Apparatus for securing loads
AssigneeDetectamet Limited
InventorSean Ronald Smith
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Abstract
The invention to which this application relates to improvements to a retaining band which can be used to securely locate, form and retain a load of items or goods, in one embodiment on a pallet, and thereby retain the said items or goods as a single integral package. The invention allows for the adaptation of the retaining bands to be detectable when with a predetermined range of detection apparatus such as X-ray and/or metal detection apparatus so that should the retaining band or fragments thereof be discarded or dislodged, the presence of the same is detectable and therefore prevented from becoming a potential contaminant or safety hazard.
Claims17
A retention means for use in retaining a load of items in a defined position, said retention means provided to be located with respect to one or more walls of the load of items and the retention means include one or more materials as an integral part thereof which render the retention means detectable by an X-ray and/or a metal detection apparatus when within a predetermined range of said apparatus so as to allow the presence of said retention means, or a fragment thereof greater than a predetermined size, to be detected, wherein the retention means are provided in the form of a band of a flexible material and selectively positioned with respect to a plurality of said one or more walls of the load of items so as to exert a retaining force on said walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.