METHOD OF PRODUCING AND CUTTING RELATIVELY-SMALL ELEMENTS, CORRESPONDING DEVICES, ELEMENTS AND SHEETS COMPRISING SUCH ELEMENTS

摘要

The invention relates to a method of producing relatively-small elements, such as small boards. The inventive method comprises the following steps consisting in: unwinding a wound sheet; optionally printing at least partially on at least one face of said sheet; cutting the sheet deeply using a succession of at least two cutting patterns which intersect such as to form a resulting pattern which forms a detached element that constitutes the relatively-small element, whereby the cutting operation is performed with a series of synchronised die cylinders which bear one of the cutting patterns respectively and anvil cylinders which are disposed between the die cylinders, the sheet moving between said cylinders; and recovering the detached elements which form the relatively-small elements. The invention also relates to the method used to cut said elements, the corresponding devices, the actual elements and the sheets containing same. The invention is suitable for security or decorative elements as well as secured or decorative paper.