Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Padlock for securing a switch
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Application No.: US16391177Application Date: 2019-04-22
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Publication No.: US11214988B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Wai Kuen Fan , Bernhard Garthe , Manuel Thomas
- Applicant: ABUS August Bremicker Soehne KG
- Applicant Address: DE Wetter-Volmarstein
- Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Soehne KG
- Current Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Soehne KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Wetter-Volmarstein
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: DE102018109746.8 20180423
- Main IPC: E05B67/24
- IPC: E05B67/24 ; E05B27/00 ; E05B15/16 ; E05B67/02 ; E05B19/00

Abstract:
A lockout padlock for securing a switch of an industrial plant comprises a lock housing composed of plastic, a hoop, a lock cylinder that has a cylinder housing and a rotatable cylinder core, and a key, with the cylinder core being rotatable between a locked position in which the hoop is locked or lockable to the lock housing and an unlocked position. The lock cylinder has a plurality of tumblers, with each tumbler being movable between a respective release position and a respective blocking position. The plurality of tumblers comprise a plurality of pin tumblers that are spring-loaded in the direction of their respective blocking positions. The plurality of tumblers furthermore comprise a plurality of supplementary tumblers that are not spring-loaded and that are freely movably supported between their respective release positions and their respective blocking positions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190323268A1 PADLOCK FOR SECURING A SWITCH Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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