Patent · US Expired

Lock arrangement employing mechanically acting code card and key card

US5343724A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 1993
Grant dateSep 6, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/7751
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a locking apparatus that utilizes bores and blocking pins along with key cards and code cards to unlock the lock, a master card key is employed with holes in all of the master card bores and balls are used instead of blocking pins.

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