Security device for roll-up doors
View Patent ↗A security device is provided which may be installed on a roll-up door of a cargo container garage or storage facility. The security device includes a locking bar having a locking pin, which is shiftable into a locking pin receiving aperture in a side wall of the roll-up doorframe. The locking bar also includes a tab with an opening for receiving the locking rod of a puck shaped lock when the locking bar is in the locking position.
1. A security device for locking a door to a door frame which has a locking pin receiving aperture, comprising:
a puck shaped shackleless lock having a locking rod and a key-receiving portion,
a rigid housing having
a rear wall adapted for rigid connection to said door,
a sidewall structure rigidly secured to said rear wall and extending outwardly therefrom to define a chamber having a front opening, said sidewall structure including a pair of parallel lateral side walls,
a partition wall rigidly secured to said sidewall structure in spaced and parallel relation to said rear wall dividing said chamber into an outer compartment accommodating said lock and an inner compartment, said partition wall having a centrally positioned locking bar guide channel,
a slot in one of said lateral sidewalls outwardly of said partition wall adapted to receive said key receiving portion of said puck shaped lock, and
an opening in the other of said lateral side walls, said opening being aligned with said guide channel,
a locking bar guided by said locking bar guide channel and axially shiftable between a locking position and an unlocking position, said locking bar having,
a base in said inner compartment wider than said guide channel,
a locking pin support rigidly secured to said base and extending outwardly through said channel,
a locking pin rigidly secured to said locking pin support and extending axially toward said opening in said other side wall, and
a tab rigidly secured to said base in laterally spaced relation to said locking pin support and extending outwardly through said channel, said tab including an opening for receiving said locking rod of said puck shaped shackleless lock when said lock is placed in said outer compartment and said locking bar is in its locking position, said locking pin extending into said pin receiving aperture of said door frame when said door is in a predetermined adjacent position and said locking bar is in its locking position.
2. The securing device of claim 1 wherein said housing includes a top wall sloping downwardly and forwardly from said rear wall at an acute angle to said rear wall.
3. The securing device of claim 1 having a lock parking bracket depending downwardly from said housing including an opening for receiving said locking rod of said puck shaped lock.
4. The securing device of claim 1 having an opening in said rear wall for receiving a bolt by which said housing is attachable to said door.
5. The securing device of claim 1 wherein said door is a roll up door.
6. The securing device of claim 5 having a cable accommodating slot in said one lateral side wall, said slot opening into said inner compartment.
7. The security device of claim 1 wherein said locking pin support has a close fit with said opening in said other lateral wall when said locking bar is in its locking position.