generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; engineering services, namely, design of processes for reading markings for identification and/or authentication purposes; product design services, namely, design of hidden decorations or markings using light diffraction, such markings and decoration being security elements, for the purpose of product authentication and tracking, brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products; new product design in the field of aesthetic, technical or physical effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals, food or valuable products; All the foregoing excluding all of the following: Providing online non-downloadable time series database software for event monitoring and alerting featuring data storage, scientific measurements, research and development; Application service provider featuring application programming interface(API) software; Providing online non-downloadable computer time series database software for data analysis and research and development featuring machine learning and artificial intelligence capability, for accessing, browsing, sharing, defining, maintaining, virtualizing, research and development and communicating information purposes, all conducted over computer networks, servers, secure private networks
25.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING AN EMBOSSING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING EMBOSSING DEVICE
A method for manufacturing an embossing device or injection mold including the steps of providing a hard coated embossing roller having a cylindrically-shaped core and a hard-coating layer, the hard-coating layer having a thickness of equal or less than 30 μm, and performing laser ablation to the hard-coated cylinder to remove material from the hard-coating layer to form opening, a surface of the opening forming a structural feature into the hard-coating layer, to form a structured hard-coated cylinder.
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
07 - Machines and machine tools
34 - Tobacco; smokers' articles
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Cigarettes sans tabac à usage médical.
(2) Gaufreuses; gaufreuses pour le gaufrage de feuilles minces, de feuilles minces d'aluminium, de feuilles minces constituées de polymères, de laminés minces comprenant du papier, de polymères, ou des deux; gaufreuses pour le gaufrage de feuilles stratifiées, de feuilles de métal, de papier métallisé ou de produits stratifiés métallisés; installations comprenant une machine d'emballage et une gaufreuse synchronisée avec la machine d'emballage; parties et accessoires de gaufreuses non compris dans d'autres classes, notamment des rouleaux de gaufrage, rouleaux de froissage, gaufreuses avec chauffage pour le traitement thermique de matériaux de gaufrage; machines-outils pour la structuration mécanique, chimique ou photo-lithographique de rouleaux de gaufrage; machines-outils pour la structuration en relief non-rotative, en particulier par une ablation laser; machines-outils pour la structuration de surfaces par impression au faisceau laser direct, en particulier pour créer des effets esthétiques; machines-outils pour la structuration de la surface d'un objet métallique par impression au faisceau laser direct, en particulier pour créer des effets esthétiques; viroles d'impression, non entraînées manuellement; machines pour la fabrication de bâtonnets-filtres pour cigarettes; machines pour la fabrication de cigarettes.
(3) Cahiers de papier à cigarettes; cigarettes; cigarettes électroniques; embouts de filtres pour cigarettes; filtres pour cigarettes; papier à cigarettes; appareils électroniques ainsi que leurs parties destinées à chauffer des cigarettes ou du tabac pour dégager des aérosols contenant de la nicotine pour l'inhalation; produits du tabac; articles pour fumeurs. (1) Gravure par enlèvement de matière; gravure de rouleaux de gaufrage; gaufrage de calandres; gravure au laser de matériaux en tailles submicrométrique, micrométrique ou macrométrique à des fins esthétiques, techniques et physiques; travaux de gaufrage sur tous supports, notamment de substrats utilisés dans la production des filtres pour les cigarettes, les cigarettes électroniques et tout dispositif de diffusion de substances nicotiques ou médicamenteuses.
(2) Conception et optimisation d'outils de gaufrages; services de conseils technologiques pour l'obtention de résultats améliorés de gaufrages esthétiques, physiques et mécaniques; conception d'effets esthétiques, techniques ou physiques, tous en particulier sur les bijoux, les montres, les produits pharmaceutiques, les aliments ou produits du tabac.
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
07 - Machines and machine tools
34 - Tobacco; smokers' articles
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical use, namely, containing nicotine substitutes for quitting smoking, containing caffeine preparations for medical purposes for losing weight, containing caffeine preparations for treating depression, multiple sclerosis symptoms, epilepsy, AIDs, Alzheimer’s Embossing machines; embossers, namely, embossing machines for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; component parts and fittings for embossing machines not included in other classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects; printing ferrules, not hand operated, namely, component parts of industrial printing machines in the nature of printing ferrules, not hand-operated; machines for making cigarette filter rods; machines for making cigarettes, namely, automated machines for the manufacture of cigarettes Books of cigarette papers; cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; filter tips for cigarettes; cigarette filters; cigarette paper; electronic apparatus as well as their component parts for heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; tobacco products, namely, tobacco tins, tobacco jars, rolling tobacco and tobacco filters; smokers' articles, namely, smoker's storage vaults for cigars, for cigarettes and for snuff, lighters for smokers, smoking pipe cleaners, and cigar glue Engraving by removal of material; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicrometric, micrometric or macrometric sizes for esthetic, technical and physical purposes; embossing on all media, particularly on substrates used in the production of filters for cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and any nicotine or medicine delivery device Design and development of embossing tools; technological consulting services in the technology field of embossing machinery for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results; new product design in the field of aesthetic, technical or physical effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals, food or valuable products
A method and device of embossing individually light-reflecting areas on a foil material, the method and device comprising feeding a foil material into a roller nip between a pair of rollers, wherein the pair of rollers comprises a first roller and a second roller, providing each of the first roller and second roller at their respective surfaces at least in a determined perimeter, respectively with a plurality of polyhedron-shaped positive projections and a plurality of negative projections complementary to the positive projections, whereby the plurality of positive projections are arranged according to a 2-dimensional grid. The plurality of polyhedron-shaped positive projections seamlessly and gaplessly join with those corresponding negative projections at the intended embossing of the foil material, hence enabling a homogeneously jointed embossed polyhedron-like shape in the foil. The method and device further comprise, for the purpose of providing a plurality of light-reflecting areas on the foil material, that are intended to reflect light in line with a table of reflectivity values for the 2-dimensional grid, according to an orientation and shape of each of the plurality of light-reflecting areas, and enabling a perception by the human eye of a user, of the intended reflected light on a determined wide viewing angle covered by reflected light from any of the light-reflecting areas, a step of adjusting for each of the plurality of light-reflecting areas to be provided, an orientation and shape of the corresponding positive projection in the 2-dimensional grid, that is intended to emboss the light-reflecting area.
B21B 1/40 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling foils which present special problems, e.g. because of thinness
A method for manufacturing a structured embossing cylinder for embossing system including the steps of providing a hard-coated embossing roller having a cylindrically-shaped core and a hard-coating layer on the cylindrically-shaped core, the hard-coating layer having a thickness in a range between 1 gm and 10 gm, and having a surface-roughness value RA of less than 100 nm, depositing a masking layer on the hard-coating layer, the masking layer having a thickness of equal or less than 100 nm, removing material from the masking layer to form at least one opening, and etching to remove material at the at least one opening of the masking layer from the hard-coating layer to form a surface cavity in the hard-coating layer at the at least one opening, the surface cavity forming a structural embossing feature into the hard-coating layer, thereby forming the structured embossing cylinder.
A tamper-evidence for a product casing (103), comprising the product casing (103) made from a packaging material; at least a first longitudinally shaped tearing zone (204) comprising structures embossed in the packaging material, the at least one first longitudinally shaped tearing zone being located on a surface of the product casing and defining a delimitation of a lid area (202) on the surface of the product casing; an opening strip (200) made of a foil material, the opening strip being configured to adhere on the packaging material of substantially the entire lid area, to cover the at least one first longitudinally shaped tearing zone in order to seal it, and to produce a tearing of the packaging material corresponding to the at least one first longitudinally shaped tearing zone on the product casing and a removing from the product casing of packaging material of the lid area, as an effect of the opening strip being pulled away from the product casing and further comprising a second longitudinally shaped tearing zone (205) parallel to the first longitudinally shaped tearing zone, and wherein the lid area (202) is delimited by the first and second longitudinally shaped tearing zones and a border of the packaging material.
B65D 75/58 - Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
B65D 85/10 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
An engraved solid piece carries data comprising specific information on a surface of the engraved solid piece. The surface is covered by a plurality of block structures, comprising at least a first block structure. Each block structure is a spatially restricted collection of modulated features and base features, which are spread over the surface of the engraved solid piece. Each modulated feature and each base feature has respectively a three-dimensional modulated-feature profile and a three-dimensional base-feature profile. Each of the modulated-feature profiles is the result of applying a corresponding modulation to one of the three-dimensional base-feature profiles, according to a specific, corresponding information. Each modulated feature further is a symbol, which is a transcription of a character of an alphabet. The alphabet is a collection of characters, which are distinct objects of well-defined elementary data. Each of the base features is an engraved elementary three-dimensional topographical element of the surface. Each of the modulated features is an engraved three-dimensional topographical element of the surface. At least a part of the data is transcribed by a code-block structure of modulated features, the code-block structure thereby constituting at least a part of a block structure corresponding to the at least one part of the data. The modulated features of the first block structure are arranged according to a first ordered map, the first ordered map comprising at least a first finite ordered set of first positions of the modulated features of a first code-block structure on the surface, the first block structure corresponding to a first part of the data, and the first ordered map further is configured to arrange the modulated features of the first block structure to constitute an aesthetic ensemble on the surface and render the respective symbols corresponding to the modulated features of the first code-block structure imperceptible to the human eye, but retrievable by means of a software-driven image-sensor/processor combination.
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
07 - Machines and machine tools
34 - Tobacco; smokers' articles
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical use. Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories for embossers not included in other
classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers
with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials;
machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or
photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine
tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular
by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or
microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in
particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light
effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects,
security features or a combination thereof; machine tools
for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing,
particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical
effects or security features; machine tools for structuring
of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam
printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
special optical effects or security features; printing
ferrules, not hand-operated; machines for making cigarette
filter rods; machines for making cigarettes. Books of cigarette papers; cigarettes; electronic
cigarettes; filter tips for cigarettes; cigarette filters;
cigarette paper; electronic apparatus as well as their parts
for heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release
nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; tobacco
products; smokers' articles. Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of
calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron,
micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical,
physical or safety purposes; embossing on all media,
including thin sheets. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; process design
for reading markings or security elements embossed or
generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design
of processes for reading markings for identification and/or
authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations or
markings using light diffraction, in particular of security
elements or methods of encrypting and decrypting
information; design of aesthetic, technical or physical
effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals,
food or valuable products.
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METHOD FOR OBTAINING ENGRAVING INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTROL A SYSTEM COMPRISING A SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR, TO REPRESENT A PIXELIZED IMAGE ON A SOLID PIECE BY MEANS OF AN ENGRAVING BEAM
A method for obtaining engraving instructions to control a system comprising a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM), the engraving instructions being configured to control the system to represent a pixelized image on a solid piece by means of an engraving beam. The engraving beam is formed by an adjustable number of focal spots aligned on an orientation axis, thereby defining a brush, and is generated by means of a laser and the SLM. The pixelized image comprises at least a first delimited surface to which is attributed a first appearance, the first appearance corresponding to a set of a first angle of orientation of the brush and a first period corresponding to a distance separating one focal spot from a next focal spot in the brush, the first delimited surface to be filled with engraved structures arranged as first linear segments by means of the engraving beam, the first linear segments being perpendicular to the first orientation of the brush. The method comprises uploading of the pixelized image of the first delimited surface into a memory of the system; uploading a table of appearances comprising at least for the first appearance a set with the first angle of orientation and the first period; uploading parameters for available brush widths at least for the first appearance, the parameters comprising a list of at least one brush with a determined number of focal spots. The method further comprises rotating the first delimited surface as a function of an angle of rotation corresponding to the first angle of orientation; re-pixelization of the rotated first delimited surface; determining of a start position and an end position of each of the linear segments in order to sweep the rotated first delimited surface with the brush having the widest possible width in successive and adjacent stripes; determining of a first remaining surface not yet swept of the rotated first delimited surface and repeating the step of determining of a start position and an end position of the linear segments having a smaller width corresponding to an available brush that is smaller than the previously used brush; generating a computer-generated hologram for each available width of available brushes used with the first angle of orientation; and sending engraving instructions to a further memory of the system.
A method for engraving a solid piece's tool surface with a plurality of code patterns of structures, wherein the plurality of code patterns comprises a first code pattern comprising first structures with lateral sizes and pitches respectively in a range of 20 to 500 µm; a second code pattern comprising second structures with lateral sizes and pitches each in a range of 1 to 20 µm; and a third code pattern comprising third structures with lateral sizes and pitches each in a range of 0.2 to 5 µm. The method comprises providing a virgin base surface on the solid piece's tool surface; polishing the virgin base surface to obtain a polished base surface; depositing a hard layer on the polished base surface; engraving the third code pattern in the hard layer. The method comprises engraving the first code pattern and the second code pattern before the step of depositing the hard layer, wherein the hard layer reproduces the topography of the first code pattern and the second code pattern.
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
07 - Machines and machine tools
34 - Tobacco; smokers' articles
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Tobacco-free cigarettes for medical use, namely, for drug delivery purposes, containing nicotine substitutes for quitting smoking, containing plant extracts for quitting smoking, containing caffeine preparations for medical purposes for losing weight, containing plant extracts for treating illnesses, namely, mental illnesses, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, AIDS, Alzheimer. Embossing machines; embossers, namely, embossing machines, for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; component parts and accessories for embosser machines, namely, embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossing machines with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials; machine tools, namely, embossing tools for the mechanical, chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools, namely, laser engraving machines for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools, namely, laser engraving machines for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects, security features or a combination thereof; machine tools, namely, laser engraving machines for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools, namely, laser engraving machines for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; component part of industrial printing machines in the nature of printing ferrules, not hand-operated; automated machines for making cigarette filter rods; automated machines for making cigarettes. Books of cigarette papers; cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; filter tips for cigarettes; cigarette filters; cigarette paper; electronic apparatus as well as their parts, namely, electronic cigar and cigarette lighters and their component parts for heating cigarettes or tobacco in order to release nicotine-containing aerosol for inhalation; tobacco products, namely, tobacco tins, tobacco jars, rolling tobacco and tobacco filters; smokers' articles, namely, smoker's storage vaults for cigars, cigarettes and snuff, lighters for smokers, smoking pipe cleaners and cigar glue. Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical, physical or safety purposes; embossing on all media, including thin sheets, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on plastic, metals, cardboard, leather, metal coated papers, aluminum foils, tipping papers, hybrid foils and plastic foils. Design of embossing tools and optimization of embossing tools, namely, development of embossing tools to optimize features; technological consulting services in the technology field of applied design of machinery and computer hardware, and in the technology field of embossing machinery for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results; engineering services, namely, process design engineering services for reading markings or security elements embossed or generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; engineering services, namely, design of processes for reading markings for identification and/or authentication purposes; product design services, namely, design of hidden decorations or markings using light diffraction, in particular of security elements or methods of encrypting and decrypting information; product design, namely, design of aesthetic, technical or physical effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals, food or valuable products.
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07 - Machines and machine tools
34 - Tobacco; smokers' articles
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(1) Cigarettes sans tabac à usage médical.
(2) Machines pour la fabrication de bâtonnets-filtres pour cigarettes; machines pour la fabrication de cigarettes.
(3) Cahiers de papier à cigarettes; cigarettes; cigarettes électroniques; embouts de filtres pour cigarettes; filtres pour cigarettes; papier à cigarettes; appareils électroniques ainsi que leurs parties destinées à chauffer des cigarettes ou du tabac pour dégager des aérosols contenant de la nicotine pour l'inhalation; produits du tabac; articles pour fumeurs, nommément, coffres de rangement pour cigares, cigarettes et tabac à priser, briquets pour fumeurs, cure-pipes et colle à cigares.
A method for embossing a barrier paper, wherein the barrier paper comprises paper and a protective layer on at least one of its sides. The method comprises providing a first embossing system with a first embossing tool and a second embossing tool cooperating with the first embossing tool to emboss the barrier paper; providing a patrix structure on the first embossing tool; providing a matrix structure on the second embossing tool; whereby the matrix structure corresponds to the patrix structure in such a manner that when embossing the barrier paper, a functionality of the protective layer is preserved. The method further comprises embossing the barrier paper by inserting the barrier paper between the first and the second embossing tools, applying pressure between the patrix and the matrix structures to press the patrix structure on a paper side which is a side of the barrier paper opposite to the side with the protective layer of the barrier paper, and push the barrier paper in the matrix structure, whereby the protective layer faces the matrix structure, thereby modifying a fiber structure of the paper in the barrier paper by at least one of the following effects: breaking of paper fibers, compressing of the paper fibers, densifying of the paper fibers; resulting in a modified folding behavior of the barrier paper and in maintaining a substantially unchanged shape of the barrier paper over its lifetime.
A device for engraving a diffraction grating on a workpiece, comprises an optical set-up comprising alaser, a beam forming device, a beam splitting device, and a focusing head. The laser is configured tooutput a laser beam. The beam forming device is configured to control a diameter of and a lightintensity distribution in the laser beam, and output a primary laser beam. The beam splitting deviceis configured for a splitting of the primary laser beam into a plurality of split beams for theengraving. The focusing head comprises a microscope objective lens (109) configured to focus therespective split beams in respective foci on the workpiece, an auto-focusing system configured toproduce a positioning signal for adjusting and maintaining a distance between the microscopeobjective lens and the workpiece in order to maintain the respective foci of the split beams on theworkpiece and output the positioning signal; and a micro-actuator configured to receive thepositioning signal and adjust the distance between the microscope objective lens and the workpiece,whereby the auto-focusing system and the micro-actuator are operationally connected in a closed-loop. The device for engraving further comprises a positioning device configured to perform arelative positioning between the workpiece in the respective foci of the split beams, and the opticalset-up; and a controller configured to control the positioning device and the laser according toengraving instructions for the diffraction grating.
B44C 1/22 - Removing surface-material, e.g. by engraving, by etching
G03H 1/02 - Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared, or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from themDetails peculiar thereto Details
B23K 37/04 - Auxiliary devices or processes, not specially adapted for a procedure covered by only one of the other main groups of this subclass for holding or positioning work
An embossing system, comprising an embossing frame, and an embossing cassette. The embossing cassette comprises at least 2 rollers, and a body configured to hold the at least 2 rollers, whereby the at least 2 rollers are removably mounted in the body. The embossing frame is configured to removably house the embossing cassette, and the embossing frame comprises an embossing-frame positioning means configured to cooperate with a corresponding body-positioning means of the embossing cassette at a time when the embossing cassette is housed in the embossing frame, to position the embossing cassette in a predetermined position inside of the ossing frame. The embossing system further comprises a plurality of means for adjusting and correcting a position of a rotation axis of the corresponding roller inside the body, a location of each of the means for adjusting and correcting being at one of each end of the at least 2 rollers, and the plurality of means for adjusting and correcting being configured to adjust and correct in at least two of the following: in an axial direction of the corresponding roller, n one of the 2 dimensions of a plane perpendicular to the axial direction, and the embossing frame is further configured to render the plurality of means for adjusting and correcting the position of the rotation axis inaccessible from an outside of the embossing frame at a time when the embossing cassette is housed Inside the embossing frame.
A method for manufacturing an embossing device or injection mold including the steps of providing a hard coated embossing roller having a cylindrically-shaped core and a hard-coating layer, the hard-coating layer having a thickness of equal or less than 30 μm, and performing laser ablation to the hard-coated cylinder to remove material from the hard- coating layer to form opening, a surface of the opening forming a structural feature into the hard-coating layer, to form a structured hard-coated cylinder.
A method for manufacturing a structured embossing cylinder for embossing system including the steps of providing a hard-coated embossing roller having a cylindrically-shaped core and a hard-coating layer on the cylindrically-shaped core, the hard- coating layer having a thickness in a range between 1 μm and 10 μm, and having a surface- roughness value RA of less than 100 nm, depositing a masking layer on the hard-coating layer, the masking layer having a thickness of equal or less than 100 nm, removing material from the masking layer to form at least one opening, and etching to remove material at the at least one opening of the masking layer from the hard-coating layer to form a surface cavity in the hard-coating layer at the at least one opening, the surface cavity forming a structural embossing feature into the hard-coating layer, thereby forming the structured embossing cylinder.
An engraved solid piece carries data comprising specific information on a surface of the engraved solid piece. The surface is covered by a plurality of block structures, comprising at least a first block structure. Each block structure is a spatially restricted collection of modulated features and base features, which are spread over the surface of the engraved solid piece. Each modulated feature and each base feature has respectively a three- dimensional modulated-feature profile and a three-dimensional base-feature profile. Each of the modulated-feature profiles is the result of applying a corresponding modulation to one of the three-dimensional base-feature profiles, according to a specific, corresponding information. Each modulated feature further is a symbol, which is a transcription of a character of an alphabet. The alphabet is a collection of characters, which are distinct objects of well-defined elementary data. Each of the base features is an engraved elementary three- dimensional topographical element of the surface. Each of the modulated features is an engraved three-dimensional topographical element of the surface. At least a part of the data is transcribed by a code-block structure of modulated features, the code-block structure thereby constituting at least a part of a block structure corresponding to the at least one part of the data. The modulated features of the first block structure are arranged according to a first ordered map, the first ordered map comprising at least a first finite ordered set of first positions of the modulated features of a first code-block structure on the surface, the first block structure corresponding to a first part of the data, and the first ordered map further is configured to arrange the modulated features of the first block structure to constitute an aesthetic ensemble on the surface and render the respective symbols corresponding to the modulated features of the first code-block structure imperceptible to the human eye, but retrievable by means of a software-driven image-sensor/processor combination.
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
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Paper joint without discontinuity for tube shaped paper wraps closed by means of embossed paper and re-sealable innerliner seal by means of structured innerliner
A set of thin foil surfaces configured to achieve a joint among the foil surfaces, the joint being arranged to be without discontinuity, comprising at least a first portion of surface dedicated to achieve the joint; pixelized type embossings on the first portion of surface; and at least a second portion of surface dedicated to achieve the joint. The second portion of surface is shaped to correspond to the first portion of surface for making the joint between the first portion of surface and the second portion of surface through contact.
A24C 5/00 - Making cigarettesMaking tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
B31B 50/62 - Uniting opposed surfaces or edgesTaping by adhesives
B31F 5/02 - Attaching together sheets, strips or websReinforcing edges by crimpling or slotting
B65D 85/10 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
A method and device of embossing individually light-reflecting areas on a foil material, the method and device comprising feeding a foil material into a roller nip between a pair of rollers, wherein the pair of rollers comprises a first roller and a second roller, providing each of the first roller and second roller at their respective surfaces at least in a determined perimeter, respectively with a plurality of polyhedron-shaped positive projections and a plurality of negative projections complementary to the positive projections, whereby the plurality of positive projections are arranged according to a 2-dimensional grid. The plurality of polyhedron-shaped positive projections seamlessly and gaplessly join with those corresponding negative projections at the intended embossing of the foil material, hence enabling a homogeneously jointed embossed polyhedron-like shape in the foil. The method and device further comprise, for the purpose of providing a plurality of light-reflecting areas on the foil material, that are intended to reflect light in line with a table of reflectivity values for the 2-dimensional grid, according to an orientation and shape of each of the plurality of light-reflecting areas, and enabling a perception by the human eye of a user, of the intended reflected light on a determined wide viewing angle covered by reflected light from any of the light-reflecting areas, a step of adjusting for each of the plurality of light-reflecting areas to be provided, an orientation and shape of the corresponding positive projection in the 2-dimensional grid, that is intended to emboss the light-reflecting area.
B21B 1/40 - Metal rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-sectionSequence of operations in milling trainsLayout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of standsSuccession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling foils which present special problems, e.g. because of thinness
A method for adaptively splitting a coherent primary light beam, comprising producing a desired far-field distribution by phase modulating the primary light beam with a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM), the primary coherent light beam being directed to reflect on a display element of the spatial light modulator, thereby avoiding any moving elements to shape the primary coherent light beam, extracting from the primary light beam, after it has passed the spatial light modulator, a monitoring beam and a main beam, measuring the monitoring beam with a camera, directing the desired far-field distribution in the monitoring beam on a sensor surface of the camera. In a first option, the method comprises guiding the primary beam through a first focusing element (L1) that is configured to focus the far-field distribution onto a focusing plane of the first focusing element as a real output distribution, and focusing the far-field distribution in the monitoring beam onto the sensor surface of the camera by means of the first focusing element. In a second option, the method comprises guiding the monitoring beam through a second focusing element (L2) that is configured to focus the far-field distribution on the sensor surface of the camera. For either the first or the second option, the method further comprises adjusting a dynamic range of the camera using a variable intensity regulator to control the intensity of the incoming monitoring beam as a function of the far-field distribution, and configuring a closed loop to enable a phase calculation for the display element of the spatial light modulator, whereby an output signal from the camera is input into the closed loop for a plurality of iterations of a phase-calculation algorithm performed by a controller, wherein in the first option, the first focusing element is used, excluding the second focusing element, and in the second option, the second focusing element is used, excluding the first focusing element.
B23K 26/067 - Dividing the beam into multiple beams, e.g. multi-focusing
G02B 27/09 - Beam shaping, e.g. changing the cross-sectioned area, not otherwise provided for
G02F 1/01 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
An embossing system, comprising an embossing frame, and an embossing cassette. The embossing cassette comprises at least 2 rollers, and a body configured to hold the at least 2 rollers, whereby the at least 2 rollers are removably mounted in the body. The embossing frame is configured to removably house the embossing cassette, and the embossing frame comprises an embossing-frame positioning means configured to cooperate with a corresponding body-positioning means of the embossing cassette at a time when the embossing cassette is housed in the embossing frame, to position the embossing cassette in a predetermined position inside of the embossing frame. The embossing system further comprises a plurality of means for adjusting and correcting a position of a rotation axis of the corresponding roller inside the body, a location of each of the means for adjusting and correcting being at one of each end of the at least 2 rollers, and the plurality of means for adjusting and correcting being configured to adjust and correct in at least two of the following: in an axial direction of the corresponding roller, In one of the 2 dimensions of a plane perpendicular to the axial direction, and the embossing frame is further configured to render the plurality of means for adjusting and correcting the position of the rotation axis inaccessible from an outside of the embossing frame at a time when the embossing cassette is housed Inside the embossing frame.
A method of embossing individually light reflecting areas on a foil material, the method comprising feeding a foil material into a roller nip between a pair of rollers, wherein the pair of rollers comprises a motor roller and a counter roller, providing each of the motor roller and counter roller at least in a determined perimeter with a plurality of positive and negative projections on a checkered layout whereby positive and negative projections alternate in axial and radial directions. The method further comprises that the plurality of positive and negative projections of the counter roller seamlessly and gaplessly join with those corresponding negative and positive projections of the motor roller at the intended embossing of the foil material, hence enabling a homogeneously jointed embossed polyhedron shape in the foil, and shaping each positive and negative projection on the motor roller as an n-cornered polyhedron with a specific surface intended to produce on the embossed foil surface a corresponding individually light reflecting area, for each positive projection its specific surface corresponding to its top side, and for each negative projection its specific surface corresponding to its bottom side.
An embossing tool for embossing a combined embossing pattern into a packaging material, the combined embossing pattern including decoratively embossed structure and at least one embossed code, the embossing tool including a male and a female embossing device for cooperating with each other, embossing structures of the male and female embossing device formed to produce the combined embossing pattern into the packaging material in an embossing gap, the embossing structures of the male and the female embossing device include first embossing structures intended for making the at least one embossed code, which are inverse congruent male and female embossing structures having a polyhedral shape, and the decoratively embossed structures and the at least one embossed code produced by the embossing structures are arranged such that the at least one embossed code has a reduced visibility as compared to the decoratively embossed structures.
An embossing method allowing to emboss a material on both sides comprises feeding the foil material into a roll nip between a pair of a first roll and a second roll, providing the first roll and the second roll each with a plurality of positive projections and a plurality of negative projections of identical shaped polyhedral structures, a first subset of the plurality of positive projections being disposed with a first periodicity on a first grid in axial direction and a second periodicity on the first grid in circumferential direction on the first roll, and a second subset of the plurality of negative projections being disposed with the first periodicity in axial direction and the second periodicity in circumferential direction on the first grid intertwined with the positive projections, in axial and circumferential directions respectively, and projections complementary to the first grid, on the second roll, each of the positive projections and the negative projections on the first roll during operation of the rolls and in the roll nip being surrounded on all sides by positive projections and negative projections on the second roll, the positive projections of the first roll together with alternating corresponding negative projections on the second roll forming during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, a first straight line substantially parallel to the axial direction, and the negative projections of the first roll together with alternating corresponding positive projections on the second roll forming during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, a second straight line substantially parallel to the axial direction. The positive projections and the negative projections are such that in the axial direction on the first roll each positive projection shares a lateral base border with at least one negative projection adjacent to the positive projection, and during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, all lateral oblique surfaces of the positive and negative projections of the first roll are just above the surface in full faced view with the corresponding lateral oblique surfaces of the respective negative and positive projections of the second roll, thereby enabling a homogeneous distribution of pressure to the material.
A method for adaptively splitting a coherent primary light beam, comprising producing a desired far-field distribution by phase modulating the primary light beam with a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM), the primary coherent light beam being directed to reflect on a display element of the spatial light modulator, thereby avoiding any moving elements to shape the primary coherent light beam, extracting from the primary light beam, after it has passed the spatial light modulator, a monitoring beam and a main beam, measuring the monitoring beam with a camera, directing the desired far-field distribution in the monitoring beam on a sensor surface of the camera. In a first option, the method comprises guiding the primary beam through a first focusing element (L1) that is configured to focus the far-field distribution onto a focusing plane of the first focusing element as a real output distribution, and focusing the far-field distribution in the monitoring beam onto the sensor surface of the camera by means of the first focusing element. In a second option, the method comprises guiding the monitoring beam through a second focusing element (L2) that is configured to focus the far-field distribution on the sensor surface of the camera. For either the first or the second option, the method further comprises adjusting a dynamic range of the camera using a variable intensity regulator to control the intensity of the incoming monitoring beam as a function of the far-field distribution, and configuring a closed loop to enable a phase calculation for the display element of the spatial light modulator, whereby an output signal from the camera is input into the closed loop for a plurality of iterations of a phase-calculation algorithm performed by a controller, wherein in the first option, the first focusing element is used, excluding the second focusing element, and in the second option, the second focusing element is used, excluding the first focusing element.
A method and device of embossing individually light-reflecting areas on a foil material, the method and device comprising feeding a foil material into a roller nip between a pair of rollers, wherein the pair of rollers comprises a first roller and a second roller, providing each of the first roller and second roller at their respective surfaces at least in a determined perimeter, respectively with a plurality of polyhedron-shaped positive projections and a plurality of negative projections complementary to the positive projections, whereby the plurality of positive projections are arranged according to a 2-dimensional grid. The plurality of polyhedron-shaped positive projections seamlessly and gaplessly join with those corresponding negative projections at the intended embossing of the foil material, hence enabling a homogeneously jointed embossed polyhedron-like shape in the foil. The method and device further comprise, for the purpose of providing a plurality of light-reflecting areas on the foil material, that are intended to reflect light in line with a table of reflectivity values for the 2-dimensional grid, according to an orientation and shape of each of the plurality of light-reflecting areas, and enabling a perception by the human eye of a user, of the intended reflected light on a determined wide viewing angle covered by reflected light from any of the light-reflecting areas, a step of adjusting for each of the plurality of light-reflecting areas to be provided, an orientation and shape of the corresponding positive projection in the 2-dimensional grid, that is intended to emboss the light-reflecting area.
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42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories for embossers not included in other
classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers
with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials;
machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or
photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine
tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular
by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or
microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in
particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light
effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects,
security features or a combination thereof; machine tools
for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing,
particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical
effects or security features; machine tools for structuring
of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam
printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
special optical effects or security features; printing
ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of
calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron,
micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical,
physical or security purposes; embossing on all media,
including thin sheets. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; process design
for reading markings or security elements embossed or
generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design
of processes for reading markings for identification and/or
authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations or
markings using light diffraction, in particular of security
elements or methods of encrypting and decrypting
information; design of aesthetic, technical or physical
effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals,
food or valuable products.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories for embossers not included in other
classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers
with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials;
machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or
photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine
tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular
by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or
microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in
particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light
effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects,
security features or a combination thereof; machine tools
for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing,
particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical
effects or security features; machine tools for structuring
of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam
printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
special optical effects or security features; printing
ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of
calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron,
micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical,
physical or security purposes; embossing on all media,
including thin sheets. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; process design
for reading markings or security elements embossed or
generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design
of processes for reading markings for identification and/or
authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations or
markings using light diffraction, in particular of security
elements or methods of encrypting and decrypting
information; design of aesthetic, technical or physical
effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals,
food or valuable products.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories for embossers not included in other
classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers
with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials;
machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or
photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine
tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular
by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or
microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in
particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light
effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects,
security features or a combination thereof; machine tools
for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing,
particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical
effects or security features; machine tools for structuring
of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam
printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
special optical effects or security features; printing
ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of
calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron,
micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical,
physical or security purposes; embossing on all media,
including thin sheets. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; process design
for reading markings or security elements embossed or
generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design
of processes for reading markings for identification and/or
authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations or
markings using light diffraction, in particular of security
elements or methods of encrypting and decrypting
information; design of aesthetic, technical or physical
effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals,
food or valuable products.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories for embossers not included in other
classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers
with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials;
machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or
photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine
tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular
by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or
microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in
particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light
effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects,
security features or a combination thereof; machine tools
for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing,
particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical
effects or security features; machine tools for structuring
of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam
printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
special optical effects or security features; printing
ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of
calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron,
micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical,
physical or security purposes; embossing on all media,
including thin sheets. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; process design
for reading markings or security elements embossed or
generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design
of processes for reading markings for identification and/or
authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations or
markings using light diffraction, in particular of security
elements or methods of encrypting and decrypting
information; design of aesthetic, technical or physical
effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals,
food or valuable products.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets,
thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin
laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing
machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal,
metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products;
installations comprising a packaging machine and an
embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine;
parts and accessories for embossers not included in other
classes, including embossing rolls, crease rolls, embossers
with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials;
machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or
photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine
tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular
by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or
microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in
particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light
effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects,
security features or a combination thereof; machine tools
for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing,
particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical
effects or security features; machine tools for structuring
of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam
printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
special optical effects or security features; printing
ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing of
calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron,
micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical,
physical or security purposes; embossing on all media,
including thin sheets. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic,
physical and mechanical embossing results; process design
for reading markings or security elements embossed or
generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design
of processes for reading markings for identification and/or
authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations or
markings using light diffraction, in particular of security
elements or methods of encrypting and decrypting
information; design of aesthetic, technical or physical
effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals,
food or valuable products.
57.
TOOL AND METHOD FOR EMBOSSING PACKAGING MATERIAL WITH AN EMBOSSING PATTERN HAVING A CODE WITH LOW VISIBILITY AND METHOD OF READING A CODE
An embossing tool for embossing a combined embossing pattern into a packaging material, the combined embossing pattern including decoratively embossed structure and at least one embossed code, the embossing tool including a male and a female embossing device for cooperating with each other, embossing structures of the male and female embossing device formed to produce the combined embossing pattern into the packaging material in an embossing gap, the embossing structures of the male and the female embossing device include first embossing structures intended for making the at least one embossed code, which are inverse congruent male and female embossing structures having a polyhedral shape, and the decoratively embossed structures and the at least one embossed code produced by the embossing structures are arranged such that the at least one embossed code has a reduced visibility as compared to the decoratively embossed structures.
The embossing device for fine embossing of packaging material has a set of embossing rolls with female embossing and male embossing rolls, in each case the structural elements (ML1) of the female embossing roll (M1) and the structural elements (PL1) of the male embossing rolls (P1) being assigned to each other, and the structural elements of one of the rolls being produced independently of the structural elements of the other rolls. At least one structural element (ML1; PL1) of at least one roll (M1, P1) is provided on its bottom surface (B1) and/or surface (S1) and/or side surfaces and/or in its immediate surroundings with light-scattering elements (DM1, D1), the height (H) of which is 10 μm to 150 μm. As a result of the use of light-scattering elements with small dimensions, the contrast of the structural elements can be increased substantially, by which means the overall aesthetic image is improved considerably.
A method of embossing individually light reflecting areas on a foil material, the method comprising feeding a foil material into a roller nip between a pair of rollers, wherein the pair of rollers comprises a motor roller and a counter roller, providing each of the motor roller and counter roller at least in a determined perimeter with a plurality of positive and negative projections on a checkered layout whereby positive and negative projections alternate in axial and radial directions. The method further comprises that the plurality of positive and negative projections of the counter roller seamlessly and gaplessly join with those corresponding negative and positive projections of the motor roller at the intended embossing of the foil material, hence enabling a homogeneously jointed embossed polyhedron shape in the foil, and shaping each positive and negative projection on the motor roller as an n-cornered polyhedron with a specific surface intended to produce on the embossed foil surface a corresponding individually light reflecting area, for each positive projection its specific surface corresponding to its top side, and for each negative projection its specific surface corresponding to its bottom side.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
07 - Machines and machine tools
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical, physical or [ safety ] * security * purposes; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on sheets, thin sheets, plastic, metals, cardboard, leather, metal coated papers, aluminum foils, tipping papers, hybrid foils, plastic foils Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; parts and accessories for embossers not included in other classes, namely, embossing rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, crease rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, embossers with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects, security features or a combination thereof; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated Design of embossing tools and optimization of embossing tools, namely, development of embossing tools to optimize features; technological consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results, namely, technological consultation in the technology field of applied design, computer hardware, technology consultation in the field of embossing; process design for reading markings and security elements embossed or generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design of processes for reading markings for identification and authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations and markings using light diffraction, in particular of security elements and methods of encrypting and decrypting information; design of aesthetic, technical and physical effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals, food and valuable products
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
07 - Machines and machine tools
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical, physical or [ safety ] * security * purposes; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on sheets, thin sheets, plastic, metals, cardboard, leather, metal coated papers, aluminum foils, tipping papers, hybrid foils and plastic foils Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; parts and accessories for embossers not included in other classes, namely, embossing rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, crease rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, embossers with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects, security features or a combination thereof; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated Design of embossing tools and optimization of embossing tools, namely, development of embossing tools to optimize features; technological consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results, namely, technological consultation in the technology field of applied design and computer hardware, technology consultation in the field of embossing; process design for reading markings and security elements embossed or generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design of processes for reading markings for identification and authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations and markings using light diffraction, in particular of security elements and methods of encrypting and decrypting information; design of aesthetic, technical and physical effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals, food and valuable products
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
07 - Machines and machine tools
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical, physical or [ safety ] * security * purposes; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on sheets, thin sheets, plastic, metals, cardboard, leather, metal coated papers, aluminum foils, tipping papers, hybrid foils and plastic foils Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; parts and accessories for embossers not included in other classes, namely, embossing rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, crease rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, embossers with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects, security features or a combination thereof; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated Design of embossing tools and optimization of embossing tools, namely, development of embossing tools to optimize features; technological consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results, namely, technological consultation in the technology field of applied design and computer hardware, technology consultation in the field of embossing; process design for reading markings and security elements embossed or generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design of processes for reading markings for identification and authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations and markings using light diffraction, in particular of security elements and methods of encrypting and decrypting information; design of aesthetic, technical and physical effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals, food and valuable products
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
07 - Machines and machine tools
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical, physical or [ safety ] * security * purposes; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on sheets, thin sheets, plastic, metals, cardboard, leather, metal coated papers, aluminum foils, tipping papers, hybrid foils and plastic foils Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; parts and accessories for embossers not included in other classes, namely, embossing rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, crease rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, embossers with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects, security features or a combination thereof; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated Design of embossing tools and optimization of embossing tools, namely, development of embossing tools to optimize features; technological consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results, namely, technological consultation in the technology field of applied design and computer hardware, technology consultation in the field of embossing; process design for reading markings and security elements embossed or generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design of processes for reading markings for identification and authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations and markings using light diffraction, in particular of security elements and methods of encrypting and decrypting information; design of aesthetic, technical and physical effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals, food and valuable products
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
07 - Machines and machine tools
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Engraving; engraving of embossing rolls; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on calenders; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or macrometric sizes for aesthetic, technical, physical or [ safety ] * security * purposes; embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs, images, numbers and diffraction patterns on sheets, thin sheets, plastic, metals, cardboard, leather, metal coated papers, aluminum foils, tipping papers, hybrid foils and plastic foils Embossing machines; embossers for embossing thin sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin sheets of polymers, thin laminates comprising paper, polymers, or both; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; parts and accessories for embossers not included in other classes, namely, embossing rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, crease rolls being structural parts for embossing machines, embossers with heating for thermal treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for the mechanical, chemical or photo-lithographic structuring of embossing rolls; machine tools for non-rotational relief structuring, in particular by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, in particular for creating aesthetic effects, diffractive light effects, mechanical or tactile effects, physical effects, security features or a combination thereof; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated Design of embossing tools and optimization of embossing tools, namely, development of embossing tools to optimize features; technological consulting services for obtaining improved aesthetic, physical and mechanical embossing results, namely, technological consultation in the technology field of applied design and computer hardware, technology consultation in the field of embossing; process design for reading markings and security elements embossed or generated by laser structuring or photo-lithography; design of processes for reading markings for identification and authentication purposes; design of hidden decorations and markings using light diffraction, in particular of security elements and methods of encrypting and decrypting information; design of aesthetic, technical and physical effects, especially on jewelry, watches, pharmaceuticals, food and valuable products
65.
Method And Embossing Structure For Maximizing Pressure Buildup At Rotational Embossing Of Foils
An embossing method allowing to emboss a material on both sides comprises feeding the foil material into a roll nip between a pair of a first roll and a second roll, providing the first roll and the second roll each with a plurality of positive projections and a plurality of negative projections of identical shaped polyhedral structures, a first subset of the plurality of positive projections being disposed with a first periodicity on a first grid in axial direction and a second periodicity on the first grid in circumferential direction on the first roll, and a second subset of the plurality of negative projections being disposed with the first periodicity in axial direction and the second periodicity in circumferential direction on the first grid interwined with the positive projections, in axial and circumferential directions respectively, and projections complementary to the first grid, on the second roll, each of the positive projections and the negative projections on the first roll during operation of the rolls and in the roll nip being surrounded on all sides by positive projections and negative projections on the second roll, the positive projections of the first roll together with alternating corresponding negative projections on the second roll forming during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, a first straight line substantially parallel to the axial direction, and the negative projections of the first roll together with alternating corresponding positive projections on the second roll forming during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, a second straight line substantially parallel to the axial direction. The positive projections and the negative projections are such that in the axial direction on the first roll each positive projection shares a lateral base border with at least one negative projection adjacent to the positive projection, and during the operation of the rolls and in the roll nip, all lateral oblique surfaces of the positive and negative projections of the first roll are just above the surface in full faced view with the corresponding lateral oblique surfaces of the respective negative and positive projections of the second roll, thereby enabling a homogeneous distribution of pressure to the material.
PAPER JOINT WITHOUT DISCONTINUITY FOR TUBE SHAPED PAPER WRAPS CLOSED BY MEANS OF EMBOSSED PAPER AND RE-SEALABLE INNERLINER SEAL BY MEANS OF STRUCTURED INNERLINER
A set of thin foil surfaces configured to achieve a joint among the foil surfaces, the joint being arranged to be without discontinuity, comprising at least a first portion of surface dedicated to achieve the joint; pixelized type embossings on the first portion of surface; and at least a second portion of surface dedicated to achieve the joint. The second portion of surface is shaped to correspond to the first portion of surface for making the joint between the first portion of surface and the second portion of surface through contact.
A method for embossing a first grating in a planar material, by means of an embossing body and a counter embossing body, having each a hard surface, the first grating to be embossed comprising alternating substantially parallel and straight ridges and recesses, whereby the top surfaces of the ridges are intended to weaken a direct angular reflection of light by diffuse omnidirectional reflection, thereby producing a visible contrast between the ridges and the recesses. The method comprises on the embossing body providing a first plurality of obtuse pyramids intended to emboss the recesses of the first grating by exerting pressure on a first side of the planar material, the first plurality of obtuse pyramids forming first intermitted lines (row1, row2) corresponding to the intended recesses, and the pyramids in each subset corresponding to one of the first intermitted lines, being separated from each other by a determined distance that creates a gap in the line in such a manner that each gap from a line of pyramids may be connected to a corresponding gap from an adjacent line of pyramids by an imaginary line perpendicular to both of the adjacent lines; and roughening portions of the hard surface of the embossing body, the portions being located between adjacent lines of pyramids and intersecting at least one of the imaginary lines that connect one gap from one line to the corresponding gap from the adjacent line. On the counter embossing body, the method comprises providing a second plurality of obtuse pyramids intended to emboss the ridges of the first grating by exerting pressure on a second side of the planar material opposite to the first side, during embossing the obtuse summits of the pyramid pressing the planar material against a roughened portion of the hard surface of the embossing body, thereby satinizing the top surfaces of the ridges on the first side.
B44B 5/00 - Machines or apparatus for embossing decorations or marks, e.g. embossing coins
A61J 1/00 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
B65D 65/40 - Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes
B65D 85/18 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for wearing apparel, headwear or footwear
B65D 85/60 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for sweets or like confectionery products
The embossing device for fine embossing of packaging material has a set of embossing rolls with female embossing and male embossing rolls, in each case the structural elements (ML1) of the female embossing roll (M1) and the structural elements (PL1) of the male embossing rolls (P1) being assigned to each other, and the structural elements of one of the rolls being produced independently of the structural elements of the other rolls. At least one structural element (ML1; PL1) of at least one roll (M1, P1) is provided on its bottom surface (B1) and/or surface (S1) and/or side surfaces and/or in its immediate surroundings with light- scattering elements (DM1, D1), the height (H) of which is 10 µm to 150 µm. As a result of the use of light-scattering elements with small dimensions, the contrast of the structural elements can be increased substantially, by which means the overall aesthetic image is improved considerably.
The present application relates to a device for the mask projection of femtosecond or picosecond laser beams (2) onto a substrate surface, in which the laser beam (2) consisting of laser beam pulses is, at a location of the optical axis, formed to make laser beam pulses with an expanded laser beam cross section or laser beam pulses with a reduced laser beam cross section and said laser beam (2) has a homogeneous intensity distribution over the laser beam cross section. A stop (6) with a predetermined stop aperture geometry and a mask (7) with a predetermined mask aperture geometry are positioned in succession in the beam (2) path at the location. The device contains a field lens system (8) and an imaging lens (10), which are positioned in such a way that the non-diffracted and diffracted beam components of the laser beam (2) pulses transmitted by the stop (6) and the mask (7) are directed into the imaging lens (10) with a predetermined aperture with the aid of the field lens system (8) in such a way that a reduced image, ac curate in every detail and having a predetermined imaging ratio, of the intensity profile generated by the stop (6) and the mask (7) is generated over the laser beam cross section of the laser beam pulses in the imaging plane. In a beam guiding variant 1, an added lens system (16), the field lens system (8) and the imaging lens (10) are positioned relative to one another in such a way that a focus (19) is generated between the imaging lens (10) and the substrate surface and, in a beam guiding variant 2, the added lens system (16), the field lens system (8) and the imaging lens (10) are positioned relative to one another in such a way that a focus (22) is generated between the field lens system (8) and the imaging lens (10). At least one vacuum cuvette, which surrounds the region of the focus (19) and of the focus (22), is present.
B23K 26/066 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms by using masks
B23K 26/046 - Automatically focusing the laser beam
B23K 26/06 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
B23K 26/12 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring in a special environment or atmosphere, e.g. in an enclosure
B23K 26/0622 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by direct control of the laser beam by shaping pulses
B23K 26/16 - Removal of by-products, e.g. particles or vapours produced during treatment of a workpiece
B23K 26/14 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring using a fluid stream, e.g. a jet of gas, in conjunction with the laser beamNozzles therefor
71.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING IDENTIFICATION FEATURES TO A PACKING STRIP IN ORDER TO AUTHENTICATE THE PROCESS PACKING, PROCCESSED PACKING AND PACKING
In the method for applying identification features to a packing strip in order to authenticate the processed packing, the packing strip is fed in a packing line to an embossing station, where logos of all kinds and/or codes and/or a satin finish and/or fold lines are embossed at the cycle rate of the packing machine by means of embossing rollers by deforming the packing strip, Identification: features and possibly other features are produced additionally on the packing strip on-line, in the same process step, and synchronously to the cycle rate by material removal by means of a feature setup comprising a laser installation, the packing strip having a thickness of 50 μm to 300 μm. The thus treated packing strip is subsequently further processed. Due to the fact that the feature setup for producing the identification features is provided in addition to the embossing rollers but operates in the same process step, all known embossing rollers can be used, and due to the application of lasers for producing the features, e.g. a consecutive numbering can be produced, thereby ensuring a secure authentication method without the need of changing substantially the embossing station comprising a housing with at least two embossing rolls, or lowering the processing speed.
A24C 5/38 - Machines combined with printing devices
A24C 5/60 - Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating
B65B 19/22 - Wrapping the cigarettesPackaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
B65B 61/26 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for marking or coding completed packages
The embossing device for embossing packaging material comprises a set of embossing rollers with male die and female die rollers co-operating with one another, the surface of which is provided with texture elements, wherein the texture elements (M6R6) on the surface of the female die roller (M6), which are assigned to the texture elements (P6E6) on the surface of the male die roller (P6) are not inversely congruent by an amount of above 15 μm in axial and radial direction and the texture elements of the male die and female roller associated with one another comprise facets (F) for the purpose of local pressure elevation. A facet (F) comprises faces (FN), which with respect to the imaginary, continuous surface of the texture is inclined. With such facetted rollers, a very large variety of films can be embossed in an aesthetically appealing manner, wherein the films can be mainly employed in the tobacco and foodstuff industry.
A method for embossing optically diffracting microstructures in a thin foil, such as used to pack at least one of the list comprising food, chocolate, chewing gum, gifts, jewellery, clothes, tobacco products, pharmaceutical products, the embossing being produced with an embossing rollers set-up comprising at least one cylindrical embossing roller and a cambered counter roller. The method comprises confining the at least one cylindrical embossing roller and the cambered counter roller in a single roller stand of relatively small outer dimensions designed to withstand a pressure for the at least one cylindrical embossing roller and the cambered counter roller; using on a surface of a first one of the at least one cylindrical embossing rollers at least one raised embossing element adapted for microstructure embossing, whereby one of the at least one raised embossing elements com- prises a platform distant at a height in a range between 5 m and 30 m above a surrounding surface of the first cylindrical embossing roller adjacent to it, and a pattern engraved on top of the platform (5), whereby the pattern comprises the optically diffracting microstructures with periodicity of gratings in the range smaller than 30 µm that produce from a diffuse or directed source of light in the visible wavelength range diffraction images with high contrast and high luminosity in a defined observation angle; and adjusting the pressure for the at least one cylindrical embossing roller on the thin foil in a range less than 80 bar relative to a platform area of approximately 100 mm2.
The present application relates to a device for the mask projection of femtosecond or picosecond laser beams (2) onto a substrate surface, in which the laser beam (2) consisting of laser beam pulses is, at a location of the optical axis, formed to make laser beam pulses with an expanded laser beam cross section or laser beam pulses with a reduced laser beam cross section and said laser beam (2) has a homogeneous intensity distribution over the laser beam cross section. A stop (6) with a predetermined stop aperture geometry and a mask (7) with a predetermined mask aperture geometry are positioned in succession in the beam (2) path at the location. The device contains a field lens systemb (8) and an imaging lens (10), which are positioned in such a way that the non-diffracted and diffracted beam components of the laser beam (2) pulses transmitted by the stop (6) and the mask (7) are directed into the imaging lens (10) with a predetermined aperture with the aid of the field lens system (8) in such a way that a reduced image, accurate in every detail and having a predetermined imaging ratio, of the intensity profile generated by the stop (6) and the mask (7) is generated over the laser beam cross section of the laser beam pulses in the imaging plane. In a beam guiding variant 1, an added lens system (16), the field lens system (8) and the imaging lens (10) are positioned relative to one another in such a way that a focus (19) is generated between the imaging lens (10) and the substrate surface and, in a beam guiding variant 2, the added lens system (16), the field lens system (8) and the imaging lens (10) are positioned relative to one another in such a way that a focus (22)is generated between the field lens system (8) and the imaging lens (10). At least one vacuum cuvette, which surrounds the region of the focus (19) and of the focus (22), is present.
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42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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Embossing machines, embossing machines for embossing of thin
sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin laminates comprising
paper, plastic, or both; installations comprising a
packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with
the packaging machine; embossing machines for embossing
laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or
metal-coated laminated products; embossing rollers, creasing
rollers, embossing machines with heating for heat treatment
of embossing materials; machine tools for mechanical,
chemical or photolithographic structuring of embossing
rollers; machine tools for non-rotary relief structuring,
particularly by laser ablation; machine tools for the
macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by
laser, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
light-diffraction effects, mechanical or tactile effects,
security features; machine tools for structuring of surfaces
by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating
aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security
features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a
metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for
creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or
security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rollers, of punches for
printing and striking and cutting knives; embossing of
calenders; pattern printing; laser engraving of materials in
submicron, micrometric or coarse sizes for aesthetic or
security purposes. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining enhanced results of
aesthetic and mechanical embossing; design of processes for
reading markings or security features in relief or generated
by laser; design of processes for reading markings for
identification and/or authentication purposes; design of
decorations or hidden markings using light diffraction,
particularly security features or information encryption and
decryption processes, tactile effect design, all in
particular on jewelry, watches, pharmaceutical products,
foodstuffs or valuable goods.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossing machines, embossing machines for embossing of thin
sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin laminates comprising
paper, plastic, or both; installations comprising a
packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with
the packaging machine; embossing machines for embossing
laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or
metal-coated laminated products; embossing rollers, creasing
rollers, embossing machines with heating for heat treatment
of embossing materials; machine tools for mechanical,
chemical or photolithographic structuring of embossing
rollers; machine tools for non-rotary relief structuring,
particularly by laser ablation; machine tools for the
macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by
laser, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
light-diffraction effects, mechanical or tactile effects,
security features; machine tools for structuring of surfaces
by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating
aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security
features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a
metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for
creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or
security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rollers, of punches for
printing and striking and cutting knives; embossing of
calenders; pattern printing; laser engraving of materials in
submicron, micrometric or coarse sizes for aesthetic or
security purposes. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining enhanced results of
aesthetic and mechanical embossing; design of processes for
reading markings or security features in relief or generated
by laser; design of processes for reading markings for
identification and/or authentication purposes; design of
decorations or hidden markings using light diffraction,
particularly security features or information encryption and
decryption processes, tactile effect design, all in
particular on jewelry, watches, pharmaceutical products,
foodstuffs or valuable goods.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Embossing machines, embossing machines for embossing of thin
sheets, thin foils of aluminum, thin laminates comprising
paper, plastic, or both; installations comprising a
packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with
the packaging machine; embossing machines for embossing
laminated sheets, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or
metal-coated laminated products; embossing rollers, creasing
rollers, embossing machines with heating for heat treatment
of embossing materials; machine tools for mechanical,
chemical or photolithographic structuring of embossing
rollers; machine tools for non-rotary relief structuring,
particularly by laser ablation; machine tools for the
macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by
laser, particularly for creating aesthetic effects,
light-diffraction effects, mechanical or tactile effects,
security features; machine tools for structuring of surfaces
by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating
aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security
features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a
metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for
creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or
security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated. Engraving; engraving of embossing rollers, of punches for
printing and striking and cutting knives; embossing of
calenders; pattern printing; laser engraving of materials in
submicron, micrometric or coarse sizes for aesthetic or
security purposes. Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological
consulting services for obtaining enhanced results of
aesthetic and mechanical embossing; design of processes for
reading markings or security features in relief or generated
by laser; design of processes for reading markings for
identification and/or authentication purposes; design of
decorations or hidden markings using light diffraction,
particularly security features or information encryption and
decryption processes, tactile effect design, all in
particular on jewelry, watches, pharmaceutical products,
foodstuffs or valuable goods.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
07 - Machines and machine tools
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Engraving; engraving of embossing rollers [, of punches for printing and striking and cutting knives; embossing of calenders, namely, machines for smoothing or glazing paper, cloth and other materials by pressing between plates or passing through rollers ] ; pattern printing; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or coarse sizes for aesthetic or security purposes Embossing machines; embossing machines for embossing of thin sheets, [ thin foils of aluminum, ] thin laminates comprising paper [, plastic, or both ] ; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets [, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products ] ; embossing machine parts being embossing rollers, creasing rollers [ ; embossing machines with heating for heat treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for mechanical, chemical and photolithographic structuring of embossing rollers; machine tools for non-rotary relief structuring, particularly by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, light-diffraction effects, mechanical or tactile effects, security features; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated ] Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological consulting services for obtaining enhanced results of aesthetic and mechanical embossing; design of processes for reading markings features in relief or generated by laser; design of processes for reading security features in relief or generated by laser; design of processes for reading markings for identification purposes; design of processes for reading markings for authentication purposes; design of security measures in the form of decorations, hidden markings, or both decorations and hidden markings using light diffraction, particularly security features or information encryption and decryption processes, tactile effect design, all in particular on jewelry, watches, pharmaceutical products, foodstuffs or valuable goods
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
07 - Machines and machine tools
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Engraving; engraving of embossing rollers, of punches for printing and striking and cutting knives; embossing of calenders, namely machines for smoothing or glazing paper, cloth and other materials by pressing between plates or passing through rollers; pattern printing; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or coarse sizes for aesthetic or security purposes Embossing machines; embossing machines for embossing of thin sheets, [ thin foils of aluminum, ] thin laminates comprising paper, [ plastic, or both; ] installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets, [ sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products; ] embossing machine parts being embossing rollers, creasing rollers [ ; embossing machines with heating for heat treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for mechanical, chemical and photolithographic structuring of embossing rollers; machine tools for non-rotary relief structuring, particularly by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, light-diffraction effects, mechanical or tactile effects, security features; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated ] Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological consulting services for obtaining enhanced results of aesthetic and mechanical embossing; design of processes for reading markings features in relief or generated by laser; design of processes for reading security features in relief or generated by laser; design of processes for reading markings for identification purposes; design of processes for reading markings for authentication purposes; design of security measures in the form of decorations, hidden markings, or both decorations and hidden markings using light diffraction, particularly security features or information encryption and decryption processes, tactile effect design, all in particular on jewelry, watches, pharmaceutical products, foodstuffs or valuable goods
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
07 - Machines and machine tools
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
[ Engraving; engraving of embossing rollers, of punches for printing and striking and cutting knives; embossing of calenders, namely, machines for smoothing or glazing paper, cloth and other materials by pressing between plates or passing through rollers; pattern printing; laser engraving of materials in submicron, micrometric or coarse sizes for aesthetic or security purposes ] Embossing machines; embossing machines for embossing of thin sheets, [ thin foils of aluminum, ] thin laminates comprising paper [, plastic, or both ] ; installations comprising a packaging machine and an embossing machine synchronized with the packaging machine; embossing machines for embossing laminated sheets [, sheets of metal, metal-coated paper or metal-coated laminated products ] ; embossing machine parts being embossing rollers, creasing rollers [ ; embossing machines with heating for heat treatment of embossing materials; machine tools for mechanical, chemical and photolithographic structuring of embossing rollers; machine tools for non-rotary relief structuring, particularly by laser ablation; machine tools for the macroscopic or microscopic structuring of thin sheets by laser, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, light-diffraction effects, mechanical or tactile effects, security features; machine tools for structuring of surfaces by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; machine tools for structuring of the surface of a metal object by direct laser beam printing, particularly for creating aesthetic effects, special optical effects or security features; printing ferrules, not hand-operated ] [ Design and optimization of embossing tools; technological consulting services for obtaining enhanced results of aesthetic and mechanical embossing; design of processes for reading markings features in relief or generated by laser; design of processes for reading security features in relief or generated by laser; design of processes for reading markings for identification purposes; design of processes for reading markings for authentication purposes; design of security measures in the form of decorations, hidden markings, or both decorations and hidden markings using light diffraction, particularly security features or information encryption and decryption processes, tactile effect design, all in particular on jewelry, watches, pharmaceutical products, foodstuffs or valuable goods ]
81.
Method for manufacturing a set of embossing rollers
In the method for manufacturing embossing rollers for a device for embossing packaging materials that comprises a set of at least two embossing rollers of which one is driven, and whereby the embossing roller set comprises a male roller having a male surface structure including structural elements and/or logo structures and a female roller having a female surface structure that is associated to the surface structure of the male roller for the common embossing operation with the male roller, the female surface structure is produced independently of a previously produced or physically pre-existing associated male surface structure. Along with a high embossing accuracy, this allows creating a very large variety of embossing structures, on one hand, and using a very large number of the most diverse materials, on the other hand, as well as reducing transverse tensions in the embossed material.
The embossing device for embossing packaging material comprises a set of embossing rollers with male die and female die rollers co-operating with one another, the surface of which is provided with texture elements, wherein the texture elements (M6R6) on the surface of the female die roller (M6), which are assigned to the texture elements (P6E6) on the surface of the male die roller (P6) are not inversely congruent by an amount of above 15 µm in axial and radial direction and the texture elements of the male die and female roller associated with one another comprise facets (F) for the purpose of local pressure elevation. A facet (F) comprises faces (FN), which with respect to the imaginary, continuous surface of the texture is inclined. With such facetted rollers, a very large variety of films can be embossed in an aesthetically appealing manner, wherein the films can be mainly employed in the tobacco and foodstuff industry.
2 per pulse; a wavelength of 532 nm to 1064 nm; a repetition rate of 1 kHz to 10 MHz; a pulse to pulse spacing on the roller of 10% to 50% of the beam diameter for the femtosecond laser and of 10-25% and 40-50% of the beam width for the picosecond laser; a laser pulse position near the roller surface; and deflection velocities of up to 100 m/s and more.
In the method for producing a set of cooperating embossing rollers, a modelling device is used for parameterizing the embossing rollers, the device comprising a test bench having a pair of rollers which are put under hydraulic pressure that can be measured and set, in order to determine from the measurement data the parameters for producing the embossing rollers. The use of a modelling device for obtaining the parameters for producing a set of embossing rollers makes it possible to use a very large variety of embossing patterns and foils with diverse properties as a basis and, by conducting tests on this very test bench, be able to efficiently narrow down and predetermine the properties of a final embossing device, preferably operated without hydraulics.
G01B 21/32 - Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant for measuring the deformation in a solid
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
Goods & Services
Embossing machines for stamping paper and textiles, in
particular cigarette paper; embossing rollers with special
engravings or raised patterns for identifying,
authenticating, safeguarding and certifying the origin of
embossed goods. Software for identifying, authenticating, safeguarding and
certifying the origin of goods, combating counterfeit goods,
in particular embossed goods. Compilation and systematization of identification,
authentication, security and origin data in a central file;
processing of such data; data search in computer files
concerning detection data for identifying, authenticating,
safeguarding and certifying the origin of goods, in
particular embossed goods. Security consultancy for protection against counterfeiting
of goods, in particular embossed goods.
86.
DEVICE FOR EMBOSSING AND/OR PERFORATING FOILS FOR TOBACCO GOODS
The device for embossing and/or perforating foils for tobacco goods contains: a pair of embossing rolls, - one of the embossing rolls having teeth (33) for perforating the foil (1), the counter roll to the embossing roll (13A) with the perforating teeth being a matrix roll (14A) which has recesses (14A) that correspond to the teeth (33) on the patrix roll (13A), both embossing rolls being arranged in a perforation device (5), and the device being designed in order to be operated directly or indirectly online in a machine for producing tobacco goods. The use of patrix-matrix embossing rolls allows for a large variety of perforations, the device having a control unit (17) designed to control the exact position, size and arrangement of the perforations on the basis of the quality of the foil (1) to be processed.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Embossing machines, embossing machines for embossing of
paper and textiles, embossing machine rollers, embossing
cages; devices for pushing in embossing cages for automatic
roller support and for regulating parallelism between them;
punches and punching knives, not hand-operated. Thermal treatment of materials; engraving, particularly
engraving of embossing rollers, of punches for printing and
striking and for cutting knives; pattern printing.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Embossing machines; parts and accessories of embossing
machines not included in other classes, particularly
embossing rolls. Embossing work regarding media of all kinds, particularly
thin foils.
89.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SET OF EMBOSSING ROLLERS
In the method for manufacturing embossing rollers for a device for embossing packaging materials that comprises a set of at least two embossing rollers of which one is driven, and whereby the embossing roller set comprises a male roller having a male surface structure including structural elements and/or logo structures and a female roller having a female surface structure that is associated to the surface structure of the male roller for the common embossing operation with the male roller, the female surface structure is produced independently of a previously produced or physically pre-existing associated male surface structure. Along with a high embossing accuracy, this allows creating a very large variety of embossing structures, on one hand, and using a very large number of the most diverse materials, on the other hand, as well as reducing transverse tensions in the embossed material.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Embossing machines; structural and replacement parts of embossing machines not included in other classes, namely, embossing heads, embossing rollers, creasing rollers, punching rollers, embossing frames, embossing cages Embossing work regarding media of all kinds, namely, embossing services, namely, embossing words, designs or images on thin foils
91.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURED SURFACE ON A STEEL EMBOSSING ROLLER
The method for structuring the surface of a steel embossing roller by means of short pulse laser, where the structuring is a macrostructuring with dimensions of over 20 μm and depths up to 150 μm and more, distinguishes itself by the following parameter combination: a) in single pulse operation a fluence in the range of 0.5 J/cm2 to 3.5 J/cm2 and in burst operation a mean burst fluence of 0.5 J/cm2 to 70 J/cm2 per pulse, b) wavelength of 532 nm to 1064 nm, c) repetition rate of 1 kHz to 10 MHz, d) pulse to pulse spacing on the workpiece of 10 % to 50 % of the beam diameter for the femtosecond laser and of 10 - 25 % and 40 - 50 % of the beam width for the picosecond laser, e) laser pulse position near the workpiece surface, and f) deflection velocities of up to 100 m/s and more. *** Such a method allow manufacturing a complete embossing roller with teeth and gaps for producing logos, the teeth having variable heights, shapes, and spacings, for embossing e.g. innerliners for cigarette packaging.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Embossing machines, embossing machines for embossing of
paper and textiles, embossing machine rollers, embossing
cages; thrust devices for embossing cages used for automatic
support of rollers and for regulating parallelism between
them; punches and punching knives, not hand-operated. Thermal treatment and laser treatment for materials;
engraving, particularly engraving of embossing rollers, of
punches for printing and striking, and for punching knives;
pattern printing.
The device for embossing wrapping foils comprises an embossing roller and two counter-rollers, one of which is driven via a drive, the embossing and the counter-rollers being designed in a pinup-pinup configuration, at least the embossing roller having teeth that project from the roller cylinder in the so-called pinup-pinup configuration and the teeth being pyramidal or conical and at least partly also serving for driving the counter-rollers, whereby the embossing roller and counter-rollers are designed for embossing logos on a foil strip and, for being utilizable in an online process, comprise means to avoid a pitching movement of the embossing roller independently of the number and length of gaps in or between logos and of the width of the foil strip.
In the method for producing a package for bar-shaped smoking articles that has at least one outer layer intended to receive the bar-shaped smoking articles and to hold the package together, a foil strip that is suitable for the outer layer and is taken from a reel is embossed and/or provided with creasing breaks online in time with the work cadence (P) of the packaging machine and subsequently cut to size. The resulting blank is then folded around the bar-shaped smoking articles in the packaging machine. On one hand, this method allows packaging the cigarettes directly in the outer wrapper without an innerliner, and on the other hand, to strongly rationalize and simplify the entire packaging process and to apply a large variety of signs of all kinds that are perceptible visually, factually, acoustically or by olfaction.
In the method for creating color patterns for technical applications and visible for the human eye by means of diffraction gratings through light irradiation, diffraction grating arrays are produced directly on a solid body surface in a laser microstructuring process by at least one laser installation in the nanosecond range or in the pico- or femtosecond range, each diffraction grating array being composed of subareas (81) whose longitudinal dimension has a value below the resolving ability of the eye and which contain at least one pixel (81, 82, 83), a pixel being a limited diffraction grating structure for producing a spectral color. The direct application of such color-producing diffraction grating structures to a solid body surface enables a large variety of decorative and authentication possibilities ranging from embossing tools to jewellery.
G03H 1/02 - Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared, or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from themDetails peculiar thereto Details
The foil embossing device has an embossing unit (34) comprising at least two rollers (40, 41) at least one of which (40) is an embossing roller and is driven by a drive (5), at least the embossing roller having teeth (B) that project from the base cylinder for producing logos on the foil in a logo area (27) with teeth (39) that are different from the regularly arranged teeth (A) in order to produce a variable specific embossing pressure on the foil, the rollers having both axially and radially acting centering elements (4, 8) for centering the embossing roller (40) with respect to the other roller (41). It is thus possible to emboss logos in a substantially greater variety of designs and with higher accuracy than in the prior art and thus to achieve a sophisticated esthetic impression.
In the method for structuring at least one area of a solid body surface provided with a ta-C coating, a mask in the homogenous spot of the optical system is used in order to shape the beam in the mask projection technique and then a diaphragm in front of the imaging optics. A structure is applied by means of an excimer laser having pulse durations in the nanosecond range, a number of mask and diaphragm combinations being arranged in a exchanger device and the exchanger device being adapted to place both one of the masks and one of the diaphragms in the beam path of the laser independently of each other, the masks and diaphragms being arranged in holders while being displaceable linearly or rotatively and rotatable about themselves. This method allows the rational manufacture of very complex, extremely fraud-resistant authentication features and/or of esthetically attractive, optical diffraction effective colored patterns.
The foil embossing device (1) comprises an embossing roller (2L) and two counter-rollers (3, 4), one of the rollers (2L) being driven by a drive (6) and the rollers having a configuration where the teeth, rings, or ridges project from the base cylinder, at least the embossing roller (2L) having teeth (5, 5B) that project from the base cylinder and at least partly also serve for driving the counter-roller. To increase the uniformity of the embossing of the foil, the embossing roller (2L) has a diameter (D2) that is reduced by 0.02 to 0.20 mm over a certain length (Sd) that is at least the same as the width (7d) of the foil. The length of the reduced diameter is preferably chosen so as to exceed the width (7d) of the foil being printed. Due to this depression (S), such a device allows a perfectly uniform embossing of foils of any kind independently of the design of the embossing rollers.
The device for embossing wrapping foils comprises an embossing roller (2) and two counter-rollers (3, 4), one of which (2) is driven via a drive (6), the embossing and the counter-rollers being designed in a pinup-pinup configuration, at least the embossing roller (2) having teeth (5) that project from the roller cylinder in the so- called pinup-pinup configuration and the teeth (5) being pyramidal or conical and at least partly also serving for driving the counter-rollers, whereby the embossing roller and counter-rollers are designed for embossing logos (8, 8A) on a foil strip and, for being utilizable in an online process, comprise means to avoid a pitching movement of the embossing roller independently of the number and length of gaps in or between logos and of the width of the foil strip.
In the method for creating colour patterns for technical applications and visible for the human eye by means of diffraction gratings through light irradiation, diffraction grating arrays are produced directly on a solid body surface in a laser microstructuring process by at least one laser installation in the nanosecond range or in the pico- or femtosecond range, each diffraction grating array being composed of subareas (81) whose longitudinal dimension has a value below the resolving ability of the eye and which contain at least one pixel (81, 82, 83), a pixel being a limited diffraction grating structure for producing a spectral colour. The direct application of such colour-producing diffraction grating structures to a solid body surface enables a large variety of decorative and authentication possibilities ranging from embossing tools to jewellery.
