LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF RESETTING KEY

• Main Author: CHONG GERALD B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.09.2013
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HANDCUFFS; KEYS; LOCKS; SAFES; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lock cylinder capable of resetting a key.SOLUTION: A locking bar is arranged in a cylinder body 612-1, 2 so as to move in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis 614-1, 2 and move rotatably around the longitudinal axis. A plug assembly 616-1, 2 having an aperture 620-1 for receiving a tool is arranged in the cylinder body and is rotatable around the longitudinal axis. A plurality of pins and a plurality of racks corresponding to them are arranged in a plug assembly. A first component is movable according to application of force by the tool received through the aperture and all of the plurality of racks are separated from the plurality of pins at the same time. A carved lock adapter 608 includes a housing 632 configured so as to receive the cylinder body of a lock cylinder 610-1, 2. A carved lock actuator 634 is coupled to the plug assembly of the lock cylinder.