Rekeyable padlock

US5921123A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Schwarzkopf · Hagen, DE
• Raymond Gunther · Wuppertal, DE
• Gerhard Meckbach · Hagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 13, 1999
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T70/7661
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A rekeyable padlock comprises 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 it is retracted into said housing and frees said entry side of said recess, and a closed position in which it 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 vice verse, a latch member biased into position in front of a shoulder of said mounting means prohibiting withdrawal of said lock cylinder 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 lock cylinder from said lock housing and replacement of said lock cylinder by a substitute lock cylinder