Locks – Operating mechanism – Key
Patent
1981-10-13
1984-10-02
Wolfe, Robert L.
Locks
Operating mechanism
Key
70347, 70364R, E05B 2902, E05B 3500
Patent
active
044740425
ABSTRACT:
A multistation lock including: a housing; a plug rotatable in the housing between a lock position and first and second stations; a keyway in the plug; locking tumbler means for coupling the plug and housing and being biased into a locking position and being movable to a shear position by a proper key in the keyway; and a code track in the housing, the track having a different code segment for each station for engaging a code section of a key shoulder, including a first code segment for the first station for enabling a first key having a code section receivable by the first code segment to move between the lock position and the first station, and a second code segment for the second station for enabling a second key having a code section receivable by the second code segment to move between the lock position and the second station.
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patent: 4302957 (1981-12-01), Wolter
Iandiorio Joseph S.
Three Point Products, Inc.
Wolfe Robert L.
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