Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Readily interlocking – two-part fastener requiring either...
Patent
1992-06-10
1994-03-15
Sakran, Victor N.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Readily interlocking, two-part fastener requiring either...
247076, 340568, G08B 1300
Patent
active
052936740
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention concerns a security clip which is intended to discourage theft of the goods which are to be protected. This clip contains a reservoir, filled with ink, which has a rupture edge. The invention further relates to a process for the manufacture of such a security clip.
Such security clips are known from British patent application 2.075.116, in which the colour clip (brand name) has ampoules filled with ink. If the clip is inexpertly broken open then the ampoules filled with ink also break, releasing the ink which then flows over the item of clothing or suchlike thus protected, so rendering the goods unusable. When the clip is used judiciously, as described in the cited British patent application, the clip can be removed without breaking the glass ampoules. The clip can subsequently be re-used. A clip, as brought onto the market and working on the principle as described in the British patent application, has weakening points or rupture edges through which the clip breaks when inexpertly opened.
Most security system currently used in the prevention of theft of certain goods, particularly clothing, are electronic security systems. Here a clip is affixed to the goods to be protected in such a way that it can only be removed (inexpertly) from the goods by destroying those goods. If someone attempts to leave the shop with goods to which the clip is still attached, then an alarm signal will be generated at the exit thus enabling the person carrying the goods to be apprehended. Such electronic security system have been know for a long time now. They are described for example, in Dutch patent application 7306201, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,523,356 and in Dutch patent application 8800367. Furthermore, there is a security clip on the market under this U.S. Patent; which security clip can provide electronic protection but which also has ampoules filled with ink.
Not only are the presently-known security clips with ink-filled ampoules relatively expensive but many shops are also already equipped with electronic security systems. This is the reason behind the current search for a cheaper security clip (based upon the principle of ink release upon illegal removal of the security clip from the goods to be protected) which not only works effectively but which can also be used with electronic surveillance systems.
Such a security clip has now been developed. The characteristic features of the security clip mentioned in the introduction are a reservoir, formed by a dish and a covering plate. The clip also has a pin, which can make up part of an electronic security system.
The pin fitted into the security clip (as in the invention) could thus be the type of pin recorded (as 16), for example, in Dutch patent application 7306201 or as recorded (as 10) in Dutch patent application 8800367. It will, however, be clear that the security clip (as in the invention) is not restricted to any particular version of the pin. The pin to be used will depend upon the type of electronic security system used, whereby the pin already in use can be incorporated into the security clip (as in the invention). Shop which, as yet, have no electronic security system will of course have a free choice regarding the type of pin which will make up part of the electronic security system.
The invention will be further elucidated by means of the following description, in which reference is made to the enclosed drawing in which:
FIG. 1 gives a cross-sectional view of the security clip (as in the invention).
FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 show in cross-section the respective parts from which (essentially) the security clip is constructed, namely the dish (1), covering plate (2) and small plate (3) with a pin (5).
The security clip (as in the invention) is shown in FIG. 1, in assembled form and with the various parts diagrammatically illustrated. The security clip consists of a dish which should preferably be constructed of transparent plastic, such that the ink introduced into reservoir (10) can be clearly seen. The ink to be used in such a security clip is a non-washable
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