CN101625810B - Security system for preventing unauthorized removal of merchandise - Google Patents

Abstract

A security tag assembly and security system associated therewith prevent the unauthorized removal of merchandise from a given area, such as a retail establishment. The security tag assembly comprises a base and at least one attachment member removably connected in an operative position on the merchandise being protected. A locking assembly restricts detachment of the attachment member and is structured to be destructively detached when the base and the attachment member are forcibly separated. A detachment assembly and a data registering processor include a two-way communication link which facilitates processing of the merchandise data disposed on the security tag assembly, such that the purchasing of the merchandise and the removal of the security tag assembly can be effectively accomplished without jeopardizing the security of the merchandise being sold.

Description

Be used for preventing the security system of unauthorized removal of merchandise

Right of priority

The application submitted on May 23rd, 2007, sequence number is 11/802, the part renewal application of 307 U.S. Patent application, this sequence number is 11/802,307 application is to submit on February 27th, 2006, sequence number is 11/363,436 U.S. Patent application, namely show United States Patent (USP) 7,286,054 part renewal application, this sequence number is 11/363,436 application is to submit on February 11st, 2005, sequence number is 11/056,565 U.S. Patent application, the part renewal application that namely shows United States Patent (USP) 7,382,256, this sequence number is 11/056,565 application is to submit on Dec 9th, 2004, sequence number is 11/008,641 the part renewal application of formerly submitting existing resigned application to, this with referring to mode introduce the full text content of all these patented claims.

Technical field

The present invention relates to comprise the security system of security tags assembly, this security tags assembly comprises base portion and the attachment member that is removably fixed to extensive stock.This security system also comprises disconnect assembly, and this disconnect assembly is configured to make base portion and attachment member to throw off, and thus security tags assembly and commodity dismounting is come.

Background technology

Safety label or anti-theft tag are widely used in commodity retail industry and multiple other commercial field.In typical form, these devices are attached to extensive stock so that the personnel that they can be examined commodity are clear that.The purposes of these devices and operation generally are considered to prevent or limit from the theft of the outlet of retail shop or other monitor area at least or otherwise take commodity away without Xu Dike.More particularly, it is believed that these safety label devices as for the deterrence of taking away without approval because potential robber will appreciate that, in case remove safety label by force, commodity just will by " contamination " or otherwise mark allow commodity useless thus.Perhaps, label can be configured to start warning system when the commodity process that comprises label on it is usually located at the monitoring station in retail shop exit.

Because the safety label of the above-mentioned type or the popularization of anti-theft device, people have made many trials and have designed and constructed a kind of device, this device is not only as for robber's deterrence, and comprise overcoming experienced robber may be in order to make the invalid and any trial made of device.In addition, the structure of these safety features should be easy to be fixed to dissimilar article and therefrom remove, thereby can use basically the device of the structure of standard to monitor and keep dissimilar commodity.

As mentioned above, known safety label or anti-theft tag are used to provide certain indication, and this indication causes commodity useless or send signal for attempting to take away without approval.

Yet generally, people recognize that a large amount of anti-theft tags that use have problem or shortcoming at present, and these problems or shortcoming cause anti-theft tag seldom in full force and effect.More particularly, make unauthorized personnel can develop various technology for the understanding of spreading wide of the architectural feature of these safety labels, these technology specific designs become so that the mode of above-mentioned indication structural failure gets on except label from commodity.Therefore, for seasoned or experienced robber, develop to take commodity away from the zone that is monitored and do not damage the article of stealing or instrument or the technology that starts alarm or surveillance is not rare.

Therefore, people recognize in Safety Industry needs a kind of security system that comprises the anti-theft device of the security tags assembly form that preferably is small-sized relatively, and this anti-theft device is connected to extensive stock effectively and specifically is configured to overcome with removing or otherwise make the invalid known technology of this device.And this protective structures feature should be able to be with label construction and structure be compatible efficiently.Therefore, safety label manufacturer or supplier be " customization " indication component of proposing various to comprise " theft indication " device, electronic signaling device or its combination efficiently just, and need not to re-construct or redesign whole label assembly or all the other groundwork parts associated with it.

Summary of the invention

The present invention relates to a kind of security system, this security system comprises the security tags assembly that is configured to be connected in the working position dissimilar commodity.The structure of various embodiments of the present invention and operating characteristic make security tags assembly can be from the commodity carry out dismounting through permission in fast simple mode.

Each embodiment of security tags assembly comprises at least one base portion and at least one attachment member that can link together in the working position.Yet, as practical application, such as in protection and/or when monitoring a plurality of products and commodity, can adopt a plurality of base portions and attachment member.

Aforementioned working position can more specifically be defined as: be firmly-fixed to base portion and from the outward extending connecting elements of base portion be arranged to a plurality of attachment member the relation of an interconnection.Like this, connecting elements preferably comprises and is fixed to base portion and from the outward extending elongated pin of base portion.In addition, connecting pin can comprise sharp or sharp-pointed outermost end, thus the inside that is conducive to penetrate and/or be connected to protected commodity and penetrates corresponding attachment member.In addition, when being in the working position, commodity will be clamped between the outside surface of attachment member and base portion usually according to its physical property.

For remain on the working position and with the clamping engagement of protected commodity in firm connection between base portion and the attachment member, each in a plurality of attachment member comprises locked component.When attachment member is arranged on working position with respect to the interconnection of itself and base portion, locked component be arranged on the attachment member with the relation of admitting connecting elements or within.

In addition, the security system of at least one embodiment comprises that disconnect assembly and data deposit processor, and they are configured to set up betwixt two-way communication collaboratively.This communicating to connect can connect or by means of radio communication installation, it realizes two-way communication in certain limit or distance parameter by means of rigid line.

Collaboration communication and structure that disconnect assembly and data are deposited processor not only are conducive to protect reliably various products or commodity, and can be realized purchase and " payment " process of commodity by the personnel through permission more efficiently.Like this, data are deposited processor and can be included but not limited to the performance parameter that more generally is associated with cash register type facility.And data are deposited processor from the disconnect assembly received communication, and it is illustrated in the commodity data that presents on the security tags assembly.After receiving, data are deposited processor and are used for handling commodity data, include but not limited to show buy and pay the bill for information about requiredly, comprise that price, article are described, quantity, and/or be associated with purchase product or commodity other for information about.

The operation of disconnect assembly comprises a plurality of service parts associated with it.These service parts comprise position transducer, but that the indication of this position transducer is oriented in security tags assembly is related with the disconnect assembly place of working, it are taken apart from the working position with respect to protected commodity realizing.Disconnect assembly also comprises detaching structure and keeps assembly that detaching structure and maintenance assembly association fit over stability and safety label assembly in the process of dismounting base portion and attachment member.As a result, security tags assembly is removed from its working position on protected commodity.

By locked component is configured to, in case with connecting pin from the intraconnection of itself and attached component by force dismounting come, just at least to distortion with regard to its original predetermined work or destroy, thereby further emphasize the disposable character of each attachment member.Therefore, the locked component of a plurality of attachment member can be described as: in case with the connecting pin attachment member that shifts out by force or advance out, such as working as attachment member and base portion by force separately the time, just " destructive dismounting ground " shifts out with the kinematic constraint of connecting pin and cooperates.

More particularly, preferable disconnect assembly comprises driving shaft, and this driving shaft has near the endo conformation of at least part of hollow the unlimited free end that is arranged on driving shaft.Also have, the size of the hollow inner end portion of attachment member and structure can present covering, the encirclement relation with respect to sharp-pointed free-ended at least a portion of connecting elements.When driving shaft entered attachment member, a part of destructibility ground of attachment member was removed, thereby the far-end of driving shaft or unlimited free end enter with the pressure of locking component and cooperate.Locking component is by making such as substantial flexibility and the deformable material of plastics, metal etc.In case force to cooperate with driving shaft, locking component just is out of shape and/or deflects into the second place, cooperate thereby force the circumference in the hole in the first of locking component to shift out with the kinematic constraint of the outside surface of connecting elements.

As hereinafter in greater detail, the aforesaid second place of locking component may be defined to a certain extent with respect to the longitudinal axis " flattening " of connecting elements or abundant horizontal orientation, forms contrast with the angled configuration of deflection.Because force locking component to be deformed to the second place, can make attachment member become useless, new or additional attachment member can be repositioned at aforementioned working position then and use again with same base portion.As will be complete more described also, driving shaft also comprises inside solid or that fill, this inside be arranged to and be configured to be connected member pointed end and force it outside from attachment member.This will cause separating of connecting elements and attachment member.

Therefore; each preferred embodiment of security system of the present invention and security tags assembly overcome with traditionally or the security system of previously known and the device many problems and the shortcoming that are associated; and be embodied as simple and efficient structure, its be conducive to have as with attached, the dismounting of taking the security of protected commodity relevant from the given area without approval away and efficient practice.

These and other purpose, feature and advantage of the present invention will become apparent when considering the drawings and specific embodiments.

Description of drawings

In order more intactly to understand essence of the present invention, should be with reference to the detailed description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the stereographic map of a preferred embodiment of security tags assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is vertical view embodiment illustrated in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is left view embodiment illustrated in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is upward view embodiment illustrated in fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is right view embodiment illustrated in fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is vertical view embodiment illustrated in fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is rear view embodiment illustrated in fig. 2.

Fig. 8 illustrates the stereographic map that each service part of Fig. 1 to 7 illustrated embodiment has separated with decomposed form.

Fig. 9 A is with biopsy cavity marker devices and analyses and observe the exploded view of the relative position of each service part that form illustrates Fig. 1 to 8 illustrated embodiment that it is in unassembled orientation.

Fig. 9 B is the part side cross sectional view of Fig. 9 A illustrated embodiment, and it is in assembles orientation.

Fig. 9 C is the divided portion side cross sectional view that illustrates from the service part of the preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in Fig. 9 B.

Fig. 9 D further illustrates the view sub-anatomy that each parts is dissectd from the part of the separate operation of the process permission of position shown in Fig. 9 B embodiment.

Figure 10 illustrates for separately according to the decomposed form stereographic map of the disconnect assembly of the service part of the preferred embodiment of the present invention of Fig. 9 C and 9D.

Figure 11 is the stereographic map that comprises another preferred embodiment of the present invention of indication component.

Figure 12 is front view and the exploded detail that the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of Figure 11 embodiment is shown.

Figure 13 is the stereographic map that illustrates from another preferred embodiment of the present invention of the work of the embodiment of Figure 11 and 12 and modification in construction.

Figure 14 illustrates the structure of Figure 13 embodiment and front view and the exploded detail of operational detail.

Figure 15 has disclosed the schematic form of a preferred embodiment of security system of the present invention and the stereographic map of part dotted line, and this security system comprises the disconnect assembly that carries out modification in construction from disconnect assembly shown in Figure 10.

Figure 16 is the synoptic diagram of block diagram form of each service part of disconnect assembly of the embodiment of Figure 15.

Figure 17 is the synoptic diagram of frame segment diagram form that has disclosed the details of the movable display module that is associated with the disconnect assembly of Figure 15 and 16 embodiment.

Figure 18 deposits the synoptic diagram of processor with the security system of the disconnect assembly that comprises Figure 15 to the 17 embodiment related data of working mutually.

Figure 19 is the synoptic diagram of the block diagram form of the work of security system of the present invention and practice.

Figure 20 is the section interior view of another preferred embodiment of security tags assembly of the present invention.

Figure 21 is the decomposition side view of profile type of the preferred embodiment of Figure 20.

Figure 22 is the internal view that the part of the preferred embodiment of Figure 20 and 21 is dissectd.

Figure 23 is the detail perspective view of the locked component that is associated with the preferred embodiment of Figure 20 to 22.

Figure 24 is the front perspective view of another preferred embodiment of the present invention, relates to the disconnect assembly that comes for the dismounting of the base portion of attachment member and security tags assembly, and comprises the mounting structure for working position that can scanner is removably fixed thereon.

Figure 25 is the rear perspective view of preferred embodiment shown in Figure 24.

Figure 26 is the side view of preferred embodiment shown in Figure 24 and 25.

Figure 27 is the top perspective view that the part of preferred embodiment shown in Figure 24 to 26 is dissectd, this embodiment comprises the portable scanning assembly with respect to the base portion work location of the security tags assembly of Fig. 1 to 23 illustrated embodiment, wherein, just in items scanning data or similar information.

Figure 28 is the top perspective view that is used for scanner is removably remained on the mounting structure of working position that is associated with preferred embodiment shown in Figure 24 to 27.

Figure 29 is front perspective view embodiment illustrated in fig. 28.

Figure 30 is the top perspective view of part cut-away form of the supporting base of the scan components mounting structure that is removably fixed to it.

Figure 31 A is the part exploded view of another embodiment of security tags assembly disclosed here.

Figure 31 B is the stereographic map of the security tags assembly shown in the part exploded view of Figure 31 A.

Figure 32 A and 32B illustrate stereographic map and the part exploded view of at least one embodiment of the maintenance of disconnect assembly of the present invention and/or stabilizing component respectively.

Figure 33 A to 33G is the part cut away view of the maintenance shown in Figure 32 A and the 32B and/or stabilizing component.

Among some figure in the accompanying drawings, identical Reference numeral refers to identical parts.

Embodiment

As shown in drawings, the present invention relates to a kind of security tags assembly, this security tags assembly is total is denoted as Reference numeral 10, and comprises at least one base portion 12 and at least one attachment member 14.Yet practical application of the present invention can relate to a plurality of base portions 12 and a plurality of attachment member 14 usually, as to protect and/or when monitoring a plurality of different product.And security tags assembly 10 is following types: thus it is configured to be removably fixed to various types of commodity 18 and prevents from the given area or place unauthorized removal of merchandise 18.The typical case of security tags assembly 10 of the present invention uses any interconnection that comprises in the attachment member 14 that makes a base portion 12 and a plurality of protected commodity 18.Like this, the personnel through permission can utilize the technology of approval and/or hardware that security tags assembly 10 is removed from its working position fast simplely.On the contrary, when unauthorized personnel attempted, it was very difficult base portion 12 and attachment member 14 being separated on working position and the protected commodity.

In addition, at least one preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises: each in a plurality of attachment member 14 is configured to abandon after can be by usefulness after corresponding base portion 12 and protected commodity are removed.On the contrary, one or more base portions 12 of security tags assembly 10 of the present invention comprise and can make its reusable various structures and operating characteristic.These features include but not limited to indication component and connecting elements, and they make arbitrary base portion 12 can be connected to arbitrary " untapped " attachment member 14, and this will be described hereinafter in more detail.

The CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION more specifically of each preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises: base portion 12 has roughly long and narrow or other suitable structure.In addition, being arranged on seat portion 20 on the base portion can further be conducive to commodity 18 are remained on clamping orientation between base portion 12 and the attachment member 14.Seat portion 20 preferably is configured to the outer surface structure 14 ' corresponding to attachment member, and this outer surface structure 14 ' arranges in the present portion 20 with the admittance relation of settling basically or aiming at.The structure of the preferred embodiment that each accompanying drawing is represented comprises having the seat portion 20 of recessed structure basically, and this is recessed into structure basically corresponding to the projective structure 14 ' basically of attachment member 14.Therefore, when base portion 12 and attachment structures 14 are in the aforesaid preferable working position, commodity 18 can be clamped in effectively according to its physical property seat portion 20 between the outer surface part 14 ' of base portion 12 and attachment member 14 " within ".

In order to keep the firm interconnection between base portion 12 and the one or more attachment member 14, base portion 12 is provided with total connecting elements that is denoted as Reference numeral 22, and this connecting elements comprises elongated connecting pin or similar structures 24.The inner terminal 26 of pin preferably but not necessarily be fixed to base portion 12, to join with 20 associations of seat portion.And the length of connecting pin 24 is enough to stretch out to cooperate and be connected to attachment member 14 suitably from the remainder of the adjacent external surfaces 12 ' of seat portion 20 and base portion 12.

Association's distribution structure of each in a plurality of attachment member 14 comprises elongated channel or the passage 28 that is arranged on one or more attachment member 14 inside.And passage 28 has near-end 30 and far-end 32, and this near-end 30 is preferably unlimited.In near-end 30 and the far-end 32 each be arranged to respectively with opposite two outer surface part of one or more attachment member 14 mutually continuously or the next-door neighbour, shown in Fig. 9 A to 9C is clear.Therefore, passage 28 extends along the lateral dimension of attachment member basically fully, and wherein, this lateral dimension is limited by the near-end that is oppositely arranged 30 of passage 28 and the position of far-end 32 respectively at least in part.Attachment member 14 fixedly comprising in preferable working position: connecting pin 24 penetrates commodity 18, and connecting pin 24 continues to advance and passes open proximal end 30 and along the most of length admission passage of passage 28 inside.End 29 sharp-pointed or other suitable shape as shown in the figure can further be conducive to connecting pin 24 and penetrate commodity 18 and penetrate passage 28.

The additional structural features of each preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises total locked component that is denoted as Reference numeral 36 is set.Locked component 36 is arranged on the inside of attachment member 14 or preferably, and/or is communicated with passage 28 and open end 30 at least, thereby is arranged to and connecting pin is admitted relation for 24 one-tenth.Therefore, in the time of in connecting pin 24 is arranged on passage 28, pin 24 will pass open proximal end 30 and locked assembly 36 admittances when pin 24 passes locked component 36.One preferred embodiment of locked component 36 comprises ring 38, and in the time of when connecting pin 24 is positioned at passage 28 in, this ring 38 can be arranged to and 24 one-tenth of connecting pins encirclement concentric relationship, knows as Fig. 9 B and 9C to illustrate.In addition, locked component 36 comprises a plurality of isolated finger 40 that is arranged on usually in the outward-dipping orientation.Like this, in the time of in connecting pin 24 is arranged on passage 28, the outside of a plurality of finger 40 pin 24 that movably is connected.In addition, structure, structure, setting and the outward-dipping orientation of each in a plurality of finger 40 can make connecting pin 20 can inwardly advance when passage 28 penetrates attachment member 14 inside at it.Yet the structure of a plurality of finger 40 can limit connecting elements 24 in opposite direction or leave the motion of passage 28, as when attempting attachment member 14 separated with base portion 12.Therefore locked component 36 can further describe to being arranged to and being configured to the pin 24 that movably is connected, thereby it is conducive to connecting pin 24 moved inward or penetrated attachment member 14 along passage 28 inside.On the contrary, the structure of a plurality of finger 40 and directed can limit the motion that connecting pin 24 leaves passage 28 in opposite direction, as when attempt with base portion 12 and attachment member 14 from predetermined working position during disengagement.

As mentioned above, each preferred embodiment of the present invention operating characteristic comprises that the personnel that can make through permission adopt technology and/or the hardware simple and easy security tags assembly 10 of removing rapidly from the commodity 18.On the contrary, when not adopting suitable procedure and/or hardware, can cause the unauthorized separately very difficult of base portion 12 and the attachment member 14 that is associated.Mainly referring to Fig. 9 C, 9D and 10, adopt total be denoted as Reference numeral 50 through approval perhaps can disconnect assembly, can be easily with base portion 12 and attachment member 14 from its with the predetermined work position of commodity 18 clamping engagement separate.Disconnect assembly 50 only is used for as the representative of various different devices and/or hardware, these devices and/or hardware can be applied to security tags assembly 10, and are configured to base portion 12 and attachment member 14 separated and therefrom dismantle commodity 18 and can not cause damage to base portion 12 or commodity 18.Another preferred embodiment 50 ' of disconnect assembly schematically illustrates in Figure 15 and 16, and will discuss in more detail hereinafter.Therefore, disconnect assembly 50 as shown in figure 10 is not considered the meaning with restriction, because can adopt various other structures to realize making each preferred embodiment of security tags assembly 10 to leave passing through separating of permission of working position shown in Fig. 9 B.

Therefore, disconnect assembly 50 comprises cavity or similar structures 51 (referring to Fig. 9 C and 9D), and this cavity or similar structures 51 is used for being installed on the disconnect assembly 50 and attachment member 14 being received in wherein when being in as shown in figure 10 orientation when label assembly 10.In addition, disconnect assembly 50 comprises driving shaft 52 and maintenance or rock-steady structure 54.Still as shown in the figure, the total actuation handle that is denoted as Reference numeral 56 or similar structures are connected to driving shaft 52 with suitable mechanical connecting device.The operation of Handleset 56 causes that rock-steady structure 54 is positioned to match with the appropriate section of attachment member 14 and driving shaft 52 moves into the inside of attachment member 14 by force shown in direction arrow 53.

The power of driving shaft 52 will cause that the destructiveness of covering the breaking of member or part 47, displacement, dismounting and/or alternate manner removes, and this lid member or part 47 place on the far-end 32 of passage 18 and so cover or seal this far-end 32.The concrete structure of lid member 47 can change, and is attached to passage 28 such as putting at its predetermined superset by the coupling part of reduction or sawtooth.Perhaps, surrender under the straight line directing force that the material of formation attachment member 14 and cover 47 can be applied thereto by driving shaft 52 when being advanced in the attachment member 14 when driving shaft 52.

Driving shaft 52 is advanced into passage 28 inside continuously, passes far-end 32, cooperating between the end 52 ' that causes driving shaft 52 and the outer end 29 of connecting pin 24.Like this, advancing continuously of driving shaft 52 will force connecting pin 24 to leave passage 28 with driving force, and the stop of opposing locked component 36 and a plurality of finger 40 cooperates.Also have, include but not limited to that setting and the structure of locked component 36 of the structure of a plurality of finger 40 will cause: when forcing connecting pin 24 to pass outwards through open end 30 from passage 28, the destroyed or at least part of distortion of locked component is shown in Fig. 9 D.Therefore, when force pin 24 along the direction opposite with its approach axis, shown in direction arrow 55 signal from passage 28 outwards the time, locked component 36 can be described as from respect to connecting pin 24 and the position that is mated by " destructive dismounting " and/or displacement.

In case base portion 12 and attachment member 14 are from its predetermined work position separately, connecting pin 24 also can easily be removed from commodity 18.Therefore, the distortion of locked component 36 or at least part of destruction will cause the attachment member 14 that is associated not reuse most possibly.Therefore, attachment member 14 is in case such as coming with connecting pin 24 dismountings forcibly in the above described manner, just can be considered to discardable.On the contrary, aforesaid base portion 12 can be reused to it in aforementioned preferable working position separate connection by making other attachment member in a plurality of attachment member 14.

Mainly referring to Fig. 7, another architectural feature that is included at least one preferred embodiment of the present invention is that total viewing area that is denoted as Reference numeral 60 is set.Viewing area 60 is formed on in a plurality of different outer surface part of base portion 12 any, such as being formed on the back side or the bottom surface 62.The size of viewing area 60 and structure can be different, and total the predetermined information data or the information that are denoted as Reference numeral 64 that depend on base portion 12 sizes, size and structure at least in part and want to show thereon.Information data 64 can comprise different message segments and/or one or more print data section, and above-mentioned message segment comprises bar code, optics or other electric scanning mark 66.Be arranged for and watch with the content of the predetermined information that exposes and/or data and will comprise merchandise news and/or relate to the out of Memory of the relevant place of production that is associated with protected commodity 18, manufacturing, sales histories etc.The out of Memory data can comprise the physical property of commodity or product 18, comprise its size, color, material and price.The tentation data or the information that comprise these information that are identified as commodity data are used for as just various different information and/or data segment or the representative partly that can be presented in the viewing area 60.

In addition, predetermined data or information can for good and all, regularly and/or removably be fixed in the viewing area 60, such as by labelling and/or fixing by the otherwise fixing and/or fastening structure of extending at least a portion of respective surfaces 62.Also have, comprise viewing area 60 can such as by make on-the-spot when connecting security tags assembly 10 thus at this of product distribution system " identification " commodity produce the feature of saving time with cost.For example, can make in the place that labor cost significantly is lower than the geographical place of sell goods with many products that security tags assembly 10 uses.Therefore, on-the-spotly attachedly have viewing area 60 and its security tags assembly 10 that presents relevant data 64 can cause significantly saving labor cost making, guarantee simultaneously suitably product to be carried out mark, description, identification etc.

Mainly referring to Figure 11 and 12, at least one preferred embodiment of security tags assembly 10 of the present invention comprises total indication component that is denoted as Reference numeral 70.Base portion 12 is installed and/or be connected to this indication component 70 at least a portion of base portion 12 inside, shown in Figure 12 is detailed.In a most preferred embodiment, indication component 70 is formed by a plurality of conductive material coil segments or thigh 72.Coil thigh 72 can have at least part of continuous structure, because they jointly arrange and extend along at least a portion circumference of base portion 12.Like this, indication component 70 can start alarm, such as, but not limited to usually the entrance and exit of retail company exist and/or with its association type near the type alarm.In addition, comprise that the structure of the indication component 70 of multiply structure 72, configured and disposed can be made into form radio frequency (RF) coil, this radio-frequency coil can be conducive to RF communication and/or signal.Like this, can revise the RF coil to confirm " tracking " ability for its attached commodity 18 extremely.

Figure 13 and 14 shows another preferred embodiment of the present invention.More particularly, security tags assembly 10 ' comprises base portion 12 ", and the embodiment that is similar to Fig. 1 to 12 is configured to be connected to any in a plurality of replaceable and disposable attachment member 14 and uses in combination with it.And, base portion 12 " be configured to specifically to come work referring to the described identical mode of Fig. 1 to 12 with above-mentioned equally with each parts of one or more attachment member 14.Yet, by the base portion of doing on setting and base portion 12 structures to change or revise 12 ", security tags assembly 10 ' can be different with above-described embodiment.More particularly, base portion 12 " thinner and/or tapering to a certain extent, as shown in clear.Base portion 12 " this change on general structure can be at least in part owing to be provided with indication component 74, this indication component 74 is preferably base portion 12 " inner hiding position to a certain extent is installed in base portion 12 " go up and/or be connected to base portion 12 ".Like this, indication component 74 comprises material indicating member 76 conduction or that other is suitable, material indicating member 76 is with respect to base portion 12 " one-tenth such as architectural feature concrete structure, setting, structure can start alarm, such as, but not limited to be associated with the outlet of retail company and entrance usually near the type alarm.

Figure 11,12 and 13,14 different preferred embodiments are made comparisons, should emphasize, about the specific structural features of size and structure aspects can with illustrate different.Yet, base portion 12 and/or 12 " general structure should easily be suitable for installing or be connected to indication component 70,76 and/or both combination.Also have, although specifically disclosed specific embodiment shown in Figure 11 to 14 of indication component 70 and 76, also can arrange and comprise other indication component that can start the above-mentioned type alarm.

Mainly referring to Figure 15 to 19, another preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to and comprises security tags assembly 10,10 ' security system, and this security tags assembly comprises as referring to the detailed described base portion 12 of the preferred embodiment of Fig. 1 to 14,12 " and the structure member of attachment member 14.Like this, security tags assembly 10,10 ' will comprise as the base portion 12,12 referring to above-mentioned preferred embodiment " and the various architectural features of attachment member 14, include but not limited to locked component 36, inner passage 38 and open end 30 and closed end 32.Similarly, another preferred embodiment of disconnect assembly 50 ' comprises elongated driving shaft 52, and this driving shaft 52 can locate to realize that connecting elements 24 is from the dismounting by force of locked component 36 and attachment member 14 inside according to direction arrow 53.As a result, will be as above in detail referring to the described base portion 12,12 of realizing efficiently of Fig. 9 A to 9D " and attachment member 14 between dismounting.

The structure of the preferred embodiment of disconnect assembly 50 ' and work are revised and are comprised basically the agreement of work automatically; this agreement is used for base portion 12,12 ' is come with an attachment member 14 dismountings that are associated, thereby security tags assembly 10,10 ' no longer is in the working position that it is connected to protected commodity, product etc.Mainly referring to Figure 15 and 16, disconnect assembly 50 ' comprises various service parts, these service parts also help from the commodity data of viewing area 60 with deposit communicating by letter of processor 90 (referring to Figure 18) for the treatment of the data of data.As mentioned above, commodity data can include but not limited to relevant with protected product or commodity at least in part information, and can be the form of mark 64, bar code 66 and other display format.In order to realize its intended purposes, disconnect assembly 50 ' comprises position transducer 80, and this position transducer 80 is configured to sensing security tags assembly 10,10 ' and installs or be connected precalculated position shown in Figure 15.When directed, can realize base portion 12,12 when so efficiently " and attachment member 14 through the dismounting of permitting and the security tags assembly of following 10,10 " leave the removal of its working position on protected commodity.

In addition, disconnect assembly comprises detaching structure 82, and this detaching structure 82 comprises driving shaft 52 and in more detail referring to described other architectural feature of the embodiment of Fig. 9 A to 9D.As previously mentioned, driving shaft 52 will cause the by force dismounting of connecting elements 24 from attachment member 14 inside according to advancing by force of direction arrow 53, and causes from locked component 36 disengagements, thereby causes its destruction, distortion etc. as mentioned above substantially.Yet except with referring to the described mode manual operation of Figure 10, driving shaft 52 also can be operated by the alternate manner by other appropriate drive assembly of advancing by force that maybe can realize driving shaft 52 such as electromagnetic drive equipment automatically.

Disconnect assembly 50 ' also comprises and keeps assembly 84, this maintenance assembly 84 to be used for fixing and stablizing this security tags assembly 10,10 ' when security tags assembly 10,10 ' is arranged on the precalculated position of Figure 15.When stablizing like this, driving shaft 52 can make connecting elements 24 move apart it by force in the holding position of attachment member 14 inside, and disengagement cooperates with the maintenance of locked component 36.Except its automatic startup and work, keep the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of assembly 84 can be equal to the embodiment shown in Fig. 9 A to 9D basically.These equivalent features comprise maintenance or the stabilizing member 54 of the suitable part that cooperates attachment member 14.

Also referring to Figure 15 and 16, disconnect assembly 50 ' also comprises reads assembly 86, the various piece that this reading assembly 86 was arranged to and was configured to clearly to observe viewing area 60 and comprises the commodity data of mark 64 and/or bar code 66.Reading assembly 86 is schematically illustrated, and can be formed by different optical reading and/or the scanning device of any kind of, these equipment can be read commodity data 64 and/or 66 optically, but and in case read or scanned these data optically and just these data are changed into numeral or other communication format.In case transform like this, just commodity data 64 and/or 66 is guided to communications component 88, this communications component 88 is also contained within the disconnect assembly 50 ' and is considered to its part.Communications component 88 can present various work and structure configuration, comprises being configured to commodity data is communicated to rigid line connection and/or the wireless device that the data that schematically illustrate are substantially deposited processor 90 in Figure 18.

Data are deposited processor 90 and are designed to comprise the various performance characteristics that can handle the commodity data that receives from disconnect assembly 50 '.For example, data are deposited processor and be can be used as cashier's machine or similar " checkout " processor, preferably comprise display and/or monitor 92 and work Control Component 94.In addition, Control Component 94 can comprise but not want to be limited to manual input equipment and other service part such as keyboard components.

Therefore, should emphasize that by communications component 88 is set, disconnect assembly 50 ' is deposited in itself and data and set up rigid line between the processor 90 or radio communication is connected.In order to realize aforesaid two-way communication, data are deposited the communications component 96 that processor 90 also comprises co-ordination.Depositing concrete structure and the operating characteristic of communications component 88 that processor 90 is associated and 96 with disconnect assembly 50 ' and data respectively can be different, and can be that rigid line communication maybe can be by radio communication work as mentioned above.For example, communications component 88 and 96 can specifically be implemented as the proper operation device that comprises nanometer technology, but not more traditional rigid line described here or wireless receiving and dispatching structure.Similarly, above-mentioned indication component 70 and 76 physical features that can not present shown in Figure 12 to 14, and comprise communication and/or the signaling device that comprises nanometer technology.Like this, can significantly improve versatility and the validity of security system, security tags assembly and each service part associated with it.

Another structure and the operating characteristic of disconnect assembly 50 ' comprise movable display 87, and this movable display 87 preferably comprises a plurality of visual detectors 100 to 103, and these visual detectors can be the form of lamp or other suitable visual detector of different colours.Movable display 87 is arranged to and is configured to indicate the work at present activity of disconnect assembly 50 ', wherein each indicator 100 to 103 be configured to the multiple work activities of being arranged to indicate disconnect assembly 50 ' in different a kind of.As mainly referring to Figure 18 institute in greater detail, multiple work activities comprises at least: make to keep assembly 84 to cooperate with security tags assembly 10,10 '; Come the 60 reading commodity datas 64 and/or 66 from the viewing area by reading assembly 86; By the work of respective communication assembly 88 and 96, make the optional commodity data of having read 64 and/or 66 from disconnect assembly 50 ' be communicated to data and deposit processor 90; Deposit processor 90 by data and receive and handle commodity data, and from disconnect assembly 50 ', removes simultaneously with security tags assembly 10,10 ' basically, by with base portion 12,12 " and the attachment member release security tags assembly 10,10 ' that came in 14 minutes.

Therefore, the practice of the embodiment of security system shown in Figure 15 to 18 and being operated among Figure 19 schematically illustrates.More particularly, in the time will buying product or commodity, must remove security tags assembly 10,10 ' certainly.Therefore, security tags assembly 10,10 ' the removal through permission comprise it with respect to disconnect assembly 50 ' location or directed, shown in step 104.When such generation, position sensing assembly 80 will sense the security tags assembly 10 that its working position dismounting from the protected commodity comes, 10 ' existence.Simultaneously, at least one in a plurality of visual detectors 100 of startup movable display 87 is shown in step 106.For the sake of clarity, a plurality of visual detectors 100 to 103 are expressed as the lamp, LED of different colours etc., and wherein, mark R, Y, B and G be red, yellow, the indigo plant and green of pilot lamp or other visual detector 100 to 103 respectively.

When security tags assembly 10,10 ' during with respect to disconnect assembly 50 appropriate location, shown in step 108, keep assembly 84 to such degree such as starting by the interaction with position transducer 80, make maintenance or stabilizing member 54 cooperate security tags assembly 10,10 ' suitably in the mode shown in above-mentioned Fig. 9 D.By this, security tags assembly 10,10 ' is stable suitably, and securely but removably be fixed in its predetermined orientation with respect to disconnect assembly 50 '.In addition, this stable fixedly permission advances to dismantle base portion 12,12 by driving shaft 52 by force along direction shown in the direction arrow 53 " and the attachment member 14 that is associated.(referring to Fig. 9 D and 15).Yet, as will be pointed hereinafter, base portion 12,12 " and the dismounting of attachment member 14 will be delayed, till the purchase of the processing of commodity data and protected commodity has been finished.

In case security tags assembly 10,10 ', is read assembly 86 with respect to disconnect assembly 50 ' appropriate orientation or location with regard to automatically starting, shown in step 110.Reading startup and the work activities of assembly 86 can indicate by starting visual detector 112, comprises a photopic vision pilot lamp 101, and this vision pilot lamp 101 can be yellow or any other suitable color.In case read alternatively, just commodity data is communicated to data and deposits processor 90, shown in step 114, deposit in the processor 90 in data and to handle commodity data, shown in step 116.As mentioned above, data are deposited processor 90 and are comprised display 92, and wherein, at least a portion in the commodity data can be presented on screen or the monitor 92.In addition, can realize other input manually or automatically by Control Component 94.Therefore, what it should be obvious that is, data are deposited the equipment that processor 90 can be used as the cash register type, and comprises various and its work that finally is associated and treatment step.These steps include but not limited to: the indicated price of display of commodity, quality etc. give the receipt copy, and indicate and record the payment of allowing of receiving in order to buy commodity.Simultaneously, start in a plurality of visual detectors 102, be schematically represented as blue lamp or similar structures, shown in step 118.Like this, this work activities of just being implemented by disconnect assembly 50 ' at present to the user notification of disconnect assembly 50 '.

In case finish purchasing process and other commodity data processing 116, just the work that will be scheduled to or active signal are deposited processor 90 from data and are communicated to the detaching structure 82 that is associated with disconnect assembly 50 ', shown in step 120.As mentioned above, detaching structure 82 comprises driving shaft 52, forces this driving shaft 52 to enter attachment member 14 inside, causes therefrom to remove connecting elements 24 and connecting elements 24 and locked component 36 are thrown off, thereby causes that the latter destroys.This causes base portion 12,12 " and attachment member 14 dismantle each other and come, and security tags assembly 10,10 ' is from its working position that is connected to protected commodity separately.

At last, base portion 12,12 " and attachment member 14 dismantle each other and come, attachment member 14 from the stable and secure fit that keeps assembly 84 discharge, shown in step 122.This is by in case finish and handle commodity data 64,66 and just enabling signal is sent to maintenance assembly 84 and realizes automatically.Simultaneously, shown in step 124, start the visual detector such as green or other color lamp 103, the clear indication of the work activities of being implemented by disconnect assembly 50 ' just is provided at present.In at least one additional modifications and/or preferred embodiment of disconnect assembly 50 ', can in whole process, be kept lighting by the visual detector 100 that red or other color lamp limit.Yet when security tags assembly 10,10 ' or its any part when removing from disconnect assembly 50 ', as shown in phantom in Figure 15, in case light green indicating lamp 103, red led 100 just can extinguish.

Mainly referring to Figure 20 and 23, another most preferred embodiment of security tags assembly of the present invention is total is denoted as Reference numeral 130.More particularly, security tags assembly 130 is similar to the embodiment of Fig. 1 to 19 in work at least, but at least structurally can be different with it.Like this, security tags assembly 130 comprises reusable base portion 132, and this base portion 132 preferably comprises slim-lined construction or otherwise constructs and configuration.Base portion 132 can comprise and base portion 12,12 ' and/or 12 " similar structure and performance characteristic, include but not limited to the zone 60 on its exposed parts.Like this, zone 60 comprises as the commodity data at 64 and 66 places, as described in detail referring to Fig. 7.

Also have, reusable base portion 132 comprises the surf zone 134 of recessed or other suitable constructions basically, admits commodity with time in the working position that is arranged on Figure 20 in base portion 132 and attachment member 136.Same described as above embodiment referring to Fig. 1 to 19, when being in the working position, base portion 132 and attachment member 136 are connected to each other with the relation that clamping or alternate manner are attached to commodity.When such connection, commodity will place on the surface portion 134 recessed or other suitable constructions of base portion 132 basically, and be positioned between base portion 132 and the attachment member 136.

That security tags assembly 130 also comprises is elongated, sharp-pointed or sharp keen connecting elements 138 basically, and this connecting elements 138 is arranged to and is configured to pass or otherwise penetrate protected commodity.Connecting elements 138 is fixed to or is connected to base portion 132, and more particularly is attached to construction section 140.Other different structure feature of connecting elements 138 and base portion 132 comprises: connecting elements 138 rotatable attachment or be connected to base portion 132.More particularly, the inner terminal of connecting elements 138 or head 142 are installed in the inside of construction section 140, and can be such as rotating in chamber 144 by being arranged on rotationally on platform or the similar structures 146.As will be hereinafter in greater detail, unless connecting elements 138 also helps with respect to the turning power of base portion 132 and construction section 140 and makes attachment member 136 adopt predetermined stripping assembly otherwise just can't remove from base portion 132, these predetermined stripping assembly comprise disconnect assembly 50 and/or 50 ' and other disconnect assembly through permitting.

Comprise with the architectural feature of the different security tags assembly 130 of the embodiment of Fig. 1 to 19 construction section 140 removably is attached to base portion 132.As mentioned above, connecting elements 138 is connected directly to construction section 140 and interconnects with base portion thus.Like this, connecting elements 138 can by from base portion 132 separately or the section of removing and installing 140 come with the remainder dismounting of construction section 140 and base portion 132, shown in Figure 21 illustrates.This is conducive to or allows the replacing of connecting elements 138 and construction section and throw aside, and still allows the different component of remainder in a plurality of attachment member 136 of base portion 132 to reuse simultaneously.Also can imagine, construction section 140 can be to reuse disposable and in some cases.

Therefore, connecting elements 138 is can be with construction section 140 mobile and move with respect to construction section 140, therefore can come with the remainder dismounting of base portion 132, thereby may repair but more likely change.As previously mentioned, connecting elements 138 can rotate with respect to construction section 140, and therefore when as shown in figure 20 construction section 140 being fixed to base portion, therefore connecting elements 138 can rotate with respect to base portion 132.Construction section 140 can be realized by any applicable mode with respect to the detachable attached of remainder of base portion 132, such as, but not limited to wedge-like engagement, frictional fit or any other suitable connection or stationary installation.Yet, when attachment member 136 and connecting elements 138 as shown in figure 22 with predetermined or dismantle each other when coming through the mode of permission, construction section 140 is configured to remain on its attachment points with respect to the remainder of base portion 132 as shown in figure 22, also as shown in figure 22.

The additional structure of the preferred embodiment of security tags assembly 130 of the present invention and operating characteristic relate to total locked component with Reference numeral 150 signs, and are shown specifically as Figure 23.Locked component 150 comprises elongated basically locking component 152, and this locking component 152 preferably but not necessarily be the form of " L " shape configuration basically.Like this, " L " shape locking component 152 comprises elongated first 154 and elongated second portion 156, and this second portion 156 can comprise short longitudinal size.When further limiting " L " shape configuration, second portion 156 can be considered to the base portion of " L " shape structure, and wherein, first 154 comprises the outward extending leg of " L " shape structure, and each comprises rectilinear form substantially at least at first.Second portion 156 is anchored at the fixed position of attachment member 136 inside basically, thereby stability is provided at least in part and guarantees the correct placement of locking component 152.Locking component 152 is preferably by making such as flexibility and the deformable material of metal, plastics etc.In addition, being constructed as follows at least at first of locking component 152: first 154 originally was arranged on the position that is called primary importance usually.Shown in Figure 20 to 22, when locking component 152 was arranged on the precalculated position that cooperates with connecting elements 138, primary importance comprised with respect to the length of connecting elements 138 or longitudinal axis deflection or angled orientation.In addition, first 154 comprises pore structure, and this pore structure comprises at least one opening or the hole 158 that is formed in the first 154.Therefore, when first 154 was in primary importance and angled orientation, as mentioned above, at least a portion of the circumference 158 ' of hole or opening 158 was arranged on kinematic constraint orientation or position.As described in more detail here, the kinematic constraint orientation of first or position preferably and are more specifically cooperated to limit with the kinematic constraint of the outside surface of connecting elements 138 by at least a portion of circumference 158 '.

In addition, the placement in the flexible nature of locking component 152 and hole 158 and size are conducive to inside and the tip of connecting elements 138 or the hole 158 of the first 154 that free end 138 ' passes locking component 152 that connecting elements 138 penetrates attachment member 136 at first.Like this, attachment member 136 can be easily positioned on its working position, and clamps or the secure fit of alternate manner with commodity between the corresponding surface that is connected base portion 132 and attachment member 136.Yet, connecting elements 138 is withdrawn from or shifted out by force trial outside the attachment member 136 along the direction that is schematically illustrated by direction arrow 160, the direction that the remainder that will cause free end 155 and first 154 substantially but not exclusively schematically illustrates along arrow 161 is by inwardly " pulling " or otherwise be forced to move.This will further be conducive between the outside surface of at least a portion of circumference in hole 158 and connecting elements 138 frictional fit, wedge-like engagement and in conjunction with cooperating and/or other kinematic constraint cooperates.

Also have, because connecting elements 138 is installed in rotation on base portion 132 and the construction section 140 or is connected to base portion 132 and construction section 140, so will be invalid by any trial of attempting to shift out from base portion 132 with respect to base portion 132 rotatable attachment members 136 attachment member 136.And, because the kinematic constraint between the outside surface of circumference, locking component 152 and the connecting elements 138 in hole 158 cooperates, attempt rotatable attachment member 136 connecting elements 138 is rotated with respect to base portion 132.Therefore, because attachment member 136 and connecting elements 138 owing to be interconnected by locking component 152 is connected to each other and movably, so people can not be from base portion 132 " back-out " attachment member 136.Like this, any trial of rotation or " back-out " attachment member will only cause attachment member 136 and connecting elements 138 to rotate each other with respect to base portion 132 and construction section 140.

Mainly referring to Figure 22, such as when protected commodity are suitably taken away from the monitored area, can be by any is realized the disconnect assembly 50,50 ' etc. through permissively dismantling attachment member from base portion 132.As mentioned above, also can adopt other device, hardware etc.Yet a preferable modification in construction comprises the driving shaft 52 ' with at least part of hollow structure.Like this, the size of the inside of the free end 53 of driving shaft 52 ' and structure can cooperate and preferably surround tip 138 ' and the adjacent part at least of connecting elements 138.More particularly, free end 53 be at least part of opening or hollow, and preferably be configured to correspond essentially to most advanced and sophisticated 138 ', shown in the Reference numeral 59 among Figure 22.Therefore, when driving shaft 52 ' penetrated the inside of attachment member 136, the tip 138 ' of driving shaft 52 ' is crossed and surrounded at least in part in the hollow inside of free end 53.

Also have, the modification in construction of attachment member 136 comprises recess or the opening 170 in the attachment member, this recess or opening 170 have enough lateral dimensions, thereby with tip 138 ' and the remainder with connecting elements 138 aligns, surrounding relation is admitted driving shaft 52 ' far-end free end 53.By opening wide free end 53, further the making a forcible entry into of driving shaft 52 ' causes that surrounding separating part or similar structures part 172 at least breaks or destroy.Move in case enter and continue, free end 53 just cooperates the first 154 of locked component 152, and makes this first's 154 deflections or distortion forcibly.And driving shaft 52 ' can cooperate with the deflection of first 154 by force, up to first 154 present with respect to " flattening " of the length of connecting elements 138 or longitudinal axis or " fully horizontal " orientation, as shown in figure 22.First 154 should " fully laterally " second or " off-position or orientation " the circumference part 158 ' that will cause hole 158 shift out from the kinematic constraint position of the outside surface of aforementioned and connecting elements 138 and/or cooperating.Should be emphasized that when forcing first 154 to enter flattening or abundant horizontal second or off-position, as shown in figure 22, all parts of the circumference 158 ' in hole 158 can cooperate the outside surface that maybe can mismatch connecting elements 138.Yet, in case locate driving shaft 52 ' by force, as shown in figure 22, the member 138 even at least a portion of circumference 158 ' still is connected, on any this existing cooperation was not enough to prevent meaning that connecting elements 138 and attachment member 136 dismountings come, this cooperation can not be " kinematic constraint " and/or " combination " cooperation.

Referring to Figure 22, can see that further the remainder 57 of driving shaft inside is solid, or otherwise be configured to when driving shaft 52 ' continues to penetrate attachment member 136, apply driving force at connecting elements 138.As described referring to the structure of Fig. 9 C and 9D, gripper jaw or similar structures 54 are held in attachment member 136 securely but are removably fixed to suitable disconnect assembly, and this disconnect assembly is not shown specifically in Figure 22.

Therefore, when driving shaft 52 ' forced connecting elements 138 to shift out attachment member inside, attachment member 136 can come with connecting elements 138 dismountings, and this is apparent.It should be noted, make first 154 be forced to deflection and/or distortion enter second the off-position or directed will basically " flattening " or otherwise first 154 is oriented with respect to the length of connecting elements 138 or longitudinal axis more or abundant horizontal orientation, as mentioned above, but not as shown in figure 20 with respect to the length of connecting elements 138 or the deflection of longitudinal axis, angled orientation.The anchoring of the second portion 156 of locking component 152 location will provide sufficient stability to locking component 152, thereby be conducive to make first 154 to be forced to deflect into the aforementioned second place, as shown in figure 22 and as mentioned above.

Another preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown among Figure 24 to 30, and comprises total disconnect assembly shown in the Reference numeral 200 of using.At least with attachment member from the base portion that is associated shift out aspect, disconnect assembly 200 can be basically worked with disconnect assembly 50, identical mode such as 50 '.Yet the supplementary features of disconnect assembly 200 comprise total mounting structure with Reference numeral 202 signs, and this mounting structure can work that total portable and/or hand-held scanner assembly that indicates with Reference numeral 204 is removably remained on the working position.

More particularly, disconnect assembly 200 comprises support base 206, and this support base 206 comprises that for the admittance zone 208 that safety label assembly 10 is placed on job-oriented this job-oriented is used for the dismounting attachment member and reads or scan relevant commodity data simultaneously.The job-oriented of this safety label assembly 10 referring to the detailed described type of Fig. 7 comprises sign or similar structures 60, and this sign or similar structures 60 are installed on the exposed surface 62 of lower surface of security tags assembly 10 base portions.Like this, sign 60 comprises various types of commodity datas or information 64 and 66, and wherein, the data 66 of latter's type can be bar code or similar type.Therefore, but scanning and/or read assembly 204 selectively and the place of working be positioned at the orientation shown in Figure 24 to 27, thereby it place sign 60 tops and aim at sign 60 basically so as to read exactly, bar code data 66 and all the other possible commodity datas 64 at least such as scanning.

Yet, make it aspect a plurality of scan components 204 uses, provide bigger versatility in order to give disconnect assembly 200, mounting structure 202 is arranged to scan components 204 removably is fixed on its predetermined working position.Like this, scan components 204 can therefrom be dismantled, and can work and be used as hand-held or the portable scanning assembly of knowing in this area.Further referring to Figure 24 to 26, mounting structure 202 specifically is configured to handle or equivalent structure part 210 are removably remained on the supporting base 212, this supporting base 212 by integratedly or the arm member 214 that otherwise firmly fixes be arranged on support base 206 tops with spaced relationship.

Mainly referring to Figure 28 to 30, show in detail each parts of disconnect assembly 200, mounting structure 202 and the supporting base 212 of disconnect assembly 200.Observing described accompanying drawing can it is evident that, by means of outstanding finger or component lug therein 216, mounting structure 202 can easily come with supporting base 212 dismountings.Component lug therein 216 comprises the latch-up structure of giving prominence to from the lower surface 220 of mounting structure base portion 222 218.Referring to Figure 30, supporting base 212 comprises total hole or opening that indicates with Reference numeral 224, and this hole or opening 224 have for the locking component 218 that will give prominence to lug 216 and be received in wherein receiving channel or recess 226.The straight line of outstanding lug 216 inserts and partly reverses or rotate and will be used for mounting structure 202 removably is fixed in the precalculated position, shown in Figure 24 to 26.As previously mentioned, the working position of mounting structure 202 can or be read assembly 204 with scanning and is arranged on its working position exactly and accurately.This working position can comprise the scanner 204 of label receiving portion 208 tops that place disconnect assembly 200.As previously mentioned, with respect to previous embodiment, security tags assembly 10 is positioned to can realize the dismounting of passing through permission of corresponding attachment member and base portion or separate with respect to receiving portion 208.

Further referring to Figure 28 and 29, mounting structure 202 comprises a plurality of isolated, upwardly extending installations or clamping components 230.Project upwards and isolated clamping components or clamping finger 230 in each be arranged to be in each other predetermined spaced relationship.In addition, clamping components 230 is made by the material with minimum at least intrinsic flexibility, cooperates thereby can force the handle of scan components 204 or other parts 210 to enter betwixt to install regularly with it.Yet, as should being apparent, become to allow by applying thereon upwards and/or outside pulling force shifts out handle 210 and therefore shifts out scanner 204 with each minimum at least intrinsic flexible setting that is associated during finger 230 is installed.

What should further emphasize is that concrete size, structure and the quantity of a plurality of installation finger 230 and the interval between the finger and the particular location on supporting base 220 can be different.In most preferred embodiment, a plurality of fabricated sections or finger 230 quantitatively are four, and be configured to and be arranged to removably but clamping scanning or read the handle portion 210 of assembly 204 securely, thereby when security tags assembly 10 is installed on the receiving portion 208 on the support base 206 of disconnect assembly 200 or on its equivalent structure the time, be conducive to scanning or read assembly 204 accurately and securely be placed to and place security tags assembly 10 tops.

Mainly referring to Figure 31 A and 31B, another embodiment of security tags assembly of the present invention is total is denoted as Reference numeral 330.Specifically, security tags assembly 330 is similar to the above-mentioned embodiment shown in Fig. 1-30 in work at least.Specifically, security tags assembly 330 comprises at least one base portion 332 and at least one attachment member 336, shown in the partial exploded view of Figure 31 A.And security tags assembly 330 comprises connecting elements 338, and this connecting elements 338 is configured in the working position attachment member 332 and attached component 336 be interconnected, and is similar to each embodiment of above detailed description.

More particularly, still referring to Figure 31 A and 31B, the attachment member 336 of at least one embodiment of the present invention comprises at least one groove 335 on the circumferential surface 331 that is arranged on attachment member 336, and its importance will become apparent in the following description.Specifically, groove 335 can comprise at least one otch, breach and/or on every side at least in part, basically and/or fully on the outer circumferential surface 331 of attachment member 336 or other similar structures that forms.

As described in detail above, the present invention includes disconnect assembly 50,50 ', 200, this disconnect assembly be configured to base portion 12,132,232 and attachment member 14,136,335 from work and/or the interconnection the position take apart.Specifically, as mentioned above, the disconnect assembly 50,50 ', 200 of at least one embodiment comprises the detaching structure 82 such as driving shaft 52,52 ', and this detaching structure 82 is configured to by detaching structure 82 being arranged to cooperate to make base portion 12,132,332 to separate at least in part with attachment member 14,136,335 with at least part of pressure of connecting elements 338.

And, at least one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving structure 308 (being shown among Figure 32 A and the 32B), these receiving structure 308 associations are configured to be arranged on job-oriented with respect to disconnect assembly 200 or its equivalent structure with joining, as disclosed here.Receiving structure 308 is similar to admittance zone 208 shown in Figure 27 with structure on function.Specifically, receiving structure 308 can be structurally forms one with disconnect assembly 50,50 ', 200, perhaps is arranged to respect to disconnect assembly 50,50 ', 200 detachable.More particularly, referring to Figure 32 A and 32B, the receiving structure 308 of at least one embodiment comprises maintenance assembly 314, and this maintenance assembly 314 is configured to cooperate at least in part security tags assembly 10,130,330 attachment member 14,136, at least a portion of 336.

In addition, at least one embodiment of the present invention, keep assembly 314 to be configured to limit admitting passage 320, this admittances passage 320 to assist to be configured to and to be arranged to with joining make attachment member 14,136,336 can be arranged to be in it and slidably concern.Shown in Figure 32 B, keep assembly 314 and/or admit passage 320 to include oral pore 322 and outlet opening 324, ingate 322 and outlet opening 324 are arranged to be in the length spaced relation along admitting passage 320.And the maintenance assembly 314 of at least one embodiment and/or admittance passage 320 comprise first end 320 ' and second end 320 ", wherein, ingate 322 is arranged near first end 320 ', outlet opening 324 is arranged near second end 320 ".

In a word, ingate 322 structurally is conducive to and/or allows at least a portion of attachment member 336 is arranged to pass it and is in the slidably relation of admitting in the passage 320 with textural.More particularly, as hereinafter described in more detail, outlet opening 324 structurally is conducive to and/or allows attachment member 336 is arranged to pass it and shifts out and the slidably relation of admitting passage 320 with textural.In addition, receiving structure 308 and/or maintenance assembly 314 also comprise removal hole 326, the admittance that this removal hole 326 is arranged to be in detaching structure 82 at least one embodiment concerns, and is arranged between ingate 322 and the outlet opening 324 along the length of admitting passage 320.For example, as what will become apparent in the following discussion, the attachment member 336 of security tags assembly 330 and/or connecting elements 338 can be arranged to be in the aligned relationship with removal hole 326, thereby are conducive to from base portion 332 dismounting attachment member 336, as disclosed at this.Specifically, removal hole 326 structurally admits detaching structure 82 to pass wherein with textural association with joining, thereby allows detaching structure 82 to be arranged to be in matching relationship with security tags assembly 330.

For example, Figure 33 A to 33G illustrates structure, function and the operability of the maintenance assembly 314 of at least one embodiment of the present invention by the part cut away view.For example, Figure 33 B illustrates receiving structure 308 and/or keeps the partial cross sectional views of assembly 314, and wherein, security tags assembly 330, especially its attachment member 336 are admitted in the passage 320 slidably to concern to be arranged on.In addition, in case security tags assembly 330 inserts in the ingates 322, security tags assembly 330 slidably or otherwise is arranged on to be admitted in the passage 320, and along its length between isolated ingate 322 and outlet opening 324, shown in Figure 33 C.

In case security tags assembly 330 is arranged in the aligned relationship or working position with respect to removal hole 326 and/or detaching structure 82 (not shown in Figure 33 A to 33G), detaching structure 82 just can be arranged to be in during the pressure of security tags assembly 330 cooperates, specifically with during the pressure of its connecting elements 338 cooperates, thereby from base portion 332 dismounting attachment member 336.Specifically, be arranged to be in during the pressure of security tags assembly 330 cooperates the time when detaching structure 82 at least, keep assembly 314 to be configured to attachment member 336 is fixed to disconnect assembly.For example, at least one embodiment of maintenance assembly 314 of the present invention comprises that at least one is prominent along 328, and this is dashed forward and is configured to limit at least in part admittance passage 320 along 328.Prominent can arrange along the length of admitting passage 320 and/or between ingate 322 and outlet opening 324 along 328, this prominent along 328 structurally with textural can be at least in the process that detaching structure 82 and connecting elements 338 are forced to cooperate with security tags assembly, specifically its attachment member 336 is fixed to disconnect assembly and/or keeps assembly 314.For example, the disconnect assembly of at least one embodiment of the present invention prominent along 328 and groove 335 associations of attachment member 336 be configured to with joining and can be arranged to be in the relation that is fitted to each other, thereby be conducive to put into practice in a predefined manner the present invention.And, disconnect assembly prominent along 328 and the groove 335 of attachment member 336 can assist and be configured to be conducive to the slidably relation of security tags assembly 330 in admitting passage 320 with joining.

Shown in Figure 33 E, at least one embodiment of the present invention, in case attachment member 336 removably arranges with base portion 332 (not shown), attachment member 336 just can remain on admits passage 320 interior and be in during it slidably cooperates.Like this, in case another security tags assembly 330 ' is admitted in the passage 320 slidably to concern to be arranged on, specifically, in case another or second attachment member 336 ' are arranged in the admittance passage 320 ordinatedly with attachment member 336 adjacent the supporting with detachable setting, should the detachable attachment member 336 that arranges just be forced to shift out admittance passage 320 slidably by outlet opening 324, shown in Figure 33 E and 33F.

As what will become apparent, and shown in Figure 33 G, another or second security tags assembly 330 ' can be arranged to be in the work relationship with respect to detaching structure 82 (not shown) then, thereby second attachment member 336 ' removably is arranged to as described in detail above mode and base portion 332 '.

Because can make many remodeling, distortion and change to described preferred embodiment of the present invention, thus want be, in the aforementioned description and all things shown in the drawings all should be construed to exemplary and the hard-core meaning.Therefore, scope of the present invention should be determined by appending claims and legal equivalents thereof.

Now, the present invention has been described.

Claims (7)

1. one kind is used for stoping the security system of taking commodity from the given area without approval away, and described security system comprises:

Security tags assembly, described security tags assembly comprise at least one attachment member and at least one base portion, and described attachment member and described base portion can be connected the working position with respect to described commodity,

Described security tags assembly also comprises connecting elements, described attachment member and described base portion that described connecting elements is configured to interconnect and is in described working position, and described security tags assembly also comprises locked component; Described locked component comprises the locking component that is installed in the described attachment member,

Disconnect assembly, described disconnect assembly can be arranged to be in the detachable matching relationship with described security tags assembly, and are configured to described base portion and described attachment member are come from the dismounting of described working position,

Described disconnect assembly comprises at least one detaching structure, and described detaching structure can be arranged to be in at least part of pressure of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly and cooperate,

Described at least one detaching structure is configured to: cooperates by described detaching structure being arranged to be in described at least part of pressure of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly, described base portion and described attachment member separated at least in part,

Described detaching structure is arranged to be in the pressure of described locking component and is cooperated, and described detaching structure is configured to dismantle described attachment member from described base portion devastatingly,

Described detaching structure comprises driving shaft, and described driving shaft comprises near the internal structure of at least part of hollow the unlimited free end that is arranged on described driving shaft, and

The in-built size of described at least part of hollow of described driving shaft and being configured to presents the covering relation with respect at least a portion of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly.

2. one kind is used for stoping the security system of taking commodity from the given area without approval away, and described security system comprises:

Security tags assembly, described security tags assembly comprise at least one attachment member and at least one base portion, and described attachment member and described base portion can be connected the working position with respect to described commodity,

Described security tags assembly also comprises connecting elements, and described connecting elements is fixed to described base portion, and the described attachment member and the described base portion that are configured to interconnect and are in described working position,

Disconnect assembly, described disconnect assembly removably is connected to described security tags assembly, and is configured to described base portion and described attachment member are come from the dismounting of described working position,

Described disconnect assembly comprises at least one detaching structure, and described detaching structure can be arranged to be in at least part of pressure of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly and cooperate,

Described at least one detaching structure is configured to: described at least part of pressure of the described connecting elements by described detaching structure being arranged to be in described security tags assembly cooperates, and described base portion and described attachment member are separated at least in part;

The described detaching structure of described disconnect assembly is configured to dismantle described attachment member from described base portion devastatingly;

Described disconnect assembly also comprises the maintenance assembly, and described maintenance assembly is configured to cooperate at least in part at least a portion of described attachment member and described attachment member is fixed to described disconnect assembly,

Described maintenance assembly is configured to limit admits passage, and wherein, the described attachment member of described security tags assembly is removably disposed in the slidably relation with described admittance passage,

Described detaching structure comprises driving shaft; Described driving shaft comprises the internal structure that is arranged near at least part of hollow of its unlimited free end, and

The in-built size of described at least part of hollow of described driving shaft and being configured to presents the covering relation with respect at least a portion of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly.

3. one kind is used for stoping the security system of taking commodity from the given area without approval away, and described security system comprises:

Security tags assembly, described security tags assembly comprise at least one attachment member and at least one base portion, and described attachment member and described base portion can be connected the working position with respect to described commodity,

Described security tags assembly also comprises connecting elements, described attachment member and described base portion that described connecting elements is configured to interconnect and is in described working position, and described security tags assembly also comprises locked component; Described locked component comprises the locking component that is installed in the described attachment member,

Disconnect assembly, described disconnect assembly can be arranged to be in the detachable matching relationship with described security tags assembly, and are configured to described base portion and described attachment member are come from the dismounting of described working position,

Described disconnect assembly comprises at least one detaching structure, and described detaching structure can be arranged to be in at least part of pressure of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly and cooperate,

Described at least one detaching structure is configured to: cooperates by described detaching structure being arranged to be in described at least part of pressure of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly, described base portion and described attachment member separated at least in part,

Described disconnect assembly also comprises receiving structure, and described receiving structure is configured to admitting described security tags assembly with the job-oriented of described security tags assembly,

Described receiving structure comprises the maintenance assembly, and described maintenance assembly is configured to cooperate at least in part at least a portion of the described attachment member of described security tags assembly,

Described maintenance assembly also is configured to: is arranged to be in when cooperating with described at least part of pressure of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly when described detaching structure at least, the described attachment member of described security tags assembly is fixed to described disconnect assembly,

Described maintenance assembly comprises the admittance passage, and described attachment member is arranged in the described admittance passage with the relation of sliding,

Described maintenance assembly also includes oral pore and outlet opening, and described ingate and described outlet opening are arranged to be in along the spaced relation of the length of described admittance passage, and

Described ingate structurally moves through described ingate with the textural described attachment member that makes described security tags assembly and moves into described slidably relation in described admittance passage, and described outlet opening structurally makes described attachment member move through described outlet opening and shifts out described slidably relation in described admittance passage with textural.

4. security system as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, the described detaching structure of described disconnect assembly can be arranged in the described admittance passage, and enters between described ingate and described outlet opening with described at least part of pressure of the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly and cooperate.

5. security system as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, also comprises removal hole, and described removal hole is arranged in the described admittance passage with the admittance relation with described detaching structure.

6. security system as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, the described connecting elements of described security tags assembly can be arranged to be in the aligned relationship with described removal hole.

7. security system as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described removal hole is arranged between described ingate and the described outlet opening along the described length of described admittance passage.

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