Patent ID: 7024894
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: E05B,G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A safety storage device for locking articles, the safety storage device comprising at least: a frame; a first contact surface and a second contact surface; a locking member at whose first end the second contact surface is arranged, the locking member being arranged movable relative to the frame such that an article to be locked is lockable between the first contact surface and the second contact surface by moving the locking member towards the first contact surface; a locking device, which, when locked, is arranged to prevent the locking member from being moved away from the first contact surface, and the locking device being openable by means of a predetermined identifier for releasing the movement of the locking member, in which safety storage device: the locking member comprises a shaft portion on which the locking device is arranged to act; the locking member is arranged movable by subjecting it to a force that is substantially longitudinal to said shaft portion; and further the locking device comprises a spring member and a wedge-shaped locking piece moveably arranged in a gap between the frame and the locking member; the spring member being arranged to push the locking piece into said gap, and wherein the locking piece is arranged: i) to be wedged directly against the shaft portion of the locking member when the locking device is locked, and ii) to generate a friction force between the locking piece and the locking member to prevent the locking member from moving.