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A paddle lock. The paddle lock has a housing with a well, a lock with locked and unlocked positions that is attached to the housing and a cam connected to the lock with the cam having a locking portion and an unlocking portion. A cam spring biases the cam to the locking position and the lock to the

A paddle lock. The paddle lock has a housing with a well, a lock with locked and unlocked positions that is attached to the housing and a cam connected to the lock with the cam having a locking portion and an unlocking portion. A cam spring biases the cam to the locking position and the lock to the locked position. A handle is movably connected to the housing between which biases the handle to the opened position flipped out of the well. An actuator is moved by the handle and has a lock position contact portion and an open position contact portion. The handle will move to the opened position where it is out of the well when the lock is open and by pushing the handle down, will cause the lock to turn to its locked position.

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1. A paddle lock, comprising:a housing; a lock, with locked and unlocked positions, attached to the housing; a cam connected to the lock, the cam having a locking portion and an unlocking portion; a cam biasing spring which biases the cam to a locking position and the lock to the locked position; a

1. A paddle lock, comprising:a housing; a lock, with locked and unlocked positions, attached to the housing; a cam connected to the lock, the cam having a locking portion and an unlocking portion; a cam biasing spring which biases the cam to a locking position and the lock to the locked position; a handle that is movably connected to the housing and has an opened position and a closed position; handle biasing means which biases the handle to the opened position; and an actuator that is moved by the handle, the actuator having a lock position contact portion and an open position contact portion. 2. The paddle lock of claim 1, further comprising a lever adapted to be moved by the actuator and a lever biasing means to bias the lever to a closed position.3. The paddle lock of claim 2, wherein the actuator further comprises a lever actuating portion for moving the lever.4. The paddle lock of claim 1, wherein the handle biasing means is a spring.5. The paddle lock of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a well formed therein and wherein the handle is located at least partially in the well when the handle is in a closed position and wherein more of the handle is moved out of the well when the handle is in an opened position.6. The paddle lock of claim 1, further comprising at least one pivot pin for pivotally mounting the handle to the housing, wherein the at least one pivot pin rotatably connects the actuator to the handle such that the actuator rotates with rotation of the handle, and connects to the handle biasing means to bias the handle to the opened position.7. The paddle lock of claim 1, wherein the locking portion of the cam comprises a curved perimeter portion and the unlocking portion comprises a stop surface at an end of the curved perimeter portion.8. The paddle lock of claim 1, wherein the lock is a keyed locked fit within an aperture formed in the housing.9. The paddle lock of claim 1, wherein the handle biasing means is a spring.10. A paddle lock, comprising:a housing; a lock, with locked and unlocked positions, attached to the housing; a cam connected to the lock, the cam having a locking portion and an unlocking portion; a cam biasing means which biases the cam to a locking position and the lock to the locked position; a handle that is movably connected to the housing between an opened position and closed portion; handle biasing means which biases the handle to the opened position; an actuator that is moved by the handle, the actuator having a lock position contact portion, an open position contact portion, and a lever actuating portion; a lever adapted to be moved by the lever actuating portion of the actuator; and a lever biasing means to bias the lever to a closed position. 11. The paddle lock of claim 10, wherein the housing further comprises a well formed therein and wherein the handle is located at least partially in the well when the handle is in a closed position and wherein more of the handle is moved out of the well when the handle is in an opened position.12. The paddle lock of claim 10, further comprising at least one pivot pin for pivotally mounting the handle in the well of the housing further, wherein the at least one pivot pin rotatably connects the actuator to the handle such that the actuator rotates with rotation of the handle, and connects to the handle biasing means to bias the handle to the opened position.13. The paddle lock of claim 10, wherein the locking portion of the cam comprises a curved perimeter portion and the unlocking portion comprises a stop surface at an end of the curved perimeter portion.14. The paddle lock of claim 10, wherein the lock is a keyed locked fit within an aperture formed in the housing.15. A paddle lock, comprising:a housing with a well formed therein; a lock, with locked and unlocked positions, fixed to the housing; a cam connected to the lock, the cam having a curved perimeter portion and a stop surface; cam biasing means which biases the cam to a locking position and the lock to the locked position; a handle that is movably connected to the housing and adapted to at least partially move from a closed position in the well to an opened position at least partially out of the well; handle biasing means which biases handle to the opened position; an actuator that is moved by the handle, the actuator having a lock position contact portion, an open position contact portion, and a lever actuating portion; a lever adapted to be moved by the actuator; and a lever biasing means to biases the lever to a closed position; wherein the actuator's lock position contact portion rides on the curved perimeter portion of the cam when the lock is in the locked position and prevents the handle from being moved, and when the lock is moved to the unlocked position, the handle biasing means moves the handle to the opened position so that the actuator's unlocked position contact portion contacts the stop surface of the cam and prevents the lock from returning to the locked position, and by moving the handle further to counteract the lever biasing means, the lever is moved to an opened position, and by moving the handle to its closed position, the actuator is turned to move the open position contact portion out of contact with the cam's stop surface and the cam biasing means returns the cam to its locking position and lock to its locked position. 16. The paddle lock of claim 15, further comprising at least one pivot pin for pivotally mounting the handle in the well of the housing further, wherein the at least one pivot pin rotatably connects the actuator to the handle such that the actuator rotates with rotation of the handle, and connects to the handle biasing means to bias the handle to the opened position.17. The paddle lock of claim 15, wherein the locking portion of the cam comprises a curved perimeter portion and the unlocking portion comprises a stop surface at an end of the curved perimeter portion.18. The paddle lock of claim 15, wherein the lock is a keyed locked fit within an aperture formed in the housing.19. The paddle lock of claim 18, wherein the aperture formed in the housing comprises a cylindrical portion extending from an rear surface of the housing.20. A paddle lock which positively indicates the locked or unlocked state of the paddle lock, comprising:a housing with a well; a lock, with locked and unlocked positions, attached to the housing; a handle that is movably connected to the housing between a locked position; and a cam connected to the lock, the cam having a locking portion and an unlocking portion, a cam biasing spring which biases the cam and the lock to the locked position, wherein the handle is largely received in the well, and an unlocked position wherein at least a portion of the handle extends outside of the well; wherein when the handle is moved to its locked position the lock is moved to its locked position, and when the handle is in its unlocked position, the lock is unlocked. 21. The paddle lock of claim 20, further comprising an actuator that is movable by the handle, the actuator having a lock position contact portion and an open position contact portion.22. The paddle lock of claim 21, further comprising an spring which biases the handle to its unlocked position.23. The paddle lock of claim 22, wherein when the handle is in its unlocked position, a user can move the handle further out of the well to operate the actuator.