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Lock structure with fingerprint recognition function

  • US 20090071208A1
  • Filed: 09/17/2007
  • Published: 03/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A lock structure comprising a fingerprint reader and a lock and installed in two hinged box chambers of a storage container for locking said hinged box chambers in a closed condition, whereinsaid lock comprises a housing affixed to one box chamber of said storage container, a control circuit assembly mounted in said housing, a strike plate affixed to the other box chamber of said storage container corresponding to said housing, said strike plate having a plurality of hook holes, a locking plate mounted in said housing, said locking plate having two swivel hooks extending out of said housing for hooking in said hook holes of said strike plate to lock said housing to said strike plate, a link mounted in said housing and coupled to said locking plate and operable to move said locking plate between a locking position where said swivel hooks are respectively forced into engagement with said hook holes of said strike plate and an unlocking position where said swivel hooks are disengaged from said hook holes of said strike plate, said link having a push plate at one end thereof, a movable stop plate mounted inside said housing, said movable stop plate having an oblique stop flange stopped against the push plate of said link, a swivel connector pivotally mounted in said housing, a driver mounted inside said housing controllable by said control circuit assembly to move said swivel connector between a first position where said swivel connector is engaged with said movable stop plate to stop said link from movement and a second position where said swivel connector is disengaged from said movable stop plate for allowing movement of said movable stop plate with said link;

  • said fingerprint reader is mounted on the outside of the box chamber of said storage container in which said housing of said lock is installed, said fingerprint reader comprising a fingerprint sensor adapted to detect a fingerprint of a specific person, an electrical connector electrically connected to said control circuit assembly of said lock for outputting a driving signal to said control circuit assembly for causing said driver to move said swivel connector to said second position to unlock said movable stop plate and said link when said fingerprint sensor detected the fingerprint of said specific person, and a slide coupled to said link for moving said link when said movable stop plate is unlocked from said swivel connector.

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