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Locking device

US4428211A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 12, 1981
Grant dateJan 31, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 12, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/8649
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A locking device of the type having a lock cylinder containing a lock plug with a threaded rod connected thereto in a manner causing rotation of the rod with rotation of the lock plug by a key operating the tumbler includes a relatively massive cylindrical lock housing having a bore extending axially therethrough, the lock cylinder being fastened against rotational and axial movements relative to the lock housing, and a relatively massive cylindrical sleeve member with a blind bore therein and a screw threaded surface arrangement in a portion of the blind bore for threadingly engaging the threaded rod. In accordance with a first embodiment, relative rotation between the lock housing and the sleeve member is prevented by a counterbore in an open end of the blind bore of the sleeve member of non-circular transverse cross section and a portion of the exterior of the lock housing of reduced circumference, non-circular transverse cross section that is at least partially receivable in the counterbore. In accordance with a second embodiment, such relative rotation between the lock housing and the sleeve member is effectuated by a pair of pivotally connected semi-annular shackle members, t…

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