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US 12,258,783 B2Granted
Method for protecting a padlock, and a padlock cover device
AssigneeAnchor LåS AB
InventorsRobert Fredriksson, Tomas Eriksson, Olov Nyquist
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AssigneeAnchor LåS AB
InventorsRobert Fredriksson, Tomas Eriksson, Olov Nyquist
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A method is provided to protect a padlock from the environment, where the padlock comprises a padlock body comprising a cavity and an opening connecting the cavity with the environment, by using a covering device comprising a sealing device and a locking device, and by placing the sealing device against a first end of the padlock body by pivoting the sealing device in correlation to and towards the padlock body and placing the locking device to cover the sealing device and bringing the locking device into locking cooperation with the padlock body by pivoting the locking device in correlation to and towards the sealing device and towards the padlock body. Also described is a padlock body, a padlock, and a cover device.
A method for protecting a padlock from the environment where the padlock comprises a padlock body comprising a cavity, holding a lock cylinder, and an opening, where the opening is provided in a first end of the padlock body and connecting the cavity with the environment, the lock cylinder is inserted through the opening, and a shackle, attached to the padlock body in a second end of the padlock body opposite the first end, to be locked in working position by using the lock cylinder, wherein the first end of the padlock body is covered by using a covering device comprising a sealing device and a locking device, by placing the sealing device against the first end of the padlock body and placing the locking device to cover the sealing device and bringing the locking device into locking cooperation with the padlock body and where the covering is made by pivoting the sealing device in correlation to and towards the padlock body and pivoting the locking device in correlation to and towards the sealing device and towards the padlock body.
A padlock body comprising a cavity and an opening at a first end of the padlock body, through which opening a lock cylinder is to be inserted when forming a working padlock, and through which the cavity is in communication with the outside, and comprising a covering device, attached to the padlock body and covering the first end of the padlock body comprising the opening, wherein the covering device comprises a sealing device and a locking device, the padlock body, the sealing device and the locking device comprising cooperating parts, where the sealing device, in working position, is placed and held by the cooperating parts against the first end of the padlock body by the locking device and where the sealing device is pivotally attached to the padlock body and the locking device is pivotally attached to the sealing device.
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