Locking cylinder and locking apparatus
US5964112A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T70/7864
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A locking cylinder (1) with a cylindrical housing (2) of which the core bore (7) receives a cylindrical core (8) having a key channel (9) with core pins provided in the cylindrical core and housing pins displaceably guided in housing pin bores, the housing pins being resiliently biased by springs in the direction of the core pins, and with at least one additional, core-adjacent tumbler element (15) adjacent the wide-side profile of the key, the element (15) being displaceable in a cavity (H) crossing the rotational interface of the cylindrical core, the tumbler element being spring biased in the outward direction of the core and having a control projection (22, 51) projecting sidewards into the key channel (9, 43). In order to provide greater security, a locking recess (13', 48) is located in crossing or opposing relation to the housing pin bores, for receiving the additional tumbler element (15, 49) so as to block rotation, in which a housing-adjacent tumbler pin (14) biased in the inward direction of the core is able to project into the core cavity (13) when the tumbler pin (15) is withdrawn across the rotational interface (F), and in which the spring force of the spring (17) loa…
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.