Padlock having dual unlocking modes
AssigneeSinox Co., Ltd
InventorsRenny Ling, Pai-Chang Lin
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Abstract
A padlock having dual unlocking modes includes a lock body that has shackle and a combination locking mechanism, and a movable push button assembly on one side. The padlock may be switched to an unlocking condition by operating the combination locking mechanism so that users can depress the movable push button assembly to drive the shackle to unlatch. The movable push button assembly also has a key hole to receive a key when the combination locking mechanism is in the locking condition to turn the movable push button assembly and unlatch the shackle.
Claims14
A padlock having dual unlocking modes, comprising:
- a lock body with an internal space having a shackle, the shackle including a movable arm selectively locating at an opening position-or a closing position;
- a movable push button assembly, partially disposed within the internal space, having a lock cylinder with key hole for receiving a key, and a cam coupled and moving synchronously with the lock cylinder, wherein the cam presses the movable arm so that the movable arm is moved to be locating at the opening position or the closing position by the movement of movable push button assembly or the rotation of the lock cylinder;
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- a combination lock mechanism including an axle selectively pressing the push button assembly;
- wherein, when the movement of axle is restricted by the combination lock mechanism, the movable push button assembly is not allowed to be moved and the lock cylinder is allowed to be rotated.
A padlock having dual unlocking modes, comprising:
- a body with an internal space having a shackle, the shackle including a movable arm selectively locating at an opening position or a closing position;
- a combination lock mechanism which has a unlocking state and a locking state, the movable arm being moved to the opening position in the unlocking state and being restricted to the closing position in the locking state;
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- a movable push button assembly which presses the movable arm to move the movable arm, and is allowed to be depressed and moved when subject to a force while the combination lock mechanism is in the unlocking state to move the movable arm to the opening position;
- wherein the move push button assembly has a key hole to receive a key to turn the push button assembly and move the movable arm to the opening position.
A padlock having dual unlocking modes, comprising:
- a combination lock mechanism coupled with a shackle which includes a movable arm selectively locating at an opening position or a closing position and a plurality of dialing wheels rotated to restricted the movement of the movable arm;
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- a movable push button assembly coupled with the combination lock, wherein the movable push button assembly may be depressed by a force to move the movable arm and has a key hole to receive a key to rotate the movable push button assembly to move the movable arm to the opening position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.