Method of and apparatus for automatic deactivation of electronic article surveillance tags
AssigneeSensormatic Electronic Corporation
InventorJoerg W. Zschirnt
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Abstract
An apparatus for automatically deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag associated with an article comprising a member for holding a bag for packaging an article having an associated electronic article surveillance tag, deactivation means positioned in relation to the member to deactivate an electronic article surveillance tag associated with an article when such article is in a bag held by the member, and detection means for detecting when a person is in the process of removing a bag from the member to actuate the deactivation means.
Claims23
An apparatus for automatically deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag associated with an article, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a member for holding a bag for packaging an article having an associated electronic article surveillance tag;
- (b) deactivation means positioned in relation to said member for deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag associated with an article when the article is in a bag held by said member;
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- (c) detection means for detecting when a person is in the process of removing a bag from said member to actuate said deactivation means.
A method of automatically deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag associated with an article, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) positioning a deactivation means for deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag in relation to a member for holding a bag such that when the deactivation means is actuated an electronic article surveillance tag associated with an article in a bag held by the member is deactivated;
- (b) monitoring the member to determine when a person is in the process of removing a bag from the member;
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- (c) actuating the deactivation means when said monitoring step determines that a person is in the process of removing a bag from the member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.