FR2661537A1 - SEAL FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL. - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an identification and control seal. The seal according to the invention is provided with at least one marking plate (1), a link (2) and means for closing the loop formed by said link and is characterized in that the link (2 ) is detachably attached over all or part of its length to the marking plate (1), in that it comprises at one of its ends a male (3) or female (4) part of the closure means and is fixedly secured to the marking plate (1) at a point along its length from the end carrying said male or female part.

Description

The present invention relates to a seal of icentirication and

control.

  The seal according to the invention finds a particular but non-limiting use as an identification bracelet and

control of the game slaughtered.

  It is known for the hunting of certain types of game to distribute bracelets in a determined number corresponding to the number of pieces of game that can be slaughtered, this in order

  to ensure the sustainability of the species.

  The bracelets are intended to be fixed inviolably

  on a paw or tendon or at the neck of slaughtered game.

  For this, the bracelets are formed in known manner of a flexible link whose ends must be secured by a

  seal once placed on the game.

  Oe control is carried out by the guards who check the good establishment of the bracelets and the bracelets not used

must be returned.

  These existing bracelets have the disadvantage of not

  to prevent fraud.

  Indeed, these bracelets can be placed on the game slaughtered without being closed, which allows their reuse annihilating

  thus the function for which they were created.

  The present invention aims to overcome this drawback by proposing an identification and control seal avoiding

multiple uses.

  Another purpose of the seal according to the invention is to ensure a

tamper proof closure.

  Yet another purpose of the seal is to make identification,

  the object or animal on which it is placed, easy and safe.

  For this purpose, the seal according to the invention is provided with at least one marking plate, a link, and closure means of the loop formed by the said link and is essentially characterized in that the link is solidarity detachably over all or part of its length of the marking plate, in that it comprises at one of its ends a male or female portion of the closing means and is fixedly secured to the plate at a point distant from its end bearing said male part

or female.

  Other advantages and characteristics will appear in the

  description of an embodiment of the invention

  FIG. 1 is a plan view of the seal according to the invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view along the line II / II of FIG. 1,

  Figure 3 is a plan view of the seal after closing.

  As represented in FIG. 1, the identification and control seal according to the invention comprises at least one marking plate 1 on which certain inscriptions may be made, a link 2 intended to form a loop for attaching the seal to the object or animal and means of closure

  inviolable of the loop formed by the link 2.

  According to a preferred embodiment but not

  the seal is limited to a single marking plate 1.

  The closure means comprise a male part 3 and a female part 4 intended to cooperate in closing one with

  the other to keep closed the loop formed by the link 2.

  The link 2 of the seal according to the invention is detachably integral over all or part of its length of the marking plate 1, has at one of its ends the male part 3 or female 4 of the closure means and is integral with fixed from the marking plate 1 at a distant point along its length

  end bearing said male or female part.

  According to a preferred embodiment, the end of the link 2 not carrying the male or female part of the closure means is fixedly secured to the marking plate 1. According to this embodiment, the other part of the means of closure is non-releasably secured to the marking plate. The link 2 is detachably secured to the marking plate over all or part of its length from its end bearing the male portion 3 or female 4 of the closure means. According to a preferred embodiment, the link 2 is detachably secured to the plate 1 over its entire length.

  length and on the periphery of said plate.

  The bonding of the link 2 to the marking plate 1 is performed by a plurality of weak points 5 established over the entire length of the link 2 and on the periphery of the plate 1

  and breaking under the effect of traction.

  One of the ends of the link 2 carries the male part 3 or female 4 closing means which is also secured in a

  detachable from the marking plate 1.

  Thus, when the user wants to form a loop with the link 2, he is led to separate the said link from the marking plate 1 by breaking the weak points 5 over the entire length of the

said link.

  This separation of the link 2 from the plate 1 constitutes a

presumption of use.

  This separation is carried out from the end of the link 2 carrying the male or female part of the closure means and is continued to the end of said link which is fixed from

  non-detachable way to the marking plate 1.

  Thus, as soon as the link is separated from the plate 1, the loop can be formed and then closed by cooperation of the male parts 3 and

female 4.

  The link 2 can be secured to the plate 1 releasably only over part of its length but from its end bearing the male portion 3 or female 4 of the closing means. Thus, the rupture of the weak points 5 formed from this end also constitutes a presumption

of use of the seal.

  Preferably, the end of the detachable link 2 carries the male part 3 of the closure means, the female part 4 being non-releasably secured to the marking plate 1

  but it goes without saying that the opposite can be achieved.

  According to a preferred embodiment, the male portion 3 of the closure means comprises a base 6, on which are provided projecting two parallel tabs 7 spaced from each other and each having on their outer face a

barbel 8.

  The faces of the legs 7 opposite are diverging in extremities

said legs.

  These are preferentially slightly elastic.

  The base 6 is preferably disk-shaped and the link 2

is attached to it radially.

  The female part 4 of the closure means as represented in FIGS. 1 and 2 is constituted by a cube 9 fixed to the marking plate 1 so as to protrude from

on one side of the plate.

  This cube 9 is preferably fixed at the periphery of the plate 1.

  In this cube 9 is formed a housing 10 passing through from one side and opening preferentially on the faces of said

cube parallel to the plate 1.

  The housing 10 is intended to receive the legs 7 of the part

  male and to retain it immovably.

  For this purpose, two parallel faces of the housing 10 are each provided with a shoulder 11 on which the barbs 8 of the tabs 7 snap off preventing the removal of the

male part 3.

  The shoulders 11 are made obliquely so that the

  barbs 8 are supported by their surface on them.

  Preferably, the angle of inclination of the barbs 8 and

He is the same.

  The housing 10 is provided in its entry zone with the male portion 3 of a median partition 12 arranged parallel to the faces

provided with shoulders 11.

  This partition 12 is intended to be placed between the lugs 7 of the male part 3 to center and guide the latter to

  to ensure a correct and irremovable closure.

  The housing 10 of the cube 9 is obstructed by a cover 13 immovably fixed in a recess 14 formed on the face of the

  cube 9 parallel to that with the entrance to housing 10.

  The cover 13 is fixed in the recess 14 by any known means and preferably by welding and so do not

can be removed.

  The manufacture of this female part 4 of the closure means

  is even easier by the presence of this lid 13.

  Said cover is provided on its inner face with the housing 10 of a spacer holding member of the lugs 7 of the male part. This spacer element is constituted by a wedge-shaped protrusion 15 intended to be placed in the extension of the partition 12 and to keep apart the tabs 7 of the male part so that the barbs 8 thereof

  are held against the shoulders 11 of the housing 10.

  The tabs 7 come into contact with the conical projection 15 by

  the diverging ends of their face opposite.

  Due to the cooperation of the barbs 8 with the shoulders 11, the wedge-shaped protrusion 15 holding the tabs 7 apart and the inaccessibility inside the housing 10, the sealing means of the seal according to the invention are inviolable. Advantageously, around the inlet of the housing 10 is formed a countersink (not shown) in which is housed the base 6 of the male part 3 so that said base is not projecting on the cube 9 and therefore n provides no hold to a tool for an attempted break-in of seal closure means. The female part 4 of said closing means is arranged on

  the periphery of the marking plate 1.

  According to a preferred form, the link 2 is secured non-releasably by one of its ends of said female part while the other end of said link carries the part

male 3.

  The said male part is detachably secured to the

  female part 4 through a point of weakness 5.

  The separation of the link 2 is firstly by breaking the point of weakness 5 between the male part 3 and the female part 4 and then by breaking the other weak points 5 between said link and the periphery of the plate 1, the part male 3 can then cooperate in closing with the female part 4

  thus locking the loop formed by the link 2.

  The marking plate 1 of the seal according to the invention is equipped with at least one detachable zone 16 that can receive an inscription and a non-detachable surface also receiving

inscriptions.

  In addition, said marking plate is provided with means

to determine a date.

  These means consist of detachable areas 16, for example, 6 in number defining a month and pads 17 formed at the periphery of the plate and for example the number of

31 defining the days.

  The said pads are preferably circular thus giving

to the plate 1 a scalloped edge.

  In addition, these circular studs allow fixation in one

link point 2.

  The latter is fixed to the plate 1 detachably by

  points of weakness 5 established between itself and the pads 17.

  These pads 17 can be removed using a cutting tool.

  On the other hand, on the link 2 are made spherical bosses 18 on each of which is made the point of weakness 5. These spherical bosses 18 are preferably the same number as

the studs 17.

  The spherical shape of the bosses 18 and circular studs 17

  makes it easier to achieve points of weakness 5.

  In addition, the spherical bosses 18 reinforce the strength of the link 2 at the places where the separation pull of the

said plate link 1.

  The marking plate 1 also comprises an orifice 19 allowing the passage of a wire on which can be placed

  several seals according to the invention for their transport.

  As shown, the marking plate 1 has a shape

  ovoid without that it is limiting.

  According to another embodiment of the seal according to the invention, the ends of the link 2 each carry respectively the

  male part 3 and the female part 4 of the closing means.

  The said link, according to this other embodiment, is fixed non-releasably to the plate 1 in the middle portion of its length and is secured to the periphery of the plate detachably between its non-detachable attachment point and its ends. The seal according to the invention is preferably in

  plastic and is made by injection molding.

  The seal avoids multiple uses by creating a presumption of use from its first use, is easy and inviolable closure and identifies and

  date the object or animal on which it is placed.

  The present invention can accommodate all arrangements and all variants in the field of technical equivalents without

  as far outside the scope of this patent.

Claims (10)

  1 identification and marking seal provided with at least one marking plate (1), a link (2) and means for closing the loop formed by said link, characterized in that the link (2) is integral detachably over all or part of the length of the marking plate (1), in that it comprises at one of its ends a male portion (3) or female (4) closing means and is secured fixedly to the plate (1) at a point far away along its length from the end   carrying the said male or female part.   2 Seal according to claim 1 characterized in that the link (2) is detachably secured to the plate (1) from its end having the male part (3) or female (4) closure means.   Seal according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that   that the link (2) is detachably secured to the plate   (1) by points of weakness (5) to be broken.   Seal according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that   that the link (2) is detachably attached to the   periphery of the marking plate.   Seal according to claim 1, the male portion (3) of the closure means comprises a base (6) and two spaced parallel tabs (7) each having a barb (8) and the female portion (4) is formed a cube (9) traversed by a housing (10), two side walls of which are provided with shoulders (11) intended to receive the barbs (8) of the tabs (7), characterized in that the housing (10) is provided with in its zone of entry of the male part (3) of a median partition (12) arranged parallel to the faces provided with the shoulders (11) and intended to be placed between the legs (7) of the part   male (3) to center and guide the latter.   6 Seal according to claim 5 characterized in that the housing (10) of the female part is obstructed by a cover (13) fixed immovably in a recess (14) formed on the face of the cube (9) parallel to that with from the entrance of the housing (10).   7 Seal according to claim 6 characterized in that the cover (13) comprises a projection (15) wedge-shaped placed in the extension of the partition (12) and intended to maintain   in spacing the tabs (7) of the male part (3).   Seal according to claims 1 and 5 characterized in that   that the female part (4) of the closing means is non-detachably secured to the periphery of the marking plate (1) and that the male part (3) is integral with the end of the link (2).   Seal according to claims 1 and 8, characterized in that   that the link (2) is secured in a fixed manner by one of its ends of the female part (4) and in that the male part (3) integral with the end of the link (2) is fixed in such a way that   detachable to the female part (4).   Seal according to claims 1 and 3, characterized in that   that the marking plate (1) is provided on its periphery with circular studs (17) from which the   points of weakness (5) connecting the link (2) to the plate (1).   Seal according to claims 1 and 10 characterized in that   that the link (2) comprises spherical bosses (18) on which the points of weakness (5) connecting the   link (2) to the circular studs (17).   Seal according to claim 10 characterized in that the circular studs (17) are 31 in number corresponding to the days and can be detached in that the marking plate (1) comprises at least one detachable zone (16) which can match the month.