A security device includes a flexible rope of diameter in the range 10-25 mm comprising helically wound strands with collars clamping the rope at spaced locations therealong. The spacing between the collars is less than or substantially equal to the rope diameter, and each collar has a wall thickness in the range 5-15% of the rope diameter. The axial length of each collar is normally no greater than the rope diameter. The collars engage the rope with sufficient pressure to prevent substantial relative lateral movement of the strands at each location.
A locking device comprises a shackle having a body portion and legs extending therefrom with distal ends each having a foot portion; a tubular housing having an internal cavity and spaced first openings in the wall thereof on one side, the openings being adapted to receive the foot portion of the legs in a shackle hold position; and a mechanism for locking the foot portions in the hold position. Each foot portion has an anti-rotation portion of non-circular cross section, and a plate held within the housing cavity having an opening of matching non-circular cross section is aligned with each of the respective first openings for receiving the anti-rotation portion of a foot portion in the shackle hold position, two sides of which plate engage the inner wall of the housing to restrict its rotation about the axis of said foot portion. Each shackle leg will normally have a tip portion at the distal end of the foot portion and in some embodiments the wall of the tubular housing has second openings in the wall thereof opposite and aligned with the first openings.
A security device has a metallic elongate body with at least one end attachable to a lock unit. The body has at least one track of material of the kind referred to above extending longitudinally on the surface thereof and metallurgically bonded therewith. The material of the track has particles of a hard cut-resistant material dispersed in a self-fluxing matrix of lower melting point than that of the body and comprising one of nickel, iron and cobalt in composition with chromium, silicon and boron. The tracks are normally applied to the elongate body by welding, preferably laser welding or laser cladding, but plasma arc welding or brazing might also be used. The lower melting point prevents melting of the elongate body while enabling the metallurgical bond. Tungsten carbide is the preferred hard cut-resistant material, but other materials might be used, such as silicon carbide, cubic boron nitride, or industrial or synthetic diamond.
E05B 15/16 - Use of special materials for parts of locks
C22C 19/05 - Alloys based on nickel or cobalt based on nickel with chromium
C22C 29/06 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds
C22C 29/08 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds based on tungsten carbide
An elongate body adapted to bend in a single plane, comprises a rope extending within a succession of individual tubular elements closely spaced along the rope. Each element has on two opposite sides of the plane an extended section engaging a recess in its neighbouring element, the profiles of the section and recess allowing relative rotation of adjacent elements in said plane. The tubular elements thus form an exoskeleton around the rope which must be breached before the rope can be cut. The geometry of the tubular elements can be such that notwithstanding gaps, the rope cannot be readily accessed unless the exoskeleton is broken.
A security device includes a flexible rope of diameter in the range 10-25mm comprising helically wound strands with collars clamping the rope at spaced locations therealong. The spacing between the collars is less than or substantially equal to the rope diameter, and each collar has a wall thickness in the range 5-15% of the rope diameter. The axial length of each collar is normally no greater than the rope diameter. The collars engage the rope with sufficient pressure to prevent substantial relative lateral movement of the strands at each location.
A locking device comprises a shackle having a body portion and legs extending therefrom with distal ends each having a foot portion; a tubular housing having an internal cavity and spaced first openings in the wall thereof on one side, the openings being adapted to receive the foot portion of the legs in a shackle hold position; and a mechanism for locking the foot portions in the hold position. Each foot portion has an anti-rotation portion of non-circular cross section, and a plate held within the housing cavity having an opening of matching non- circular cross section is aligned with each of the respective first openings for receiving the anti-rotation portion of a foot portion in the shackle hold position, two sides of which plate engage the inner wall of the housing to restrict its rotation about the axis of said foot portion. Each shackle leg will normally have a tip portion at the distal end of the foot portion and in some embodiments the wall of the tubular housing has second openings in the wall thereof opposite and aligned with the first openings.
A security device has a metallic elongate body with at least one end attachable to a lock unit. The body has at least one track of material of the kind referred to above extending longitudinally on the surface thereof and metallurgically bonded therewith. The material of the track has particles of a hard cut-resistant material dispersed in a self-fluxing matrix of lower melting point than that of the body and comprising one of nickel, iron and cobalt in composition with chromium, silicon and boron. The tracks are normally applied to the elongate body by welding, preferably laser welding or laser cladding, but plasma arc welding or brazing might also be used. The lower melting point prevents melting of the elongate body while enabling the metallurgical bond. Tungsten carbide is the preferred hard cut-resistant material, but other materials might be used, such as silicon carbide, cubic boron nitride, or industrial or synthetic diamond.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
Goods & Services
Common metals and their alloys; non-electric cables and
wires; metal chains and couplings; metal based straps;
metallic coverings and metallic plates for application to
security devices; metallic materials in powder or paste
form; wheel clamps; safes; metallic casings, containers and
racks [structures] for storage; metallic ground anchors;
metallic security seals; metal gates and hinges; metal
fencing; metallic sleeves and interconnecting sleeve
elements; locks and chains and metallic parts therefor;
padlocks of metal, and security closures and barriers of
metal.
An elongate body adapted to bend in a single plane, comprises a rope extending within a succession of individual tubular elements closely spaced along the rope. Each element has on two opposite sides of the plane an extended section engaging a recess in its neighbouring element, the profiles of the section and recess allowing relative rotation of adjacent elements in said plane. The tubular elements thus form an exoskeleton around the rope which must be breached before the rope can be cut. The geometry of the tubular elements can be such that notwithstanding gaps, the rope cannot be readily accessed unless the exoskeleton is broken.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
Goods & Services
Common metals and their alloys; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; metal chains and metal couplings for use with chains and locking devices; metal based straps for locking devices; metallic coverings and metallic plates for application to security devices, namely padlocks, cycle and motorcycle locks; common metals in powder or paste form; metal wheel clamps; safes; metallic casings, containers and racks for storage; metallic ground anchor bolts; metal gates and hinges; metal fencing; metallic sleeves in the nature of metal junction sleeves for non-electric cables and interconnecting sleeve elements in the nature of flexible tubing; metal locks and metal chains and metallic parts therefor; padlocks of metal
A security lock comprises a slide with a bolt section along a side thereof and integral therewith, and a casing having a channel with an open side for receiving and retaining the bolt section. The bolt section and channel have substantially the same cross-section to allow for sliding engagement of the bolt section in the channel to a hold position. The bolt section has a recess with at least one defined axial boundary on its surface, aligned when the bolt is in the hold position with an opening in the wall of the channel. A cam and follower mechanism is mounted in the lock in which the cam is rotatable in the casing to at least one hold orientation at which the follower extends in the opening and into the recess when the bolt section is in the hold position to restrict movement of the bolt section along the channel. A key device can rotate the cam between at least one hold orientation and at least one other release orientation at which the follower can withdraw from the recess and release the bolt section in the channel.
An assembly (54) for mounting a security device on a bicycle frame comprises a bracket (8) having a support (26) for the device on one side and first and second parallel shoulder elements (28) on the opposite side for alignment against a component of the frame. The shoulder elements respectively define first and second slots (6, 10) with the bracket (8) opposite side. A flexible strap (2) has an end secured behind the first element relative to the second element and extends through the first slot (6). A first section (4) of the strap (2) extends around the cross section of the elongate component once, and through the second slot (10) away from the first slot. A second section (12) of the strap (2) extends around the cross section again, but in the opposite direction, over the first section (4) where it can be secured to hold the bracket (8) on a the elongate component. The securement may be on the outer surface of the first section (4) or on the bracket (8), but the strap may have a third section (14) which extends over the bracket (8) and the support (26) for securement on the outer surface of the strap second section (12) while also serving to retain a security device in the support (26)
A security lock comprises a slide with a bolt section along a side thereof and integral therewith, and a casing having a channel with an open side for receiving and retaining the bolt section. The bolt section and channel have substantially the same cross-section to allow for sliding engagement of the bolt section in the channel to a hold position. The bolt section has a recess with at least one defined axial boundary on its surface, aligned when the bolt is in the hold position with an opening in the wall of the channel. A cam and follower mechanism is mounted in the lock in which the cam is rotatable in the casing to at least one hold orientation at which the follower extends in the opening and into the recess when the bolt section is in the hold position to restrict movement of the bolt section along the channel. A key device can rotate the cam between at least one hold orientation and at least one other release orientation at which the follower can withdraw from the recess and release the bolt section in the channel.
A cable attachment comprises a plurality of multi-yarn cables fixed in a block. The block is formed with multiple first passages arranged to receive multiple cables. Each first passage extends past the second passage and has at the intersection an enlarged dimension perpendicular to the first passage, thereby forming a locking section. A cable in each first passage extends on both sides of the locking section, which cable comprises multiple yarns. A pin in the second passage disrupts the cable at the intersection in such a way that the cable yarns are displaced by the pin in the locking section into space in the locking section created by the different dimensions perpendicular to the plane of the first and second passages. The multiple cables are typically arranged in substantially planar formation and normally embedded in a common body of typically flexible plastics material, to form a strap. The cables project from the plastics material and into the block.
A security device has a flexible strap (26) with a lock unit (28) attached at each end. The strap (26) comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending multi-filament cables or ropes (2) arranged in a substantially planar array embedded in an elastomeric material (4). The cables or ropes (2) have a coating of primer for creating a bond with the elastomeric material (4). The primer may be restricted to the external surface of the cables or ropes (2), or some of the surfaces of the filaments may be free of primer. This facilitates relative movement of the filaments during flexure or compression of the strap (26). Moreover, an extrusion process for manufacturing the strap (26) including a priming station (12) is disclosed.
A lock comprises a male element, and a female element for receiving the male element enabling aligned copular engagement. The male element has a shoulder and the female element a catch for closing behind the shoulder to hold the male element therein. The catch and a lock casing are held in the female element with the axis of the lock casing inclined, normally at a right angle, to the line of engagement of the male and female elements. The lock casing and the female element have juxtaposed faces inclined to the line of engagement of the male and female elements. At least one face on the lock casing extends from the casing outwardly from the line of engagement contiguous with an inwardly facing complementary face on the female element. In this way longitudinal forces generated by attempted separation of the engaged male and female elements are resolved by the faces into a lateral force on the female element.
E05B 65/52 - Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like
E05C 19/06 - Other devices specially designed for securing wings in which the securing part is formed or carried by a spring and moves only by distortion of the spring, e.g. snaps
E05B 9/00 - Lock casings or latch-mechanism casings
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
Goods & Services
Metal strapping; strapping made of metal; cargo slings of
metal; metal slings for loading; wire rope slings; hoisting
slings of metal for handling loads; lifting slings of metal
for handling loads; loads (slings of metal for handling-);
slings of metal for handling loads. Non-metal strapping or tie downs; strapping made of plastics
for tying up purposes; strapping of textile fibres with
device attached for securing articles; cargo slings of rope
or fabric; non-metal slings for loading; hoisting slings
(non-metallic-) for handling loads; hoisting slings made of
textile materials; loads (slings, not of metal, for
handling-); non-metallic slings for handling loads; slings,
not of metal, for handling loads.
A security device has a flexible strap (26) with a lock unit (28) attached at each end. The strap (26) comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending multi-filament cables or ropes (2) arranged in a substantially planar array embedded in an elastomeric material (4). The cables or ropes (2) have a coating of primer for creating a bond with the elastomeric material (4). The primer may be restricted to the external surface of the cables or ropes (2), or some of the surfaces of the filaments may be free of primer. This facilitates relative movement of the filaments during flexure or compression of the strap (26). Moreover, an extrusion process for manufacturing the strap (26) including a priming station (12) is disclosed.
A strap for a security device has a core (12,62) within a flexible sleeve (14,64), and the sleeve is extensible independently of the core such that the core is not under tension. Because the core is not under tension, it is more difficult to cut and substantially inhibits, if not prevents, cutting of the sleeve. The core may take various forms which resist cutting in different ways. Examples are elongate, normally metallic planar bodies (12,34,38) having longitudinal flexibility but resistance to lateral flexure, and extensible springs (16,22,26). The sleeve (14,64) can also be designed to complicate any attempt to cut the strap as a whole, and may comprise multiple layers (76,78).
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
Goods & Services
Metal strapping; strapping made of metal; cargo slings of metal; metal slings for loading; wire rope slings; hoisting slings of metal for handling loads; lifting slings of metal for handling loads; slings of metal for handling loads Non-metal strapping or tie downs made of plastics and fabrics; strapping made of plastics for tying up purposes; strapping of textile fibres with device attached for securing articles; cargo slings of rope or fabric; non-metal slings for loading; non-metallic hoisting slings for handling loads; hoisting slings made of textile materials; non-metallic slings for handling loads; slings, not of metal, for handling loads
A lock comprises a male element, and a female element for receiving the male element enabling aligned copular engagement. The male element has a shoulder and the female element a catch for closing behind the shoulder to hold the male element therein. The catch and a lock casing are held in the female element with the axis of the lock casing inclined, normally at a right angle, to the line of engagement of the male and female elements. The lock casing and the female element have juxtaposed faces inclined to the line of engagement of the male and female elements. At least one face on the lock casing extends from the casing outwardly from the line of engagement contiguous with an inwardly facing complementary face on the female element. In this way longitudinal forces generated by attempted separation of the engaged male and female elements are resolved by said faces into a lateral force on the female element.
A strap for a security device has a core (12,62) within a flexible sleeve (14,64), and the sleeve is extensible independently of the core such that the core is not under tension. Because the core is not under tension, it is more difficult to cut and substantially inhibits, if not prevents, cutting of the sleeve. The core may take various forms which resist cutting in different ways. Examples are elongate, normally metallic planar bodies (12,34,38) having longitudinal flexibility but resistance to lateral flexure, and extensible springs (16,22,26). The sleeve (14,64) can also be designed to complicate any attempt to cut the strap as a whole, and may comprise multiple layers (76,78).
