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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1981
Frank J Scherbing, Chicago, IL (US);
Fort Lock Corporation, River Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved locking device, useful in, for example, a key-operated slide fastener bag lock of a type having a housing presenting an anvil to underlie a slide of a slide fastener and a rotatable keeper arm movable between an aligned position with respect to the anvil for confining the slide and a rotated out of the way position, and a lock cylinder disposed within the keeper arm, utilizes an actuator member having a cam surface and spring finger that actuate a locking pin when the keeper arm is aligned with the anvil and the lock cylinder rotated from an unlocked to a locked position or the lock cylinder is in a locked position and the keeper arm is moved into alignment with the anvil. The actuator member can be formed of a one piece, molded synthetic material, is light weight, economical to manufacture, and eases assembly as well as occupying a minimum of space, and may also function to limit the rotation of the key-operated lock cylinder within predetermined limits.