JP6031638B1 - Wire lock - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wire lock that is locked by an operation in an isolated position even when there is no gap for a body to enter in a crowded bicycle parking lot. An open / close restraining means provided with an appropriate rigidity and separated in an appropriate length in the lock mechanism main body is inserted into and removed from the lock mechanism main body with a lock plug provided at the end of the restraining wire. A wire lock, which can be opened and closed by an operation at an isolated position. [Selection] Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a wire lock for preventing theft of a bicycle.

  As a wire lock for preventing theft of a bicycle, there is an example in which one end is passed through a bicycle frame and the other end is passed through a fixed object to be locked. (For example, see Patent Document 1)

JP-A-10-196186

  In general, wire locks are easy to lock when connecting bicycles to utility poles, guardrails, etc., and there is a risk that the bicycle may be taken away with the bicycle locked in a locked state like a horseshoe lock that locks the wheel and makes it unable to run on its own. Is useful because it is low. However, in places where many bicycles are parked without any gaps in the bicycle stand, such as in a bicycle parking lot at a train station or subway station, the bicycle stand or bicycle frame or front wheel, which is a fixed object, is connected with a wire and locked. In order to do this, there is no gap for the body to enter, and it cannot be locked. Moreover, even if a wide space is vacant and can be locked, if another bicycle is parked on both sides when the bicycle is next taken out, it cannot be unlocked.

  In the wire lock disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is difficult to lock a bicycle stand, which is a fixed object, and a bicycle frame or front wheel with a wire in a bicycle storage place where there is no gap for the body to enter and is crowded.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem. Even when a bicycle is parked on both sides of his / her bicycle and there is no gap for the body to enter, the bicycle stand and the bicycle frame are provided. The purpose is to prevent theft by connecting and locking.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a locking plug provided with an opening / closing restraining means provided on a lock mechanism main body and having an appropriate rigidity and separated in an appropriate length, and an end of the restraining wire. The wire lock is characterized in that it can be opened and closed by an operation at an isolated position by being inserted into and removed from the main body.

The open / close restraining means includes an open / close restraining means provided with an appropriate rigidity in the lock mechanism main body and separated and fixed to an appropriate length; an operation end side is included in the lock mechanism main body; A wire lock characterized by comprising an operating rod for opening and closing the opening of the restraining means is preferable.
Further, the open / close restraining means includes a substantially C-shaped hook provided to the lock mechanism main body with an appropriate rigidity and fixed by an appropriate length pipe, and an operation end side included in the lock mechanism main body, and the pipe Preferably, the wire lock is characterized in that it is made of the operation rod that slides inside and the front end side opens and closes the opening of the hook.

  The restraining wire is wrapped around the bicycle frame, etc., and the plug at the end of the wire is passed through the ring at the other end of the wire to restrain the bicycle and then inserted into the plug insertion hole of the lock mechanism body, so that the isolation position In this way, the bicycle stand that is a fixed object can be restrained, and the bicycle and the bicycle stand that is a fixed object can be connected even in a narrow place where there is no gap for the body to enter.

  With the wire lock of the present invention, it is easy for a bicycle stand that is a fixed object even in a narrow place where there is no gap for the body to enter, with other bicycles parked on both sides in a bicycle parking lot where many bicycles are parked Can be connected to and locked.

It is explanatory drawing of the wire lock which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing shown in the cross section of the lock mechanism main body of the state in which the key is not locked. It is explanatory drawing shown in the cross section of the lock mechanism main body of the state in which the key is locked. It is explanatory drawing of the example which made the opening / closing restraining means the magic hand type. It is explanatory drawing of the example which made the opening / closing restraint means the pantograph type. It is explanatory drawing of the example which connected the wire lock to the bicycle stand. It is explanatory drawing of the example which connected the wire lock to the utility pole. It is explanatory drawing of the state which has not inserted the plug in the insertion hole of the lock mechanism main body. It is explanatory drawing of the state in the middle of inserting the plug in the insertion hole of a lock mechanism main body. It is explanatory drawing of the state which inserted the plug in the insertion hole of the lock mechanism main body.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIGS. 8 to 10. An extending portion 7 having an appropriate rigidity and extending to an appropriate length is provided in front of the lock mechanism main body 2, and a substantially C-shaped hook constituting an opening / closing restraining means in this example is provided at the distal end side of the extending portion 7. 3 is provided. The extending portion 7 is formed in a pipe shape in this example, and an operation rod 6 is provided in the pipe so as to be slidable on the inner surface. The appropriate length is a length that compensates for a distance that the body cannot reach without a gap for the body to enter, and is assumed to be about 30 to 80 cm. Depending on the case, the extending portion 7 may be telescopic.
The extension part 7 has an appropriate rigidity in consideration of the fact that the extension part tip hook cannot be opened and closed with respect to the target at an appropriately distant position if the extension part bends easily due to its own weight or the like. It is.

A storage space 20 for storing the proximal side 12 of the operation rod 6 and the coil spring 9 is provided on the front side of the lock mechanism body 2.
An end of the operation bar 6 on the proximal side 12 is provided with a spring receiving seat 15 having a diameter larger than the diameter of the operation bar inside the lock mechanism body 2, and a coil spring 9 is provided on the outer periphery of the operation bar 6 inside the storage space 20. Installed.
The front side of the storage space 20 is provided with a narrow-diameter portion 20a that allows the operation rod 6 to pass through but prevents deviation of the coil spring 9, and the proximal side of the storage space 20 is provided with a narrow-diameter portion 20b that prevents deviation of the spring seat 15. .

A ring 10 having a ring shape on one end side of the restraining wire 4 is provided, and a lock plug 5 is provided on the other end side. The cross-sectional shape of the locking plug 5 may be circular or rectangular, and a cut groove 17 is provided on the base side of the distal end portion 14.
A plug insertion hole 11 for inserting the lock plug 5 is provided at the proximal end of the lock mechanism body 2.
When the lock plug 5 is inserted into the plug insertion hole 11 of the lock mechanism main body 2, the plug tip is brought into contact with the spring receiving seat 15 and pressed against the spring force of the coil spring 9, and the operation rod 6 slides. The distal end portion 13 of the operating rod is mounted in a recess 18 at the distal end of the hook provided on the open end side of the C-shaped hook. This closes the open part of the C-shaped hook.

When the C-shaped hook 3 is closed, the ratchet 16 is provided in the vicinity of the plug insertion hole, and the ratchet pawl 16a is engaged with the cut groove 17 of the locking plug to prevent the locking plug from escaping. Hold the closed state. A lock 8 for fixing the position of the ratchet 16 is provided in an appropriate vicinity of the ratchet in order to maintain a state that prevents the locking plug from deviating.
When the ratchet is unlocked with the lock 8, the ratchet pawl is detached from the cut groove 17, and the locking plug can be removed from the plug insertion hole. At this time, the operating rod 6 is pushed back by the coil spring abutting against the spring seat 15, and the open portion of the C-shaped hook is kept open. The type of the lock 8 is not limited here, but a cylinder lock or the like can be used.

Next, the method of use will be described.
The wire 4 is wound around the bicycle, and a ring is formed through a locking plug on the ring 10 so that the bicycle is restrained by the ring.
Next, the opening of the C-shaped hook 3 on the front side of the operating rod is applied to a fixing portion such as a bicycle stand, and the locking plug is inserted into the lock mechanism body 2 to operate the opening of the C-shaped hook 3. The tip side of the rod crosses and closes, and is restrained to the bicycle stand.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the lock mechanism main body showing a state where the key is not locked. Since the bicycle stand cannot be reached in a crowded bicycle parking lot, the lock mechanism body 2 is held in the hand, and the C-shaped hook 3 that is separated and fixed to the lock mechanism body is secured to the bicycle stand. In this state, the lock plug 5 at the end of the wire wound around the bicycle frame is inserted into the plug insertion hole 11 of the lock mechanism body 2.

  FIG. 3 shows a state where a lock plug is inserted into the lock mechanism main body. When inserting the locking plug 5, the locking rod tip 14 pushes the spring seat 15 and the proximal side 12 of the operating rod, so that the operating rod 6 contained in the pipe of the extending portion 7 slides, The distal end portion 13 of the operating rod is attached to a recess 18 at the distal end of the hook provided on the open end side of the C-shaped hook, and the open portion of the C-shaped hook is closed.

  FIG. 6 shows an example in which the wire lock of the present invention is used to lock a bicycle and a bicycle stand of a bicycle parking lot, which is a fixed object, and the restraint wire 4 in FIG. 1 is wrapped around the bicycle frame. The plug 5 is passed through the ring 10 at the end of the cable, and the inserted plug 5 is inserted into the plug insertion hole 11 of the lock mechanism body 2 in a state where the C-shaped hook 3 is hooked on the bicycle stand. The operating rod 6 is pushed and slid in it, the opening of the C-shaped hook 3 is closed, and the bicycle stand is restrained.

  The lock 8 locks the plug 5 so that the plug does not come off when the plug 5 is inserted into the plug insertion hole 11 of the lock mechanism main body 2, and is unlocked with the key 19 when releasing the parking state. The coil spring 9 assists the hole removal of the plug 5 when unlocking.

  FIG. 7 shows a method of locking with a wire lock according to the present invention when a fixed object for locking a bicycle is a large object such as a utility pole and cannot be hooked with a C-shaped hook. The restraint wire is wrapped around the bicycle, and the electric pole is also wound around, and then the C-shaped hook is hooked on the bicycle frame or the ring at the end of the wire and locked.

  FIG. 4 shows an example in which a magic hand is used as an open / close restraining means as an example of a means that can be expected to have the same effect as a means for restraining a bicycle stand by an operation at an isolated position.

  FIG. 5 shows a pantograph-type extension part of the opening / closing restraining means as an example of the same effect that can be expected as a means for restraining the bicycle stand by the operation at the isolation position.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wire lock 2 Locking mechanism main body 3 Opening and closing restraint means 4 Restraining wire 5 Locking plug 6 Control rod 7 Extension part 8 Lock 9 Coil spring 10 Ring 11 Plug insertion hole 14 Plug tip 15 Spring seat 16 Ratchet 17 Cut groove 19 Key 20 Storage space

Claims (3)

The lock mechanism main body 2 is provided with an open / close restraining means 3 provided with an appropriate rigidity and separated by an extending portion 7 of an appropriate length, and a lock plug 5 provided at the end of the restraining wire 4 is attached to the lock mechanism main body 2. A wire lock characterized in that it can be opened and closed by an operation at an isolated position by inserting and removing . The lock mechanism main body 2 has an appropriate rigidity and is provided with an opening / closing restraining means 3 separated by an extending portion 7 having an appropriate length, an operation end side is included in the lock mechanism main body 2, and a tip end side is the opening / closing restricting means. The wire lock according to claim 1 , comprising an operation rod 6 that opens and closes an open portion of the wire 3. A substantially C-shaped hook having an appropriate rigidity and fixed to the lock mechanism main body 2 with an appropriate length pipe, and an operation end side is included in the lock mechanism main body 2 and slides in the pipe. The wire lock according to claim 2, characterized in that the side is composed of the operation rod 6 that opens and closes the opening of the substantially C-shaped hook .

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