Sliding And Rotary Or Swinging Tumblers Patents (Class 70/349)
  • Publication number: 20140041427
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a lock cylinder having a rotatable spindle with at least one disc and at least one wafer housing rotatingly engaged therewith. A slidable wafer is carried on the wafer housing. A locking bar is operable to prevent rotation of the lock cylinder in a locked position and permit rotation of the lock cylinder in an unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Robert D. Zuraski, Mary Teresa Sarich, Daniel Hugh Kindstrand, David Bruce Miller
  • Publication number: 20110016936
    Abstract: A lock core and key blank are disclosed. The disclosed lock core includes a core body, a core sleeve, a core plug, and a side pin assembly including a side pin, a region pin, and a spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Diana Teixeira
  • Publication number: 20090282880
    Abstract: A door handle assembly that can be locked and unlocked using a key. The door handle assembly includes a bolt that is movable from an extended position to a retracted position. The first handle is coupled to the bolt and adapted to cause the bolt to retract when the first handle is pushed. A second handle is coupled to the bolt and adapted to cause the bolt to retract when the second handle is pulled. A key locking mechanism is coupled to the first handle. The key locking mechanism is adapted to selectively prevent the bolt from moving to the retracted position. A safety locking mechanism is coupled to the second handle. The safety locking mechanism is adapted to selectively prevent the bolt from moving to the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: Owen R. Baser
  • Patent number: 5335520
    Abstract: A flat lock set has a flat lock having a cylinder, a tumbler, several rings and springs and a key having several stepped blades each having several shoulders. The cylinder is mounted in a door and has four groups of ribs formed therein. Each group includes several separate ribs defining several passages extending perpendicular to a length of the cylinder. The cylinder has a first end defining a first opening and a second end integrating with a ring defining a second opening. The tumbler has a disk integrating with a key receiver integrating with a latch carrier. The key carrier is separated into several prongs. The rings each have two ears formed along an outer rim thereof and several arms formed along an inner rim thereof. When the rings and springs are alternatively mounted on the first sections of the prongs, the arms formed on the rings are sited between the prongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Inventor: Miko Lee
  • Patent number: 4735068
    Abstract: A card operated lock includes a lock box in which an inner card slit opened to the interior of a room and a outer card slit opened to the exterior of the room are disposed in substantially coplanar relationship with each other. A lock card having a predetermined pattern of punched engaging holes is inserted previously into the inner card slit while a key card comprising the same pattern of punched engaging holes as the lock card is inserted into the outer card slit when the lock is unlocked or opened. A plurality of rocking tumblers each of which is substantially in the form of a T-shaped plate are inserted into the lock box in the form of an array extended in the widthwise direction of the key card and perpendicular to the card slits. A horizontal bar portion of each T-shaped rocking tumbler is extended along both the inner and outer card slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: Miwa Lock Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Shimoi, Yoshiaki Katoh
  • 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: 4481798
    Abstract: A door lock comprises, a casing; means rotatably mounted in the casing for actuating a lock bolt between the locking position and release position of the lock; means for locking said rotatable means against rotation when the lock is in its locking position, the locking means capable of relieving the rotatable means from locking when the key is inserted and the rotatable means is turned by an external action that does not route through the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Inventor: Takhi Inada
  • Patent number: 4450699
    Abstract: A tumbler lock including a housing that defines a keyway and a plurality of tumblerways communicating therewith. Disposed for both reciprocating and rotational movement in each of the tumblerways is a pin tumbler movable from locked positions into at least one shear position comprising predetermined longitudinal and angular positions. Biasing each of said tumblers into other than the predetermined shear angular positions are spring members each extending between the housing and one of the tumblers. A release mechanism is movable from a closed position into an open position with all the tumblers in their shear positions and is restrained in its closed position with any of the tumblers in one of its locked positions. Cooperating with the lock is a key having a plurality of alignment portions, each one adapted to engage an alignment surface on one of the pins and to move the pin into its shear position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Inventor: Joseph M. Genakis
  • Patent number: 4096716
    Abstract: A rotatable latch member having stop means thereon, a plurality of locking trains of different lengths mounted to engage and disengage the stop means to lock and unlock the latch member, and a shaft assembly selectively operable by a knob or a key having a number of teeth of predetermined length, there being a key tooth for each train, the length of that tooth depending upon the length of its train. Said knob and said key being independently operable to cause all of the locking trains to disengage the stop means to unlock the latch member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Inventor: Paul S. Cormier