GB2337079A - Security locking assembly for transport container - Google Patents

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GB2337079A
GB2337079A GB9910367A GB9910367A GB2337079A GB 2337079 A GB2337079 A GB 2337079A GB 9910367 A GB9910367 A GB 9910367A GB 9910367 A GB9910367 A GB 9910367A GB 2337079 A GB2337079 A GB 2337079A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B83/00—Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle
    • E05B83/02—Locks for railway freight-cars, freight containers or the like; Locks for the cargo compartments of commercial lorries, trucks or vans
    • E05B83/08—Locks for railway freight-cars, freight containers or the like; Locks for the cargo compartments of commercial lorries, trucks or vans with elongated bars for actuating the fastening means
    • E05B83/10—Rotary bars
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B13/00—Devices preventing the key or the handle or both from being used
    • E05B13/002—Devices preventing the key or the handle or both from being used locking the handle
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B67/00—Padlocks; Details thereof
    • E05B67/36—Padlocks with closing means other than shackles ; Removable locks, the lock body itself being the locking element; Padlocks consisting of two separable halves or cooperating with a stud

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Abstract

A security locking assembly for a transport container comprises a first, generally U-shaped member (50) adapted, in use, to engage the lever or handle (70) of an elongate bolt (71) of the container and a locking member (60). The first member (50) is attached to a door of the container so that its base (51) is in contact with the outer surface of the door and the handle (70) is received within the arms (53, 54) of the "U". The locking member (60) is inserted through housing (55), in the direction of Arrow A. It engages in housing (56) to secure the handle (70) against movement. On another embodiment a pair of members are secured by lockable means about the junction between the bolt and the handle to prevent handle movement.

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2337079 1 SECURITY LOCKING ASSEMBLY
This invention relates to a security locking assembly for use in connection with a transport container, trailer or the like. Throughout the following description, the term "transport container" is used to denote a transport container having one or more doors, each door being closable by means of one or more elongate, axially-rotatable bolts, rotation of the bolts being achieved by means of a lever or handle attached to the bolt and extending therefrom at about 900 to the axis of the bolt.
Hitherto, locking assemblies for use in connection with transport containers (as hereinbefore defined) have been adapted merely to prevent the doors of the container from being opened beyond a predetermined position. Such known assemblies have not addressed the question of preventing operation of the elongate bolts themselves.
The present invention therefore provides a security locking assembly for a transport container (as hereinbefore defined), said assembly being adapted, in use, to prevent movement of the lever or handle associated with an elongate bolt of said container.
In a first embodiment, the present invention provides a security locking assembly for a transport container (as hereinbefore defined), the assembly comprising:
(a) a first member including a mortice and one or more portions adapted, in use, to engage an elongate bolt of the container; (b) a second member including a tenon adapted to be received in said 30 mortice, one or more portions adapted, in use, to engage said elongate 2 bolt and one or more portions adapted, in use, to engage the lever or handle associated with said elongate bolt and thereby to prevent movement of said lever or handle; (c) a locking member adapted, in use to removably secure the first member (a) and the second member (b) in engagement.
Preferably, the first member (a) includes a single portion adapted, in use, to engage an elongate bolt of the container. Suitably, such portion extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the mortice of the member (a) and, in use, engages an elongate bolt of the container in a first, generally tangential, position.
Preferably, the second member (b) includes a single, generally U-shaped portion adapted to engage the lever or handle associated with an elongate bolt of the container. Preferably, the U-shaped portion extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the tenon of the member (b). The U-shaped portion may be provided, at the end of each arm of the "U", with a further portion, each said further portion extending in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the tenon of the member (b) and being adapted, in use, to engage the elongate bolt of the container in a second, generally tangential, position, thereby preventing movement of the lever or handle.
Preferably, the first and second generally tangential positions of engagement are substantially at right angles to each other.
Preferably, each of the first and second portions of the locking assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention is provided with complementary means to receive the locking member (c). Suitably, 1 3 the first member (a) includes an aperture, extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the mortice and the second member (b) includes one or more complementary apertures extending through the tenon and being adapted to be brought into correspondence when the members (a) and (b) are engaged to secure a transport container, the locking member (c) being secured in the corresponding apertures of members (a) and (b).
In addition to the assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention described hereinabove, the Applicant has devised a locking assembly which only requires a single member to engage a handle or lever associated with an elongate bolt of the container.
Accordingly, the present invention provides, in a second embodiment, a 15 security locking assembly for a transport container (as hereinbefore defined), the assembly comprising:
(d) a first member adapted, in use, to engage the lever or handle associated with an elongate bolt of the container; (e) a locking member adapted, in use, to engage said-first member (d) and thereby to prevent movement of said lever or handle.
Preferably, the first member (d) is of generally U-shaped section.
In use, the base of the "U" is secured in contact with the outer surface of a door of the container, so that the lever or handle can be received within the arms of the "U".
4 Each arm of the "U" is provided with means whereby the locking member (e) can engage the first member (d) to prevent movement of the lever or handle.
Suitably, said means may comprise a through-hole in each arm of the "U" to receive and engage the locking member (e).
Said means may further comprise a hollow, generally cylindrical housing extending outwardly from, and substantially at right angles to, one or both arms of the "U", the or each said housing opening into an arm of the "U" by way of one of said through, holes. The or each housing serves to further secure the locking member (e) against unauthorised access.
Suitably, the first member (d) is secured to a door of the container by means of one or more bolts. A backing plate may optionally be provided to engage, in use, the or each bolt on to the surface of the door remote from the first member (d). When the lever or handle of the container is in the closed position, the bolts will be hidden from the view of an observer outside the container.
The locking member (c) of the first embodiment and also the locking member (e) of the second embodiment may, for example, comprise a plunge- lock or the like.
Each of the members (a), (b) and (d) is preferably made of a metal, for example steel, most preferably case-hardened steel.
Finally, the present invention also provides a transport container (as hereinbefore defined) including a security locking device according to the first or second embodiments described herein.
1 The present invention will be illustrated, merely by way of example, in the following description and with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the drawings (wherein like numbers denote like parts):
Figure 1 is a view of a locking assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the first and second members being shown separately; is Figure 2 is a view of the assembly of Figure 1, the first and second members being shown engaged; Figures 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D show the assembly of Figures 1 and 2 in use to secure the doors of a transport container; Figure 4 is an end view of one member of a locking assembly according to the second embodiment of the present invention; Figure 5 is a side view of the member shown in Figure 4; and Figures 6A and 6B show the assembly of Figures 4 and 5 in use to secure the doors of a transport container.
With reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3A to 31), the locking assembly comprises a first member 10, a second member 20, a locking member 30 and its associated key 31.
The first member 10 includes a mortice 11 and a portion 12 which, in use, engages a bolt 40 (as shown in Figure 3B).
6 The second member 20 includes a tenon 21 adapted to be received in the mortice 11, a generally U-shaped portion 22 adapted, in use, to engage a lever 41 (as shown in Figure 3C) and portions 23 and 24 adapted, in use, to engage the bolt 40 (as shown in Figure 3D).
The members 10 and 20 are provided with respective apertures 13, 25 and 26. When the members 10 and 20 are brought together to form the locking assembly, the apertures 13 and 25 (or 26) correspond to receive the locking member 30.
With reference to Figures 4, 5, 6A and 6B, the locking assembly comprises a first, generally U-shaped member 50 and a locking member 60.
The base 51 of the "U" is provided with one or more holes 52 to receive bolts, whereby the member 50 can be secured to a door of a container. In use, the lever or handle 70 of an elongate bolt 71 is received within the arms 53 and 54 of the "U" and is secured in position therein by means of the locking member 60.
Each arm 53 and 54 of the "U" is provided with a hollow, generally cylindrical housing (55 and 56 respectively). The housings are secured to the arms of the "U" by fillet-welds shown schematically at 57 and 58.
Each housing (55 and 56) opens into its respective arm (53 and 54) by way of a through-hole (one is shown at 59).
As shown in Figures 6A and 6B, the member 50 is attached to a door of a container so that its base 51 is in contact with the outer surface of the door and the handle 70 is received within the arms 53 and 54.
7 The locking member 60 is inserted through housing 55 (in the direction of arrow A in Figure 6M and engages in housing 56 (as shown in Figure 6B) to secure the handle 70 against movement.
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1. A security locking assembly for a transport container (as hereinbefore defined), said assembly being adapted, in use, to prevent movement of the lever or handle associated with an elongate bolt of said container.
2. An assembly according to Claim 1, said assembly comprising:
(a) a first member including a mortice and one or more portions adapted, in use, to engage an elongate bolt of the container; (b) a second member including a tenon adapted to be received in said mortice, one or more portions adapted, in use, to engage said elongate bolt and one or more portions adapted, in use, to engage the lever or handle associated with said elongate bolt and thereby to prevent movement of said lever or handle; (c) a locking member adapted, in use, to removably secure the first 20 member (a) and the second member (b) in engagement.
3. An assembly according to Claim 2, in which the first member (a) includes a single portion adapted, in use, to engage an elongate bolt of the container.
4. An assembly according to Claim 3, in which said single portion extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the mortice of the member (a) and, in use, engages an elongate bolt of the container in a first, generally tangential, position.
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5. An assembly according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, in which the second member (b) includes a single, generally U-shaped portion adapted to engage the lever or handle associated with an elongate bolt of the container.
6. An assembly according to Claim 5, in which the U-shaped portion extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the tenon of the member (b).
7. An assembly according to Claim 5 or 6, in which the U-shaped portion is provided, at the end of each arm of the "U", with a further portion, each said further portion extending in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the tenon of the member (b) and being adapted, in use, to engage the elongate bolt of the container in a second, generally tangential position, thereby preventing movement of the lever or handle.
8. An assembly according to any one of Claims 4 to 7, in which the first and second generally tangential positions of engagement are substantially at right angles to each other.
9. An assembly according to any one of Claims 1 to 8, in which each of the first and second portions is provided with complementary means to receive the locking member (c).
10. An assembly according to Claim 9, in which the first member (a) includes an aperture, extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the mortice and the second member (b) includes one or more complementary apertures extending through the tenon and being adapted to be brought into correspondence when the members (a) and (b) are engaged to secure a transport container, the locking member (c) being secured in the corresponding apertures of members (a) and (b).
11. An assembly according to Claim 1, said assembly comprising:
(d) a first member adapted, in use, to engage the lever or handl associated with an elongate bolt of the container; (e) a locking member adapted, in use, to engage said first member (d) and thereby to prevent movement of said lever or handle.
12. An assembly according to Claim 11, in which the first member (d) is of generally U-shaped section.
13. An assembly according to Claim 12, in which, in use, the base of the "U" is secured in contact with an outer surface of a door of the container, so that the lever or handle can be received within the arms of the "U".
14. An assembly according to Claim 12 or 13, in which each arm of the "U" is provided with means whereby the locking member (e) can engage the first member (d) to prevent movement of the lever or handle.
15. An assembly according to Claim 14, in which said means comprises 25 a through-hole in each arm of the "U" to receive and engage the locking member (e).
16. An assembly according to Claim 15, in which said means further comprises a hollow, generally cylindrical housing extending outwardly 30 from, and substantially at right angles to, one or both arms of the "U", the or each said housing opening into an arm of the "U" by way of one or said through-holes.
17. An assembly according to any one of Claims 11 to 16, in which the first member (d) is secured to a door of the container by means of one or more bolts.
18. An assembly according to Claim 17, in which a backing plate is provided which, in use, engages the or each bolt on to the surface of the 10 door remote from the first member (d).
19. An assembly according to any one of Claims 1 to 18, in which the locking member (c) and the locking member (e) each comprise a plungelock or the like.
20. An assembly according to any one of Claims 1 to 19, in which each of the members (a), (b) and (d) is made of a metal.
21. An assembly according to Claim 20, in which each of the members 20 (a), (b) and (d) is made of case-hardened steel.
22. A security locking assembly, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3A to 31) of the accompanying drawings.
23. A security locking assembly, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in Figures 4, 5, 6A and 6B of the accompanying drawings.
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24. A transport container (as hereinbefore defined) including a security locking assembly according to any one of the preceding claims.
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