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EP0043311A1
EP0043311A1 EP81400997A EP81400997A EP0043311A1 EP 0043311 A1 EP0043311 A1 EP 0043311A1 EP 81400997 A EP81400997 A EP 81400997A EP 81400997 A EP81400997 A EP 81400997A EP 0043311 A1 EP0043311 A1 EP 0043311A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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  • the invention relates to a seal device applicable, in particular, to the locking of wagon, truck, trailer, container or similar doors, this device not being indestructible in itself, but being intended to guarantee the recipient of said container that it it was not opened during its delivery.
  • the male part generally consists of a body formed by an elongated rod, one end of which is provided with a stop or projecting head, the other end being provided with a male end piece comprising a locking groove, the female end being in turn produced in the form of a sheath coming to couple with the male end, said sheath being provided with an elastic member such as a split ring or a clamp -clips intended to come and lock in the groove of the male end at the end of coupling.
  • the seal device can be broken due to the fact that the socket constituting the female element is open at one of its ends so that it is possible for a pilferer to pass a tool or a rod in the socket to use it as a wedge to decouple the female element from the male element.
  • the pilferer can then possibly re-couple the two male and female ends so as to mask his offense E: 1
  • the rod constituting the elongated body of the device when it is made of solid steel, can be easily broken with by means of successive voltages applied in the opposite direction by means of any lever so that the device is therefore particularly vulnerable to rapid and silent break-in.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide users of containers or wagons with a seal device which is practically invulnerable and which, by virtue of its inviolable nature, therefore repels criminals.
  • the device of seals according to the invention is particularly characterized in that the elongated body is surrounded, or enveloped, by a means having a high mechanical resistance to breakage and to shear, this means, by its characteristics, allowing the body to be able to be deformed, that is to say bent, so as to prevent it from breaking, which would be in particular the case if the elongated body consisted of a simple steel bar breaking at the slightest deformation, for example, in the case of folding.
  • the invention therefore relates to a seal device applicable, in particular, to the door handles of wagons, trucks, trailers, containers, or the like, of the type consisting of an elongated rod-shaped body one end of which is provided with 'a stop and the other of a male end piece having a locking groove, capable of being irreversibly assembled with a female end piece in the form of a sheath and provided internally with an elastic locking member anchoring in the groove of the male end piece during the introduction of the latter into said female end piece, device characterized in that the rod-shaped body consists of a metal cable surrounded by a spring with very close but not contiguous turns, s extending from the male end to the rear stop.
  • the spring used is deliberately with very close turns to avoid the passage of a cutting tool and the turns are non-contiguous so that said spring cannot oppose the bending of the cable which is a useful and necessary condition to avoid rupture of the device.
  • the spring taken between the male end piece and the stop, is in slight compression, this rear stop being made up of a metal head molded on the mated end of the cable, the end of the spring , that is to say for example the last two or three turns, also being embedded in the molded metal head so that the head, which constitutes the rear stop of the device, cannot be torn off.
  • the device consists essentially of a male part 1 and a female part 2, capable of being coupled by simple engagement and axial compression, without the need for a tool, since the two elements are assembled manually.
  • the male part consists of an elongated body 3 which, in the embodiment shown consists of a metal cable, this elongated body comprising at one of its ends a stop or projecting head 4 which , according to the invention, is molded onto the mated rear end 3 1 of the cable.
  • This head 4 which constitutes a stop because its diameter is clearly greater than that of the cable 3, can be made for example of zamac.
  • the other end of the body 3 consists of a male end-piece 5 crimped onto the end 3 2 of the cable, the crimping zone 6 being of a length equal to two, three or four times the diameter of the cable 3.
  • This male end piece also comprises a cylindrical portion 5 1 followed by a circular groove 5 2 , then by a frustoconical portion 5 3 which constitutes the part for introducing the male end piece into the female end piece.
  • the cable 3 is surrounded over its entire length by a spiral spring 7 with non-contiguous turns extending from the male end 5 to the head or stop 4.
  • the last turns 7 1 of the spring are embedded in the head 4 which ensures perfect anchoring, while the first turn 7 2 is also taken slightly in the male end 5 which is not, however, an obligation.
  • the spring is made of hardened steel, and therefore very resistant to shearing, and is voluntarily not wound contiguous so as not to oppose the flexibility of the cable which must be able to be bent. Note however that the spring 7, taken between the male end 5 and the head 4, is slightly compressed which improves the resistance of the device.
  • the female end piece is in the form of a sheath provided with a blind hole 8 having a diameter slightly greater than the largest diameter of the male end piece 5, this sheath being closed on its edge 2 1 so as to avoid the passage of any tool.
  • the sheath conventionally comprises an internal groove 8 1 in which is engaged a locking member 9 which is in the form of an elastic means, such as a split ring or a clip clip, this ring being intended to come housing, during coupling of the endpiece of the male and female end into the circular groove 5 2 of the said spigot.
  • the split ring or clip clip 9 is therefore partly in the groove of the sleeve and in the groove of the male end piece so that there is locking from one part to the other, this locking being strong enough to avoid that it is possible to uncouple, even using a tool, the two male and female ends.
  • this female end piece 2 is of sufficient length so that, in the coupling position, the front part 2 2 overlaps at least the last two turns of the spring 7 so that even if this spring n is not actually embedded in the male end 5, during its crimping, it is not possible to pass, between the last turn of the spring and the rear front face 5 4 of the end, a tool allowing to have cable access. Indeed, the cable is much more vulnerable than the hardened steel spring, and it is for this reason that the female end-piece must slightly overlap the spring in order to prevent a criminal from having access to the cable in order to shear.
  • cable 3 is sufficiently long important so that after introduction into the handles 10 of the two doors 11 and 12; there remains a sufficiently long cable length 13 so that it can be deformed by bending, as illustrated in phantom in 14, the flexibility of the cable thus preventing the breaking of the seal device.
  • the flexibility of the cable offers no grip on a tool and does not oppose any obstacle to its deformation, so that even if a pipe was fitted on the head 4, in order to cause it to be torn off by torsion, this tearing would be impossible because in this case it is the cable which will bend without breaking.
  • the device according to the invention is not only a seal device that can be easily used manually, but also and practically invulnerable to the tools generally used by pilferers, that is to say pincers or cutting pliers, this device being unable to indeed only be sectioned using a bolt cutter which is a very large tool, difficult to conceal, which, here again, is sure to put off criminals.
  • the male element consisting of the cable, the male end piece and the head, is engaged in the handles 10 and 11 of the doors of the container or of the wagon, the head 4 having a diameter greater than l orifice 15 provided in the handles so as to constitute a rear stop.
  • the male end piece is assembled with the female end piece by simple introduction of the end piece 5 into the sheath 2 until the split ring or clip clip 9 comes to lock in the circular groove 5 2 of l '' male end.
  • This assembly position is, moreover, that illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 attached. In this position, the seal device is operational and its removal can only be carried out when the container arrives using a bolt cutter, precisely because of the existence of the spiral spring with non-contiguous turns. in hardened steel.

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Le problème technique de l'invention porte sur un dispositif de scellés destiné à garantir le réceptionnaire de containers que ceux-ci n'ont pas été ouverts pendant leur acheminement. Le problème technique posé consiste à fournir un tel dispositif de scellés qui soit fiable et inviolable. L'essence de la solution de ce problème réside dans le fait que le dispositif de scellés est constitué d'un corps en forme de tige réalisé à partir d'un câble métallique (3) entouré par un ressort à spires très rapprochées mais non jointives s'étendant depuis l'embout mâle (5) jusqu'à la butée arrière (4). L'utilisation principale de l'invention réside dans un dispositif de scellés applicable aux portes de wagons, camions, remorques, containers ou similaires.The technical problem of the invention relates to a device for seals intended to guarantee the receiver of containers that they have not been opened during their transportation. The technical problem is to provide such a seal device which is reliable and tamper-proof. The essence of the solution to this problem lies in the fact that the seal device consists of a rod-shaped body produced from a metal cable (3) surrounded by a spring with very close but not contiguous turns. extending from the male end piece (5) to the rear stop (4). The main use of the invention resides in a seal device applicable to the doors of wagons, trucks, trailers, containers or the like.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de scellés applicable, notamment, aux verrouillages des portes de wagon, camion, remorque, container, ou similaires, ce dispositif n'étant pas indestructible en soi, mais étant destiné à garantir le réceptionnaire dudit container que celui-ci n'a pas été ouvert pendant son acheminement.The invention relates to a seal device applicable, in particular, to the locking of wagon, truck, trailer, container or similar doors, this device not being indestructible in itself, but being intended to guarantee the recipient of said container that it it was not opened during its delivery.

La recrudescence des vols commis, notamment dans les gares de triage, a amené les responsables à doter les wagons ou les containers transportés par ces wagons, de scellés destinés à constituer des armes de dissuasion rebutant les voleurs ou les chapardeurs fréquentant les gares de triage. Ce genre de scellés n'a pas pour objet de constituer en soi une fermeture inviolable, mais est surtout destiné à garantir le client qui recevra le container ou le wagon que son contenu est bien conforme à ce qui a été expédié dans la mesure où les scellés n'ont pas été brisés.The upsurge in thefts committed, particularly in marshalling yards, has led officials to equip the wagons or the containers transported by these wagons with seals intended to constitute deterrent weapons that discourage thieves or pilferers frequenting marshalling yards. This type of seal is not intended to constitute an inviolable closure per se, but is above all intended to guarantee the customer who will receive the container or the wagon that its content is in accordance with what has been dispatched insofar as the seals have not been broken.

Il existe par conséquent de tels dispositifs de scellés constitués essentiellement de deux parties, mâle et femelle, pouvant aisément être accouplées ensemble sans avoir besoin d'avoir recours à un outil. Dans ces dispositifs connus, la partie mâle est généralement constituée d'un corps formé d'une tige allongée dont l'une des extrémités est pourvue d'une butée ou tête en saillie, l'autre extrémité étant pourvue d'un embout mâle comportant une rainure de verrouillage, l'embout femelle étant quant à lui réalisé sous la forne d'u-fourreau venant s'accoupler avec l'embout mâle, ledit fourreau étant pourvu d'un organe élastique tel qu'une bague fendue ou un serre-clips destiné à venir se verrouiller dans la rainure de l'embout mâle en fin d'accouplement.There are therefore such seal devices consisting essentially of two parts, male and female, which can easily be coupled together without the need for a tool. In these known devices, the male part generally consists of a body formed by an elongated rod, one end of which is provided with a stop or projecting head, the other end being provided with a male end piece comprising a locking groove, the female end being in turn produced in the form of a sheath coming to couple with the male end, said sheath being provided with an elastic member such as a split ring or a clamp -clips intended to come and lock in the groove of the male end at the end of coupling.

Le fonctionnement d'un tel dispositif de scellés est extrêmement simple puisqu'il suffit d'introduire dans les deux oeillets du container ou wagon, la partie mâle du dispositif puis de verrouiller, sur cette partie mâle, l'embout femelle qui constituera, après accouplement, une tête en saillie ayant un diamètre au moins égal à celui de la butée fixée à l'autre extrémité du corps allongé de la partie mâle, diamètre qui est évidemment supérieur à celui des orifices des poignées dans lesquels a été passé l'embout mâle dent le diamètre est, quant à lui, inférieur à celui des orifices desdites poignées.The operation of such a seal device is extremely simple since it suffices to introduce into the two eyelets of the container or wagon, the male part of the device and then to lock, on this male part, the female end piece which will constitute, after coupling, a projecting head having a diameter at least equal to that of the stop fixed to the other end of the elongated body of the male part, a diameter which is obviously greater than that of the orifices of the handles in which the nozzle has been passed male tooth the diameter is, in turn, less than that of the orifices of said handles.

On se trouve ainsi en présence d'un dispositif de scellés constitué en.fait d'un corps allongé pouvant traverser les orifices des poignées, les deux extrémités de ce corps allongé étant pourvues, après accouplement de l'embout mâle et de l'embout femelle, d'une tête proéminente à chacune de ces extrémités évitant le retrait dudit dispositif.We thus find ourselves in the presence of a seal device made up of an elongated body which can pass through the orifices of the handles, the two ends of this elongated body being provided, after coupling of the male end piece and the end piece. female, with a prominent head at each of these ends avoiding the removal of said device.

Il est également connu de réaliser d'autres dispositifs de scellés.similaires à partir d'un corps allongé, réalisé en un matériau flexible tel qu'un câble, dont l'une des extrémités comporte un embout mâle tandis que l'autre extrémité comporte un embout femelle présentant les caractéristiques des deux embouts ci-dessus décrits. Ce genre de dispositif ne peut-être exploité que sous la forme d'une boucle, puisqu'il faut nécessairement former un anneau pour que l'embout mâle puisse être introduit dans l'embout femelle.It is also known to produce other similar seals devices from an elongated body, made of a flexible material such as a cable, one end of which has a male end piece while the other end has a female end fitting having the characteristics of the two end fittings described above. This kind of device can only be used in the form of a loop, since it is necessarily necessary to form a ring so that the male end piece can be introduced into the female end piece.

Ces dispositifs de scellés présentent divers inconvénients auxquels l'invention se propose de répondre. En effet, dans le premier cas, le dispositif de scellés peut être rompu en raison du fait que la douille constituant l'élément femelle est ouverte à l'une de ses extrémités de sorte qu'il est possible pour un chapardeur de passer un outil ou une tige dans la douille pour s'en servir à la manière d'un coin pour désaccoupler l'élément femelle de l'élément mâle. Le forfait étant commis, le chapardeur peut ensuite éventuellement réaccoupler les deux embouts mâle et femelle de manière à masquer son délit E:1 outre, la tige constituant le corps allongé du dispositif, lorsqu'elle est en acier massif, peut être aisément brisée au moyen de tensions successives appliquées en sens opposé au moyen d'un levier quelconque de sorte que le dispositif est par conséquent particulièrement vulnérable à une effraction rapide et silencieuse.These seal devices have various drawbacks to which the invention proposes to respond. Indeed, in the first case, the seal device can be broken due to the fact that the socket constituting the female element is open at one of its ends so that it is possible for a pilferer to pass a tool or a rod in the socket to use it as a wedge to decouple the female element from the male element. The fixed price being committed, the pilferer can then possibly re-couple the two male and female ends so as to mask his offense E: 1 in addition, the rod constituting the elongated body of the device, when it is made of solid steel, can be easily broken with by means of successive voltages applied in the opposite direction by means of any lever so that the device is therefore particularly vulnerable to rapid and silent break-in.

S'agissant de la seconde forme de réalisation, dans laquelle le corps est constitué d'un câble souple formant tige ou'boucle, là encore, ce dispositif ne donne pas entière satisfaction en raison de la vulnérabilité de tous les types de câble à un sectionnement brin par brin au moyen d'une petite cisaille portative ou d'une simple paire de tenailles très coupante.As regards the second embodiment, in which the body consists of a flexible cable forming a rod or loop, again, this device is not entirely satisfactory due to the vulnerability of all types of cable to a sectioning strand by strand using a small portable shear or a simple pair of very sharp pincers.

L'invention a donc pour but de mettre à la disposition des utilisateurs de containers ou wagons, un dispositif de scellés qui soit pratiquement invulnérable et qui, de par son caractère inviolable, rebute par conséquent les malfaiteurs. Le dispositif de scellés selon l'invention est particulièrement caractérisé en ce que le corps de forme allongée est entouré, ou enveloppé, d'un moyen ayant une haute résistance mécanique à la rupture et au cisaillement, ce moyen, de par ses caractéristiques, permettant au corps de pouvoir être déformé, c'est-à-dire cintré, de façon à éviter qu'il ne se rompe, ce qui serait en particulier le cas si le corps de forme allongée était constitué d'une simple barre d'acier se cassant à la moindre déformation, par exemple, dans le cas d'un pliage.The object of the invention is therefore to provide users of containers or wagons with a seal device which is practically invulnerable and which, by virtue of its inviolable nature, therefore repels criminals. The device of seals according to the invention is particularly characterized in that the elongated body is surrounded, or enveloped, by a means having a high mechanical resistance to breakage and to shear, this means, by its characteristics, allowing the body to be able to be deformed, that is to say bent, so as to prevent it from breaking, which would be in particular the case if the elongated body consisted of a simple steel bar breaking at the slightest deformation, for example, in the case of folding.

L'invention concerne donc un dispositif de scellés applicables, notamment, aux poignées de portes de wagons, camions, remorques, containers, ou similaires, du type constitué d'un corps allongé en forme de tige dont l'une des extrémités est pourvue d'une butée et l'autre d'un embout mâle comportant une rainure de verrouillage, susceptible d'être assemblé de façon irréversible avec un embout femelle en forme de fourreau et pourvu intérieurement d'un organe élastique de verrouillage venant s'ancrer dans la rainure de l'embout mâle lors de l'introduction de ce dernier dans ledit embout femelle, dispositif caractérisé en ce que le corps en forme de tige est constitué d'un câble métallique entouré par un ressort à spires très rapprochées mais non jointives, s'étendant depuis l'embout mâle jusqu'à la butée arrière. Le ressort utilisé est volontairement à spires très rapprochées pour éviter le passage d'un outil coupant et les spires sont non jointives de manière à ce que ledit ressort ne puisse pas s'opposer au cintrage du câble qui est une condition utile et nécessaire pour éviter la rupture du dispositif.The invention therefore relates to a seal device applicable, in particular, to the door handles of wagons, trucks, trailers, containers, or the like, of the type consisting of an elongated rod-shaped body one end of which is provided with 'a stop and the other of a male end piece having a locking groove, capable of being irreversibly assembled with a female end piece in the form of a sheath and provided internally with an elastic locking member anchoring in the groove of the male end piece during the introduction of the latter into said female end piece, device characterized in that the rod-shaped body consists of a metal cable surrounded by a spring with very close but not contiguous turns, s extending from the male end to the rear stop. The spring used is deliberately with very close turns to avoid the passage of a cutting tool and the turns are non-contiguous so that said spring cannot oppose the bending of the cable which is a useful and necessary condition to avoid rupture of the device.

Selon une caractéristique de l'invention, le ressort, pris entre l'embout mâle et la butée, est en légère compression, cette butée arrière étant constituée d'une tête métallique moulée sur l'extrémité matée du câble, l'extrémité du ressort, c'est-à-dire par exemple les deux ou trois dernières spires, étant également noyées dans la tête métallique moulée de façon à ce que la tête, qui constitue la butée arrière du dispositif, ne puisse pas être arrachée.According to a characteristic of the invention, the spring, taken between the male end piece and the stop, is in slight compression, this rear stop being made up of a metal head molded on the mated end of the cable, the end of the spring , that is to say for example the last two or three turns, also being embedded in the molded metal head so that the head, which constitutes the rear stop of the device, cannot be torn off.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront de la description ci-après, et des dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • - la Fig. 1 est une vue partiellement en coupe du dispositif de scellés selon l'invention;
  • - la Fig. 2 est une vue en plan du même dispositif assurant l'accouplement des poignées de deux portes d'un container ou wagon.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description below, and from the appended drawings in which:
  • - Fig. 1 is a partially sectional view of the seal device according to the invention;
  • - Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same device ensuring the coupling of the handles of two doors of a container or wagon.

Comme illustre en Fig. 1, le dispositif est constitué essentiellement d'une partie mâle 1 et d'une partie femelle 2, susceptibles d'être accouplées par simple engagement et compression axiale, sans qu'il soit nécessaire d'avoir recours à un outil, puisque l'assemblage des deux éléments s'effectue manuellement.As illustrated in Fig. 1, the device consists essentially of a male part 1 and a female part 2, capable of being coupled by simple engagement and axial compression, without the need for a tool, since the the two elements are assembled manually.

La partie mâle est constituée d'un corps de forme allongée 3 qui, dans le mode de réalisation représenté est constitué d'un câble métallique, ce corps de forme allongée comportant à l'une de ses extrémités une butée ou tête en saillie 4 qui, selon l'invention, est surmoulée sur l'extrémité arrière matée 31 du câble. Cette tête 4 qui constitue une butée du fait que son diamètre est nettement supérieur à celui du câble 3, peut être réalisée par exemple en zamac. L'autre extrémité du corps 3 est constituée d'un embout mâle 5 serti sur l'extrémité 32 du câble, la zone 6 de sertissage étant d'une longueur égale à deux, trois ou quatre fois le diamètre du câble 3. On choisit par ailleurs, pour réaliser ce sertissage, un outil permettant d'obtenir dans la zone 6 une section polygonale qui, vérification faite, permet d'obtenir une meilleure résistance à l'arrachement lorsqu'on exerce une traction sur l'embout mâle 5. Toutefois, et selon une particularité de l'invention, on fait en sorte que le sertissage, bien que résistant, ne soit pas d'une résistance mécanique supérieure à celle de la rupture du câble 3 car l'on préfère, tout bien pesé, en cas d'effraction, que ce soit l'embout qui lâche de manière à ce qu'il reste prisonnier de l'embout femelle 2 (qui sera décrit ci-après) de manière à ce .que l'on ne puisse pas réexploiter l'embout à des fins délictuelles. Cet embout mâle comporte par ailleurs une portion cylindrique 51 suivie d'une rainure circulaire 52, puis d'une portion tronconique 53 qui constitue la partie d'introduction de l'embout mâle dans l'embout femelle.The male part consists of an elongated body 3 which, in the embodiment shown consists of a metal cable, this elongated body comprising at one of its ends a stop or projecting head 4 which , according to the invention, is molded onto the mated rear end 3 1 of the cable. This head 4 which constitutes a stop because its diameter is clearly greater than that of the cable 3, can be made for example of zamac. The other end of the body 3 consists of a male end-piece 5 crimped onto the end 3 2 of the cable, the crimping zone 6 being of a length equal to two, three or four times the diameter of the cable 3. chooses, moreover, to carry out this crimping, a tool making it possible to obtain in zone 6 a polygonal section which, verification made, makes it possible to obtain a better resistance to tearing off when a traction is exerted on the male end 5 However, and according to a feature of the invention, it is ensured that the crimping, although resistant, is not of a mechanical strength greater than that of the rupture of the cable 3 because it is preferred, all well weighed , in the event of a break-in, let the tip drop out so that it remains trapped in the female tip 2 (which will be described below) so that it cannot be re-use the tip for tort purposes. This male end piece also comprises a cylindrical portion 5 1 followed by a circular groove 5 2 , then by a frustoconical portion 5 3 which constitutes the part for introducing the male end piece into the female end piece.

Selon une particularité de l'invention, le câble 3 est entouré sur toute sa longueur d'un ressort spiralé 7 à spires non jointives s'étendant depuis l'embout mâle 5 jusqu'à la tête ou butée 4. Les dernières spires 71 du ressort sont noyées dans la tête 4 ce qui assure un parfait ancrage, tandis que la première spire 72 est également prise légèrement dans l'embout mâle 5 ce qui n'est toutefois pas une obligation. Le ressort est en acier trempé, et par conséquent très résistant au cisaillement, et est volontairement à spires non jointives de manière à ne pas s'opposer à la souplesse du câble qui doit pouvoir être cintré. On notera toutefois que le ressort 7, pris entre l'embout mâle 5 et la tête 4, est légèrement comprimé ce qui améliore la résistance du dispositif.According to a feature of the invention, the cable 3 is surrounded over its entire length by a spiral spring 7 with non-contiguous turns extending from the male end 5 to the head or stop 4. The last turns 7 1 of the spring are embedded in the head 4 which ensures perfect anchoring, while the first turn 7 2 is also taken slightly in the male end 5 which is not, however, an obligation. The spring is made of hardened steel, and therefore very resistant to shearing, and is voluntarily not wound contiguous so as not to oppose the flexibility of the cable which must be able to be bent. Note however that the spring 7, taken between the male end 5 and the head 4, is slightly compressed which improves the resistance of the device.

L'embout femelle, quant à lui, se présente sous la forme d'un fourreau pourvu d'un orifice borgne 8 ayant un diamètre légèrement supérieur au diamètre le plus large de l'embout mâle 5, ce fourreau étant fermé sur sa tranche 21 de manière à éviter le passage de tout outil. Le fourreau comporte de façon classique, une rainure intérieure 81 dans laquelle est engagé un organe de verrouillage 9 se présentant sous la forme d'un moyen élastique, tel qu'une bague fendue ou un serre-clips, cette bague étant destinée à venir se loger, lors de l'accouplement de l'embout mâle et de l'embout femelle, dans la rainure circulaire 52 dudit embout mâle. En effet, lors de l'accouplement, la partie tronconique 53 de l'embout mâle pénètre progressivement dans la bague fendue 9 de façon à l'écarter radialement jusqu'à ce que celle-ci se trouve en regard de la rainure circulaire 52 de l'embout mâle et puisse ainsi par un resserrement radial venir se verrouiller dans ladite rainure. En position d'accouplement, la bague fendue ou serre-clips 9 estparconséquent en partie dans la rainure du fourreau et dans la rainure de l'embout mâle de sorte qu'il y a verrouillage d'une partie sur l'autre, ce verrouillage étant suffisamment résistant pour éviter que l'on puisse désaccoupler, même à l'aide d'un outil, les deux embouts mâle et femelle.The female end piece, in turn, is in the form of a sheath provided with a blind hole 8 having a diameter slightly greater than the largest diameter of the male end piece 5, this sheath being closed on its edge 2 1 so as to avoid the passage of any tool. The sheath conventionally comprises an internal groove 8 1 in which is engaged a locking member 9 which is in the form of an elastic means, such as a split ring or a clip clip, this ring being intended to come housing, during coupling of the endpiece of the male and female end into the circular groove 5 2 of the said spigot. In fact, during coupling, the frustoconical part 5 3 of the male end piece penetrates progressively into the split ring 9 so as to move it apart radially until the latter is opposite the circular groove 5 2 of the male end piece and can thus by radial tightening come to lock in said groove. In the coupling position, the split ring or clip clip 9 is therefore partly in the groove of the sleeve and in the groove of the male end piece so that there is locking from one part to the other, this locking being strong enough to avoid that it is possible to uncouple, even using a tool, the two male and female ends.

Selon une particularité de l'invention, cet embout femelle 2 est d'une longueur suffisante pour que, en position d'accouplement, la partie avant 22 chevauche au moins les deux dernières spires du ressort 7 de sorte que même si ce ressort n'est pas réellement noyé dans l'embout mâle 5, lors de son sertissage, il n'est pas possible de passer,entre la dernière spire du ressort et la face frontale arrière 54 de l'embout, un outil permettant d'avoir accès au câble. En effet, le câble est beaucoup plus vulnérable que le ressort en acier trempé, et c'est pour cette raison que l'embout femelle doit légèrement chevaucher le ressort afin d'éviter qu'un malfaiteur puisse avoir accès au câble en vue de le cisailler.According to a feature of the invention, this female end piece 2 is of sufficient length so that, in the coupling position, the front part 2 2 overlaps at least the last two turns of the spring 7 so that even if this spring n is not actually embedded in the male end 5, during its crimping, it is not possible to pass, between the last turn of the spring and the rear front face 5 4 of the end, a tool allowing to have cable access. Indeed, the cable is much more vulnerable than the hardened steel spring, and it is for this reason that the female end-piece must slightly overlap the spring in order to prevent a criminal from having access to the cable in order to shear.

Selon une caractéristique de l'invention, tel qu'illustré en Fig. 2, le câble 3 est d'une longueur suffisamment importante pour qu'après introduction dans les poignées 10 des deux portes 11 et 12; il subsiste une longueur de câble 13 suffisamment importante pour que celle-ci puisse être déformée par cintrage, comme illustré en trait mixte en 14, la souplesse du câble évitant ainsi la rupture du dispositif de scellés. En effet la souplesse du câble n'offre aucune prise à un outil et n'oppose aucun obstacle à sa déformation, de sorte que même si l'on emmanchait un tuyau sur la tête 4, afin de provoquer son arrachement par torsion, cet arrachement serait impossible car dans ce cas c'est le câble qui se cintrerait sans se rompre.According to a characteristic of the invention, as illustrated in FIG. 2, cable 3 is sufficiently long important so that after introduction into the handles 10 of the two doors 11 and 12; there remains a sufficiently long cable length 13 so that it can be deformed by bending, as illustrated in phantom in 14, the flexibility of the cable thus preventing the breaking of the seal device. Indeed, the flexibility of the cable offers no grip on a tool and does not oppose any obstacle to its deformation, so that even if a pipe was fitted on the head 4, in order to cause it to be torn off by torsion, this tearing would be impossible because in this case it is the cable which will bend without breaking.

En définitive, le dispositif selon l'invention est non seulement un dispositif de scellés facilement utilisable manuellement, mais également et pratiquement invulnérable aux outils généralement utilisés par les chapardeurs, c'est-à-dire les tenailles ou pinces coupantes, ce dispositif ne pouvant en effet n'être sectionné qu'à l'aide d'un coupe boulons qui est un très gros outillage, difficile à dissimuler, ce qui, là encore, ne manquera pas de rebuter les malfaiteurs.Ultimately, the device according to the invention is not only a seal device that can be easily used manually, but also and practically invulnerable to the tools generally used by pilferers, that is to say pincers or cutting pliers, this device being unable to indeed only be sectioned using a bolt cutter which is a very large tool, difficult to conceal, which, here again, is sure to put off criminals.

Comme il ressort des caractéristiques précitées, l'élément mâle constitué du câble, de l'embout mâle et de la tête, est engagé dans les poignées 10 et 11 des portes du container ou du wagon, la tête 4 ayant un diamètre supérieur à l'orifice 15 prévu dans les poignées de façon à constituer une butée arrière. Après cette introduction, on assure l'assemblage embout mâle avec embout femelle par simple introduction de l'embout 5 dans le fourreau 2 jusqu'à ce que la bague fendue ou serre-clips 9 vienne se verrouiller dans la rainure circulaire 52 de l'embout mâle. Cette position d'assemblage est d'ailleurs celle illustrée sur les Fig. 1 et 2 annexées. Dans cette position, le dispositif de scellés est opérationnel et son retrait ne pourra être réalisé qu'à l'arrivée du container à l'aide d'un coupe-boulons, du fait précisément de l'existence du ressort spiralé à spires non jointives en acier trempé.As is apparent from the above characteristics, the male element consisting of the cable, the male end piece and the head, is engaged in the handles 10 and 11 of the doors of the container or of the wagon, the head 4 having a diameter greater than l orifice 15 provided in the handles so as to constitute a rear stop. After this introduction, the male end piece is assembled with the female end piece by simple introduction of the end piece 5 into the sheath 2 until the split ring or clip clip 9 comes to lock in the circular groove 5 2 of l '' male end. This assembly position is, moreover, that illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 attached. In this position, the seal device is operational and its removal can only be carried out when the container arrives using a bolt cutter, precisely because of the existence of the spiral spring with non-contiguous turns. in hardened steel.

Bien entendu l'invention n'est pas limitée à l'exemple de réalisation ci-dessus décrit pour lequel on pourra prévoir d'autres variantes de réalisation sans pour cela sortir du cadre de l'invention.Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above for which we can provide other alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.

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1°) - Dispositif de scellés applicable, notamment aux poignées de portes de wagons, camions, remorques, containers, ou similaires, du type constitué d'un corps allongé en forme de tige dont l'une des extrémités est pourvue d'une butée et l'autre d'un embout mâle,comportant une rainure de verrouillage,susceptible d'être assemblé de façon irréversible avec un embout femelle en forme de fourreau et pourvue intérieurement d'un organe élastique de verrouillage venant s'ancrer dans la rainure de l'embout mâle lors de l'introduction de ce dernier dans ledit embout femelle, dispositif caractérisé en ce que le corps en forme de tige est constitué d'un câble métallique (3)entouré par un ressort à spires très rapprochées mais non jointives s'étendant depuis l'embout mâle (5) jusqu'à la1) - Sealing device applicable, in particular to the door handles of wagons, trucks, trailers, containers, or the like, of the type consisting of an elongated body in the form of a rod, one end of which is provided with a stop and the other of a male end piece, comprising a locking groove, capable of being irreversibly assembled with a female end piece in the form of a sheath and provided internally with an elastic locking member which is anchored in the groove of the male end piece during the introduction of the latter into said female end piece, device characterized in that the rod-shaped body consists of a metal cable (3) surrounded by a spring with very close but not contiguous turns s extending from the male end piece (5) to the butée arrière (4). 2°) - Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le ressort pris entre l'embout mâle (5) et la butée arrière (4) est légèrement comprimé au montage.rear stop (4). 2 °) - Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the spring taken between the male end piece (5) and the rear stop (4) is slightly compressed during assembly. 3°) - Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la butée arrière (4) est constituée d'une tête métallique (moulée sur l'extrémité mâtée (31) du câble (3)) dans laquelle est noyée l'extrémité du ressort.3 °) - Device according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the rear stop (4) consists of a metal head (molded on the masted end (3 1 ) of the cable (3)) in which the end of the spring is embedded. 4°) - Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'embout mâle (5) est serti sur l'extrémité (32) du câble opposée à la butée arrière (4) par un outil permettant d'obtenir un sertissage (6) de section octogonale.4 °) - Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the male end piece (5) is crimped on the end (3 2 ) of the cable opposite the rear stop (4) by a tool for obtaining a crimping (6) of octagonal section. 5°) - Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la longueur de sertissage (6) est de deux à quatre fois le diamètre du câble (3).5 °) - Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the crimping length (6) is two to four times the diameter of the cable (3). 6°) - Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 et 5, caractérisé en ce que la résistance mécanique à l'arrachement du sertissage est inférieure à la résistance mécanique du câble (3) afin que l'embout mâle (5) se détache du câble et reste prisonnier de l'embout femelle (2) avant que ne se rompe le câble.6 °) - Device according to any one of claims 4 and 5, characterized in that the mechanical resistance to tearing of the crimp is less than the mechanical resistance of the cable (3) so that the male end piece (5) is detaches the cable and remains trapped in the female end piece (2) before the cable breaks. 7°) - Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'embout femelle (2) est pourvu d'un orifice borgne (8) dans lequel s'engage l'embout mâle (5), la longueur de cet orifice (8) étant supérieure à celle de l'embout mâle (5) afin que l'extrémité avant (22) de l'embout femelle (2) chevauche quelques spires du ressort (7) entourant le câble (3).7 °) - Device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the female end piece (2) is provided with a blind hole (8) in which engages the male end piece (5), the length of this orifice (8) being greater than that of the male end piece (5) so that the front end (2 2 ) of the female end piece (2) overlaps a few turns of the spring (7) surrounding the cable ( 3). 8°) - Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que le câble (3) dépasse d'une longueur suffisante des poignées (10) des portes dans lesquelles il est introduit de manière à pouvoir être cintré sans rupture.8 °) - Device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the cable (3) protrudes by a sufficient length from the handles (10) of the doors into which it is introduced so as to be able to be bent without rupture.
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