Stud lock

Claim 2

A stud lock comprising a housing having a chamber therein and an opening defined in the wall thereof through which a stud may extend into said chamber for the application of a securing means to the stud while the same is within said chamber, said housing having an access opening to said chamber, a cover for said housing chamber, engaging means on said cover and housing enabling the same to be engaged to close access to said chamber and to be disengaged to afford access to said chamber, and lock means movable into engagement between said housing and cover to prevent disengagement of said cover and housing and being movably disengageable from between said housing and cover to permit said cover and housing to be disengaged.

Claim 3

A stud lock as in claim 1, said chamber being larger than the stud and the securing means therein to enable the application and removal of the securing means to the stud without removing the stud from the housing chamber, and an access entrance defined in said housing and communicating with said chamber through which the securing means may be applied and removed from said stud, said housing engaging means being at said access entrance of said housing and on a wall of said cover.

Claim 4

A stud lock as in claim 2, said coveR and housing having keyways alignable with each other when said cover closes said chamber to receive said lock means therein.

Claim 5

A stud lock as in claim 3, said engaging means on said cover and housing being cooperatively engaged threaded surfaces.

Claim 6

In a lock for threaded studs having a securing nut thereon, a housing encompassing the securing nut, said housing having a chamber larger than the securing nut to provide access to such securing nut to enable the application and removal of the securing nut from within said chamber without removal of the housing from the stud, a wall of said housing between the securing nut and stud and having an opening defined therein to enable the stud to extend into said chamber, said chamber having an access entrance to the securing nut, a cover cooperable with said housing to close and open said entrance, and operable lock means insertable to lock said cover to said housing to close said entrance and removable to enable the removal of said cover to open said entrance.

Claim 7

In a lock for threaded studs having a securing nut thereon, a housing encompassing the securing nut, said housing having a chamber larger than the securing nut to provide access to such securing nut to enable the application and removal of the securing nut from within said chamber without removal of the housing from the stud, a wall of said housing between the securing nut and stud and having an opening defined therein to enable the stud to extend into said chamber, said chamber having an access entrance to the securing nut, a cover cooperable with said housing to close and open said entrance, and operable lock means insertable to lock said cover to said housing to close said entrance and removable to enable the removal of said cover to open said entrance.

Claim 8

A stud lock as in claim 5, threaded engaging means on said cover and housing cooperable to enable said cover to be releasably threaded closed relative to said entrance.

Claim 9

A stud lock as in claim 6, alignable locking surfaces on said cover and housing, and said operable means being engageable with said alignable locking surfaces of said cover and housing to lock said cover and housing together when said cover closes said entrance.

Claim 10

A stud lock as in claim 7, said locking surface on said housing being defined by an opening through a wall thereof extending into said chamber, and said locking surface on said cover being an aperture defined in a wall thereof facing the wall of said housing through which said locking surface is defined.

Claim 11

A stud lock as in claim 5, wherein said operable means is a key operated tumbler engageable between said housing and said cover when said cover is cooperable with said housing to close said entrance.

Claim 12

A stud lock comprising a housing having a chamber therein and an opening defined in the wall thereof through which a stud may extend into said chamber for the application of a securing means to the stud while the same is within said chamber, said housing having an entrance providing access to said chamber, a cover, means on said cover and housing cooperable to maintain said cover closed with respect to said entrance of said housing, and lock means insertable into and engageable with said housing and cover to prevent disengagement of said cover and housing and being removable from said housing and from disengagement with said cover to permit said cover and housing to be disengaged.

Claim 13

A stud lock comprising a housing having a chamber therein and an opening defined in the wall thereof through which a stud may extend into said chamber for the application of a securing means to the stud while the same is within said chamber, said housing having an entrance providing access to said chamber, a cover, means on said cover and housing cooperable to maintain said cover closed with respect to said entrance of said housing, and lock means insertable into and engageable with said housing and cover to prevent disengagement of said cover and housing and being removable from said housing and from disengagement with said cover to permit said cover and housing to be disengaged.