Patent ID: 8561291
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method for producing a plurality of chip cards having a length and width equal to or smaller than those defined for the ID-000 format, the method comprising: preparing a support film including a plurality of locations each of which is intended to form, after separation, a chip card and is provided with a cavity adapted to receive a microcircuit, this step including an operation of molding the support film with said cavities together with slots between adjacent ones of the plurality of locations leaving slots or scorelines in a thickness of the support film; processing said support film carried out at least in part by means of a multiple head tool while indexing and positioning the support film, at least one of the heads of this tool being adapted to effect an operation on one location of the film substantially at the same time as another head of the multiple head tool is effecting the same operation on another location of the support film, wherein each of said heads is separated from an adjacent one of said heads by one of the slots or scorelines of the support film; and separating the locations after said processing step so as to form the chip cards, this step being facilitated by the slots or scorelines provided during the preparing step.