Padlock with lockable shackle
AssigneeStoba AG
InventorHelmut Kienzler
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Abstract
The invention relates to a padlock (1) which is provided with a shackle (2). The padlock has a flat housing (3) in which retaining means (9, 10) are arranged. Retaining elements (7, 8) are positioned at the free end of the shackle (2″). The retaining means (9, 10) are located at a retaining plate (4) which is arranged in the interior of the flat housing (3). Preferably, the housing (3), shackle (2) and retaining plate (4) are manufactured in a single piece, i.e., they are firmly linked to each other. One of the advantages of the invention is that, once the shackle is locked, it cannot be opened except by breaking or deforming it so that tampering can be easily detected.
Claims14
Padlock with a shackle, which projects from a face of a flat housing, a free end of the shackle exhibiting a retaining member, which in a closed position engages with a springy retainer in an interior of the housing and thereby closes a shackle opening through the face of the housing,
- wherein the housing is designed in a shape of a shell and the retainer is formed on a retaining plate, which is positioned in the interior of the housing, so that the retaining plate forms simultaneously at least a bottom wall of the housing which lies opposite the face, and
- wherein the retaining member is designed as a curved arm with at least two counter-acting toothed recesses on one side.
Padlock with a shackle, which projects from a face of a flat housing, a free end of the shackle exhibiting a retaining member, which in a closed position engages with a springy retainer in an interior of the housing and thereby close a shackle opening through the face of the housing,
- wherein the housing is designed in a shape of a shell and the retainer is formed on a retaining plate, which is positioned in the interior of the housing, so that the retaining plate forms simultaneously at least a bottom wall of the housing which lies opposite the face,
- wherein the retaining plate substantially entirely fills the interior of the housing, and
- wherein the retaining member is designed as a curved arm with at least two counter-acting toothed recesses on one side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.