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Lock cylinder

US5339663A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1992
Grant dateAug 23, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/7718
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lock cylinder which can be actuated from one side by a knob and from the opposite side by a key, has a locking-member hub and a cylinder core which has tumblers adapted to be positioned by the key. A free passage is provided between a coupling member and a locking-member hub so that the coupling member entrains the locking-member hub only in one direction of rotation and can be freely turned back from the entrainment end position.

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