FR2675780A1 - SUPPORT FOR ANTI-THEFT SEAL, IN PARTICULAR FOR CONTAINERS. - Google Patents

Abstract

Anti-theft seal support intended to be placed on the two leaves of a door, in particular of a container. This seal support comprises a "left part" (1) consisting of a flat bar (1 ') positioned vertically and extended perpendicularly by a horizontal flat bar (12); a "straight piece" (2) consisting of a flat iron (2 ') secured by a wing (24) to the right leaf (26), and extending perpendicularly by a horizontal flat iron (22) a "lower part "(3) consisting of a flat iron bent in a U; an "upper part" made of a block of metal (4) welded to the left leaf (15); a horizontal flat bar (16) welded to the left leaf (15) under the horizontal flat bar (12), so as to leave a space in which a padlock (5) can be placed in which a blind hole (50) is made the blind hole (50) being intended to house a pin (6) introduced through the upper part (4) and the horizontal flat bars (22, 12).

Description

* 1 The present invention relates to an antitheft seal support,

  especially for container, allowing both the installation of a seal and the locking, thus preventing any

  attempt to falsify and break in.

  Most seal media known to date generally comprise a fixed part and a movable part about an axis However the presence of this axis has the disadvantage of permitting the falsification of said moving part, because it is enough to cut the axis then reconstitute it by gluing, to be able, after affixing the seal, by detaching the pieces of the axis, to open the container

without touching the seal.

  A seal carrier making it possible to remedy these drawbacks has been proposed in the French patent application 90/01638. If this seal support gives complete satisfaction to its users as regards its infalsifiability, it can nevertheless be criticized for limiting itself to guaranteeing the closing of a door relative to the other and not the doors relative to the container Moreover it does not allow to lock the container, the burglar resistance he

  offer being that, minimal, of the seal.

  The present invention overcomes these disadvantages by combining on the same support a seal support device and a keyless locking device that can not be unlocked without special tools, all ensuring the closing of doors by

compared to the container.

  The antitheft seal support device object of the invention thus comprises several pieces of metal welded either on the flaps of the container or on the lower crossbar

back of it.

  A first piece, which will be designated hereinafter "left piece", consists of a flat iron positioned vertically and on edge whose upper part is welded in the lower right corner of the left flap of the container and whose lower part overflows of said flap on the lower rear cross member of said container The upper part of this flat iron is extended perpendicularly, on its face facing the right flap, by a horizontal flat iron on edge, also welded to the left flapper and pierced with a hole of vertical axis. Under this horizontal iron, at a certain distance from it, is welded to the left wing a horizontal flat iron on edge, which can also be welded by its end

left to vertical flat iron.

  A second piece, which will be designated hereinafter "right piece", consists of a vertical flat iron which is positioned on the left flapper parallel to the vertical flat iron of the left piece when the two leaves are closed, and which is secured at the right flap via a profiled wing so as to form a tunnel for the passage of the door seal The lower part of this vertical flat iron also protrudes from the flap above the rear cross member of the container, while its upper part comprises, welded perpendicularly to its face opposite the left flap, a horizontal flat iron on edge positioning, when the two leaves are closed, above the horizontal flat iron of the left piece, and also pierced with a vertical axis orifice arranged opposite that of said iron

  horizontal flat of the left piece.

  On the left flap, above the left piece, at a distance such that when the horizontal flat iron of the right piece is placed above the horizontal flat iron of the left piece, there remains a space, a piece, which will be hereinafter referred to as "upper part", consisting of a metal block, is welded to said left leaf, being pierced with an orifice of vertical axis disposed opposite the orifices of the irons

  horizontal plates of the right and left pieces.

  On the lower rear cross member of the container is welded a part called "lower part" positioned, when the leaves are closed, between the lower parts of vertical flat irons of the right and left pieces overflowing on said cross, a piece consisting of a flat iron U-folded on edge and whose branches are pierced with orifices arranged opposite orifices pierced in the lower parts of the vertical flat irons of the right and left parts When the leaves are closed, it is sufficient, to seal the container, introducing into said orifices facing either a cable seal or a rod seal, the

  casements and the rear low crossbar thus being secured.

  The seal may advantageously be placed in the housing formed by the U-shaped flat iron, between its rising branches, so as to be protected. In order to lock the container equipped with the device of the invention without a key, a movable part is provided, consisting on the one hand of a case-hardened steel pin comprising, not far from one of its ends, a transverse notch, and on the other hand a padlock consisting of a substantially parallelepipedal metal block pierced with a blind hole adapted to receive said pin, and extended transversely by a cavity in which is disposed a spring which pushes a pin towards the blind hole is effected by placing said padlock in the space between the horizontal flat iron of the left piece and the flat iron welded at a distance below said flat horizontal iron on the left flap, and the pin is inserted into the orifices next to the upper piece and horizontal flat irons of the right and left pieces, then in the blind hole of the padlock, pushing the pin whose end is positioned in

  the transverse notch of said pin.

  The upper end of the pin is flush with the upper edge of the hole made in the upper part, it is not possible to grasp it with any tool whatsoever In addition the padlock being nested tightly in the housing that 'it occupies, it is virtually impossible to introduce a tool to leverage and attempt to fracture

the device.

  To be able to unlock the container, it is necessary to have a grinding wheel, tool does not exist in portable tools, and to cut the pin between the upper part and the horizontal flat iron of the right piece in the space reserved for this effect, then extract the padlock and the lower end of the pin from below, the holes facing the horizontal flat irons of the right and left parts having a slope for tilting down and

  the front of said lower end of the spindle.

  T Unlocking can not be done anywhere and anytime, since it is necessary to have special tools, which can easily be

  be equipped with the places of reception of the containers.

  The spindle may advantageously be of non-round section, and preferably trapezoidal. Thus, on the one hand, it can not be rotated, by means of a gripper which would seize it in the space provided for cutting it, a rotation which would have purpose of causing the retraction of the pin and thus the unlocking of the device, and secondly, being of trapezoidal section, the largest base facing the leaf, the attack of said pin by means of a bolt cutter would be made by surfaces parallel to the blades of said bolt cutter, which would make the business very difficult,

or even impossible.

  In this locking device only the spindle is consumable, the padlock is recoverable provided to provide on its back side, the one that rests on the leaf, an orifice to push the spigot when the container has been unlocked, inaccessible orifice when the padlock is

  in place in the sealed holder.

  The advantages and features of the present invention will emerge more clearly from the

  description which follows and which refers to the annexed drawing,

  which represents a non-limiting embodiment thereof.

  In the appended drawing: FIG. 1 represents a perspective view of a first embodiment of the device according to the invention, with partial cutaway of the padlock; FIG. 2a represents a vertical sectional view, at the axis of the spindle, of this device in

lock position.

  FIG. 2b represents this same device at

unlocking course.

  FIG. 3 represents a perspective view of a second embodiment of the device according to the invention. Referring first to FIG. 1, it can be seen that the seal support according to the invention comprises a left-hand piece 1 consisting of a vertical flat iron 1 'whose upper part 10 is welded, by means of a welding 10 ', on the left flap 15 of the container, its lower portion 11 protruding from said leaf 15 on the rear lower cross member 34 of the container The upper portion 10 of the flat iron 1 t is extended by a flat horizontal iron 12 pierced with a orifice 13,

  while its lower part 11 has two orifices 14.

  A straight piece 2 consisting of a flat iron 2 'positioned parallel to the flat iron 1' on the left flap 15 is secured by means of a weld 24 to the right flap 26 via a wing 24 having a tunnel 25 allowing the passage of the door seal This flat iron 2 'comprises on the one hand an upper portion 20 at the upper end of which is fixed horizontally a flat iron 22 positioned above the flat iron 12 of the piece 1 when the wings are closed, and pierced with an orifice 23 disposed opposite the orifice 13 of the flat horizontal iron 12, and secondly a lower portion 21 pierced with two orifices 27, projecting from the left flap 15 above the crossing

  rear bass 34 when the leaves are closed.

  On the lower rear cross member 34 of the container, disposed between the two lower parts 11 and 21 of vertical flat bars 1 'and 2' when the leaves are closed, is welded by means of a weld 3 'a part 3 consisting of a U-shaped flat iron whose branch 30 parallel to the lower portion 11 is pierced with orifices 32 arranged opposite the orifices 14 of said lower portion 11, and whose branch 31 parallel to the lower portion 21 is pierced with orifices 33 disposed opposite the orifices 27 of said lower portion 21, these orifices facing allowing the passage of the rod or

cable of a customs seal.

  Above the left piece 1, on the left flap 15 is welded by means of a weld 4 'a piece 4 consisting of a metal block pierced with an orifice 40 disposed opposite the orifices 13 and 23 formed in the flat horizontal bars 12 and 22 This piece 4 is positioned at a distance from the left piece 1 so as to provide a space 41 between it and the horizontal flat iron 22 of the workpiece

  right 2 when the leaves are closed.

  Under the horizontal flat iron 12 of the left piece 1 is welded to the leaf 15, by means of a weld 16 ', a horizontal flat iron 16, at a distance between these two horizontal flat irons 12 and 16, a space in which is placed a padlock 5, consisting of a substantially parallelepipedal metal block pierced by a blind hole 50 extended transversely by a cavity 52 in which is housed a spring, not shown, which may be a leaf spring, and which repels in the blind hole 50 a lug 51 The blind hole 50 of the padlock 5 is disposed facing the orifices 13, 23 and, the lock operating by introducing into said orifices a pin 6 having, not far from its lower end a transverse notch 60, its lower end having an inclined plane 61 for pushing the lug 51 when it is inserted into the hole

one-eyed 50.

  With reference to FIG. 2a, it can be seen that when the pin 6 is inserted into the blind hole 50, the pin 51 takes place in the transverse cut 60 of FIG.

  said pin 6, and that it is impossible to extract it.

  Referring now to FIG. 2 b, it can be seen that the device is unlocked by cutting the spindle 6 by means of a grinding wheel that is introduced into the space 41, the lower part of said spindle sectioned, with the padlock 5, can then be separated from the support by tilting downward and forward, which is made possible by the fact that the hole 23 of the flat horizontal iron 22 of the right piece 2 has a rear wall 23 'inclined upwards and backwards, and the orifice 13 of the horizontal flat iron 12 of the left piece 1 has a front wall 13' inclined towards the

low and the front.

  Referring now to FIG. 3, it can be seen that the lock 5 and the spindle 6 may be of different shapes. The spindle 6 may consist of a stirrup 7 whose ends of the branches 70 and 71 have the same characteristics as the spigot. end of the pin 6, while the padlock 8 has two blind holes 80 and 81 may be positioned facing holes 17, 18 and 27, 28 respectively in the horizontal irons 12 and 22 of the

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  parts 1 and 2, and that the upper part 9 consists of a plate 90 on which a block 91 has an inverted U-shaped peripheral groove 92 in which the stirrup 7 can be placed, the locking and unlocking taking place from the same way as before. It goes without saying that the present invention can not

  be limited to the foregoing description, being capable of

  undergo a number of changes while staying in

the scope of the invention.

Claims (4)

REVENDI CATIONS   1) Antitheft seal holder intended to be placed on the two leaves of a door, in particular container, characterized in that it comprises firstly a part called "left piece" (1) consisting of a flat iron (1 ') positioned vertically and welded on edge by its upper part (10) in the lower right corner of the left wing (15) of the door, its lower part (11) overflowing said swing (15) on the transom rear base (34) of the container and being pierced with orifices (14) and its upper part (10) being extended, perpendicular to its face facing the right flap (26), by a horizontal flat iron (12) pierced with an orifice (13) of vertical axis; on the other hand a so-called "straight piece" (2) consisting of a flat iron (2 ') overflowing on the left flap (15) when the flaps are closed, and secured by its upper part (20), by the intermediate wing (24), the right flap (26), its lower portion projecting from the left flap (15) on the rear lower cross member (34) of the container and being pierced with orifices (27) positioned opposite the orifices (14) of the lower part (11) of the vertical flat iron (1 ') of the left piece (1), its upper part extending, perpendicular to its face facing the left flap (15), by a flat iron horizontal (22) which is positioned above the horizontal flat iron (12) of the left piece (1), being pierced with a hole (23) of vertical axis positioned opposite the orifice (13) formed in horizontal flat iron (12) of the left piece (1); on the other hand a so-called "bottom piece" (3) consisting of a U-shaped flat iron welded to the rear lower cross member (34) of the container and inserted between the lower parts (11, 21) of the left parts (1) and right (2) when the leaves are closed and whose vertical branches (30, 31) are pierced with orifices (32, 33) arranged opposite the orifices (14, 27) formed in the lower parts (10, 33). , 11) left (1) and right (2) pieces to allow passage of the seal rod or cable; on the other hand, a piece called "upper part" consisting of a metal block (4) welded to the left flapper (15) above and at a certain distance from the left piece (1), separated from said piece ( 1) a distance providing a space for the passage of horizontal flat iron (22) of the left piece (1) and pierced with a hole (40) of vertical axis disposed opposite the orifices (13, 23) made in the flat horizontal bars (12, 22) of the left (1) and right (2) pieces; on the other hand finally a horizontal flat iron (16) welded on the left flap (15) under the horizontal flat iron (12) of the left piece (1), at a certain distance from said flat iron (12), so as to providing a space in which can be placed a padlock (5) consisting of a metal block of substantially parallelepiped shape in which is formed a blind hole (50) facing the orifices (13, 23, 40) made in the flat irons horizontal (12, 22) of the left (1) and right (2) parts and in the upper part (4), said blind hole (50) being extended transversely by a cavity (52) housing a spring pushing towards the blind hole ( 50) a pin (51) for retaining a pin (6) with a transverse notch (60) formed near its end, after said pin (6) has been inserted into the orifices (40, 23, 13) of the upper part (4) and horizontal flat irons (22, 12) of the pi these right (2) and left (1) and in said hole one-eyed (50).   2) antitheft seal support according to claim 1, characterized in that a space (41) formed between the upper piece (4) and the horizontal flat iron (22) of the right piece (2) is likely to let a grinding wheel   cut the spindle (6) to unlock the device.   3) anti-theft seal holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the orifice (23) formed in the horizontal flat iron (22) of the right piece (2) has a rear wall (23 ') inclined upwards and the rear, and in that the orifice (13) of the horizontal flat iron (12) of the left piece (1) presents   a front wall (13 ') inclined downward and forward.   4) anti-theft seal holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the movable locking portion consists of a stirrup (7), the padlock (8) having two blind holes (80, 81) and the upper piece (9). ) an inverted U-shaped peripheral groove (92), the horizontal flat irons (12, 22) of the left (1) and right (2) parts being each pierced by two orifices (17, 18; 27, 28).   ) Anti-theft seal holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the lock (5, 8) has on its rear face an orifice for pushing the pin (51) to release the pin portion (6) or stirrup (7) remained prisoner, in order to recover the padlock (5, 8).