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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
Jerry A. Bystry, Orland, IN (US);
Eric K. Hamilton, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Brammall, Inc., Angola, IN (US);
Abstract
A self-locking wire seal includes a body in which one end of a wire is fixedly secured. The free end of the wire can be inserted through the hasp of a lock. The free end of the wire is then inserted through a channel in the body of the seal. The wire contacts a locking mechanism which automatically prevents the retraction of the wire out of the channel defined in the body. The locking mechanism may comprise a spring which engages notches defined on the wire. The notches may be defined by using a concentrically laid spiral wound wire. The spring flexes out of the way of these notches when inserted, but grips the wire when attempts are made to retract the wire from the body of the seal.