Lock, in particular padlock, with tumblers controlled by a magnetic key

Claim 1

A lock, particularly a padlock, with magnetically operative tumbler pins disposed on a key side and suspended on their middle section for a pendulum movement, comprising a plurality of tumbler pins, a locking plate, said tumbler pins being directed with first ends, respectively, towards said locking plate, said locking plate having openings for entrance of said first ends, respectively, of the correspondingly aligned tumbler pins, and said locking plate defining a plane and being mounted transversely shiftable relative to said plan, said locking plate being retained in an abutment position in front of said one end of said tumbler pins, a U-shackle, spring means biasing said U-shackle in a closing direction, a baffle lever having two arms, one of said arms abutting said U-shackle, said locking plate having a locking wing, the latter having a rearward end, the other arm of said baffle lever being coupled with said locking wing of said locking plate, said rearward end of said locking wing adapted to engage boltingly in said U-shackle, a spring operatively biasing said locking plate in the direction of said tumbler pins being coordInated to said baffle lever, and said spring having a lesser operative force than that of said spring means which biases said U-shackle in an opposite direction.