Abstract: A security lock box includes a receptacle having an access opening and a hinged door. A vertical door edge adjacent th hinge is provided with an edge return which engages an inwardly curved lip along the receptacle opening for preventing entry through removal of a hinge pin. The door additionally has flanges extending transversely along top and bottom edges. The flanges are adapted for cooperative interfitting within confronting guard recesses along the margin of the receptacle opening. A locking mechanism having a pair of selectively slidably locking bars is positioned within the access opening. The locking bars are extendable through slots within the door flanges for securing the door in a locked mode. The locking mechanism is activated by a cylinder lock mounted in the door. The cylinder lock includes a cylindrical housing for accommodating a removable key plug and operating key adapted for interchangeable applications within a plurality of similar lock cylinders.

Abstract: A key-removable core of figure-8 cross section having increased pull resistance. A recess is formed in the pin tumbler lobe of the core body and opens both outward through the side of the body and downward toward the key plug lobe. A control sleeve in the key plug lobe has a wide longitudinal rib which carries a core-retaining lug which extends from such rib both circumferentially of the sleeve and radially outward thereof into said recess so as to substantially increase the effective cross section of the lug for increased pull resistance. Cores with thus enlarged lugs may be used in standard receptacles. Also, the plug may be in two segments providing two end faces for retaining engagement with two shoulders in the wall of the receptacle. The lug may be further enlarged by increasing its length, and the increased length accommodated by forming the core chamber with deeper clearances and wider lug-engaging shoulders.

Abstract: A device for locking a rectangular electric meter box having an openable front cover. The device has an L-shaped lock housing which includes a first leg fixed to the front cover of the box and a second leg which is detachably fastened to the side wall of the box when the front cover is closed. A barrel lock is inserted into the second leg of the lock housing to block unauthorized removal of the detachable fastener from the side wall of the meter box.

Abstract: A stop disposed in the bottom of the shackle heel bore normally blocks movement of a pin holding the cylinder in the casing. Raising the stop when the lock is unlocked permits the pin to move away from the cylinder freeing the cylinder for replacement.

Abstract: A latch, as for a door, having a handle movable to latch and unlatch the door and a removable lock located within the handle. The lock is provided with a stop engaging finger on its end and a retractable bolt on its side. The lock receptacle in the handle has a plurality of bolt engaging surfaces therein which hold the lock in the handle in a locked position wherein the finger engages the stop to prevent movement of the handle, hold the lock in the handle in an unlocked position in which the finger does not engage the stop, and provide a means whereby the bolt may be completely retracted for lock removal.

Abstract: A protective housing and latch mechanism for securing the protective housing in a position protecting the customary housing for a coin mechanism and coin box. The protective housing permits normal operation of the coin mechanism and is of sufficient strength to resist deformation by sledge hammer blows. The protective housing carries a latch mechanism which locks the protective housing to the original housing for the coin mechanism so as to prevent separation of the two housings. The latch mechanism includes a pivotally mounted latch member which is urged to a latching position and held in that position by a barrel type lock which is disposed in an inaccessible position within a hardened block.

Abstract: Disclosed is a security device and method. The device includes a bolt having a first hole drilled radially therein, a second threaded hole drilled axially therein to intersect the first hole, and a third hole formed axially therein connecting the second hole with the end of the bolt. A bar is insertable into the first hole to extend radially outside the bolt thereby to prevent a nut from being removed from the bolt. The bar is secured in the bolt by means of a pick-proof lock that has a screw portion threadably engagable with the second hole to engage the bar, and a lock body configured to fit the third hole.

Abstract: A key actuated locking bolt is provided for use with first and second frame members of the window or door type having overlapping portions when in a closed position. A bolt and plug are connected together and integral in one piece for selective removal from a housing bolted to an interior side face of one of the overlapping portions. The bolt is substantially longer than the plug and adapted to extend through aligned holes in the overlapping frame portions. Key operated tumbler means are associated with the plug to facilitate rotation of the plug and bolt relative to the housing between locked and unlocked positions.

Abstract: A lock plug for use with a glad hand coupler of the air brake line of a tractor - trailer. The lock plug is insertable into and held in place locked within the air passage of the glad hand coupler to prevent unauthorized hookup of the plugged glad hand coupler with a mating glad hand coupler.

Abstract: A high security receptacle for a key is provided which is attachable to a door or like structure having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The receptacle comprises an elongated cylindrical housing having a length greater than the width of the door and a longitudinally extending cavity formed in the housing and which is open only through one axial end of the housing. The housing is positioned through a like shaped aperture formed through the door so that the open end of the housing faces outwardly from the exterior flush surface of the door while a portion of the housing protrudes radially inwardly from the interior surface of the door. A radially extending flange on the housing is secured to the door and has a surface which flatly abuts against the interior surface of the door and is secured to it by conventional threaded fasteners. A key is positioned within the interior of the cavity and, thereafter, the open end of the cavity is closed by a closure plug.

Abstract: A cable lock for one end of a barrier cable of the type suspended between a pair of spaced upstanding supports, wherein one end of the cable is permanently secured to one support and the other end is detachably secured to the second support. The second support is cut away at its top end to define a step, and a main lock body is secured to the vertical wall of the step, spaced above the horizontal wall of said step. A metal plate is secured to the vertical wall between the lock body and said vertical wall. The plate has an opening registering with the cable bore of the second support. The lock body has an enlarged recess defining an inside top shoulder at the plate. The cable has an enlarged ferrule receivable in the recess via the cable bore and the registering opening of the plate. The ferrule is clamped in an elevated position in the recess to lockingly interengage with said inside shoulder by a vertical Acme-treaded clamping Allen screw in the lock body.

Abstract: A lock cylinder incorporating a front retainer for a sidebar and a body counterbore to receive same, a core shell having a torquing engagement extension and an indexing protrusion to properly index the insertion and removal of the core, a torquing tumbler for applying rotational torque to the core, an improved centering spring, an inter-connection of a sidebar and a body engaging link of a removable core differential mechanism, a method of yieldingly biasing the engaging links outwardly from the core assembly, and improved combinating capabilities by arrangements of gatings in the rotary disc-tumblers for variable incrementations and the arrangement of tumblers and spacers of various thicknesses to achieve a variable spacings of the bittings.

Abstract: This device locks the cover of an electric meter box by use of a bolt type lock which prevents access to the screw which fixes the part holding down the cover to a bracket fixed on the body of the box.

Abstract: A double safety latch includes a housing with first and second lock means carried thereby. The second lock means is mounted in axial alignment behind the first lock means in the housing with restraining means engaging the second lock means to restrain actuation thereof. Closure or blocking means are associated with the first lock means for blocking access to the second lock means and the restraining means. Actuating means is provided to engage and remove the blocking means from the first lock means for then accommodating access of the actuating means to the restraining means to disengage the restraining means from said second lock means to enable said actuating means to unlock the second lock means.

Abstract: An improved lock assembly includes a sleeve which is attached to a drawer or door by an original equipment manufacturer of desks, cabinets or the like. A cylinder lock may be installed in the sleeve by insertion in the sleeve with a retainer member. The retainer member includes a tab cooperative with a slot in the lock and an arm which projects through a slot in the sleeve to engage a tang on the sleeve that holds the retainer sleeve and lock together in assembly.

Abstract: A tamper-resistant locking arrangement is provided by positioning a pair of key-actuated cylinder locks in coaxial relationship within a housing. One of the locks is adapted to be selectively removed to provide access to a key-receiving end of the other lock spaced inwardly from the end of the housing.

Abstract: A locking device comprised of a base plate secured about a keyhole and a cover plate pivotally disclosed thereon including locking means which can be disposed in aligned openings in the plates to selectively lock one to the other to either expose or cover the keyhole.

Abstract: To prevent removal of laboratory or office equipment and the like, separate cables are attached to four or more items of such equipment and have circumferentially-grooved end members which are received in separate bores in a single lock body and are locked therein by a key-controlled keeper. Preferably, the keeper is a key-removable core inserted in a core chamber which partially intersects the cable-receiving bores, so that the core itself engages in the grooves of the cable end members to lock them against retraction. A mounting screw access passage traverses the core chamber, and is blocked by the core in such chamber to prevent access to a mounting screw inserted through such passage. In a modification, six cable-end receiving bores are circumferentially spaced about the lock body in a common plane. A rotatable keeper plate is mounted in the lock body in a parallel plane and has keeper lugs to engage cable end members inserted in such bores.

Abstract: A removable lock for bicycles or the like wherein a portion of the lock housing extends into the interior of the tubular head or sleeve and the fork stem is locked therein to prevent rotation of said parts. Means are also provided on said lock housing for anchoring a wire rope or restraint to effectively prevent theft of the bicycle when the wire rope is wound around a metal post or rack.

Abstract: A locking device composed of two strips of metal bent into specific configurations to provide a tamper-proof assembly when emplaced on a lidded container. One strip is fixed to the container by a concealed screw within the container. The other strip overlies the lid and includes a portion superposed over a portion of the one strip. The aforesaid portions of the strips are provided with registered holes through which the shackle of a padlock is threaded to lock the assemblage in place and prevent the opening of the lid. The invention is applicable for locking any lidded boxes or containers, e.g. electric meter wiring cabinets, to prevent the tampering with elements within the box such as service wires interposing an electric meter between power lines and house lines.

Abstract: A removable lock primarily designed for bicycles or the like which is incorporated in the tubular head or sleeve and extends interiorly into the tubular steering stem or post, the lock including tumblers, a stationary housing and an interiorly positioned rotary shaft associated with said tumblers including a pair of spring arms which wind around the shaft in inoperative position and extend outwardly in operative position through said housing interiorly of said stem to prevent rotation of the steering post and withdrawal of the lock. Means are also provided for anchoring a wire rope or restraint on the lock to effectively prevent rotation of the wheels, etc.

Abstract: An anti-theft ski lock assembly that secures a pair of skis together to define a cross configuration. The skis, when in the cross configuration, are so difficult and uncomfortable to carry, that it will readily be apparent that the person carrying the skis is not the owner thereof, and that the skis are being carried by a person not authorized so to do.

Abstract: A warning light housing includes a casing having an aperture which aligns with a chamber in the base to present a receptacle for receiving a plug-type lock. With the lock residing within the receptacle, separation of the base and casing is prohibited thus preventing access to the housing interior. The lock includes a latch element which is selectively movable between locking and non-locking positions by turning a key within the lock. In its locking position, the latch element extends radially outwardly from the lock periphery into a slot in the housing base to restrain the lock within the receptacle; and, in its non-locking position, the latch element lies within the lock periphery allowing removal of the lock from the receptacle.

Abstract: For use with a marine propeller which is mounted on an output shaft of a power source, a marine propeller lock comprising a fastener on the shaft for preventing axial movement of the propeller on said shaft and a cover member having a portion thereof engaging the end of the shaft and another portion thereof surrounding the fastener on the output shaft. The fastener has an opening in the end thereof projecting beyond the end of the shaft and the cover engages the shaft and has an opening therein aligned with the opening in the fastener. A lock is insertable through the opening in the cover into the opening in the fastener and has interengaging means thereon engaging the fastener to hold said cover in position and thereby prevent access to said fastener.

Abstract: A locking adaptor assembly for a hollow meter box having a cover. A supporting element having an annular retaining shoulder is clipped to the flange of the box. A conventional bolt type lock is inserted through an aligned hole in the cover and through the supporting element where it is held in place to lock the cover firmly to the box.

Abstract: An espagnolette lock having an actuating nut which is rotatably supported in a lock box and in a lock box cover, which includes a rectangular through-aperture for receiving a rectangular arbor, and a slot formed in one side of the nut body of the nut for receiving the key bit of a cipher key. A sleeve is fastened to the lock box cover, which is adapted to extend into a circular aperture formed in the door or the like, and in which the sleeve is provided with guide slots and/or projections for receiving and securely fastening different types of actuating members or fittings for the lock, and their respective guide and covering sleeves.