Wireless detectable tamper evident seal

• Main Authors: BORTZ GARY, PARTRIDGE KEVIN JOHN, ELCOMBE JONATHAN HUGH
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 09.10.2013
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; ALARM SYSTEMS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A wirelessly detectable tamper-evident seal (1) including a receptacle part (10) and a frangible part (50), the receptacle part (10) including a first receptacle (10a) and a second receptacle (10b-d) attachable to a container to seal a closure of the container and the frangible part (50) including a first portion (51) and a second portion (52) frangibly connected to each other, the first receptacle (10a) adapted to receive the first portion (51) and the second receptacle (10b-d) adapted to receive the second portion (52), the frangible part (50) including a transponder (54), the second portion (52) able to be trapped against movement in the reverse direction in the second receptacle (10b-d) to effect a tamper evident seal between the first and second receptacles (10a-d), wherein the transponder (54) includes at least two circuit interruption locations (94a, 94b); that must be connected to activate the transponder (54) and the transponder (54) is activatable by inserting the second portion (51) in the second r