Package for diamonds and other precious stones
First Claim
1. A secure package for a precious stone comprising:
- two substantially coextensive rigid members secured together and formed with respective throughgoing bores defining a compartment for a precious stone and secured together so as to prevent opening of the package without noticeable damage thereto;
respective rigid windows fixed in said members and enabling viewing of said stone within said compartment; and
at least one data carrier received in said package and provided with externally monitorable coded information relating to the stone in said compartment.
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Abstract
Diamonds and other precious stones for investment purposes are stored in individual packages which cannot be opened without destruction and which contain, in addition to the precious stone, preferably exposed through a transparent window, various data carriers or information traces which form part of the sealed package. The package can also include optically discernible information as well as information stored in an electronic form, e.g. in a programmable read-only memory (PROM) which can be read upon insertion of the package into an appropriate monitoring device so that information stored in the PROM can be compared with other information, e.g. from a central data bank or information keyed into the device, to determine validity, value or characteristics of the gem.
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28 Claims
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1. A secure package for a precious stone comprising:
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two substantially coextensive rigid members secured together and formed with respective throughgoing bores defining a compartment for a precious stone and secured together so as to prevent opening of the package without noticeable damage thereto; respective rigid windows fixed in said members and enabling viewing of said stone within said compartment; and at least one data carrier received in said package and provided with externally monitorable coded information relating to the stone in said compartment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A gemstone control system comprising:
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a gemstone package including; two coextensive rigid members secured together so as to prevent separation of said members without noticeable damage to said package, said members defining at least one compartment, means for mounting a precious stone in said compartment, transparent means forming rigid windows on opposite sides of said compartment for enabling said stone to be viewed therein, and an electronically readable data carrier on said package containing coded information relating to the stone in said compartment; and an electronic monitoring unit comprising; means for receiving said package and automatically reading said coded information, means for displaying the information read from said data carrier, and means for correlating the information read from said carrier with additional information inputted into said unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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