Dye filled security seal

Wilson, Dennis C. W.

Title: Dye filled security seal

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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.

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Wilson, Dennis C. W. ^[1]

Tijeras, NM

Issue Date:: 1982-04-27

Research Org.:: ALO

OSTI Identifier:: 864191

Patent Number(s):: 4326741

Application Number:: 06/170,253

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

G - PHYSICS G09 - EDUCATION G09F - DISPLAYING

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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T292/48 - Seals

G - PHYSICS G09 - EDUCATION G09F - DISPLAYING
G09F3/037 - {having tie-wrap sealing means}

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Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: dye; filled; security; seal; providing; indication; unauthorized; access; sealed; elongate; entwined; denied; unless; removed; hollow; pressurizable; chamber; extending; throughout; length; permanent; atmospheric; pressure; attempts; cut; weld; revealed; flows; rupture; wall; stains; outside; surface; security seal; outside surface; atmospheric pressure; chamber wall; /292/

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