Lock with key-controlled removable and installable plug and key

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1981-03-30

1983-08-16

Wolfe, Robert L.

Locks

Operating mechanism

Key

70375, E05B 2904

Patent

active

043984053

ABSTRACT:
A lock having a key-controlled removable and installable plug including: a plug including a set of combinating tumblers and a control tumbler including a retaining end and a second end; in a first state the retaining end being extended and the second end being retracted relative to the plug and in a second state the retaining end being retracted and the second end being extended relative to the plug; means for biasing the control tumbler to one of the states, the control tumbler including means for engaging with a key to drive the control tumbler to the other state; and a shell for rotatably receiving the plug and having a peripheral groove for receiving the retaining end of the control tumbler in the first state and preventing longitudinal withdrawal of, while permitting rotation of, the plug in the shell; and a longitudinal groove for accommodating extension of the second end in the second state and enabling withdrawal and installation of the plug when the second end is aligned with the longitudinal groove.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1805891 (1931-05-01), Shinn
patent: 1882626 (1932-10-01), Jacobi
patent: 1905639 (1933-04-01), Jacobi
patent: 1964787 (1934-07-01), Voight
patent: 1968555 (1934-07-01), Horne
patent: 2036763 (1936-04-01), Lowe
patent: 2061456 (1936-11-01), Falk
patent: 2065683 (1936-12-01), Galagar
patent: 2460709 (1949-02-01), Navarro
patent: 3722243 (1973-03-01), Schiesteri
patent: 4191037 (1980-03-01), Patriquin

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