Patent ID: 7010944
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A padlock comprising: a lock housing including a chamber formed therein, and including two longitudinal channels formed in side portions thereof, a shackle including two legs slidably engageable into said channels of said lock housing respectively, and each having a notch formed therein, a lever pivotally disposed in said lock housing with a pivot pin, and including a first end for engaging into said notch of either of said legs of said shackle, to anchor said legs of said shackle to said lock housing, and including a second end, a carrier slidably received in said chamber of said lock housing, and including an actuating member provided thereon, for selectively engaging with said second end of said lever, and for rotating said lever relative to said lock housing, to disengage said first end of said lever from said notch of said legs of said shackle, and to allow said legs of said shackle to be disengaged from said lock housing, said carrier including a plurality of protrusions extended therefrom, a spring biasing means for biasing said actuating member of said carrier away from said second end of said lever, a follower slidably attached onto said lock housing, and including an anchoring device for engaging with said carrier, and for positioning and anchoring said carrier to said lock housing at selected positions, an operating device including a plurality of selected bars and non-selected bars slidably attached onto said lock housing, said selected bars being arranged to engage with and to actuate said protrusions of said carrier, in order to move said carrier relative to said lock housing step by step, and said non-selected bars being arranged to engage with and to actuate said follower, to selectively disengage said anchoring device of said follower away from said carrier, and to allow said actuating member of said carrier to be biased away from said second end of said lever by said spring biasing means.