LOCKING DEVICE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: hardware, for example, padlocks and antitheft devices of transport facilities. SUBSTANCE: locking device comprises a body with a keyhole, a fixing means, a locking member located in the depth of the keyhole with a secret-socket for the key, and the key. The keyhole is formed by two intersecting channels: inner and outer ones. The inner channel is closed at the outer side with an end wall while the outer channel is located on the side adjacent to the end wall, and connected additionally with the inner channel by a through slit in said wall. The key is made in the form a stem commensurable with the slot in the end wall and has a wider portion on the end for the contact secret-socket. EFFECT: improved design. 5 dwg