EP0527725A1 - Appareil servant a detruire le contenu d'un conteneur de securite ferme et de preference portable, lors d'une manipulation non autorisee - Google Patents

Appareil servant a detruire le contenu d'un conteneur de securite ferme et de preference portable, lors d'une manipulation non autorisee

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EP0527725A1
EP0527725A1 EP19900907059 EP90907059A EP0527725A1 EP 0527725 A1 EP0527725 A1 EP 0527725A1 EP 19900907059 EP19900907059 EP 19900907059 EP 90907059 A EP90907059 A EP 90907059A EP 0527725 A1 EP0527725 A1 EP 0527725A1
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Prior art keywords
container
envelope
chamber
detonator
destructive material
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Louis J. M. Hoeben
Gilbert L. Van Laer
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GTE Sylvania NV
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GTE Sylvania NV
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C13/00—Details; Accessories
    • A45C13/18—Devices to prevent theft or loss of purses, luggage or hand carried bags
    • A45C13/24—Devices for sound-producing, piercing, gas-discharging, or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
    • E05G1/00—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables
    • E05G1/14—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables with means for masking or destroying the valuables, e.g. in case of theft
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05G—SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS
    • E05G1/00—Safes or strong-rooms for valuables
    • E05G1/005—Portable strong boxes, e.g. which may be fixed to a wall or the like

Definitions

  • the invention relates to an apparatus for destroying the contents of a closed and preferably portable safety container upon any abusive handling thereof.
  • safety containers of this kind are personal check safes and/or personal card safes.
  • Such a safe can be a plastic box with a drawer to secure a number of personal checks and/or cards (check cards, credit cards, chip cards and the like) or other valuables and is only accessable by the owner or an authorized person knowing the code to open said box.
  • Personal check safes have been manufactured to hold up to thirty checks.
  • Each safe or safety box of this kind is powered by means of one or more batteries and can be regularly used for a period of one year without changing said battery( -ies ) .
  • Functional condition as well as the battery condition can be shown by means of a LED.
  • a standard keyboard is used for entering the code.
  • One possibility to protect such items from becoming accessable to unauthorized parties is to destroy the contents of safes or boxes, respectively, of the kind described above to an extent which makes such contents and/or the information provided by it by means of letters or magnetic information unusable for such unauthorized parties.
  • the apparatus in accordance with the invention is characterized by an envelope including a detonator and a destructive material, the envelope consisting of a material which can burst and discharge said destructive material upon explosion of the detonator.
  • the apparatus in accordance with the invention is to be incorporated into a container or safe or safety box as described above by means of example and connected to batteries therein or a different power source, if convenient, via a suitable switch or switches, respectively. Any abusive handling or sabotage will cause the detonator to explode and to break the envelope so that the destructive material can destroy the contents to make it unusable for the unauthorized who tries to get access.
  • the detonator can consist of an electric circuitry including a filament connected to two lead-wires sealed into the respective end of the capsule, of a primer placed around the filament and of an explosive placed around filament with primer and lead- wires.
  • the electric circuitry may further include a capacitor and a microprocessor integrated in the container, whereby the capacitor is loaded after the switch means is activated by the microprocessor.
  • the explosive and the destructive material can form one and the same matter, more specifically, can be a material which serves both purposes, to explode on ignition and display its destructive properties a second possibility is to have the explosive and the destructive material as two different matters, whether distinct from each other or mixed with each other.
  • the two matters or materials are arranged distinct from each other within the envelope.
  • the explosive can be plastic filling one end of the envelope, whereas the destructive material can be a liquid filling the remaining space within the envelope.
  • the envelope has a first and a second chamber being separate from each other, the first chamber including the detonator and the second chamber including the destructive material.
  • Envelope 1 provides a first chamber 7 and a second chamber 8 which are separated from each other.
  • the first chamber 7 includes a detonator and the second chamber 8 includes a destructive material 5.
  • the envelope 1 consists of a material which can burst and discharge said destructive material 5 upon explosion of the detonator.
  • the envelope 1 is a capsule and made of a piece 9 of tubing glass sealed at both ends 10 and 11 and containing a wall 4 separating the two chambers 7 and 8.
  • the tubing glass is of the soda lime type of an outer diameter of 7,6 mm and a length of 58 mm in accordance
  • the detonator consists of an electric circuitry made from a filament 12 connected to two lead-wires 2, 2' sealed into the respective end 10 of the capsule, of a primer placed around the filament 12 and of an explosive 3 placed around filament 12 with primer and lead-wires 2, 2' .
  • filament 12 is a 0,013 mm diameter tungsten wire as manufactured by GTE Sylvania, Towanda, U.S.A., by Philips, the Netherlands, and others. Same had a length of 0,3 mm and a resistance of 750 milliohms.
  • the lead wires 2, 2' have been made from a 51% nickel/49% iron alloy known under the tradename NIRON 52 and manufactured by V.D.M., Germany, Wiggins U.K, Carpenter U.S.A. and others.
  • a primer which consists of a base component and an activator.
  • the base component consists of a mixture made from phosphorus and titanium, preferably about two parts of phosphorus and about one part titanium by weight, and the activating component consists of sodium chlorate. Phosphorus can be up to about three parts by weight.
  • Both components are applied to the filament by way of slurries wherein preferably the suspension means is water, so that the filament will be first dipped into the base component slurry and then dried, and afterwards dipped into the activating component slurry and then dried again.
  • the suspension means is water
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  • a wide array of different destructive materials can be used. Preferably same is selected from a) ink with fast absorbing properties, e.g. of the alcohol type, b) expanding foam, c) glue d) organic solvent and e) a combination of materials listed under a) to c) . This list is, however, not exclusive.
  • the foam should be fast expanding, e.g. polyurethane. If an organic solvent is used, dimethylformamide or tetrahydrofuran are preferred.
  • the glue can be cyano acrylate.
  • Separation between the first and the second chamber 7, 8 and/or the sealing of the second chamber 8 at its end 11 can be made by means of rubber pieces 4 having a shore hardness of 60 degrees. Different shapes of rubber piece 4 are possible, same can be e.g. a gasket or a sheath. Sealing is important in order to prevent access of the destructive material 5 towards the explosive. Also hermetic sealing at end 11 of the second chamber is important to prevent undue access of the destructive material 5 to the interior of the safety container as long as envelope 1 is not broken.
  • the security of maintaining a hermetic seal can be enhanced by applying an epoxy onto end 11 of second chamber 8 with rubber piece 4 inserted. After curing of the epoxy such seal will be reinforced.
  • the epoxy can be of the two component type.
  • the apparatus in accordance with the invention can be integrated in a safety container and connected to a power source together with switch means, all of them within the container to be activated upon any abusive handling of the container.
  • the power source consisted of two 3-volt- batteries to load a capacitor after a switch is activated by a microprocessor integrated in the circuitry of the safety container or box, respectively.
  • SUBSTITUTESHEET up filament 12.
  • the primer will be ignited at 250° C approx. filament temperature. Such ignition will in turn activate the explosive which will detonate and break envelope 1 so that the destructive material 5 will distribute within the interior of the container and adversely effect the contents thereof so that same becomes unusable.

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Abstract

Un appareil servant à détruire le contenu d'un conteneur de sécurité fermé et de préférence portable, lors d'une manipulation non autorisée, est inclus dans une enveloppe (1) comprenant un détonateur et une matière destructive (5). L'enveloppe étant constituée par une matière qui peut éclater et libérer ladite matière destructive (5) lorsque le détonateur explose. Le conteneur de sécurité peut être un coffre de sécurité pour chèques et/ou cartes personnels, par exemple une boîte en plastique pourvue d'un tiroir pour ranger un certain nombre de chèques et/ou de cartes personnels (cartes de chéquier, cartes de crédit, cartes à puce et similaires) ou d'autres objets de valeurs et peut seulement être ouvert par le propriétaire ou une personne autorisée connaissant le code d'ouverture. L'appareil s'intègre dans le conteneur qui est équipé d'une ou de plusieurs piles et peut comprendre un circuit électrique purvu d'un microprocesseur commandant le fonctionnement du conteneur et déclenchant l'explosion de l'appareil lors de ladite manipulation d'effraction. Une diode électroluminescente peut indiquer l'état de la pile et l'état de fonctionnement. On utilise un clavier standard pour entrer le code.
EP19900907059 1990-05-11 1990-05-11 Appareil servant a detruire le contenu d'un conteneur de securite ferme et de preference portable, lors d'une manipulation non autorisee Withdrawn EP0527725A1 (fr)

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PCT/EP1990/000762 WO1991017681A1 (fr) 1990-05-11 1990-05-11 Appareil servant a detruire le contenu d'un conteneur de securite ferme et de preference portable, lors d'une manipulation non autorisee

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