Manually Operable Patents (Class 70/312)
  • Patent number: 6564598
    Abstract: Although a door locking handle assembly is small as a whole in thickness in construction, it permits, through its computerized personal management system, a large number of persons or users to have easily and quickly access to their instruments contained in a box provided with the door locking handle assembly. In this assembly, a combination lock (19), which is opened by turning each of a set of its specially marked dial discs (22) a given number of times to establish a unique combination of marks of the dial discs (22), is incorporated in a door handle (13) or in a base body (1). In operation, a locking member (24) of the assembly prevents the door handle (13) from being pulled out of the base body (1), and is driven to reach its unlocked position when the combination lock (19) is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Takigen Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Shirou Segawa
  • Patent number: 6557384
    Abstract: A multifunction padlock for providing a single unit lock that has the functions of an ordinary lock in conjunction with a lockout system with multiple staples that can be used as a group or individual access lock. To attain this, the multifunction padlock generally comprises of a housing, a staple unit within the housing, a lockout unit within the housing working in conjunction with the staple unit, a group lockout lever attached to the lockout unit parallel to the main shackle, a shackle unit attached from the holding rod to the keying mechanism parallel to the main shackle, a group lockout lever attached in conjunction with the lockout unit and parallel to the unlocking control rod, a shackle unit attached to the top inner chamber of the housing, and a keying mechanism attached in the inner chamber to the bottom surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventor: Johnny M. Cuesta
  • Patent number: 6523373
    Abstract: A lock is designed to prevent theft of a notebook computer and is formed of a housing, a metal fastening, a locking mechanism, and a retaining mechanism. The locking mechanism includes an arresting bolt with a conical tip and a dial block. The retaining mechanism includes a retaining bolt with an inclined surface, which is pushed by the conical tip of the arresting bolt such that a hooked end of the retaining bolt is engaged with a T-shaped slot of the notebook computer at such time when the wheels of the locking mechanism are turned randomly. When the wheels of the locking mechanism are turned to a set series of numbers, the conical tip of the arresting bolt moves away from the inclined surface of the retaining bolt, thereby resulting in disengagement of the hooked end of the retaining bolt with the T-shaped slot of the notebook computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Tai Luer Industry Corp.
    Inventor: Shun-Chang Su
  • Patent number: 6523372
    Abstract: A new reset mechanism for an existing retractable wire lock. In one embodiment, the internal component for placing the prior art lock in reset mode by pushing the locking head into the lock casing is replaced by a component with a reset button. In a second embodiment, the internal component for placing the prior art lock in reset mode is replaced by a component with a reset button and that further includes a mechanism for using the locking head to retain the component in the reset position so that the button does not have to be continually pressed during the reset procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Cornelius McDaid, Jason A. Morris, Donald H. Warren
  • Patent number: 6513356
    Abstract: A dual mechanism lock; a combination lock structure is embedded into a external cylinder by a flexibly moving fixing plate; a combination wheel mechanism comprising a plurality of combination wheels and a latching wheel; the latching wheel can be embedded into the fixing plate; the other end of the fixing plate is coupled to an elastic member at the top portion in the lock body; the lock body is coupled to an external cylinder by the coupling base; an internal cylinder is sheathed into the external cylinder; the internal cylinder includes a lock core, such that the outer end of the external cylinder is a knob; a lock tongue is disposed at the inner end of the external cylinder; the key or the combination lock can produce coupling and detachment for the external cylinder through the lock core of the internal cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventor: Ping-Jan Yang
  • Patent number: 6508089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lock used for the cabinets in public places, in which the number of lock can be reset when used to secure the items of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Jaeyou Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Tao Tsai
  • Patent number: 6470718
    Abstract: A cable lock includes a body and a cable. A latch hole and an elongated hole are respectively defined at two sides of the body. The cable has a latch head secured in the latch hole, and a fixed head extending through the elongated hole. A button is received in the body and located between the latch hole and the elongated hole. A hook is pivotally mounted in the body. The hook has a straight end pushed by a resilient member, and a curved end clasping the cable in the elongated hole. A shaft with a dial is connected with the button. When the dial is turned to a correct sequence, the latch head can be released from the latch hole, and the cable can be freely moved in the elongated hole to release the locked item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Jin Tay Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Tsung Yang
  • Patent number: 6470717
    Abstract: A combination padlock has a lock mechanism, which includes two dials, with each being mounted on a shaft rod to prevent the two dials from being interfered with each other. The two dials partially jut out of the housing of the combination padlock to facilitate the turning of the dials with fingers at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Inventor: Chun-Te Yu
  • Publication number: 20020134121
    Abstract: A combination lock with a simplified structure is disclosed. The lock includes a male body having an outwardly extending bolt with an axial row of projecting bits formed thereon, and a female body having an outwardly extending tube with an axial narrow opening defined therein. The tube is used for receiving the outwardly extending bolt of the male body in a way of allowing the bits to be protruded therefrom through the axial narrow opening. The tube further has a plurality of axial grooves defined in an outer periphery thereof. A set of dials is mounted around the tube of the female body. Each of the dials has a dial ring, and a hairspring carried on the dial ring and having a pair of curved portions extending inward to engage two of the axial grooves of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Patent number: 6439006
    Abstract: A combination lock has a keyless lock main body mounted on a housing part, a toothed rod, an engaging rod, a turnable rod and a locking rod. The toothed rod has engaging teeth, and is passed into numeral discs of the lock main body such that the toothed rod is released to be movable, and fixed in a locked position by the numeral discs. The toothed rod has a protruding plate on an outer end. The engaging rod is passed through the housing part, and has a front engaging end, and an intermediate recessed portion. The turnable rod is passed into the lock main body, and the housing part with a semicircular lower end pushing block connecting the recessed portion. The turnable rod has an intermediate portion having a flat side. The protruding plate abuts the flat side to prevent the turnable rod from turning in the locked position. In the unlocked position, the turnable rod is turned for the pushing block to move the engaging rod rearwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Jaeyou Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Tao Tsai
  • Publication number: 20020104337
    Abstract: A combination lock includes a male bolt and a female body for receiving and releasably locking the male bolt. The female body includes a cylindrical core having an enlarged front end and a rear end, with the enlarged front end defining a channel in which the male bolt may be inserted. A set of dials is mounted around the cylindrical core between the enlarged front end and a retainer. A spring has a tendency to move the rotary ring from the second axial position to the first axial position, while the retainer is formed with a button adapted to move the inner rotary ring from the first axial position to the second axial position. Therefore, the combination of the lock can be reset or changed by rotating the outer dial rings while retaining the inner rings in a non-rotatable mode after the button is pressed down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Patent number: 6422051
    Abstract: A combination cable lock includes a cable, a support rod attached to the one end of the cable, multiple first and second locking lugs respectively formed on opposite sides of the support rod, each of the second locking lugs having a dimension different from that of the first locking lug, multiple tumblers each including a number wheel rotatably mounted on the support rod, a follower detachably secured in the number wheel, and containing a first locking recess aligning with and having a dimension corresponding to the first locking lugs, and a second locking recess aligning with and having a dimension corresponding to the second locking lugs, and a number reset device abutting one of the tumblers to detach the follower from the number wheel such that the number wheel can be rotated relative to the follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Patent number: 6412316
    Abstract: A case lock having a locking slide (19) which is arranged in a lock housing (11) and is intended for securing and, by gripactuated displacement counter to spring force, for releasing a mating closure part (6). A grip (29) forms a supporting shoulder (40) which in a securing position, blocking the displacement of the locking slide (19), is located in front of a blocking shoulder (41) of the housing (11) and, by the grip (29) being pivoted transversely to displacement direction of the locking slide (19), is displaced into a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: S. Franzen Söhne (GmbH & Co.)
    Inventor: Wolfgang Buss
  • Patent number: 6412320
    Abstract: A closing device for a lock, comprising a pivoting bolt that can be closed in a forward and retracted position with the aid of a locking means. The invented device also comprises a closing element (13) that accommodates the bolt in a forward close position and a locking and unlocking device for said bolt. The locking and unlocking device comprises at least one locking element (17, 18) that can be moved forwards into the movement area of the bolt or retracted, whereby the pivoting bolt is secured in a forward position against closure in a retracted position or retracting from the forward close position. When in a locked position, mechanical door-side interventions on the locking mechanism of the locking cylinder or the pivoting bolt-lock do not result in a closing movement of said bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventor: Rolf Maniago
  • Patent number: 6386005
    Abstract: A combination lock has a plug with a tube extending from the plug. Multiple combination ring assemblies are disposed around the tube, and each of the combination ring assemblies include a combination ring, a positioning ring, and an abutting ring. A bar is inserted with an end inside the tube and an opposed end mounted with a nut extending outside the tube. A cap having a chamber inside is received in a cover, and the nut is received in the chamber. When changing a combination number of the combination lock, a tool is used to turn the cap to separate the combination ring and the positioning ring thus allows the combination number to be changed, and when the changing is completed, the cap is turned to a original position and the combination ring and the positioning ring engages together automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Patent number: 6381997
    Abstract: A combination padlock includes a main body, a shackle, a control mechanism, an unlocking key, and a rotary block. The rotary block is located between the unlocking key and the free end of the shackle. As the unlocking key is pushed by a finger, the unlocking key actuates the rotary block to turn in such a manner that one end of the rotary block moves away from the free end of the shackle, and that the other end of the rotary block exerts a pressure on a stop plate of an actuation rod of the control mechanism, thereby resulting in the downward displacement of the actuation rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Cheng Jung Chen
  • Patent number: 6363757
    Abstract: A combination lock including main body, a series of number wheels and set wheels, a locating piece, a stop piece, a movable lock rod, a push block disposed on the locating piece, a notch disposed on the stop piece, a slide slot located in the main body, an arresting member slidably disposed in the slide slot of the main body, and a push piece disposed on the movable lock rod for pushing the arresting member to return to its original position, thereby preventing the disturbance of a set series of numbers which are used in opening the combination lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Inventor: Chun-Te Yu
  • Patent number: 6345523
    Abstract: A figure wheel of a combination lock has a hollow wheel body with a contact ring securely attached therearound. The wheel body has an annular portion integrally formed therein, an engagement gearing integrally formed at an inner side of the annular portion, a filling opening defined in an outer side of the annular portion, raised figure marks integrally formed on an outer surface of the wheel body and an annular recess defined in a remaining area of the outer surface of the wheel body. The contact ring of the figure wheel is formed by injecting a slip-resistant plastic material into the annular recess from the filling opening via the throat, whereby the outer surface of the figure wheel is slip-resistant and the figure marks of the figure wheel are firm and abrasion-resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Patent number: 6308541
    Abstract: A zipper locking device (10) for securing a double-slider zipper (14) comprising a housing (18), a base (16), a vertically extending member (20), a pivoting arm (22), a pair of compressible pads (26), a stabilizer (24), and a means for locking (34) the device (10). The vertically extending member (20) extends from the base (16) and projects in the upwardly direction through an aperture (54) in the housing (18), allowing for the translational movement of the housing (18) along the vertically extending member (20) between a closed position and an open position. The vertically extending member (20) and the pivoting arm (22) each have an aperture (72, 82), which align to allow the entry of a locking means (34) through the apertures (72, 82) when the zipper locking device (10) is in the closed position. The locking means (34) prevents the translational movement of the housing (18) along the vertically extending member (20), securing the zipper sliders (28) of a double-slider zipper (14) within the housing (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Robert M. Stowe
  • Patent number: 6209368
    Abstract: A combination lock includes a male lock body including a rod a female lock body. The female lock body includes a column having a longitudinal slit for releasably receiving the rod of the male lock body. A number of resilient sleeves mounted are around the column. Each sleeve includes a central hole through which the rod extends. Each sleeve includes a bulge on an outer periphery thereof. A number of number wheels are mounted around the column. Each number wheel receives an associated sleeve therein. The bulge of each sleeve generates a sound when the associated number wheel is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Inventor: Chin Tsun Lee
  • Patent number: 6202455
    Abstract: A zipper lock assembly is provided for an article with a zipper having two pull tabs. The zipper lock assembly includes a casing having two compartments and two slots for intercommunicating the compartments with outside to allow respective passing of the pull tabs into the compartment. A number lock assembly includes several number wheels rotatably mounted in the casing and a slide plate mounted in the casing and movable in a lateral direction in response to rotational movement of the number wheels. A follower member is releasably engaged with the slide plate. Two push members are pivotally mounted in the casing and each includes a first end for manual operation and a second end with a locking piece and a lug. When the number wheels of the number lock assembly are not in correct code number for unlocking, engagement of the follower member with the slide plate as well as pivotal movement of the push members are prevented to retain the locking piece in the compartment for retaining the pull tabs in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Shun-Chang Su
  • Patent number: 6189348
    Abstract: A retightenable and resettable strap lock for luggage includes a female buckle member with number wheels, a male buckle member for releasably engaging with the female buckle member, and a strap connected to the female buckle member and the male buckle member. A slide member is mounted in the female buckle member for restraining movement of the strap. An end of the strap is pullable to further tighten the luggage even if the male and female buckle members are engaged with each other, yet loosening of the strap by pulling the end of the strap in the opposite direction is prevented. A pull tab holder is mounted in the male buckle member for receiving two pull tabs of a zipper of the luggage. The pull tab holder is retained in place by the female buckle member when the male and female buckle members are engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventor: Chien-Yung Huang
  • Patent number: 6176109
    Abstract: A combination lock (100) comprising a body (10) formed with a plurality of parallel slots (20) and a bore (30) intersecting with the slots (20) to form co-axial apertures (32) through the parts of the body (10) immediately above and below each of the slots (20), each said aperture (32) above a respective slot (20) being formed with an unlocking groove (34). A plurality of dials (40) are received in the slots (20) respectively, each of which is formed around its inner side with a ring of equi-angular recesses (42). An inverted J-shaped shackle (60) having a longer limb (62) extends into the bore (30) and passes through the dials (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Kwong Wah Lock Manufactory Ltd.
    Inventor: Paul Tsui
  • Patent number: 6173592
    Abstract: A lock for a suitcase includes a base on the base portion of the suitcase and an engaging part on the cover of the suitcase. The base has an aperture for retaining a hook on the engaging part. The base has two setting disks each have a notch and a control frame in the base has two protrusions disengagably received in the two notches. The control frame is connected to a retaining member which has a pin inserted into the aperture so that when the protrusions are received in the notches of the setting disks, the control frame and the retaining member are shifted to let the pin be removed from the aperture. A block is inserted into the aperture by rotating a setting member and the block has a thumb which stops a lug on the control frame when the protrusions are received in the notches so that two number disks mounted to the setting disks can be freely rotated to set another locking code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Inventor: Chun Te Yu
  • Patent number: 6082155
    Abstract: A pad lock includes a casing including a hook extended outwards therefrom and several number wheels rotatably mounted in the casing. Each number wheel is partially exposed outside the casing for manual turning. Each number wheel includes a code wheel releasably engaged thereto to rotate therewith. A locking device is mounted in the casing and movable between a first position that retains the code wheels in place to allow free rotational movements of the number wheels for code number changing and a second position that disengages from the code wheels such that each code wheel is engaged with an associated number wheel to rotate therewith. An unlocking device includes a pivotal end pivotally mounted in the casing, a press end located outside the casing for manual pressing, an actuating end located in the casing and engaged with the locking device to move therewith, and a latch end located outside the casing and releasably engaged with the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventor: Shun-Chang Su
  • Patent number: 6082572
    Abstract: A container requiring more than one operation to open is provided. The container includes a hollow body and a lid attached to the hollow body which opens in a given direction. The container also includes a manually-operable member that is biased by a biasing element into a first position at which the member engages the closed lid. The member is moveable against the biasing element into a second position at which the lid is releasable. In the first position, the lid positively engages the member, and is disengageable from the member by first moving the lid in a direction other than the given direction in which the lid opens. The lid is closeable when the member is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: BGF Health Care Products Ltd.
    Inventors: Miles Douglas Montague Galton-Fenzi, Malcolm Brown
  • Patent number: 6062051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dial lock slide for slide fasteners used for bags or trunks, made capable of altering the dial code at will that opening the lock may become impossible for others, through its characteristic construction, wherein a slide (1) on one side has a lock bar (13) which has key (14) in projection, while another slide (2) on the other side has a cylinder (23) which has slit (23a); cylinder (23) is inserted, keeping said lock devices (30) rotatable; and a lock ring (41) with a polygonal outer surface (42) corresponding to a polygonal inner surface (33) of an inward-turning flange (32) and also inner key grooves (43) is inserted, rotatably, in a dial ring (31), which has said inward-turning flange (32) and a polygonal inner surface (33) on one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventors: Du Hyun Nam, Jung Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 6058744
    Abstract: A combination lock includes: a casing, a fixed latch member and a pivotal latch member formed in a front portion of the casing to be inserted into an aperture of a computer or the like, a control bolt reciprocatively held in the casing and having a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatably mounted on the bolt for allowing or retarding the pivotal movement of the pivotal latch member for unlocking or locking the two latch members within the aperture of the computer or the like, and a push button slidably held on the casing for depressing and retracting the control bolt backwardly for biasing the pivotal latch member for a withdrawal of the two latch members from the aperture of the computer or the like for a convenient unlocking of the combination lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: Chong-Kuan Ling
  • Patent number: 6053017
    Abstract: A combination lock device for floppy disk drive includes: a resembling disk member corresponding to a dimension of a floppy disk insertable in a disk drive of a personal computer having a casing formed at a front (or proximal) end of the disk member; and a combination locking device having a plurality of combination dials rotatably mounted in the casing of the disk member and operatively controlling a locking bar movably lockable or unlockable within the disk drive for locking the disk member within the disk drive when locked for preventing unauthorized intrusion in the disk drive of the personal computer or for unlocking and withdrawal of the disk member from the disk drive when unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventor: Chong-Kuan Ling
  • Patent number: 6035672
    Abstract: By providing an automatically displayed, easily seen, positive visual indicator on a combination lock each time the combination lock is placed in its combination set or re-set position, a unique, easily used, enhanced combination lock is realized. Preferably, the visual indicator is automatically displayed upon entry of the lock into its combination setting or resetting position, thereby providing the user with a positive, readily seen, visual display clearly informing the user that the combination sequence may be altered. Furthermore, the lock construction of the present invention is constructed with the interior chambers thereof virtually sealed from ambient surroundings, thereby preventing unwanted contamination from entering the interior of the lock and the rotating components thereof. In this way, degradation by contamination is virtually eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: The Sun Lock Company Ltd
    Inventor: Eric Lai
  • Patent number: 6016675
    Abstract: A retaining device is composed of a male retainer, a female retainer, and a lock. The male retainer is provided with a retaining tongue. The female retainer is provided with a base and a retaining piece. The lock is fastened with the rear section of the retaining piece. Located at the junction of the retaining piece and the lock is a shaft by which the lock and the retaining piece are fastened pivotally with the base in conjunction with a spring. The retaining piece and the lock act simultaneously. The lock serves to lock or unlock the retaining device. The lock also serves to buckle or unbuckle the male retainer and the female retainer of the retaining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Inventor: Yu Chun Te
  • Patent number: 6012309
    Abstract: A pad lock includes an outer casing, a lock main body, and a shackle. A stem is slidably mounted in the lock main body. Several number wheels are rotatably mounted around the stem. Also rotatably mounted around the stem are several retaining sleeves each being releasably engaged with an associated number wheel to rotate therewith. A lever member includes a first end for releasably engaging two pin members to retain the shackle in a locked status. The lever member includes a second end with a number of tongues for engaging with the retaining sleeves. A positioning member is formed on the second end of the lever member. A safety pin is mounted to the lever member to assure the positioning member in a position that prevents setting of a new code when any one of the number wheels is not in the correct position for unlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventor: Tien-Kao Liu
  • Patent number: 5970755
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable combination lock having a reset button extension member, the lock having an elongated outer case that encloses lock mechanism including several spaced-apart numbered dials rotatably mounted on a longitudinally extending shaft assembly. A latch is mounted to the front end of the case and one end of the shaft assembly is adapted to shift axially to lock and unlock the latch. The other end of the shaft assembly is depressible in an axial direction against spring force when the combination is set to unlock the mechanism, to allow the lock combination to be reset as desired. The extension member has a first end mounted to the rear end of the case, and it extends longitudinally from the case to its distal end. The lock can be held by its case and the distal end of the extension member pressed against an immovable surface to cause a forward portion of the extension member to engage and operate the depressible end of the shaft assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Paul Appelbaum
  • Patent number: 5970758
    Abstract: An automobile steering lock includes a body member, a housing and a lock means. The locking means is contained in a lock housing in the housing, and consists of a base, plural number buttons, a press button, an adjust plate, plural wheels, a control plate, a press plate, a coil spring and a deadbolt. When the number buttons are all rotated to the preset coded number for unlocking, the press button can be pressed inward to force the press plate together with the deadbolt to move down to the unlocking position to free the housing from the body member. Thus this lock needs no keys, and the coded number is adjustable by a user, preventing the lock from being pried open by thieves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Chan Hau Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Chaun Chen
  • Patent number: 5953940
    Abstract: An easily operable combination padlock includes: a casing, a shackle having a long leg member and a short leg member respectively lockable with a pair of locking shuttles slidably held in the casing, a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatably mounted on a bolt longitudinally held in the casing, a conical head portion formed on a top of the bolt tangentially engageable with the two shuttles, and a combination-changing device formed on a bottom portion of the bolt and the casing for resetting a new combination when the padlock is unlocked; whereby upon an outward extending of the two shuttles as urged by the conical head portion of the bolt to engage the two leg members of the shackle, the shackle is locked for locking the padlock; and upon unlocking of the padlock, the conical head portion on the bolt is downwardly depressible without retarding an inward retraction of the two shuttles, the shackle will be upwardly pulled by retracting the shuttles for unlocking the padlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: Chong-Kuan Ling
  • Patent number: 5934120
    Abstract: A lock with a resettable combination includes a locating head having a tube extending therefrom and a locking head having a rod extending therefrom and receivably engaged with the tube. A spring, a set of selectors and a sequence reset device are respectively and sequentially mounted around the tube of the locating head. Each of said plurality of selectors having a rotatable ring, a locating block, a drive block and a torsion spring combined for selection. The sequence reset device includes an annular member and a toggle device for driving the set of selectors. The annular member defines a pair of opposed holes in a periphery thereof. The toggle device is pivotally engaged with the annular member and configured as a semi-circular collar. The semi-circular collar has a pair of cam gears respectively formed on two distal ends defined therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Patent number: 5927113
    Abstract: A combination lock with code protection device is provided. The lock includes a casing mounted with conventional numeral dials, a pair of posts capable of mounting the tabs of a single double zipper fastener or a dual double zipper fastener, a rotatable switch covering the posts when the lock is in locked position and uncovering the posts when the lock is in unlocked position and a detent rotatably disposed into a circular hole for checking a slide for facilitating the changing of a new combination code for the lock. This disclosure is characterized in the protection of the combination code old or new from disturbed by unintentional rotation of the dials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: Chun-Te Yu
  • Patent number: 5927110
    Abstract: A zipper lock with a slidable button and non-disturbance code of combination locking device is provide. The lock includes a casing having an opening in forward end for slidably securing a rearward slidable button, a pair of first and second latch members rotatably secured to a fore portion each having a tongue toward each other for locking up a pair of tabs from a double zipper, a slide operated in cooperation with a combination locking device and a check member which checks the latch member from rotation. This disclosure is characterized in the simplized locking mechanism, the rearward slidable button and the check member which gives possibility to control the combination locking device for preventing the code from disturbed by inadvertent rotation of the dials and facilitating the users to change their desired code for the combination locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: Chun-Te Yu
  • Patent number: 5924313
    Abstract: A lock with a combination selecting mechanism for releasing is constructed by a U-shaped shackle and a locking bar. A combination selecting mechanism is provided in the locking bar. The lock can be released by selecting the correct number series on the tumblers. A combination change control mechanism is further provided in the combination selecting mechanism, so that the combination can not be reset when the combination change control mechanism is in effect, thereby it is possible to avoid an undesired combination change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Inventor: Lambert Kuo
  • Patent number: 5918489
    Abstract: A padlock includes a body combined with a first casing a second casing. The first casing has a hook-like latch integrally extending therefrom. A pivotal member is received in the body and has a rod extending from a first end thereof to alignedly contact with the hook-like latch when it is pivoted. A symbol-sequence selecting device is received in the body to cooperate with the pivotal member. The symbol-sequence selecting device is operable at two sides of the padlock. The padlock further includes a release member movably mounted to a surface of the first casing to activate a pivoting of the pivotal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Inventor: Kuo-Tsung Yang
  • Patent number: 5918758
    Abstract: A container requiring more than one operation to open, which comprises a hollow body, a lid for the body, the lid being releasably engaged such that the body is closed, and a marked member that is moveable between a first position at which the mark is hidden and the lid is engaged, and a second position at which the mark is visible and the lid is releasable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: BGF Health Care Products Ltd.
    Inventor: Miles Doughlas Montague Galton-Fenzi
  • Patent number: 5906124
    Abstract: A lock assembly includes a base member having a bottom with a peripheral wall extending from a periphery defining the bottom, two rods extending from the bottom and two openings defined through the peripheral wall. Each of the rods has a board and a disk respectively and rotatably mounted thereto which is accessed via the openings. Each of the boards has a protrusion extending therefrom which has two sides. A slide has a slot defined therethrough so as to slidably mount to the rods. A periphery defining the slot has two pairs of opposite sides, a width between each of the two opposite sides being smaller than a length of the protrusion and larger than a width between the two sides of the protrusion. The movement of the slide actuates a limit device disposed to the lock assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Inventor: Shun-Chang Su
  • Patent number: 5901587
    Abstract: A padlock with safety locking mechanism is provided. The padlock includes a casing, a leverage latch plate in cooperation with a combination locking mechanism to rotatably lock or unlock the padlock and a plurality of sleeves slidably disposed on a cylindrical slide enabling the change of combination code by the users themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Inventor: Cheng-jung Chen
  • Patent number: 5899102
    Abstract: A simplified firearm lock includes: a male fastening member having a latch formed thereon, a female fastening member having a catch engageable with the latch of the male fastening member to be disposed on opposite sides of a trigger guard of a firearm or handgun, and a locking device provided in the female fastening member for preventing the disengagement of the catch of the female fastening member from the latch of the male fastening member for locking the two fastening members and the trigger of the firearm, whereby upon unlocking of the locking device, the catch will be disengaged from the latch for separating the two fastening members for unlocking the trigger of the firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Inventor: Chong-Kuan Ling
  • Patent number: 5899099
    Abstract: A combination lock includes a female member, a number disc, a plurality of activate rings, a plurality of cushions, a plurality of toothed rings, a housing and a male member. The number disc, the activate rings, the cushions and the toothed rings are sequentially inserted on a cylinder of the female member and with the exception of the number disc, are contained in the housing. Then the number disc is rotated clockwise and counterclockwise, with the snap means of the number disc moving a first snap means of a first toothed ring and the second snap means of the first toothed ring moving a first snap means of a second toothed ring and so on. Such aligns the notches of all activate rings to form a passageway corresponding to the slot of the cylinder for insert of a rod with teeth of the male member. The lock is locked and unlocked by rotating only the number disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Inventor: Cheng-Tao Tsai
  • Patent number: 5881588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a security lock comprising a socket and a locking component which can be inserted into and secured to the socket, in which the locking component has at least one locking cam rotatable to engage behind a bearing surface in the socket in its locked position. At least two staggered pins have a locking cam at their end region inside the socket, which pins are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the locking component. The upper ends of the pins have a handle which are accessible outside of the locking component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Altenloh, Brinck & Co. GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reinhold Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5870909
    Abstract: A tamper resistant lock has the combination of compressed o-rings impeding rotation of a plurality of tumblers, false and real notches all having the same length, and hexagon heads on the tumblers to provide a durable and tamper resistant lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventors: Daniel H. Saunders, Jr., Margaret J. Saunders
  • Patent number: 5868012
    Abstract: A chain lock for locking the wheel of a motorcycle or bicycle and a series of travelling certificates is provided. The chain lock includes a locking body having a combination locking device and a novel locking mechanism disposed therein, a chain or a flexible wire having at a first end an obturator embedded into the locking body and controlling the activity of the locking mechanism in cooperation with the combination locking device and a plug at a second end of the chain which is lockable by a latch and ejectable from the locking body by an ejector when the plug is unlockable. The obturator is operated as a hiding key for enhancing the anti-burglar effect of the chain lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Inventors: Yu Chun-Te, Stephen M. Scott
  • Patent number: 5839301
    Abstract: A combination lock including a housing, a dial assembly, a press plate, and a latch means. When the dials are turned to a preset code, a hook may be pulled upwardly to cause a hook projection to extend out of a seat notch so that a first shaft post brings the entire dial assembly to displace to one side due to a clearance between a hook notch and a hook neck portion, so that shaft notches engage wedge-shaped projections on the housing. When the hook is pressed downwardly, the hook projection enters the seat notch so that the first shaft post enters the hook notch to cause a spring to reset, bringing the entire dial assembly to displace to the other side so that the shaft notches disengage from the wedge-shaped projections to achieve locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Inventor: Chung-Tung Hsu
  • Patent number: 5787736
    Abstract: A resettable combination coded U-shackle lock assembly includes a cross bar lock body and a U-shaped shackle with its legs removably locked to the lock body. The lock body is disposed with a resettable combination coded locking module, a locking plate, a triggering button, and a locking plate spring. The locking plate, through its locking holes, engages the locking pins of the shackle by the biasing force exerted by the locking plate spring and disengages when the triggering button disposed on the other end of the locking plate is depressed to overcome the biasing force and causing the locking plate to move axially to release engagement with the locking pins. When the combination code is coded in locking combination, the axial movement of the locking plate is blocked by the stopping plate of the locking module and the lock is in "locked" status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventor: Chong-Kuan Ling