Abstract: The present invention relates to a procedure for applying relief inscriptions in plastic material to a substrate, characterised in that it comprises a step in which a plastic material of variable viscosity is deposited in real time in a single operation, only at those places that form the relief inscription, at a sufficient temperature to ensure a physical-chemical bond with the material comprising the substrate, a cooling step for the material deposited.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear personalization machine comprising a transfer system (3) for portable objects (4), incorporating an integrated circuit, characterized in that it comprises a personalization elevator (20) translated vertically and sequentially on a guide support (70) by driving end positioning means (29, 73, 28, 75, 72), said elevator (20) being made up of a parallelepiped plate (23) fitted wits a plurality of connection devices whether or not mixed type (22i, 22n) connecting to the integrated circuit of portable objects (4) that are brought in sequential manner in front of an incoming/outgoing station or the transfer line.

Abstract: This invention relates to a high speed customizing machine which has a device for transferring portable objects and incorporates an integrated circuit having at least one memory, and a rotary platform equipped with a plurality of hybrid connection devices, positioned transversely to the transfer device and each linked to an electronic card. Each electronic card enables customization of each chip card and is positioned in front of each connection device.

Abstract: A high-speed personalization machine has a portable object transfer device for transporting objects that incorporate an integrated circuit which contains at least one memory. The machine has a turning plate whose axis of rotation is inclined or parallel with respect to a transfer line and the plate is equipped with a number of connecting devices and an electronic card that is associated with each connecting device. Each electronic card is connected to a computerized management system and is arranged radially with respect to the turning plate so that the computerized personalization management system makes it possible to manage personalization of all of the cards.

Abstract: The method of the invention is charecterized by preparing a layer of a foodstuff, without prior moistening, which foodstuff is in the form of a soluble powder based either on chicory alone or on a mixture containing at least one-third by weight of chicory, in raising the layer in ambient air to a temperature that is sufficient for surface melting the chicory powder, and then in cooling it. After the cooling operation, the resulting layer of agglomerating powder can be crushed, ground, and screened in order to obtain a product in granular form, preferably having grain size lying in the range 0.5 mm to 3 mm. The layer of powder may also be placed in a mold so as to obtain a product in the form of a compact slab of agglomerated powder whose outside shape matches that of the mold.

Abstract: This invention relates to a plastic substrate production process, the production device for such a substrate, and the use of the process for the production of integrated circuit boards. The plastic substrate production process is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: unwinding and straightening of a continuous strip of plastic which is slightly larger in dimension than one of the dimensions of the board; printing, at at least one printing station, of a series of printing patterns and of printed markings; driving of the strip at a regulated printing speed; detection of the difference in speed; cutting by a press of the strip at positions defined by the printed markings; and regulation of the printing speed as a function of the difference between the printing speed and the driving speed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for counting products (1) that are thin, stacked side by side and arranged edgewise in trays (2) packaged under a translucent shrink-on film, characterized in that it comprises:means (7) for illuminating the tray;means (91) for detecting the positioning of a tray on a mobile shuttle (81, 21) driven with a displacement movement;means (4, 5, 6) for performing multiple scannings of the tray by a linear reading beam of a linear camera during the displacement in a direction that is perpendicular to the linear beam;means for storing the light data contained in the linear beam, andcounting means for each scanning of the number of products.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for producing smart cards, characterized in that it comprises a station (1) for milling recesses in batches of plastic cards associated with a station (3) for inlaying integrated circuits in said recesses, said milled cards being conveyed from milling station (1) to inlaying station (3) by a transfer system (2) making possible an adaptation to the speed differences of the stations (1, 3) and to the positioning differences of these stations (1, 3).

Abstract: In each arm of a profiled part a notch is made. The notch has two convergent edges forming an angle substantially equal to the angle to be made with the profiled parts. The notch is designed of such a size that the bending can be easily made by applying a compression stress combined with a folding stress in order to reduce at a minimum the extension of lengthening during the folding without reaching the breaking limit of the material constituting the profiled part.