KEY CODED LOCK

• US 20140250952A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: YiFeng Manufacturing Co.,Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Leo Lai
• Inventors: Lai, Leo
• Application Number:
  US13/695,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20140250952A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 70/14
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/0034 actuated by either
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 37/025 in padlocks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/40 Portable

Abstract

A key coded lock wherein the casing has a bottom shell and a surface shell; the cipher device is arranged on the left of the upper end face of the bottom shell; the lockset is arranged on the right of the upper end face of the bottom shell; the cipher device has a plurality of password wheels and a plurality of password adjustment wheels; the latch hook has a first straightline section, a bending section and a second straightline section; clamping grooves are formed on inner side faces of the password wheels; the lockset has a lock core, a sleeve and a latch hook sleeve; the lower end of the sleeve is connected with the lock core and the upper end of the sleeve is an open end and provided with an internal thread; a threaded rod engaged with the sleeve is formed on the latch hook sleeve.

Claims

1. A key coded lock, comprising a casing, a cipher device, a latch hook and a lockset, wherein the casing having a bottom shell and a surface shell engaged with each other;

the cipher device arranged on the left of the upper end face of the bottom shell;

the lockset arranged on the right of the upper end face of the bottom shell;

the cipher device having a password wheel set formed by a plurality of password wheels and a password adjustment wheel set formed by a plurality of password adjustment wheels engaged with the password wheels;

the latch hook having a first straightline section, a bending section and a second straightline section;

the first straightline section and the second straightline section being parallel to each other;

both ends of the bending section respectively connected with upper ends of the first and second straightline sections;

projections of which the number being the same with that of the password adjustment wheels formed on the side face of the first straightline section and distributed linearly;

each password adjustment wheel having an annular column;

a circular ring provided with an opening formed inside the annular column;

the openings of the circular rings engaged with the projections;

the circular rings engaged with the first straightline section;

the lower end portion of the first straightline section sleeved into the circular rings;

clamping bodies formed on lower end portions of outer side faces of the annular columns;

clamping grooves engaged with the clamping bodies formed on inner side faces of the password wheels;

the password wheels sleeved on lower end portions of the annular columns;

through holes engaged with the password wheels and password adjustment holes for mounting the password adjustment wheels formed on the left central section of the bottom shell;

a lower plughole for the first straightline section to be inserted formed on the top left of the bottom shell;

the lockset having a lock core, a sleeve and a latch hook sleeve;

a lower lockhole for mounting the lock core formed on the right bottom of the bottom shell;

a sleeve hole for mounting the sleeve formed on the lockhole of the bottom shell;

a lower latch hook sleeve hole for mounting the latch hook sleeve formed on the sleeve hole of the bottom shell;

the lock core arranged inside the lockhole;

the sleeve arranged inside the sleeve hole;

the lower end of the sleeve connected with the lock core and the upper end of the sleeve being an open end and provided with an internal thread;

a threaded rod engaged with the sleeve formed on the lower end portion of the latch hook sleeve;

the upper end portion of the latch hook sleeve extended out of the bottom shell and provided with a mounting hole for mounting the lower end portion of the second straightline section; and

the second straightline section positioned on the bottom shell.

2. The key coded lock according to claim 1, wherein a connecting body is formed on the lower end of the sleeve;

connecting holes are formed on the lower end of the connecting body; and

driving blocks deviated from an axial line of the lock core are formed on the upper end of the lock core and engaged with and inserted into the connecting holes.

3. The key coded lock according to claim 2, wherein the number of the driving blocks and the number of the connecting holes are both two;

and the two driving blocks are symmetrically arranged relative to the axial line of the lock core.

4. The key coded lock according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a spring plate is also arranged on the bottom shell and has a stator and elastic plates;

one ends of the elastic plates are connected with the stator and the other ends of the elastic plates are positioned between the password wheels and the bottom shell;

a pressure plate is arranged under the stator;

both the stator and the pressure plate are provided with a plurality of circular holes engaged with each other; and

a plurality of fixing columns engaged with the circular holes are formed in the middle of the surface shell and inserted into the circular holes.

5. The key coded lock according to claim 4, wherein through holes used for the rotation of the password wheels are formed on the left central section of the surface shell;

an upper plughole is formed on the top left of the surface shell;

the upper plughole and the lower plughole are engaged with each other to form a plughole for the first straightline section to be inserted;

an upper lockhole is formed on the right bottom of the surface shell;

the upper lockhole and the lower lockhole are engaged with each other to form a lockhole for mounting the lock core;

an upper latch hook sleeve hole is formed on the top right of the surface shell; and

the upper latch hook sleeve hole and the lower latch hook sleeve hole are engaged with each other to form a latch hook sleeve hole for mounting the latch hook sleeve.

6. The key coded lock according to claim 1, wherein a convex clamping block is formed on the side face of the first straightline section and positioned on the projections;

the bottom shell is provided with a spacing hole;

a stop block is formed inside the spacing hole;

when the lower end face of the clamping block makes contact with the stop block, the lower end face of the second straightline section is positioned on the casing;

a spacing groove along which the clamping block moves is formed aside the lower plughole of the bottom shell; and

when the clamping block moves to the upper bottom of the spacing groove, the projections on the side face of the first straightline section are all positioned inside the annular columns of the password adjustment wheels corresponding to the projections and the lower end of the second straightline section is disengaged from the latch hook sleeve.

7. The key coded lock according to claim 1, wherein a lower password adjustment hole is formed on the left bottom of the bottom shell;

a password adjustment spring is arranged inside the lower password adjustment hole;

one end of the password adjustment spring is butted with a password adjustment wheel at the bottom and the other end of the password adjustment spring is butted with the lower end face of the lower password adjustment hole; and

a spacer is arranged between the password adjustment spring and the password adjustment wheel.

8. The key coded lock according to claim 1, 2, 3, 6 or 7, wherein a password search device is arranged in the middle of the bottom shell and has a movable block and a plurality of password search rods;

password search holes are formed on upper end portions of side faces of the password adjustment wheels;

when the projections on the side face of the latch hook are engaged with the openings of the circular rings on the inner side faces of the password adjustment wheels, the password search holes turn towards the right;

a plurality of mounting holes are formed on the front end portion of the left of the movable block;

password search springs are arranged inside the mounting holes;

one ends of the password search rods are extended into the mounting holes and butted with the password search springs and the other ends of the password search rods correspond to the password search holes;

a password search device hole engaged with the password search device is formed in the middle of the bottom shell;

offsetting springs are arranged on the left of the password search device hole;

one ends of the offsetting springs are butted with the left end face of the password search device hole and the other ends of the offsetting springs are butted with the rear end portion of the left of the movable block;

a push rod is formed on the side face of the sleeve; and

when the sleeve is driven to rotate until the latch hook sleeve is extended into the casing, the push rod is positioned on the left of the sleeve.

9. The key coded lock according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of password search blocks protruded to the left are formed on the front end portion of the left of the movable block;

the mounting holes of the movable block are formed on left end faces of the password search blocks and are conical through holes; and

the password search rods are conical rods.

10. The key coded lock according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve consists of a spiral upper cover and a spiral lower cover;

a clamping column is formed on the lower end face of the spiral upper cover;

a clamping hole is formed on the upper end face of the spiral lower cover; and

the clamping column is extended into the clamping hole.