EP0537400B1 - Unverfälschbare Plombe, insbesondere für Container aller Art - Google Patents

Unverfälschbare Plombe, insbesondere für Container aller Art Download PDF

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EP0537400B1
EP0537400B1 EP91440081A EP91440081A EP0537400B1 EP 0537400 B1 EP0537400 B1 EP 0537400B1 EP 91440081 A EP91440081 A EP 91440081A EP 91440081 A EP91440081 A EP 91440081A EP 0537400 B1 EP0537400 B1 EP 0537400B1
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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
    • G09F3/0347—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used having padlock-type sealing means
    • G09F3/0352—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used having padlock-type sealing means using cable lock
    • 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
    • G09F3/0382—Seals with transparent casing

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  • the present invention relates to a tamper-proof seal intended in particular for containers of all types, such as wagons, trailers, tanks, sea containers or the like.
  • Seals are already known, such as that described in French patent application FR-A-2 630 772, consisting of a male part snapping into a female part, the joining of these two parts made of metal being ensured by a U-shaped spring secured to the end of the male part, the branches of which, after introduction into the female part, are deployed in an internal cavity formed in the latter.
  • tamper-evident seals are also known, such as those described in patent application EP-A-0 417 022, in the name of the applicant. These seals consist of a block of transparent plastic material in which is buried the end of a steel cable, the other end comprising a harpoon-type fixing means which is introduced into an orifice of suitable shape practiced in said block.
  • Breaking in by extracting the cable from the block results in deterioration of the means for holding the end of the cable in the block, and this deterioration is visible from the outside due to the transparency of the material used to make said block. .
  • the present invention overcomes this drawback by providing a tamper-proof seal with a lower manufacturing cost.
  • the seal object of the present invention comprises two parts, a male part and a female part.
  • the male part of the seal according to the invention consists of a rod, one end of which is in the form of a harpoon and the other of which has a locking means.
  • This rod is made of a plastic material which has the particularity of not being able to be glued after sectioning, such as polypropylene.
  • the female part of the seal according to the invention is a block of transparent plastic material in which is formed an orifice extended by a cavity capable of receiving and holding the harpoon-shaped end of the male part and preventing it from to get out of it other than by damaging said harpoon-shaped part or by breaking the rod.
  • said rod is not of round section, but has a flat and the cavity of the female block is of the same section, so that said rod can be introduced into said female block only one way and that it cannot rotate there, which prevents its extraction.
  • the flat part of the rod can advantageously be used as a support for a number which can be transferred to the female block, preventing any falsification, the number of the female block having to correspond to that read by transparency on the rod.
  • the number written on the female block can be by hot stamping inside, which gives it the advantage of being inaccessible and therefore tamper-proof.
  • the seal according to the invention makes it possible, for example, to connect the two doors of a container each comprising a tab pierced with an orifice, the two tabs and the two orifices being arranged facing each other: the male rod is introduced into these two orifices and its end is pressed into the female block, so that the male rod cannot be extracted from said orifices of said legs, being blocked on one side by the female block and on the other by the blocking means, which may be constituted an end bulge which serves as a stop.
  • the seal 1 according to the invention comprises a female part 2 and a male part 3.
  • the male part 3 consists of a plastic rod 30 having at one end a bulge 31 and at the other end 32 two fins 33 and 34 in the form of a harpoon. These fins 33 and 34 are flexible enough to be able, under the effect of bilateral pressure, to fall back into housings, respectively 33 ′ and 34 ′, constituted by a thinning of the rod 30, so as to adopt the latter's template over the rest of its length. By cons these fins 33 and 34 are breakable at the spacing.
  • the female part 2 consists of a parallelepipedal block 20 of transparent plastic material in one face of which is formed an opening 21 extended by a cavity 22 to the dimensions of the rod 30, and the end portion 23 of which has a shape adapted to accommodate the the harpoon-shaped end 32 of the rod 30, having for this purpose two facing edges 24 and 25, substantially perpendicular to the axis of the tubular cavity 22.
  • the seal comprises a second means of viewing an attempted break-in, consisting firstly of two lugs 26 ′ and 27 ′ arranged in two facing chambers 26 and 27 located substantially in the middle of the cavity 22, the lugs 26 ′, 27 ′ extending into the cavity 22, and on the other hand by a peripheral notch 35 formed in the rod 30 at a distance from its end 32 such that, when the rod 30 is introduced into the cavity 22, the ends lugs 26 ′ and 27 ′ are positioned in the peripheral notch 35, an attempt to withdraw the rod 30 from the block 20 resulting in deterioration, also visible, of the lugs 26 ′ and 27 ′.
  • the block 20 has a location 28 on which a number can be affixed, and the rod 30 has a flat 36 on which the same number can be affixed, this flat 36 being visible by transparency when the rod 30 is introduced into the cavity 22.
  • the flat 36 has another function, that of preventing the rod 30 from rotating in the cavity 22, which is not of round section but also comprises a flat (not visible in the figure).
  • a non-angular widening 29 is also made in the cavity 22 between the housings 26 and 27 and the opening 21, in order to allow the temporary attachment of the male part 3 and the female part 2, by partial introduction of the end 21 of the rod 30 in the cavity 22, the fins 33 and 34 then deploying in the enlargement 29.
  • the rod 30 is thus temporarily blocked in the block 20, but can be extracted therefrom, because the enlargement 29 is rounded, the fins 33 and 34 being able to enter the housings 33 ′ and 34 ′ during the extraction.
  • the male part 3 and the female part 2 which bear the same number can be paired and packaged in this way.
  • the female part 2 has two openings 210 and 211, formed in two opposite sides of a parallelepipedal block 200 and offset, each of these openings 210 and 211 being extended by a cavity, respectively 220 and 221, similar to the cavity 22 of the block 20 described above.
  • the male part 3 consists of two rods 300 and 301 similar to the rod 30 and which are assembled to the block 200 in the same way as the rod 30 to the block 20.
  • This other embodiment of the seal according to the invention makes it possible in particular to seal the doors of a container provided with a seal support such as that described in French patent application 91/05438 in the name of the applicant.
  • the female part 2 can have two openings 212 and 213, made side by side on the same side of a block 201 and each opening on a cavity, respectively 222 and 223 , while the male part 3 consists of a cable 5 at each end of which is attached a part 50 similar to the front part of the rod 30 of Figure 1.
  • This cable 5, which is relatively long, allows in particular to seal the doors of a container or a semi-trailer by passing it successively through several orifices before introducing the ends into the block 201.
  • a seal support 6 such as that described in French patent application 91/05438, comprising on the one hand two tabs 60 and 61 arranged parallel one with respect to the 'other and secured to the lower rear crossmember 66 of a container or a trailer, each being pierced by two orifices, respectively 600, 601 and 610, 611, and further comprising a flat iron 62 secured to a leaf 63 of the container to be sealed and a flat iron 64 secured to the other leaf 65, these flat irons each comprising two orifices, respectively 620, 621 and 640, 641.
  • the flat iron 62, respectively 64 is parallel to the tab 60, respectively 61, and the orifices 620, 621, 640 and 641 are opposite respectively the orifices 600, 601, 610 and 611.
  • the seal making it possible to join the two legs 60 and 61 consists of the association of the block 200 shown in FIG. 2 with the male part 3, shown in FIG. 3.
  • the block 200 is placed between the two legs 60 and 61, the opening 210 facing the orifice 600, and the opening 211 facing the orifice 611.
  • the end 50 of the cable 5 is successively introduced into the orifices 620 and 600 then into the opening 210 to be blocked in the cavity 220.
  • the other end 50 of the cable 5 is successively introduced into the orifices 621, 601, 610, 640, 641, 611 and finally blocked in the cavity 221.
  • the cable 5 it is not necessary for the cable 5 to have two ends 50 and 51 which can be snapped into the female block 200, one of the two being able to be crimped from the original in said female block.

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  1. Fälschungssichere Plombe, insbesondere für Behälter aller Art, wie etwa Waggons, Anhänger, Tanks, Seecontainer oder dergleichen, mit einem Block aus transparentem Material, in dem ein Hohlraum ausgebildet ist, der ein harpunenförmiges Teil aufnehmen kann, das beim Zurückziehen beschädigt wird, welche Plombe einen Steckerteil (3) und einen Buchsenteil (2) aufweist, wobei der Steckerteil (3) an einem seiner Enden ein Blockiermittel (31) und am anderen (32) zwei Harpunenstege (33, 34) bildet, die beim Zusammendrücken nachgeben und beim Abspreizen zerbrechen können, wobei der Buchsenteil (2) durch einen Block (20) aus transparentem Kunststoffmaterial gebildet wird, in dem ein rohrförmiger Hohlraum (22) ausgebildet ist, dessen Ende (23) so geformt ist, daß es das Ende (32) des Steckerteils (3) derart aufnehmen kann, daß die Harpunenstege (33, 34) desselben sich dort entfalten können und das Zurückziehen des Schaftes (30) ohne Beschädigung dieser Harpunenstege (33, 34) verhindern, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Steckerteil durch einen Schaft (30) aus einem Kunststoffmaterial gebildet wird, das nach Zerteilung nicht wieder klebbar ist.
  2. Plombe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schaft (30) eine Abflachung (36) aufweist, auf der eine Identifikationsnummer angebracht werden kann, die mit der in dem Block (20) angebrachten identisch ist, welche Abflachung (36) auf dem Teil des Schaftes (30) angeordnet ist, der in den Buchsenteil (2) eintritt.
  3. Plombe nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der rohrförmige Hohlraum (22) in der Nähe seiner Mündung (21) einen Raum (29) mit abgerundeten Wänden aufweist, die das Entfalten der Harpunenstege (33, 34) des Endes (32) des Schaftes (30) beim teilweisen Einfahren desselben gestatten und eine provisorische Befestigung des Steckerteils (3) an dem Buchsenteil (2) ermöglichen.
  4. Plombe nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Blockiermittel (31) des Schaftes (30) aus einer Verdickung besteht.
  5. Plombe nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Buchsenteil (2) durch einen Block (200) mit zwei Öffnungen (210, 211) gebildet wird, die in entgegengesetzten Oberflächen ausgebildet sind und sich jeweils in einen rohrförmigen Hohlraum (222, 223) öffnen, der zur Aufnahme einer der beiden Schäfte (330, 301) ausgebildet ist, die den Steckerteil (3) bilden.
  6. Plombe nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Buchsenteil (3) durch einen Block (201) mit zwei Öffnungen (212, 213) gebildet wird, die in derselben Oberfläche dieses Blockes (201) ausgebildet sind und sich jeweils in einen rohrförmigen Hohlraum (222, 223) öffnen, in den jeweils eines der Enden eines Kabels (5) eingeführt werden kann, die jeweils einen Schaft (500) ähnlich dem vorderen Teil des Schaftes (30) aufweisen.
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EP91440081A EP0537400B1 (de) 1991-10-15 1991-10-15 Unverfälschbare Plombe, insbesondere für Container aller Art
AT91440081T ATE140814T1 (de) 1991-10-15 1991-10-15 Unverfälschbare plombe, insbesondere für container aller art
DE69121102T DE69121102D1 (de) 1991-10-15 1991-10-15 Unverfälschbare Plombe, insbesondere für Container aller Art
CA002091638A CA2091638A1 (fr) 1991-10-15 1993-03-15 Scelle infalsifiable destine notamment aux conteneurs de tous types

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