Patent ID: 8640508

Claim:
Apparatus for releasing a magnetic security device in an article, the apparatus comprising: a) a first portion for locating the article in a first direction; b) a second portion for locating the article in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; c) wherein the first and second portions define a receptacle configured and adapted to receive the article so as to physically restrain the article in the first and second directions as it is brought into contact with the first and second portions, while leaving the article unrestrained in at least a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions, the receptacle being configured and adapted to receive first and second surfaces of the article that are wider than the apparatus, such that the article when received in the receptacle may extend beyond the apparatus in the third direction and may extend beyond the apparatus in a fourth direction opposite the third direction; and d) at least one of the first and second portions including magnetic release means arranged to assist in locating the article, when the article is initially misaligned, into alignment in the third direction by magnetic attraction of the security device as the article is brought into contact with the at least one of the first and second portions, the magnetic release means being arranged to provide a first magnetic force in the first direction and a second magnetic force in the second direction for releasing the magnetic security device from the article.