Meto International Gmbh

Terence Clancy

Peter Bremer

Peter Schneider

Anthony Douglas

David Stocks

The present invention is directed to a method and a device for the detection and deactivation of a deactivatable security element fitted in or affixed to an article for the purpose of electronic article surveillance. A code is allocated to each article, the code is read in or entered at an input device, an article information is allocated to the code, the article information containing an indication as to whether the article is protected agianst pilferage by an electronic security element, and that a deactivation unit is switched on when the presence of a corresponding indication is established.

Method and device for the detection and deactivation of a deactivatable security element

The present invention relates to a device for electronically surveying items in a monitored area. The device is equipped with a transmitting and/or a receiving device. The aim of the surveying device is to provide an economical way for surveying electronically protected items. To this end, the surveying device is made up of individual layers of material, which taken individually are flexible and possessed of a low level of resistance, but when combined are characterized by a high level of rigidity and resistance.

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Bensheim-Zell, Germany

Terence Clancy