Patent ID: 6406074
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: E05B,F16B,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A destructible locking device comprising:a receiving element having an opening communicating with an interior chamber; a pin having a head at one end, a nose at the opposite end, and an axially extending passageway, said nose being configured and dimensioned to protrude through said opening into the interior chamber of said receiving element; locking means in said chamber for connecting said nose to said receiving element; means between said nose and said head for defining a frangible portion of said pin; and torque responsive means on said pin for effecting relative rotation between said nose and said head to shear said frangible portion and thereby subdivide said pin into a first segment including said nose and a second segment including said head, said torque responsive means being located at least partially within and accessible solely via said passageway.