Locks – Operating mechanism – Key
Patent
1975-11-21
1977-04-05
Wolfe, Robert L.
Locks
Operating mechanism
Key
70377, 70419, E05B 1514
Patent
active
040154580
ABSTRACT:
A wafer type tumbler lock construction in which the individual wafer tumblers have a serrated edge for engagement with side bar tumbler inhibiting means actuated when an attempt is made to pick the lock. The side bar means includes a plurality of T-shaped elements, the cross bar portion of which has a serrated edge of length equal to a major portion of the length of the serrated edge on the respective tumbler. The angle of the serrations is such that under normal lock operation, the side bar will be cammed out of engagement with the introduction into the lock cylinder of a correct key.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1965889 (1934-07-01), Fitzgerald
patent: 2139842 (1938-12-01), Miller
patent: 3722241 (1973-03-01), Sussina
Temko Charles E.
Wolfe Robert L.
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