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Computer equipment lock

  • US 5,327,752 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1993
  • Issued: 07/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved lock construction for use in securing portable devices equipped with lock-accepting ports, said lock comprising, in combination:

  • an outer shell having forward and rearward ends, said outer shell including receiving means for accepting cable means, said rear end of said outer shell comprising a body portion and a protective rear plate portion,an inner shell housed within said outer shell,a rotatable driver sleeve telescoped into the forward portion of said inner shell,a stationary tumbler sleeve disposed rearward of said rotatable driver sleeve in face-to-face relation with the rear end of said rotatable driver sleeve,a locking spindle extending through, and rotatably mounted in, said stationary tumbler sleeve, said spindle comprising a body portion, a neck portion and a head portion, said head portion engageable with said lock-accepting portion on said device,anti-rotation extensive means engageable with said lock-accepting port on said device, said extensive means precluding rotational manipulation of the lock following engagement between said spindle and said lock-accepting port,means for translating rotation of said driver sleeve to said spindle,driver and tumbler pins slidably mounted in axially extending and angularly spaced holes defined in said stationary tumbler sleeve and said rotatable driver sleeve and normally operable to prevent rotation of said spindle with respect to said stationary tumbler sleeve,retaining means disposed in face-to-face relation with the rearward end of said tumbler sleeve, said face-to-face relation between said retaining means and said tumbler sleeve maintained by spring means disposed between said retaining means and the rearward portion of said outer shell.

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