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Graziano Azzalin

Christophe Korn

Marco Sironi

Andre Poucet

Paolo Timossi

Marcello Barboni

Pierre Guilmain

Francis Van Paemel

Joan Vilaseca

Javier Alvares Morte

André Poucet

A sealing device including a housing and a closure member having a first end and a second end, at least one of the first and second ends being removably attached to the housing, the housing having means for checking the integrity of the closure member and a first transponder for transmitting information on the status of the sealing device where, the sealing device further includes a second transponder, preferably a passive transponder, associated with at least one of the first and second ends () of the closure member, the second transponder comprising a second identity, and a transponder reader associated with the first transponder, preferably an active transponder, the transponder reader being arranged for reading the second identity of the second transponder; the first transponder being configured for receiving the second identity from the transponder reader and for transmitting the second identity.

Sealing device

The invention concerns a fastening member comprising a threaded part () and a head () with which the threaded part can be turned in order to tighten the fastening member in a corresponding element. The head () is formed of a plate () in one piece with the threaded part () and a cap () covering said plate. The cap () comprises a recessed portion () in which an offset is provided to form a housing (). The plate () comprises a guide finger () located inside the housing () to form a stop against which the cap presses in order to impart a rotational movement to the plate in the tightening direction. The cap () further comprises a remotely interrogatable electronic component () comprising a data storage means (). Said component is held in the recessed portion () with its end () protruding into the housing () so as to strike against the guide finger () and cause the fracture of the component when any attempt is made to unscrew or untighten the fastening member.

Fixing member comprising an integrity control system

A multipurpose seal with a lock, including a mobile closure apparatus of a casing containing a lock and an attachment element designed to be locked in the casing. The lock includes a barrel configured to move in the casing between a locked position and an unlocked position. A remote-interrogatable electronic component including a data-storage is maintained in a housing, which passes through part of the casing and part of the lock barrel when the lock barrel is in the locked position. Thus, any rotation of the barrel from the locked position causes the component to break.

Multi-purpose seal with lock

The invention provides a system for sealing, comprising:

Electronic multipurpose seal with passive transponder

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Oleggio, Italy

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