Title of Invention

TEMPER PROOF SEALING

Abstract

A temper proof seal comprising a male part and a female part made from polycarbonate material wherein a twisted double stand steel wire is mouldably connected to the base of the male part and base of the female part; said male part having double notch and V-shaped projections and the said female part having complementary groups and to arrest the projected parts and when pushed into the female part thereby permanently locking the male and female part together which have serial numbers and firm name or client logo/name on the male part or inside the female part while moulding which can be seen from outside due to the transparent character of the polycarbonate.

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FORM 2 THE PATENT ACT 1970 (39 of 1970) The Patents Rules, 2003 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION See Section 10, and rule 13) 1. TITLE OF INVENTION TEMPER PROOF SEALING 2. APPLICANT(S] a) Name b) Nationality c) Address DINESH NARSIBHAI PATEL Sole Proprietor AKASH ENTERPRISE Indian KUKADA PRESS JIN COMPOUND, SURENDRANAGAR, GUJARAT PREAMBLE TO THE DESCRIPTION The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed : - Field of Invention The invention relates to a temper proof seal made from polycarbonate plastic material and having stainless steel twisted wire moulded itself in temper proof seal male and female part. Prior Art ORDINEKY PLASTIC/SEALS Ordinary seals are made up of PP or HDP material having no UV resistance. Plastic/Lead seals are opaque so inside tempering cannot be easily visible. a) Easy to tamper b) Tamper attempts are not easily evident c) Easy to re assemble usually Single wire d) One can cut and change seal wire easily e) Plastic seals can withstand to 120° C so it can be easily tamper by boiling Consecutive numbering is tough to do on lead seals. General plastic seals have printed or itching type number on male or female portion of the seals and it can be easily duplicated. Cheaper plastics quickly deteriorate due to weather and other harsh conditions lead seal suffer from corrosion made from single plastic material. Usually low quality. Tool require for lead seals as well as plastic seals. Impossible with lead seals. Ordinary Plastic seals do not offer this level of customization. Therefore there is a need to prevent such tempering of seal, with double locking system using polycarbonate male female part which are push fit, the male part and the female part are connected by non-corosive and non- magnetic stainless steel wire which are moulded while making the seal To manufacture the temper proof seal first of all we have to pre heat the Polycarbonate plastic materials at 110 ° C in drier for three to four hours before using. And mean time Stainless steel wire is tested first in dimension and acid test and then it is twisted in twisting machine up to desired twist and then it is cut by cutter to required length. First we put pre heated Polycarbonate plastic materials granule in Vertical type molding machine and then mould of seal is been closed by hydraulic pressure of machine and then wire is insert in mould and then material is been injected in mould through moulds machine and hence temper proof seal is got ready. The emboss type numbering arrangement on male and side of female part of the temper proof seal is itself in the mould and the constructive numbering is obtain -in all The temper proof seals by automatic arrangement of numerator counter inserted in mould itself. Then these temper proof seals are tested by pullout test, Acidic test and arranging in serially, tide with the steel wire forming a loop and the same shall be packed in polythene bag with labels furnishing sr. nos. of seal, packed in corrugated box. 1. These seals are made up of plastic (Polycarbonate) which have a melting point of 270° C and have transparent property so tempering can be easily detect. 2. These seal are having Anchor type double locking arrangement with molded Stainless Steel wire in male & female part of seal so that male and female part of seal can't be separated after locking. 3. These seal have emboss type seven digit unique numbering of male and side of female part and have arrangement of providing company logo on both side of female part. 4. These seals are having properties to withstand in all whether conditions. 5. These seals are withstood in the acid test to stop the tempering of the seals. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR TEMPER PROOF POLYCARBONATE PLASTIC SEALS SCOPE: Meter body of energy meters. Terminal cover of energy meters and Metal Box, and for other accounting purpose. The size of the seal shall be 18mm X 14mm X 7mm & 20mm X 20mm X 8mm these seals shall be used for LT/HT Industrial Consumers and in theft prone areas. The Polycarbonate seals will be conformed to the following specification as under: Sr. No. Item Polycarbonate 1 Melting Temperature 280°C to 250°C 2 Use Engineering 3 Softness Hard 4 Durability Weather Effect resistance 5 Transparency Fully transparent (long time Transparency) Colour of seal The seals will be colorless, transparent (See through) Type, which shall give complete visualization of its fixing mechanism and shall show clear indication if tempered. Also seals can be available in different colour like Red, Blue, Yellow, Green; and Orange etc. Design and Construction of seal. a. Design: The Seal will be Anchor type temper evident with double locking system as per drawing no. AP - 05 & 06 attached with the specification only. b. Size of the Seal: The size of the female part of the seal shall be as under: 1. Size: 18 x 14 x 7 mm ± 0.5 mm 2. Size: 20 x 20 x 8 mm ± 0.5 mm Size of the hole of female part: The size of the hole shown in the drawing should be sufficient to insert seal wire, but in no case, more than 1.0 mm ± 0.1 mm. Wall thickness should be 0.8 mm (no negative tolerance.) Serial No. of the seal: Non repeat seven digits Sr, Nos. with code no. on the seal shall be embossed and it shall not be screen printed and it should be provided on male and female portion at the place mentioned in the drawing i.e. on the top in male part and on the side in female part, Sr. No. of seal shall not be embossed after the seal is manufactured. The size of the digit shall be as under. 1. On seal size 18 x 14 x 7mm - 7 Digit size 1.5 x 2.5mm(w x h) 2. On seal size 20 x 20 x 8mm - 7 Digit size 2.0 x 3.0mm(w x h) Monogram: The seal have Monogram of Company on front side and month and year in figure in on the backside as under: 1. On seal size 18 x 14 x 7 mm - Company logo - in 8 mm circle on front side and month and year in figure on backside in 8 mm circle. 2. On seal size 20 x 20 x 8 mm - in 10 mm circle on front side and month and year in figure on backside in 10 mm circle. Seal wire. The non corrosive non magnetic as per is 304 stainless steel twisted wire (26 SWG) shall be used as under. The seal wire shall not have affect of magnet, i.e. it should not attract to magnet. On seal size 18x14x7 mm - open wire stainless steel twisted of 26 SWG of 160 mm length and 65 mm ± 5.0 mm. On seal size 20 x 20 x 8 mm - open wire stainless steel twisted of 26 SWG of 160 mm length and 80 mm ± 5.0 mm molded wire as shown in the drawing. The diameter of each individual strand wire shall be 0.45 mm (approx) (26 SWG) and over all diameters of seal wire shall be 0.9 mm ± 0.05 mm, so that it can easily insert into the female portion where the diameter of the hole shall be 1 .Omm ± O.lmm. The seal wire used for the above size of seals shall be inbuilt in connecting male and female part of the seal, the application of the seal wire is to insert seal wire and through the hole via female part and insert the male part into female part by applying thumb pressures to lock the seal General Construction:- The seal shall be designed for a single use only and if Tempered with the help of puller, knife or any other sharp instruments, the seal shall be damaged and due to its see through property. The sign internal of tempering shall be easily detected. Also once opened, it cannot be re-used. The Seal shall be made in such a way that, it can be easily locked with the help of finger and thumb pressing and no tools shall be required to close the seal in the laboratory or at site. After inserting the seal wire through female pare, the cap of the male part shall be fitted in the female part in such a way that it should not leave any space to avoid insertion of any sharp tools for opening of seal body of the female part in hot or cold condition. The seal shall have also the following features. a) Temper resistance and reliable. b) Environmentally safe as it does not contain any lead. c) Withstand long-term exposure to direct sunlight. d) Tools not required for Installation. e) Transparent and see through body reveals f) Heat resistance. g) Chemical resistance TEST The seal shall be tested at the manufacture's works for the following tests; 1. Visual Check: i.e. workmanship and other features as mentioned above. 2. Dimensional Check: as per drawing. 3. Boiling water test: the seal shall be emerged in the boiling water for more than one hour and there shall not be any affect on the seal and the seal shall remain in tact condition. Even, with the help of any sharp instrument, pulling with puller i.e. by applying mechanical force, the seal shall not come out from the female part. In case, it comes out, the same shall damage the seal, so that it can not be re-used. 4. Pulled out test: After locking the seal, if the seal is pulled with mechanical force with the help of puller or any other instrument, sharp instrument etc, at normal condition, the seal shall not be unlocked without any damage. 5. Seal wire: In case, if someone tries to pull the seal wire and in any of the test mentioned at Sr. No. 3,4 & 5 in that case the male/female portion of the seal should be damaged and the same can be seen visually being a transparent one. 6. Chemical Test: The seal shall be kept in the concentrated acid for minimum one hour, the same shall remain in the tact condition and if try to unlock the seal, the same shall be damaged. In sort, if the seal is tested for any of the above tests, in no condition the male and female part shall be separated without affecting damaging the seal. In case, if they are separated, the seal shall have sufficient temper evident. Also, if seal wire is pulled out from the seal in any of the above tests, it shall not come out from the seal without damaging seal. Sampling criteria:- Minimum 5 samples of seals shall be selected at random as pet IS 4905 for testing purpose from the each lot. Special Feafure:- The seals are to be manufactures as per enclosed drawing only. The size of the seal, type and dimension of the seal shall be strictly as per the drawing only. Sample:- The sample of seals with logo of firm on front side & month & year of manufacturing on backside of the female part of the seal. The seals shall also be provided sr. no. of 000001 to 000025 on top of the male part of the seal as well as side of the female part. Summary of the invention Accordingly, there is provided a temper proof seal comprising a male part (1) and a female part (2) made form polycarbonate material wherein a twisted double stand steel wire is mouldably connected to the base of the male part (3) and base of the female part (4); said male part having double notch (5) and (6) V- shaped projections and the said female part having complementary groups (7) and (8) to arrest the projected parts (5) and (6) when pushed into the female part thereby permanently locking the male and female part together which have serial numbers and firm name or client logo/name on the male part or inside the female part while moulding which can be seen from outside due to the transparent character of the polycarbonate. ANNEXURE - III Benefits of invention over conventional one Sr. No. FEATURES TOOL LESS DOUBLE LOCKING POLYCARBONATE SEALS ORDINERY PLASTIC/LEAD SEALS Material These seals are made up of imported M/S. Du Font LV - 20 Grade Polycarbonate material Having UV Resistance Ordinary seals are made up of PP or HDP material having no UV Resistance Transparency These seals are fully transparent so that temper can be easily detected Plastic / Lead seals are opaque so inside tempering can not be easily visible Tamper Evident (a) Difficult to temper (b) Any attempt to temper is easily evident (c) Difficult to reassemble 2 strand S.S non magnetic wire (d) No one can cut and change seal wire as itself is molded in seal (e) Seals can with stand up to 270°C so it can not be tamper by boiling (a) Easy to tamper (b) Tamper attempts are not easily evident (c) Easy to re assemble usually single wire (d) One can cut and change seal wire easily (e) Plastic seals can withstand to 120°C so it can be easily tamper by boiling Consecutive Numbering Unique consecutive numbering the seals having 7 Digits embossed type number, on male and female part of seals and seals are numbered automatically during molding itself so duplicating is not possible Consecutive numbering is tough to do on lead seals General plastic seals have printed or itching type number on male or female portion of the seals and it can be easily duplicated Durability UV Resistance of seals life of 5 to 10 years Made from complex then no engineered plastics Cheaper plastics quickly deteriorate due to weather and other harsh conditions lead seal suffer from corrosion made from single plastic material. Usually low quality Easy to use No tool required for installation Easy to apply Tool require for lead seals as Well as plastic seals Customization Can be customized with marking nf region / circle as well colour-coded for easy identification Impossible with lead seals. Ordinary Plastic seals do not offer this level of customized. The invention will now be clear from the Figure (1) in the accompanying drawing. Figure (1) is the perspective view of temper proof seal. Detail description of the drawing Referring to figure (1) a male part (1) and a female part (2) with base (3) and (4) respectively made from polycarbonate plastic material wherein the male part having V-shaped projection (5) and (6) with complementary groups (7) and (8) in the female parts for double locking in a push fit manner said base member (3) of male part and the base member (4) of female part is mouldably connected by a double stand stainless steel twisted wire (9). Power unity has also started demanding the supply of meters with plastic seal. This type of seals are specially designed for the purpose of meter manufacturer considering easy operation, handling and low cost. The specially designed seals have in built seal wire. One has to simply insert the seal wire end through hole via meter and insert male part into female part by applying pressure through thumb and it will be fitted permanently. The seal once fitted can not be removed unless it is broken or cut through sharp object. For sealing of seal no tool is required. This is a plastic seal made from polycarbonate material which is transparent so that the inside can be visible frotn out side. The male part (1) having a "V" shaped configuration with inwardly directed flange (5), (6) at least two which when pushed in the female part (2) having complementary grooves (7), (8) locked the further movment of the male part there was in built base (3) which is connected to the base (4) of the female part though wire, so that the material is sealed through the wire will be permanently locked and as such the material cannot be tempered. This is pilproof seal comprising a male part & female part made from polycarbonate wherein a twisted double stand steel wire is mouldably connected to the base of the male part & female part , said male part having double notch & V shaped projection & said female part having complementary grooves to arrest the projected part when pushed in to the female part permanentely locking the male & female part together which has serial numbers & firm's name or client logo / name on the male part inside the female whiles moulding which can be seen from outside due to transparent character of polycarbonate. There are many utility services which requires strictly monitoring of the reading such as electric meters and materials supplied to the chent so that the original material is supplied without adulations. These are effected by a packaging system wherein a tempered proof se«tf is essential to establish the original of the substance supplied to the chent. The client by seeing the logo or the serial number can identify the material where the seal is intact nowadays most often it is found that some unauthorized person with mingle with the seal & adulated the materials thereby the correct material is not reached to the client, whenever the seal is broken its evident that the tempering thus occurred. Therefore there is a need to develop temper proof ,seal which prove the originally of material A temper proof seal wherein the male part made from plastic material wherein the base rectangular configuration wherein the said wire is embaded mouldably and on the back of the base member by embossing numerical letters, loges, names provided for identification and on the male part outwardly projected portion. A temper proof seal wherein the female part made from polycarbonate material wherein a hollow box type construction to receive the male member having inner groups atleast two receive the projected V-shaped projections when pressed fit a base embaded with steel wire in continuation of the male member is provided while moulding so that when pressed fit the seal is permanently locked wherein the loop portion of the wire between the base members are used for fastening to the electric meters so that the electric meters cannot be tempered. The seals are available in (1) Polycarbonate material and (2) Polypropylene material as per the requirement of the client. Some of the important properties of polycarbonate material and polypropylene material are narrated below: Sr.No Application Polypropylene Polycarbonate 01 Melting Point 110 to 150°C 260 to 290°C 02 Transparency Semi Transparent Fully Transparent 03 Durability Weather effect resistant Whether effect resistant 04 Softness Semi Hard Hard 05 Use Engineering Engineering The Technical Data of Seal are as under: No Seal Size In mm Seal color Name / Logo Sr. No. of Seal Male/ Female Part Sea Wire Length in mm Seal Wire Gauge 01 20 x 20 x 8 White/ Transpare nt As per client require As per CUent Requirement 130mm 200 mm 250 mm 26, 30 or as per 02 18 x 14 x 7 Semi Transpare nt ment As per client requirement Client requirement S.S. wire 03 18 x 14 x 7 Semi Transpare nt 304 wire 304 grade This is an embodiment of the invention several modification are possible which may be considered within the ambit and spirit of this invention. We Claim: 1. A temper proof seal comprising a male part and a female part made from polycarbonate material wherein a twisted double stand steel wire is mouldably connected to the base of the male part and base of the female part; said male part having double notch and V-shaped projections and the said female part having complementary groups and to arrest the projected parts and when pushed into the female part thereby permanently locking the male and female part together which have serial numbers and firm name or client logo/name on the male part or inside the female part while moulding which can be seen from outside due to the transparent character of the polycarbonate. 2. A temper proof seal as claimed in claim (1), wherein the male part made from plastic material wherein the base rectangular configuration wherein the said wire is embaded mouldably and on the back of the base member by embossing numerical letters, loges, names provided for identification and on the male part outwardly projected portion. 3. A temper proof seal as claimed in claim (1), wherein the female part made from polycarbonate material wherein a hollow box type construction to receive the male member having inner groups at least two receive the projected V-shaped projections when pressed fit a base embaded with steel wire in continuation of the male member is provided while moulding so that when pressed fit the seal is permanently locked wherein the loop portion of the wire between the base members are used for fastening to the electric meters so that the electric meters cannot be tempered. Dated this 25th day of July, 2005.

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890-mum-2005-claims(granted)-(25-8-2008).doc

890-mum-2005-claims.doc

890-mum-2005-claims.pdf

890-mum-2005-correspondence(17-12-2007).pdf

890-mum-2005-correspondence(ipo)-(24-10-2008).pdf

890-mum-2005-correspondence-received.pdf

890-mum-2005-description (complete).pdf

890-mum-2005-drawing(25-07-2005).pdf

890-mum-2005-drawings.pdf

890-mum-2005-form 1(17-12-2007).pdf

890-mum-2005-form 18(23-04-2007).pdf

890-mum-2005-form 2(granted)-(25-07-2005).pdf

890-mum-2005-form 2(granted)-(25-8-2008).doc

890-mum-2005-form 3(25-07-2005).pdf

890-mum-2005-form 9(23-04-2007).pdf

890-mum-2005-form-1.pdf

890-mum-2005-form-2.doc

890-mum-2005-form-2.pdf

890-mum-2005-form-3.pdf

890-mum-2005-power of attorney(02-04-2005).pdf

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