Padlock for securing and monitoring a switch
AssigneeABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG
InventorBernhard Garthe
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Abstract
A padlock for securing and monitoring a switch of an industrial plant has a lock housing of plastic, furthermore a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock housing and a lock cylinder which is arranged in the lock housing and can selectively be brought from an open position into a locked position to lock the hoop to the lock housing. An RFID transponder is arranged in the lock housing. A securing and monitoring system for a switch of an industrial plant includes at least one such padlock and a mobile RFID reading device or an RFID reading device permanently attached in the environment of the switch, said RFID reading device being configured to read out the RFID transponder of the padlock.
Claims20
A padlock for securing and monitoring a switch of an industrial plant, comprising:
- a lock housing of plastic;
- a housing part which is secured in or at the lock housing;
- a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock housing;
- and
- a lock cylinder which can selectively be brought from an open position into a locked position to lock the hoop to the lock housing;
- wherein an RFID transponder is arranged in an intermediate space between the lock housing and the housing part.
A padlock for securing and monitoring a switch of an industrial plant, comprising:
- a lock housing of plastic;
- a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock housing;
- a lock cylinder which can selectively be brought from an open position into a locked position to lock the hoop to the lock housing;
- and
- an RFID transponder which is releasably received within the lock housing;
- wherein the RFID transponder is accessible for replacement only when the lock cylinder is brought into the open position by an associated key and the lock housing is opened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.