Lock device having rotatable identification brand

• US 6,615,626 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2001
• Issued: 09/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chun Te Yu, Ming Chang Shih
• Original Assignee: Chun Te Yu, Ming Chang Shih
• Inventors: Yu, Chun Te, Shih, Ming Chang
• Primary Examiner(s): BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO
• Application Number:
  US09/978,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20030070459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 70/22, 70/24, 70/25, 70/30, 703/01, 703/04--06, 703/12, 704/42--45, 704/60, 401/11, 401/12, 401/14, 402/99, 403/30, 40/6, 406/25, 406/26, 406/33, 283/74, 283/75, 283/80, 283/81
• US Class Current: 70/301
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/025 in padlocks
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 67/02 Cases
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/424 Sliding
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7237 Rotary or swinging tumblers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7305 Manually operable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/8811 Key identification

Abstract

A lock device having a rotatable identification brand includes a lock body defining a receiving space and formed with at least one view window, a rotatable member rotatably mounted in the receiving space of the lock body and provided with identification information that may be seen through the view window of the lock body, and a drive mechanism mounted on the rotatable member for rotating the rotatable member. The rotatable member may be driven and rotated by the drive mechanism, so that the user may watch the information printed on the rotatable member through the view window, thereby facilitating other people identifying the owner of the lock device, and thereby enhancing the aesthetic quality of the lock device.

Claims

1. A lock device having a rotatable identification brand, comprising:

a lock body, defining a receiving space and formed with at least one view window;

a rotatable member, rotatably mounted in the receiving space of the lock body, and provided with identification information that may be seen through the view window of the lock body; and

a drive mechanism, mounted on the rotatable member for rotating the rotatable member, wherein;

the drive mechanism includes a driven gear integrally formed on one end of the rotatable member, and a drive gear rotatably mounted in the lock body and meshing with the driven gear for driving and rotating the driven gear.

2. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 1, wherein the drive gear has a bottom formed with multiple recesses, and an elastic plate is secured in the lock body, and is provided with at least one boss that may be inserted into one of the recesses of the drive gear elastically, thereby providing a better positioning effect during rotation of the rotatable member.

3. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 1, wherein the lock body includes a pivot column mounted in the receiving space of the lock body, and the rotatable member is rotatably mounted on the pivot column, and is formed with a circular hole for receiving the pivot column.

4. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 3, wherein the pivot column has a distal end formed with multiple tooth grooves, and the rotatable member has a distal end formed with multiple elastic snaps that may be snapped into the tooth grooves of the pivot column elastically, thereby providing a better positioning effect during rotation of the rotatable member.

5. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 4, wherein the distal end of the rotatable member is provided with multiple plugs, and the drive mechanism includes a rotation knob secured on the distal end of the rotatable member for rotating the rotatable member, and formed with multiple insertion grooves for securing the multiple plugs of the rotatable member, so that the rotatable member may be driven and rotated by the rotation knob of the drive mechanism.

6. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 5, further comprising a screw extended through the rotation knob, and screwed into the distal end of the pivot column for pivoting the rotation knob on the distal end of the pivot column.

7. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a bonding paper bonded on the surface of the rotatable member and printed with information thereon.

8. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 1, wherein the rotatable member is a polygonal elongated body.

9. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 1, wherein the rotatable member is a octagonal elongated body.

10. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 1, wherein the rotatable member is a cylindrical body.

11. The lock device having a rotatable identification brand in accordance with claim 1, wherein the rotatable member is provided with multiple writing faces.