EP 0255365 A3 19890426 - TAMPER-EVIDENT SEAL ASSEMBLY
Title (en)
TAMPER-EVIDENT SEAL ASSEMBLY
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8618468 A 19860729
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0255365A2] The invention relates to a tamper-evident seal assembly for use with a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism including a sliding member 5 which is slidable between a locked position and an unlocked position, said sliding member having a transversely projecting peg portion 11. The seal assembly comprises a channel portion 20 defining in its base a longitudinally aligned slot 21 through which the peg portion 11 can protrude, and a disposable breakable seal member 22 which is longitudinally slidable in the channel portion. The seal member 22 has means 23 for engagement with the projecting peg portion 11, such that, in the unlocked position, the seal member can be placed in the channel portion and in engagement with the peg portion, the seal member then being slidable in the channel portion and engagement between the seal member and the peg portion causing corresponding sliding of the sliding member to its locked position. In this position retaining parts 24 of the channel portion prevent lifting of the seal member, whilst the engagement between the seal member and the peg portion prevents sliding withdrawal of the seal member, whereby the locking mechanism is held in the locked position until the seal member is broken.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65D 55/02 (2006.01); B65D 55/06 (2006.01); E05B 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65D 55/02 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [A] US 1367647 A 19210208 - WASHBURN EDWIN C
- [A] US 1587651 A 19260608 - JOHNSON PRESLEY B
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0255365 A2 19880203; EP 0255365 A3 19890426; EP 0255365 B1 19930324; AT E87348 T1 19930415; DE 3784979 D1 19930429; DE 3784979 T2 19930701; ES 2038990 T3 19930816; GB 8618468 D0 19860903
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 87306714 A 19870729; AT 87306714 T 19870729; DE 3784979 T 19870729; ES 87306714 T 19870729; GB 8618468 A 19860729