Fraud-resistant electronic identification device
First Claim
1. A device for identifying animals or articles, said device comprising:
- an identification member including an identification device located internally of said identification member with an electronic identification circuit storing a code and enabling automatic remote detection of the code of the identification device,said identification member being made of hard, non-resilient material and an external shape of said identification member being frustoconical, starting from a base which in operation abuts against the article or the animal, narrows substantially taperingly and smoothly to an end which in operation is located remote from the article or animal, so that said identification member cannot be gripped by another animal between its teeth or be caught on obstacles or other objects,an attachment member for attaching said identification member to the article or animal, said attachment member being resilient and deformable upon contact with said identification member,a bore of said identification member extending between said base and said end and transversely to the base, andretaining means located in said bore for receiving a pin-shaped element of said attachment member.
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Abstract
The identification device for animals or articles is internally provided with an electronic identification circuit enabling automatic remote detection of the code of the identification device. The identification device comprises a member comprising the identification circuit and a member serving for attachment. The member comprising the identification circuit is made of hard material. The external shape of this member, starting from a base which in operation abuts against the article or the animal, narrows substantially taperingly and smoothly to an end which in operation is located remote from the article or animal, so that this member cannot be gripped by another animal between its teeth or be caught on obstacles or other objects.
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1. A device for identifying animals or articles, said device comprising:
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an identification member including an identification device located internally of said identification member with an electronic identification circuit storing a code and enabling automatic remote detection of the code of the identification device, said identification member being made of hard, non-resilient material and an external shape of said identification member being frustoconical, starting from a base which in operation abuts against the article or the animal, narrows substantially taperingly and smoothly to an end which in operation is located remote from the article or animal, so that said identification member cannot be gripped by another animal between its teeth or be caught on obstacles or other objects, an attachment member for attaching said identification member to the article or animal, said attachment member being resilient and deformable upon contact with said identification member, a bore of said identification member extending between said base and said end and transversely to the base, and retaining means located in said bore for receiving a pin-shaped element of said attachment member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic identification device for animals or articles, suitable for use as an earmark, said electronic identification device comprising:
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at least a first member having a frustoconical shape between a top and a base with an electronic identification circuit provided in the member of frustoconical shape, attachment means for the member of frustoconical shape, said member of frustoconical shape being of hard, substantially non-resilient synthetic plastics material which encloses the identification circuit, said attachment means being arranged to engage the member of frustoconical shape at a side of said base so that said base, in use, lies flat against the animal or article, a central bore of said member extending between said base and said top and extending transversely to the base, and retaining means located in said bore for receiving a pin-shaped element of the attachment means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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