Patents by Inventor Paul R. Proefrock

Paul R. Proefrock has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4107965
    Abstract: A high security padlock for use with a pair of companion locking bars having apertured hasp end portions to be disposed in alined abutment and locked together, the padlock comprising a padlock body having a rearwardly opening cavity to receive the alined abutting hasp end portions therein and the padlock including a shackle extending through said cavity to pass through a pair of alined apertures in the hasp end portions, and a lock mechanism with the padlock body, together with a wedge attack resisting collar member shaped to surround three sides of the pair of alined hasp end portions having a portion disposed in the rearwardly opening cavity of the lock body and portions protruding rearwardly beyond the rear surface of the lock body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: Sargent & Greenleaf, Inc.
    Inventors: James Clayton Miller, Paul R. Proefrock, James P. K. Peppard
  • Patent number: 4104894
    Abstract: A high security padlock for use with a pair of companion locking bars having apertured hasp end portions to be disposed in aligned abutment and locked together, the padlock comprising a padlock body having a rearwardly opening cavity to receive the aligned abutting hasp end portions therein and the padlock including a shackle extending through said cavity to pass through a pair of aligned apertures in the hasp end portions, and a lock mechanism with the padlock body, together with a wedge attack resisting saddle wedge device shaped to surround three sides of the pair of aligned hasp end portions having a portion disposed in the rearwardly opening cavity of the lock body and portions protruding rearwardly beyond the rear surface of the lock body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1978
    Assignee: Sargent & Greenleaf, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Miller, Paul R. Proefrock
  • Patent number: 4102161
    Abstract: A high security hasp-enshrouding lock for securing together a pair of companion locking bars having adjacent apertured hasp portions projecting outwardly in parallel abutment, the lock having a lock body providing with a rearwardly opening cavity to receive the alined abutting hasp portions therein shielded over most of their extent by the lock body and having a shackle bar on a pivoted shackle lever movable transversely through the cavity and hasp apertures to lock the hasp portions against withdrawal. The locking mechanism within the lock body includes a pivoted hasp clamping member along one side of the cavity having a rear portion projecting from the lock body to intercept wedge type attack tools during attempts to wedge the lock from the schackle and having a contact surface defining a side portion of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: Sargent & Greenleaf, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul R. Proefrock
  • Patent number: 4083212
    Abstract: A key-operated rotary plug cylinder lock having rotary disc tumblers arranged in a stack with a concentric cylindrical boss on one face of each disc tumbler projecting axially into internesting relation into a complimental cylindrical well or recess in the confronting face of the next adjacent tumbler, and having center openings in the rotary disc tumblers shaped to receive a cylindrical guide pin along the center axis of the stack of tumblers and an arcuate substantially semi-circular cross section bit portion of a key. A set screw is threaded into the rear wall of the plug assembly to adjust the axial position of the guide pin and reduce the clearance between tumblers made to normal manufacturing tolerances to insure that the space between adjacent tumblers always assumes a labyrinth configuration resisting passing of a combination reading probe or picking tool therebetween and provides proper spacing for engagement with key bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Sargent & Greenleaf, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul R. Proefrock