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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
Manfred Rührig, Weinheim, DE;
Meto International GmbH, Hirschhorn, DE;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing security elements for electronic article surveillance, the security elements being made of at least two layers, and to a security element manufactured according to the method The method comprises the steps of applying a first layer of a cellulose material in a still moist state to a second layer of a cellulose material, with soft magnetic elements which emit a characteristic signal in the interrogating field of an article surveillance system being added to one of the two layers; and subsequently die stamping or cutting out the desired shape of the security elements from the two layers in the dry state. The method provides a low cost manufacturing means for reliably operating security elements.