CN101554938A

CN101554938A - Locking device for a box

Info

Publication number: CN101554938A
Application number: CNA2008100960960A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 尼尔·吉兰
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-04-11
Filing date: 2008-04-21
Publication date: 2009-10-14
Anticipated expiration: 2028-04-21
Also published as: EP2108772A2; US20090277905A1; GB0806610D0; EP2108772A3; CN101554938B

Abstract

A locking device for a locking a lid to a body of storage box is disclosed. The locking device comprises a key operated turnable portion and arms extending from the arms. Each arm has an end portion that is received in a first recess in the side of the body and a hook portion that is received in a second recess in the front face of the body. When the locking device is in an unlocked position, the end portions do not extend into the first recesses and the hook portions are positioned so that they can move in and out of the second recess as the lid is lifted. In the lock position the end portions extend into the first recesses and the hook portion can engage a surface of the recess preventing their removal from the recess.

Description

The locking device of chest

Technical field

The present invention relates to the locking device of chest, relate in particular to but be not to be specifically designed to the chest of storage tool at the scene.

Background technology

Along with the increase of handheld tool use amount on the building ground, guarantee on the building site personnel not nearby the time these instruments by also more and more important under lock and key safely.Such chest is made by 1 to 3mm thick steel plate usually, in case and be designed to locking and can stop contact cabinet interior, comprise and attempt using rod, such as crowbar, open chest by force.Much the weakness of such chest is lid, and in the exemplary of prior art, lid is provided with 2 locking mechanisms, also is provided with pick-proof bar (anti-jemmy bar) sometimes.Two locks are arranged on the both sides of lid, and usually by same key locking.Yet if two locks are not all enabled, chest is just easily by the never side intrusion of locking.And in the chest of non-constant width, the center of lid is also invaded easily.If can make crowbar make a forcible entry into the core of lid, thus just can make lid crooked with two locks from state that the main body of chest combines pull out, break through locking mechanism thus.

Existing chest is provided with side pick-proof bar, and it is immediate of lid or angle, thereby makes and to be difficult to force any object to enter the main body of chest and the junction between the lid.Yet, if make crowbar make a forcible entry into this junction, just might make lid outwardly-bent, therefore the possibility that enters whole chest is provided potentially.

Also expect the part that chest does not stretch out from its main surface, thereby reduce the possibility that people's leg bumps against these outshots.

Summary of the invention

The preferred embodiments of the present invention attempt to overcome the shortcoming of prior art described above.

According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of storage box, having comprised:

A) main body defines a space at least in part, is used for holding the article that will be stored in described chest;

B) lid is hinged on the described main body and is suitable for closing described space; And

C) locking device, being used for releasedly forming locking between at least one non-hinge portion of described lid and described main body engages, one in wherein said locking device and described main body and the described lid engages regularly, and comprise at least one rotating element and a plurality of arm that extends out from wheel word, result as described rotating element rotation, described arm moves between first unlocked position and second locked position, wherein

I) a plurality of described arms have the end, described end is suitable for extending into first recess on the another one in described main body and the described lid when described arm is in the described second place, and described end can not extend into described first recess when described arm is in described primary importance, and

Ii) at least one described arm has unci, described unci is suitable for extending into second recess on the another one in described main body and the described lid, make in the described second place, the surface combination of another one in described unci and described lid and the described main body, stop described unci to pass in and out the motion of described second recess thus, and make that in described primary importance, described unci can pass in and out the motion of described second recess.

By the chest with locking device is provided, described locking device has end of pinning chest and the unci that is used to pin chest equally, following advantage is provided, two different locking mediums have been used, work by an independent key, therefore provide a kind of very effective locking mechanism, made chest be difficult to open by force without key.Realized improved locking when only using a key operated locking device.As a result, chest of the present invention is difficult to break than the chest of prior art significantly and enters.End that it should be noted that arm especially forms deadlock, and the corner at lid provides very strong locking thus.By the unci that carries out locking towards the locking mechanism center additionally is provided, mean unlikely the power of opening to be applied on the lid so that the end is extracted that these hooks are resisted this drawing from their separately recessed.The pulling capacity that is applied is big more, these hooks may be hooked in more recessed surface that they engage around, cause their combinations more tightly along with the increase of the power that applies.As a result,, not only must make the material deformation that forms lid, but also the material of the arm that forms locking is out of shape significantly in order to open storage box by force.Because the arm of locking is less relatively, using obviously firmer steel to make these arms can be both economical, and is uneconomic with the main body and the lid of these steel formation chests.

In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of described arms comprise unci separately.

Rotating element can comprise the hole that is suitable for admitting key, and the operator rotates described key and causes described arm to move between the described primary importance and the second place.

In another preferred embodiment, locking device engages regularly with described lid.

Lid can comprise first cover and second cover, first cover is suitable for forming in fact the face of described chest, second cover is suitable for engaging with first body portion, and wherein said first body portion and described second cover form the face of the vicinity of described chest.

In a further advantageous embodiment, first recess is formed in the second and the 3rd body portion, and the described second and the 3rd body portion forms the side of described chest, and described second recess then is formed in described first casing part.

According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of storage box, having comprised:

A) main body defines first space at least in part, is used for holding the article that will be stored in described chest;

B) lid is articulated on the described main body and is suitable for closing described first space;

C) locking device is used for releasedly forming locking between at least one non-hinge portion of described lid and described main body and engages, and

D) at least one handle comprises

I) be positioned at recessed on the wall of described main body or described lid, described recessed and described wall defines second space;

Ii) be suitable for the handle portion that the operator grips;

Iii) a plurality of support sections, be connected with described main body or lid in recessed described, and be suitable for admitting described handle portion and allow described handle between first storage location and second storage location, to rotate, in described first storage location, described handle portion is comprised in described recessed described second space that limits, in described second storage location, from described second space, stretch out to the described handle portion of small part, and described support section further comprises the inhibiting device that is used to limit described handle portion motion.

By making folding handle recess, following advantage is provided, the people who works on the chest next door unlikely bumps against leg on the handle of chest.Yet this but is to pick up under people's the situation of risk of hand of chest and realize not increasing the handle injury by the scope that can rotate of restriction handle.As a result, chest is safer for carrying and nearby working.

In a preferred embodiment, the rotation from described primary importance to the described second place is the rotation of 90 degree.

According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of storage box, having comprised:

B) lid is hinged on the described main body and is suitable for closing described first space;

D) anti-picking device; be used for when described chest is in closed condition, protecting the junction between main body and the described lid; wherein said anti-picking device comprises article one partial sum second part; described article one partly from described main body and described lid is stretched out, and described second part covers at least one described junction at least in part.

Partly cover the main body of storage box and the second part of the junction between the lid by being provided with, following advantage is provided, chest obviously more is difficult to open by force with crowbar or similar equipment.Need not significantly to increase cost or emitting the risk that injures near the people who uses chest or chest, work just can realize the improvement of this secure context.In addition, second has partly reduced the quantity of sharp corner on the chest, has reduced the injured possibility of leg.

According to the present invention, locking device is provided, comprise and be used for first object is locked into locking device on second object, first object has first end face of second end face that is suitable for engaging second object, and have from described first end face and extend and be suitable for being positioned first side between second side of described second object, this locking device engages regularly with described first object, comprising:

At least one rotating element and a plurality of arm that extends out from rotating element, as the result that described rotating element rotates, described arm moves between first unlocked position and second locked position, wherein

I) a plurality of described arms have the end, described end is suitable for extending on described second side first recess separately when described arm is in the described second place, and described end can not extend into described first recess when described arm is in described primary importance, and

Ii) at least one described arm has unci, described unci is suitable for extending into second recess on described second end face, make in the described second place, the face joint of described unci and described second end face, stop described unci to pass in and out the motion of described second recess thus, and make in described primary importance, as the result of described relatively second object of which movement of described first object, described unci can pass in and out the motion of described second recess.

Description of drawings

Now only by way of example, do not have the implication of any restriction, the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to accompanying drawing, among the figure:

Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the chest opened of lid of the present invention;

Fig. 2 a is chest another block diagram from different perspectives of Fig. 1;

Fig. 2 b is that Fig. 2 a centre circle gets up and marks the close view of the part of A;

Fig. 3 a is the plan view of the locking device that uses in the chest of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 b is the front elevation of the locking device of Fig. 3 a;

Fig. 4 a is the back view of lid of the chest of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 b is the lateral plan of the lid of Fig. 4 a;

Fig. 4 c is the upward view of the lid of Fig. 4 a;

Fig. 4 d is that Fig. 4 a centre circle gets up and marks the enlarged drawing of the part of A;

Fig. 5 a is the front elevation of the chest of Fig. 1, and lid is in the closed position, and locking device illustrates in the mode of dotted line;

Fig. 5 b is that Fig. 5 a centre circle gets up and marks the part of the amplification of A;

Fig. 5 c is the lateral plan of the chest of Fig. 5 a;

Fig. 5 d is that Fig. 5 c centre circle gets up and marks the enlarged drawing of the part of B;

Fig. 6 a is the lateral plan of the chest of lid Fig. 1 in the closed position;

Fig. 6 b is along the section drawing of line A-A among Fig. 6 a;

Fig. 6 c is that Fig. 6 b centre circle gets up and marks the enlarged drawing of the part of B;

Fig. 6 d is that Fig. 6 b centre circle gets up and marks the enlarged drawing of the part of C;

Fig. 7 a is the front elevation of lateral parts of the main body of the chest shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 b is the end elevation of the side of Fig. 7 a;

Fig. 7 c is that Fig. 7 b centre circle gets up and marks the enlarged drawing of the part of A;

Fig. 8 is front elevation, end elevation and the block diagram that forms the locating piece of a handle part, and this handle is the part of the chest of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is front elevation and the end elevation as the handle of the part of the chest of Fig. 1; And

Figure 10 a, 10b and 10c show the part with the chest bonded assembly pick-proof bar of Fig. 1.

The specific embodiment

See figures.1.and.2, storage box 10 has main body 12 and lid 14.In form for the locking device of locking device 16 is arranged on in main body 12 and the lid 14 one, thus when box closure (referring to Fig. 5 a) lid and main body can be lockable and be bonded with each other, thereby prevent contact to the chest main body.Main body 12 has pedestal 18,

side

20 and 22, back 24 and front 26, and lid 14 comprises top 28 and front 30, and the sidepiece 32 and 34 that extends out from these surfaces separately.By the face 20 to 30 and the lid 14 of pedestal 18 and main body 12, chest 10 limits a space, holds article in this space, is generally instrument.

With reference to Fig. 3 a and Fig. 3 b, inside face bonded assembly locking device 16 with the front 30 of lid 14 in embodiment illustrated in figures 1 and 2 comprises rotating element 36, this rotating element is suitable for admitting key 38 (also show standby key 40, it is connected with key 38 by key ring 42).Rotating element 36 is connected with lock body 44, extends a pair of arm 46 on the lock body 44.Arm 46 is divided into the first arm part 48 and second arm portion 50.The first arm part 48 directly extends out from lock body 44, and second arm portion 50 is connected with the first arm part 48 by the steel pin 52 of mechanism.Should be noted that, in Fig. 3 a and Fig. 3 b, only show one second arm portion 50.Yet from remaining figure, for example Fig. 4 a can see that the mirror image of second arm portion 50 shown in Fig. 3 a and Fig. 3 b is connected to the right-hand side of the first arm part 48 shown in these figure.Second arm portion 50 has end 54 and unci 56.

It is first recessed 58 that

side

20 and 22 inside face are provided with, this first recessed end 54 that is suitable for accepting arm 46.The front 26 of main body 12 has edge 59, this edge-perpendicular in the front 26 extend and have be formed at wherein second recessed 60.This is second recessed 60 only for being formed at hole on the edge 59, and the result can pass the hole that forms a part of second recessed 60 lower surface 62 near edge 59.This edge 62 can reinforce than the more crash-resistant material of steel plate that forms main body and lid with other little steel disc or other.

With reference to Fig. 7 a, 7b and 7c and Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, handle 64 comprises recess 66, this recess has next 68, side 70 and 72, top 74 and following 76.These five faces 68,70,72,74 and 76 planes together with the side 20 of main body 12 form the space of recess 66.Handle portion 78 is arranged in described space and is located by a pair of mounting blocks 80.The relative end 82 of handle portion 78 extends into hand-hole 84, and this hole extends in the mounting blocks 80 at least in part.The main body composition surface 86 and 88 of mounting blocks 80 is used for mounting blocks 80 is connected to the back 68 of recess 66 and top 74, normally by welding.Handle portion 78 freely rotates in hole 64, but owing to form cut-out 90 in the piece 80, a pair of abutment surface 92 and 94 with the limit rotation of handle portion 78 in the scopes of about 90 degree.As a result, under the effect of gravity, when chest was placed on the pedestal, handle portion 78 hung from above vertically downward in the position shown in Fig. 7 a, 7b and the 7c.During use, handle turns to level attitude, and abutment surface 94 engages with handle portion 78 so that stop the further rotation that surpasses level attitude.As a result, the people who lifts chest fully can not be injured owing to clamp finger between the side 20 of handle and chest, and when not using, handle be completely contained in recessed in, so guarantee the smooth outer surface of chest and reduced the injured possibility of leg.

Chest also is provided with pneumatic pillar stiffener 96 when needed lid is remained on open position.Pick-proof bar 98 extends around chest, main body covered at least in part 12 and lid 14 between the non-place that is articulated and connected.On the

side

20 and 22 of main body 12, pick-proof bar 98 is positioned on the main body, on the contrary, then is positioned on the front 30 of lid 14 for

front

26 and 30 pick-proof bars.

With reference to Figure 10 a, 10b and 10c, but a part 100 of pick-proof bar 98 have and be used for but part 100 is connected to face of weld 102 and welded edge 104 on the side 20 of chest 10.The part 100 of pick-proof bar 98 has the

extension

106 and 108 that covers lid edge when lid is in the closed position.But but these extensions are connected with welded edge 104 with face of weld 102 with 112 by connecting portion 110.There is the edge 114 at angle to allow parts 100 to be connected with another part 116 near the pick-proof bar 98 of the top on even keel extension of side 20.

When lid 14 moved to off position, the

edge

118 and 120 of sidepiece 34 laid respectively between side 20 and extension 106 and 108.As a result, thus in fact can not obtain any favourable position on the

edge

118 and 120 of lid 14 attempts to make it crooked or open by force.And

extension

106 and 108 prevents that sidepiece 34 bendings from leaving its position near the side 20 of main body 12.The part 116 of pick-proof bar 98 has been protected the sidepiece 32 of lid 14 similarly.

With reference to Fig. 6 c, show the cross-sectional plane of the part 116 of pick-proof bar 98.In the figure, but the equivalent part of face of weld 102, extension 106 and connecting portion 110 is noted as 102a, 106a and 110a respectively.

In use, when the lid 14 of chest 10 when open position shown in Figure 1 moves to off position, pillar stiffener 96 obtains compression.When lid 14 was in the closed position, the unci 56 of arm 46 extended in second recessed 60.Yet the end 54 of arm 46 does not extend in first recessed 58.When key 38 rotated in rotating element 36, the first arm part 48 extended to outside the lock body 44 in the opposite direction.As a result, it is first recessed 58 that the end 54 of second arm portion 50 extends into, the mode as deadlock that can recognize with a kind of those skilled in the art.As a result, lid keeps Locked with main body 12 and engages.

Simultaneously, unci 56 is caused moving in the opposite direction, and hooked end 57 partly extends below edge 59 as a result, and has exceeded the hole that forms opening on recessed 60.As a result, if attempting to open mobile lid 14 on the direction of chest, hooked end 57 forms with the lower surface 62 at edge 59 and engages, and moves and be restricted.Use crowbar uncover by force if attempt to enter the people of chest 10, the moving hooked end 57 of trying hard to recommend that applies towards the center of lid makes it to engage with surface 62, feasible uncover by force hardly.For uncover by force, unci 56 or unci 56 is out of shape significantly usually must fracture.In addition, can see in Fig. 5 a that two uncis 56 spaced apart so that end and unci are along the length rectangular distribution of lid 14.

One skilled in the art would recognize that top embodiment only is that mode by example describes, do not have the implication of any restriction, can not break away from the scope of the present invention that appended claim limits and carry out various changes and modification.For example, above-described this locking mechanism can be used for other with edge aggregation of two elongations to together and situation under lock and key.The example of this situation may be, first object is locked on second object, and first object is contained in second object slidably, for example the kitchen cabinet of belt sliding door.This first object, i.e. door has first end face of second end face that is suitable for engaging second object, and second object is a kitchen cabinet.Door also has from top and first side, bottom that first end face extends out, is arranged on to these side slip between second side of kitchen cabinet.Locking device is fixed on the door.Can see that from the equipment that chest uses rotating element and two arms that extend out from it of admitting key are arranged.Arm moves between unlocked position and locked position owing to the rotation of described rotating element.Arm has the end, and this end is suitable for extending on second side of kitchen cabinet first recess separately when arm is in locked position, and this end does not extend in first recess when arm is in the unlocked position.In these arms at least one or preferably two all have unci, this unci extends on second end face of kitchen cabinet second recess separately, so at locked position, unci forms with the inside face of second end face and engages, thereby stop unci to pass in and out the motion of second recess, and at unlocked position, unci can pass in and out the motion of second recess owing to door with respect to the motion of kitchen cabinet.On a kind of like this kitchen cabinet, use this locking device benefit and above the benefit stated at chest similar.

Claims

1, a kind of storage box comprises:

C) locking device, being used for releasedly forming locking between at least one non-hinge portion of described lid and described main body engages, one in wherein said locking device and described main body and the described lid engages regularly, and comprise at least one rotating element and a plurality of arm that extends out from rotating element, result as described rotating element rotation, described arm moves between first unlocked position and second locked position, wherein

2, chest according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of described arms comprise unci separately.

3, chest according to claim 1 and 2, wherein said rotating element comprises the hole that is suitable for admitting key, the operator rotates described key and causes described arm to move between the described primary importance and the second place.

4, according to any described chest in the aforesaid right requirement, wherein said locking device engages regularly with described lid.

5, according to any described chest in the aforesaid right requirement, wherein said lid comprises first cover and second cover, first cover is suitable for forming in fact the face of described chest, second cover is suitable for engaging with first body portion, and wherein said first body portion and described second cover form the face of the vicinity of described chest.

6, according to claim 4 or 5 described chests, wherein said first recess is formed in the second and the 3rd body portion, the described second and the 3rd body portion forms the side of described chest, and described second recess then is formed in described first casing part.

7, a kind of in fact as before this with reference to the described storage box of accompanying drawing.

8, a kind of storage box comprises:

D) at least one handle comprises

Ii) be suitable for the handle portion that the operator grips;

9, chest according to claim 8, wherein the rotation from described primary importance to the described second place is the rotation of 90 degree.

10, a kind of storage box comprises:

11, a kind of being used for is locked into locking device on second object with first object, first object has first end face of second end face that is suitable for engaging second object, and have from described first end face and extend and be suitable for being positioned first side between second side of described second object, described locking device engages regularly with described first object, and described locking device comprises:

12, locking device according to claim 11, wherein a plurality of described arms comprise unci separately.

13, according to claim 11 or 12 described locking devices, wherein said rotating element comprises the hole that is suitable for admitting key, and the operator rotates described key and causes described arm to move between the described primary importance and the second place.

14, a kind of in fact as before this with reference to the described storage box of accompanying drawing.