Cylinder lock

• US 5,205,143 A
• Filed: 11/14/1991
• Issued: 04/27/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Abloy Security Ltd. Oy (Assa Abloy AB)
• Original Assignee: Abloy Security Ltd. Oy (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Martikainen, Kaarlo, Hakkarainen, Reijo, Ramo, Seija, Nevalainen, Kyosti
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO
• Application Number:
  US07/792,294
• Time in Patent Office: 530 Days
• Field of Search: 70/366, 70/365, 70/356, 70/377, 70/405-407, 70/409, 70/419-421
• US Class Current: 70/366
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 21/066 of the rotary-disc tumbler type tumblers which are set by inserting the key E05B29/0013
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7633 Transverse of plug
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7695 Plate
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7932 Anti-pick

Abstract

A cylinder lock comprising a lock body (1) and inside it a rotatable lock cylinder (2) enclosing a number of locking discs (4;6) turnable by the key (3) of the lock and provided with a peripheral notch (8) determining the combination of the lock, and a locking bar (7), which in the locking position prevents turning of the lock cylinder (2) with regard to the lock body (1). The locking discs (4) are also provided with a set of second peripheral notches (10) arranged in cooperation with an auxiliary bar (11) so as to prevent turning of the locking discs (4;6) relatively to each other at the end phase of the turning movement for opening the lock before the locking bar (7) moves into its position for releasing the lock. The second peripheral notches (10) are located outside of the cutting range for said combination peripheral notches (8) and are arranged side by side on the peripheral edge of each of the locking discs (4). Their number corresponds to the number of the possible cuts for the combination peripheral notch (8), and the pitch between them corresponds to the mutual pitch between the combination peripheral notches (8). The auxiliary bar (11) is continuously located partly inside the lock cylinder (2) and limits the turning range of the locking discs (4;6). The lock includes further at least one member continuously turning with the key (3) for guiding the radial movement of the auxiliary bar (11).

Claims

1. A cylinder lock comprising:

a lock body having an interior surface formed with first and second grooves,

a rotatable lock cylinder inside the lock body, the lock cylinder being formed with first and second slots,

a plurality of locking discs enclosed by the lock cylinder, each locking disc having a key engagement surface that is engaged when the key of the lock is inserted in the lock and is turned, and also having a peripheral locking notch that is at one of a predetermined number of permitted angular positions relative to the key engagement surface of the disc, the permitted angular positions all being within a predetermined angular range and being at a predetermined angular pitch within said angular range, and each locking disc also having a set of second peripheral notches arranged side by side and located outside said predetermined angular range, the number of second peripheral notches in each locking disc being equal to said predetermined number and the angular pitch between the second peripheral notches being substantially equal to said predetermined angular pitch,

a locking bar, which in the locked position of the lock is located partly in the first groove in the lock body and partly in the first slot in the lock cylinder and thereby prevents turning of the lock cylinder relative to the lock body,

an auxiliary bar, which in the locked position of the lock is located partly in the second groove in the lock body and partly in the second slot in the lock cylinder, the set of second peripheral notches of each locking disc being arranged in cooperation with said auxiliary bar so that when the locking discs are turned in the opening direction of the lock, said auxiliary bar and said second peripheral notches prevent turning of the locking discs relative to each other at the end phase of the turning movement before the locking bar moves into its position for releasing the lock, and said auxiliary bar being continuously located partly inside the lock cylinder so that it limits the turning range of the locking discs, and

at least one member continuously turning with the key and arranged to guide radial movement of the auxiliary bar.

2. A cylinder lock according to claim 1, wherein the second peripheral notches of each locking disc are located between guide surfaces that cooperate with the auxiliary bar for limiting the turning range of the locking disc.

3. A cylinder lock according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary bar is formed so that it cannot move through the second slot in the lock cylinder entirely into the second groove in the lock body.

4. A cylinder lock according to claim 3, wherein the part of the auxiliary bar that is continuously located inside the lock cylinder is formed with protrusions so that the tangential extent of said part of the auxiliary bar exceeds the tangential extent of the second slot in the lock cylinder.

5. A cylinder lock according to claim 1, wherein the member for guiding radial movement of the auxiliary bar is a O-locking disc having a peripheral relief of which the tangential extent corresponds to the tangential extent of the set of second peripheral notches in each locking disc that has a set of second peripheral notches, and wherein the peripheral relief allows movement of the auxiliary bar into a channel jointly formed by said second peripheral notches of the locking discs only after turning of the O-locking disc close to the position for releasing the lock.

6. A cylinder lock according to claim 5, wherein the O-locking disc allows movement of the auxiliary bar into the channel formed jointly by the second peripheral notches of the locking discs when the O-locking disc is at an angle in the range from about 10°

to 20°

from the position for releasing the lock.

7. A cylinder lock according to claim 5, wherein the O-locking disc allows movement of the auxiliary bar into the channel formed jointly by the second peripheral notches of the locking discs when the O-locking disc is at an angle of about 15°

from the position for releasing the lock.

8. A cylinder lock according to claim 5, comprising first and second O-locking discs, and wherein the locking discs having second peripheral notches are between the first and second O-locking discs.

9. A cylinder lock according to claim 1, wherein the second groove of the lock body has a guide surface for pressing the auxiliary bar radially inwards into a channel formed jointly by the second peripheral notches of the locking discs.

10. A cylinder lock according to claim 1, wherein the cross section of the auxiliary bar is smaller than that of the locking bar.

11. A cylinder lock according to claim 1, wherein the second peripheral notches of each locking disc are different in shape from the peripheral locking notch of the locking disc.

12. A cylinder lock according to claim 11, wherein the second peripheral notches are smaller than the peripheral locking notches.

13. A cylinder lock according to claim 1, wherein the range of movement of the auxiliary bar in the radial direction is substantially less than the range of movement of the locking bar in the radial direction.

14. A cylinder lock comprising:

a lock body having an interior surface formed with first and second grooves,

a rotatable lock cylinder inside the lock body, the lock cylinder being formed with first and second slots,

a plurality of locking discs enclosed by the lock cylinder, each locking disc having a key engagement surface that is engaged when the key of the lock is inserted in the lock and is turned, and also having a peripheral locking notch that is at one of six angular positions relative to the key engagement surface of the disc, the six angular positions all being within an angular range of 90° and

being at an angular pitch of 18°

within said angular range, and each locking disc also having a set of six second peripheral notches arranged side by side outside said angular range at an angular pitch of about 18°

,

a locking bar, which in the locked position of the lock is located partly in the first groove in the lock body and partly in the first slot in the lock cylinder and thereby prevents turning of the lock cylinder relative to the lock body,

an auxiliary bar, which in the locked position of the lock is located partly in the second groove in the lock body and partly in the second slot in the lock cylinder, the set of second peripheral notches of each locking disc being arranged in cooperation with said auxiliary bar so that when the locking discs are turned in the opening direction of the lock, said auxiliary bar and said second peripheral notches prevent turning of the locking discs relative to each other at the end phase of the turning movement before the locking bar moves into its position for releasing the lock, and said auxiliary bar being continuously located partly inside the lock cylinder so that it limits the turning range of the locking discs, and

at least one member continuously turning with the key and arranged to guide radial movement of the auxiliary bar.

15. A cylinder lock according to claim 14, wherein the second peripheral notches of each locking disc are located between guide surfaces that cooperate with the auxiliary bar for limiting the turning range of the locking disc.

16. A cylinder lock according to claim 14, wherein the part of the auxiliary bar that is continuously located inside the lock cylinder has a tangential extent that exceeds the tangential extent of the second slot in the lock cylinder, whereby the auxiliary bar cannot move through the second slot in the lock cylinder entirely into the second groove in the lock body.

17. A cylinder lock according to claim 14, wherein the second groove of the lock body has a guide surface for pressing the auxiliary bar radially inwards into a channel formed jointly by the second peripheral notches of the locking discs.

18. A cylinder lock comprising:

a lock body having an interior surface formed with first and second grooves,

a rotatable lock cylinder inside the lock body, the lock cylinder being formed with first and second slots,

a plurality of locking discs enclosed by the lock cylinder, each locking disc having a key engagement surface that is engaged when the key of the lock is inserted in the lock and is turned, and also having a peripheral locking notch that is at one of a predetermined number of permitted angular positions relative to the key engagement surface of the disc, the permitted angular positions all being within a predetermined angular range and being at a predetermined angular pitch within said angular range, said plurality of locking discs comprising first and second sets of locking discs, and each locking disc of the first set having a set of second peripheral notches arranged side by side and located outside said predetermined angular range, the number of second peripheral notches in each locking disc of the second set being equal to said predetermined number and the angular pitch between the second peripheral notches being substantially equal to said predetermined angular pitch, and the second set of locking discs comprising at least one O-locking disc having a peripheral relief of which the tangential extent corresponds to the tangential extent of the set of second peripheral notches in each locking disc of the first set,

a locking bar, which in the locked position of the lock is located partly in the first groove in the lock body and partly in the first slot in the lock cylinder and thereby prevents turning of the lock cylinder relative to the lock body, and

an auxiliary bar that is guided radially by the second set of locking discs and which in the locked position of the lock is located partly in the second groove in the lock body and partly in the second slot in the lock cylinder, the set of second peripheral notches of each locking disc of the first set being arranged in cooperation with said auxiliary bar so that when the locking discs are turned in the opening direction of the lock, said auxiliary bar and said second peripheral notches prevent turning of the locking discs of the first set relative to each other at the end phase of the turning movement before the locking bar moves into its position for releasing the lock, and said auxiliary bar being continuously located partly inside the lock cylinder so that it limits the turning range of the locking discs.

19. A cylinder lock according to claim 18, wherein said O-locking disc allows movement of the auxiliary bar into a channel formed jointly by said second peripheral notches of the locking discs of the first set only after turning of said O-locking disc close to the position for releasing the lock.

20. A cylinder lock according to claim 19, wherein said O-locking disc of the second set allows movement of the auxiliary bar into the channel formed jointly by the second peripheral notches of the locking discs of the first set when said O-locking disc is at an angle in the range from about 10°

to 20°

from the position for releasing the lock.

21. A cylinder lock according to claim 18, wherein the second set of locking discs comprises first and second O-locking discs, and wherein the locking discs of the first set are placed between the first and second O-locking discs.