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Locking device

US4314217A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 1, 1979
Grant dateFeb 2, 1982
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Expiry dateAug 1, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/7113
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A locking device includes a housing, a plunger slidably supported in the housing for displacement in a first direction between two end positions and an electromagnet disposed in the housing and having a solenoid and an armature displaceable in a second direction by the force of a magnetic field generated upon energization of the solenoid and a coupling arrangement for operatively connecting the armature with the plunger for affecting the position of the plunger dependent upon the position of the armature. The coupling arrangement comprises a switch-over device which has two stable end positions and which is force-transmittingly connected to the plunger.

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