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Patente US6380855 - Apparatus for safeguarding a merchandise item against theft - Google PatentesB�squeda Im�genes Maps Play YouTube Noticias Gmail Drive M�s » B�squeda avanzada de patentes | Historial web | Iniciar sesi�n B�squeda avanzada de patentesPatentesIn order to develop an apparatus for safeguarding a merchandise item against theft, having a safeguarding part for fixing to the merchandise item and having a connecting cord for connecting the safeguarding part to an object which is not at risk of theft in such a way that it allows improved presentation...http://www.google.es/patents/US6380855?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US6380855 - Apparatus for safeguarding a merchandise item against theft N�mero de publicaci�nUS6380855 B1Tipo de publicaci�nConcesi�n N�mero de solicitud09/689,148 Fecha de publicaci�n30 Abr 2002 Fecha de presentaci�n12 Oct 2000 Fecha de prioridad22 Oct 1999Tambi�n publicado comoCA2324025A1, CA2324032A1, CA2324032C, EP1093743A2, EP1093743A3, EP1093744A2, EP1093744A3 N�mero de publicaci�n09689148, 689148, US 6380855 B1, US 6380855B1, US-B1-6380855, US6380855 B1, US6380855B1 InventoresReinhold Ott Cesionario originalReinhold OttCitas de patentes (14), Citada por (23), Clasificaciones (15) Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesi�n de USPTO, EspacenetApparatus for safeguarding a merchandise item against theftUS 6380855 B1 Resumen In order to develop an apparatus for safeguarding a merchandise item against theft, having a safeguarding part for fixing to the merchandise item and having a connecting cord for connecting the safeguarding part to an object which is not at risk of theft in such a way that it allows improved presentation of the merchandise item, it is proposed that the safeguarding part comprises a substantially rigid base part and also a fixing part, which can be fixed to the merchandise item and can be adapted to the form of the merchandise item at least in a partial region of its surface associated with the merchandise item.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for safeguarding a merchandise item against theft, having a safeguarding part for fixing to the merchandise item and having a connecting cord for connecting the safeguarding part to an object which is not at risk of theft.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to develop an apparatus of the type in question for safeguarding a merchandise item against theft in such a way that it allows improved presentation of the merchandise item.
The merchandise item can be safeguarded against theft electronically by means of the sensor element. All that is necessary for this purpose is to connect the sensor element to a monitoring circuit disclosed in EP 0 116 701 B1, for example. If, during an attempted theft, the safeguarding part�or the monitoring element in the case of a sensor element configuration in the form of a separate monitoring element�is separated from the merchandise item, then this is detected by the sensor element, which thereupon provides an electrical measurement quantity which can be evaluated as an alarm situation by the monitoring circuit.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The following description of preferred embodiments of the invention serves, in connection with the drawing, to provide further elucidation.
FIG. 3 shows a sectional view along the line 3�3 in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 shows a sectional view along the line 4�4 in FIG. 2
FIG. 5 shows a sectional view along the line 5�5 in FIG. 2;
FIG. 10 shows a sectional view along the line A�A in FIG. 9.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A first embodiment�which in its entirety is allocated the reference symbol 10�of an apparatus for safeguarding a merchandise item against theft is shown in diagrammatic illustration in FIGS. 1 to 5. It comprises a safeguarding part 14, which can be fitted to a merchandise item 12 which is at risk of theft, and a holding part 18 with a housing 19, which holding part can be fixed on an object which is not at risk of theft, for example a lid 16 of a display case, said lid being oriented in an inclined manner with respect to the horizontal for presentation purposes, the safeguarding part 14 being connected to the holding part 18 in an unreleasable manner via a connecting cord 20. The merchandise item 12 is shown only comparatively small in the drawing, in order to obtain a better overview. As already mentioned in the introduction, the merchandise item 12 that may be protected against theft may be, in particular, a mobile radio transceiver or a remote control.
On its top side remote from the holding part 18, the base part 30 carries a fixing part 37�which can be adapted to the merchandise item�with three contact elements 38, 39, 40, which are spaced apart from one another and with the aid of which the safeguarding part 14 can be applied to the merchandise item 12 to be monitored. In the longitudinal direction of the safeguarding part 14 at the same level next to one another, two contact elements 38 and 39 are held in a manner that allows them to pivot on the upper part 34 in each case by means of a ball-and-socket joint 42 and can be oriented in an inclined manner with respect to one another, in order to be able to be adapted to the profile of a curved surface 44 of the merchandise item 12. The two contact elements. 38, 39 articulated to the upper part 34 are, in particular, each held in a manner that allows them to pivot about two pivot axes 46, 47 which are oriented perpendicularly to one another, said axes being illustrated by dash-dotted lines in FIG. 2. In this case, the mounting is effected in each case by means of a bearing journal 49, which is integrally connected to a bearing plate 50 clamped in between the lower part 32 and the upper part 34 and whose upwardly projecting free end 51 has a spherical form. The contact elements 38 and 39 are formed substantially in the shape of plates and engage around the free end 51 of the bearing journal 49, with the result that they can be oriented in any desired direction in an inclined manner with respect to the longitudinal axis of the bearing journal 49.
The proper fitting of the safeguarding part 14 to the merchandise item 12 is monitored by means of an electrical sensor element 58 (see FIG. 3). The latter comprises a switching plunger 59, which is spring-loaded in the direction of the merchandise item 12, engages through a central hole in the contact element 40 and is coupled to an electrical switching element 61 disposed within the cavity 36�formed by the lower part 32 and the upper part 34�of the base part 30 on an electrical printed circuit board 63. In the case of the first embodiment illustrated, said printed circuit board accommodates an electrical monitoring circuit which is known per se, and, therefore, is not illustrated in the drawing, and which provides an alarm signal when the switching plunger 59 is actuated, with the result that detachment of the contact element 40 from the merchandise item 12 to be monitored leads to the triggering of a visual and/or acoustic alarm signal. To that end, the monitoring circuit disposed on the printed circuit board 63 may have a piezoelectric crystal, for example. In addition, a light-emitting diode 65 is disposed on the safeguarding part 14, said diode being electrically connected to the printed circuit board 63, with the result that a visual alarm signal can be output. electronic monitoring arrangement can be indicated by means of the light-emitting diode 65.
From the above., it becomes clear that the safeguarding part 14 can be reliably fitted by means of the fixing part 37 even to a curved surface of the merchandise item 12 to be monitored. At the same time, the merchandise item 12 can be presented in an advantageous manner by the insertion of the base part 30 into the receptacle 22 of the holding part 18, the side walls 23 and 24 of the receptacle 22 ensuring a non-rotatable mounting of the merchandise item 12, and at the same time, by means of a latching clip 69, which is disposed on the underside�facing the bottom wall 25 of the receptacle 22�of the base part 30 and engages behind the latching hook 26, the safeguarding part 14 being able to be suspended in the holding part 18 in a simple manner. This makes it possible to present the merchandise item 12 with a curved surface 44 advantageously on an emplacement area oriented in an inclined manner with respect to the horizontal, as is formed for example by the lid 16 of the display case.
In a corresponding manner to that explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, a switching element 61 is also provided in the second embodiment�illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 8�for the purpose of properly monitoring the fixing of the safeguarding part.14 to the merchandise item 12 to be monitored, the switching plunger 59 of which switching element engages through a passage opening 85 in the casing 79 and can thus be applied to the merchandise item 12. If the fixing part 77 is separated from the merchandise item 12 during an attempted theft, then the switching plunger 59 is activated in this case, which leads to the triggering of an alarm�as is described above.
In FIGS. 9 and 10, there is shown in diagrammatic illustration a third embodiment of an apparatus for safeguarding a merchandise item against theft. In its 35 entirety, it is allocated the reference symbol 90. It differs from the first embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 by the use of a winding element 100�explained below�for automatically winding up the connecting cord 20, by the disposition of the monitoring circuit�coupled to the switching element 61�within the holding part 18, and by the use of an additional sensor element 116 for monitoring the proper fixing of the holding part 18 to the object which is not at risk of theft, said object being in the form of the lid 16. For the rest, said third embodiment is formed in a corresponding manner to the first embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5. Therefore, the same reference symbols as in the first embodiment described above are used for identical structural parts, and, in this regard, reference is made to the corresponding description of the apparatus 10 in order to avoid repetition.
The monitoring circuit 92 is electrically connected to the switching element 61 via the connecting cord 20. In order to automatically wind up the connecting cord 20, a winding element 100 is disposed within the housing 19 of the holding part 18 and winds up the connecting cord 20 as far as possible. To that end, the winding element 100�as becomes clear from FIG. 10, in particular�comprises a coil 102, which is mounted in a rotatable manner and accommodates a spiral spring 104 and onto which the connecting cord 20 can be wound up. The connecting cord 20 can be unwound counter to the effect of the spiral spring 104 if a customer, for example for the purpose of subjecting the merchandise item 12 to be monitored to a test use, removes the merchandise item 12 with the safeguarding part 14 fitted thereto from the holding part 18. If the customer then puts the merchandise item 12 back again, the winding element 100 ensures that the connecting cord 20 is wound up on account of the spring force of the spiral spring 104 on the coil 102.
The holding part 18 of the apparatus 90 is fixed to the lid 16 by means of the adhesive pad 28, for example by means of a double-sided adhesive tape. In order to ensure that the apparatus 90 cannot be removed unnoticed together with the merchandise item 12 from the lid 16, the apparatus 90 comprises, in addition to the switching plunger 59�engaging against the merchandise item 12�and the corresponding switching element 61, a further sensor unit 116 for monitoring the proper fitting of the holding part 18 to the object 16 which is not at risk of theft. This sensor element 116 comprises a switching plunger 118, which engages through a central through hole 120 in the bottom wall 122 in the housing 19 of the holding part 18 and also through a corresponding cutout 124 in the adhesive pad 28 and engages against the lid 16. The switching plunger 118 is electrically connected to a switching element�disposed in the housing 19�in the form of a microswitch 126, which in turn is connected to the monitoring circuit 92. If the holding part 18 is removed from the lid 16 in an unauthorized manner, then the switching plunger 118, which is spring-loaded in the direction of the lid 16, actuates the microswitch 126. This last is detected as an alarm situation by the monitoring circuit 92, and a visual and acoustic alarm is thereupon output by means of the piezoelectric crystal 96 and the light-emitting diode 65 in the same way as in the event of unauthorized removal of the merchandise item 12 from the safeguarding part 14.
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