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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1994
Thang T Nguyen, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Frank Drucker, Plantation, FL (US);
Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for detaching an electronic surveillance tag from an article to which it is attached, the tag having a locking member therein and defining an exteriorly accessible passage to the locking member, comprises a motor, a probe rotatable by the motor for movement in the passage into and from unlocking relation with the locking member and drive controller for the motor. The drive controller includes circuitry for (1) establishing a time period for energization of the motor, (2) effecting first sense movement of the probe during a first portion of the time period, (3) discontinuing movement of the probe during a second portion of the time period, and (4) effecting second sense movement of the probe following expiration of the second portion during a third portion of the time period.