Abstract
A locking apparatus (3) for securing a luggage article (1) comprises a mechanism for unlocking the locking apparatus (3) including at least one moveable member (11, 12, 13) which is moveable in an unlocking operation. The locking apparatus (3) has at least one detector arrangement (42, 49, 55a, 55b) associated with at least one moveable member (11, 12, 13) by at least one linkage (19, 37a, 37b, 41) between the detector arrangement (42, 49, 55a, 55b) and the moveable member (11, 12, 13), the linkage (19, 37a, 37b, 41) triggers the detector arrangement (42, 49, 55a, 55b) upon the movement of the moveable member (11, 12, 13).
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