Container seal
AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsStefan Thomas, Andreas Elisch
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Abstract
A container seal includes a locking bolt, which has on one end portion or central portion thereof a push-in/latch compartment which is open in the transverse direction relative to the lock axis and is formed or provided with an undercut acting in the direction of the latch compartment opening; a clip or tab, wherein the clip or tab is arranged on the other end portion of the locking bolt; and a bolt or bar which is arranged on the free end/end portion of the clip or tab and has on the free end/end portion thereof a latch device which is coupled to the bolt via a predetermined breaking point.
Claims12
A container seal comprising:
- a locking bolt which is provided for being inserted through an item to be sealed and which has at a first end portion, which is insertable into the item to be sealed, a push-in/latch compartment open in a direction transverse to a lock axis, which is formed or provided with an undercut acting in a direction of a latch compartment opening;
- a clip or tab for handling the container seal, the clip or tab being arranged on a second end portion of the locking bolt, which is not provided for being inserted through the item to be sealed, and forming a portion provided for external encompassing of the item to be sealed;
- a bolt extending from a free end/end portion of the portion provided for external encompassing of the item to be sealed, and having a main body extending from the free end/end portion of the portion provided for external encompassing of the item to be sealed and a latch device for sealing cooperation with the undercut, which is coupled to the main body via a predetermined breaking point formed as a transition area between the main body and the latch device at a free end/end portion of the bolt, in order to enable breaking of the container seal at the breaking point, the bolt and the pre-determined breaking point being insertable into the push-in/latch compartment in a latched state;
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- a projection forming a cutting edge/cutting blade arranged within the push-in/latch compartment, the cutting edge/cutting blade positioned to cut the predetermined breaking point within the push-in/latch compartment when the bolt is pulled out of the push-in/latch compartment,
- wherein, the locking bolt and the bolt both extend parallel to each other from the clip or tab;
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- wherein, the clip or tab has a predetermined bending/folding line that is located between the bolt and the locking bolt and the bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.