EP2108772A2 - Verriegelungsvorrichtung für einen Kasten - Google Patents

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EP2108772A2
EP2108772A2 EP20090157646 EP09157646A EP2108772A2 EP 2108772 A2 EP2108772 A2 EP 2108772A2 EP 20090157646 EP20090157646 EP 20090157646 EP 09157646 A EP09157646 A EP 09157646A EP 2108772 A2 EP2108772 A2 EP 2108772A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
    • B25H3/02—Boxes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C9/00—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing
    • E05C9/04—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening
    • E05C9/047—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening comprising key-operated locks, e.g. a lock cylinder to drive auxiliary deadbolts or latch bolts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C9/00—Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing
    • E05C9/18—Details of fastening means or of fixed retaining means for the ends of bars
    • E05C9/1825—Fastening means
    • E05C9/1833—Fastening means performing sliding movements
    • E05C9/185—Fastening means performing sliding movements parallel with actuating bar
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T70/00—Locks
    • Y10T70/50—Special application
    • Y10T70/5093—For closures
    • Y10T70/554—Cover, lid, cap, encasing shield
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T70/00—Locks
    • Y10T70/70—Operating mechanism
    • Y10T70/7441—Key

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  • the present invention relates to a locking device for a box and relates particularly, but not exclusively, to locking devices for on-site storage boxes for tools.
  • Such boxes are generally made of sheet steel of around 1mm to 3mm thickness and once locked are designed to resist access to the inside of the box including attempting to force the box open using a bar, such as a jemmy bar.
  • the weak point of many such boxes is the lid which in typical examples of the prior art is provided with a two point locking mechanism and sometimes with an anti-jemmy bar.
  • the two locks are provided at either side of the lid and are generally locked with the same key.
  • both locks are not used, the box is vulnerable to attack on the unlocked side.
  • the centre of the lid can be vulnerable to attack.
  • a jemmy bar can be forced into the centre portion of the lid, the lid can be bent so as to pull the two locks out of engagement with the body of the box thereby overcoming the locking mechanism.
  • Existing boxes are provided with side anti-jemmy bars which is a bar or an angle that the lid abuts against making it difficult to force anything into the junction between the body and lid of the box.
  • side anti-jemmy bars which is a bar or an angle that the lid abuts against making it difficult to force anything into the junction between the body and lid of the box.
  • a jemmy bar is forced into this junction there is the possibility of bending the lid outwards thereby potentially providing access to the whole box.
  • the box has no parts that stick out from the main surface of the box so as to decrease the likelihood of people banging their legs on protruding parts.
  • Preferred embodiments of the present invention seek to overcome the above described disadvantages of the prior art.
  • a storage box comprising:-
  • the advantage is provided two different locking methods are used from the action of a single key thereby providing a very efficient locking mechanism, making the box very difficult to force open without use of the key.
  • the improved locking is achieved whilst using only one key to operate the locking means.
  • the box of the present invention is significantly more difficult to break into than those of the prior art. It is of particular note that the end portions of the arms act as deadlocks thereby providing extremely strong locks at the corners of the lid.
  • a plurality of said arms comprise respective hook portions.
  • the turning portion may comprise an aperture adapted to receive a key and rotation of said key by an operator results in movement of said arms between said first and second positions.
  • the locking means is fixedly engaged with said lid.
  • the lid may comprise a first lid portion adapted to substantially form a face of said box and a second lid portion adapted to engages a first body portion wherein said first body portion and said second lid portion form an adjacent face of said box.
  • first recess portions are formed in second and third body portions that form side faced of said box and said second recess portions are formed in said first box portion.
  • a storage box comprising:-
  • the advantage is provided that people working near the box are less likely to bang their leg on the handle of the box.
  • this has been achieved without increasing the risk of the handle damaging the hand of the person picking the box up, by limiting the extent to which the handle is able to rotate.
  • the box is safer to lift and to work in the vicinity of.
  • rotation from said first portion to said second position is rotation through 90 degrees.
  • a storage box comprising:-
  • the advantage is provided that the box is significantly more difficult to force open using a jemmy bar or similar device. This improvement in security has been achieved without significant increase in cost or risk of injury to people using or working near the box. Furthermore, the second bar portion has decreased the number of sharp corners on the box decreasing the likelihood of leg injury.
  • locking device comprising a locking device for locking a first article to a second article, the first article having a first end face adapted to engage a second end face of the second article and first side faces extending from said first end face and adapted to be located between second side faces of said second article, the locking device fixedly engaged with said first article and comprising:
  • a plurality of said arms comprise respective hook portions.
  • the turning portion may comprise an aperture adapted to receive a key and rotation of said key by an operator results in movement of said arms between said first and second positions.
  • a storage box 10 has a body 12 and a lid 14.
  • a locking means in the form of locking device 16 is provided on one of the body 12 and lid 14 in order that when the box is closed (see Figure 5a ) the lid and body can be locked into engagement with each other, thereby preventing access to the body of the box.
  • the body 12 has a base 18, side faces 20 and 22 a rear face 24 and a front face 26, the lid 14 includes an upper face 28 and front face 30 as well as side portions 32 and 34 extending from these respective faces.
  • the box 10 defines a volume within which items, typically tools, are received.
  • the locking means 16 which in the embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2 attached to an inner surface of the front face 30 of lid 14, includes a turning portion 36 that is adapted to receive a key 38 (a spare key 40 is also shown) connected to the key 38 via a key ring 42.
  • the turning portion 36 is connected to a lock body 44 from which a pair of arms 46 extends.
  • the arms 46 are divided into first and second arm portions 48 and 50.
  • the first arm portion 48 extends directly from lock body 44 and second arm portions 50 are connected to first arm portions 48 via a machined steel dowel 52. It should be noted in figures 3a and 3b that only one second arm portion 50 is shown.
  • FIG. 4a it is apparent that a mirror image of the second arm portion 50 shown in figures 3a and 3b is attached to the right hand first arm portion 48 shown in these figures.
  • the second arm portion 50 has an end portion 54 and a hook portion 56.
  • the inner surface of side faces 20 and 22 are provided with a first recess 58 that is adapted to receive end portion 54 of arm 46.
  • the front face 26 of body 12 has a lip 59 that extends perpendicular to the front face 26 and has second recesses 60 formed therein.
  • the second recesses 60 are simply apertures formed in lip 59 and as a result a lower surface 62 of lip 59 is accessible through the aperture formed as part of second recess 60.
  • This lip 62 may be strengthened using additional small pieces of steel or other material that is stronger than the steel sheet from which the body and lid are formed.
  • a handle 64 includes a recess portion 66 having a back face 68 side faces 70 and 72 an upper face 74 and a lower face 76.
  • a handle portion 78 is placed in said volume and retained by a pair of mounting blocks 80.
  • Opposing end portions 82 of handle portion 78 extend into apertures 84 that extend at least partially into mounting blocks 80.
  • Body engaging surfaces 86 and 88 of mounting block 80 are used to connect the blocks 80 to the back and upper faces 68 and 74 of recess portion 66, typically by welding.
  • Handle portions 78 is free to rotate within aperture 64 but because a cutaway portion 90 has been formed in block 80 a pair of abutment surfaces 92 and 94 limit the rotation of the handle 78 to approximately 90 degrees. As a result, under the force of gravity, when the box is resting on its base the handle portion 78 hangs vertically downwards in the position shown in figure 7a, b and c . In use, the handle is rotated into a horizontal position and the abutment surface 94 engages the handle portion 78 so as to prevent any further rotation beyond the horizontal position.
  • the box is also provided with pneumatic support stays 96 to maintain the lid in an open position when required.
  • An anti-jemmy bar 98 extends around the box at least partially covering the non-hinged junction between the body 12 and lid 14. On the side faces 20 and 22 of body 12 the anti-jemmy bar 98 is located on the body whereas for the front faces 26 and 30 it is located on the front face 30 of lid 14.
  • a portion 100 of anti-jemmy bar 98 has a weldable face 102 and a weldable edge 104 for connecting the portion 100 to the side face 20 of box 10.
  • the portion 100 of bar 98 has extension portions 106 and 108 that cover the edge of the lid when it is in a closed position. These extension portions are joined to the weldable face 102 and weldable edge 104 by connection portions 110 and 112. Angled edge 114 allows portion 100 to be connected to another portion 116 of bar 98 that extends horizontally adjacent the top edge of the side face 20.
  • edges 118 and 120 of side portion 34 are located between the side face 20 and extension portions 106 and 108 respectively.
  • the extension portions 106 and 108 prevent the side portion 34 from being bent away from its position adjacent the side face 20 of body 12.
  • the portion 116 of anti-jemmy bar 98 similarly protects the side portion 32 of lid 14.
  • the hook portions 56 are caused to move in opposing directions and as a result the hook ends 57 extend partially under lip 59 and beyond the aperture that forms the opening in recess 60.
  • the hook ends 57 come into engagement with lower surface 62 of lip 59 and are prevented from movement.
  • a person attempting to gain entry to the box 10 uses a bar to force the lid open the force applied towards the centre of the lid pulls the hook ends 57 into engagement with surface 62, making it almost impossible to force the lid open.
  • the lid In order for the lid to be forced open it is generally necessary to break or significantly deform the hook portions 56.
  • the two hook portions 56 are spaced apart so as to provide even distribution of the end portions and hook portions along the length of the lid 14.
  • this locking mechanism described above could be used in other situations where two elongate edges are brought together and locked.
  • An example of such a situation might be where a first article is locked to a second article, where the first article is slidingly received in a second article such as a cupboard with a sliding door.
  • the first article, the door has a first end face adapted to engage a second end face of the second article, the cupboard.
  • the door also has top and bottom first side faces extending from the first end face and these are slidingly located between second side faces of cupboard.
  • the locking device is fixed to the door.
  • a turning portion that receives a key and two arms extending therefrom.
  • the arms move between an unlocked position and a locked position as a result of rotation of said turning portion.
  • the arms have end portions adapted to extend into respective first recess portions in the second side faces of the cupboard when the arms are in the locked position and the end portions do not extend into the first recess portions when the arms are in the unlocked position.
  • At least one, or preferably both, of the arms have hook portions that extend into respective second recess portions in the second end face of the cupboard such that in locked position the hook portions comes into engagement with an inner surface of the second end face thereby preventing movement of the hook portion into and out of the second recess portion and that in the unlocked position the hook portion is able to move in and out of the second recess portion as a result of movement of the door relative to the cupboard.
  • the benefits of using this locking device on such a cupboard are similar to those set out above for the box.

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