Lock with flexible cable

Details Lock with flexible cable Lock with flexible cable

1987-10-22

1989-07-25

Smith, Gary L.

Locks

Portable

Padlocks

E05B 6706

Patent

active

048502073

ABSTRACT:
A cable unit includes a cable with a cable eye on one end. A lock body of a lock has a through-passage through which the cable extends and a pin recess extending parallel to the through-passage. The one end of the cable is bent back to the lock to form the eye. The locking pin is secured to the cable and releasably secured in the pin recess. A closed cable eye is fully secured to the opposite end of the cable. A flexible protective sheath covers the cable to the opposite sides of the lock. The through-passage diameter is slightly larger than the cable and smaller than the sheath. A lock recess in the body extends parallel to the through-passage with a key lock cylinder located in such recess. The body side including the lock recess is a flat plane which extends perpendicular to the lock cylinder axis and extends over the opening of the through-passage as an inclined plane at a selected angle to the cylinder axis. The opening has an offset inclined portion such that the cable extends laterally away from the lock cylinder. The pin has grooves intermediate its length and an outer tip portion which is surface-roughened and located within the end of the cable. A ferrule encircles the cable end, the tip portion and the grooves to fix the pin to the cable. A circumferential groove in the outer free end of the pin projects into the pin recess. A catch member within the lock body engages the groove to hold the pin in the body. A locking member on the lock cylinder holds the catch member within the groove to lock the cable to the lock body.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1539301 (1925-05-01), Cooper
patent: 3585823 (1971-06-01), Nagel
patent: 4003228 (1977-01-01), Lievens et al.
patent: 4075878 (1978-02-01), Best

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