Rotary security seal
AssigneeNIC Products Inc.
InventorIan A. Nazzari
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Abstract
A rotary security seal assembly includes a housing body defining a socket including a top opening and a peripheral socket wall. A rotor body is receivable in the socket that includes a top flange, a bottom flange, and a center body area between the top and bottom flanges. A locking filament includes a first end area permanently secured to the housing body by hardened material forming the housing body and a second end area dimensioned and configured to be received in and extend at least in part through a housing locking filament receiving bore defined by the housing body and a rotor locking filament receiving bore defined by the rotor body. At least one axial locking structure extends radially inward from the peripheral socket wall and between the top and bottom flanges of the rotor body.
Claims15
A rotary security seal assembly comprising:
- a housing body defining a socket including a top opening and a peripheral socket wall, and a housing locking filament receiving bore extending at least in part through the housing body and intersecting the socket;
- a rotor body receivable in the socket and including a top flange, a bottom flange, a center body area between the top and bottom flanges, and a rotor locking filament bore extending at least in part through the central body area;
- a locking filament including a first end area permanently secured to the housing body by hardened material forming the housing body and a second end area dimensioned and configured to be received in and extend at least in part through the housing locking filament receiving bore and the rotor locking filament bore leaving a continuous locking filament loop outside of the housing body when so received, wherein the first end area of the locking filament extends through at least part of a tab portion located at a top side of the housing body outside of the socket;
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- at least one axial locking structure extending radially inward and located between the top and bottom flanges of the rotor body so as to prevent the rotor body from being pulled out of the socket after the rotor body has been received in the socket, wherein the at least one axial locking structure comprises a crimp in the housing body defining at least one protrusion on the peripheral socket wall substantially aligned with at least one indentation in an outer surface of the housing body.
A rotary security seal assembly comprising:
- a housing body defining a socket including a top opening and a peripheral socket wall, and a housing locking filament receiving bore extending at least in part through the housing body and intersecting the socket;
- a rotor body receivable in the socket and including a top flange, a bottom flange, a center body area between the top and bottom flanges, and a rotor locking filament bore extending at least in part through the central body area;
- a locking filament including a first end area permanently secured to the housing body by hardened material forming the housing body and a second end area dimensioned and configured to be received in and extend at least in part through the housing locking filament receiving bore and the rotor locking filament bore leaving a continuous locking filament loop outside of the housing body when so received, wherein the first end area of the locking filament extends through at least part of a tab portion located at a top side of the housing outside of the socket;
- at least one axial locking structure extending radially inward from the peripheral socket wall and between the top and bottom flanges of the rotor body;
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- at least one indentation defined in an outer surface of the housing body substantially aligned with the least one axial locking structure.
A rotary security seal assembly comprising:
- a housing body defining a socket including a top opening and a peripheral socket wall, and a housing locking filament receiving bore extending at least in part through the housing body and intersecting the socket;
- a rotor body receivable in the socket and including a top flange, a bottom flange, a center body area between the top and bottom flanges, and a rotor locking filament bore extending at least in part through the central body area;
- a locking filament including a first end area permanently secured to the housing body by hardened material forming the housing body and a second end area dimensioned and configured to be received in and extend at least in part through the housing locking filament receiving bore and the rotor locking filament bore leaving a continuous locking filament loop outside of the housing body when so received, wherein the first end area of the locking filament extends through at least part of a tab portion located at a top side of the housing outside of the socket;
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- at least one axial locking structure extending radially inward from the peripheral socket wall and between the top and bottom flanges of the rotor body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.