CN100355151C - Article surveillance unit and assemblies therewith - Google Patents

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CN100355151C
CN100355151C CNB038030608A CN03803060A CN100355151C CN 100355151 C CN100355151 C CN 100355151C CN B038030608 A CNB038030608 A CN B038030608A CN 03803060 A CN03803060 A CN 03803060A CN 100355151 C CN100355151 C CN 100355151C
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切斯特·科尔顿
迈克尔·诺曼
罗伯特·惠特莫尔
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An electrical cable assembly including an electrical cable (10) and an electrical connector (12) connected to the electrical cable has a housing (20,22) thereon defining a passage therethrough for the electrical cable and opposed housing ends circumscribing the cable, one of the housing ends being in facing relation to the electrical connector. The housing has an EAS member (42) secured therein aside the housing passage. An article surveillance unit has first and second housing members joined to one another and defining a seam line, one of the first and second housing members defining structure overlapping the seam line.

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Article surveillance unit and assembly thereof
Technical field
Relate generally to of the present invention prevents to make the stolen measure of article, more more specifically, relates to eas (EAS) marker assemblies that uses with manufacture.
Background technology
The form of widely used a kind of eas (EAS) mark is the flat flexible rectangular member that approach, and its usefulness sticker is on the flat or curved exterior surface of article.The shortcoming of the application on this outer surface is that though usually covered by bar-code label, the existence of EAS mark is still obvious, because it can be found out from the side of bar-code label.In addition, the EAS mark can be approaching by client.
In the U.S. Patent No. of generally transferring the possession of 5988462, a kind of clothing link is disclosed, it has overcome above-mentioned shortcoming.Wherein, propose a kind of clothing link, it is made up of body, a middle part and a bottom of a monoblock.This body has one to be used to admit a hook portion of showing rod, and this mid portion is sagging from hook portion, and this bottom is used for engaging with the article that are demonstrated.A dimple of outer surface that leads to the middle part is defined at this middle part, and the size of this dimple is suitable for placing the EAS mark in hook.One bar-code label or similar dimple closure member are fixed on the mid portion surface, become the stacked relation of adjacency with it, and seal the EAS mark of being placed.
Answer to the problems referred to above can be comprised in the shell that can be fixed on the manufacturing article EAS mark, it is characterized by, and shell can not be found out the EAS mark.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention is used in the improved EAS mark of making on the article for providing.
More specifically purpose of the present invention is for providing the EAS that is used on the cable assembly mark.
Another purpose of the present invention is for providing improved article surveillance unit.
For achieving the above object, the invention provides a kind of assembly, comprising: a cable assembly, it comprises that a cable and is connected to the electrical connector on the above-mentioned cable; With a shell, it defines one and is used for two outer casing ends of cable from its passage that passes through and the above-mentioned cable of encirclement, two outer casing ends toward each other, the relation that above-mentioned outer casing end and above-mentioned electrical connector become to face, above-mentioned shell has an eas member that is fixed in the above-mentioned outer shell passage.
The present invention also provides the article surveillance unit on a kind of cable that is used in given cross section, above-mentioned cable has plug at the one end, the electric equipment that another plug is arranged or connected at second end of cable, above-mentioned article surveillance unit comprises first and second housing parts, they combine togather at least one jointing line, above-mentioned first and second housing parts define a passage through above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, this passage has above-mentioned given cross section, above-mentioned cable is placed in this passage, one electronic article surveillance tag is fixed on the inner surface of one of above-mentioned first and second housing parts, adjacent with above-mentioned passage, above-mentioned first and second housing parts define the end separately of above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, one of them end and above-mentioned cable plug adjacency, another end and above-mentioned another plug or the above-mentioned electric equipment adjacency that is connected.
The present invention also provides a kind of one article surveillance unit that is used on the cable with given cross section, above-mentioned cable has a plug at the one end, and the electric equipment that another plug is arranged or connected at second end of cable, above-mentioned article surveillance unit is included in first and second casing components that the first and second jointing line places are bonded to each other, above-mentioned first and second casing components define a passage by above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, this passage has above-mentioned given cross section, above-mentioned cable is placed in this passage, one electronic article surveillance tag is fixed on one the inner surface in above-mentioned first and second casing components, adjacent with above-mentioned passage, above-mentioned first and second casing components define the end separately of above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, one of them end and above-mentioned cable plug adjacency, the other end and above-mentioned another plug or the electric equipment adjacency that is connected.
The present invention also provides a kind of one article surveillance unit that is used on the cable with given cross section, above-mentioned cable has a plug at the one end, and the electric equipment that another plug is arranged or connected at second end of cable, above-mentioned article surveillance unit is included in first and second casing components that the first and second jointing line places are bonded to each other, above-mentioned first and second casing components define a passage by above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, this passage has above-mentioned given cross section, above-mentioned cable is placed in this passage, one electronic article surveillance tag is fixed on one the inner surface in above-mentioned first and second casing components, adjacent with above-mentioned passage, above-mentioned first and second casing components define the end separately of above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, one of them end and above-mentioned cable plug adjacency, the other end and above-mentioned another plug or the electric equipment adjacency that is connected, one of above-mentioned first and second casing components have the structure of above-mentioned first and second jointing lines of overlap joint.
Aforementioned and other purpose of the present invention and characteristic will be from the following detailed description of its preferred embodiment and accompanying drawing and further clear, and in the accompanying drawings, same part is discerned with same reference number all over.
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Fig. 1 is a cable assembly and according to the front elevation view of article surveillance unit of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the right side elevational view of Fig. 1.
The cutaway view that Fig. 3 looks for the planar I II-III from Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a cable assembly and according to the front elevation view of another article surveillance unit of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the right side elevational view of Fig. 4.
Embodiment
Comprise cable 10 referring to Fig. 1~3, one cable assembly, its end is one to have the plug 12 of common pin 14 and 16.What be assembled together with cable 10 is article surveillance unit 18.Unit 18 is made up of casing component 20 and 22, and they are fixed to one another along jointing line SL.
As what see in the cutaway view of Fig. 3, each casing component 20 and 22 defines the passage of a semicircle, and when casing component was fixed to one another, they defined a circular channel jointly, and its diameter holds the cable 10 that is present in wherein.Casing component 22 comprises from its clamp structure 24 and 26 to upper process.Casing component 20 has window 28 and 30, and they lead to periphery and in the fastening strut rail 32 of window bottom portion defining and 34.
Casing component 20 defines a vertical dimple, and this dimple forms therein and is the boundary with end face 36 and sidewall 38 and 40.
When arriving the assembly of Fig. 1, EAS member 42 just is fixed on the end face by glue-line 44.Cable 10 just is placed in the semi-circular channel of casing component 20 now.Casing component 22 is arranged in the below of casing component 20 now, and clamp structure 24 and 26 aligns with window 28 and 30, now firmly pushes away casing component each other, so that clamp structure 24 and 26 fastened strut rails pin.
Turn over to Figure 4 and 5, the article surveillance unit shown in it comprises the casing component 22 of Fig. 1~3, but has casing component 46 to combine with it.Casing component 46 is that with the difference of the casing component 20 of Fig. 1~3 casing component 46 has bigger external diameter, with define one with the jointing line overlap joint, just the structure of stretching downwards from jointing line makes it to prevent in use separately casing component 46 and 22.
Above-mentioned article surveillance unit provides a kind of selection to cable assembly distributors, i.e. retrieval unit and make EAS component failure (Fig. 1~3) when article are checked, or after inefficacy, the unit is retained in the cable assembly.
Obviously, can carry out various changes and not break away from the present invention disclosed especially embodiment and practice.For example, cable assembly can have the cable of square-section, and casing component can have the passage of half rectangle that forms therein.Therefore, will be appreciated that special discussion of the present invention and the preferred embodiment of quoting and practice are intended to as an illustration, and the hard-core meaning.True spirit of the present invention and scope are stipulated in appended claims.

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1. assembly comprises:
One cable assembly, it comprises that a cable and is connected to the electrical connector on the above-mentioned cable; With
One shell, it defines one and is used for cable from its passage that passes through with surround two outer casing ends of above-mentioned cable, two outer casing ends toward each other, the relation that above-mentioned outer casing end and above-mentioned electrical connector become to face,
Above-mentioned shell has an eas member that is fixed in the above-mentioned outer shell passage.
2. assembly as claimed in claim 1 is characterized by, and above-mentioned shell comprises the casing component of first and second couplings, defines half part of above-mentioned passage separately.
3. assembly as claimed in claim 2 is characterized by, and above-mentioned first and second casing components define combination member separately, to be used for along a jointing line above-mentioned first and second casing components fixed to one another.
4. assembly as claimed in claim 3 is characterized by, and defines the structure of the above-mentioned jointing line of overlap joint one of in above-mentioned first and second casing components.
5. assembly as claimed in claim 1 is characterized by, and the cross section of above-mentioned passage is circular, and the cross section of above-mentioned cable is circular.
6. be used in the article surveillance unit on the cable of given cross section, above-mentioned cable has plug at the one end, the electric equipment that another plug is arranged or connected at second end of cable, above-mentioned article surveillance unit comprises first and second housing parts, they combine togather at least one jointing line, above-mentioned first and second housing parts define a passage through above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, this passage has above-mentioned given cross section, above-mentioned cable is placed in this passage, one electronic article surveillance tag is fixed on the inner surface of one of above-mentioned first and second housing parts, adjacent with above-mentioned passage, above-mentioned first and second housing parts define the end separately of above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, one of them end and above-mentioned cable plug adjacency, another end and above-mentioned another plug or the above-mentioned electric equipment adjacency that is connected.
7. article surveillance unit as claimed in claim 6 is characterized by, and above-mentioned first housing parts defines a semi-circular channel through first housing parts, and second housing parts defines a semi-circular channel through second housing parts.
8. article surveillance unit as claimed in claim 6 is characterized by, and each above-mentioned first and second housing parts is made by plastics.
9. article surveillance unit as claimed in claim 6 is characterized by, and above-mentioned first and second housing parts define combination member separately, is used for above-mentioned first and second housing parts fixed to one another along above-mentioned jointing line.
10. an article surveillance unit that is used on the cable with given cross section, above-mentioned cable has a plug at the one end, and the electric equipment that another plug is arranged or connected at second end of cable, above-mentioned article surveillance unit is included in first and second casing components that the first and second jointing line places are bonded to each other, above-mentioned first and second casing components define a passage by above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, this passage has above-mentioned given cross section, above-mentioned cable is placed in this passage, one electronic article surveillance tag is fixed on one the inner surface in above-mentioned first and second casing components, adjacent with above-mentioned passage, above-mentioned first and second casing components define the end separately of above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, one of them end and above-mentioned cable plug adjacency, the other end and above-mentioned another plug or the electric equipment adjacency that is connected.
11. the article surveillance unit as claim 10 is characterized by, above-mentioned first casing component defines a semi-circular channel through first casing component; Second casing component defines a semi-circular channel through second casing component.
12. the article surveillance unit as claim 10 is characterized by, each above-mentioned first and second casing component is made of plastics.
13. the article surveillance unit as claim 11 is characterized by, above-mentioned first and second casing components define combination member respectively, to be used for along above-mentioned first and second jointing lines above-mentioned first and second casing components fixed to one another.
14. one is used in the article surveillance unit on the cable with given cross section, above-mentioned cable has a plug at the one end, and the electric equipment that another plug is arranged or connected at second end of cable, above-mentioned article surveillance unit is included in first and second casing components that the first and second jointing line places are bonded to each other, above-mentioned first and second casing components define a passage by above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, this passage has above-mentioned given cross section, above-mentioned cable is placed in this passage, one electronic article surveillance tag is fixed on one the inner surface in above-mentioned first and second casing components, adjacent with above-mentioned passage, above-mentioned first and second casing components define the end separately of above-mentioned article surveillance unit when being bonded to each other, one of them end and above-mentioned cable plug adjacency, the other end and above-mentioned another plug or the electric equipment adjacency that is connected, one of above-mentioned first and second casing components have the structure of above-mentioned first and second jointing lines of overlap joint.
15. the article surveillance unit as claim 14 is characterized by, above-mentioned first casing component defines a semi-circular channel through first casing component, and second casing component defines a semi-circular channel through second casing component.
16. the article surveillance unit as claim 14 is characterized by, each above-mentioned first and second casing component is made of plastics.
17. the article surveillance unit as claim 14 is characterized by, above-mentioned first and second casing components define corresponding combination member, to be used for along above-mentioned first and second jointing lines above-mentioned first and second casing components fixed to one another.
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