Key Operable Only Patents (Class 70/134)
  • Patent number: 5009089
    Abstract: A double hook-bolt unit lock includes a lock barrel having a revolving rod connected thereto to cause a cam wheel assembly to move simultaneously so as to drive the stop keys of a stop frame assembly away from the upper notched portion of a brake frame assembly and to let the cam wheel assembly move the brake frame assembly rectilinearly via a lower notched portion of the frame assembly. By means of the push force from L-shaped guide slots of the side plates of a lockcasing and the guidance of oblique guide slots of a brake frame assembly, the two L-shaped bolts which are movably connected to the brake frame assembly are driven to smoothly into respective locking positions to lock the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Inventor: Emily M. Y. Lin
  • Patent number: 5005393
    Abstract: A lock which is adapted to transduce the code from a key by electronic means is constructed to resemble the form and functionality of a conventional mechanical cylinder lock. A main casing houses the bolt, a rotatable thrower or cam for retracting the bolt, an electromechanical release mechanism which normally blocks rotation of the thrower, and a processor to control the release mechanism in response to the detected key code. The electronic reading means are located in association with the keyway of a rotatable barrel in a cylinder unit manufactured as a separate unit from the main casing. The thrower and barrel have respective cooperating mechanical couplings and the main casing and cylinder unit have respective cooperating electrical connectors. The lock is therefore assembled by attaching the cylinder unit to the outside of the main casing, thus establishing a rotary driving connection from the barrel to the thrower and establishing an electrical connection from the key reader to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Chubb Lips Nederland bv
    Inventors: Johannes M. Ewalds, Johan C. Hordijk, Evert Nieuwkoop
  • Patent number: 4987755
    Abstract: A high security lock assembly having a tang for holding lock shackle pins, ith said tang being attached to a first member, such as a bulkhead or a door jamb. A reversible cover, which can be attached to either the left or right side of a second member, such as a door or cover, is attached, as by welding, with a hasp liner. The hasp liner has a side opening sufficiently large to clear the tang and lock shackle pins, but too small for a lock to pass therethrough. The bottom of the hasp liner is open to receive a lock which is engageable with the lock shackle pins to secure the second member with the first member. The reversible cover is provided with a flange which can be welded directly to a door, cover, or hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Gale A. Groh, George J. Sallade
  • Patent number: 4976122
    Abstract: A deadbolt lockset having a linkage between the bolt and the bolt housing. The attachment point between the bolt and the first link can be selected from among several attachment points, and the connection between the bolt housing and a second link can be selected from among several locations to give a selected backset and a selected throw. A particular feature is the capability to provide a substantially longer throw than with conventional deadbolt assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Pease Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin P. Doolan, Dale R. Duvall, Norbert J. Guetle, Jr., Ganesh Rajagopol
  • Patent number: 4942748
    Abstract: A security mechanism for use in a telephone paystation upper housing consisting of a specialized latching mechanism which operates when a non-legal key combination is utilized to gain access to a paystation upper housing to inhibit unlocking of the upper housing and to inhibit the removal of key utilized to gain access to the upper housing. The mechanism is available in kit form and may be added to existing paystations without major modification thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Palco Telecom Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald B. McGough
  • Patent number: 4918954
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for data processing equipment includes a spring with a catch nose which is biased towards a locking position where it engages behind a shoulder and is lifted into an unlocking position against spring power either by a pivoted lever of a key-operated lock or, independently therefrom, by movement of one of the parts to be locked. An electrical locking and unlocking also occurs as the lever is moved into an unlocking position where it engages and operates a microswitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Stickel, Peter Reihl
  • Patent number: 4910915
    Abstract: A single key multi locking system for a display case for jewelry and other items to be displayed comprising a housing with transparent flat walls for containing a stand for display. A door hinged along one edge forms one of the walls of the housing. The housing is provided with upper and lower door jambs against which the door is closed. The upper door jamb has a projection spaced away from it a sufficient distance to accomodate the thickness of the door. The lower door jamb is provided with a ledge on the inside of the housing. The door is provided with a lock having a tongue on the inside to raise the door when the tongue is turned down behind the lower jamb and comes in contact with the ledge. With the use of a single lock and key the door is locked top and bottom with a single turn of the key, the upper edge of the door being wedged between the projection and the upper jamb in the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Inventor: Raynerio Sanchez
  • Patent number: 4876866
    Abstract: A combination door latch and deadbolt assembly includes an improved latch mechanism and deadbolt mechanism designed for use with doors having a variety of standard size backset and cross bore dimensions. The latch and deadbolt mechanisms are carried by escutcheons havings breakaway tabs at varying diametric positions to fit securely within door cross bores of different standard sizes. The latch mechanism further includes an improved mounting arrangement for left- or right-hand mounting and positive centering of lever-type door handles, together with a simplified cam-actuated latch retractor. The deadbolt mechanism includes an improved bolt linkage which provides a desired bolt throw when a relatively small door backset and/or cross bore size is used. The deadbolt mechanism further includes an improved thumb turn rotatable through ninety degrees between orientations representative of deadbolt position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: W & F Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Fleming, David L. O'Day
  • Patent number: 4817404
    Abstract: A lock of the type having a locking function released by a coin drop is disclosed. The lock includes a lock box housing which carries a locking cylinder and a shiftable operating element. A separate support casing is mounted on a door and carries a reversible latch element having two heads and an open box-like frame. The frame is provided with two openings for receiving the operating element. A separate spring-loaded slide is provided for urging the latching element in a forward locking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Schulte-Schlagbaum Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Eisermann, Diethard Geiger
  • Patent number: 4802210
    Abstract: The invention provides a keyboard security device for preventing access to a keyboard, such as the digit keys of the keyboard of a digital telephone. The device comprises a base framework with a releasable and removable cover. An engagement member engages a recess in a side member of the framework. Locking means provided by resilient members on the cover engage openings in an inner wall of the framework. A key with spuds corresponding to the resilient members is pivotal in a key accommodating slot to engage the resilient members and disengage them from the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Institute for Industrial Research and Standards
    Inventors: Joseph P. Spencer, Brendan F. Farrell
  • Patent number: 4798065
    Abstract: A lock mechanism having a reversible right and left hand bolt includes a lock body. The body has a bolt passageway in which the bolt is mounted so as to slide back and forth in the body. A set screw fits into a groove on the bolt to retain the bolt in the body while allowing it to slide in the bolt passageway. A detent member fits into a notch on the bolt to lock the bolt to the body. A latch member fits into a notch on the detent member to hold the detent member in engagement with the bolt. A cylinder lock is attached to the detent member to rotate the detent member. When the detent member is rotated, the notch on the detent member rotates away from the latch member and allows the detent member to move away from the bolt to unlock the bolt. The bolt can be reversed in the bolt passageway by loosening the set screw, extracting the bolt from the bolt passageway, reversing the bolt, inserting the bolt back into the body and tightening the set screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Inventor: William DeForrest, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4784252
    Abstract: An enclosed newspaper vending machine has a double front door with a paper access door mounted in a security door carrying coin actuated release mechanism for the paper access door and a key operated pin lock fits within a surrounding guard on the front of the security door for locking engagement with a rod or pin extending forwardly from an interior wall of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Inventor: Wallace E. Davis
  • Patent number: 4756178
    Abstract: A lever type lockset with a rolling housing within a main housing. The roller housing normally only touches the main housing at the rollers and also connects to the latch portion of a lockset. The side plates of the roller are constructed separately from the roller housing so that they can be made thicker and more durable. The inner and outer spindle each have a curved elbow on it which is shaped somewhat like two boomerangs joined together on adjacent distal ends for minimizing local stress concentrations. The side plate also has a curved surface which is designed to offer minimal resistance to the elbows so that the handle can be turned with very little resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Inventor: Richard Shen
  • Patent number: 4739638
    Abstract: A deadlock includes a casing, a front knob and a rear knob respectively rotatably formed on the front and rear walls of the casing, and a slidable latch reciprocatively mounted in the casing as driven by either the front or rear knob, wherein the latch is formed a triangular locking tongue having two inclined surfaces so that the latch can be conveniently used in a bi-directional door when opening the door either outwards or inwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Inventor: George Lin
  • Patent number: 4724690
    Abstract: A security bolt including a housing and a bolt rod slidably mounted on that housing for relative movement between operative and inoperative positions. The rod is cylindrical and has a section of reduced diameter between its ends so as to form two opposed shoulders. Key operated locking mechanism, having a rotatable barrel, is attached to the housing and a detent member is rotatably mounted on an end portion of that barrel. The detent member is rotatable to a position at which it engages one of the rod shoulders and thereby prevents movement of the rod out of the operative position. Rotation of the detent member is caused by rotation of the barrel, but a lost motion connection enables the barrel to rotate to a limited extent in either direction without causing corresponding rotation of the detent member. The locking mechanism can be removed from the housing through a rear side and releasable securing means controls that removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Ogden Industries Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gerald F. Dunphy, Lance E. Best
  • Patent number: 4691543
    Abstract: A deadlock with a locking bolt having a tongue that is displaceable from a latched position to an unlatched position, the lock including locking means to displace the tongue past the latched position to a locked position. The locking tongue is similarly curved on both sides so that, in use, it slides past a striker plate to the latched position in both right and left hand locking doors. A multi-point deadlock in which a center lock is coupled to at least one auxiliary lock via transmission mesans. The center lock having handles coupled to the latching tongue of the center lock and the transmission means so that downward movement of either handle causes the center lock to unlatch and upward movement of either handle from the horizontal drives the transmission means to effect locking of the auxiliary lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Inventor: John R. Watts
  • Patent number: 4688406
    Abstract: A deadbolt lock mechanism for a door comprises a lock cylinder secured to a lock housing and having a movable locking tab connected thereto, a lock bolt slidably mounted within a channel in the housing, a disk rotatably mounted within the housing having a transverse pin extending therefrom, and a lever having an opening therein within which a portion of the transverse pin is disposed, the lever being pivotally mounted at one end to the housing and connected at the other end to the lock bolt. Upon rotation of the locking tab, the disk is rotated through actuation of the pin, and the lever is pivoted by the transverse pin engaging the sides of the opening within the lever to slide the lock bolt into an extended locked position or a retracted unlocked position, the lock bolt being deadlocked in position by the detent feature created by the geometrical relationship between the transverse pin and the sides of the opening within the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Blumcraft of Pittsburgh
    Inventor: William J. Horgan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4683733
    Abstract: A door locking mechanism enclosed within a casing for locking a door to its door frame. The door lock includes at least one bolt displaceable inside the casing through a bore in a side wall thereof, to engage a registering bore in the door frame. A base leg is fixed to the rear of the bolt, and includes a Y-shaped notch. A conventional keylock cylinder is fixed within the casing, and a key operated barrel is journalled within the cylinder and offset from the center of the latter and has a radially-outwardly-projecting lug. An annular member is rotatably mounted around the keylock cylinder between two opposite casing walls, and includes an inner projection and an outer operating arm which engages the Y-shaped notch of the base leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Inventor: Manuel Marin
  • Patent number: 4679418
    Abstract: A cylinder operated deadbolt lock in which a solid housing is provided with bores and apertures only to accommodate the lock components, such as the lock cylinder, the lock bolt, and the bolt moving mechanism. The lock bolt is thrown and withdrawn by a pinion bolt moving mechanism which engages a rack formed on the bolt. The lock is further provided with a drill resistant guard plate which is mounted in the housing and protects the lock cylinder against drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Inventor: Mark L. Allen
  • Patent number: 4663951
    Abstract: A security device for a thermostat comprising a housing for said thermostat, a lid member secured to the housing for movement between an opened position and a closed position, to gain and prevent access to the thermostat, respectively. The thermostat has a rotatable thermostat adjustment shaft extending exteriorly of the housing for manual manipulation thereof. A lock member is mounted in the housing for movement between a first position whereat the lock member lockingly engages the adjustment shaft to prevent rotation thereof and engages the lid member to prevent opening thereof and a second position whereat the lock member is disengaged from the adjustment shaft and the lid member permitting manual manipulation of the shaft or opening of the lid member and a key-operated actuating member disposed in the housing and extending exteriorly of the housing for displacing the lock member between its first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Inventor: Fernand H. Poulin
  • Patent number: 4656849
    Abstract: An improved deadbolt lockset is provided in which one of two different backset distances is facilitated in a single latch assembly. At least one planar side plate coupled to a deadbolt extension is provided and is slidably contained within a hollow latch case. Movement of the side plate determines the distance from the face plate of the assembly to the axis of an actuating assembly. The latch case includes slots formed therein for positioning the actuating assembly and to allow movement of the side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: TRE Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony J. Rotondi, Richard O. Mullich, George F. Carabet
  • Patent number: 4643007
    Abstract: A positive deadbolt locking system having a spring-biased deadbolt normally biased toward a retracted unlocked position or selectively and alternatively toward an overcenter locked position. The deadbolt is selectively in the fully unlocked or fully locked position of the locking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Ilco-Unican Corp
    Inventors: Aaron M. Fish, Jean-Paul Dausseing
  • Patent number: 4635453
    Abstract: A lock set comprises a housing having a latch bolt assembly supported therewithin. The bolt assembly includes a bolt movable between latched and retracted positions. A retractor slide is connected to the bolt and is supported by the housing for longitudinal sliding movement relative thereto between bolt retracted and latching positions. Axially movable and rotatable first drive member extends transversely of the direction of movement of the bolt and is engaged with the retractor slide for movement thereof between the bolt retracted and latched positions. The first drive member includes a locking surface. An operating assembly comprises a hand operator having a locking slot formed in an axially extending portion thereof. A cylinder having a plug portion is disposed within the hand operator, the plug portion being rotatable relative thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Emhart Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Leroy Hart
  • Patent number: 4628716
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lock suitable for a refuse bin for securing a cover of the bin to a base of the bin. The lock comprises a body to be mounted on the cover and having a spring loaded projecting plunger to engage the base. The plunger has an inclined cam surface disposed within the body and a key is insertable in the body to engage the cam surface. The key has two spaced longitudinally extending abutments to engage the cam surface in succession to provide an initial and then a final retraction of the plunger. A projection is provided on the lock body adjacent the plunger to engage between the abutments on the key and thereby prevent a simple blade from being used to retract fully the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Glasdon Limited
    Inventor: Thomas E. Palmer
  • Patent number: 4627248
    Abstract: A lock device for a hinged cargo door of a truck trailer has a housing with a vertically extended groove in one side wall for receiving the rotatable cargo door lock bar. A transversely extended lock pin in the housing is transversely movable through an opening in the same side wall for insertion into a registered hole in the cargo door lock bar in the locked position thereof. Transverse movement of the lock pin is controlled by a simple lock mechanism including a key operated lock shaft having a rocker arm rotatable therewith and having a free end connected to the lock pin for transverse movement of the lock pin in response to rotation of the lock shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Assignee: Sentry Lock Co., Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Haworth
  • Patent number: 4606566
    Abstract: A bar type lock mechanism including a locking bar for selectively locking a door having a first edge and a second edge, wherein one of the edges is positioned adjacent a striker plate when the door is closed. The locking bar includes a first end having a locking portion and a second end having a handle portion. A frame assembly secured to the door is provided for slidably and rotatably supporting the locking bar for movement between a retracted position and a projected position. The frame assembly is adjustable to advantageously accommodate doors of different widths. The locking portion of the locking bar is provided with a flattened side as well as a curved side. When the locking bar is first placed in its projected position, the flattened side of the locking portion contacts the striker plate. Afterwards, the locking bar can be rotated to its curved side to generate a camming action thereby more securely closing the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1986
    Inventor: Ned Bott
  • Patent number: 4602490
    Abstract: The backset of a deadbolt lock may be adjusted selectively between 23/8" and 23/4" by manually shifting a spring-loaded pin which extends through vertical slots in the lock bolt, U-shaped slots in the driver bar and inverted L-shaped slots in the lock case. The pin also connects the driver bar to the bolt and causes the bolt to move between extended and retracted positions when the operating spindle of the lock is turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignee: Amerock Corporation
    Inventors: Dwight W. Glass, Phillip D. Stinson
  • Patent number: 4593542
    Abstract: An improved deadbolt lockset is provided in which one of two different backset distances is facilitated in a single latch assembly. At least one planar side plate coupled to a deadbolt extension is provided and is slidably contained within a hollow latch case. Movement of the side plate determines the distance from the face plate of the assembly to the axis of an actuating assembly. The latch case includes slots formed therein for positioning the actuating assembly and to allow movement of the side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: TRE Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony J. Rotondi, Richard O. Mullich, George F. Carabet
  • Patent number: 4593546
    Abstract: A cylinder operated deadbolt lock in which a solid housing is provided with bores and apertures only to accommodate the lock components, such as the lock cylinder, the lock bolt, and the bolt moving mechanism. The lock bolt is provided with a rack and extends into the housing where it is thrown and withdrawn by a pinion mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Inventor: Mark L. Allen
  • Patent number: 4593543
    Abstract: A solenoid-operated door lock has a pivotally mounted deadlock lever which can lock either a latchbolt or a deadbolt. The locking and release movement of the deadlock lever is controlled by pivoting a release lever which is biased by a spring to maintain the deadlock lever in its selected operating positions. A solenoid-controlled main operating lever pivots to extend or retract the latchbolt or deadbolt through a lost motion connection. The lost motion connection ensures that the deadlock lever is moved to its release position before the latchbolt or deadbolt is retracted into the lock. The lock includes a triggerbolt which is extended when the door is open and is pushed into the lock when the door is closed. Switches are provided to monitor the operational condition of the lock and the position of the door. Indicator lights are provided at a remote guard station to show the operational condition of the lock. A switch is also provided to control the energization current of the solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Folger Adam Company
    Inventor: Ronald T. Stefanek
  • Patent number: 4590777
    Abstract: A key operated doorlock, which may incorporate a deadbolt, has a bolt housing that is mounted on the exterior of the door and is held there by being fastened to a spacer disposed within the door and a mounting plate at the interior side of the door. The main bolt is locked in place with a secondary locking apparatus which may include a barrel lock which operates a bolt which cooperates with a keeper opening in still another bolt. The latter engages a keeper opening that forms part of the housing. A lever system is provided which permits operation of the third bolt when permitted by the state of the second mentioned bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1986
    Inventor: Rafael Sierra
  • Patent number: 4583381
    Abstract: A compact push-pull right-angle lock especially suited for use on patio doors and on windows has a cylindrical bolt with rack teeth on its central section, a barrel lock assembly, and a rotatable disk all contained in a horizontally split case. The bolt can be extended in either direction by the right angled linear motion of the barrel lock assembly. Linear motion of the barrel lock assembly is transferred to linear motion of the bolt through a disk that is free to rotate some fifty degrees about a shaft. The barrel lock assembly is loosely linked to a crank pin set perpendicularly to the plane of the disk and the bolt rack is meshed with an arcuate section of a pinion gear on the disk located some ninety degrees from the crank pin. The bolt can be locked in either extended position by means of a cam lug which cna be moved from the barrel lock assembly housing into locking recesses in the case by rotational movement of the keyed barrel lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Belwith International, Ltd.
    Inventor: C. Norman Sjogren
  • Patent number: 4565079
    Abstract: In a deadbolt gate lock having an elongated casing, a manually reciprocal deadbolt mounted within the casing and projectable therefrom, an actuator pin connected to the deadbolt and extending outwardly through an elongated slot in the casing, and a push button plunger lock mounted within the casing having a spring bolt retainingly engageable within the deadbolt for securing the deadbolt in a projected position; the improvement which comprises a pair of spaced aligned spacer blocks snugly nested and retained within the casing, having aligned bores guidably receiving the deadbolt, the blocks retainingly engaging the plunger lock. A removable set screw on the plunger normally prevents its removal from the plunger lock, the casing having an access opening in registry with the set screw when the plunger lock is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: Smith Locks, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Smith
  • Patent number: 4524590
    Abstract: The door latch with lock includes a support bracket adapted to be mounted on the interior surface of an outer screen or storm door, an elongated bolt slideably and rotatably carried in a guideway on the support bracket, and a transversely extending handle on the bolt which extends through a slot in the guideway and is somewhat longer than the spacing between the outer door and an inner door. When the handle is in a generally horizontal sliding position, the bolt slides freely between a latched position wherein the outer end is received in a keeper on the door frame and an unlatched position wherein the bolt is retracted from the keeper. The bolt and handle can be rotated downwardly to a general vertical locking position when the bolt is in either the latched or unlatched positions, but lock means and actuating means prevent the sliding of the bolt between the latched and unlatched positions unless the handle is rotated to the sliding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Inventor: Joseph D. Budish
  • Patent number: 4514996
    Abstract: A sliding door lock in which a bolt is longitudinally slidable by manual movement of a handle to which the bolt is connected so that the bolt is axially rotatable to prevent the cutting of the bolt when locked. The handle slides linearly along a base plate to move the bolt between opened and closed positions. A bullet latch in the handle engages detents on the base plate to hold the handle and bolt in the open and closed positions. A key-operated barrel lock has a barrel groove through which the bolt passes when the lock is in the unlocked position, and the bolt has a circumferential constriction which receives the barrel lock barrel when the barrel lock is rotated to its locked position, thereby preventing movement of the handle and bolt to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Assignee: Belwith International, Ltd.
    Inventor: C. Norman Sjogren
  • Patent number: 4502716
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lock having a lock tongue with a rearwardly facing elongated rack having teeth and a plurality of notches disposed at intervals along it and a rocking arm having a camming surface and a lug which is sized to be received by the notches in the rack. A rotationally mounted sector gear is provided which has teeth arranged to engage with the teeth of the rack and a cam arranged to engage the camming surface of the rocking arm. The sector gear in one rotational position drives the lock tongue and in another rotational position locks the lock tongue in place by means of the cam and camming surface causing the lug to engage one of the notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Inventor: Yu T. Tsai
  • Patent number: 4489576
    Abstract: A lock assembly including a novel retaining strap for securing a lock cylinder within the assembly. The lock assembly is designed so that one of two different degrees of bolt extension can be chosen during assembly of the device. In addition the assembly incorporates a dowel pin to increase the strength of the joint between the lock bolt and a lock bolt extension connected to the lockbolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: TRE Corporation
    Inventors: Richard O. Mullich, Ray Dushane
  • Patent number: 4483162
    Abstract: An actuator assembly in which the actuator is usually the rotatable barrel of a key operated tumbler lock. The actuator assembly is connectable through a non-circular drive spindle to any conventional deadbolt assembly of the kind having a tubular housing securable to support, a lever rotatably mounted on the housing and a deadbolt slidably mounted within the housing and responsive to rotation of the lever. A body member of the actuator assembly is securable to the support separate from the deadbolt housing and the lock barrel is rotatable relative to that body member. A gear segment secured to the barrel for rotation therewith is engageable with another gear segment rotatably carried on the body member, but only during part of its possible 360.degree. movement from the rest or locked position of the barrel. The other or driven gear segment has a drive spindle secured to it and that spindle engages within a bore of the bolt assembly lever to transmit rotation of the driven gear segment of the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Ogden Industries Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gerald F. Dunphy, Hans J. Esser
  • Patent number: 4470278
    Abstract: A lockset for a door has a strike on the door frame and a latch bolt on the door panel. The latch bolt is reciprocable and is projected by a spring and preferably has a deadlatch operation. The latch bolt is retractable by rotation of an inner knob or of an outer knob. The outer knob is locked by a key lock controlling an axially movable plate engaged with the outer knob and interengageable with an outer escutcheon adjacent the outer knob. The key lock can move the plate out of engagement with the outer escutcheon and into engagement with the inner knob. A turn button in the inner knob can also move the axially movable plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Paul F. Hale, James R. Allison
  • Patent number: 4470279
    Abstract: A lockset for use on any one of various door panels of different thickness and hinged on a door frame includes a latchbolt adapted to project into a holder on the door frame and to retract therefrom. Inner and outer knobs are rotatably mounted on opposite sides of the door panel to rotate about a common axis and relative to inner and outer escutcheons held against the panel of whatever thickness. Inner and outer spindles are engaged by the knobs and turn in the escutcheons. The spindles rotate a rectangular tube interengaged with the latchbolt for all axial positions of the knobs to provide retraction thereof. A push button in the inner knob, when latched in a depressed position, secures the outer knob against rotation by a nonrotatable engagement with the inner escutcheon. Rotation of the inner knob releases the push button from the depressed position and frees the outer knob for rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Ralph E. Neary, Leon F. Tatara
  • Patent number: 4466264
    Abstract: A safety lock is provided with two plate assemblies, the first to be mounted on the outside of the door leaf and the second on the inside thereof. Each one of these plate assemblies comprises a first plate adapted to be placed on the side of the door leaf and having a first opening for receiving an actuating mechanism, a second opening housing a transmission gear mechanism, and corner holes for passing fasteners which hold the two plate assemblies together. A second plate is on the outer face of the first plate which comprises holes providing bearings for each gear of the transmission mechanisms as well as holes wider than the ends of the fasteners for housing the same therein. A third plate is spot welded on the outer face of the second plate and prevents access to the transmission mechanism. In the outer plate assembly, this third plate covers the ends of the fasteners and has only one hole, shaped in correspondence with the respective key hole opening of the cylinder lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: Fichet-Bauche
    Inventor: Claude del Nero
  • Patent number: 4459835
    Abstract: A door lock comprises a reciprocatingly movable lock bolt and means for locking the lock bolt in a protruding position, for keeping the lock bolt in a withdrawn position and for operating the lock bolt either with a handle or the like or with a key operated mechanism. There is also a lock function selector for selecting a desired type of functional capacity for the lock. The lock function selector has three different setting positions, of which each determines a specific type of functional capacity for the lock. There is a setting member, preferably in a hidden position when the lock is mounted in a door, by means of which setting member the setting of the lock function selector can be restricted in order to further determine the types of function obtainable by the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Oy Wartsila Ab
    Inventor: Oiva Hurskainen
  • Patent number: 4446707
    Abstract: A lock assembly including a novel retaining strap for securing a lock cylinder within the assembly. The lock assembly is designed so that one of two different degrees of bolt extension can be chosen during assembly of the device. In addition the assembly incorporates a dowel pin to increase the strength of the joint between the lock bolt and a lock bolt extension connected to the lockbolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: TRE Corporation
    Inventors: Richard O. Mullich, Ray Dushane
  • Patent number: 4427223
    Abstract: The device comprises a latching assembly enclosed within, and translatable relative to, a centercase housing; the housing is mounted on a chassis. The device is adapted for cooperative engagement with a locking cylinder, for actuating the latching assembly, and for operation of a thumbpiece lift, by an ancillary, external, trim linkage, for translating the latching assembly. The latching device has a master, locking cylinder cam or dowel, the latter having a removable screw, which (through a locking cylinder) either operates a night-latch cam plate, to translate the latching assembly or, upon removal of the screw, allows the cam or dowel to translate a tumbler which, in turn, frees a thumbpiece lift, for operation (then) of the latching assembly by the lift, instead of by the cam plate. Accordingly, with the drive screw in place, the external, operating trim linkage can not operate the device; it must be unlatched, externally, by a key in the locking cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Von Duprin, Inc.
    Inventors: Maksimilijan Godec, John R. Foster, Paul J. Straub, Allan K. Mahler
  • Patent number: 4425771
    Abstract: A locking and release mechanism includes two interlocked members, and two detents which hold the two interlocked members together. One of the two detents is magnetically operated and the other is mechanically operated. The mechanically operated detent involves the use of a mechanical operating member which moves through a channel, and an additional movable magnetic element which selectively blocks the channel. A special release member, which may be thought of as a key, carries both the mechanical member for extending through the channel and two magnets for operating the magnetically-operated detent, and the movable blocking member for the mechanically operated latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Inventors: Russell J. Beach, Jess R. Bateman, Robert L. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 4388815
    Abstract: A pick-proof lock is provided which is rendered difficult or impossible to pick not by virtue of any additional structure or apparatus but due to the intrinsic nature of the tumbler construction wherein all of the tumblers in the row of tumblers are contiguous with adjacent tumblers so that the tumblers may not be individually set by using a pick and the equivalent of a tension wrench because there is no stationary shear plane in the direction of movement of the bolt for the tumblers to be set on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1983
    Inventor: Michael S. Lawler
  • Patent number: 4338804
    Abstract: A door latch construction has exterior and interior operators connected through a latch driving mechanism operable for extending a bolt from a door edge. The exterior operator includes a lock cylinder telescoped by a thickened, hardened metal guard collar with the guard collar longitudinally inwardly abutting a metal shield retaining the shield inwardly against an exterior face of the door. The shield also extends inwardly of the door interior at least partially annularly around a portion of the latch driving mechanism thereby deterring manipulation of the latch driving mechanism by penetration through the door exterior face. The lock cylinder longitudinally inwardly abuts the guard collar so that the guard collar retained between its lock cylinder abutment and its shield abutment is rotatable to deter exterior attack against the overall exterior operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: Emhart Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul G. Solovieff
  • Patent number: 4338805
    Abstract: A lock including a lock casing (1), a locking mechanism (2) dislaceable therein and connected to a latch bolt (2a) and block means (12), which are movable transversally to the displacement direction of the locking mechanism and resiliently loaded (14) towards positions blocking the locking mechanism, wherein the blocking means can be brought to releasing positions by insertion of a card (3) serving as a key and having recesses (3a) corresponding to the blocking means. The blocking means (12) are preferably annular and entirely guided in the displaceable locking mechanism (2) as well as moveable between two blocking end positions, in which each blocking means is in locking engagement with the lock casing (1a,1b). The card (3) belonging to the lock has through-going, elongated slits (3a) located and dimensioned to receive the annular blocking means (12), so that upon insertion of the card all the blocking means (12) are brought to intermediate positions permitting the displacement of the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Inventor: Lennart Nygren
  • Patent number: 4333324
    Abstract: One part of a key-in-knob lock set functions in a normal manner such that when the lock set is unlocked, either the outside or inside knob can be manipulated to open the door by withdrawing the latch bolt from a normal spring latch extended position. When, instead, the lock set is locked, the latch bolt is extended an exceptionally long distance into the frame to a dead bolt position. Extension and retraction of the latch bolt to and from dead bolt position is accomplished by manipulation of a main cam through the agency of a key in the outside or a turn button on the inside.For withdrawing the latch bolt from the normal spring latch extended position, an escutcheon housing for the outside knob or a corresponding escutcheon housing for the inside knob serves, by moving transversely of the axis of rotation of the knob, to rotate a radially extending tooth-like element on the spindle which, acting through the main cam, withdraws the latch bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Norris Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hagen Dietrich, William J. Fane
  • Patent number: 4313320
    Abstract: An improved and simplified dead bolt rim lock, which provides "classroom function". A dead bolt is fixed on a draw plate slidable in a rim lock case and having a cross slot which extends one way from center and is engaged by a crank pin movable in an 180.degree. arc between front and rear centered positions. The crank pin is on a crank arm carried by a turnknob rotatable in the rim lock case, and its projecting end lies in the path of a cam mounted for rotation in the back plate of the case and connected for operation from a key-actuated cylinder mounted in the outside face of the door. For classroom function, the turnknob has a limited throw and has lost motion relative to the crank arm so as to allow retraction of the bolt by the turnknob but prevent its advancement thereby to locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Best Lock Corporation
    Inventors: Walter E. Best, William R. Foshee