EP0447477A1 - Apparatus for locking of cloths, bags, shoes, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

Coat and bag hanger or apparatus with lock in which cloths are locked between pressing parts (6, 7) and (8, 9) and bag is hanged through its handle in the hook (5). The hanger consists of moveable part (8, 9), which is moved close to stabile part before pressing and screw system, with which pressing parts are pressed against each other. Cloths are locked in the hanger with locking system, with which opening of pressing against each other of pressing parts can be prevented. Unlocking of locking system can be done with several alternative opening and closing methods, such as key system, hole or magnet cards or combination of characters.

Description

APPARATUS FOR LOCKING OP CLOTHS, BAGS, SHOES ETC.

The present invention relates to the apparatus for locking of cloths , bags , shoes etc. for preventing stealing of them.

There is a need to store things like cloths , bags , suitcases for instance in shops , restaurants , movies or airports. Usually this is done in cloak room with someone watching things and charging for this service. Anyway in some cases there is no guarded place for things , but things should be left without watching and at the same time being sure that they will not be stolen.

Earlier is known different ways to lock clothes in coat hanger with separate locked hanger as presented in patent publication EP 0 226 648 , in which coat hanger is equipped with chain. Other end of the chain is connected in the coat hanger. An other end of the chain is led through for instance sleeve of coat and is put around hook of the hanger, the hanger is put on the bar of rack and then the hook is closed around the bar so , that it is forming closed ring around the bar and steeling of the cloth is impossible.

In patent publication CH 470 570 is presented a coat hanger , which can be locked and which is collapsible , the hanger consists several locking functions. Coat hanger's folding arms can be thread through for instance sleeves of the coat that way , that during threading folding arms are turned and because of length of arms they can not be removed from sleeves of the cloth , thus while arms of the hanger are as locked in the open position the cloth can not be stolen. In the body of the hanger there is also a pressing part , which can be locked. Pressing part is equipped with toothed holders , between which clothes can be pressed and locked in this holding position. Besides these functions hanger is equipped with hanging hook , which can be locked. In patent publication DE 26 05 831 is presented a peg for clothes , which can be mounted on the wall , which peg is equipped with two one over another laying hooks of which lower one can be locked. In the lower hook with ball point cloth or bag can be hung and after this in the upper hook jointed locking arm with cop head can be turned down to the locking position.

In finnish patent publication n:o 5393 , August 1913 is shown a cloth rack , which is equipped with safety lock , which consists two latch B and C , of which B has in its other end two parts. Latch C , which is pressed against point b by spring , is turned by spring after latch B is pushed in , point b is releasing latch C , which is turned against point b2 and with aid of point b2 is returned to its earlier position and at the same time is preventing to push latch B in before latch C is turned with key to its original position.

As difficulties in separate locking construction presented in earlier patent publication EP 0 226 648 and CH 470 570 can be mentioned , that coat hanger is difficult to transport in public places , because hanger has to be carried with and everybody must carry hanger of their own, because as a loose object hanger is easily stolen , if it is available for instance in restaurant's cloak room. Also hanger , which can be locked is presented in patent publication CH 470 570 is such in its construction , that cloth can be damaged because of toothed surfaces in pressing parts , for instance leather cloths are easily damaged in their surfaces. In patent publication DE 26 05 831 and in FI patent publication n:o 5393 , August 1913 presented racks for cloths have a difficulty in that with these constructions one can not prevent steeling of for instance leather jacket , because jacket can be hung in these mentioned racks with hanging band and bands used in clothes nowadays are easy to cut and cloth is remaining essentially whole even as stolen by cutting hanging band. That's why such locking is not effective for preventing stealing.

The apparatus according to the present invention is providing a significant improvement in earlier mentioned difficulties. Characteristics of the present invention are presented in claim 1.

As a major benefit of present invention can be mentioned , that with device according to the present invention cloths, bags, shoes etc. can be locked without defecting them. The device according to the present invention can be stable mounted in the wall or it can be fixed in movable frame and this way the device itself can not be stolen. Also with the device can be achieved remarkable saving in salaries while there is no more need to watch coat racks and coat and bag hangers can be located freely apart from each other , thus crowd around cloak room in public happenings can be avoided. In shops valuable goods like boots can be provided with locking apparatus with electronic alarm.

In following the invention will be examined more closely referring to drawings enclosed , in which Fig 1 shows locking system for cloth and bag hanger.

Fig 2 shows locking-pressing-part as sectional view.

Fig 3 shows arrangement for limiting of torsional moment in handwheel.

Fig 4 shows ring shaped cloth and bag hanger with locking system.

Fig 5 shows locking system with electronic alarm as fixed in boot.

Fig 1 shows cloth and bag hanger , part (1) of which is fixed in frame through holes (2). Fixed part of the hanger consists part (1) , slide (3) , arm (5) and part (6) with friction surface (7). In this stabile frame part is with slide (3) jointed a adjustable moving lock part (4,12) , which can as mounted on pinion (4) turn in direction A-B in slide (3). In the end of locking arm (12) is constructed a locking press , which consist of on slide (10,11) moving locking part (9) , which is moved by handwheel (13). Locking part (9) is covered with soft friction part (8) , which is same material as friction part (7). Handwheel (13) can be locked in desired position with lock cylinder (14).

In fig 2 is shown coat hanger's locking and pressing part, in which pressing part stable part in the end of part (5) is located soft friction part's (7) extra springy system against spring like part (16). Friction part's (7) back surface is located a metal plate (15) , against which spring (16) is pressing. Spring (16) , which is most advantageously made about rubber , can be resilient in addition to its own resiliency also distance d against the spring. It's advantageous to make surface of friction part (7) against the cloth a little bit convex.

Pressing part's part in lock's (14) side consists rubber friction part (8), in it mounted metallic plate (18) , in which is fast a screw (17) , which causes , while nut part (19) is rotated , movement of parts (10,9,18,8) to press clothe between friction parts (7) ,(8) or to release cloth. Guidance parts (10) and (11) are guiding movement of pressing part. Nut part (19) is rotated with handwheel (13). If lock cylinder's (14) pins are locked with key out of the cylinder into handwheel's (13) holes (21) , can lock cylinder and with it jointed nut part (19) be rotated by rotating handwheel. Then by rotating handwheel is caused pressing parts (9), (6) with their friction parts to close or open. Slide ring (20) is making rotation of nut part (19) easier.

When cloth is pressed between friction parts and one wants to lock the hanger , the key is removed from the lock cylinder that way , that pins (22) , which came out of the cylinder are going back into lock cylinder and rotation connection between handwheel (13) and lock cylinder is released. After this handwheel is rotating freely , and rotating it doesn't effect pressing parts.

In fig 3 is shown in the handwheel integrated system for limiting torsional moment. Handwheel 's outer circle is a ring shaped part (13) , from which rotation is led with aid of in the outer circle jointed spring to toothed inner wheel (25) , rotation of which can be connected to lock cylinder (14) and in it combined nut part , when lock is locked with key in locked position. Tooting of inner wheel (25) is such way constructed , that while handwheel 's outer circle is rotated too much in closing direction , this causes spring (26) to bend out of tooth hole and transmission in closing direction is limited. By choosing shape of teeth can be accomplished , that to opening direction of press parts can larger torsion moment be transmitted with spring (26) , than while rotating in closing direction , which direction is shown with arrow (a). Limiting system of torsional moment is covered with covering ring (24).

In fig 4 is shown a ring shaped coat and bag hanger, frame of which is formed about pipes (28,29) with arc form , which are such in their diameter and curvature , that they are forming , as placed one into an other , a slide system. Outer pipe ( 28) is jointed with mounting part (27) , with which the hanger is mounted in the wall or equal. Locking of clothes being hanged is done with pressing part , which is fixed in the ends of pipes (29) and (28). Friction parts (7) and (8) are jointed on pressing parts (9) and (6) , of which part (6) is jointed to the pipe (28) with pinion (30) so , that pressing part (6) can turn around pinion (30). Pressing part (9) is moved by handwheel (13) , guiding part (31) is keeping pressing part i-n right direction.

In fig 5 is shown a locking system with electronical alarm (35) as fixed in boot (32). Electronic alarm device (35) is mounted in part (34) , which is connecting pressing part (6) and slide (33). Inside the boot (32) is an other pressing part (8,9) , which is sliding as guided by parts (10) and (11). The boot (32) is pressed between pressing parts (6) and (8) by rotating handwheel (13) and locked between said pressing parts with lock (14).

Especially should be observed , that device according to the present invention can be fixed in transportable stand. Also in the example mentioned lock with key can be replaced with various locking systems , such as magnet card , hole card or an other with transportable object opened lock system. Also locking and unlocking can be arranged to be done without key like object by using as lock a lock system , which is opened with identification or code system. While only one embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail herein, various modifications and changes may be applied without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. Apparatus , in which cloths are locked between pressing parts (6,7) and (8,9) , at least one of these is moveable or can be turned for making possible the mutual opening of said pressing parts and the bag is hung from its handle in the hook (5) , (28) c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that apparatus consists pressing system formed at least in other one of pressing parts , in which system the pressing part (8) can be moved in relation with arm (12), (29) to accomplish pressing effect between said pressing parts , and locking system combined with said pressing system , which locking system is preventing opening of mutual pressing of said pressing parts.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that apparatus is formed as cloth and bag hanger.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that apparatus consists a electronic alarm device.

4. Apparatus according to claims 1-3 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that friction surface (7,8) of at least other one of pressing parts (6,9) is made of elastic rubber or rubber compound.

5. Apparatus according to claims 1-4 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that at least other one of pressing parts consists in the pressing part combined resilient system (16).

6. Apparatus according to one or more of claims 1-5 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that parts of circle (28,29) one moveable in an other are as arms of stabile and moveable pressing parts.

7. Apparatus according to one or more of claims 1-5 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that in the moveable arm (12) jointed pressing part can be turned to the side away from stabile pressing part when pressing between pressing parts is released.

8. Apparatus according to one or more of claims 1-7 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that as a key of lock system is used an object which is transportable.

9. Apparatus according to one or more of claims 1-8 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that locking and unlocking of the lock is done with method which belongs to group identification or detection methods.

10. Apparatus according to one or more of claims 1-9 c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that screw system , which is closing pressing parts against each other , consists limiting system of torsional moment.