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Locking apparatus

US5839308A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateOct 30, 1997
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/7881
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A key blank including a generally elongate shaft portion defining a key combination surface adapted to have formed thereon key cuts which define a key combination, the key blank including a movable pin element retained within the elongate shaft portion, the movable pin element being displaceable in a single direction, outwardly from the key combination surface.

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