Sliding Detent Patents (Class 70/28)
  • Patent number: 5042277
    Abstract: A push-button digital combination padlock including a seat board, a digit-wheel means composed of several digit-wheels, sleeves, wheel shaft, compression spring and elastic plate, a restoring spring, an abutting bar, a movable lock latch and an upper cover associated with the seat board, wherein a frame block is disposed at front end of the wheel shaft, and the movable lock latch is formed with a down-pressing protrusion and passive protrusion, whereby when the digit-wheels are arranged to correct digit position, and shaft can be displaced, permitting a button member of the abutting bar to be pressed so as to push the passive protrusion, making the integrated down-pressing protrusion downward press the frame block and thus permitting the lock bar to move and unlock the padlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Inventor: Chern Jenn-Rong
  • Patent number: 4860561
    Abstract: A numerical lock includes a housing having a hooking member, a cover, a plurality of numerical wheels, a plurality of sleeves, a control rod having a head, a numerical-changing piece having a pushing member, and a pivotally mounted locking piece capable of engaging with the head to slide the control rod in the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Inventor: Blake Hwang
  • Patent number: 4803856
    Abstract: A combination padlock includes a first cover having a fixed hasp secured on a left corner of the cover and a movable actuator pivotally formed on a right corner of the cover, a plurality of dials each coupled with a sleeve thereon pivotally mounted on the first cover, a sliding latch having a plurality of sleeve holes each hole having a tongue engageable with a notch formed in each sleeve, and a second cover integrally combined with the first cover to form a padlock casing, whereby upon a rotation of the dials and sleeves to disengage the sleeve notches from the latch tongues to raise the latch, the actuator will be retarded by the latch, unable to be inwardly depressed, for locking the padlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Inventor: Chong-Kuan Ling