Sealing bolt and sealing system

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sealing bolt (2) for sealing a container lid (4) to a container body (6). The sealing bolt (2) comprises a seal stud (10) mounted to the container body (6), a seal head (8) connecting the container lid (4),and a pin (14) connecting the seal head (8) to the seal stud (10). The container lid (4) is connected to the container body (6) by connecting the seal head (8) to the seal stud (10). According to an aspect of the present invention, a rupture cable (30) is fed through a transverse passage (24) in the pin (14) and arranged such that any rotational or translational movement of the pin (14) with respect to the seal head (8) and/or the seal stud (10) causes the rupture cable (30) to break. The invention also relates to a sealing system for sealing a container lid (4) to a container body (6), said sealing system comprising a plurality of such sealing bolts (2), a connection cable arranged between the sealing bolts (2) and a fibre optic reader (34) arranged and designed to detect the rupture of the rupture cable (30) and/or the connection cable.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.