Closure fasteners – Keepers – With movable dog – catch or striker
Patent
1998-01-29
1999-12-07
Boucher, Darnell M.
Closure fasteners
Keepers
With movable dog, catch or striker
292DIG4, 292 49, 292 6, 292DIG72, E05B 1502
Patent
active
059970561
ABSTRACT:
A locking device for opening or closing a door comprising a lock housing having a pair of holes formed in the front surface thereof; a slider which can slide within the lock housing; a pair of clamps, the base end of each of which is pivotally mounted on the front end of the slider, and the other end of each of which has a spring force acting outward, and the both ends of which are pushed from outward to inward in the direction where the both ends are compressed when the clamps go backward within the lock housing; a spring member for the clamps attached to the front end of the slider such that said pair of clamps are opened in an approximately V-shape; a spring member for the slider which is intervened between said lock housing and said slider and which applies a spring force to said slider in the direction forward to the hole of the lock housing; a heart-shaped groove which is carved in one side of said slider, has a plurality of differences in depth, and a recess provided on the bottom portion of the heart shape; a projecting member, one end of which can slide within the groove only in one direction, and the other end of which is formed on an appropriate position of the lock housing; and a key unit having a spherical member, which can be clamped by the pair of clamps is provided.
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Boucher Darnell M.
Tokyo Magnet Ohyo Seihin Kabushiki Kaisha
Walsh John B.
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