LOCK DEVICE FOR SECURING AN APERTURED MEMBER

• US 3,817,062 A
• Filed: 10/02/1972
• Issued: 06/18/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mortimer A. Randel
• Original Assignee: Mortimer A. Randel
• Inventors: Randel, Mortimer A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wolfe, Robert L.
• Application Number:
  US05/293,758
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 70/23,2-11,32-34,54-56,259-260,370-371,360,386 292/281
• US Class Current: 70/11
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 67/36 Padlocks with closing means other than shackles ; Removable locks, the lock body itself being the locking element; Padlocks consisting of two separable halves or cooperating with a stud
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/375 Dead bolt
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/439 Non-shackle type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7661 Detachable or removable cylinder

Abstract

A flat cylindrical housing having a channel in its flat surface for fitting over abutting flange ends connected to the members to be locked together, the flanges having an aligned aperture therein. A lock cylinder having a shaft with retaining means thereon is situated in a passageway through the housing transverse to the channel. The shaft fits within the aperture and the retaining means, under control of a key, holds the housing on to the flange ends. The same locking device may be used to lock a hasp which passes over a staple.

Claims

1. A locking device for retaining two adjacent members in a closed position, said locking member comprising:

a. a first member having means for attachment to one of the adjacent member and having a protruding portion with an aperture therein;

b. a staple member extending from said first member and defining an aperture;

c. a hasp hingedly secured to said second member;

d. a housing having a top and bottom surface and a wall enclosure therebetween carried by said hasp;

e. a channel formed into one of said surfaces extending partially through said housing and adapted to fit over said staple member;

f. a passageway in said housing extending transverse to said channel from said wall enclosure to a point past said channel;

g. a key controlled lock having a shaft longitudinally movable with respect to said passageway; and

h. holding means carried by said housing for preventing said lock from removal from said passageway; and

wherein, when said housing is placed over said protruding staple portion in said closed position, said longitudinal shaft is situated within the aperture in said staple and is under control of said key and said shaft is withdrawn from the staple in the open position.