Locks – Operating mechanism – Combination
Patent
1976-01-30
1976-11-16
Frazier, Roy D.
Locks
Operating mechanism
Combination
70322, 70355, E05B 3708
Patent
active
039915964
ABSTRACT:
A tumbler wheel type lock mechanism for use in key locks, dial operated combination locks and the like, including plural tumbler wheels in a lock casing having gated rim portions encircling hub portions which may be adjusted to different angular positions relative to their associated rim portions. A pivoted fence lever is normally releasably latched in a raised inactive position, and a releasing spring is activated by a control cam to impact against a shoulder formation on the fence lever for releasing the latter from such latched condition and impelling it to coupled relation with the control cam when the tumbler wheels occupy a predetermined alignment whereby the lock cam can be unlocked by operation of the control cam.
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Frazier Roy D.
Holko Thomas J.
Sargent & Greenleaf, Inc.
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