Abstract: A security device for obscuring an opening defined by a frame (100) is provided comprising a door panel portion (1) forming at least a part of a door which, in use, is supported relative to the frame. The door panel portion has a front face and a rear face and an aperture provided therein, a lock retaining member (2) having a first lock receiving aperture (6) provided therein and a second lock receiving aperture (7) provided therein. Each lock receiving aperture is adapted to receive a lock and the lock retaining member is adapted to be secured to the rear face of the door panel portion in at least a first and a second position and in which first position the first and second lock receiving apertures are visible through the aperture in the door panel portion, and in the second position only one of the lock receiving apertures is visible through the aperture.

Abstract: A lock actuated by an insertion object. The actuated lock has a housing. The housing has an insertion slot for the insertion object. The lock has a passageway adjuster to exclude an undesirable insertion object. The lock has a first retainer which is vertically adjustable to a plurality of vertical positions. Each vertical position defines an insertion object passage. The insertion object passage has a length which is measured by the distance between the first retainer and the passageway adjuster. The insertion object travels in a pathway through the insertion slot, then through the passageway adjuster, and then through the insertion object passageway. The lock has a design which permits changing its handedness.

Abstract: A coin-operated locker includes a control section for controlling a lock mechanism so as to permit locking of the locker upon insertion of a coin and permit insertion of a coin and prohibit locking of the locker upon unlocking of the locker and a timer for measuring a predetermined time interval. The control section controls a timer to start operation after a coin-operated locker has been locked. The control section further monitors measurement by the timer and controls so as to permit the insertion of coins and prohibit the locking of the locker when the measurement by the timer has been completed and the locker has therefore been unlocked.

Abstract: A pledge-lock cooperates with a pledge card having a deformable portion and a rigid portion such that the deformable portion deforms upon insertion to serve as a check on the card. When a proper card is inserted it actuates the pledge lock to release the cart and retain the card.

Abstract: A security locking device for coin-operated commercial washers and dryers for articles of clothing, bed linen, and the like, prevents the theft of such articles during the operation of the appliance by locking the door of the appliance. The security locking device functions in cooperation with the coin box and the appliance controls.

Abstract: A lock adapted to be used in conjunction with a slidably insertable card comprises a front housing segment and a rear housing segment, a bolt movable along a slide path from a normally open position to a fully locked position, a card housing, a lockout member with a first blocking position and movable to a second release position, a blocking member affixed to the lockout member, and normally disposed in the slide path of the bolt but movable out of the slide path of the bolt. The lockout member also has a peg that engages opening in the card and in the front housing segment constructed and arranged to receive the peg and allow free movement of the bolt into the fully locked position. An improper card or a proper card inserted improperly will not allow the peg to move into the opening, and the blocking member will remain in the slide path of the bolt, preventing the lock from being locked.

Abstract: A security device for coin operated machines comprises a closure adapted to overlie the portion of a coin operated machine containing the coin return slot and the coin box. The closure is hingedly affixed to the case of the machine and is formed from a sheet of material having a composition and thickness to resist bending of the closure by prying. Openings are provided in the closure for access to the coin insert slots and coin return ports of the machine. A raised rib formed on the case or on the inner face of the closure surrounds the area of surface of the case where the coin box and coin return ports are located, The rib is disposed between the case and the closure to prevent insertion of a prying tool between the closure and the case.

Abstract: A door lock having a first member rigidly affixed adjacent a door and having a second member slidably coupled to the first member for slidably advancing the second member in a first direction into a locked position overlying the door. A latch member is carried by the second member for slidable advance of the latch member in a second direction so as to releasably mate the latch member within a latch aperture on the first member, thereby locking the second member in the locked position. A timer is carried by the seond member for withdrawing the latch member from the latch aperature upon expiry of a pre-determined time interval thereby allowing the slidable withdrawal of the second member from the locked position into an open position away from the door.

Abstract: A universal personal property locking device for releasably securing articles of personal property against unauthorized removal. The locking device includes a housing adapted to be mounted on a support surface and a generally U-shaped receptacle secured to the housing. In a preferred embodiment the receptacle has opposite closed ends and open ends so that an article inserted into the receptacle through the open end can only be removed from the open end. A lock bar is movably supported in the housing for back and forth movement between locked and unlocked positions. The lock bar extends out of the housing across the open end of the receptacle in its locked position and is moved away from the open end of the receptacle in its unlocked position, thereby to enable the insertion and removal of articles of personal property into and from the receptacle. A releasable lock mechanism in the housing is operative to releasably secure the lock bar in the locked position thereof.

Abstract: A coin-operated locker which is impossible to be opened when the locker is unused and which is openable by means of its door and becomes usable when a coin or coins of a predetermined amount are deposited, includes a sensor for detecting the deposit of a coin or coins, a detector for detecting the locking and the unlocking of a cylinder lock, a plunger engageable with or removable from an engaging opening of the door, and a controller for retracting the plunger from the door in response to a coin deposit signal from the sensor and for engaging the plunger with the door after a predetermined time in response to an unlock signal from the detector.

Abstract: A safe having a safe door which can be locked by means of a permutation lock. To permit the safe to be used by a series of different persons, the permutation lock (5) is equipped with an externally operatable device for resetting the combination, and also is used in conjunction with a coin-operated release mechanism (19).

Abstract: A locking device includes a lock and key and has tumblers which can be brought by a key into a release position, and provides, in particular, for a large number of closing combinations, that at least one of the tumblers can be brought, in addition or alternatively to its direct control by the base code of the corresponding key, by means of a magnet coil into a release position. The coil is energizable by a reading device which detects at least one supplementary code of the key.

Abstract: There is provided a lock with a locking function of a bolt to be released by the inserting of a coded card scanned in the lock, and carried out by means of a key, in particular for use in safety deposit boxes or compartments of public swimming pools or the like with an outwardly open card insertion shaft on the casing of the lock. For the purpose of obtaining a lock design that is easy to use and that excludes operating errors and which is safely protected against misuse, a locking repeat barrier is utilized that is associated with the bolt and actuated by the locking movement of the bolt even with the card inserted in the lock.

Abstract: A device for retaining a body which may be a bicycle wheel includes an automatic locking mechanism normally disposed in inoperative position but moved to operative locking position when the body is moved into place. A manual release mechanism is provided to allow the body to be removed and a coin operated mechanism is also provided to retain the locking mechanism in operative position until a key allowed of removal by actuation of the coin operated mechanism is reinserted and turned. The actuation of the coin operated mechanism blocks operation of the manual release mechanism until the key is reinserted and turned.

Abstract: A lock of the type having a locking function released by a coin drop is disclosed. The lock includes a lock box housing which carries a locking cylinder and a shiftable operating element. A separate support casing is mounted on a door and carries a reversible latch element having two heads and an open box-like frame. The frame is provided with two openings for receiving the operating element. A separate spring-loaded slide is provided for urging the latching element in a forward locking direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coin lock device having a housing, a protruding element extending from said housing and an aperture in the housing for the reception of a protruding element of an identical lock device.A key element is secured to one end of a slide piece which slides against the action of a spring, which slide piece is connected at the other end with a cylinder core having movable, transversely disposed tumblers. The cylinder core slides in an aperture in the housing and is movable under the action of the return spring of the slide piece to a rest position. In the rest position the tumblers engage apertures formed in the surface of the aperture receiving the cylinder core, out of which they can be pushed by the introduction of a key element of a second identical device into the cylinder core.

Abstract: A lock provides a locking function after the insertion of a coin into it. The lock includes a punch card scanner which serves to enable the lock to provide the locking function. The lock includes a moveable bolt which is responsive to the scanner and a detent-like blocking catch. Movement of the bolt toward a locked position urges an inserted coin to lift the blocking catch, thereby freeing the bolt for further movement.

Abstract: A security cabinet with a coin operated key-lock has the entire locking system including the coin box and a tamper detector alarm mounted inside the cabinet door. The lock cylinder of the cabinet key-lock is mounted on the latch mechanism and accessable at the front panel of the door. The lock cylinder can be removed and replaced by use of a master key with the door in a locked condition. The key-lock has a cam for operating the latch bolt and a coin detector, also mounted in the door, includes a detaining lever for blocking movement of the latch bolt unless a valid coin is deposited. The coin box is also mounted in the door. A rear panel of the door can be opened for servicing of the latch mechanism, coin box and the tamper detector.