One piece security seal and new sealing system
OwnerEduardo De Lima Castro Netoinventor
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Abstract
A new single piece plastic security seal comprising an insert which is elastically deformable on passing through an opening of slightly smaller dimensions, and a further part which may be broken away from said insert at a weakened region connecting the insert thereto. The seal is adapted for sealing two elements formed with openings in such a manner that the insert is passed through both openings to be caught behind the second one. The elements form a cavity for protecting the insert in the sealing position. The breaking of the weakened region permits the separation of the two elements in a direction normal to the axis of the openings.
Claims11
Single piece security seal comprising
- (a) a first insert portion comprising a rectangular base, a central part extending perpendicularly from the middle of said base and, on the two opposite sides of the free end of said central part, two elastically deformable arms inclined outwardly and backwardly towards said base with a maximum separation between said arms in the undeformed condition which is greater than the corresponding width dimension of said rectangular base;
- (b) a second removable portion comprising a blade alined with said central part and provided with a rectangular base having a width and thickness substantially equal to those of said insert portion base;
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- (c) weakened breakable means connecting said bases.
Sealing system comprising first and second elements to be sealed together in which said first element comprises a capsule defining part having a first and second openings therein, said second opening being larger than said first opening, and said second element on being moved substantially in the plane of said first opening closes said second opening in a closed position of said system, said second element being provided with a wall part which in said closed position is disposed in the interior of said capsule behind said first opening and said wall part being formed with a third opening, also smaller than said second opening, which is aligned with said first opening in said closed position, and a single piece security seal comprising:
- (a) a first insert portion comprising a rectangular base, a central part extending perpendicularly from the middle of said base and, on the two opposite sides of the free end of said central part, two elastically deformable arms inclined outwardly and backwardly towards said base with a maximum separation between said arms in the undeformed condition which is greater than the corresponding width dimension of said rectangular base, said base having a cross section slightly smaller than that of said third opening;
- (b) a second removable portion comprising a blade aligned with said central part and provided with a rectangular base having a width and thickness at least equal to those of said insert portion base, said removable portion base having a cross section slightly smaller than that of said first opening;
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- (c) weakened breakable means connecting said bases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.