EP1768080A1 - Sicherheitssiegel mit integriertem chip - Google Patents

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EP1768080A1
EP1768080A1 EP04742045A EP04742045A EP1768080A1 EP 1768080 A1 EP1768080 A1 EP 1768080A1 EP 04742045 A EP04742045 A EP 04742045A EP 04742045 A EP04742045 A EP 04742045A EP 1768080 A1 EP1768080 A1 EP 1768080A1
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receptacle
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Jaume Baucells Granell
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PRECINTIA INTERNATIONAL SA
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Brooks Todo Seguridad en Espana SA
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
    • G09F3/03—Forms or constructions of security seals
    • G09F3/0305—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used
    • G09F3/037—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used having tie-wrap sealing means

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  • the present invention refers to the technical sector of seals designed to maintain the inviolability of articles transported or handled and to store and provide information on the article itself and on the background of the same. More specifically, the present invention refers to a security seal of the kind made up of a flexible tie made of plastic or similar, which ends in a widening with a passage through which the tie may be introduced from its free end, with the passage including means of retention of the tie which are placed within a housing to such effect, and with the seal including a control chip for the identification of the seal or of the product associated to the same.
  • closing devices of the type similar to a cable tie, that include an elongated and flexible strip that closes forming a loop over itself and which is retained in said position of closure by means of a toothed coupling formed on the strip and an abutment placed in the slot into which the strip is introduced when the seal is closed.
  • This kind of closing device allows for the guarantee of the inviolability of the content of the sealed article or container.
  • the same applicant also has utility model ES-U-1055019 referring to a seal that incorporates a chip in which information on the articles sealed may be recorded or read.
  • the advantage of this seal is that new information can be added as from when the product is sealed up to when it reaches the destination, for the identification of the seal or of the product associated with the same.
  • the receiving client can have information on the route taken by the merchandise, for example, time and dates of entrance into and exit from warehouses, time it remains in warehouses or transportation vehicles, possible incidents occurring during the transportation, confidential information of the manufacturer accessible exclusively via a password, etcetera.
  • the main drawback of the existing seals is that the chip is incorporated to the device from the factory, inserted in the mass of plastic making up the seal itself, and cannot be extracted from the box containing it; they are consequently considered as single-use chips, since when the tie is cut the seal remains inoperable, and along with the seal the chip itself, this being undesirable from the economic and waste management point of view, given the difficulty of recycling of the plastic with the chip embedded.
  • the present invention aims to an improvement in relation to the mentioned seals with chips in such a manner that once the article or merchandise received has been unsealed, the client may easily recover the chip, and the latter may be stored as an information support with reference to the said article or may be used again in new shipments or batches.
  • the seal guarantees the integrity of the chip, and allows the information to be repeatedly read and written on said chip.
  • the object of the present invention is a security seal with an incorporated chip, which in its essence is characterised in that it includes a receptacle, essentially in the form of a box, adapted to contain the chip and to receive the widening and the housing for the means of retention, and provided with means for the pass-through introduction of flexible tie simultaneously through the passage and the receptacle, all of this adapted in such a manner that when the tie passes through the passage and the housing, the receptacle is retained in its operational position and, when the tie is cut, the receptacle may be extracted to be used later in another seal, such that said chip may be recovered and reused after said seal has been unsealed.
  • Said means for the pass-through introduction of the tie preferably include openings made on opposite sides of the receptacle, which are aligned with the passage in the operational position of housing of the widening.
  • the material of said receptacle will present sufficient mechanical resistance to withstand blows, vibrations, forces, loads and compressions that may be caused during the handling, transportation and storage of the articles to which the seal is applied in such a manner that the integrity of the said chip is guaranteed.
  • the material of the receptacle is transparent to the signals emitted by data writing / reading means designed to write / read data on said chip.
  • the chip is of the kind on which data may be repeatedly written / read.
  • the seal includes a tray that may be firmly housed in the receptacle in such a manner that once it is inside said receptacle, it is substantially protected against external aggressions, it is provided with a recess adapted to receive and retain the chip in a substantially fixed position.
  • the material of the receptacle is transparent, so that it allows for the objects housed inside the same to be seen and for any inscriptions made on said objects to be read.
  • the material of the receptacle of the chip may vary depending on the necessities of the environment. For example, it may be an anti-corrosive material if it is expected to be exposed to chemically aggressive agents.
  • the assembled seal 1 may be seen with all the elements introduced in a receptacle or box (3) through a mouth (9) thereof.
  • the essential components of said seal (1) are a tie (4), the receptacle (3), a chip (2) and a tray (5) for the support of the chip (2).
  • the tie (4) is of those known, for example although not exclusively, from utility models ES-U-1027598 and ES-U-1052518 , and is made up of a strip, which is circular in cross section in the example shown, ending in an essentially flat widening (7) that has a passage (12) through which the strip of the tie (4) may be introduced from its free end and passed-through across the whole passage, as is appreciated in Fig. 3.
  • the passage (12) includes means of retention of the tie (4) that allow for the introduction of the same in one direction and prevent its movement in the opposite direction.
  • Said means of retention are placed inside a housing (11) formed to such effect, for example by means of a casing produced in the widening (7) of the tie (4).
  • Said means of retention may be of any kind, for example those cited in utility models ES-U-1027598 and ES-U-1030846 of the same applicant, which foresee that in the passage (12) is mounted a transversal metallic armour (not shown) that is provided with an opening; approximately radial grooves or cuts stem out from the outline of this opening, and they delimit flexible intermediate tabs or tongues with sharpened edges, which are slightly inclined in one same direction from their root.
  • the internal edge of these tongues delimits a passage (12) having a minimum outline approximately equal to that of the section of the lengths of the tie (4).
  • the cited tongues or tabs flex in the direction of their inclination, in order to allow for the passage of the tie, while they act in the opposite direction as latching retention anchorages, preventing its withdrawal.
  • the remaining elements (10, 2 and 5) are housed inside the receptacle (3).
  • the chip (2) may be of any kind that allows for the writing and reading of data and, in a preferred embodiment, allows for data to be repeatedly written.
  • the chip (2) is introduced into the receptacle (3) to protect the chip (2) by means of a tray (5).
  • Said tray (5) has a recess (6) adapted to receive the chip (2) and with a shape appropriate to retain said chip (2) in a substantially fixed position with no play, in order to avoid sudden displacements or blows of the chip (2) inside the tray (5), and even prevent the extraction of the chip (2).
  • the chip (2) may be embedded in the recess (6) by means of a "hotmelt" process.
  • the mentioned tray (5) is introduced into receptacle (3) by sliding and is extracted in a similar manner; this can be appreciated more clearly in Fig. 2.
  • the chip (2) could be housed in the receptacle (3) in any manner different to that described, provided that a fixing of the position of said chip (2) is achieved, the integrity of the same is guaranteed, the reading and writing of the mentioned data is permitted and the substantially simple extraction of the said chip (2) is made possible.
  • the receptacle (3) is provided with means for the pass-through introduction of the tie (4), made up of openings (8) adapted such that in the operational position of introduction of the widening (7) in the receptacle or box (3), they remain aligned with the passage (12) of the widening (7) of the tie (4).
  • the manner in which the seal (1) is closed is that common to this type of devices and consists of introducing the free end (finished in a point in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1) of the tie (4) in the opening (8) that, in fact, is the opening (8) of the receptacle (3) shown in Fig. 2 and another opening of the tie (4) that, in the position of Fig. 1, coincides with said opening (8).
  • the tie (4) itself is provided in the region of the opening (8) with a system for retention of the closing position, such that once the tie (4) has been introduced into said opening (8), it may not then be opened without the seal (2) being broken.
  • the tie (4) itself, through the opening (8), maintains the receptacle (3) closed, that is, it maintains the mouth (9) of the receptacle (3) retained, and therefore the tray (5) with the incorporated chip (2) remains in a secure position within said receptacle (3).
  • the material of the said receptacle (3) may be transparent to the signals emitted by means for reading and writing data on the chip (2).
  • the manufacturer or seller of the product sealed with said seal (1) may introduce any information desired or required by the client into the chip (2).
  • Characteristics of the product or of the sealed packaging may be introduced, such as the weight, volume, number of individual units contained in the packaging, technical or physical characteristics of the product, date of manufacture, date of exit from the warehouse, etcetera, as well as other data that may optionally be introduced during the route of the merchandise up to arrival at its final destination, in order to be able to carry out a following-up of the possible incidents occurring during transportation.
  • Part of these data, or the totality of the same may be accessible only if a password set by the seller or the client is known, such that the confidentiality of the information sent in said chips (2) is guaranteed.
  • the sealed articles contain substances potentially corrosive for the receptacle (3), or the warehouses or transportation means through which said articles travel may store this kind of substances, due to which, in another embodiment of the invention, it is advisable for the material of said receptacle (3) to be substantially anti-corrosive in order to guarantee the integrity of the chip (2).
  • this material of the receptacle (3) must be sufficiently resistant in order to resist the blows and loads to which it may be submitted during transportation, handling and storage of the articles.
  • the widening (7) that projects from the end of the tie (4) opposite the pointed end has a size appropriate to remain housed into the receptacle (3) and has a surface adapted for the placement of indications, inscriptions, bar codes, magnetic bands or any other annotations that may complement the information contained in the chip (2).
  • these indications or annotations may be simply the logo or the commercial address of a company.
  • the system of retention of the seal (1) through the opening (8) is that common to this type of devices and, specifically, may be that normally used in the seals provided by the applicant of the present invention and technically known.
  • the receptacle or box (3) includes an upper parallelepiped casing (10), set to receive the casing (11) which houses the passage (12) and that receives one of the cited openings (8).
  • the upper casing (10) and the openings (8) may have the minimum dimensions sufficient in order to house different types of pre-existent seals.
  • the receptacle (3) may therefore be manufactured independently from the ties (4) and may be utilized in different tie types and configurations.

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FR2991406A1 (fr) * 2012-06-01 2013-12-06 Raymond A & Cie Collier de serrage notamment pour le marquage de gibier
ES2597330A1 (es) * 2015-07-17 2017-01-17 Precintia International, S.A. Procedimiento de fabricación de precintos de seguridad con un chip de identificación incorporado
WO2017175245A1 (en) * 2016-04-05 2017-10-12 Surelock Plastics Pvt. Ltd. A seal assembly
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WO2009046510A3 (en) * 2007-10-10 2009-08-27 Elc Serviços Gráficos De Segurança Ltda. Security seal
FR2991406A1 (fr) * 2012-06-01 2013-12-06 Raymond A & Cie Collier de serrage notamment pour le marquage de gibier
ES2597330A1 (es) * 2015-07-17 2017-01-17 Precintia International, S.A. Procedimiento de fabricación de precintos de seguridad con un chip de identificación incorporado
WO2017175245A1 (en) * 2016-04-05 2017-10-12 Surelock Plastics Pvt. Ltd. A seal assembly
US11244580B2 (en) 2016-04-05 2022-02-08 Surelock Plastics Pvt. Ltd. Seal assembly
US11403927B2 (en) * 2019-08-15 2022-08-02 Netronix, Inc. Adjustable electronic tag device for a suitcase

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