Double lock that is opened forcibly

• US 20080066503A1
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Published: 03/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SFE Skies, LLC
• Original Assignee: SFE Skies, LLC
• Inventors: Su, Shun-Chang
• Application Number:
  US11/522,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20080066503A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 70/58
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 35/105 Locks allowing opening by official authorities, e.g. master key opening of luggage locks by customs officials
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/0034 actuated by either
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/02 with tumbler discs or rings arranged on a single axis, each disc being adjustable independently of the others
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/5284 in which a movable latch is passed through a staple loop similar fasteners for buckles A44B11/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

A double lock includes a base, a top cover, two snapping members, a locking seat, a movable jacket, a slide, a number lock core, and a key lock core. Thus, the double lock is locked and unlocked by the number lock core and the key lock core, so that a user can lock and unlock the number lock core to open and close the double lock, and the inspector of the customs can use a specific key to lock and unlock the key lock core to open and close the double lock, thereby facilitating the user and the inspector of the customs operating the double lock.

Claims

1. A double lock, comprising:

a base having a slideway;

a top cover combined with the base;

two snapping members each pivotally mounted on the base and each having a first end formed with a press portion and a second end formed with a snapping portion;

a locking seat detachably attached to the top cover and provided with two locking portions each extended through the top cover and each detachably locked onto the snapping portion of the respective snapping member;

a movable jacket movably mounted on the base and having an inner wall provided with two press edges each movable to press the press portion of the respective snapping member to pivot the respective snapping member to detach the snapping portion of the respective snapping member from the respective locking portion of the locking seat;

a slide slidably mounted in the slideway of the base and combined with the movable jacket;

a number lock core mounted between the movable jacket and the slide and having a first end provided with a spring-biased control plate;

a key lock core mounted on the top cover and rested on the control plate of the number lock core.

2. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the base has two sides provided with two limit blocks each rested on the second end of the respective snapping member to limit pivotal movement of the respective snapping member.

3. The double lock in accordance with claim 2, further comprising two elastic members each biased between the base and the first end of the respective snapping member to push the press portion of the respective snapping member toward the respective press edge of the movable jacket and to push the second end of the respective snapping member to rest on the respective limit block of the base.

4. The double lock in accordance with claim 3, wherein the base has two sides provided with two receiving seats, and each of the two elastic members is mounted in the respective receiving seat of the base.

5. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the slideway of the base is located between the snapping members.

6. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the slide has an inside formed with a receiving chamber to receive the number lock core.

7. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the base has two sides provided with two mounting posts, and each of the snapping members has a mediate portion located between the snapping portion and the press portion and pivotally mounted on the respective mounting post of the base.

8. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the first end of each of the snapping members is formed with a concave portion located beside the press portion to receive the respective press edge of the movable jacket.

9. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the snapping portion and the press portion of each of the snapping members are directed toward two different directions.

10. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the top cover has an inside formed with a receiving chamber to receive the movable jacket.

11. The double lock in accordance with claim 10, wherein the top cover has a first end formed with two passages connected to the receiving chamber to allow passage of the locking portions of the locking seat and a second end formed with a receiving recess connected to the receiving chamber to receive the key lock core.

12. The double lock in accordance with claim 8, wherein the top cover has two sides formed with two finger holes respectively, and the movable jacket has an outer wall provided with two serrated push portions each exposed from the respective finger hole of the top cover.

13. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the movable jacket has an inside formed with a receiving chamber to receive the number lock core.

14. The double lock in accordance with claim 13, wherein the receiving chamber of the movable jacket has a first end formed with a receiving recess to receive the control plate of the number lock core.

15. The double lock in accordance with claim 14, wherein the number lock core has a second end provided with a stop flange, and the receiving chamber of the movable jacket has a second end formed with a limit hole to receive the stop flange of the number lock core.

16. The double lock in accordance with claim 12, further comprising two elastic members each biased between the top cover and the movable jacket to push the movable jacket, so that each of the push portions of the movable jacket is movable to align with the respective finger hole of the top cover, and each of the press edges of the movable jacket is movable to slide into the concave portion of the respective snapping member.

17. The double lock in accordance with claim 16, wherein the movable jacket has a side formed with two mounting stubs, and each of the two elastic members has an end mounted on the respective mounting stub of the movable jacket.

18. The double lock in accordance with claim 14, wherein the key lock core is extended through a receiving recess of the top cover into the receiving recess of the movable jacket to rest on the control plate of the number lock core.

19. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein the key lock core has an end portion rested on the control plate of the number lock core and formed with a cutout that is movable to align with the control plate of the number lock core by rotation of the key lock core.

20. The double lock in accordance with claim 1, wherein when the number lock core is unlocked, the number lock core is disposed at a movable state, so that the movable jacket and the slide are movable relative to the base.