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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG, Wetter-Volmarstein, DE;
Bernhard Garthe, Gevelsberg, DE;
ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG, Wetter-Volmarstein, DE;
Abstract
A padlock for securing and monitoring a switch of an industrial plant has a lock housing of plastic, furthermore a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock housing and a lock cylinder which is arranged in the lock housing and can selectively be brought from an open position into a locked position to lock the hoop to the lock housing. An RFID transponder is arranged in the lock housing. A securing and monitoring system for a switch of an industrial plant includes at least one such padlock and a mobile RFID reading device or an RFID reading device permanently attached in the environment of the switch, said RFID reading device being configured to read out the RFID transponder of the padlock.