Abstract: A watthour meter enclosure with tamper resistance means characterized by a meter cover and a meter base assembled for preventing unlocking rotation of the cover and including locking means between the base and cover for preventing unlocking and/or for indicating surreptitious tampering if it occurs.

Abstract: A unitary grommet, adapted to securely mount therein a headlight-protecting screens and further adapted to enable secure mounting thereof in a headlight-opening-defining portion of a vehicle bumper or the like, for protecting the vehicle headlight, is described.The unitary grommet is comprised of flexibly-resilient material, and includes a common wall, separating a peripheral screen-mounting section. The screen-mounting section extends behind the vehicle bumper headlight-opening, for preventing access thereto, and to enable secure and efficient mounting of the screen in the grommet. The bumper-mounting section is adapted to extend peripherally about the bumper headlight opening, when the grommet is properly mounted, and provides a molded channel for securely mounting the grommet in the vehicle bumper headlight opening.

Abstract: A lock is disclosed for a carrying case of an emergency respirator which case includes a bottom container part and a cover member held to the container part. At least one strap member is connected to the container part and the cover member to hold them together. The strap includes two strap ends which are held together by a toggle clamp which includes a holding member connected to one strap end which pivotally carries a lever, and a hook end of the other strap end which is engaged with the lever. A sealing piece having a recess is provided which slides over an end of the lever to hold the lever in a closed position. The hook end of the strap includes an opening which receives a protrusion extending from a portion of the sealing piece.

Abstract: There is disclosed a security seal apparatus for securing information recorded on a recording medium such as a floppy disc or recording tape which incorporates an aperture therein. The security seal apparatus includes a circular rigid pad projecting beyond the edges of such aperture and formed centrally with a post for projecting through such aperture. The post is formed on its free extremity with an enlarged-in-diameter conical lock head having its base of a cross-section less than the cross-section of the aperture. A fastener plate is provided with a central opening having a diameter slightly less than the base of such conical lock head so that such fastener plate may be pressed onto such lock head causing the base of the conical lock to be compressed radially inwardly whereby the lock will pass through such opening and expand radially outwardly to overlie the peripheral edges of such opening and lock the fastener in position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tamper-proof device for fastening a sealing collar. A hard metal tab engages a slot in the head of a bolt and prevents the bolt from turning, thereby preventing removal of the sealing collar. The device also provides means which prevent removal of the hard metal tab.

Abstract: A combination meter, meter box and frangible seal for deterring unauthorized access to the meter and visually indicating, when the seal is broken, at least an unauthorized attempt has been made to access the meter.

Abstract: The invention teaches means for detecting unauthorized tampering or substitutions of a device, and has particular utility when applied on a "seal" device used to secure a location or thing. The seal has a transparent body wall, and a first indicia, viz., a label identification is formed on the inside surface of this wall. Second and third indicia are formed on the outside surface of the transparent wall, and each of these indicia is transparent to allow the parallax angled viewing of the first indicia through these indicia. The second indicia is in the form of a broadly uniform pattern, viz, many small spaced dots; while the third indicia is in the form of easily memorized objects, such as human faces, made on a substrate by means of halftone printing. The substrate is lapped over the outside surface of the transparent wall.

Abstract: A cinch type seal having a cord with a loop at one end extending through a body with the ends of the cord on the side of the body remote from the loop. The body is movable relative to the cord and has a control port through which the cord is visible so that after the ends of the cord are removed, any unauthorized movement of the body relative to the cord will be visually apparent through the control port.

Abstract: A security seal comprising a tie member that forms the seal shackle and a retainer in the form of a block or body in which the tie member ends are anchored when the device is in use as a seal. Manual anchoring of the tie member in the retainer, in applying the seal, is by way of applying the tie member to a through passage formed in the retainer block or body, which block or body also has formed in same a bore that extends crosswise of and intersects and crosses said through passage, between a mouth of same in a side surface of the retainer, on one side of the passage, and a recess the bore forms on the other side of the passage.

Abstract: A security seal for providing an indication of unauthorized access to a sealed object includes an elongate member to be entwined in the object such that access is denied unless the member is removed. The elongate member has a hollow, pressurizable chamber extending throughout its length that is filled with a permanent dye under greater than atmospheric pressure. Attempts to cut the member and weld it together are revealed when dye flows through a rupture in the chamber wall and stains the outside surface of the member.

Abstract: A spring locking device for preventing unauthorized adjustment of the spring force subsequent to an adjustment conducted by a person having skill in the art. The spring locking device is composed of a seal which is positioned in a blocking relation with respect to the adjusting member and will be either totally destroyed if an effort is made to adjust the force of the spring or at least reflect that the adjustment has been tampered with. The seal can be in the form of a member which is press fit into an opening adjacent the adjusting member or it can be cast or poured in a liquid form and subsequently solidified in the opening adjacent the adjusting member. In addition, the seal can have an identification indicia placed thereon to reflect the last skilled person to make the adjustment to the spring force.

Abstract: A frangible plug for sealing the access opening of a barrel lock, particularly such a lock installed in an electric meter box lock, the plug being so designed and installed that it cannot be removed without being destroyed, thus giving positive visible indication that the integrity of the seal has or has not been violated.

Abstract: A spring locking device for preventing unauthorized adjustment of the spring force subsequent to an adjustment conducted by a person having skill in the art. The spring locking device is composed of a seal which is positioned in a blocking relation with respect to the adjusting member and will be either totally destroyed if an effort is made to adjust the force of the spring or at least reflect that the adjustment has been tampered with. The seal can be in the form of a member which is press fit into an opening adjacent the adjusting member or it can be cast or poured in a liquid form and subsequently solidified in the opening adjacent the adjusting member. In addition, the seal can have an identification indicia placed thereon to reflect the last skilled person to make the adjustment to the spring force.

Abstract: A transparent seal and a pneumatic power system for automatically affixing the seal onto a staple included in a hasp utilized to lock a coin collecting box used in coin activated vending apparatus for impeding unauthorized entry into the box via the hasp to pilfer coins therefrom comprising the seal formed with an aperture in a first plane and a hole in a second plane normal to the first plane and a plunger initially disposed in the hole in a first position or nonlocking state in which both the inner and outer ends of the plunger are located on the same side of the aperture and staple, and an automatic pneumatic power system for disposing the aperture onto the free end of the staple to register the aperture and open space of the staple end with the hole and thereafter for moving the plunger from its first position into a second position or locking state in the hole in which latter position the plunger projects through the registered aperture, open end of the staple and hole to locate the inner end of the plun

Abstract: A device for closing and sealing bags which eliminates the tightening of the mouth, and makes the operation simple, rapid and safe. The device, according to the invention, comprises a flat housing with an open bottom which receives the folded mouth (preferably two series of folds reminiscent of an accordion) of a bag. An element is extended between the two larger sides of the housing, passing through aligned orifices in the folded mouth of the bag. This effects immobilization between the element and the two larger sides. In the preferred embodiment, the element is, in reality, two lengths of cord fixed to one of the larger sides and freely passing across the other. In this case, the larger sides form part of two halves of the housing, which are separable for opening the bag. In the closed position, the two halves can be locked and sealed.

Abstract: A fastener for a hasp including a staple and utilized to lock a pay telephone station coin box for preventing unauthorized entry thereinto, and comprising a first element formed in an E-shape or an -shape and having a middle projection positioned in the interior space of the staple for disposing the latter element adjacent to the hasp member attached to the face of the box, and a second element formed with an opening through which the free end of the staple is passed to dispose the latter element exteriorly of the staple with one surface in juxtaposition with an opposite surface of the first element. The juxtapositioned surfaces may be plain or provided with predetermined, mated projections, including the first-mentioned projections, grooves and recesses bonded together to constitute a bielement unitary fastener difficult to remove from the hasp without showing evidence of tampering with the fastener.

Abstract: A simple and quickly appliable bag closure device which automatically tightens the neck of the bag. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention the device comprises a label holder in the form of a generally flattened base and a cover for closure over the base. Said base and cover are provided with means permitting them to be sealed in the closed position by means of a security seal. The base is centrally formed with a cavity shaped to receive a lever which is a separate part of the label holder although connected thereto by a string fixed at one end to one of various points along the length of the lever and at the other end to a label. The lever is formed, with relation to the cavity, so that it may be pivoted about one end to apply an automatic tightening to the neck of the bag about which the lever is passed before being placed in the cavity. The closure of the cover over the base also closes the lever in the cavity.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a security device which detects tampering with secured closure. A fiber optic bundle is looped through a closure and secured at opposite ends of the bundle to a snap-together connector. An intermediate length of the fiber optic bundle surrounds the snap-together connector preventing access to its locking mechanism unless fibers are severed. After installation, light is passed through the fiber optics and a particular pattern is generated at a viewing end of the connector. Tampering with the closure will cause individual fiber optics to be disturbed or cut so that subsequent viewing of the fiber optics will generate a different viewing pattern than originally observed.

Abstract: A thermograph adapted to be pre-loaded with chart paper upon which shipping information can be written, and comprising an instrument unit enclosed in an expendable container for automatic operation and security assured by a seal, the instrument being operated horologically in combination with a thermometer and all of which is electro-mechanical wherein solid state circuitry powers prime movers to advance the chart on a time basis while servo positioning a recording stylus by means of interval pulses, and responsive to a temperature sensing transducer means cooperating with the solid state circuitry comprised of a comparator means, and discriminator means operable to actuate switch means to "power-up" or "power-down" prime movers that position said stylus according to temperature sensed by said transducer means.

Abstract: A reusable, tamper-indicating seal comprises a drum confined within a fixed body and rotatable in one direction therewithin, the top of the drum constituting a tray carrying a large number of small balls of several different colors. The fixed body contains parallel holes for looping a seal wire therethrough. The base of the drums carries cams adapted to coact with cam followers to lock the wire within the seal at one angular position of the drum. A channel in the fixed body -- visible from outside the seal -- adjacent the tray constitutes a segregated location for a small plurality of the colored balls. A spring in the tray forces colored balls into the segregated location at one angular position of the drum, further rotation securing the balls in position and the wires in the seal. A wedge-shaped plough removes the balls from the segregated location, at a different angular position of the drum, the wire being unlocked at the same position.

Abstract: A re-usable envelope having a zip closure which can be locked closed by a sealing device. The sealing device is of plastics material, one part being mounted to the envelope and the other part being engageable therewith, the sealing device only being operable by breaking said other part. The zip tag includes a part for manual engagement to facilitate closing of the sealing device.

Abstract: A new single piece plastic security seal comprising an insert which is elastically deformable on passing through an opening of slightly smaller dimensions, and a further part which may be broken away from said insert at a weakened region connecting the insert thereto. The seal is adapted for sealing two elements formed with openings in such a manner that the insert is passed through both openings to be caught behind the second one. The elements form a cavity for protecting the insert in the sealing position. The breaking of the weakened region permits the separation of the two elements in a direction normal to the axis of the openings.

Abstract: A device for securing removeable closures such as drawers, doors, and the like to prevent unacknowledged access to the closure which must be removed in order to gain access to the closure. A frangible member must be destroyed in order to remove the device. The device is useful during the transit of furniture such as cabinets, drawers, and desks in which valuable objects may be left during moving. The device includes a ribbon-like connector having one end tied to a drawer interlocking means and the other end tightly secured through a locking block housing. The locking block includes a removable top and a frangible locking plate which can only be removed by destroying the plate connector to allow the housing to be opened to release the ribbon-like connector and the drawer interlock. The device finds utility in securing one or more drawers which cannot be opened unless the device is removed by destroying the frangible indicator.

Abstract: An engagement lock comprising a rod-shaped locking member and a casing having a cavity for receiving the locking member. A tapered engagement section is formed at one end of the locking member and is inserted into a slit sleeve fixed in the casing to reach a first stage in which a shoulder of the tapered section abuts against the sleeve to prevent axial retraction of the locking member from the casing. The locking member is then axially advanced further into the casing to reach a second stage in which clearance between the rings through which the locking member has passed and the head of the locking member and casing is taken up to conceal the rod-shaped member.

Abstract: A sealing ring assembly for an electric meter including a pair of radially projecting spaced ears having aligned rivet holes through which an elongated rivet is received. The rivet, of substantially hard material, such as case-hardened steel, is held in position by a sleeve, fitted over the free end of the rivet, and a set screw in the sleeve radially bearing against the rivet, the set screw being a shear-headed type in which the head has been sheared off substantially flush with the radial exterior surface of the sleeve.

Abstract: A locking mechanism utilizing a cable in which the cable has been flattened so as to give it an oval or flattened shape and wherein an orifice into which the cable is inserted for one way motion is flattened so as to prevent the cable from being twisted or turned thus preventing the cable from being removed from the locking device. In certain embodiments the locking device may, when in the locked position, have a loop of cable extending from it and in another embodiment a cable with a flag attached thereon may be used with the locking device.

Abstract: An enterostomy retainer comprising a rigid cylindrical base portion and a flexible tubular portion extending from a first end of the base portion. The second end of the base portion and the free end of the tubular portion have interconnecting means to facilitate connection of the tubular portion free end to the cylindrical portion second end to form a closed loop.

Abstract: A sealing device for a zip fastener, comprising a lock having therethrough a channel, of which a wall portion is resilient and into which can be inserted the shaft of a disposable sealing member comprising a head and a shaft under temporary deformation of the resilient wall portion, and then be retained therein secured against withdrawal and rotation, while the head fixes the pulling lip of the zip fastener and the pulling lip is provided with a rotatable disc having a receiving cavity for the head of the sealing member, all this in such a manner that as a result of rotation of the disc the shaft of the sealing member can be twisted to fracture.

Abstract: A filter assembly comprises a base having a cartridge-type filter and an impervious case mounted thereon. An open end of the case is disposed in an annular recess defined in the base. An annular sealing means is disposed within the recess and is compressed in sealing relationship therein by the case. The sealing means comprises an annular metallic insert having a U-shaped cross section and an annular elastomeric member molded as an integral part thereof. Outer sealing portions of the elastomeric member are compressed into sealing contact with top and sidewalls defining the recess and the case is automatically self-centered within sidewalls of the insert.

Abstract: An improved Cable Loc Seal which includes a staking operation which locks the fixed end of the cable to the lock and furthermore, prevents the integrity of the seal from being destroyed in that if the cable is cut and the fixed end removed a new end of the cable cannot be inserted into the lock which guarantees the integrity of the seal.

Abstract: A locking structure for assembly onto existing electric meter boxes or the like, said structure comprising a bushing for mounting onto the box cover and an apertured bracket for mounting inside the box so that the bracket aperture is aligned with the bushing. The structure is intended to receive a locking cylinder of the type having an enlarged head and an elongated body portion with expansible locking balls near the end remote from the head, and the parts are dimensioned and positioned to retain the cover tightly closed when the locking cylinder is assembled. The bushing completely encloses the head of the locking cylinder so that the other end of the cylinder is recessed in the bushing. Apertures may be provided in opposite sides of the forward end of the bushing to receive a seal transversely across the bushing, so that the locking member cannot be removed without rupturing the seal.

Abstract: A sealing device for reusable envelopes in which a zip is held closed by a breakable plastic seal, the disposable, breakable part of the seal being broken by rotation of a coin in a slot provided.

Abstract: A lunch box having a latch further equipped with a bendable security closure for the latch.

Abstract: A locking device for security sealing purposes and of the kind comprising an enclosure element intended to be permanently fixed to an article which is to be locked and a disposable element which is engageable into the enclosure element to close the device and disengageable from the enclosure element by rupture to open the device. The device is characterized in that the disposable element has a plug part which is resiliently deformable so as to be slidably insertable, but not retractable, through an entrance to the enclosure element and which is connected to a head part which projects outwardly of the enclosure element so as to be manually manipulable to detach it from the plug part and thereby open the device.

Abstract: A seal especially adapted for use on a fire extinguisher or other device, said seal providing visual evidence of operability and has means to prevent operation of the device until the seal is removed. The seal is formed of a single piece of molded plastic and is provided with an integral finger loop to facilitate removal. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the means preventing operation of the extinguisher is a rigid bar which extends through suitable locking apertures in the operating handle and handle support, and the seal means is a socket on one end of the bar and a shackle extending from the other end.

Abstract: A disposable padlock which cannot be opened by a key but whose locking effect can only be nullified by the use of sufficient force to deform the padlock. A shackle is automatically engaged when inserted into a body portion of the padlock. Engagement members mounted in the body portion are biassed to engage recesses in limbs of the shackle in such a way that the padlock will deform before the shackle will be removed by the application of force. Means may be provided for preventing rotation of the limbs of a sheared shackle engaged by the body portion.

Abstract: A simple and quickly appliable bag closure device which automatically tightens the neck of the bag. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention the device comprises a label holder in the form of a generally flattened base and a cover for closure over the base. Said base and cover are provided with means permitting them to be sealed in the closed position by means of a security seal. The base is centrally formed with a cavity shaped to receive a lever which is a separate part of the label holder although connected thereto by a string fixed at one end to one of various points along the length of the lever and at the other end to a label. The lever is formed, with relation to the cavity, so that it may be pivoted about one end to apply an automatic tightening to the neck of the bag about which the lever is passed before being placed in the cavity. The closure of the cover over the base also closes the lever in the cavity.