EP0043311B1 - Dispositif de scellés - Google Patents

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EP0043311B1
EP0043311B1 EP81400997A EP81400997A EP0043311B1 EP 0043311 B1 EP0043311 B1 EP 0043311B1 EP 81400997 A EP81400997 A EP 81400997A EP 81400997 A EP81400997 A EP 81400997A EP 0043311 B1 EP0043311 B1 EP 0043311B1
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Claude Daniel Yves Wallet
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
    • G09F3/03—Forms or constructions of security seals
    • G09F3/0305—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used
    • G09F3/0317—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used having bolt like sealing means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/51—Seal bolts

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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 the latter was not opened during transit.
  • the elongated rod-shaped body is produced in the form of a metal cable, one end of which is crimped into a rear stop while the other end also receives the crimped male end.
  • This device has the disadvantage of being vulnerable on the one hand because the male endpiece and the female endpiece are directly accessible by a tool allowing them to be uncoupled (and possibly re-couple them to mask the break-in) and d 'on the other hand, the fact that the bare cable can be easily cut strand by strand by means of a small portable shears or a simple pair of very sharp pincers.
  • plumb bob (French Patent No. 973370) the principle of winding in a spiral around a core formed of a metal wire, a flat wire intended to increase the roughness of the metallic core.
  • One of the objects of the invention consists in producing a tamper-evident seal device in which a tool cannot be passed through the socket of the female element to decouple this element from the male end piece.
  • Another object of the invention is to ensure that the rod-shaped body cannot be broken by means of successive tensions applied in the opposite direction using a lever.
  • Another object of the invention is to ensure that the rod-shaped body, which consists of a flexible cable, cannot be sectioned strand by strand.
  • the cable constituting the elongated body of the seal is surrounded by a spiral spring with high mechanical resistance to breaking and shearing, the turns of this spring being very close together, but not contiguous, and extending from the rear front face of the male end-piece, fixed at one end of the cable, to the rear stop fixed at the other end of the cable, the length of the blind hole in the sheath, constituting the female element into which the male end piece is introduced, being at least slightly greater than the length of said male end piece so that the sheath overlaps a few turns of the spring so that it is not possible to pass between the first turn of said spring and the rear front face of the male endpiece a tool allowing access to the cable.
  • the spring taken between the male end piece and the rear stop is in slight compression, this stop being made up of a metal head overmolded on the masted 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 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 on the end rear mat 3 3 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 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 a sectional 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 intentionally with non-contiguous turns 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 holder, 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 holder 9 is therefore partly in the groove of the sleeve and in the groove of the male end piece so that one part is locked on the other, this locking being strong enough to avoid that it is possible to decouple, 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.
  • the cable 3 is of a sufficiently large length so that after insertion 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 dashed line at 14, the flexibility of the cable thus avoiding 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, again, will not fail 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 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 at non-contiguous turns of hardened steel.

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EP81400997A 1980-06-27 1981-06-19 Dispositif de scellés Expired EP0043311B1 (fr)

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FR8014375A FR2485605A1 (fr) 1980-06-27 1980-06-27 Dispositif de scelles

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FR2612556B1 (fr) * 1987-03-20 1989-07-07 Wallet Claude Dispositif de scelles
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FR2714991B1 (fr) * 1994-01-07 1996-03-22 Remond Paul Dispositifs de scellés et parties mâles de tels dispositifs.
US5749610A (en) * 1996-03-19 1998-05-12 Transguard Industries, Inc. Bolt seal assembly and tool therefor
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