CA2064443A1 - Anti-theft apparatus - Google Patents
Anti-theft apparatusInfo
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- CA2064443A1 CA2064443A1 CA002064443A CA2064443A CA2064443A1 CA 2064443 A1 CA2064443 A1 CA 2064443A1 CA 002064443 A CA002064443 A CA 002064443A CA 2064443 A CA2064443 A CA 2064443A CA 2064443 A1 CA2064443 A1 CA 2064443A1
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- Prior art keywords
- bracket
- casing
- article
- locking
- auxiliary member
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
- G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
- G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
- G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
- G11B33/0488—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs in boxes or containers comprising additional sound reproducing or activating means
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B73/00—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices
- E05B73/0017—Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
- E05B73/0023—Containers, boxes, cases or the like, e.g. for compact discs or video-cassettes, specially adapted therefor
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
- G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
- G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
- G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
- G11B33/0411—Single disc boxes
- G11B33/0416—Single disc boxes for disc cartridges
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T70/00—Locks
- Y10T70/50—Special application
- Y10T70/5004—For antitheft signaling device on protected article
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T70/00—Locks
- Y10T70/50—Special application
- Y10T70/5009—For portable articles
- Y10T70/5031—Receptacle
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The anti-theft apparatus is characterized in that a bracket shaped auxiliary member is present which is guided to be displaced longitudinally along a narrow side of the casing and which has ends which are bent inwards in order to clamp a box like article whereby when the bracket is in its slid out position its outer end can be bent in an elas-tic manner allowing a removing or setting-in, resp. of the article and the inner end of the bracket has a locking lug which also projects inwards which snaps in case of a comple-tely inserted bracket into a locking slot at the narrow side of the casing opposite of the slide-in opening and can be released out of this position only by means of a special tool.
The anti-theft apparatus is characterized in that a bracket shaped auxiliary member is present which is guided to be displaced longitudinally along a narrow side of the casing and which has ends which are bent inwards in order to clamp a box like article whereby when the bracket is in its slid out position its outer end can be bent in an elas-tic manner allowing a removing or setting-in, resp. of the article and the inner end of the bracket has a locking lug which also projects inwards which snaps in case of a comple-tely inserted bracket into a locking slot at the narrow side of the casing opposite of the slide-in opening and can be released out of this position only by means of a special tool.
Description
- 1 - 2~6~443 AMTI-THEFT APPARATUS
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a anti-theft appara-tus for a box shaped article intended to be sold, specifi-cally a cassette with a data carrier, such as e.g. a com-pact disk, having a casing for receipt of the article which casing includes at least one narrow side havinga slide-in opening and a signal transmitter adapted to trigger an alarm,having locking means arranged on or cooperating with same, resp. which are adapted to engage the article located in the casing, which locking means are adapted to be unlok-ked in order to separate the article from the casing.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
The casing of known apparatuses of the kind set forth above consists commonly of a hard plastic material, which casing is adapted to receive a box shaped article to be ren-dered safe against theft such as for instance a CD-cassette, whereby the casing is equipped with a so called oscillating circuit label such that when passing an induction loop lo-cated at the exit of stores or warehouses, resp. an alarm is triggered when the casing including the article is taken along without having been paid for. Generally, the reusable casing is severed by means of a special tool from the CD-cassette at the cash register of the store. Hereto a great variety of locking systems are known, whereby the operation thereof is made by bolts, pegs or hooks which couple the casing to the article until the uncoupling is done by means of a special tool.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a anti-theft appara-tus for a box shaped article intended to be sold, specifi-cally a cassette with a data carrier, such as e.g. a com-pact disk, having a casing for receipt of the article which casing includes at least one narrow side havinga slide-in opening and a signal transmitter adapted to trigger an alarm,having locking means arranged on or cooperating with same, resp. which are adapted to engage the article located in the casing, which locking means are adapted to be unlok-ked in order to separate the article from the casing.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
The casing of known apparatuses of the kind set forth above consists commonly of a hard plastic material, which casing is adapted to receive a box shaped article to be ren-dered safe against theft such as for instance a CD-cassette, whereby the casing is equipped with a so called oscillating circuit label such that when passing an induction loop lo-cated at the exit of stores or warehouses, resp. an alarm is triggered when the casing including the article is taken along without having been paid for. Generally, the reusable casing is severed by means of a special tool from the CD-cassette at the cash register of the store. Hereto a great variety of locking systems are known, whereby the operation thereof is made by bolts, pegs or hooks which couple the casing to the article until the uncoupling is done by means of a special tool.
As mentioned above, a great variety of locking systems has been used at the until now used cases of a hard plastic material. A drawback was that a safe locking was not always secured. This is now augmented that the longer the more the structure of the casings must be changed due to environmen-tal reasons, i.e. that in place of a hard plastic material the longer the more soft, environmentally harmless plastic materials must be used. Most of the earlier systems can no longer be used together with such so called soft casings be-cause when exerting common forces a separation between ca-sing and article can be achieved relatively easy. Thus, quite obviously the object of the desired anti-theft appara-tus is no longer met.
SU~ ARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is a general object of the present inven-tion to provide a novel locking system which can be used in-dependently from the properties of the casings and is in a position to securely safeguard an article inserted into the casing against theft.
A further object is to provide a locking system which can be used apart from casings of plastic materials also in casings made of a hard paper such as cardboard.
Yet a further object is to provide an anti-theft appa-ratus which includes a bracket shaped auxiliary member gui-ded at the inner side of one of two opposite narrow sides of the casing for a longitudinal displacement, which auxiliary member includes at both its ends a perpendicularly project-ing stiff leg, whereby the box shaped article is caught bet-ween said legs during a displacing of the auxiliary member, which bracket shaped auxiliary member has an end piece posi-- 3 - 206~3 tioned at the outside, which end piece is elastically bend-able allowing a removing of the article from the bracket and a setting-in of same thereinto when the bracket is in its drawn-out position, whereby the end of the bracket positioned at the inside includes a locking lug located adjacent the projecting leg and positioned seen in the longitudinal direc-tion of the bracket outside of the leg and projecting also towards the inside, which lug is adapted to snap into a lok-king slot at the narrow side of the casing located opposite of the slide-in opening when the bracket is at least sub-stantially completely slid into the casing, whereby the de-sired unlocking proceeds by means of a special tool.
The basic structure is, accordingly, the bracket shaped auxiliary member which consists preferably of a magnetic ma-terial, specifically of steel such that the unlocking can proceed by a magnet acting onto the end of the bracket.
A further object is to provide an anti-theft apparatus in which the bracket shaped auxiliary member is mounted or guided, resp. in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a longitudinal slot in the corresponding narrow side of the casing.
Yet a further object is to provide an anti-theft appa-ratus in which the length of the bracket shaped auxiliary member exeeds the length of the corresponding narrow side of the casing such that the article can be pulled out of the casing at any time. Such could also be reached basically in that the casing has at the side of the slide-in opening re-cesses which allow a gripping of the article.
Still a further object is to provide an apparatus in which the end of the bracket located at the outside inclu-des a corner reinforcement in form of a plate formed along 2064~43 a web leg edge extending between the web proper of the brak-ket and the leg p-ojecting towards the inside.
A further object is to provide an apparatus in which the end of the bracket located at the inside includes a lon-gitudinal slot which separates the end of the bracket into two separately elastically yielding tongues, whereby the holding leg projecting towards the inside is positioned at the end of one tongue, and in which the arresting lug which is also angeled towards the inside is formed at the end of the other somewhat longer tongue.
Still a further object is to provide an apparatus in which an incline for the tongue which includes the holding leg is positioned at the end of the narrow side of the ca-sing located at the inside and guiding the bracket shaped auxiliary member, such that when the bracket is in its pus-hed in position the end of the bracket located at the inside and including the two tongues is forced slightly inwards such that the moving of the locking lug into its locking position is guaranteed, but without a preventing of the un-locking.
A further object is to provide an apparatus in which the locking slot is located at the narrow side of the casing opposite of the slide-in opening at the area of the corner of two perpendicularly adjacent narrow sides.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF T~E DRAWINGS
The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description ma]ces reference to the annexed _ 5 _ 2~64~43 drawings wherein :
Fig. 1 is a general top view of an anti-theft appa-ratus structured in accordance with the invention;
Fig. 2a is a view of a part of the apparatus having the casing locked;
Fig. 2b is a partial top view illustrating the locking location proper;
Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2a, in which the locking lug has been pulled out of the locking position by means of a special tool;
Fig. 4 is a view of a part of the apparatus according to Fig. 2 and 3 in which the bracket shaped auxiliary member has been pulled out completely;
Fig. 5 is an illustration similar to Fig. 4 including the auxiliary element in a spring elastically bent out state, whereby in this position of the auxiliary element the article can be freely removed from the casing; and Fig. ~ is a side view of the apparatus in the posi-tion of Figs. 2a and 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EI~ODIMENT
Figure 1 illustrates a casing of a plastic material or of hard paper having at the narrow side 1b a slide-in open-ing for a box-shaped article. The locking means comprise here a bracket shaped auxiliary member 3 which is guided to be displaced in the longitudinal direction along the narrow side 1a of the casing (the displacing can proceed at least over half of the length of the narrow side). The auxiliary member 3 includes two stiff legs 3a extending at right ang-les towards the inside, whereby the box shaped article 2 is - 6 - 20~4~43 safely kept (encased in a clamp like manner~during the dis-placing between these two legs 3a, 3c. When the auxiliary member 3 is in its slid in position a locking lug 3d which projects somewhat over the legs 3c, engage and snap into a locking slot 3e at the narrow side 1c of the casing 1 and can be unlocked out of this position only by means of a magnet ~1. In the unlocked state the article 2 can be pul-led out of the casing together with the auxiliary member until a abutment stop of the auxiliary member 3. In this position the lower end of the auxiliary member 3 can also be bent outwards and the article 2 can be completely remo-ved from the casing. The mechanics will be explained more in detail further below.
Basically, the auxiliary member 3 could also extend freely along the narrow side 1a, i.e. it must not be held fixedly. For practical reasons it is, however, better to hold the auxiliary member 3 at the narrow side 1a of the ca-sing 1 in a longitudinally displaceable manner.
It is also possible to foresee a mechanical mechanism in place of the magnetic unlocking mechanism whereby a spe-cial tool must be foreseen which moves the locking lug 3d out of its locking position.
Further details of the inventive anti-theft apparatus are illustrated in Figures 2 to 6.
These figures illustrate specifically how the bracket shaped auxiliary member is displaceably held by means of a rivet 7 in a longitudinal slot 6 in the narrow side 1a of the casing. The figures also disclose how the stiffening of the outer corner section of the auxiliary member 3 is achieved: Between the corner formed by the web 3 and the legs 3a a reinforcing platte 3b extends between their edges 7 206~4~3 of which the size depends from the length of the leg 3a, but, however, can basically be selected freely. The plate 3b forms kind of a bottom of a box between the web 3 and the leg 3a.
The drar~ings illustrate also that the inner end of the bracket shaped auxiliary member is divided by a longi-tudinal slot 8 into two tongues 9, 10, whereby the holding leg 3c is located at the end of the tongue 9 and the locking lug 3d which also projects towards the inside is located at the end of the tongue 10 which projects somewhat over the tongue 9. An incline 5 is arranged in the area of the tongue 9 at the inner side of the narrow side la, which upon the sliding in of the bracket shaped auxiliary member 3 lifts at its final phase the tongue 9 somewhat and pres-ses same inwards onto the article. 3ecause the tongues 9 and 10 are really made of one piece, the tongue 10 which carries the locking lug 3d is also pulled towards the insi-de such that in the final position it is definitely posi-tioned in the locking slot 3e and can be pulled back out of the locking position only by means of the special tool (magnet ~I) when in mentioned position.
Figure 4 of the drawings illustrates the apparatus at which the auxiliary member has been moved out and Figure 5 illustrates how if in this position the lower end of the bracket shaped auxiliary member 3 can be bent in an elas-tic manner such that the enclosed article can easyly be pul-led out of the casing. This position is also the one which allows a setting of an article to be made secure into the bracket shaped auxiliary member (clamp) and finally into the protecting casing.
The locking slot 3e is positioned in the upper narrow side of the casing and can be made there during the produc-tion of the casing without any further problems.
The illustrated design reveals that it is possible to form an extraordinary safe apparatus by most simple means.
It, thereby, is not important if the casing is composed of a hard plastic material, soft plastic material or even hard paper (cardboard). The use of the bracket shaped auxiliary member allows a safe locking also in case of less rigid ma-terials.
While there is shown and described a present preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be distinctly under-stood that the invention is not limited thereto, but may be otherwise variously embodied and practiced within the scope of the following claims.
SU~ ARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is a general object of the present inven-tion to provide a novel locking system which can be used in-dependently from the properties of the casings and is in a position to securely safeguard an article inserted into the casing against theft.
A further object is to provide a locking system which can be used apart from casings of plastic materials also in casings made of a hard paper such as cardboard.
Yet a further object is to provide an anti-theft appa-ratus which includes a bracket shaped auxiliary member gui-ded at the inner side of one of two opposite narrow sides of the casing for a longitudinal displacement, which auxiliary member includes at both its ends a perpendicularly project-ing stiff leg, whereby the box shaped article is caught bet-ween said legs during a displacing of the auxiliary member, which bracket shaped auxiliary member has an end piece posi-- 3 - 206~3 tioned at the outside, which end piece is elastically bend-able allowing a removing of the article from the bracket and a setting-in of same thereinto when the bracket is in its drawn-out position, whereby the end of the bracket positioned at the inside includes a locking lug located adjacent the projecting leg and positioned seen in the longitudinal direc-tion of the bracket outside of the leg and projecting also towards the inside, which lug is adapted to snap into a lok-king slot at the narrow side of the casing located opposite of the slide-in opening when the bracket is at least sub-stantially completely slid into the casing, whereby the de-sired unlocking proceeds by means of a special tool.
The basic structure is, accordingly, the bracket shaped auxiliary member which consists preferably of a magnetic ma-terial, specifically of steel such that the unlocking can proceed by a magnet acting onto the end of the bracket.
A further object is to provide an anti-theft apparatus in which the bracket shaped auxiliary member is mounted or guided, resp. in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a longitudinal slot in the corresponding narrow side of the casing.
Yet a further object is to provide an anti-theft appa-ratus in which the length of the bracket shaped auxiliary member exeeds the length of the corresponding narrow side of the casing such that the article can be pulled out of the casing at any time. Such could also be reached basically in that the casing has at the side of the slide-in opening re-cesses which allow a gripping of the article.
Still a further object is to provide an apparatus in which the end of the bracket located at the outside inclu-des a corner reinforcement in form of a plate formed along 2064~43 a web leg edge extending between the web proper of the brak-ket and the leg p-ojecting towards the inside.
A further object is to provide an apparatus in which the end of the bracket located at the inside includes a lon-gitudinal slot which separates the end of the bracket into two separately elastically yielding tongues, whereby the holding leg projecting towards the inside is positioned at the end of one tongue, and in which the arresting lug which is also angeled towards the inside is formed at the end of the other somewhat longer tongue.
Still a further object is to provide an apparatus in which an incline for the tongue which includes the holding leg is positioned at the end of the narrow side of the ca-sing located at the inside and guiding the bracket shaped auxiliary member, such that when the bracket is in its pus-hed in position the end of the bracket located at the inside and including the two tongues is forced slightly inwards such that the moving of the locking lug into its locking position is guaranteed, but without a preventing of the un-locking.
A further object is to provide an apparatus in which the locking slot is located at the narrow side of the casing opposite of the slide-in opening at the area of the corner of two perpendicularly adjacent narrow sides.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF T~E DRAWINGS
The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description ma]ces reference to the annexed _ 5 _ 2~64~43 drawings wherein :
Fig. 1 is a general top view of an anti-theft appa-ratus structured in accordance with the invention;
Fig. 2a is a view of a part of the apparatus having the casing locked;
Fig. 2b is a partial top view illustrating the locking location proper;
Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2a, in which the locking lug has been pulled out of the locking position by means of a special tool;
Fig. 4 is a view of a part of the apparatus according to Fig. 2 and 3 in which the bracket shaped auxiliary member has been pulled out completely;
Fig. 5 is an illustration similar to Fig. 4 including the auxiliary element in a spring elastically bent out state, whereby in this position of the auxiliary element the article can be freely removed from the casing; and Fig. ~ is a side view of the apparatus in the posi-tion of Figs. 2a and 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EI~ODIMENT
Figure 1 illustrates a casing of a plastic material or of hard paper having at the narrow side 1b a slide-in open-ing for a box-shaped article. The locking means comprise here a bracket shaped auxiliary member 3 which is guided to be displaced in the longitudinal direction along the narrow side 1a of the casing (the displacing can proceed at least over half of the length of the narrow side). The auxiliary member 3 includes two stiff legs 3a extending at right ang-les towards the inside, whereby the box shaped article 2 is - 6 - 20~4~43 safely kept (encased in a clamp like manner~during the dis-placing between these two legs 3a, 3c. When the auxiliary member 3 is in its slid in position a locking lug 3d which projects somewhat over the legs 3c, engage and snap into a locking slot 3e at the narrow side 1c of the casing 1 and can be unlocked out of this position only by means of a magnet ~1. In the unlocked state the article 2 can be pul-led out of the casing together with the auxiliary member until a abutment stop of the auxiliary member 3. In this position the lower end of the auxiliary member 3 can also be bent outwards and the article 2 can be completely remo-ved from the casing. The mechanics will be explained more in detail further below.
Basically, the auxiliary member 3 could also extend freely along the narrow side 1a, i.e. it must not be held fixedly. For practical reasons it is, however, better to hold the auxiliary member 3 at the narrow side 1a of the ca-sing 1 in a longitudinally displaceable manner.
It is also possible to foresee a mechanical mechanism in place of the magnetic unlocking mechanism whereby a spe-cial tool must be foreseen which moves the locking lug 3d out of its locking position.
Further details of the inventive anti-theft apparatus are illustrated in Figures 2 to 6.
These figures illustrate specifically how the bracket shaped auxiliary member is displaceably held by means of a rivet 7 in a longitudinal slot 6 in the narrow side 1a of the casing. The figures also disclose how the stiffening of the outer corner section of the auxiliary member 3 is achieved: Between the corner formed by the web 3 and the legs 3a a reinforcing platte 3b extends between their edges 7 206~4~3 of which the size depends from the length of the leg 3a, but, however, can basically be selected freely. The plate 3b forms kind of a bottom of a box between the web 3 and the leg 3a.
The drar~ings illustrate also that the inner end of the bracket shaped auxiliary member is divided by a longi-tudinal slot 8 into two tongues 9, 10, whereby the holding leg 3c is located at the end of the tongue 9 and the locking lug 3d which also projects towards the inside is located at the end of the tongue 10 which projects somewhat over the tongue 9. An incline 5 is arranged in the area of the tongue 9 at the inner side of the narrow side la, which upon the sliding in of the bracket shaped auxiliary member 3 lifts at its final phase the tongue 9 somewhat and pres-ses same inwards onto the article. 3ecause the tongues 9 and 10 are really made of one piece, the tongue 10 which carries the locking lug 3d is also pulled towards the insi-de such that in the final position it is definitely posi-tioned in the locking slot 3e and can be pulled back out of the locking position only by means of the special tool (magnet ~I) when in mentioned position.
Figure 4 of the drawings illustrates the apparatus at which the auxiliary member has been moved out and Figure 5 illustrates how if in this position the lower end of the bracket shaped auxiliary member 3 can be bent in an elas-tic manner such that the enclosed article can easyly be pul-led out of the casing. This position is also the one which allows a setting of an article to be made secure into the bracket shaped auxiliary member (clamp) and finally into the protecting casing.
The locking slot 3e is positioned in the upper narrow side of the casing and can be made there during the produc-tion of the casing without any further problems.
The illustrated design reveals that it is possible to form an extraordinary safe apparatus by most simple means.
It, thereby, is not important if the casing is composed of a hard plastic material, soft plastic material or even hard paper (cardboard). The use of the bracket shaped auxiliary member allows a safe locking also in case of less rigid ma-terials.
While there is shown and described a present preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be distinctly under-stood that the invention is not limited thereto, but may be otherwise variously embodied and practiced within the scope of the following claims.
Claims (8)
1. An anti-theft apparatus for a box shaped article intended to be sold, specifically a cassette with a data carrier, having a casing for receipt of the article which casing includes at least one narrow side having a slide-in opening and a signal transmitter adapted to trigger an alarm, having locking means arranged on or cooperating with same, resp. which are adapted to engage the article located in the casing, which locking means are adapted to be un-locked in order to separate the article from the casing, comprising a bracket shaped auxiliary member guided at the inner side of one of two opposite narrow sides of the ca-sing for a longitudinal displacement, which auxiliary mem-ber includes at both its ends a prependicularly projecting stiff leg, whereby the box shaped article is caught between said legs during a displacing, which bracket shaped member has an end piece positioned at the outside which end piece is elastically bendable allowing a removing of the article from the bracket and a setting-in of same thereinto when the bracket is in its drawn-out position, whereby the end of the bracket positioned at the inside includes a locking lug located adjacent the projecting leg and positioned seen in the longitudinal direction of the bracket outside of the leg and projecting also towards the inside, which lug is adapted to snap into a locking slot at the narrow side of the casing located opposite of the slide-in opening when the bracket is at least substantially completely slid into the casing, whereby the desired unlocking proceeds by means of a special tool.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the bracket shaped auxiliary member consists of a magnet material, spe-cifically steel, and the unlocking is made by a magnet act-ing onto the end of the bracket.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the bracket shaped auxiliary member is mounted in a longitudinally dis-placeable manner at a longitudinal slot in the correspond-ing narrow side of the casing.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the length of the bracket shaped auxiliary member exceeds the lengths of the corresponding narrow side of the casing.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the end of the bracket located at the outside includes a corner reinforce-ment in form of a plate formed along a web-leg edge posi-tioned between the web proper of the bracket and the leg projecting towards the inside.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the end of the bracket located at the inside includes a longitudinal slot and accordingly the end of the bracket has two separate elastic tongues, whereby the holding leg projecting towards the inside is positioned at the end of one tongue, and in which the arresting lug which is also angled towards the inside is formed at the end of the other somewhat longer tongue.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, in which an incline for the tongue which includes the holding leg is positioned at the end of the narrow side of the casing located at the in-side and guiding the bracket shaped auxiliary member, such that when the bracket is in its pushed in position the end of the bracket located at the inside and including the two tongues is forced slightly inwards such that the moving of the locking lug into its locking position is guaranteed, but without a preventing of the unlocking.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the locking slot is located at the narrow side of the casing opposite of the slide-in opening at the area of the corner of two perpendicularly adjacent narrow sides.
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| CH1033/91-1 | 1991-04-08 | ||
| CH1033/91A CH682796A5 (en) | 1991-04-08 | 1991-04-08 | Anti-theft device. |
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| CA2064443A1 true CA2064443A1 (en) | 1992-10-09 |
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| CA002064443A Abandoned CA2064443A1 (en) | 1991-04-08 | 1992-03-30 | Anti-theft apparatus |
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| AU (1) | AU656564B2 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2064443A1 (en) |
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