Front-installed cam lock

Details Front-installed cam lock Front-installed cam lock

1992-09-08

1993-10-12

Cuomo, Peter M.

Locks

Operating mechanism

Key

70370, 70451, 70466, 411508, 411913, E05B 908

Patent

active

052514676

ABSTRACT:
A lock for front-mounting through a panel opening in a panel, the lock having a face plate, a barrel extending transversely from the face plate, and a shaft extending from the barrel to receive a cam. The lock has a retaining spring with a base and two legs, the base and legs being formed of spring steel and being integral with one another, the base having a central opening receiving the shaft and being so dimensioned as to be able to pass through the panel opening when the base is mounted on the shaft, each of the legs having two sides of different lengths so that the outer ends of the legs are angular. The legs extend generally transversely of the base with the outer ends being spaced apart a greater distance than the size of the panel opening, so that when the lock is pressed through the panel opening the face plate will engage with one side of the panel and the outer ends will engage with the other side of the panel, securing the lock in position. Modifications include the use of a U-shaped base which can be slipped into a slot on a unit to be installed, and having a separate, barbed base for each leg, the base fitting into and locking in a slot.

REFERENCES:
patent: Re22544 (1944-09-01), Tinnerman
patent: 2093038 (1937-09-01), Douglas
patent: 2632615 (1953-03-01), Churchill
patent: 3842709 (1974-10-01), Fuqua
patent: 4080522 (1978-03-01), Schimmels
patent: 4381656 (1983-05-01), Hayakawa

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