Pivoted End Only Engaged Patents (Class 70/44)
  • Patent number: 7216517
    Abstract: A padlock with a status indicator includes two locking units. The two locking units operate independently to execute locking and unlocking operations. The lock has a body that contains an indicator in the lock underneath. After the execution of the unlocking operation has been done sequentially, the indicator switches from an indication position to the other indication position. Thus through the window, which is formed on the body surface and corresponding to the indicator location, the indication positions of the indicator may be recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Sinox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Renny Tse-Haw Ling, Yung-Li Kuo
  • Patent number: 7007520
    Abstract: Provided is a combination lock capable of being opened by inserting a key into keyhole in addition to turning tumbler wheels to a set series of numbers. In the key opening operation key is turned to rotate shaft, cam, and shuttle assembly for aligning tabs with the grooves, causing the cam to contact and push an L-shaped member laterally to compress a spring-loaded member for opening a gap between the leg and the shackle with a distance between the shaft and a blind end of a channel of the shuttle assembly being decreased to a minimum as the channel slides relative to the shaft, and moving the tabs along the grooves to project the shuttle assembly from one end of a bore of a spring-loaded moveable member to the other end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Yu-Feng Lin