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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Dennis L. Hogan, Lighthouse Point, FL (US);
Thang Tat Nguyen, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Sergio M. Perez, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Andrew Proulx, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
An EAS tag in which the tag is held to an article by an attaching assembly a part of which is releasably prevented from being withdrawn from the body of the tag. The tag body is provided with an arcuate channel through which an arcuate detacher probe can be guided for releasing the attaching assembly part. A spring clamp provides the releasable preventing function and includes jaws specifically adapted to respond to in-plane torsional forces provided by the arcuate probe which is moved through the arcuate channel by rotation to reach the spring clamp. An abutment and spring gate mechanism is placed within the arcuate channel to prevent a relatively rigid wire formed into an arcuate shape from being used to release the attaching assembly part.