EP1266370A1 - Security seal to be pulled through - Google Patents
Security seal to be pulled throughInfo
- Publication number
- EP1266370A1 EP1266370A1 EP00908905A EP00908905A EP1266370A1 EP 1266370 A1 EP1266370 A1 EP 1266370A1 EP 00908905 A EP00908905 A EP 00908905A EP 00908905 A EP00908905 A EP 00908905A EP 1266370 A1 EP1266370 A1 EP 1266370A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- tongue
- pull
- base body
- cams
- seal according
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
- G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
- G09F3/03—Forms or constructions of security seals
- G09F3/0305—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used
- G09F3/037—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used having tie-wrap sealing means
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
- Y10T292/48—Seals
- Y10T292/4945—Rigid shackle ends
- Y10T292/495—Resilient and rigid engaging means
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
- Y10T292/48—Seals
- Y10T292/497—Resilient shackle ends
- Y10T292/499—Resilient engaging means
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
- Y10T292/48—Seals
- Y10T292/502—Shiftable catch shackle operated
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a security seal according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Security seals in which a band or strip provided with latching means are pushed through a receiving opening which is arranged at one end of the band or strip and prevented from being pulled out by means of retaining means attached in the receiving opening are known, for example, from WO 95/27968.
- a seal which has a flat base body with a through opening directed perpendicular to the surface.
- a loop body in the form of a flat tongue or flag is formed directly on the base body perpendicular to the piercing direction. The end of this tongue can now be inserted and pushed through the piercing opening in one direction.
- a loop is formed, the size of which, i.e. whose diameter can be influenced by the size of the piercing length. With increasing piercing length, this loop becomes smaller. Since the retaining means in the push-through opening prevent the tongue from being pulled back, the loop can only be opened by cutting or tearing off the tongue.
- pull-through security seals of this type are also known, in which the tongue is formed from one side with an essentially round cross section, which at regular intervals have spherical or conical knobs which have resilient retaining means arranged in the through opening of the seal can engage. This enables the tongue to be locked reliably in one direction and the loop to be According to the spacing of the knobs in discrete spacing according to needs. be drawn in.
- the object of the present invention was to find a pull-through security seal of the type mentioned, which has a high security against manipulation when closing.
- the tongue does not have a geometrically simple cross section, but rather has a cross-sectional shape provided with edges, ensures a high level of manipulation security.
- This shape makes the manufacture of an appropriately trained and effective manipulation tool considerably more difficult and practically impossible without special machine tools and a high outlay with great expertise.
- the design according to the invention can absorb large tensile forces via the multiple toothing.
- guide elements which guide the tongue are preferably arranged in the area of the tongue tip in front of the tooth-like cams.
- the number of cams arranged in a circular cross-section can fundamentally depend on the area of application and size the seals or the dimension of the tongue can be chosen differently. It has been shown that, on the one hand, the symmetrical arrangement of four cams in a cross shape has proven itself both in production and in operation.
- cams in the form of right-angled triangles with a flattened tip can of course also be adapted to the restraining means and modified accordingly.
- the tongue is guided laterally from the side along an edge of the base body of the seal and is connected to it via webs. These webs serve as a predetermined breaking point and thus make it easy to tear open the sealed seal.
- the end of the tongue on the base body side is preferably not led to the rear end of the base body, but ends on a flag of the base body formed at this point.
- These webs are now also designed as predetermined breaking points, so that the individual seals can be easily separated from the yard goods.
- These connecting webs are dimensioned such that the lower tensile strength, respectively. Have breaking strength as the predetermined breaking points between the tongue and the base body. This prevents that from separating the seal is accidentally destroyed by tearing off the tongue.
- the outlet opening of the housing part containing the retaining means is designed in accordance with the cross section of the tongue, so that no conventional, simply designed tubular manipulation means can be introduced at this point to the toothing between the tongue or. to prevent the cam and the restraining means.
- the inlet opening likewise preferably has guide ribs designed in accordance with the cross-sectional shape of the tongue, which are arranged parallel to the direction of pulling in the interior of the housing part, preferably in front of the retaining means themselves.
- FIG. 2 shows the schematic longitudinal section through the pull-through security seal from FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 shows the front view of a tongue designed according to the invention, each with four tooth-shaped cams
- FIG. 4 shows the front view of an alternative embodiment of a tongue according to the invention, each with three tooth-shaped cams;
- FIG. 8 shows the view of a set of pull-through security seals according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows the schematic plan view of a pull-through security seal designed according to the invention with a flat, essentially rectangular base body 1 and tongue 2 protruding therefrom.
- a conical housing part 3 is formed on the base body 1, inside which the retaining means 4 are arranged ,
- These retention means 4 are constructed in a conventionally known manner with radially resilient hooks 5 which engage in the tooth-like cams 6 of the tongue 2 when it is inserted through the pull-through opening 7 of the housing part 3. This can be seen from the schematic illustration of the longitudinal section of this seal from FIG. 2.
- the restraint means 4 are firmly and permanently connected to the base body 2, for example by welding.
- the tongue has, for example, a round basic cross-section and has cams 6 arranged in succession on one or possibly several sections along its longitudinal axis. These cams 6 are preferably designed as triangles projecting radially outward from the tongue body with flat side cheeks 6 1 and a flattened tip.
- Figure 3 shows a preferred cross-sectional shape of the tongue 2 with four rows of cams 6 in the front view.
- the cams 6 essentially have a rectangular cross section, ie the side cheeks 6 ′ are designed to run flat along the longitudinal axis of the tongue 2.
- the cams 6 are cross-shaped in cross-section and are preferably each arranged in direct succession on the tongue 2.
- FIG. 4 shows a further, alternative cross-sectional shape of a tongue 2 according to the invention, in which the rows of cams 6 are arranged in a triangular cross-section. This arrangement can either symmetrically with equal distances. Angles to each other or as shown in Figure 4 may be irregular.
- a manipulation tool would now have to be manufactured as an extremely thin-walled sleeve with the corresponding cross-section in order to possibly retain the retaining means 4 or. to be able to influence the hooks 5.
- This can be done very easily with conventional pull-through seals with a completely symmetrical, circular cross-section or simple, flat cross-sections; the cross-sectional shapes shown, on the other hand, can only be produced with great effort, if at all, whereby the risk of manipulation can be largely avoided.
- FIG. 5 now shows schematically the longitudinal section through the housing part 3 of the base body 1 with inserted and welded retaining means 4.
- the radially resiliently arranged hooks 5 are inserted through the oblique nose edges of the cams when the tongue 2 is inserted into the pull-through opening 7 in the direction of the arrow 6 spread and snap against the backward direction perpendicular to the pulling direction edge the cam 6 when the tongue is withdrawn.
- This retention structure which is known per se, effectively prevents the tongue 2 from being pulled out of the housing part 3 of the base body 1 against the direction of pulling.
- the outlet opening 8 of the housing part 3 now advantageously also has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the tongue 2, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. A manipulation attempt from the outlet opening 8 is thus practically completely prevented with only simple tools.
- guide ribs 9 are preferably arranged in the interior of the retaining means 4, parallel to the pull-through direction. These guide ribs 9 in turn result in an open cross-section corresponding approximately to the cross-sectional shape of the tongue 2 and in particular twist the tongue 2 into the correspondingly correct position so that the cams 6 come into contact with the corresponding hooks 5 in the center and thus a reliable latching of the tongue 2 with allow the basic body 1.
- guide elements 10 are preferably formed in the area of the tongue tip, advantageously directly in front of the foremost cams 6, as shown in FIG.
- These guide elements 10 have, for example, an essentially rectangular basic shape with a wedge-shaped, straight front edge 10 '.
- the cross section of these guide elements 10 advantageously corresponds to the cross section of the corresponding cams 6 and the guide elements 10 are arranged in alignment with the respective row of cams on the tongue 2.
- the guide elements 10 can also be a number of circular Have beads 11. These beads 11 have a smaller diameter than the diameter of the cams 6, as can be seen from FIG. 7.
- FIG. 8 shows a set of pull-through seals, as is usually produced by the meter.
- the tongue 2 as can already be seen in FIG. 1, is preferably designed to protrude from the center of the front edge 1 'of the base body 1 and the rear end 2' leads along the front edge 1 'to a certain extent along the side edge 1' 'to the rear.
- a flag 12 is formed in the base body 1, the side edge 12' of which is formed at a distance at least at the level of the extended outer edge of the tongue end 2 '.
- the tongue 2 respectively. the tongue end 2 'is preferably connected to the base body 1 via the two webs 13. These webs 13 advantageously serve as predetermined breaking points, via which the tongue 2 can easily be torn off the base body 1 after use, without special tools or cutting devices being necessary for this.
- the individual pull-through seals themselves are preferably also connected to one another by webs 14 by the meter, these webs being formed directly between the side edges and flags 12 of adjacent pull-through seals directly during the spraying process.
- These webs 14 are now advantageously dimensioned such that they serve as predetermined breaking points for separating the pull-through seals.
- the strength of these webs 14 is dimensioned such that the tearing force, respectively. Breaking load is lower than for the webs 13 between the base body 1 and tongue 2.
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
- Package Frames And Binding Bands (AREA)
- Casings For Electric Apparatus (AREA)
- Burglar Alarm Systems (AREA)
- Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
- Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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PCT/CH2000/000168 WO2001071699A1 (en) | 2000-03-23 | 2000-03-23 | Security seal to be pulled through |
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EP1266370A1 true EP1266370A1 (en) | 2002-12-18 |
EP1266370B1 EP1266370B1 (en) | 2009-02-18 |
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US (1) | US6948747B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1266370B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE423370T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2000231420A1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE50015565D1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2001071699A1 (en) |
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US712250A (en) * | 1902-08-01 | 1902-10-28 | Edward J Brooks | Snap-seal. |
US1188886A (en) * | 1915-12-03 | 1916-06-27 | Samuel W Booth Jr | Seal-lock. |
US2840409A (en) * | 1956-09-24 | 1958-06-24 | United Carr Fastener Corp | Post office fastener |
FR1288128A (en) * | 1961-02-07 | 1962-03-24 | Fastener for bags in flexible material | |
US3597803A (en) | 1969-07-02 | 1971-08-10 | Eaton Yale & Towne | Fastening device |
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US5524945A (en) | 1994-04-06 | 1996-06-11 | E. J. Brooks Company | Thermoplastic security seal |
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- 2000-03-23 AT AT00908905T patent/ATE423370T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2000-03-23 US US10/239,626 patent/US6948747B1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-03-23 EP EP00908905A patent/EP1266370B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2000-03-23 WO PCT/CH2000/000168 patent/WO2001071699A1/en active Application Filing
- 2000-03-23 DE DE50015565T patent/DE50015565D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2000-03-23 AU AU2000231420A patent/AU2000231420A1/en not_active Abandoned
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US6948747B1 (en) | 2005-09-27 |
AU2000231420A1 (en) | 2001-10-03 |
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