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US 4,047,407 AGranted
Padlock
AssigneeFeliciano Aranzabal Y Cia, S.A.
InventorFeliciano Aranzabal
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Abstract
In a padlock having a plurality of peg housings in cylindrical form and opening onto a side surface of the padlock, a common width for closing all of the peg housings, which lid on its inside surface carries a plurality of projections, each for insertion into a peg housing and means for holding the lid to the padlock body.
Claims6
An improved padlock comprising:
- a padlock body having a cylindrical bore passing therethrough, said bore being adapted to receive a lock plug;
- said padlock body also including a plurality of tumbler receiving passages arranged in a predetermined array and extending from said bore to one side of said body, each of said passages having a predetermined cross-section;
- a lid to cover said one side of said padlock body, said lid comprising a plate having a sufficient size to extend past and cover all of said passages;
- a first plurality of lugs projecting from said lid in an array corresponding to said array of said passages, each said lug corresponding to a different said passage and having a cross-section approximately equal to that of said corresponding passage, the length of each lug being less than the length of its corresponding passage whereby said lugs do not extend into said cylindrical bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.