Abstract: A tie-type security seal having a seal body (1) with internal locking teeth (5) in a tunnel (2) and an elongate element (11) having a series of sealing formations (14) therealong. The free end (13) of the elongate element (11) may be passed through the tunnel (2) so that the sealing formations (14) successively cooperate with the teeth (5) on tightening the loop so formed. According to the invention, a locking accessory (9) integral with the seal body (1) is formed with a through opening (15) having a shape substantially identical to the cross section of the elongate element (11) and at least one flexible edge part (16) to adjust itself to the differences in the said cross section in the regions of the regions of the sealing formations. The accessory (9) is foldable with respect to the seal body (1) so that the through opening (15) is superimposed on the open outlet (4) of the tunnel (2) in the seal body.

Abstract: A steel bolt has weakening grooves at one end to which a head is swaged, the head having two frusto-conical portions at opposite ends. One end has a frusto-conical step for receiving a pair of jaws of a bolt breaking tool. A resilient spacer is attached to the bolt next to the head for limiting the depth of entry of the bolt head into a hasp hole, to provide access clearance for the tool and to permit the bolt to tilt to assist in breaking the bolt. The spacer is received in one hasp hole smaller in diameter than a second hasp hole to limit the depth of insertion of the spacer and the bolt head tapered end portion into the hasp. A seal with a conventional locking mechanism has a frusto-conical end region which partially engages the other hasp hole. The bolt and seal cooperate to lock the seal axially at different positions so the seal is engaged with one hasp hole and the bolt head engaged with the other hasp hole.

Abstract: A lock body through bore receives a steel bolt with an array of annular grooves. A locking mechanism secured in the bore has an annular array of locking jaws normally biased engaged with an inserted bolt groove. A jaw spreader has a conical surface for spreading the jaws radially outwardly to disengage the bolt. A locking member normally is radially outwardly of the jaws to preclude such spreading. A spring with a high spring constant, e.g., 300 pound load, axially biases the locking member in the jaw locking position. The spreader and locking member define a locking jaw conical path for radially outwardly releasing the jaws during bolt insertion and for locking the jaws in the opposite bolt withdrawal direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substantially permanent, fixed-circumference, non-abrasive binding device for gathering and binding plural articles, including a locking head, a tail, and an elongate strap therebetween. The head and tail ends include cooperative locking means for securing the tail end in the locking head. The tail end includes outwardly projecting tail barbs to facilitate pulling the tail end through the locking head, and subsequently to facilitate engagement of locking barbs located on the end of the strap with barb stops located in the head. A score line is preformed across the tail end at a point between the locking barbs and the tail end, to provide for a break-any tail which can be removed after engagement of the locking barbs with the barb stops in the head. Upon engagement of the locking barbs with the barb stops, the score line is at a position slightly inside of the locking head so that no sharp or abrasive edge will be exposed after the tail end is broken off.

Abstract: A shackle seal which includes a housing which is open at least at one end and which receives, through the open end, a bail or shackle strap having a plurality of spaced locking elements along at least a portion of the length thereof which are engagable by at least two locking cages, each of which includes flexible locking fingers for engaging the locking elements of the strap. A first of the locking cages is fixedly mounted adjacent the at least one opening in the housing while a second of the locking cages is movable within the housing so as to be selectively engagable with the locking fingers of the first cage.

Abstract: A one piece molded thermoplastic, preferably polypropylene, high security seal for coin bags has a locking socket body from which a flag extends on one side and a rectangular flat elongated shackle extends on the opposite side via an intermediate flat member which has a tear band there across for selectively separating the member into two pieces to facilitate removal of the locked seal. The shackle has several locking circular segment teeth in two parallel linear arrays on opposite edges of the shackle adjacent to a tamper resistant flange at the member end. A locking sheet metal stamped insert has two sets of tangs defining two spaced tooth receiving openings in a socket locking cavity aligned with shackle receiving openings in the body. The body receives the insert transverse to the shackle insertion direction through a cavity side wall later sealed with a flap formed in the seal body. The locked shackle precludes removal of the insert should the side wall seal be tampered with.

Abstract: A self locking reusable rod seal includes a case hardened stamped frustro-conical member comprising a C-shaped section from which two like opposing arcuate segments are cantilevered. The member is located and secured for axial displacement in a frustro-conical bore of a case hardened steel housing. The segments have axially spaced ridges, the end most ones of which grip a rod in the bore thereof, the rod axially displacing the member when the rod is displaced in opposite directions relative to the housing. The rod has circumferential axially spaced grooves. The member ridges engage the grooves so as to be pulled by the axial displacement of the rod. The ridges and grooves are resiliently engaged and when the member is displaced toward one end of the housing bore, the ridges disengage and when the member is displaced toward the other end of the bore, the ridges are wedged against the rod grooves.

Abstract: A novel security seal which cannot be removed without destroying or defacing the seal, thereby rendering tampering detectable. The novel seal comprises a strap having a tongue end, a locking head at the other end, with a key and stop plate disposed therebetween. To engage the seal, the tongue is looped around and inserted through the locking head. As it is pulled tight, the key engages a lock plate inside the head. When the key is fully engaged, the stop plate abuts the head, preventing undetected tampering or withdrawal of the tongue. In locked position, the tongue remains exposed and is therefore a convenient location for coded information.

Abstract: A closed seal member has a channel extending through it and contains a holder with locking members for the irreversible holding of an end of a flexible band of metal, which end is introduced into the channel. The other end of the band is fastened in the seal member. The flexible band carries a detachable code carrier. Both the seal member and also the code carrier fastened on the band have a code which is identical for both or is a unique code. The code carrier is fastened in such an area of the band that the seal can be closed only after removal of the code carrier.

Abstract: A security seal has an elongated flexible strap integral with a housing at one end. The other end of the strap can be moved through a passageway in the housing to form the strap into a closed loop. Facilities in the housing and on one surface of the strap permit movement of the strap out of the passageway and prevent reverse movement of the strap if the strap is properly inserted without a half-twist and into the proper end of the passageway. These facilities are ineffective to prevent reverse movement if the strap is improperly inserted. The seal is improved by forming a groove longitudinally in the passageway. A surface feature on the other surface of the strap is conformally received in the groove when the strap is properly inserted into the passageway without twisting. If the strap is improperly inserted, the passageway interferes with and applies force to the surface feature. This force discolors or deforms the surface feature to provide a visual indication of improper insertion.

Abstract: A cable lock assembly for the bundling of lengths of material such as logs includes a lock affixed to a first end of a cable. One of a number of buttons rigidly affixed to the cable at a second end thereof may be placed is a complementarily shaped socket in a base of the lock. The button may be retained in the socket by a cover which is rotatably connected to the base and may be releasably secured thereto in its button retaining closed position. The cable lock assembly of the present invention is easy to handle without the requirement of specific tools and is reusable, thus reducing operating costs. Slipping of the cable through the lock in the closed position of the cover is substantially prevented, thus improving the reliability of the cable lock assembly.

Abstract: In accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a positively operable stop collar for providing a bridge in a well casing that prevents reverse flow of cement slurry includes a tubular body having upper and lower stop rings positioned in upper and lower recesses therein, seal rings between the recesses, and a bevel on the upper stop ring that is engaged by an inclined surface on the drive plate of a displacement plug to expand the upper stop ring and allow the drive plate to pass through the upper stop ring and to be locked in engagement with the seal rings.

Abstract: A security seal includes a first seal member having a first locking portion and a first detection circuit portion. A second seal member has a second locking portion and a second detection circuit portion. The first locking portion is engagable to the second locking portion to engage and irretrievably lock together the first seal member to the second seal member. Engagement of the first seal member to the second seal member operatively connects the first detection circuit portion to the second detection circuit portion to provide a combined detection circuit throughout the security seal. In a preferred embodiment, the first seal member includes a spear having the first locking portion, and the second seal member includes a sleeve having the second locking portion.

Abstract: A closure for a band and the like comprises a closure housing adapted for passing a band therethrough, a housing cap adapted to be connected to an end of the band, and elements for releasably connecting the closure housing with the housing cap. The connecting elements include a pin projecting from the closure housing and having a front end with two oppositely inclined surfaces and two transverse grooves, and two sliders accomodated in the housing cap slidingly over one another and each having a projection and a shaped formation facing toward one another and formed so that in a locked condition the projections of the sliders of the housing cap engage in the grooves of the pin of the closure housing while the shaped formations of the sliders of the housing cap abut against the inclined surfaces of the pin of the closure housing.

Abstract: A security seal includes a first seal member having a first locking portion and a first detection circuit portion. A second seal member has a second locking portion and a second detection circuit portion. The first locking portion is engageable to the second locking portion to engage and irretrievably lock together the first seal member to the second seal member. Engagement of the first seal member to the second seal member operatively connects the first detection circuit portion to the second detection circuit portion to provide a combined detection circuit throughout the security seal. The first seal member preferably includes a spear having the first locking portion, and the second seal member includes a sleeve having the second locking portion. The spear is insertible into the sleeve to engage the first locking portion to the second locking portion, and to thereby engage the first seal member and the first detection circuit portion to the second seal member and the second detection circuit portion.

Abstract: A security seal has a band mounting a protrusion at one end and a housing at the other end. The end of the protrusion may be first passed through apertures in a latch or closure and then may be inserted into, and held by gripping facilities within the housing. The portion of the protrusion extending away from the housing resides in the apertures and prevents operation of the latch or closure absent damage to or disintegration of the seal. Vibratory and oscillatory motion which occurs during shipping or handling of an item bearing the seal can cause the aperture walls to cut or saw through the protrusion, giving a false indication of tampering. A protective shroud is provided which surrounds the protrusion and is interposed between it and the apertures to prevent cutting or sawing of the protrusion.

Abstract: A seal for a projecting drum ring includes a housing which is open at the back and the bottom and has a stem with a tapered head extending downwardly, the stem being connected by a relatively weak joint to the upper wall of the housing, the upper wall having a strap extending therefrom in order that when the tapered head is pressed through the ring it is retained against undetected tampering but the seal may be easily removed by pulling on the strap thereby breaking the stem at the connection to the head.

Abstract: A shackle seal which includes a housing that is open at each end and which receives through one end an enlarged end portion of an integrally formed shackle or strap which is engaged by an assembly of locking teeth which is formed of a material having a higher melting point than the housing and which is slidingly received within the housing and retained therein by a plug which closes the other end of the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for blocking the release of a slide fastener caused by the movement of a slider. According to the preferable embodiment, this apparatus comprises a pair of sliders, which are provided with a pair of ring-projections respectively, and a pair of engaging members as a blocking member for supporting and ensuring the interlocking of the ring-projections. Then, a pair of studs are provided at the engaging members respectively. When the sliders arranged reversely are moved forwardly to be contacted with each other for closing the slide fastener, the ring-projections are interlocked so that the eyes of the both ring-projections are overlapped. Next, each stud is pushed into the overlapped eyes from each side and engaged to another stud in the eyes so as not to be removed and not to be pulled out. Therefore, the release of the slide fastener caused by the movement of the slider is surely blocked.

Abstract: A one-piece tamper-proof bundling strap comprised of a head-end portion defining an aperture therethrough, the head-end portion being integrally connected to an elongated narrow body portion, the aperture in the head-end portion corresponding generally to the cross-sectional configuration of the body portion. The head-end portion and the body portion have a locking means integrally associated therewith for preventing reverse movement of the body portion relative to the head-end portion when the body portion is looped upon itself and disposed within the aperture of the head-end portion. The locking means is comprised of a plurality of serrations oriented along a portion of the length of the body portion and a plurality of projecting teeth members disposed within said through-aperture adapted to lock against the serrations when the body portion is looped upon itself and drawn through the aperture in the head-end portion.

Abstract: A security envelope for transporting confidential papers or money is disclosed having a high degree of security, being easy to close and seal as well as simple to manufacture. The envelope of the invention is provided with a closure and seal device having a first part extended along one side of the opening thereof, external of the envelope, such part being formed with a series of long pins distributed along its length. The pins pass through both sides of the envelope along a line adjacent to the opening to be received and locked in locking sockets formed in a second part extended along the opening on the other side of the envelope. The two parts of the closure and seal device are preferably hinged together along corresponding londitudinal edges so that when closed, the hinge lies along the opening so as to prevent access to the interior of the envelope through the spaces between the pins.

Abstract: A shackle seal housing has a separate plug that is snugly received in its entirety within one end of the housing, the housing having an inwardly extending circumferential ridge and the plug having a groove in its outer wall which receives the ridge when the plug is seated. The inner end of the plug has a cavity which snugly receives the shackle end thereby preventing inward compression of the plug when it is seated within the housing. The housing may have a non-circular configuration, to prevent twisting of the shackle within the housing. The shackle strap may have a variable width border provided by an opening to permit selection of its breaking strength.

Abstract: A tamper-proof tag which is made of a unitary body, formed of molded plastic material, and comprises a fastener connected to a flexible strap, the latter being foldable into a ring and engageable into a catch defined at one end of the strap. The fastener is so configured that, once received in the catch, it may be forcingly engaged into one of a series of holes in the strap. Once engaged, the fastener can no longer be removed without damaging the tag.

Abstract: A retention system particularly adapted to be used by divers which includes at least one lanyard having first and second ends, a first clip having a hook for securing thereon an implement, such as a dive light, slate, knife, etc.

Abstract: A signal detector for a cycle computer comprises a head, a sensor supported by the head, and a flexible strap having one end connected to the head. The head includes a housing having a curved abutment surface shaped to bear against the curved abutment surface of a support tube such as a leg of a bicycle fork or a rear stay tube. The head has a strap-guiding surface defining one wall of a strap-receiving passageway extending completely through the housing and tangent to the curved abutment surface. The passageway has a strap entrance portion adjacent the curved abutment surface and a strap exit portion remote from it. The strap has transverse teeth along the inside surface facing inwardly into the passageway when the strap extends through it. In the embodiment disclosed, the head is molded of plastics material and includes an integral pawl in the passageway.

Abstract: A security seal having a tag attached to a flat strap at the central portion by a pair of flexible members. The seal is adapted for sealing a box structure or container having a strap in one surface thereof and a hasp attached to the container. The tag extends upwardly so as to be visible against the surface of the hasp and container. Formed in the label and the tag surface, such as by stamping or the like, are a plurality of circular scores randomly positioned. The random positioning may be recorded to provide a means for verification. Any attempt to remove the label from the tag will result in destruction of the label.

Abstract: A padlock seal comprising a housing, a rod shackle, a U-shaped spring receiver, a constraint nut and a casing, is characterized in: U-shaped spring receiver as well as constraint nut is, respectively, retained in a pocket formed in said housing; each pocket can be divided into two portions of different diameter; said rod shackle is formed with a relatively long leg having a threaded extremity and a relatively short leg having a taper extremity and a circular notch adjacent the taper extremity; said housing is to receive said shackle by means of the U-shaped spring receiver and the constraint nut engaging respectively with the circular notch and the threaded extremity formed on either leg of the shackle, thus close and lock the shackle loop; once it has been locked, it cannot be opened except by so breaking or deforming it as to render it incapable of being re-used.

Abstract: A tamperproof shackle seal comprising: a strap, a plug at one end of the strap, a housing at the other end of the strap, and a socket embedded within the housing; the strap, the plug and the housing having been integrally formed of a plastics material, and the socket having been separately formed of a plastics material; the plug including a leading end and a shoulder which faces away from said leading end; the housing having a sleeve-like wall which is integrally closed around the socket apart from at an open mouth; and the socket defining a cavity which is closed, apart from at an open entrance in alignment with said open mouth, with at least one resiliently deflectable portion of the socket protruding into said cavity; whereby, in use, said at least one resiliently deflectable portion flexes to permit insertion of the plug into the socket, and then abuts said shoulder to hold the plug captive in the socket.

Abstract: A body worn urinary collection system for a male incontinent is disclosed. A reusable, generally moistureproof and pliable penile sheath is shaped as an open-ended sack, and is sized to loosely overfit the male organ. The sack includes an oversized, first resilient, outer ferrule rimming the sack's open end. The cooperation of the ferrule and a strap on the sheath secures the sheath to the male organ with a snug and comfortable dam against backflow and leakage. The sheath may also include a urine outlet proximate the closed sack end to be connected to a urine storage bag via a flexible drain tube. The urine storage bag may be body mounted and includes an outlet orifice with plug means to release the stored urine at a desired time.

Abstract: A closure device with a press release lever is disclosed. The closure device includes an elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a retaining housing at one end, a flexible middle section, and a free end portion at another end. The retaining housing has a first wall connected to the middle section, a second wall opposing the first wall, third and fourth walls opposing each other and formed integrally with the first and second walls. A lever is connected to the first wall for releasably retaining the flexible middle section. The lever includes a middle-section-engaging surface, a press-to-release-actuating end, and is biased against movement in one direction. A passage is formed in the retaining housing for receiving the free end portion and the flexible middle section. Various shapes of the flexible middle section are disclosed for releasably retaining the flexible middle section in an engaged position within the retaining housing in cooperation with the middle-section-engaging surface of the lever.

Abstract: A security seal of the type comprising a shackle and a locking mechanism formed of a single piece of resilient plastic and comprising a shouldered stud and a socket having resilient stud engaging means positioned on the shackle in spaced relation to each other, in which the socket comprises a relatively thin flexible wall having an aperture with means for receiving the stud in locking engagement, and a second protective wall surrounding the first wall in spaced relation thereto. The flexibility of the first wall allows a greater interference between the shoulder of the stud and the locking means of the socket, providing a greater overlap of the locking surfaces, while providing less insertion force, and the surrounding wall deters attempts to release the stud from the socket without leaving evidence of tampering.

Abstract: Single piece injection molded security seal includes a flexible strap having fastener support bodies at each end defining a telescoping locking means and having a camming surface for cooperating with the hasp to hold the security seal in descrete positions.

Abstract: A locking seal for sealing objects comprises a seal element (1) and a fixing pin (3) having a punctiform end part (4) and a counterelement (8). The seal element (1) comprises a main plate (9) and a closing plate (10), the rims (14,15,16,17) of said plates being connected with one another. The main plate is, at least in a fastening part; completely closed and together with the closing plate it bounds a space (13), in which a clamping means is located. When the locking seal is closed, the fixing pin is passed by the end part (4) through an orifice in the closing plate and clamped tight by the clamping means with respect to the seal element.

Abstract: A seal of the type having a housing with internal resilient fingers for receiving a shouldered stud in locking engagement. The housing is generally cylindrical with a closed end and an open end. In one embodiment of the invention a separate member carrying the resilient fingers is secured into the open end of the housing. In another embodiment of the invention a cylindrical metallic member having an open end and a closed end is retained in the housing behind the member carrying the resilient fingers so that access to the fingers to release the stud cannot be had by cutting off the end of the plastic housing, and the fingers cannot be manipulated by the insertion of a needle or other sharp instrument through the exterior of the housing.

Abstract: A protective canister for computer discs comprises a hollow tube and a pair of end caps for closing the tube and fixing a central post therein. A stack of alternate computer discs and spacers having aligned central apertures is loaded onto the center post and clamped in the canister by way of a pair of platforms carried by the end caps about the central post. The elements of the canister are preferably constructed from hydrocarbon-based polymers and, after loading, the canister is sealed in shrink film so that the discs are protected in an environment which is free of particulate matter.

Abstract: A sterilizer container includes a seal member so positioned on the container that movement of the outer cover of the container to a contaminating position requires fracturing the seal, thereby destroying the utility of the seal member and thus providing a visual indication that the articles within the container are contaminated. Further, the seal member includes a sterilization indicator which provides a further indication that the articles contained within the container are sterile.

Abstract: A fastener formed by an elongated member with an apertured tip, such as a filamentary string, that is attached to a bi-directional locking head with longitudinally opposed openings. The elongated member is inserted into either of the opposed openings of the head, where it is engaged and locked in place by an internal, at least partially circumferential ring. Once the apertured tip is inserted into the locking head it remains in its locking position even if the filamentary string becomes separated from it as a result, for example, of pilferage.

Abstract: A one-piece plastics security seal, of the kind having a flexible strap securable within a passageway in a housing, may include a new locking arrangement and/or a new release arrangement.In the locking arrangement, the strap carries a series of teeth of non-rectangular outline, when viewed along the length of the strap, with at least a part of the passageway having an outline complementary to that of the strap and the teeth carried thereby, and the passageway being offset along its length in the region of a resiliently deformable stop for permitting movement of the teeth through the passageway in one direction, but not the other.In the release arrangement, the flexible strap and also a tab both extend generally transversely to the housing, with the strap being connected to the tab and the tab being frangibly connected to the housing.

Abstract: A device for retaining in side-by-side relationship flexible tying means such as shoelaces comprises two relatively rigid clamping members and a relatively flexible linking member joining the clamping members. The linking member is adapted to permit the clamping members to be folded so as to lie one against the other so as to firmly retain the flexible tying means in side-by-side relationship between them. Means are provided for resistantly locking together the clamping members in the position in which they are folded against one another. The device is applicable in particular to the self-service retailing of shoes.

Abstract: A security seal of the type in which a stud and socket are hinged together for movement into locking engagement, in which means is provided for imparting a disengaging force to the stud and socket when they are moved toward engagement, so that if the stud and socket do not become securely locked together, they will spring apart.

Abstract: A combination security seal and identification tag holder for assembly onto the neck of a mail bag or the like, in which a shackle locking mechanism is provided with a housing having a locking plug which is inaccessible when the seal is assembled onto the bag, and is prevented by the gathered neck of the bag from moving out of the locking position. The assembly includes an integral tag receiving member positioned to protrude from the bag into a visible position when the seal is assembled.

Abstract: A disposable one-piece security sealing device primarily intended to surround the neck of a bag or like package comprises a strap (1) having an enclosure (3) at one end defining a passage (4) through which the other end of the strap is irremovably insertable to an adjustable extent as a result of interaction between a plurality of teeth spaced in a row along the strap with a resiliently deformable member (4b) which is integral with the housing and situated at or adjacent a bend (4a) in the passage; characteristically an identity or pull-off tab (6) is formed as an extension of the strap around and beyond the enclosure for tearing when required along a line of weakness which extends round the enclosure (3) and terminates in a side edge of the strap. By tearing along that line the end of the strap having the tab (6) is separated from the enclosure (3). There may be two rows of teeth on the strap and the enclosure would then have a passage formed with two channels to accommodate the respective rows of teeth.

Abstract: A seal of the padlock type comprising a plastic body having a pair of spaced apertures for receiving straight ends of a wire shackle. A metal fastener is assembled in the housing, said fastener having flexible tongues for so engaging the shackle ends that they can be easily pushed into the housing but cannot thereafter be retracted. In one embodiment of the invention the body is formed of upper and lower body portions which retain the fastener therebetween. The fastener and the upper body portion have weakened portions which fracture when excessive tension is applied to the shackle.In another embodiment of the invention the fastener has transverse score lines and the upper portion of the body has corresponding weakened portions, so that excessive tension applied to either shackle leg will cause fracture of the fastener and the body.

Abstract: A disposable one-piece security sealing device primarily intended to surround the neck of a bag or like package comprises a strap (1) having an enclosure (3) at one end defining a passage (4) through which the other end of the strap is irremovably insertable to an adjustable extent as a result of interaction between a plurality of teeth spaced in a row along the strap with a resiliently deformable member (4b) which is integral with the housing and situated at or adjacent a bend (4a) in the passage; characteristically an identity or pull-off tab (6) is formed as an extension of the strap around and beyond the enclosure for tearing when required along a line of weakness which extends round the enclosure (3) and terminates in a side edge of the strap. By tearing along that line the end of the strap having the tab (6) is separated from the enclosure (3). There may be two rows of teeth on the strap and the enclosure would then have a passage formed with two channels to accommodate the respective rows of teeth.

Abstract: A seal of the padlock type comprising a plastic body having a pair of spaced apertures for receiving straight ends of a wire shackle. A metal fastener is assembled in the housing, said fastener having flexible tongues for so engaging the shackle ends that they can be easily pushed into the housing but cannot thereafter be retracted. In one embodiment of the invention the tongues have substantially different lengths, so that they engage the wire at longitudinally spaced positions which increases the holding power of the fastener. Means is provided for retaining the shackle in a closed position prior to use to prevent tangling of the seals with each other during shipment and handling.

Abstract: A security seal comprises a main body element formed with a passage therein comprising a first portion leading from an entry opening, a second portion leading at an angle from said first portion, and a third portion leading at an angle from said second portion to an outlet opening. One end of an elongate flexible element is fixed to the main body element and the free end of the element is dimensioned to pass into and along said passage. The flexible element is formed along at least a part of its length with apertures adapted to engage with cooperating inclined resiliently flexible projections provided within the second portion of the said passage, the engagement between the projections and apertures being such as to prevent withdrawal of the flexible element from the passage.

Abstract: A sealing device which is particularly for use with a receptacle such as a cloth bank bag for containing money or currency, in which a single strip or band of material is formed of metal or plastic stamped with projections or serrations extending from one side of the band and wherein locking projections are stamped in the material near one end of the band, so that the other end thereof may be inserted through slits formed by oppositely facing panels in the one end of the band, whereby one or more of the serrations are engaged and locked by edges of the locking projections which are provided by one set of the panels when the strip is tightened around the neck of the bag. Movement of the ends of the strips is thereby prevented in a direction which would unlock the seal but is freely permitted in the other direction for the extent of the serrations so that a tight seal may be accomplished.

Abstract: A harnessing device formed by a locking head and an attached ladder strap. The head contains a locking tang and a guide channel that receives the strap after encirclement of items to be harnessed. The tang engages the rungs of the ladder strap for the adjustable retention of the harnessed items. The free end of the strap has a light-weight webbed tail that facilitates the insertion of the strap into the head. The strap is advantageously molded of a stretch reorientable material and is subsequently stretched to produce a suitable strengthening and elongation of the webbed tail.

Abstract: Apparatus for suspending thermal shielding within a nuclear reactor. The apparatus includes a plurality of horizontally deformable, interconnected links which form a chain and suspend a series of horizontally disposed equally spaced thermally reflective plates from beneath the upper horizontal boundary of a nuclear reactor. The deformable links minimize heat transfer and accommodate both seismic and differential thermal expansion of the reflective plates.

Abstract: A composite molded plastic bag tie is disclosed for use in sealing bags such as money bags and the like. A bag temperproofing seal is provided having an elongated tie portion for encircling the neck of the bag in combination with a tie holder portion which mounts the tie and which includes a bag gripping portion and an identification tag. The tie, which is a commercially available cable or similar tie including an elongated toothed portion and a pawl portion, is mounted on the tie holder so that the pawl portion of the tie is enclosed in a sealed box which prevents tampering with the pawl so that the tie bag cannot be released or removed from the sealed bag without being destroyed.