RU2613448C2 - Method for sealing device protection against substitution or forgery, and sealing device with protactive label - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: personal demand items.

SUBSTANCE: essence of proposed inventions is that the protective label is formed on the sealing device in the area intended for application of identification information. Protective label has set clear boundaries separating from the base material (shell) of the sealing device, and differs from it in color, texture, shape, depth or other properties of polymer material. The substitution or forgery of the sealing device is detected by the absence or distortion of the set features including display features of marking on the protective label which are specific to the previously installed (original) sealing device.

EFFECT: increased reliability of sealing device protection against substitution and forgery, enhanced responsiveness to determine their authenticity in visual way, without the use of special equipment.

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Description

The group of inventions relates to a method for protecting plastic filling devices and sealing devices with an external plastic shell from spoofing or falsification, as well as to a sealing device with a security mark, designed to indicate the facts of unauthorized access to security objects by visual identification, and can be used when sealing as various stationary objects: containers, warehouses, storages, rooms, containers, safes, packaging and containers, counters, control units, devices, equipment IAOD and moving objects: cargo containers, space vehicles for all modes of transport (hereinafter - protection of property).

The most common methods of unauthorized (malicious) access to protected objects are the methods of substitution, i.e. removal of the original filling devices established by the regulatory authorities with their subsequent replacement with similar ones that are similar in basic characteristics (shape, design, color, marking, etc.) to the original ones, as well as fakes, i.e. changes mainly marking or color of elements of replaced sealing devices to ensure their similarity to the original. Resistance to substitution and forgery is one of the main functional characteristics of the filling device, which determines its consumer (protective) properties.

By functional purpose, sealing devices (PU) are divided into classes: indicator, locking and sealing (ZPU) and electronic sealing devices (EPU).

Indicator sealing devices that have weak protective properties against external mechanical influences are used as auxiliary ones - to indicate facts (attempts) of unauthorized access to the object of protection by identifying its integrity, and by the nature of the main structural material, they are mostly plastic.

Locking and sealing devices, which have significant protection against external mechanical influences, are widely used as the main ones when sealing any objects (transport containers, tanks, etc.) to deter from unauthorized (criminal) penetration by hacking, and also serve as an indication of interference. By design features, locking and sealing devices include: cable, rod, locking. Locking and sealing devices as a whole, or their power elements, as a rule, are made of metal. In the latter case, metal power elements are structurally combined into a single integral product with a housing made of polymer materials (plastic housing).

Electronic sealing devices, including electronic and power elements, can also be made in a metal or plastic case.

The present invention relates to sealing devices made of polymeric materials (plastics, polyacryl, polyamide, polystyrene, etc.) - plastic indicator sealing devices; cable and rod locking and sealing devices, incorporating an outer shell of polymer materials, which structurally combines their power elements; electronic sealing devices with a plastic case.

Further in this application, in order to simplify the description of the invention, a sealing device should be understood as plastic sealing devices and sealing devices with an external plastic shell (case).

The prior art method of protection against counterfeiting of banknotes, securities and documents (patent RU 2074420, G07D 7/00, 1997.02), which consists in introducing into the material of the protected item or applying a mark on its surface, which is used as a stable osmium-187 isotope or its compounds, and the presence of the label is controlled by nuclear magnetic resonance. The disadvantage of this method is the complex, expensive and lengthy process of separation of these isotopes, as well as the need for special equipment to control the presence of tags.

Also known is a method of protection against counterfeiting of valuable products (patent RU 2144216, G07D 7/00, 2000.01), in which an indicator based on a mixture of stable isotopes is used as a means of protection. The indicator is applied to the surface of the products in such a way that it is possible to control its presence by one of the methods of spectral analysis. The disadvantage of this method is the low efficiency of protection against counterfeiting due to the ease of decryption and playback of tags.

A known method of protection against counterfeiting and authenticity control of valuable products (patent RU 2276409, G07D 7/06, 2006.05), which consists in the formation on the product of a passive protective agent in the form of a metallized resonant filter structure. The authenticity of the product is controlled by comparing the parameters of the informative features of the resonant response of the protective agent to the influence of the microwave frequency of the microwave range with the reference values. The disadvantage of this method is the simplicity of reproduction of the protective agent.

A known method of protection against counterfeiting and authenticity control of products (patent RU 2379757, G07D 7/00, 2010.01), including applying to the protected product a paint and varnish material with the addition of chemical elements of a certain concentration evenly distributed in its volume that are absent in the chemical composition of the material of the protected product. The paint coating, mainly printing ink, is cured by ultraviolet radiation. The authenticity of the protective agent is controlled using an x-ray source by comparing the spectra of the additives with the reference ones. The disadvantage of this method is the need to use a source of x-ray radiation, which makes it impossible for its widespread use.

A known method of protection against counterfeiting by applying information identifying tags with fixing it by means of a special adhesive layer to the surface of the protected element (application RU 2006129804, D21H 21/40, 2008.02). A method of authenticating an object consists in illuminating a photosensitive element with two light sources with wavelengths, respectively, in the absorption band of the ground and intermediate states of the special component of the adhesive layer, which necessitates the use of a stationary installation, thereby limiting the possibility of using this method.

Known inks and toners for protective marking and applying to the surface of products protective labels from a complex chemical compound in order to identify fakes (patent RU 2289599, C09B 47/04, C07D 487/22, C09B 11/02, G03G 9/09. 2006.12) . The authentication of the product consists in determining the characteristic absorption of the label in the near infrared region. The disadvantage of this method is the low adhesion of the used paint to the materials of plastic filling devices (polypropylene, polyamide and others), as well as a limited range of color solutions.

A security element and a method for its manufacture are known (patent RU 2314930, C2, B42D 15/00, B44F 1/12, G09F 3/02, 2008.01) using the effect of easily and clearly distinguishable color effects and variable optical effects, for example, a holographic element. However, the known method of marking visually distinguishable graphic images has a low degree of protection, since the protective element itself is not a structural element of the object of protection and can be copied using printing equipment.

The main reason for the disadvantages of these methods of protection is the need to apply in various ways (gluing, painting and others) on the surface of the product protective labels with various specific properties (features) and detected by special equipment.

A known method of electronic protection of a seal is that encoded information about the state of the seal, for example, about authorized or unauthorized exposure to the seal, is transmitted from the transceiver built-in with the power source to the base station and the integrity of the seal is determined by any effect on it (RU 2006144017 , G01K 11/18, 06/20/2008). The proposed method is ineffective and does not protect the sealing device from substitution or forgery.

Based on the set of essential features, the closest analogue is the method of protecting the filling device from non-destructive opening, which consists in placing a capsule of destructible material filled with a substance hardening outside the capsule in the stepped hole made in the housing of the ZPU before communication with the passage channel, the capsule is destroyed when force acting on it through a piston installed in front of the capsule from the entrance to the step hole until this substance fills the gap in the passage channel with displacements therein rope (RU 2478160, E05V 39/02, 20.05.2012). The specified method has little resistance to substitution and forgery, and is also applicable to the limited design of the type of filling devices.

Filling devices made entirely of polymeric materials are known from the sources RU 129133, RU 128379, RU 43289, RU 43003, RU 42512, ES 2370543, RU 2015114644, RU 2414575, RU 2152499, RU 2181825, etc. Filling devices having an outer shell made of polymeric materials, are described in RU 2318249, RU 2276716, RU 2237142, RU 123438, RU 94340 and others. Common for these sealing devices is the execution on the surface of a single-color polymer (plastic) of identification information (general and individual), made by injection molding pressure. The indicated sealing devices have insignificant resistance to substitution and forgery, provided by the shape and color of the case or shell (typical for all devices of the same group), as well as marking (the number is individual, in some cases the logo of the owner of the sealing device and others).

As the analysis of the prior art shows, a means of identifying filling devices is mainly marking applied to the surface of the products. For modern filling devices, laser marking is used - burning with a laser beam. However, sealing devices with similar markings have insignificant resistance to substitution and forgery, since they can be quite easily replaced by products of the same group (batch, manufacturer) and counterfeited (changed) by one or two minor numbered digits.

The objective of the present invention is to increase the resistance of the used sealing devices to spoofing and falsification, the efficiency and reliability of monitoring the integrity and authenticity (originality) of the sealing device, as well as the prevention of unauthorized (malicious) access to the protection object. The technical result consists in increasing the reliability of protection of sealing devices from spoofing and falsification both by increasing the efficiency of determining their authenticity (originality) by visual means, without using special equipment, and by increasing the reliability of their identification and establishing the fact (attempt) of unauthorized access using special equipment .

The solution of the problem and the achievement of the technical result became possible due to the fact that according to the proposed method, a recess is formed in the specified boundaries on the plastic sealing device or the external plastic shell of the sealing device in the area intended for applying identification information, which is then filled to form a protective mark with a prepared polymer material with additives to distinguish it from the basis of the filling device by visual means or with omoschyu additional equipment.

The sealing device is characterized in that it contains at least one security mark made on the sealing device in the area intended for applying identification information, the mark being made of polymer material with additives that make it possible to distinguish it from the base of the sealing device visually or using additional equipment.

Plastics, polyacryl, polyamide, polystyrene are used as the polymeric material, and organic or inorganic dyes and substances are used as additives.

The protective mark can be of any geometric shape, located on the surface or in the entire thickness of the element of the sealing device (external plastic shell), in any place.

To increase reliability, in embodiments of the invention, more than one security tag may be formed.

The essence of the invention is illustrated by the following illustrative materials.

In FIG. 1, 2 shows an example of the location of the protective mark on both sides of the flat element of the plastic indicator sealing device;

In FIG. 3 - protective label without bias on both sides of the sealing device;

FIG. 4 - a protective mark on one side of the sealing device;

FIG. 5 - a protective label in the form of a circle on a flat element of a plastic indicator sealing device;

FIG. 6 - a protective label of greater roughness than the main material;

FIG. 7 - a protective mark in the form of an ellipse on several elements of a plastic indicator sealing device (flag 1 and case 2);

FIG. 8 - a security label in the form of a rectangle on the outer plastic shell of a cable-type locking and sealing device;

FIG. 9 - a security label in the form of a rectangle / ellipse on the outer plastic shell of the rod-type locking and sealing device.

The disclosure of the invention is shown by the example of a plastic indicator filling device. The indicator seal is made in the form of a monoblock made of thermoplastic polymeric material and includes a flag 1, body 2, an intermediate element 3 and a flexible blocking element 4. Flag 1 is a thin flat plate, the upper and lower flat surfaces of which are used to apply an individual identification number of the sealing device 5 and other identification information of the sealing device 6, such as a logo, graphic symbols, etc. In contrast to the known solutions, the proposed device contains neighbors a protective mark 7, which is made of a polymeric material different from the material from which the sealing device is made (shell of the sealing device).

In order to increase the reliability of the filling device, organic or inorganic dyes and substances are added to the polymeric material intended for labeling, which change the properties of the polymeric material of the label and make it different from the basis of the product itself. In addition to color and geometric additives, which are visually determined, the composition of the polymer material in the protective label may include, for example, fluorescence, other surface roughness, magnetic properties, etc., i.e. additives that can be determined including using special equipment. The label may contain several additives at the same time, providing different properties, including visual and determined by additional equipment. This list of additives that change the properties of the label is not exhaustive, but important to achieve a technical result is the difference between the properties of the label and the base through the use of various additives, and the location of the label in the area intended for applying identification information.

The security mark 7 can be of any geometric shape, located on the surface or in the entire thickness of the element of the sealing device (i.e., vary in depth), in any place.

For indicator plastic sealing devices, the protective mark can be located on one flat side (front or back), and on both (with matching and non-matching geometric shape and location), but preserving the specified clear boundaries for the separation of materials. For any class of filling devices, more than one protective mark is permissible.

A sealing device with a protective mark is made as follows. On the plastic sealing device or the outer plastic shell of the sealing device in the area intended for applying identification information, a recess is formed at predetermined boundaries. The composition of the polymer material protective labels include additives that provide the specified properties, allowing to distinguish the label from the basis of the filling device. Then, the recess is filled with prepared polymer material with additives until a protective mark is formed. The obtained sealing device is characterized in that it is a monolithic (single) design, including a protective mark, which differs in color, texture, depth, roughness and other properties from the base material (shell) of the sealing device.

When laser marking of the sealing devices made in this way is performed on protective labels, differences in shades, contrast (brightness), thickness and depth of the applied graphic symbols appear, which are the result of the individual characteristics of the added additives (type, composition, amount, concentration and others), which are practically not can be reproduced outside the specific manufacturing environment of the manufacturer.

The way to protect the sealing devices from substitution or forgery is to form on the plastic sealing device or the outer plastic shell of the sealing device in the area intended for the application of identification information, a security label with clear color borders made of a polymer material with predetermined properties different from the base material ( shell) filling device.

The proposed method can be implemented in the manufacture of filling devices on known injection molding machines according to known technology using two or more tanks for composition materials (refueling containers) isolated from each other. Giving the desired properties to the materials of the composition is carried out before loading them into refueling containers by introducing various additives (color and having other properties) into the base material. The supply of materials to the mold is carried out through the injection units (nozzles) according to the number of reservoirs of the injection plant. The mold includes separate segments for composition materials. Modern technologies make it possible to produce a filling device by the proposed method also on a 3D printer.

In FIG. 3 ... 9 show examples of the invention. In FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a security mark 7 without offset on both sides of an indicator type filling device. In FIG. 4 - also a sealing device of indicator type, but with a highlighted protective mark on one side. A security mark 7 in the form of a circle on a flat element - flag 1 of the plastic indicator sealing device is shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 6 shows the implementation of a protective mark of greater roughness than the base material. An ellipse-shaped security label on several elements of a plastic indicator sealing device is shown in FIG. 7. In FIG. 8 and 9 show examples of the invention on the outer plastic shell 8 of the cable-type locking and sealing device and on the outer plastic shell 8 of the rod-type locking and sealing device, respectively.

The above examples do not limit the invention, but represent the possibilities of its implementation.

To establish the fact of unauthorized access to the object of protection (or its absence), the controller visually identifies the installed sealing device. The substitution or forgery of the sealing device is detected by the absence or distortion of the specified signs, including the features of the marking on the protective label, characteristic of a previously installed (original) sealing device. Counterfeiting of the security label is not possible, since the properties of the security label of a particular filling device cannot be reliably reproduced outside the manufacturer's factory conditions.

The use of filling devices that implement the proposed method allows you to:

- increase the resistance of filling devices to substitution and fake;

- prevent unauthorized (malicious) access to the object of protection by substituting and falsifying the original sealing devices;

- promptly, without the use of special equipment, confirm the fact of access to the object of protection or lack thereof, as well as simplify the inspection (control) procedure and significantly reduce the duration of the inspection.

- increase the reliability of the identification of the original sealing devices and the establishment of the fact (attempt) of unauthorized access using special equipment.

Claims (9)

1. A method of protecting a sealing device from substitution or forgery, which consists in forming on a plastic sealing device or an external plastic shell of the sealing device in the area intended for applying identification information, a recess at predetermined boundaries, filling it up to form a protective mark with prepared polymer material with additives, allowing to distinguish it from the basis of the filling device by visual means or using additional equipment. 2. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the sealing device relates to indicator plastic sealing devices or to cable or rod locking and sealing devices or to electronic sealing devices having an outer shell of polymeric materials. 3. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that as additives use organic or inorganic dyes and substances. 4. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the sealing device contains more than one protective label. 5. The method according to p. 1, characterized in that the plastic material used is plastics, polyacryl, polyamide, polystyrene. 6. A sealing device, characterized in that it contains at least one security mark, made on the sealing device, in the area intended for the application of identification information, wherein the mark is made of a polymer material with additives to distinguish it from the base of the sealing device visually or using additional equipment. 7. The sealing device according to claim 6, characterized in that the sealing device relates to indicator plastic sealing devices or to cable or rod locking and sealing devices or to electronic sealing devices having an outer shell of polymeric materials. 8. The sealing device according to claim 6, characterized in that plastics, polyacryl, polyamide, polystyrene are used as polymer materials. 9. A sealing device according to claim 6, characterized in that organic or inorganic dyes and substances are used as additives.

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