Abstract: A steering column shaft locking device is disclosed in which a lever is rotatably mounted in a key cylinder when a key is inserted into the key cylinder, producing reaction force on a front wall of a housing, thereby causing the key cylinder to move backward against resilient force of a spring in order to certainly operate a key detecting switch provided in an ignition switch device. A guard plate is provided between the key cylinder and the front end of the housing so as to rotate it together with the key cylinder and guard plate when the key is rotated. Forward movement of the key cylinder is controlled by a retainer placed at the proximity thereof and a detent placed therein. The spring urges the key cylinder and the retainer in the forward direction and the detent radially inwardly. The guard plate serves to prevent abrasion of the lever and unauthorized insertion of tools into the device.

Abstract: A locking apparatus with a key comprising a cylindrical body, a cylindrical operation member mounted inside the body, a first spring for returning the operation member to an original position, a key rotor mounted inside the operation member, a second spring for urging the key rotor to rotate to an original position, a limiting member provided in the key rotor, a third spring for urging the limiting member to project outwardly from the key rotor, an engagement portion disposed in the body, the engagement portion being engaged with the limiting member projected outwardly by the third spring when the operation member is pushed inwardly by a predetermined stroke along the axis against the first spring by a manual operation, and a disengagement portion provide in the body, the disengagement portion unlocking the limiting member from the engagement portion thereby returning the operation member and the key rotor to original positions under the elastic forces of the first and second springs in response to rotation o

Abstract: A key-operated lock installable on a portable cooler cabinet and associated lid, with the lock surfaces substantially flush with the cabinet-lid surfaces. The lock includes a lock bolt housing formed by two telescopically connected tubes extendable through aligned openings in two spaced walls of the cabinet lid. The key-operated bolt is movable axially and rotationally to effect a lock action.

Abstract: A lock of the disconnectable rotor type comprises a rotor rotatable in a stator sleeve rotatable in a fixed lock case. Locking means (e.g. pairs of pins or pallets) cooperate with rotor and stator sleeve to couple them together for simultaneous rotation in the absence of a correct key while freeing the rotor from the stator sleeve when the correct key is introduced. The stator sleeve is maintained in a normal or "rest" position by an effaceable indexing member. The indexing member cooperates with the lock case to maintain the stator sleeve in its said position. A lock bolt actuating lever is coupled to the rotor by coupling means such as to effect this coupling only after rotation of the rotor independently of the stator sleeve. The coupling means include a slide ring rotatable with the rotor, cooperating with the stator sleeve through camming means to slide the slide ring axially, and including at least one actuating finger.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a modular communication socket in which device with locking mechanism is inserted into socket, and a sliding bolt is positioned posterior to retention shoulder of socket preventing the removal of device from socket, and therefore making socket unusable while device remains in socket, said device also allowing for the unlocking and removal of device from socket so that the communication socket may again be used.

Abstract: Locking means for preventing or checking use of or access to objects such as, for example, mopeds, bicycles, cars etc. by unauthorized people, said device comprising a bar-type element, comprising a cylinder lock provided with a catch which can be moved at right angles to the axial direction of the cylinder lock by means of, for example, a key, which bar-type element can mate with and is to be placed in two or more holes which are or can be placed in line with each other, the first hole being provided with a groove or keyway which is directed from the inner surface of the hole to the outside, is circular, and the center point of which lines approximately axis of the hole, the latter hole being provided with a bottom, and the internal diameter of each hole corresponding to the external diameter of that part of the bar-type element which is placed in the hole when the bar-type element is in the closed position, and the holes with which the locking means must mate can be provided in one or more objects.

Abstract: An improved plunger lock mechanism in which a shell is supported within a lock casing for movement to and from a locked position, the shell carrying a plug lock which is rotatable relative to the shell upon insertion of an appropriate key. The plug lock carries a bolt which is movable outwardly to latching engagement with a latch shoulder provided in the casing. A cam surface is so disposed in the casing as to urge the bolt inwardly from its latching position to a retracted position upon rotation of the plug lock, thereby permitting release of the shell from its locked position.

Abstract: A plunger lock with a readily removable core is disclosed. The lock has a cylindrical housing and a core. The core is provided with a detent which is retractable when the proper key is inserted in the keyway of the core to permit rotation of the core within the housing. The rotation and longitudinal movement of the core within the housing is defined by the cooperation of a stop in a locking/unlocking groove formed on the core to permit the core to move longitudinally between locked and unlocked positions. The keyway opens to the surface of the core adjacent the locking/unlocking groove. A core insertion/removal groove is formed on the core adjacent the keyway on the opposite side from the locking/unlocking groove. A normal operating key which is inserted in the keyway permits retraction of the detent so that the core may be moved between the locked and unlocked positions, but prevents passage of the stop between the locking/unlocking groove and the core insertion/removal groove.

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.

Abstract: A lock is provided for use in preventing relative movement of first and second sliding panels arranged in side-by-side passing relation. The lock includes a lock cylinder that is mounted in the first sliding panel and has an inner wall defining a core-receiving chamber. The lock further includes a lock core that has a slot for receiving a key and is slidably mounted in the core-receiving chamber for movement between a projected and retracted position. In its projected position, the lock core substantially blocks movement of the second sliding panel in relation to the first sliding panel. In its retracted position, the lock core permits unhindered movement of the second sliding panel in relation to the first sliding panel. In a first embodiment, the lock core includes separate first and second control lugs positioned in spaced-apart relation. In a second embodiment, the lock core includes a single control lug.

Abstract: A lock mechanism comprises a housing having a bore therein, a sleeve located within said bore, means for indexing said sleeve within said bore at a selected angular disposition in relation to said sleeve, a rotor which is rotatably mounted and axially slidable within said sleeve, said rotor having a longitudinally extending key slot, pistons slidable within bores in said sleeve and rotor between a first position where said sleeve and rotor are coupled together for simultaneous rotation and a second position on insertion of a key in said slot, and a control element for effecting movement of mechanism to be controlled. The rotor is movable axially from a first position where it is disengaged from said control element and a second position where it drivably engages said control element.

Abstract: A lock is provided for use in preventing relative movement of first and second sliding panels arranged in side-by-side passing relation. The lock includes a lock cylinder that is mounted in the first sliding panel and has an inner wall defining a core-receiving chamber. The lock further includes a lock core that has a slot for receiving a key and is slidably mounted in the core-receiving chamber for movement between a projected and retracted position. In its projected position, the lock core substantially blocks movement of the second sliding panel in relation to the first sliding panel. In its retracted position, the lock core permits unhindered movement of the second sliding panel in relation to the first sliding panel. In a first embodiment, the lock core includes separate first and second control lugs positioned in spaced-apart relation. In a second embodiment, the lock core includes a single control lug.

Abstract: A lock assembly has a lock barrel which slides in a housing so that a finger at the end of the barrel can release a latch. The lock barrel is prevented from sliding when the barrel is locked, by engagement of the finger with a blocking plate, but the barrel is freed when the key is inserted and turned. The finger is made so that it shortens if excessive axial force is applied while the barrel is locked. This shortening may be effected by including an easily rupturable connection between different sections of the finger. When the finger shortens, the connection ruptures and prevents the finger from getting near the latch to release it. Once the connection has ruptured, further movement of the barrel into the housing will bring the barrel into contact with the outer periphery of the blocking plate which is well supported.

Abstract: A locking member comprises a keyed cylinder 14 for a cam lever lock installed in a housing member 8 which is received within a mounting 4. The housing member 8 and mounting 4 are formed from case hardened steel. A bolt nose 19 projects from the housing member 8 and can be slid into a keeper 1. A slot in the housing member 8 can be aligned with either of two slots 12 and 13 for receipt of the cam plate 10 of the cam lever lock when the housing member 8 with the associated bolt nose 19 is in either the release position or the locking position respectively. Contactor plates 27 are provided in the wall of the mounting 4 and will be aligned with spring loaded pins held within blocks 29 to complete an electrical bridge circuit when the assembly is in either the locking or release positions so that the status of the locking member can be indicated at a remote point.

Abstract: A cylinder lock having a plurality of plate-like tumblers, each of which is carried by the lock barrel to rotate therewith and each being adapted to locate within a respective locking recess provided in the lock body and thereby hold the barrel against rotation relative to the body. The tumbler plates are movable laterally relative to the barrel axis so as to be capable of removal from their respective locking recesses and thereby free the barrel for rotation. A locking pin interconnects the tumbler plates so that they move in unison between their barrel locking and release positions, and a plurality of rotatable discs interacts with that pin to control its ability to move radially inwards and thereby free the tumbler plates from their locking recesses. Each disc has a peripheral notch which must be located adjacent the locking pin to allow the aforementioned radial inward movement.

Abstract: A tamper resistant reciprocal cylinder lock comprising mutually engageable structures on the lock sleeve and bolt keeper having the capacity to increase the resistance of the lock sleeve forward portion from disengagement with the lock sleeve inner portion when the lock and keeper mechanism in a locked position are under physical attack.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety lock including a cylindrical body in which is movably mounted a cylinder containing a safety mechanism which is constituted by pivoting blades meshing respectively with toothed wheels loosely mounted on an axis pin transversely connected to a cylinder and each provided with a notch adapted to be positively and drivingly connected to a catch for operating the lock mechanism, only after the notches are caused to coincide with the catch which initially is spaced from the wheels.

Abstract: A locking mechanism according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in use with a drug delivery system having a control module and a reservoir module. The reservoir and control modules are removably hinged together at one end and are held by the locking mechanism of the present invention at the other end. The locking mechanism includes a latch button rotatably and slideably mounted about a longitudinal axis in the control module. A locking bolt is further provided rotatably received on an eccentric portion of the latch button. The locking bolt is prevented from sliding on the latch button by a pin extending in the latch button and is also prevented from rotating with the latch button by its slideable receipt in tracks formed in the control module.

Abstract: An improved door latch of the type having a handle movable to latch and unlatch the door. A lock is disposed in the handle and is movable to a locked position wherein the lock extends from the handle to engage the door preventing movement of the handle. A bolt extends from the side of the lock to maintain the lock in the locked position, the bolt being retracted by insertion and rotation of a key in the lock. The lock is also movable to an unlocked position wherein the lock is withdrawn from the door to permit movement of the handle. The improvement concerns a chamber having a partition which defines a first pocket to receive the extended bolt and maintain the lock in the locked position. The partition also defines a second pocket to receive the extended bolt when the lock is in the unlocked position. To move the lock between the unlocked and locked position the key must be inserted to retract the bolt clear of the partition.

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.

Abstract: A locking device to be locked onto the kingpin of a trailer to prevent its being engaged by the fifth wheel of an unauthorized tractor. The locking device closely encircles the kingpin and houses within an aperture a locking bar that is adapted to be pressed into engagement with the kingpin recess or groove. The outer wall of the locking device casing has a protrusion in the area of the locking bar aperture such that the locking bar and the locking unit disposed therein are recessed within the aperture and thereby protected. The locking bar aperture from the outer end of the locking bar when in the locked position to the outer wall of the protrusion on the casing is counterbored beyond the transverse cross-section of the locking bar.

Abstract: A key operated security switch has a housing containing a fixed contact. The housing has a slider provided with contact means movable therewith for slidable, non-rotary movement in the housing. A plurality of locking pins are slidably mounted in recesses formed in the housing and are spring-urged partly into the housing and partly into said slider so as to lock the slider relative to the housing. A plurality of plungers engage at one end with the adjacent ends of said locking pins and at the other end are engageable by the stepped edge of a key inserted into the slot of a barrel rotatably mounted in the housing. The stepped edge of the key projects through the slot of the barrel but does not engage the plungers during insertion or withdrawal.

Abstract: A steering lock for an automobile includes a key cylinder, rotatable and axially movable upon rotation of a key inserted in the key cylinder, into locking engagement with a locking bar to lift the latter clear of engagement with a steering shaft. When the key cylinder is turned back and the key is pulled out, the key cylinder is moved back out of locking engagement with the locking bar, which then locks the steering shaft. The returning movement of the key cylinder depresses a spring-loaded control member into a key slot in the key cylinder. When the key cylinder is fully moved back, the spring-loaded control member is pulled out of the key slot. With such an arrangement, the key cylinder can directly engage the locking bar to displace the latter into a retracted position or allow the same to move to a locking position.

Abstract: A key operated lock having a handle member slidably and rotatably operating within a rose member secured in a door, the rose having a bore therethrough in which a lock cylinder is rotatably mounted but restrained against axial displacement and has an axially displaceable and rotatably mounted latch actuator operably engageable with the handle by a key insertable into the handle transversely to the rotational axis. The lock cylinder has fixed wards extending toward the handle and key member which in the proper position of the key are in alignment with holes in the key which permit interlocking of the handle via the key with the lock cylinder for simultaneous rotation.

Abstract: A control device for a magnetic cylindrical lock having a cylindrical housing and a cylindrical plug disposed for rotational and axial movements in the housing, comprises a longitudinal bore in the plug, magnetic rotary members arranged for rotation across the longitudinal bore, and arresting means for blocking the rotation of the plug in one axial position of the latter and for permitting the rotary movement in another axial position.

Abstract: A lock for a motorcycle saddle bag container includes a key operated plug attached to a lock housing mounted on the inside wall of the container. The plug operates a pivotal and transversely movable shutter. The shutter, in turn, cooperates with a strike attached to the inside of the lid for the container. A rubber seal maintains the shutter and strike in a locked position until the lid is manually depressed to compress the seal and release the shutter from the strike.

Abstract: A key operated locking mechanism comprises a cylinder housing, an axially displaceable cylinder core which rotates in a cylindrical opening in the cylinder housing and which is movable axially between a locking position and an unlocking position, a locking bolt movable by said core between locking and unlocking positions, and plate tumblers on said core which project, in the axially displaced locking position of the cylinder core, beyond the external surface thereof when the key has been withdrawn. In the cylindrical opening in the cylinder housing there is provided at least one contact surface, which is arranged so as to be transverse of the lock axis and is directed towards the locking bolt, for cooperation with a portion of at least one of said plate tumblers that surmounts the cylinder core surface at a point with which the surmounting portion is in abutting contact in that axial position of the cylinder core in which the locking bolt is in its locking position.

Abstract: A control device for a magnetic cylindrical lock having a cylindrical housing and a cylindrical plug disposed for rotational and axial movements in the housing, comprises a longitudinal boring in the plug, magnetic rotary members arranged for rotation across the longitudinal boring, and arresting means for blocking the rotation of the plug in one axial position of the latter and for permitting the rotary movement in another axial position.

Abstract: A magnetically operable key comprises a cylindrical casing containing a turnable member, a drive member and a latch, which are all co-rotatably mounted in the casing with the drive member axially displaceable between the turnable member and the latch within the casing. The drive member has a groove defined thereon which has two circumferential portions and a slanted portion interconnecting the circumferential portions. An engagement pin is connected to the casing and extends into the guide groove for causing axial movement of the drive member when the drive member is rotated and when the pin is disposed in the slanted portion. At least one magnetic piece is pivotally mounted to the turnable member and movable by a magnetic key from a misaligned position to an aligned position. The drive member has a cavity for receiving the magnetic piece when aligned to permit axial movement of the drive member. The misaligned magnetic piece abuts against the drive member and prevents axial movement thereof.

Abstract: A coincidental lock for a motor vehicle comprises a key controlled lock cylinder mounted in the axial bore of a housing for axial displacement and for rotation in its inward position into selected operating positions. A lock bolt is mounted in a cross bore of the housing for displacement between a retracted and a locking position for the steering column of the vehicle. A spring biases the lock bolt into the locking position and displaces the lock cylinder outwardly, and a latch member on the lock bolt maintains the lock bolt in the retracted position when the lock cylinder is in the inward position.

Abstract: A coincidental lock for a motor vehicle comprises a key controlled lock cylinder mounted in the axial bore of a housing for axial displacement between an outward and an inward position, and for rotation in its inward position into selected operating positions. A lock bolt is mounted in a cross bore of the housing for displacement between a retracted and a locking position for the steering column of the vehicle. A spring biases the lock bolt into the locking position, and a latch member on the lock bolt maintains the lock bolt in the retracted position when the lock cylinder is in the inward position. A driving member operated by the rotation of the lock displaces the bolt against the spring bias into the retracted position and includes a control ring arranged for engagement with the latch member in the retracted position and carrying a cam projecting from the control ring towards the lock bolt.

Abstract: A tumbler pin-type cylinder lock wherein the lock cylinder is mounted for controlled axial or axial and radial movement relative to the lock cylinder housing characterized in that the key and the cylinder have cooperating surfaces for axially shifting the cylinder toward the device actuating position. The cooperating surfaces comprise a conical depression on the lock cylinder and a cooperating pointed element at the inner end of the key. The conical depression is also characterized by having an opening in the center aligned with a counter bore extending axially through the cylinder.

Abstract: Automobile door lock assembly of push-button type including a rotatable element axially movable with a push-button and an annular element co-axial with the rotatable element. The rotatable element is formed with an axially extending slot having a shoulder defined by a wide and narrow portions of the slot. The annular element has a lug adapted to be placed in the slot of the rotatable element so that, when the lug is placed in the position engageable with the shoulder, the axial movement of the rotatable element is prohibited but, when the rotatable element is rotated to place the lug out of the path of the shoulder, the axial movement of the rotatable element is allowed to release the latch in the lock assembly. The annular element has manually actuatable lever so that it can be actuated into locking position without using a key.

Abstract: The steering lock for vehicles, more especially for motor cycles, comprises a lock reception housing which is secured to a tube of the vehicle steering shaft and in which there are arranged in an axially parallel manner a locking bolt to be introduced into the steering shaft and a cylinder lock so as to be axially displaceable and being connected, and comprises a cylinder housing, a cylinder core within the housing, a locking part which projects beyond the cylinder housing and can be introduced, for fixing the cylinder lock in the locking positions, into a recess of the lock reception housing.The locking part is a ring sector which, in the locking position, projects with one area into the recess of the lock reception housing in an interlocking manner and stays with the remaining area in a recess of the locking bolt, which recess receives the ring sector in the displaced position and comprises a surface which is vertical to the locking bolt longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A lock has a bolt and a key-operated barrel at right angles, and with their axes coplanar. A pinion has teeth which engage teeth on the bolt and teeth on an extension of the barrel. The pinion, bolt and barrel are in a longitudinally split housing, held together by screws, the pinion having a slot to receive one of the screws. The barrel lock moves a latch plate transverse to its axes, so as to extend into a slot in the housing to prevent movement of the barrel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a locking device having an inner lock cylinder axially slidable in a recess in the lock housing. Tumbler means prevent relative motion between the cylinder and the housing until the axial insertion of a key with a double set of notches. Upon insertion thereof, the cylinder may be axially displaced only by pressure against the key to actuate the lock release.

Abstract: A high security hasp-enshrouding lock for securing together a pair of companion locking bars having adjacent apertured hasp portions projecting outwardly in parallel abutment, the lock having a lock body providing with a rearwardly opening cavity to receive the alined abutting hasp portions therein shielded over most of their extent by the lock body and having a shackle bar on a pivoted shackle lever movable transversely through the cavity and hasp apertures to lock the hasp portions against withdrawal. The locking mechanism within the lock body includes a pivoted hasp clamping member along one side of the cavity having a rear portion projecting from the lock body to intercept wedge type attack tools during attempts to wedge the lock from the schackle and having a contact surface defining a side portion of the cavity.

Abstract: A tumbler pin-type cylinder lock wherein the lock cylinder is mounted for controlled axial or axial and radial movement relative to the lock cylinder housing characterized in that the cylinder is provided with a safety cover and the key and the cylinder have cooperating surfaces for axially shifting the cylinder toward a device actuating position. The cooperating surfaces may comprise the first tumbler and a cooperating portion of the key or the most inner end of the key and a cooperating surface on the cylinder. The assembly also includes a fixed pin in the lock housing which engages a track or groove on the cylinder to thereby control the axial and/or axial and radial positioning of the cylinder relative to the lock housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cylindrical lock having a stator with a rotor in said stator having lamellae actuated by a flat key.The rotor comprises floating lamellae capable of moving freely, but to a limited extent, both radially and angularly, and means for guiding the flat key over its entire introduction path into the rotor without any possibility of lateral and radial displacement, this key comprising complementary profiles along its two edges and a tapered end with convex surfaces.

Abstract: A cylinder lock, particularly useful as a vehicle steering lock, of which the barrel is axially slidable between an outer, locked position and an inner position in which the barrel can be rotated by an appropriately coded key. Insertion of a key into the key passage of the barrel when the barrel is in the outer position is prevented by closure elements which are displaced by the leading end of the key, axial movement of the barrel from the outer to the inner position occurring during such displacement.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lock comprising a housing and a shell movable therein between a locked position and an unlocked position. Locking apparatus is responsive to a key and releasably restrains the shell in the locked position. Restraining apparatus is responsive to the same key and selectively prevents the removal of the shell from the housing.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for locking menbers, such as slidable or swingable closures, to another, usually stationary, member in closed position in which a bracket on the stationary member is engageable by a hook on the closure member to latch the members together while actuation of the hook into a position of disengagement from the bracket to unlock the members from each other is accomplished by a key operated push lock mechanism.

Abstract: A filing cabinet lock including a generally elliptical barrel having a cylindrical longitudinal plug-receiving bore is provided with a key plug assembly of the spring-pressed plate tumbler type rotatable in the bore and adapted for cooperation with a single-bitted key. First and second slots are provided in the barrel along the bore, for reception of the tumbler ends projecting from the plug assembly when locked and during unlocking, respectively. The outer end of the first slot and a portion of the outer end of the second slot are covered by a plug head in the assembly, and the remaining portion of the outer end of the second slot is covered by a cover member mounted on the barrel, whereby access to the slots from outside of the barrel is prevented.

Abstract: A lock mechanism comprises a plug slidably to a home position into a cavity of a block which plug has a recess for receiving side-by-side plates.Said block has a receptacle for receiving a similar set of spring biased plates. The front base of said plug a keyway with rectangular cross section communicates with said recess at a position close to the bottom thereof. A key is also provided for said mechanism which is made up of as many bars as are the plates.The plates in said recess have a bevelled corner. The bevel plane of the plates and of the key bars being the same.When the key is inserted home into said plug the bevelled point of each bar of the key engages the bevelled corner of a corresponding plate in the recess and lifts it to come flush with its upper edge with said recess aperture whereby the mechanism is unlocked.When the key is withdrawn from said slot the plates in said receptacle are moved by the related springs to enter the plug recess and block the mechanism thereby.