EP0153658A1 - Safety clamp for theft protection - Google Patents

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EP0153658A1
EP0153658A1 EP85101539A EP85101539A EP0153658A1 EP 0153658 A1 EP0153658 A1 EP 0153658A1 EP 85101539 A EP85101539 A EP 85101539A EP 85101539 A EP85101539 A EP 85101539A EP 0153658 A1 EP0153658 A1 EP 0153658A1
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G08SIGNALLING
    • G08BSIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/02Mechanical actuation
    • G08B13/14Mechanical actuation by lifting or attempted removal of hand-portable articles
    • G08B13/1445Mechanical actuation by lifting or attempted removal of hand-portable articles with detection of interference with a cable tethering an article, e.g. alarm activated by detecting detachment of article, breaking or stretching of cable
    • G08B13/1463Physical arrangements, e.g. housings
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44291Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof including pivoted gripping member
    • Y10T24/44376Spring or resiliently biased about pivot
    • Y10T24/44385Distinct spring
    • Y10T24/44462Coil spring
    • Y10T24/4447Coil spring having coil portion coaxial or parallel with pivotal axis
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44641Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member
    • Y10T24/44769Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material
    • Y10T24/44906Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material having specific surface irregularity on or along engaging face
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44641Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member
    • Y10T24/44769Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material
    • Y10T24/44906Opposed engaging faces on gripping member formed from single piece of resilient material having specific surface irregularity on or along engaging face
    • Y10T24/44915Corrugated or toothed face

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  • the invention relates to a security clip for the theft protection of textile objects and the like., With two clamp legs clamped by a spring, of which a first clamp leg contains a pressure-sensitive switch, the push-in push-button element facing the second clamp leg, and with the facing one another Raised clamping surfaces of the clamp legs, which limit a curved path for a clamped web when the securing clamp is closed.
  • the plastic card assumes the function of depressing the switch, so that the securing clip, together with the rigid disk or plate depressing the switch, can be removed from the object to be protected without the pressure on the tactile surface of the switch being released.
  • the anti-theft device therefore does not notice at all that the securing clip has been removed from the object to be protected. Since the known securing clips can be deactivated by inserting simple panes or sheets, their effectiveness is severely limited because experienced shoplifters know how to remove items of clothing from the security clip without the switch being stopped.
  • German patent specification 29 12 008 describes a securing clip in which a switch is attached to each of the two terminal legs.
  • the sensing elements of these switches run parallel to one another at a mutual distance and overlap.
  • bumps are provided, which are arranged offset from one another, so that a textile web, which is clamped by the securing clip, receives a curved course.
  • unauthorized manipulation cannot be ruled out, since the sensing elements the switch is accessible from the side and can be pressed in with flat objects, so that the fabric can be pulled out unnoticed between the feelers without one of the switches reacting.
  • a star-shaped pressure jaw is arranged on the second terminal leg, which presses the clamped-in material web against the sensing element of the switch.
  • a tab At the end of the second clamp leg there is a tab that redirects the pinched fabric.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a securing clip of the type mentioned, in which it is not possible to keep the switch pressed by inserting objects and pull out a pinched fabric without the switch would react to it.
  • the second clamp leg has a pivotably mounted plate as an abutment for the clamped web, that the elevations of the first and the second clamp leg surround the feeler element, and that when the empty securing clip is closed, the elevation of at least one clamp leg without actuation of the switch strikes the clamping surface of the other terminal leg.
  • elevations are arranged on both clamp legs, each of which protrudes in the direction of the other clamp leg, the elevations on both clamp legs being arranged in such a way that they do not abut against one another, but rather an increase in one clamp leg interacts with a location on the other clamp leg where there is no elevation.
  • the elevations of both terminal legs are arranged around the pushbutton of the switch so that there is no possibility of inserting a flat object from the side into the securing clip without the terminal legs being moved apart and the switch carrying out a switching operation. Regardless of the thickness of the trapped web, the plate always adjusts parallel to the clamping surface of the first clamp leg, so that the same security is provided from all sides against the unauthorized insertion of objects into the closed securing clip.
  • the elevation of the first terminal leg projects at least as far as the sensing element.
  • This increase which can consist of a closed or interrupted ring, for example of individual ring-shaped humps, prevents the push-button element from being held down by an inserted flat and rigid object.
  • a flat plastic card would be held at such a distance from the first terminal leg by the elevation or hump that it would not be able to depress the pushbutton for actuating the switch.
  • a textile material or a fur is because of its softness in the Able to depress the feeler because the elevation is pressed into the fabric or fur.
  • the switch therefore only reacts to compressible, soft materials, but not to rigid panes and also not to flexible paper, which also cannot be compressed sufficiently.
  • Such materials, to which the switch responds cannot normally be inserted by thieves into the securing clip in addition to the jammed material without great difficulty, because they are too soft and because the switch is actuated and the alarm is triggered at least briefly during the attempt.
  • the securing clip according to the invention therefore protects the objects to which it is clamped against unauthorized removal.
  • each terminal leg which surrounds the sensing element.
  • the increase does not necessarily have to be a continuous ring, but it can also consist of several humps distributed around the sensing element, that is to say of an interrupted ring.
  • the humps arranged in a ring are referred to here as "an increase" for the sake of simplicity.
  • Such humps can individually dig a short piece into the fabric, while the sensing element rests on the fabric over a relatively large area and is pressed down by the fabric due to its flexibility to actuate the switch.
  • An increase in the plate preferably consists of an upstanding edge. When the securing clip is closed, this edge surrounds the upper end of the elevation (or the hump) of the first terminal leg, so that it is not possible to insert a flat card into the Insert the safety clip without the clamp legs being spread apart.
  • an elevation of the plate can consist of a ring, the diameter of which is smaller than the circle formed by the elevation (or the hump) of the first clamp leg.
  • the feeler element is a push-in pin which can be moved transversely to its longitudinal axis and which, in the pressed-in state, switches off the switch during a lateral movement transversely to its longitudinal axis. If a textile material is clamped in the clamp, the pin is pressed into the switch in the direction of its longitudinal axis. If an attempt is made in this state to push a card parallel to the textile material between the terminal legs, the edge of this card abuts the pin of the switch and moves this pin transversely to its longitudinal axis. As a result, the switching state that was previously caused by the fabric is canceled even when the stylus is pressed. Security against unauthorized manipulation is increased.
  • a preferred development of the invention provides that the plate has an approach aligned with the feeler element, which has such a height that it does not actuate the feeler element when the empty securing clip is closed.
  • the approach prevents a stiff card from being inserted between the closed terminal legs.
  • the approach can have a mandrel which, when the securing clip is closed, plunges into a trough of the switching element.
  • the securing clip 10 shown has two clamp legs 11, 12, each of which has a U-shaped cross section. Both clamp legs 11, 12 are pivotally connected to one another by an articulated axis 13. A spring 14 seated on the hinge axis 13 presses the rear ends of the clamp legs 11, 12 apart, so that the front ends of these clamp legs are pressed against one another.
  • an electrical switch 15 is attached, the feeler 16 facing the other terminal leg 12.
  • the switch 15 is inside the first terminal leg 11 arranged and covered by a plate 18 which has an opening 17 for the passage of the sensing element 16.
  • the stylus 16 can not only be pressed into the switch 15, but can also be pivoted laterally in the opening 17.
  • the switch is actuated. If the pushbutton 16 is laterally displaced in this state, the switch is put into the idle state. So if an attempt is made to push a flat object parallel to the fabric web 23 between the clamp legs, the edge of the object hits the feeler element 16, which is thereby inclined, so that the switch 15 is put into the idle state (opened).
  • This idle state of the switch corresponds to the state when the clip is open or the state in which there is no textile material between the terminal legs.
  • a plate 21 On the second clamp leg 12 there is a holder 20 on which a plate 21 is fastened with a ball joint 22.
  • This plate 21 consists of a disc which can be pivoted in the longitudinal direction of the clamp around the center of the ball joint 22 and can always be set parallel to the plane in which the crests of the elevation 19 lie. In this way, the plate 21 adapts to any thickness of a material 23 which is clamped between the clamp legs 11 and 12.
  • the diameter of the plate 21 is larger than the diameter of the circle of the increase 19. In this way it is ensured that each hump 19 of the first clamp leg 11 has a surface of the plate 21 of the second clamp leg 12 opposite.
  • the humps 19 abut the clamping surface 26 of the plate 21 when the securing clip is empty (i.e. without the material web 23 being clamped in).
  • the clamping surface 26 is surrounded by a continuously surrounding raised edge 27.
  • a raised ring 28 concentric with the edge 27 runs in the interior of the circle on which the humps 19 of the first clamp leg 11 are arranged. The humps 19 therefore protrude into the area between the edge 27 and the ring 28.
  • the ring 28 surrounds a depression 29, the bottom of which is deeper than the clamping surface 26.
  • a projection 30 rises from the depression 29, the height of which is less than that of the ring 28.
  • the projection 30 is flush with the sensing element 16.
  • the sensing element 16 abuts with an empty securing clip just against the top of the extension 30, the switch 15 is not being operated.
  • In the middle of the extension 30 there is an upstanding mandrel 31 which dips into a depression 32 on the end face of the sensing element 16.
  • the crests of the elevation 19 dig into the fabric web 23 under the action of the spring 14, and the underside of the fabric web is deformed in a wave shape between the edge 27 and the ring 28 and pressed against the clamping surface 26.
  • the approach 30 causes the fabric web 23 to bulge in the area of the tactile organ 16 so that this tactile organ, the end face of which in the idle state has the tips of the humps 19 not towered, is pressed into the switch 15 by the bulge of the fabric, whereby the switch is actuated.
  • the switch 15 is connected to an electrical monitoring device 25 via a cable 24.
  • the cable 24 is four-wire and, in addition to the signal circuit passing through the switch 15, has a second circuit which is monitored for quiescent current. It is therefore not possible to deceive the monitoring device by short-circuiting two wires of the cable 24.
  • the switch 15 is actuated only when there is a soft, compressible material between the terminal legs 11, 12 into which the bosses 19 can press.
  • a soft, compressible material between the terminal legs 11, 12 into which the bosses 19 can press.
  • such a material cannot be inserted into the securing clip for deceptive purposes while a textile material 23 is in the clip.
  • the switch does not react to sheets, plastic cards and paper which are each pushed between the terminal legs, but that the switch responds when there is a textile material between the terminal legs.
  • a tex tilmaterial can have a relatively low thickness, the switch responds to linen or silk, for example.

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Abstract

Die Sicherungsklammer weist zwei Klemmenbeine (11, 12) auf, zwischen die ein Stoff (13) eingelegt werden kann. An dem einen Klemmenbein (11) befindet sich ein Schalter (15), dessen Tastorgan (16) von der eingelegten Stoffbahn (23) betätigt wird. Um das bewegbare Tastorgan (16) herum sind Buckel (19) angebracht, durch die verhindert wird, daß eine Karte zwischen die Klemmenbeine geschoben wird, um das Tastorgan gedruckt zu halten, während die Stoffbahn (23) herausgezogen wird.

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The securing clip has two clamp legs (11, 12), between which a fabric (13) can be inserted. On one terminal leg (11) there is a switch (15), the sensing element (16) of which is actuated by the inserted fabric (23). Around the movable feeler (16) are humps (19) which prevent a card from being pushed between the clamp legs to keep the feeler printed while the panel (23) is being pulled out.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Sicherungsklammer für die Diebstahlssicherung von Textilgegenständen u.dgl., mit zwei durch eine Feder gespannten Klemmenbeinen, von denen ein erstes Klemmenbein einen auf Druck reagierenden Schalter enthält, dessen eindrückbares Tastorgan dem zweiten Klemmenbein zugewandt ist, und mit von den einander zugewandten Klemmflächen der Klemmenbeine aufragenden Erhöhungen, die bei geschlossener Sicherungsklammer einen kurvenförmigen Weg für eine eingeklemmte Bahn begrenzen.The invention relates to a security clip for the theft protection of textile objects and the like., With two clamp legs clamped by a spring, of which a first clamp leg contains a pressure-sensitive switch, the push-in push-button element facing the second clamp leg, and with the facing one another Raised clamping surfaces of the clamp legs, which limit a curved path for a clamped web when the securing clamp is closed.

Die Gefahr von Ladendiebstählen ist insbesondere bei Textil- und Pelzgeschäften besonders groß. Um dieser Gefahr zu begegnen, ist es bekannt, die zum Kauf angebotenen Textilgegenstände, Bekleidungsstücke u.dgl. mit speziellen Klammern zu sichern. Diese Klammern sind über ein Kabel mit einem elektrischen Überwachungsgerät verbunden. Sie enthalten einen Schalter, dessen Schaltorgan durch das zwischen den Klemmenbeinen eingespannte Textil- oder Pelzmaterial niedergedrückt wird, und der beim Lösen der Sicherungsklammer in eine Vertiefung des gegenüberliegenden Klemmenbeines eintaucht. Sobald der Druck auf die Tastfläche des Schalters aufhört, wird an dem Überwachungsgerät Alarm erzeugt. Derartige Sicherungsklammern können von geübten Ladendieben überwunden werden, indem eine relativ steife Kunststoffkarte zusätzlich zu dem Textilmaterial in den Spalt zwischen den Klemmenbeinen geschoben wird. Während des nachfolgenden öffnens der Klammer übernimmt die Kunststoffkarte die Funktion des Niederdrückens des Schalters, so daß die Sicherungsklammer zusammen mit der den Schalter niederdrückenden starren Scheibe oder Platte von dem zu schützenden Gegenstand abgezogen werden kann, ohne daß der Druck auf die Tastfläche des Schalters aufhört. Die Diebstahlssicherung merkt also überhaupt nicht, daß die Sicherungsklammer von dem zu schützenden Gegenstand entfernt worden ist. Da die bekannten Sicherungsklammern durch Einschieben einfacher Scheiben oder Bleche außer Funktion gesetzt werden können, ist ihre Wirksamkeit stark eingeschränkt, weil geübte Ladendiebe es verstehen, Bekleidungsstücke von der Sicherheitsklammer zu entfernen, ohne daß die Betätigung des Schalters aufhört.The risk of shoplifting is particularly great in the textile and fur stores. In order to counter this danger, it is known that the textile items, clothing and the like offered for sale. secure with special clips. These brackets are connected to an electrical monitoring device via a cable. They contain a switch, the switching element of which is depressed by the textile or fur material clamped between the terminal legs, and the when loosening the securing clip, immerse it in a recess in the opposite terminal leg. As soon as the pressure on the button of the switch stops, an alarm is generated on the monitoring device. Such security clips can be overcome by experienced shoplifters by pushing a relatively stiff plastic card in addition to the textile material into the gap between the clamp legs. During the subsequent opening of the clip, the plastic card assumes the function of depressing the switch, so that the securing clip, together with the rigid disk or plate depressing the switch, can be removed from the object to be protected without the pressure on the tactile surface of the switch being released. The anti-theft device therefore does not notice at all that the securing clip has been removed from the object to be protected. Since the known securing clips can be deactivated by inserting simple panes or sheets, their effectiveness is severely limited because experienced shoplifters know how to remove items of clothing from the security clip without the switch being stopped.

Die deutsche Patentschrift 29 12 008 beschreibt eine Sicherungsklammer, bei der an jedem der beiden Klemmenbeine ein Schalter angebracht ist. Die Tastorgane dieser Schalter verlaufen mit gegenseitigem Abstand parallel zueinander und überlappen sich. An den Enden der Klemmenbeine sind Höcker vorgesehen, die gegeneirander versetzt angeordnet sind, so daß eine Textilbahn, die von der Sicherungsklammer eingeklemmt wird, einen kurvenförmigen Verlauf erhält. Auch hier sind unbefugte Manipulationen nicht ausgeschlossen, da die Tastorgane der Schalter von der Seite her zugänglich sind und mit flachen Gegenständen eingedrückt werden können, so daß die Stoffbahn unbemerkt zwischen den Tastorganen herausgezogen werden kann, ohne daß einer der Schalter reagiert.German patent specification 29 12 008 describes a securing clip in which a switch is attached to each of the two terminal legs. The sensing elements of these switches run parallel to one another at a mutual distance and overlap. At the ends of the clamp legs, bumps are provided, which are arranged offset from one another, so that a textile web, which is clamped by the securing clip, receives a curved course. Here, too, unauthorized manipulation cannot be ruled out, since the sensing elements the switch is accessible from the side and can be pressed in with flat objects, so that the fabric can be pulled out unnoticed between the feelers without one of the switches reacting.

Bei einer anderen bekannten Sicherungsklammer ist an dem zweiten Klemmenbein eine sternförmige Druckbacke angeordnet, die die eingeklemmte Stoffbahn gegen das Tastorgan des Schalters drückt. Am Ende des zweiten Klemmenbeins ist eine Lasche angeordnet, die den eingeklemmten Stoff umlenkt. Auch hierbei besteht die Möglichkeit, einen flachen Gegenstand zwischen die Klemmenbeine zu schieben, um den Betätigungszustand des Schalters aufrechtzuerhalten und die eingeklemmte Stoffbahn aus der Sicherungsklammer unbemerkt herauszuziehen.In another known securing clip, a star-shaped pressure jaw is arranged on the second terminal leg, which presses the clamped-in material web against the sensing element of the switch. At the end of the second clamp leg there is a tab that redirects the pinched fabric. Here, too, there is the possibility of pushing a flat object between the clamp legs in order to maintain the actuation state of the switch and to pull the clamped material web out of the securing clip without being noticed.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Sicherungsklammer der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, bei der es nicht möglich ist, den Schalter durch Einschieben von Gegenständen gedrückt zu halten und eine eingeklemmte Stoffbahn herauszuziehen, ohne daß der Schalter hierauf reagieren würde.The invention has for its object to provide a securing clip of the type mentioned, in which it is not possible to keep the switch pressed by inserting objects and pull out a pinched fabric without the switch would react to it.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist erfindungsgemäß vorgesehen, daß das zweite Klemmenbein einen schwenkbar gelagerten Teller als Widerlager für die eingeklemmte Bahn aufweist, daß die Erhöhungen des ersten und des zweiten Klemmenbeines das Tastorgan umgeben, und daß bei geschlossener leerer Sicherungsklammer die Erhöhung mindestens eines Klemmenbeines ohne Betätigung des Schalters gegen die Klemmfläche des anderen Klemmenbeines stößt.To solve this problem it is provided according to the invention that the second clamp leg has a pivotably mounted plate as an abutment for the clamped web, that the elevations of the first and the second clamp leg surround the feeler element, and that when the empty securing clip is closed, the elevation of at least one clamp leg without actuation of the switch strikes the clamping surface of the other terminal leg.

Nach der Erfindung sind an beiden Klemmenbeinen Erhöhungen angeordnet, die jeweils in Richtung auf das andere Klemmenbein vorstehen, wobei die Erhöhungen an beiden Klemmenbeinen so angeordnet sind, daß sie nicht gegeneinander stoßen, sondern eine Erhöhung des einen Klemmenbeines mit einer Stelle des anderen Klemmenbeines zusammenwirkt, an der sich keine Erhöhung befindet. Die Erhöhungen beider Klemmenbeine sind um das Tastorgan des Schalters herum angeordnet, so daß keine Möglichkeit besteht, einen flachen Gegenstand von der Seite her in die Sicherungsklammer einzuschieben, ohne daß die Klemmenbeine auseinanderbewegt werden und der Schalter einen Schaltvorgang ausführt. Der Teller stellt sich, unabhängig von der Stärke der eingeklemmten Bahn, stets parallel zu der Klemmfläche des ersten Klemmenbeines ein, so daß umfangsmäßig von allen Seiten her die gleiche Sicherheit gegen das unbefugte Einschieben von Gegenständen in die geschlossene Sicherungsklammer gegeben ist.According to the invention, elevations are arranged on both clamp legs, each of which protrudes in the direction of the other clamp leg, the elevations on both clamp legs being arranged in such a way that they do not abut against one another, but rather an increase in one clamp leg interacts with a location on the other clamp leg where there is no elevation. The elevations of both terminal legs are arranged around the pushbutton of the switch so that there is no possibility of inserting a flat object from the side into the securing clip without the terminal legs being moved apart and the switch carrying out a switching operation. Regardless of the thickness of the trapped web, the plate always adjusts parallel to the clamping surface of the first clamp leg, so that the same security is provided from all sides against the unauthorized insertion of objects into the closed securing clip.

Gemäß einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Sicherungsklammer steht die Erhöhung des ersten Klemmenbeines mindestens so weit vor wie das Tastorgan. Diese Erhöhung, die aus einem geschlossenen oder unterbrochenen Ring, z.B. aus einzelnen ringförmig angeordneten Buckeln bestehen kann, verhindert das Gedrückthalten des Tastorgans durch einen eingeschobenen flachen und starren Gegenstand. Beispielsweise würde eine ebene Kunststoffkarte durch die Erhöhung bzw. Buckel in einem solchen Abstand vom ersten Klemmenbein gehalten werden, daß sie nicht imstande ist, das Tastorgan zur Betätigung des Schalters niederzudrücken. Ein Textilmaterial oder ein Pelz ist wegen seiner Weichheit aber in der Lage, das Tastorgan niederzudrücken, weil sich die Erhöhung in den Stoff bzw. Pelz eindrückt. Der Schalter reagiert also nur auf zusammendrückbare, weiche Materialien, nicht aber auf starre Scheiben und auch nicht auf flexibles Papier, das ebenfalls nicht hinreichend zusammengedrückt werden kann. Solche Materialien, auf die der Schalter reagiert, können aber von Dieben normalerweise nicht ohne große Schwierigkeiten zusätzlich zu dem eingeklemmten Stoff in die Sicherungsklammer eingeschoben werden, weil sie zu weich sind und weil bei dem Versuch mindestens kurzzeitig der Schalter betätigt und Alarm ausgelöst wird. Die erfindungsgemäße Sicherungsklammer schützt daher die Gegenstände, an denen sie festgeklemmt ist, gegen unbefugtes Entfernen.According to a preferred embodiment of the securing clip, the elevation of the first terminal leg projects at least as far as the sensing element. This increase, which can consist of a closed or interrupted ring, for example of individual ring-shaped humps, prevents the push-button element from being held down by an inserted flat and rigid object. For example, a flat plastic card would be held at such a distance from the first terminal leg by the elevation or hump that it would not be able to depress the pushbutton for actuating the switch. A textile material or a fur is because of its softness in the Able to depress the feeler because the elevation is pressed into the fabric or fur. The switch therefore only reacts to compressible, soft materials, but not to rigid panes and also not to flexible paper, which also cannot be compressed sufficiently. Such materials, to which the switch responds, cannot normally be inserted by thieves into the securing clip in addition to the jammed material without great difficulty, because they are too soft and because the switch is actuated and the alarm is triggered at least briefly during the attempt. The securing clip according to the invention therefore protects the objects to which it is clamped against unauthorized removal.

Nach dem Prinzip der Erfindung ist an jedem Klemmenbein mindestens eine Erhöhung vorgesehen, die das Tastorgan umgibt. Dabei muß die Erhöhung nicht notwendigerweise ein kontinuierlicher Ring sein, sondern sie kann auch aus mehreren um das Tastorgan verteilt angeordneten Buckel bestehen, also aus einem unterbrochenen Ring. Die ringförmig angeordneten Buckel werden hier der Einfachheit halber als "eine Erhöhung" bezeichnet. Solche Buckeln können sich einzeln jeweils ein kurzes Stück in den Stoff eingraben, während das Tastorgan relativ großflächig auf dem Stoff aufliegt und infolge seiner Nachgiebigkeit zur Betätigung des Schalters von dem Stoff niedergedrückt wird.According to the principle of the invention, at least one elevation is provided on each terminal leg, which surrounds the sensing element. The increase does not necessarily have to be a continuous ring, but it can also consist of several humps distributed around the sensing element, that is to say of an interrupted ring. The humps arranged in a ring are referred to here as "an increase" for the sake of simplicity. Such humps can individually dig a short piece into the fabric, while the sensing element rests on the fabric over a relatively large area and is pressed down by the fabric due to its flexibility to actuate the switch.

Vorzugsweise besteht eine Erhöhung des Tellers aus einem aufragenden Rand. Dieser Rand umgibt bei geschlossener Sicherungsklammer das obere Ende der Erhöhung (bzw. der Buckel) des ersten Klemmenbeines, so daß es nicht möglich ist, eine flache Karte in die Sicherungsklammer einzuschieben, ohne daß die Klemmenbeine auseinandergespreizt werden. Alternativ oder zusätzlich kann eine Erhöhung des Tellers aus einem Ring bestehen, dessen Durchmesser kleiner ist als der Kreis, den die Erhöhung (bzw. die Buckel) des ersten Klemmenbeines bildet.An increase in the plate preferably consists of an upstanding edge. When the securing clip is closed, this edge surrounds the upper end of the elevation (or the hump) of the first terminal leg, so that it is not possible to insert a flat card into the Insert the safety clip without the clamp legs being spread apart. Alternatively or additionally, an elevation of the plate can consist of a ring, the diameter of which is smaller than the circle formed by the elevation (or the hump) of the first clamp leg.

Bei einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung ist das Tastorgan ein eindrückbarer und quer zu seiner Längsachse bewegbarer Stift, der im eingedrückten Zustand bei einer seitlichen Bewegung quer zu seiner Längsachse den Schalter ausschaltet. Wird in der Klammer ein Textilmaterial eingeklemmt, dann wird der Stift in Richtung seiner Längsachse in den Schalter eingedrückt. Wird in diesem Zustand versucht, eine Karte parallel zu dem Textilmaterial zwischen die Klemmenbeine zu schieben, so stößt der Rand dieser Karte gegen den Stift des Schalters und verstellt diesen Stift quer zu seiner Längsachse. Dadurch wird der Schaltzustand, der vorher durch den Stoff hervorgerufen worden ist, auch bei gedrücktem Taststift aufgehoben. Die Sicherheit gegen unbefugte Manipulationen wird erhöht.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the feeler element is a push-in pin which can be moved transversely to its longitudinal axis and which, in the pressed-in state, switches off the switch during a lateral movement transversely to its longitudinal axis. If a textile material is clamped in the clamp, the pin is pressed into the switch in the direction of its longitudinal axis. If an attempt is made in this state to push a card parallel to the textile material between the terminal legs, the edge of this card abuts the pin of the switch and moves this pin transversely to its longitudinal axis. As a result, the switching state that was previously caused by the fabric is canceled even when the stylus is pressed. Security against unauthorized manipulation is increased.

Eine bevorzugte Weiterbildung der Erfindung sieht vor, daß der Teller einen mit dem Tastorgan fluchtenden Ansatz aufweist, der eine solche Höhe hat, daß er das Tastorgan bei geschlossener leerer Sicherungsklammer gerade nicht betätigt. Der Ansatz verhindert das Einschieben einer steifen Karte zwischen die geschlossenen Klemmenbeine.A preferred development of the invention provides that the plate has an approach aligned with the feeler element, which has such a height that it does not actuate the feeler element when the empty securing clip is closed. The approach prevents a stiff card from being inserted between the closed terminal legs.

Der Ansatz kann einen Dorn aufweisen, der bei geschlossener Sicherungsklammer in eine Mulde des Schaltorgans eintaucht.The approach can have a mandrel which, when the securing clip is closed, plunges into a trough of the switching element.

Im folgenden wird unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnungen ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung näher erläutert.In the following an embodiment of the invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Es zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine schematische Darstellung der Verwendung der Sicherungsklammer,
  • Fig. 2 eine Seitenansicht der Sicherungsklammer,
  • Fig. 3 eine Ansicht von Fig. 3 aus Richtung des Pfeiles III,
  • Fig. 4 einen Längsschnitt durch die Sicherungsklammer,
  • Fig. 5 einen Schnitt entlang der Linie V-V der Fig. 4, jedoch bei geschlossener leerer Sicherungsklammer,
  • Fig. 6 eine Ansicht des ersten Klemmenbeines aus Richtung der Linie IV-IV von Fig. 4 und
  • Fig. 7 eine Ansicht des zweiten Klemmenbeines aus Richtung der Pfeile VII-VII von Fig. 4.
Show it:
  • 1 is a schematic representation of the use of the securing clip,
  • 2 is a side view of the securing clip,
  • 3 is a view of FIG. 3 from the direction of arrow III,
  • 4 shows a longitudinal section through the securing clip,
  • 5 shows a section along the line VV of FIG. 4, but with the empty securing clip closed,
  • Fig. 6 is a view of the first clamp leg from the direction of line IV-IV of Fig. 4 and
  • 7 is a view of the second clamp leg from the direction of arrows VII-VII of FIG. 4th

Die dargestellte Sicherungsklammer 10 weist zwei Klemmenbeine 11,12 auf, von denen jedes einen U-förmigen Querschnitt hat. Beide Klemmenbeine 11,12 sind durch eine Gelenkachse 13 schwenkbar miteinander verbunden. Eine auf der Gelenkachse 13 sitzende Feder 14 drückt die rückwärtigen Enden der Klemmenbeine 11,12 auseinander, so daß die vorderen Enden dieser Klemmenbeine gegeneinandergedrückt werden.The securing clip 10 shown has two clamp legs 11, 12, each of which has a U-shaped cross section. Both clamp legs 11, 12 are pivotally connected to one another by an articulated axis 13. A spring 14 seated on the hinge axis 13 presses the rear ends of the clamp legs 11, 12 apart, so that the front ends of these clamp legs are pressed against one another.

An dem vorderen Ende des ersten Klemmenbeines 11 ist ein elektrischer Schalter 15 befestigt, dessen Tastorgan 16 dem anderen Klemmenbein 12 zugewandt ist. Der Schalter 15 ist im Innern des ersten Klemmenbeines 11 angeordnet und von einer Platte 18 bedeckt, welche eine Öffnung 17 für den Durchtritt des Tastorgans 16 aufweist. An der Platte 18 befindet sich eine Erhöhung in Form zahlreicher Buckel 19, die auf einem Kreis um das Tastorgan 16 herum angeordnet sind. Die runden Buckel 19 oder Beulen stehen von der Platte 18 in Richtung auf das zweite Klemmenbein 12 ab.At the front end of the first terminal leg 11, an electrical switch 15 is attached, the feeler 16 facing the other terminal leg 12. The switch 15 is inside the first terminal leg 11 arranged and covered by a plate 18 which has an opening 17 for the passage of the sensing element 16. On the plate 18 there is an elevation in the form of numerous humps 19 which are arranged in a circle around the sensing element 16. The round humps 19 or bumps protrude from the plate 18 in the direction of the second clamp leg 12.

Wie Fign. 4 und 5 zeigen, kann der Taststift 16 nicht nur in den Schalter 15 eingedrückt, sondern in der öffnung 17 auch seitlich verschwenkt werden. Wenn der Stift 16 axial eingedrückt wird, wird der Schalter betätigt. Erfolgt in diesem Zustand eine seitliche Verschiebung des Tastorgans 16, dann wird der Schalter in den Ruhezustand versetzt. Wenn also versucht wird, einen flachen Gegenstand parallel zur Stoffbahn 23 zwischen die Klemmenbeine zu schieben, so stößt die Kante des Gegenstandes gegen das Tastorgan 16, das hierdurch schräggestellt wird, so daß der Schalter 15 in den Ruhezustand versetzt (geöffnet) wird. Dieser Ruhezustand des Schalters entspricht dem Zustand bei geöffneter Klammer bzw. dem Zustand, in dem sich kein Textilmaterial zwischen den Klemmenbeinen befindet.Like fign. 4 and 5 show, the stylus 16 can not only be pressed into the switch 15, but can also be pivoted laterally in the opening 17. When the pin 16 is pushed in axially, the switch is actuated. If the pushbutton 16 is laterally displaced in this state, the switch is put into the idle state. So if an attempt is made to push a flat object parallel to the fabric web 23 between the clamp legs, the edge of the object hits the feeler element 16, which is thereby inclined, so that the switch 15 is put into the idle state (opened). This idle state of the switch corresponds to the state when the clip is open or the state in which there is no textile material between the terminal legs.

An dem zweiten Klemmenbein 12 befindet sich eine Halterung 20, an der ein Teller 21 mit einem Kugelgelenk 22 befestigt ist. Dieser Teller 21 besteht aus einer Scheibe, welche in Längsrichtung der Klammer um den Mittelpunkt des Kugelgelenks 22 schwenkbar ist und sich stets parallel zu derjenigen Ebene einstellen kann, in der die Kuppen der Erhöhung 19 liegen. Auf diese Weise paßt sich der Teller 21 an jede Stärke eines Stoffes 23 an, der zwischen den Klemmenbeinen 11 und 12 eingespannt wird. Der Durchmesser des Tellers 21 ist größer als der Durchmesser des Kreises der Erhöhung 19. Auf diese Weise ist sichergestellt, daß jedem Buckel 19 des ersten Klemmenbeines 11 eine Fläche des Tellers 21 des zweiten Klemmenbeines 12 gegenüberliegt.On the second clamp leg 12 there is a holder 20 on which a plate 21 is fastened with a ball joint 22. This plate 21 consists of a disc which can be pivoted in the longitudinal direction of the clamp around the center of the ball joint 22 and can always be set parallel to the plane in which the crests of the elevation 19 lie. In this way, the plate 21 adapts to any thickness of a material 23 which is clamped between the clamp legs 11 and 12. The diameter of the plate 21 is larger than the diameter of the circle of the increase 19. In this way it is ensured that each hump 19 of the first clamp leg 11 has a surface of the plate 21 of the second clamp leg 12 opposite.

Wie Fig. 5 zeigt, stoßen die Buckel 19 bei leerer geschlossener Sicherungsklammer (d.h. ohne eingeklemmte Stoffbahn 23) gegen die Klemmfläche 26 des Tellers 21. Die Klemmfläche 26 ist von einem kontinuierlich umlaufenden erhöhten Rand 27 umgeben. Ein zu dem Rand 27 konzentrischer erhöhter Ring 28 verläuft im Innern des Kreises, auf dem die Buckel 19 des ersten Klemmenbeines 11 angeordnet sind. Die Buckel 19 ragen daher in den Bereich zwischen dem Rand 27 und dem Ring 28 hinein.As shown in FIG. 5, the humps 19 abut the clamping surface 26 of the plate 21 when the securing clip is empty (i.e. without the material web 23 being clamped in). The clamping surface 26 is surrounded by a continuously surrounding raised edge 27. A raised ring 28 concentric with the edge 27 runs in the interior of the circle on which the humps 19 of the first clamp leg 11 are arranged. The humps 19 therefore protrude into the area between the edge 27 and the ring 28.

Der Ring 28 umschließt eine Senke 29, deren Boden tiefer liegt als die Klemmfläche 26. Von der Senke 29 ragt ein Ansatz 30 auf, dessen Höhe geringer ist als diejenige des Ringes 28. Der Ansatz 30 fluchtet mit dem Tastorgan 16. Das Tastorgan 16 stößt bei leerer Sicherungsklammer soeben gegen die Oberseite des Ansatzes 30, wobei der Schalter 15 gerade nicht betätigt wird. In der Mitte des Ansatzes 30 befindet sich ein aufragender Dorn 31, der in eine Mulde 32 der Stirnseite des Tastorgans 16 eintaucht.The ring 28 surrounds a depression 29, the bottom of which is deeper than the clamping surface 26. A projection 30 rises from the depression 29, the height of which is less than that of the ring 28. The projection 30 is flush with the sensing element 16. The sensing element 16 abuts with an empty securing clip just against the top of the extension 30, the switch 15 is not being operated. In the middle of the extension 30 there is an upstanding mandrel 31 which dips into a depression 32 on the end face of the sensing element 16.

Wie aus Fig. 4 ersichtlich ist, graben sich die Kuppen der Erhöhung 19 unter der Wirkung der Feder 14 in die Stoffbahn 23 ein, und die Unterseite der Stoffbahn wird zwischen dem Rand 27 und dem Ring 28 wellenförmig verformt und gegen die Klemmfläche 26 gedrückt. Der Ansatz 30 bewirkt eine Aufwölbung der Stoffbahn 23 im Bereich des Tastorgangs 16, so daß dieses Tastorgan, dessen Stirnseite im Ruhezustand die Kuppen der Buckel 19 nicht überragt, durch die Aufwölbung der Stoffbahn in den Schalter 15 eingedrückt wird, wodurch der Schalter betätigt wird.As can be seen from FIG. 4, the crests of the elevation 19 dig into the fabric web 23 under the action of the spring 14, and the underside of the fabric web is deformed in a wave shape between the edge 27 and the ring 28 and pressed against the clamping surface 26. The approach 30 causes the fabric web 23 to bulge in the area of the tactile organ 16 so that this tactile organ, the end face of which in the idle state has the tips of the humps 19 not towered, is pressed into the switch 15 by the bulge of the fabric, whereby the switch is actuated.

Wenn man versuchen würde, zwischen die Buckel 19 und die Stoffbahn 23 einen dünnen steifen Streifen aus Kunststoff oder Metall einzuschieben, so würde die Betätigung des Schalters 15 aufhören, weil der steife Streifen sich auf den Buckel 19 abstützen würde. Das Tastorgan 16 kann mit einem steifen ebenen Streifen nicht niedergedrückt werden.If one tried to insert a thin, stiff strip of plastic or metal between the humps 19 and the fabric web 23, the actuation of the switch 15 would cease because the stiff strip would be supported on the hump 19. The feeler 16 cannot be depressed with a stiff flat strip.

Der Schalter 15 ist über ein Kabel 24 mit einem elektrischen Überwachungsgerät 25 verbunden. Das Kabel 24 ist vieradrig, und es weist außer dem durch den Schalter 15 hindurchgehenden Signalstromkreis ein zweiten Stromkreis, der auf Ruhestrom überwacht wird, auf. Es ist somit nicht möglich, das Überwachungsgerät zu täuschen, indem zwei Adern des Kabels 24 kurzgeschlossen werden.The switch 15 is connected to an electrical monitoring device 25 via a cable 24. The cable 24 is four-wire and, in addition to the signal circuit passing through the switch 15, has a second circuit which is monitored for quiescent current. It is therefore not possible to deceive the monitoring device by short-circuiting two wires of the cable 24.

Bei der erfindungsgemäßen Sicherungsklammer wird der Schalter 15 nur dann betätigt, wenn ein weiches, eindrückbares Material sich zwischen den Klemmenbeinen 11,12 befindet, in das sich die Buckel 19 eindrücken können. Ein solches Material kann aber nicht zu Täuschungszwecken in die Sicherungsklammer eingeschoben werden, während sich ein Textilmaterial 23 in der Klammer befindet.In the securing clip according to the invention, the switch 15 is actuated only when there is a soft, compressible material between the terminal legs 11, 12 into which the bosses 19 can press. However, such a material cannot be inserted into the securing clip for deceptive purposes while a textile material 23 is in the clip.

Versuche haben gezeigt, daß der Schalter auf Bleche, Kunststoffkarten und Papier, die jeweils zwischen die Klemmenbeine geschoben werden, nicht reagiert, daß der Schalter aber anspricht, wenn sich ein Textilmaterial zwischen den Klemmenbeinen befindet. Ein solches Textilmaterial kann eine relativ geringe Stärke haben, der Schalter spricht beispielsweise bereits auf Leinen oder Seide an.Experiments have shown that the switch does not react to sheets, plastic cards and paper which are each pushed between the terminal legs, but that the switch responds when there is a textile material between the terminal legs. Such a tex tilmaterial can have a relatively low thickness, the switch responds to linen or silk, for example.

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1. Sicherungsklammer für die Diebstahlssicherung von Textilgegenständen u.dgl., mit zwei durch eine Feder (14) gespannten Klemmenbeinen (11,12), von denen ein erstes Klemmenbein (11) einen auf Druck, reagierenden Schalter (15) enthält, dessen eindrückbares Tastorgan (16) dem zweiten Klemmenbein (12) zugewandt ist, und mit von den einander zugewandten Klemmflächen der Klemmenbeine (11,12) aufragenden Erhöhungen (19;27,28), die bei geschlossener Sicherungsklammer einen kurvenförmigen Weg für eine eingeklemmte Bahn (23) begrenzen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das zweite Klemmenbein (12) einen schwenkbar gelagerten Teller (21) als Widerlager für die eingeklemmte Bahn (23) aufweist, daß die Erhöhungen (19;27,28) des ersten und des zweiten Klemmenbeines das Tastorgan (16) umgeben und daß bei geschlossener leerer Sicherungsklammer die Erhöhung (19) mindestens eines Klemmenbeines ohne Betätigung des Schalters (15) gegen die Klemmfläche (26) des anderen Klemmenbeines stößt.1. Security clip for the theft protection of textile objects and the like, with two clamp legs (11, 12) tensioned by a spring (14), of which a first clamp leg (11) contains a pressure-responsive switch (15), the push-in of which Probe element (16) facing the second clamp leg (12), and with elevations (19; 27, 28) projecting from the mutually facing clamping surfaces of the clamp legs (11, 12), which, when the securing clamp is closed, provide a curved path for a trapped web (23 ), characterized in that the second clamp leg (12) has a pivotable plate (21) as an abutment for the clamped track (23), that the elevations (19; 27, 28) of the first and the second clamp leg the sensing element ( 16) and that when the empty securing clip is closed, the elevation (19) of at least one terminal leg butts against the clamping surface (26) of the other terminal leg without actuating the switch (15). 2. Sicherungsklammer nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Erhöhung (19) des ersten Klemmenbeines (11) mindestens so weit vorsteht wie das Tastorgan (16).2. Safety clip according to claim 1, characterized in that the elevation (19) of the first clamp leg (11) protrudes at least as far as the sensing element (16). 3. Sicherungsklammer nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Erhöhung (27) des Tellers (21) aus einem aufragenden äußeren Rand besteht.3. Safety clip according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that an increase (27) of the plate (21) consists of an upstanding outer edge. 4. Sicherungsklammer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Erhöhung (28) des Tellers (21) aus einem Ring besteht, dessen Durchmesser kleiner ist als der Kreis, den die Erhöhung (19). des ersten Klemmenbeines (11) bildet.4. Safety clip according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that an increase (28) of the plate (21) consists of a ring, the diameter of which is smaller than the circle, the increase (19). of the first clamp leg (11). 5. Sicherungsklammer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Erhöhung (19) des ersten Klemmenbeines (11) aus mehreren, um das Tastorgan (16) verteilt angeordneten Buckeln besteht.5. Safety clip according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the elevation (19) of the first clamp leg (11) consists of several, around the sensing element (16) arranged humps. 6. Sicherungsklammer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Tastorgan (16) ein eindrückbarer und quer zu seiner Längsachse bewegbarer Stift ist, der im eingedrückten Zustand bei einer seitlichen Bewegung quer zu seiner Längsachse den Schalter (15) ausschaltet.6. Securing clip according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the sensing element (16) is a pushable and movable transversely to its longitudinal axis pin, which in the pressed state switches off the switch (15) during a lateral movement transversely to its longitudinal axis. 7. Sicherungsklammer nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Teller (21) einen mit dem Tastorgan (16) fluchtenden Ansatz (30) aufweist, der eine solche Höhe hat, daß er das Tastorgan (16) bei geschlossener, leerer Sicherungsklammer gerade nicht betätigt.7. Securing clip according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the plate (21) has a flush with the sensing element (16) approach (30) which has such a height that it the sensing element (16) when closed, empty securing clip just not actuated. 8. Sicherungsklammer nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Ansatz (30) einen Dorn (31) aufweist, der bei geschlossener Sicherungsklammer in eine Mulde (32) des Schaltorgans (16) eintaucht.8. Safety clip according to claim 7, characterized in that the projection (30) has a mandrel (31) which, when the safety clip is closed, plunges into a trough (32) of the switching element (16). 9. Sicherungsklammer nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Tastorgan einen Dorn aufweist, der bei geschlossener Sicherungsklammer in eine Mulde des Ansatzes eintaucht.9. A securing clip according to claim 7, characterized in that the feeler element has a mandrel which, when the securing clip is closed, plunges into a trough of the attachment.
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