Patent ID: 6292101
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: E05B,G08B

Abstract:
An anti-theft element for an anti-theft device which is intended to be attached to a theft-attractive article such that said device can only be removed from the article with the aid of a special release device, said antitheft element including an ampule which contains a fouling substance and is disposed in said anti-theft element so as to be broken, crushed or destroyed or opened in some other way such as to release the fouling substance enclosed in the ampule should an attempt be made to release the anti-theft device from the theft-attractive article without the aid of said special release device, characterised in that the ampule (2) encloses a first fouling substance (B; D; G) having a specific fouling property, and at least one second fouling substance (C; E, F; H) having a fouling property that differs from the fouling property of said first fouling substance (B; D; G), and in that the chemical composition of the respective first fouling substance (B; D; G) and second fouling substance (C; E, F; H) is such that said substances (B, D, G; C, E, F; H) will not dissolve in one another.