Locks – Operating mechanism – Key
Patent
1990-07-09
1992-02-11
Gall, Lloyd A.
Locks
Operating mechanism
Key
70377, 70392, E05B 1514
Patent
active
050866311
ABSTRACT:
The lifting and rotating zeroes and the combination discs of a disc cylinder lock are provided with curved internal camming surfaces designed to mate with external curved camming surfaces on the key shank. The curved camming surfaces consist of segments of mathematically defined spirals, with non-uniform radii as measured from the lock axis.
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Boucher Darnell M.
Gall Lloyd A.
Olson Manufacturing Co.
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