Patent ID: 8578743

Claim:
A cable lock, comprising: a belt; a lock body having a first receiving unit for receiving a first portion of the belt and a second receiving unit for receiving a second portion of the belt, wherein the belt and the lock body are together capable of forming a closed loop; a first clamp unit, movably disposed in the lock body, for fixing the belt on the first receiving unit; a second clamp unit, movably disposed in the lock body, for fixing the belt on the second receiving unit; and a switch unit, including a knob rotatably formed on the lock body for a user to select the mode of the switch unit and a rotatable body disposed in the lock body, wherein the knob is engaged with the rotatable body to drive the rotation of the rotatable body so that the switch unit is capable of operating in a locked mode and an unlocked mode, and the rotatable body has a rotation axis and a plurality of portions of different radial length disposed around the rotation axis, wherein the plurality of portions include a first pressing portion and a first release portion and selectively cooperate with the first clamp unit and the second clamp unit under control of the knob, wherein when the switch unit operates in the locked mode, the first clamp unit fixes the first portion of the belt on the first receiving unit and the second clamp unit fixes the second portion of the belt on the second receiving unit so that the closed loop has a fixed length; and wherein when the switch unit operates in the unlocked mode, the second clamp unit releases the belt so that the belt is detachable from the lock body.