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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
May. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joachim Wippich, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Research Machine & Development, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B / ; E05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
70 3 / ; 70 39 ; 70 49 ; 70 52 ;
Abstract
A padlock device including a unitary, elongated, cylindrical metal body having spring loaded shackle elements extending into one end thereof and a key-locking cylinder assembly extending into the other end. Rounded recesses are formed along the sides of the cylindrical body and the shackle pin holes are arranged so that the pins respectively extend through the recesses. The locking cylinder includes a pawl mechanism which engages notches in the ends of the shackle pins for locking the pins in the closed position.