Lock for securing a mark especially onto a textile article

• US 4,745,664 A
• Filed: 10/17/1986
• Issued: 05/24/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Actron Entwicklungs AG
• Original Assignee: Antonson Security Denmark A/S
• Inventors: Damvig, Leif
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Application Number:
  US06/920,236
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 24/704, 24/150 R, 24/155 R, 24/155 BR, 24/155 RB
• US Class Current: 24/704.1
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0017 Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/50 Readily interlocking, two-part fastener requiring either destructive or tool disengagement

Abstract

The lock is preferably to be used for burglar alarms for marking articles for sale, and it comprises two members automatically interengaging when the first member is inserted into a cavity in the second member, a loose third member being positioned in said cavity. The locking effect is provided by the loose third member comprising one, optionally more inclined surfaces capable of being tangent to and sliding along a corresponding inner wall in the cavity of the second member. The cavity of the second member is pointed upwards, i.e., towards the inlet opening. A spring is provided below the loose third member, and this spring presses as a consequence of the inclined wall the third member upwards and towards the first member.

Claims

1. A lock preferably for an alarm for marking articles for sale, said lock comprising first and second members automatically interengaging when one member is inserted in a cavity in the other member, whereby said first member comprises a rod-shaped body, the inserting end of which is completely or partially pointed, a third member loosely inserted in the cavity in the second member, said third member comprising one or more inner surfaces capable of being tangent to and cooperating with corresponding inner surfaces on the second member, these surfaces further being inclined upwards and inwards when seen in a vertical sectional view through the lock with the inlet of the cavity facing upwards, whereby the cavity is pointed upwards towards the inlet of the cavity and whereby a spring with an upward elastic force is situated in the cavity below the loosely positioned third member, said second member being of a non-magnetizable material and said third member being of a magnetizable material to be attracted by a magnet and defining at least one projection for engaging the rod-shaped body, said projection being formed as a one piece, integral part of the third member, the second member comprising an upper non-magnetic portion and a lower non-magnetic portion, the lower portion being cast with an upwardly inclined flap forming the spring below the loosely positioned third member.

2. A lock as claimed in claim 1, wherein the third member is shaped as a disc with the projection pressed up from the disc.

3. A lock as claimed in claim 2, wherein the projection is provided at the top with a barb defining a rim, the rim of the barb towards the first member shaped as part of a circular arc with a radius fitting the radius of the rod-shaped body of the first member.

4. A lock as claimed in claim 3, wherein the rod-shaped body of the first member defines a notch forming a cut cooperating with the rim shaped as a circular arc of the projection.

5. A lock as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bearing sleeve is arranged at the bottom of the lock for receiving the pin to be inserted into the lock , the bearing sleeve being formed integral with the lock.

6. A lock as claimed in claim 1 wherein the inclined flap is substantially U-shaped.

7. A lock as claimed in claim 6 wherein the upper and lower portions are formed of plastic and are ultrasonically welded together.