(19)
(11) EP 1 355 027 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/43

(21) Application number: 03008026.1

(22) Date of filing: 11.04.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E05B 73/00, G09F 3/03
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 17.04.2002 IT PD20020095

(71) Applicant: Llexan International S.r.l. Unipersonale
36070 Brogliano (Vicenza) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Costa, Emilio
    36087 Valdagno (Prov. of Vicenza) (IT)

(74) Representative: Modiano, Guido, Dr.-Ing. et al
Modiano & Associati, Via Meravigli, 16
20123 Milano
20123 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Improved seal with anti-theft device for articles having slender portions


(57) A seal with anti-theft device for articles having slender portions, that comprises a hollow body (12) containing an electronic signaling component (13a) and forming a contact plane for a slender portion of an article to be protected, a pair of parallel and mutually opposite guides (15) for a substantially bridge-shaped slider (21) protruding from the body (12), the slider having a flat portion (22) from the ends of which mutually parallel and facing wings (23) protrude at right angles; the hollow body (12) and the slider (21) are coupled through irreversible engagement elements, and the slender portion is retained between the plane (22) and a parallel plane formed by the slider, the engagement elements comprising a plate (17) that protrudes from the body (12) parallel and internally to the guides (15), portions (16) having a sawtooth surface formed on the plate (17) at the outward face, and on the inward face of each one of the wings (23), respective complementary sawtooth portions (24) for engaging a corresponding one of the portions (16) having a sawtooth surface.






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