摘要:
A reusable EAS tag that is detachable from an article by placing the EAS tag in proximity to a detaching device is provided. The tag includes an energy coupler, a micro-actuator, and a clamping mechanism. The detaching device transmits a signal to the EAS tag to signal detachment, which is received by the energy coupler. The energy coupler converts the energy from the transmitted signal to electrical energy and delivers the electrical energy to the actuator. The actuator converts the electrical energy to mechanical energy to actuate the clamping mechanism and release the tag's locking or clamping mechanism for removal of the tag from the article to which it is attached.
摘要:
A disc device (10) includes a substrate (12) having an information signal pattern (18a, 18b) formed on a surface thereof and a magnetic material layer (20) formed on the information signal pattern which permits for detection of the device by an electronic article surveillance detection system.
摘要:
A magnetomechanical EAS tag (10) having a bias magnet (18) made of a high magnetostrictive material so that stress, which is a result of ordinary use of an article (12) incorporating the tag, demagnetises the bias rending the EAS tag inactive is provided. In an alternate embodiment a mechanical mechanism is incorporated with a conventional EAS tag to deactivate the tag upon ordinary use of an article to which the tag is associated. In yet another embodiment, a combination of the bias magnet made of a high magnetostrictive material and a mechanical deactivation mechanism is used to deactivate the EAS tag during ordinary use of an article to which the tag is associated.
摘要:
A marker (20) for a harmonic electronic article surveillance system includes three wires (21) of magnetic material arranged in parallel. The material has a magnetic hysteresis loop with a large Barkhausen discontinuity such that, upon exposure of the marker (20) to an external magnetic field whose field strength in the direction opposing the instantaneous magnetic polarization of the marker exceeds a predetermined threshold value, there results a regenerative reversal of the magnetic polarization in the material. The three wires (21) are coupled at opposite ends thereof by flux concentrating elements (22, 23) formed of a highly permeable material so that all three wires exhibit the regenerative reversal simultaneously on exposure to the above-described magnetic field. The flux concentrators have magnetic anisotropies oriented transversely relative to the length of the wires to aid in coupling the wires for simultaneous switching.
摘要:
A magnetostrictive element for use in an magnetomechanical marker has a resonant frequency characteristic that is at a minimum at a bias field level corresponding to the operation point of the magnetomechancial marker. The magnetostrictive element has a magnetomechanical coupling factor k in the range 0.28 to 0.4 at the operating point (26). The magnetostrictive element is formed by applying current-annealing to an iron-nickel-cobalt based amorphous metal ribbon, or by cross-field annealing an iron-nickel-cobalt alloy that includes a few percent chromium and/or niobium.