Rekeyable padlock

Padlock comprising a lock housing;

• a generally U-shaped recess formed in said lock housing and having an entry side;
• a guide channel defined within said housing;
• a shackle movable within said channel between an open position in which said shackle is retracted into said housing and frees said entry side of said recess, and a closed position in which said shackle is partly located outside of said housing and closes off said entry side;
• a lock cylinder;
• means removably mounting said lock cylinder in said lock housing;
• a cam movable by said lock cylinder and having an abutment member engageable with said shackle to move said shackle from said open position to said closed position and from said closed position to said open position;
• a latch member biased into position in front of a shoulder of said mounting means prohibiting withdrawal of said lock cylinders;
• and means accessible through said recess when said shackle is in said open position, but not when said shackle is in said closed position, for releasing said latch member from said shoulder to permit withdrawal of said mounting means and said lock cylinder from said lock housing and replacement of said lock cylinder by a substitute lock cylinder.