EP3181476B1 - A mechanical and electronic sensor adapted to detect cuts and lacerations - Google Patents

A mechanical and electronic sensor adapted to detect cuts and lacerations Download PDF

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EP3181476B1
EP3181476B1 EP16204312.9A EP16204312A EP3181476B1 EP 3181476 B1 EP3181476 B1 EP 3181476B1 EP 16204312 A EP16204312 A EP 16204312A EP 3181476 B1 EP3181476 B1 EP 3181476B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/40—Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/02—Mechanical actuation
    • G08B13/12—Mechanical actuation by the breaking or disturbance of stretched cords or wires
    • G08B13/126—Mechanical actuation by the breaking or disturbance of stretched cords or wires for a housing, e.g. a box, a safe, or a room
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/10—Transponders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2211/00—Anti-theft means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means

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  • the present invention concerns a mechanical and electronic sensor adapted to detect cuts and lacerations.
  • a multiplicity of packing and packaging systems are present on the market.
  • the function of the packing and packaging systems of known type is to contain substances, objects and materials of any type.
  • the use thereof is fundamental for movement, transfer, transport and storage of said substances, objects and materials of any kind contained therein.
  • the pack or package of known type When the thefts are carried out by cutting or lacerating the pack or the package of known type; following which the thieves partially or totally remove the substances, objects and materials of any type contained therein, the pack or package of known type has no function and effectiveness in terms of identifying, recording and signalling the event.
  • a security enclosure with a detector is known from EP0526066 . It would be desirable to have a sensor available to enable packing and packaging systems of known type not to be prone to the drawbacks and limits described above, but which enables the packing and packaging systems of known type to identify, record and signal the cutting or laceration (including the normal opening and closing) of the packaging or packs of known type.
  • the main aim of the present invention is to provide a mechanical and electronic sensor adapted to detect cuts and lacerations, which can recognise a series of damages at later times.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to realise a mechanical and electronic sensor adapted to detect cuts and lacerations, which is adaptable to many packing and packaging systems of known type and which enables the packing and packaging systems of known type to identify, record and signal the cutting or laceration (including the normal opening and closing) of the packs or packages of known type.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to provide a mechanical and electronic sensor adapted to detect cuts and tampering, which is economical to produce.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to provide a mechanical and electronic sensor adapted to detect cuts and lacerations, which can assume a receptacle or casing structure adapted to the packing and can be constructed with the aim of containing materials; further it is applicable to packs and packages of known type and already in existence, including in the form of over-packing.
  • this aim is attained through a mechanical and electronic sensor able to detect cuts and lacerations realised with the coupling of layers of materials of a known type, set in sequence with one another.
  • Said sensor further comprises an electronic instrumentation of a known type that enables measuring the variation in fundamental and derived physical magnitudes among the various layers, over time, which variation is generated by the cut or laceration of the coupling of layers of materials of known type.
  • reference numeral 1 denotes in its entirety a mechanical and electronic sensor for a security closure adapted to detect cuts or lacerations according to the present invention.
  • the senor 1 comprises at least two layers of electrically conductive material 4 separated by an internal layer of electrically-insulating material 11. The layers of material are joined together to form a single body.
  • the senor 1 comprises an electronic circuitry 3 connected to each layer of electrically conductive material 4 and configured for detecting a variation of fundamental and/or derived electric magnitudes, between the two states of electrically conductive material 4, over time so as to detect a cut or laceration of the layers.
  • the layer of electrically-insulating material 11 is made of an elastically-deformable material and is configurable between an original condition (in which it is swollen) and a crushed condition following cuts or lacerations in which the thickness of the material reduced relative to the preceding condition.
  • the layer of electrically-insulating material 11 has a form memory so that it returns from a crushed condition towards an original condition so as to reset the initial state of the electrical magnitudes detected by the electronic circuitry 3 3.
  • the layer of insulating material 11 is of a spongey type and enables return thereof into the initial condition. In this way it is advantageously possible to return the two layers of electrically conductive material 4 into contact so as to reset the electrical magnitudes initially detected.
  • the layer of electrically-insulating material 11 is preferably made of expanded polyethylene and/or polypropylene.
  • the senor 1 has a casing shape adapted to contain and packing materials or objects or adapted to over-packing materials or objects already pre-packaged with other materials.
  • the senor 1 can be in the form of a separating barrier for environments so as to detect an intrusion.
  • the senor 1 is made in the form of a flexible and easy-to-handle surface made up at least of the above-cited layers.
  • the senor 1 can comprise at least a layer of colourant or staining material so as to make cuts or lacerations visible.
  • each sheet of electrically conductive material 4 is preferably made of aluminium.
  • the layer of electrically conductive material 4 has a resistance of lower than 100 KOhm per metre.
  • the senor 1 comprises a pre-identified zone in which it is possible to carry out an authorised opening of the closure.
  • the electronic circuitry 3 is configured for detecting a predefined sequence of opening steps of the closure so as to recognise an authorised opening only if that sequence is respected.
  • the electronic circuitry comprises a voltage generator between two heads 2 respectively connected to the layers of electrically conductive material 4 and a detector of electrical magnitudes (ammeter or voltmeter) in order to detect the variation ( figure 1 ).
  • FIG 2 an alternative embodiment is illustrated in which the layer of electrically-insulating material 11 has a predefined resistivity of its own so as to generate a predefined passage of current between the layers.
  • the electronic circuitry 3 is configured for detecting a variation of said predetermined passage of current so as to detect cuts or lacerations. In other words, in a case of cutting the resistive value changes as the materials come into contact or are interrupted.
  • the layer of electrically-insulating material 11 is of a dielectric type so that the assembly of the layers of electrically conductive material 4 (which define the plates) and the layer of electrically-insulating material 11 form a condenser.
  • the condenser is configurable between a pre-charged condition by the electronic circuitry 3 and a discharged condition, correlated to cuts or lacerations, which is detected by the electronic circuitry 3. In other words, in a case of cutting, the potential of the plates is modified and/or zeroed.
  • the number and composition of the layers can vary; layers of known type can for example be used: conductive, semiconductive, dielectric, insulating, colourant/staining, layers composed of circuits and/or electrical coils, and others of known type.
  • figure 5 denotes an example of composite layering in which the sensor 1 comprises a plurality of layers applied to one another and the electrical circuitry 3 is configured for comparing a plurality of electrical magnitudes contemporaneously. In this way it is advantageously possible to more accurately and precisely determine the cut of the sensor.
  • figure 5 represents the union of the single examples reported in figures from 1 to 3.
  • figure 5 represents the union of the single examples reported in figures from 1 to 3.
  • the layer of electrically-insulating material 11 as described above is obviously present between the layers.
  • each electrically conductive layer 4 has a hole and a mechanical eyelet joint stretched about the borders of the hole at both surfaces of the layer of electrically conductive material 4 (a sort of rivet) so as to define a solid connecting point for the electrically circuitry 3.
  • the senor 1 comprises short and long-range transmission apparatus of a signal representing the variation of the electrical magnitudes in a case of cuts or lacerations.
  • the sensor 1 can comprise, by way of non-limiting example, RFID, GSM, GPS apparatus, etc., able to record and signal, including remotely, these variations in fundamental and derived physical magnitudes between the various layers.
  • the functioning of the mechanical and electronic sensor 1 according to the present invention is adapted to detect cuts and lacerations and is composed by layers of materials located in sequence one between another (heads 2) connected to a control system comprising electronic circuitry 3.
  • an external element 10 lacerates the layers of materials located in sequence with one another (heads 2), said layers are cut, folded and in general modified 9 generating the variation of fundamental and derived physical magnitudes among the various layers, over time, which variation is detected by means of the control system comprising electronic circuitry 3 (3).
  • the present invention attains the set aims.
  • the present invention enables realising a sensor 1 in the form of a casing or barrier able to detect a cut or laceration and reset the original condition without replacing the whole sensor 1 so as to be able to proceed in detecting cuts or lacerations subsequent to the initial one.

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