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Bolt type seal with fiber optic seal

  • US 4,982,985 A
  • Filed: 03/06/1989
  • Issued: 01/08/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bolt type seal having an elongated metal bolt with a formed head at one end and a separate locking mechanism attached to the other end, an axial hole extending through the bolt and head and an aligned axial hole extending through the locking mechanism and a fiber optic bundle extending through the aligned holes and extending outward from the head and outward from the locking mechanism, end portions of the fiber optic bundle being mounted in a locking block and ends of the fibers in the bundles being exposed in surfaces of the block, whereby the security of the bolt type seal and any tampering therewith may be observed by observing ends of the fibers in the fiber locking block.

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