US3295343A
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Key ejector
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-12-03
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Granted: 1967-01-03
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Expires: 1984-12-03
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Roderick W Beebe
- 👤 Thomas J Hughes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 17:51
CPC Classifications
E; E05; E05B; E05B63/00; E05B63/003; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T70/00; Y10T70/70; Y10T70/7441; Y10T70/7763; Y10T70/80; Y10T70/8432; Y10T70/8622
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A KEY-EXTRACTING DEVICE IN COMBINATION WITH A LOCK ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING A ONE PIECE RESILIENT HEMISPHERICAL MEMBER HAVING A CIRCULAR BASE, A CENTRAL PORTION SPACED PERPENDICULAR FROM A PLANE THROUGH SAID CIRCULAR BASE AND PARALLEL TO SAID PLANE, SAID CENTRAL PORTION HAVING A NON-CIRCULAR APERTURE FOR INSERTION OF A KEY THERETHROUGH AND FOR ENGAGING SAID KEY SO AS TO BE ROTATABLE THEREWITH, SAID CIRCULAR BASE HAVING A FLANGE, MOUNTING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID FLANGE TO SECURE SAID MEMBER TO SAID LOCK ASSEMBLY, AND A PLURALITY OF SPOKES JOINING SAID CIRCULAR BASE TO SAID CENTRAL PORTION, AND WHEREIN SAID KEY COOPERATING WITH THE LOCK ASSEMBLY IS RELEASED FROM SAID LOCK ASSEMBLY BY THE SPRING ACTION OF SAID HEMISPHERICAL MEMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
A KEY-EXTRACTING DEVICE IN COMBINATION WITH A LOCK ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING A ONE PIECE RESILIENT HEMISPHERICAL MEMBER HAVING A CIRCULAR BASE, A CENTRAL PORTION SPACED PERPENDICULAR FROM A PLANE THROUGH SAID CIRCULAR BASE AND PARALLEL TO SAID PLANE, SAID CENTRAL PORTION HAVING A NON-CIRCULAR APERTURE FOR INSERTION OF A KEY THERETHROUGH AND FOR ENGAGING SAID KEY SO AS TO BE ROTATABLE THEREWITH, SAID CIRCULAR BASE HAVING A FLANGE, MOUNTING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID FLANGE TO SECURE SAID MEMBER TO SAID LOCK ASSEMBLY, AND A PLURALITY OF SPOKES JOINING SAID CIRCULAR BASE TO SAID CENTRAL PORTION, AND WHEREIN SAID KEY COOPERATING WITH THE LOCK ASSEMBLY IS RELEASED FROM SAID LOCK ASSEMBLY BY THE SPRING ACTION OF SAID HEMISPHERICAL MEMBER.
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