RU192226U1 - IDENTIFICATION-FILLING DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

The inventive device can be used for sealing valves or measuring instruments, for example, flow meters. The technical result consists in providing the possibility of combining mechanical locking and an electronic mark in one case, which is actually a passport of a sealed object, as well as providing the possibility of obtaining operational information about the identification data of the object. The problem is solved in that the identification and sealing device includes a housing with a cavity designed to accommodate a base made in the form of a plate with the possibility of the formation of an integral connection with the housing when it is placed inside the housing, a security cable, the length of which is selected to enable the formation of an inextricable sealing circuit object of sealing, while on one side of the base is a means of storing and transmitting information that provides storage in the possibility of transmitting identification information about the object being sealed, and the ends of the sealing circuit are isolated from the information storage and transmission means and are arranged to be connected to the sealing unit on the other side of the base. This device provides reliable sealing of the object with the simultaneous ability to quickly obtain its identification information. The RFID tag and the sealing assembly are structurally protected by the housing, which provides protection against unauthorized access and damage. 6 c.p. crystals, 6 ill., 1 tab.

Description

Technical field

The utility model relates to sealing devices and is intended to protect against unauthorized access to metering devices, control valves and other elements of pipelines, as well as for information support of various industrial facilities that require a unique marking. The inventive device can be used for sealing valves or measuring instruments, for example, flow meters.

State of the art

Various devices are known in the art for either sealing individual objects or identifying them.

So known is a photographic electronic photo-seal (RF patent No. 124424), containing a housing, means for storing sealing information combined with a storage device (on which, in addition to information about the identity of the photographic images received from the photographic units, taking into account data decryption, microprocessor control microprograms are located), source electric power supply, microprocessor controlling electronic seal, digital three-axis acceleration sensor (digital accelerometer), communication channel long range, decryption chip. The seal is activated by the installation of electric power elements in its housing. The case is made of radiolucent material, on the lower part of it there are elements of fastening the seal case to the surface of the protected object. The power elements cannot be removed from the seal housing without tearing the seal housing off the surface. A seal is considered open or with a broken integrity when disconnecting or moving at least one photographic sensor or when receiving previously transmitted signals from photographic sensors.

The known device has found its application in the sealing of freight cars of trains, however, in relation to solving the problem of this utility model has several disadvantages. In particular, the device is deprived of the means of storage and the ability to read information about the characteristics and parameters of the object being sealed, has a rather complicated structure and can be used only with an autonomous power source, which also entails additional operational and technical costs.

A means of identifying the authenticity of a controlled object is known, disclosed in RF patent No. 2132569, made in the form of labels containing information about the type of object, manufacturer, production date, unique object number, supporting documents for the object, which are signed with an electronic digital signature of the marker, convert the received information from digital form into a bar code and put it on the object or on a label attached to the object, and when reading the information, the bar code is converted into a digital form and isolated from it electrons digital signature.

This solution provides a technological solution to the problem of identifying an object by reading a bar code, but does not provide a sealing function to prevent unauthorized opening of a protected object.

Technical solutions of devices that implement a filling function are disclosed, for example,

in the patent of the Russian Federation No. 177352 "plastic seal", which describes a seal, including a permanently connected flag, a housing, a locking element in the form of a flexible elongated element with a pointed end, while the flag has an elongated shape with two flat sides, which are used to apply identifying marking, the housing is located on one of the flat sides of the flag and protrudes above it, a through cylindrical hole is made in the housing and there are collet petals that are oriented in the direction of entry by locking th element, the locking element has a circular cross-section with a constant diameter throughout its length corresponding to the diameter of the through hole between the collet ends of petals in the unlocked position, the seal;

as well as in RF patent No. 103217 "control seal made of polymer material", which describes a seal containing a body with a cavity open on one of its sides and an insert installed in the body cavity with the possibility of longitudinal movement, in the form of a latch and a transverse crossbar, placed from the outer side of the housing, while on the inner side walls of the housing are made supporting ribs, and on the lateral faces of the latch are reciprocal locking tabs made with the possibility of elastic or elastoplastic deformation during longitudinal about the movement of the insert and interacting with the supporting ribs of the housing, through holes are made in the front sides of the housing for passing the sealing wire or other element.

These technical solutions provide a solution to the problem of sealing a guarded object, but do not have the means to implement an identification task.

The closest in technical essence to the claimed utility model is the solution of an electronic locking and sealing device (RF patent No. 129692) containing a housing, a means of storage and transmission of information and a flexible element, one end of which is rigidly fixed in the housing, and the other end is made with the possibility of fixing in the case by means of a locking mechanism, an electrical circuit is placed inside the flexible element, while the means for storing and transmitting information is located inside the case and is an RFID tag, consisting of a substrate, a microcircuit, and an antenna, the electric circuit being closed on the microcircuit.

However, the following disadvantages are inherent in this solution: the technical solution has limited functionality, due to the lack of a set of information about the characteristics and parameters of the object being sealed, the manufacturer, in addition, the device has an electrical contact between the mark and the sealing wire, which requires additional electrical insulation of the conductive cables, complicating construction; Also, the design does not provide tight protection of the mark, and the sealing circuit has a fixed length, since it determines the resistance of the conductive cable, which limits the range of application. The disadvantages include the monitoring of the integrity of the sealing circuit only at the time of polling the label.

Utility Model Disclosure

The technical problem solved by the claimed utility model consists in overcoming the drawbacks inherent in the analogues and prototype by creating a device that simultaneously provides reliable sealing of the protected object with the ability to obtain operational information about the unique identification data of the object and seal.

The technical result achieved by using the inventive utility model is to provide the possibility of combining mechanical locking and an electronic tag in one housing, which is actually a passport of the object being sealed, as well as providing the possibility of obtaining operational information about the identification data of the object.

The problem is solved in that the identification and sealing device, according to the technical solution, includes a housing with a cavity designed to accommodate the base, a base made in the form of a plate provided with holes, with the possibility of forming an integral connection with the housing when it is placed inside the housing, a security cable, means for storing and transmitting information, providing storage and the possibility of transmitting identification information about the sealed object, and placed on one side warping, the ends of sealing wire insulated from the means for storing and transmitting information and arranged to be connected to a filling unit with the other side of the base. The means of storing and transmitting information can be made in the form of a microchip with an antenna or RFID tags. The information storage and transmission medium is inseparably connected to the base plate and hermetically protected by a layer of compound or glue. The sealing cable may be made of a polymer thread, or a metal wire, or a twisted combination of a polymer thread and a metal wire. The device can additionally be equipped with an external transceiver with appropriate software, providing reception of identification information from the means of storage and transmission of information. The inseparable connection of the base with the housing is made in the form of locking petals made on the sides of the base at an acute angle to its side surface, and corresponding pockets formed on the side surfaces of the housing and intended for placement of locking petals in them when the base is installed inside the housing. The cavity of the housing is open on one side. Through holes are made through holes designed to pass the cable of the sealing circuit.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The inventive utility model is illustrated by the following drawings, where

In FIG. 1 presents a General view of a mounted in a working position stationary mounted control unit of the inventive device.

In FIG. 2 shows a base with a sealing circuit.

In FIG. 3 shows a base with a compound flooded with means for storing and transmitting identification information.

In FIG. 4 schematically shows the body of the device.

In FIG. 5 presents an integrated circuit for transmitting data of the claimed device from the control unit to the receiving unit.

In FIG. 6 is a screenshot of a transceiver.

The positions in the drawings indicate:

1. The housing of the device.

2. The basis.

3. A means of storing and transmitting information,

4. Sealing circuit.

5. Locking petals.

6. Pockets.

7. Holes for sealing cable.

8. Sealing unit.

9. The object to be sealed.

10. Transceiver.

The implementation of the claimed utility model

The inventive device is a means of sealing, as well as storing and transmitting identification information about the sealed object. Functionally, the device provides security monitoring of the object and its identification data, which at any time can be read using special software installed on a wireless communication device, for example, a smartphone with NFC technology.

The device in working condition is a control unit, which is stationary when filling a certain object, and a remotely located receiving unit, which provides reception and transmission of identification information from the control unit. However, the presence of a separate receiver unit is an additional option, since the function of the receiver unit can be implemented using a smartphone with NFC technology.

The control unit is made in a single housing, ensuring the safety of the sealing unit and the means of storage and transmission of information. Immediately before use, the device is a set of separate units and elements that, when filling, are interconnected in such a way that a violation of the integrity of their connection will inevitably lead to a breakdown of the entire device - violation of the seal.

The control unit of the device includes a hollow flattened case, open on one side to place the base in it. The base is made in the form of a plate with seats for placing elements of the device. The base is also equipped with a front panel that provides closing of the device. Locking petals are placed on the sides of the base plate, located at an acute angle to the edge of the plate, and made with the possibility of elastic or elastoplastic deformation during longitudinal movement of the base into the body and interacting with the corresponding pockets made inside the body cavity on its side faces. On one side of the base plate, a device for storing and transmitting information about the object being sealed is placed to ensure tightness. This tool can be made in the form of a microchip with an antenna or RFID tags. Tightness is ensured by filling this element with compound or glue. To ensure the reception of the transmitted information, the device can be equipped with an external transceiver that performs the functions of the receiving unit, equipped with appropriate software, allowing to read identification data previously recorded on it from the device microcircuit. The specified software can also be installed in a smartphone, for example, based on the Android operating system having an NFC module. In this case, there is no need to equip the device with a separate receiving unit, since its function can be performed by a smartphone. The following data are used as identification data stored on the microchip: information about the manufacturer, type and serial number of the sealing object, date of calibration of the device, etc. The device also contains a sealing cable, the length of which is determined solely by the dimensions of the sealed object. As a material from which a sealing cable can be made, as a rule, a polymer thread or a metal wire or a twisted wire of a polymer thread and metal is used. In the front of the base there are holes designed for holding the sealing cable before sealing the object. On the base side, opposite to the side of the microchip with identification data, a seat is made for the formation of the filling unit. In this case, the contact of the microchip and the sealing cable is excluded.

The inventive device operates as follows. The object to be sealed is covered with a sealing cable, the ends of which are drawn through the holes in the base and a sealing assembly is formed, tying the ends of the cable. The result is a sealing circuit, the impulse of which indicates the possible penetration into the protected object. A base with a microchip on one side and a fixed sealing assembly on the other hand is placed in the device’s body, while under the action of elastic deformation, the locking tabs are placed in the corresponding pockets, ensuring reliable fixation of the base inside the case. Such a connection “locking petals-pockets” is an integral connection, the violation of which leads to breakdown of the elements of the housing or base. Using the receiving unit in the form of a separate receiving and transmitting device or smartphone with pre-installed software (it is not subject to protection within the framework of the claimed utility model), a contact is established with the means for storing and transmitting information implemented, for example, on the basis of an RFID tag. Then, through the transceiver, enter identification data characterizing information about the manufacturer, the type and serial number of the sealing object, the date of calibration of the device, etc. If it is necessary to verify the device or update data on the sealing object, a connection is also established between the smartphone and the control unit devices and read data about the filling device and the sealed object.

In order to exchange data with the control unit of the device in the case of using a smartphone, it is necessary to ensure that it has software compatible with smartphones based on the Android operating system. To exchange data, the smartphone must also have an NFC module. The software allows you to read and write to the device, for example, the following data shown in table 1:

An example of a specific implementation.

Made identification and sealing device in accordance with the claimed technical solution. The control unit case of the device is made of polycarbonate, has overall dimensions of 40 × 38 × 8 and contains three pairs of pockets located along the side faces of the case. The base is made of polypropylene in the form of an elastic plate, respectively, with three pairs of petals on the sides. The sealing circuit is made of twisted-wire twisted wire of the required length. A means of storing and transmitting information is implemented based on an RFID tag. As a receiving unit - an external receiving and transmitting device, a smartphone such as Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-19300 with pre-installed software in the form of the Vodopribor-iLock application was used.

This device provides reliable sealing of the object with the simultaneous ability to quickly obtain its identification information. The RFID tag and the sealing assembly are structurally protected by the housing, which provides protection against unauthorized access and damage. The design is fully waterproof thanks to the sealing layer of the epoxy composition covering the RFID tag.

Claims (7)

1. Identification and sealing device, characterized in that it includes a housing with a cavity designed to accommodate the base, a base made in the form of a plate provided with holes, with the possibility of the formation of one-piece connection with the housing when it is placed inside the housing, sealing cable, storage means and information transfer, providing storage and the possibility of transmitting identification information about the sealed object, and placed on one side of the base, while the ends of the sealing the cable are isolated from the means of storage and transmission of information and are located with the possibility of connection in the sealing node on the other side of the base. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the cavity of the housing is made open on one side. 3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the one-piece connection is made in the form of retaining petals made on the sides of the base at an acute angle to its side surface, and corresponding pockets formed on the side surfaces of the housing and intended for placement of retaining petals in them installing the base inside the case. 4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for storing and transmitting information is made in the form of a microchip with an antenna or RFID tag. 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for storing and transmitting information is inseparably connected to the base and hermetically protected by a layer of compound or glue. 6. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the sealing cable is made of a polymer thread or a metal wire, or a twisted combination of a polymer thread and a metal wire. 7. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is additionally equipped with an external receiving unit with software providing reception of identification information from the means of storage and transmission of information.

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