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WO2002012666A1 - Dispositif de securite de portes de conteneurs - Google Patents

Dispositif de securite de portes de conteneurs Download PDF

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WO2002012666A1
WO2002012666A1 PCT/NZ2001/000158 NZ0100158W WO0212666A1 WO 2002012666 A1 WO2002012666 A1 WO 2002012666A1 NZ 0100158 W NZ0100158 W NZ 0100158W WO 0212666 A1 WO0212666 A1 WO 0212666A1
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padlock
arm
shroud
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container
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Donald Lindsay Matthews
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C19/00—Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups
    • E05C19/18—Portable devices specially adapted for securing wings
    • E05C19/186—Portable devices specially adapted for securing wings with a pair of hooks, which are movable towards each other for grasping of an element on the wing, respectively on the frame, or for grasping of an element on each of the wings forming a double door
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B67/00—Padlocks; Details thereof
    • E05B67/38—Auxiliary or protective devices
    • E05B67/383—Staples or the like for padlocks; Lock slings; Arrangements on locks to cooperate with padlocks
    • 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

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  • This invention relates to rendering shipping container or storage container doors and similar doors as used on trucks and the like, more secure from thieves possessing bolt cutters or other padlock-destroying tools by the provision of a sturdy metal padlock support which makes use of the locking rods provided on the container doors.
  • Containers employ a very commonly used design of sealing means, involving a pair of doors each having a number of rotatable locking bars held within brackets; locking handles on the locking bars can be rotated in order to engage with fixed locking hasps about the open end of the container. These are padlocked together so as to prevent rotation in the direction of opening in order to seal shipping containers, storage containers, and freight compartments on lorries, in particular long-distance lorries (another area liable to thefts or substitutions of goods as for smuggling).
  • this invention provides a security accessory, using a padlock having a shackle, for rendering a pair of lockable container-type doors more secure (the doors being of the type where each door has at least one locking rod parallel to a locking rod on the other door), characterized in that the security accessory includes a first rigid, elongated arm, a second rigid, elongated arm, and a shroud, each made of a material resistant to unauthorised interference; the shroud being capable of surrounding the padlock yet having a padlock access aperture and having at least one arm aperture each with dimensions sufficiently large to admit an arm yet not large enough to permit the padlock to be passed through the arm aperture; at least one of the two arms being provided at a first end with interlocking means capable of becoming locked by passage of the shackle of the padlock, each of the two arms being provided at a second end with engaging means capable of engaging with a locking rod forming part of an adjacent lockable container door; so that that when the arms are locked together when each is in engagement with an
  • the resistant material is a hardened steel; optionally a spring steel, or optionally another material resistant to interference by a thief.
  • the interlocking means provided on at least one of the two arms at a first end comprises at least one aperture capable of accepting passage of the shackle of the padlock.
  • the interlocking means comprises a series of apertures at the first end of at least one arm, through any one of which apertures the shackle of a padlock may be passed.
  • each of the series of apertures through which the shackle of a padlock may be passed is elongated into the form of a slot.
  • the shroud includes two arm apertures in line, so that the second arm may be passed into one side of the shroud and out the other side.
  • the shroud has a top, sides, and an open base, the top being closed and one pair of opposite sides including at least one set of arm apertures placed opposite to each other.
  • neither arm is fixed to the shroud and the first arm is 85 capable of becoming locked to the second arm by padlocking, inside the shroud, the interlocking mean of one arm to the interlocking means of the other arm.
  • the first arm is fixed to a part of the shroud thereby forming an assembly capable of becoming locked to the second arm when the shackle of the padlock, while within the shroud, is passed through an aperture of the inter- 90 locking means of the second arm previously passed through an arm aperture into the shroud.
  • the padlock access aperture of the shroud is preferably restricted leaving just sufficient space for operation of the padlock so that there is no space for the application of a shearing tool or other destructive device to the shackle of 95 the padlock.
  • the interior space within the shroud is restricted leaving just sufficient space for operation of the padlock so that there is no space for the application of a shearing tool or other destructive device to the shackle of the padlock.
  • the interior space within the shroud is small enough to restrict the use of 100 burglar's tools within it and large enough to permit application or removal of a locking means.
  • the engaging means on each arm preferably comprises a recurved or hooked end capable of wrapping around and thereby engaging with a locking rod of a corresponding container door.
  • securement of the invention about the locking bars of the container door involves a procedure in which the at least one arm is provided with means to engage with a corresponding locking bar so that in use the engagement means are drawn together thereby preventing the locking bars from moving apart as would happen during opening of the container doors.
  • a version of the invention comprises (1) a pair of arms made of a resistant material, (2) each arm having at one end a hook capable of being hooked around a locking bar of the container, (3) the length of the locking bars being sufficient to allow the two arms to reach between the two farthest locking bars across the opening of the container, (4) one arm having at the end remote from the hook a shroud, (5) the
  • Fig l is an elevational view of the openable end of a typical container of the type used for shipping containerized freight showing the doors, and in addition having an embodiment of the invention applied between
  • Fig 2 is a closer view of the invention, in place (an elevational view).
  • Fig 3 is a plan view of the invention as shown in Fig 2.
  • Fig 4 is a cutaway view of the shroud and padlock area of the invention, as shown in Fig 2.
  • Fig 5 shows preferred apertures fashioned in an arm.
  • the solution to the problem expressed previously in this document particularly comprises restricting any access by a thief to the components of a padlock used to lock a container door (or the like) by means of a shroud substantially protecting the padlock; the padlock being used to secure together sets of locking bars using locked-together 135 arms that reach across the openable end of a container. While this invention cannot 135 control burglaries involving the picking of locks it does make the breaking open of a container (such as with bolt cutters used for cutting through shackles of padlocks) much more difficult.
  • This accessory comprises an externally applied door securing means that is capable of being secured (with an ordinary padlock 302) about locking bars of the container doors so that the container doors cannot be opened until the accessory is removed. (Preferably the padlock is selected to be
  • the accessory has usually two arms made of a rigid, resistant material such as 50 x 10 mm or 32 x 7 mm rectangular steel bar, hardened and galvanised after shaping. There is a locking means so that relative movement (pulling apart, end from end) of the arms on a secured container can be prevented and generally
  • Bolt cutters make very short work of conventional padlocks, so this padlock is concealed within a shroud also made of a hardened steel - preferably from a short length (typically 220 mm long, 100 mm square box-section steel at least 3 mm thick.
  • a shroud also made of a hardened steel - preferably from a short length (typically 220 mm long, 100 mm square box-section steel at least 3 mm thick.
  • a welded lid of 5 mm steel
  • This shroud effectively prevents the jaws of a bolt cutter, each of which tends to have considerable depth, from reaching the body or shackle of the padlock. Yet the shroud is not so small that it prevents placement or removal of the padlock through one or 165 more holes, nor its being locked in place with a key.
  • one arm is rigidly attached by welding to the exterior of the shroud) and the shackle of the padlock simply passes through one of a set of holes in the other arm.
  • the padlock is pulled against the interior wall of the 170 shroud if tension is applied to the arms, pulling them apart by an illegal opening activity. That is how the two arms are effectively locked together in this Example.
  • the arm which is welded to the exterior of the shroud has a dogleg bend included so that a pulling apart of the arms acts in a straight line.
  • the shroud is provided with a slot-shaped aperture (303, 304) at each of two opposite sides so that the moveable arm may pass right through, and may be locked in place within the shroud (as in Fig 3) by means of a shackle of a padlock passing through a selected hole. Hence the accessory is locked onto the locking bars and secures the container door. The padlock is protected.
  • securement of the invention about the locking bars of the container door involves a procedure in which the at least one arm is provided with means to engage with a corresponding locking bar and the engagement means are drawn together before being locked in place thereby preventing the locking bars from moving apart as would happen during opening of the container doors. There is likely to be some slack
  • the hooks 105, 106 should be long enough to retain the arms in place even if the arms are not drawn tightly together.
  • a series of apertures through which the shackle of a padlock (an example locking means) may pass is provided in at least one arm.
  • these are 8 mm 190 diameter holes 201 placed along the centre of the bar.
  • the holes in one arm may be spaced apart at a different pitch as compared to the other arm, so that an optimum spacing can be achieved).
  • vertically oriented slits with about an 8 mm width are more convenient to use, and to have a larger hole at one end, like a keyhole shape (see Fig 5; showing a row of keyhole holes 501 in an arm
  • a series of small holes 502 are conveniently provided along the moving arm 104 for the external-to-shroud insertion of a seal such as Customs inspection seal that can prove that the doors have not been opened.
  • both arms may pass through a larger slot aperture within the shroud 210 (which is now free to slide along the arms until it hits the padlock) and be capable of sliding relative to each other until a pair of holes match, and then of being locked together within the shroud by means of a padlock shackle passing through the apposed holes in order to secure the container door.
  • a version of the invention comprises (1) a pair 215 of arms 103 and 104 made of a resistant material, (2) each arm having at one end a hook 105 and 106 capable of being hooked around a locking bar 102... of the container 100, (3) the length of the locking bars being sufficient to allow the two arms to span the distance between the two farthest locking bars across the opening of the container, (4) one arm 103 being at one end 305 welded 301 to a shroud 200, (5) the other arm 104 220 having at the end remote from the hook a series of apertures 201 (or 501, 502) each capable of accepting a shackle of a padlock - the locking means.
  • the shroud 200 includes a pair of slots 303 and 304 capable of 225 admitting the arm 104 so that it can slide through the shroud.
  • Fig 4 shows a shroud 400, and in cutaway view (401) the position of a padlock 302 with its shackle passing through a hole 201 in arm 104 inside the shroud. 403 indicates the direction in which access to the padlock is obtained. It will be appreciated that actions other than use of a standard key with the padlock are substantially restricted.
  • Fig 5 shows some alternative types of perforations through an isolated moving arm 104.
  • Perforations 501 are keyhole-shaped perforations to use with a shackle of a padlock, and perforations 502 are for use with seals.
  • the shroud fixed to a very short arm so that it overlies one 235 hook. In this case, adjustment may be more difficult.
  • the arm 103 is provided with a bend that allows the other arm to project from the shroud through aperture 303.
  • shroud serving only as a padlock protector.
  • the padlock shackle passes through holes in both arms; both of which pass through a wider slot in the shroud and are held parallel.
  • the shroud is 240 possibly liable to be lost be careless employees, but it may be even easier and cheaper to make this variation of the invention. Judicious hole spacing may allow a fairly tight grip of the locking bars of the container by the arms of the invention.
  • the shroud may be dispensed with (for the latter variation) if one has enough confidence in the resistance of the padlock itself or if the invention is used to replace 245 (in case of damage or the like) the usual locking means provided for on a container door.
  • this invention In its first period of exposure, this invention has successfully prevented container theft even though the thieves used a vehicle to cause considerable damage to the exterior of 250 the container.
  • the security accessory provided peace of mind for the owners of a shipment of professional movie cameras and lenses being shipped by sea between sets in two 48-foot containers.
  • This security accessory for a storage or shipping container, or lorry doors has the advantage that it requires no modification to the container. Furthermore there is no 255 "monitoring system". A consignor or consignee simply has to hand a security accessory according to this description to its trucking firm so that any container can be fully secured at the wharf - or even before shipping begins. Legitimate access as may be required by Customs officials is permitted through the supply of a key.
  • the invention is cheap enough that "dummy containers" can also be protected as well as the ones holding valuables.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de sécurité que l'on applique à l'extérieur sur la porte d'un conteneur ou analogue, qui comporte notamment deux bras en barre d'acier, durcis et galvanisés après formage, et une chemise de protection capable de tenir enveloppé un cadenas et, par conséquent, de le protéger contre des coupe-boulons ou d'autres instruments de voleurs. Chaque bras se termine en crochet pouvant passer autour des barres de verrouillage de la porte. Le cadenas empêche le mouvement relatif des bras une fois ces derniers accrochés autour des barres de verrouillage. La manille du cadenas traverse un trou (une fois à l'intérieur de la chemise de protection) dans un bras et empêche les bras d'être écartés pour donner accès à l'intérieur du conteneur.
PCT/NZ2001/000158 2000-08-03 2001-08-03 Dispositif de securite de portes de conteneurs WO2002012666A1 (fr)

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FR2893655A1 (fr) * 2005-11-18 2007-05-25 Daniel Pinsson Scelle mecanique de haute securite
WO2009151877A3 (fr) * 2008-05-16 2010-03-04 Terahop Networks, Inc. Systèmes et appareil de fixation d’un conteneur
DE102012201021A1 (de) * 2012-01-24 2013-07-25 Cargoguard Gmbh Schließvorrichtung zum Verschließen und Sichern einer Aufnahmevorrichtung

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FR2519060A1 (fr) * 1981-12-24 1983-07-01 Mignot Cie Dispositif de verrouillage pour portail
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US4262503A (en) * 1978-12-20 1981-04-21 Kuebler James F Door security device
US4389862A (en) * 1980-09-23 1983-06-28 Hastings Thomas M High security locking assembly for lockrods type rear-end closures of cargo vehicles
FR2519060A1 (fr) * 1981-12-24 1983-07-01 Mignot Cie Dispositif de verrouillage pour portail
FR2582712A1 (fr) * 1985-06-03 1986-12-05 Doitrand Freres Dispositif de verrouillage pour persienne metallique et la persienne obtenue
US5419165A (en) * 1993-12-08 1995-05-30 Perkins; Jon T. Electrical panel locking apparatus
US6065314A (en) * 1998-05-22 2000-05-23 Nicholson; John W. Lock for freight containers

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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FR2893655A1 (fr) * 2005-11-18 2007-05-25 Daniel Pinsson Scelle mecanique de haute securite
WO2009151877A3 (fr) * 2008-05-16 2010-03-04 Terahop Networks, Inc. Systèmes et appareil de fixation d’un conteneur
DE102012201021A1 (de) * 2012-01-24 2013-07-25 Cargoguard Gmbh Schließvorrichtung zum Verschließen und Sichern einer Aufnahmevorrichtung

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