Patent ID: 6155617
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: F16G,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A cable lock device for closing a cargo container comprising:(a) an axially oriented, closed housing comprising a surrounding body for said lock device;(b) an elongate cable having a free end and a dead end wherein the dead end of the cable is connected to said housing;(c) an internal passage through said housing to receive said cable free end and having a surface for cable contact wherein the passage receives the cable free end at an inlet; and(d) a plurality of movable jamming members, each of said jamming members movably mounted within a dedicated sloping slot within said housing, the slots radially offset from each other with respect to said cable said jamming members adapted to move toward and away from said cable so that said jamming members jam against said cable and thereby lock said cable against said surface, and the slots are configured so that (1) with the jamming members positioned to lock the cable, (2) the jamming members are axially offset from each other with respect to said cable.