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US3633388A
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Combination lock construction
Assignee: Long Manufacturing Co Inc
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Filing: 1970-08-28
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Granted: 1972-01-11
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Expires: 1990-08-28
Abstract
Abstract A combination lock mechanism for locker doors and similar movable closures having a manually operable latching mechanism for the door, wherein the lock includes plural combination dial wheels spaced along a common axis and hubs which may be coupled with the dial wheels at different combination positions. A movable fence is normally restrained by the hubs in locking position to hold a locking bar against vertical movement and is released by gates in the hubs to permit the locking bar to be moved vertically to unlocking position when the correct combination is dialed. The locking bar is arranged to permit opening movement of the latching mechanism only when the fence is released upon dialing of the proper combination, or upon operation of a master key by a custodian which overrides the combination locking mechanism.
Inventors
- 👤 Wallace E Atkinson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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US
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2026-10-30 05:40
CPC Classifications
E; E05; E05B; E05B37/00; E05B37/02; E05B37/0075; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T292/00; Y10T292/08; Y10T292/0801; Y10T292/0823; Y10T292/096; Y10T292/0969; Y10T292/097; Y10T292/0977; Y10T70/00; Y10T70/50; Y10T70/5093; Y10T70/5097; Y10T70/5102; Y10T70/5106; Y10T70/5155; Y10T70/5199; Y10T70/5246; Y10T70/5296; Y10T70/5319; Y10T70/70; Y10T70/7147; Y10T70/7153; Y10T70/7181; Y10T70/7198; Y10T70/7237; Y10T70/726; Y10T70/7305; Y10T70/7316; Y10T70/7322; Y10T70/7328; Y10T70/80; Y10T70/8297; Y10T70/8405
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
286 words
A combination lock mechanism for a movable closure member securing an interior space and having a manually operable latching mechanism for latching the closure member in closed condition, comprising a lock casing, a horizontal shaft disposed in said casing, a set of plural rotatable combination dial wheel assemblies disposed in axially spaced coaxial relation along said shaft, said wheel assemblies each comprising an outer annular dial wheel and an inner hub extending therethrough selectively intercoupled at plural relative angular positions with respect to the associated dial wheel, each of the dial wheels having a cylindrical segment portion projecting forwardly of the front surface of the closure member to manually operable positions, a movable fence adjacent said dial assemblies having lockIng and unlocking positions, means on said hubs coactive with said fence for restraining the latter at said locking position and releasing the fence to unlocking position when the dial wheel assemblies occupy a selected combination of angular positions, and a vertically elongated control bar for restraining the latching mechanism in latched condition and for releasing the same for unlatching movement, said control bar being supported for vertical movement adjacent and relative to said fence, the control bar and the fence having confronting surface formations disposed when the fence is in said locking position to restrain the control bar against upward movement from a lower position maintaining the latching mechanism in latching condition, and said fence being shifted to said unlocking position upon preselected alignment of said hubs in a set of angular positions corresponding to the combination of the lock mechanism to locate said surface formations at positions releasing the control bar for upward movement to a raised position freeing said latching mechanism to be opened.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
286 words
A combination lock mechanism for a movable closure member securing an interior space and having a manually operable latching mechanism for latching the closure member in closed condition, comprising a lock casing, a horizontal shaft disposed in said casing, a set of plural rotatable combination dial wheel assemblies disposed in axially spaced coaxial relation along said shaft, said wheel assemblies each comprising an outer annular dial wheel and an inner hub extending therethrough selectively intercoupled at plural relative angular positions with respect to the associated dial wheel, each of the dial wheels having a cylindrical segment portion projecting forwardly of the front surface of the closure member to manually operable positions, a movable fence adjacent said dial assemblies having lockIng and unlocking positions, means on said hubs coactive with said fence for restraining the latter at said locking position and releasing the fence to unlocking position when the dial wheel assemblies occupy a selected combination of angular positions, and a vertically elongated control bar for restraining the latching mechanism in latched condition and for releasing the same for unlatching movement, said control bar being supported for vertical movement adjacent and relative to said fence, the control bar and the fence having confronting surface formations disposed when the fence is in said locking position to restrain the control bar against upward movement from a lower position maintaining the latching mechanism in latching condition, and said fence being shifted to said unlocking position upon preselected alignment of said hubs in a set of angular positions corresponding to the combination of the lock mechanism to locate said surface formations at positions releasing the control bar for upward movement to a raised position freeing said latching mechanism to be opened.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
75 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 1, including scrambling means operable upon raising of said control bar to said raised position to rotate said hubs to positions returning the fence to said locking position, and said control bar being supported for a selected range of rearward tilting movement about a horizontal axis to permit downward movement of the surface formation on the control bar rearwardly past the confronting surface formation on the fence.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
91 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said dial wheels has a central bore and an indicia bearing periphery and each of said hubs is slidably and rotatably journaled on said shaft and extends entirely through the bore of the associated wheel, said hubs being disposed in endwise abutting stacked relation on said shaft and each having a circumferential portion coacting with the fence to restrain the latter in locking position and gating means at a selected angular position for admitting unlocking movement of the fence.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
90 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 2, wherein each of said dial wheels has a central bore and an indicia-bearing periphery and each of said hubs is slidably and rotatably journaled on said shaft and extends entirely through the bore of the associated wheel, said hubs being disposed in endwise abutting stacked relation on said shaft and each having a circumferential portion coacting with the fence to restrain the latter in locking position and gating means at a selected angular position for admitting unlocking movement of the fence.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
132 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 3, including means intercoupling said hubs with their respective dial wheels in any of a plurality of relative angular positions at a first relative axial position of the latter and releasing the hubs for relative angular movement at a second relative axial position, resilient means continuously biasing the stack of hubs to said first relative axial position, and a combination change lever supported for radial movement relative to said shaft bearing against an end of the stack of hubs normally disposing the hubs at said first axial position and shiftable to a release position to position the hubs at said second position and decouple the hubs from the dial wheels for permitting adjustment of the dial wheels to a different combination of angular positions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
132 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 4, including means intercoupling said hubs with their respective dial wheels in any of a plurality of relative angular positions at a first relative axial position of the latter and releasing the hubs for relative angular movement at a second relative axial position, resilient means continuously biasing the stack of hubs to said first relative axial position, and a combination change lever supported for radial movement relative to said shaft bearing against an end of the stack of hubs nOrmally disposing the hubs at said first axial position and shiftable to a release position to position the hubs at said second position and decouple the hubs from the dial wheels for permitting adjustment of the dial wheels to a different combination of angular positions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
103 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein said hubs include fence-controlling portions in intervening spaces between said dial wheels and defining a circumferential cylindrical surface interrupted by a gating formation, said fence being supported adjacent the dial wheels spanning the whole group of dial wheel assemblies for angular movement about a pivot axis paralleling the axis of said shaft, said fence having plural nose formations extending into said intervening spaces into engagement with said fence-controlling portions of said hubs to be positioned at a locking position by said cylindrical surfaces and at an unlocking position when abutting said gating formations.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
103 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 2, wherein said hubs include fence-controlling portions in intervening spaces between said dial wheels and defining a circumferential cylindrical surface interrupted by a gating formation, said fence being supported adjacent the dial wheels spanning the whole group of dial wheel assemblies for angular movement about a pivot axis paralleling the axis of said shaft, said fence having plural nose formations extending into said intervening spaces into engagement with said fence-controlling portions of said hubs to be positioned at a locking position by said cylindrical surfaces and at an unlocking position when abutting said gating formations.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
103 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 3, wherein said hubs include fence-controlling portions in intervening spaces between said dial wheels and defining a circumferential cylindrical surface interrupted by a gating formation, said fence being supported adjacent the dial wheels spanning the whole group of dial wheel assemblies for angular movement about a pivot axis paralleling the axis of said shaft, said fence having plural nose formations extending into said intervening spaces into engagement with said fence-controlling portions of said hubs to be positioned at a locking position by said cylindrical surfaces and at an unlocking position when abutting said gating formations.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
103 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 4, wherein said hubs include fence-controlling portions in intervening spaces between said dial wheels and defining a circumferential cylindrical surface interrupted by a gating formation, said fence being supported adjacent the dial wheels spanning the whole group of dial wheel assemblies for angular movement about a pivot axis paralleling the axis of said shaft, said fence having plural nose formations extending into said intervening spaces into engagement with said fence-controlling portions of said hubs to be positioned at a locking position by said cylindrical surfaces and at an unlocking position when abutting said gating formations.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
103 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 5, wherein said hubs include fence-controlling portions in intervening spaces between said dial wheels and defining a circumferential cylindrical surface interrupted by a gating formation, said fence being supported adjacent the dial wheels spanning the whole group of dial wheel assemblies for angular movement about a pivot axis paralleling the axis of said shaft, said fence having plural nose formations extending into said intervening spaces into engagement with said fence-controlling portions of said hubs to be positioned at a locking position by said cylindrical surfaces and at an unlocking position when abutting said gating formations.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
150 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein said hubs include fence-controlling portions having a gating formation for permitting movement of the fence to the unlocking position and having a recess located in selected angular relation To said gating formation, and the lock mechanism including a plurality of combination detector pins operable from the side of said closure member facing said interior space, said pins being each respectively associated with one of said fence-controlling portions and being supported for movement along axes extending radially of said shaft from a normal raised position locating the inner ends of the pins in spaced relation to said fence-controlling portions, the inner ends of said pins being received in the recesses of the associated fence-controlling portions when the pin is manually lowered and the dial wheel assembly is manually rotated to restrain the associated hub and dial wheel at a combination-indicating position.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
150 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 2, wherein said hubs include fence-controlling portions having a gating formation for permitting movement of the fence to the unlocking position and having a recess located in selected angular relation to said gating formation, and the lock mechanism including a plurality of combination detector pins operable from the side of said closure member facing said interior space, said pins being each respectively associated with one of said fence-controlling portions and being supported for movement along axes extending radially of said shaft from a normal raised position locating the inner ends of the pins in spaced relation to said fence-controlling portions, the inner ends of said pins being received in the recesses of the associated fence-controlling portions when the pin is manually lowered and the dial wheel assembly is manually rotated to restrain the associated hub and dial wheel at a combination-indicating position.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
116 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 3, wherein the circumferential portions of said hubs each have a recess located in selected angular relation to said gating means, and the lock mechanism including a plurality of combination detector pins operable from the side of said closure member facing said space each respectively associated with one of said hubs, said pins being supported for movement along axes extending radially of said shaft and having an inner end normally spaced from the associated circumferential portion of the hub to be received in the recess thereof when the pin is manually lowered and restrain the latter at a combination-indicating position upon manual rotation of the dial wheel assembly.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
116 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 4, wherein the circumferential portions of said hubs each have a recess located in selected angular relation to said gating means, and the lock mechanism including a plurality of combination detector pins operable from the side of said closure member facing said space each respectively associated with one of said hubs, said pins being supported for movement along axes extending radially of said shaft and having an inner end normally spaced from the associated circumferential portion of the hub to be received in the recess thereof when the pin is manually lowered and restrain the latter at a combination-indicating position upon manual rotation of the dial wheel assembly.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
116 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 5, wherein the circumferential portions of said hubs each have a recess located in selected angular relation to said gating means, and the lock mechanism including a plurality of combination detector pins operable from the side of said closure member facing said space each respectively associated with one of said hubs, said pins being supported for movement along axes extending radially of said shaft and having an inner end normally spaced from the associated circumferential portion of the hub to be received in the recess thereof when the pin is manually lowered and restrain the latter at a combination-indicating position upon manual rotation of the dial wheel assembly.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
116 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 9, wherein the circumferential portions of said hubs each have a recesS located in selected angular relation to said gating means, and the lock mechanism including a plurality of combination detector pins operable from the side of said closure member facing said space each respectively associated with one of said hubs, said pins being supported for movement along axes extending radially of said shaft and having an inner end normally spaced from the associated circumferential portion of the hub to be received in the recess thereof when the pin is manually lowered and restrain the latter at a combination-indicating position upon manual rotation of the dial wheel assembly.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
83 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 1, including a cylinder-type key lock located in said housing below said plurality of dial wheel assemblies, said key lock including a rotatable cylinder movable arcutely about an axis intercepting the path of movement of said control bar and having a projection located to engage said control bar and move the same rearwardly to a position freeing the control bar for upward movement to said raised position while said fence remained at its locking position.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
83 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 2, including a cylinder-type key lock located in said housing below said plurality of dial wheel assemblies, said key lock including a rotatable cylinder movable arcutely about an axis intercepting the path of movement of said control bar and having a projection located to engage said control bar and move the same rearwardly to a position freeing the control bar for upward movement to said raised position while said fence remained at its locking position.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
83 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 3, including a cylinder-type key lock located in said housing below said plurality of dial wheel assemblies, said key lock including a rotatable cylinder movable arcutely about an axis intercepting the path of movement of said control bar and having a projection located to engage said control bar and move the same rearwardly to a position freeing the control bar for upward movement to said raised position while said fence remained at its locking position.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
83 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 5, including a cylinder-type key lock located in said housing below said plurality of dial wheel assemblies, said key lock including a rotatable cylinder movable arcutely about an axis intercepting the path of movement of said control bar and having a projection located to engage said control bar and move the same rearwardly to a position freeing the control bar for upward movement to said raised position while said fence remained at its locking position.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
94 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein said closure member is a hinged locker door having a vertically reciprocative latch bar mounted adjacent the free edge thereof coactive with stationary keeper means for latching the locker door in closed position, and linkage means interconnecting said latch bar with said control bar to restrain said latch bar in latching position when said control bar occupies said lower position and to permit movement of said latch bar to unlatching position when said control bar is released for upward movement to said raised position.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
94 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 2, wherein said closure member is a hinged locker door having a vertically reciprocative latch bar mounted adjacent the free edge thereof coactive with stationary keeper means for latching the locker door in closed position, and linkage means interconnecting said latch bar with said control bar to restrain said latch bar in latching position when said control bar occupies said lower position and to permit movement of said latch bar to unlatching position when said control bar is released for upward movement to said raised position.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
94 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 3, wherein said closure member is a hinged locker door having a vertically reciprocative latch bar mounted adjacent the free edge thEreof coactive with stationary keeper means for latching the locker door in closed position, and linkage means interconnecting said latch bar with said control bar to restrain said latch bar in latching position when said control bar occupies said lower position and to permit movement of said latch bar to unlatching position when said control bar is released for upward movement to said raised position.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
94 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 12, wherein said closure member is a hinged locker door having a vertically reciprocative latch bar mounted adjacent the free edge thereof coactive with stationary keeper means for latching the locker door in closed position, and linkage means interconnecting said latch bar with said control bar to restrain said latch bar in latching position when said control bar occupies said lower position and to permit movement of said latch bar to unlatching position when said control bar is released for upward movement to said raised position.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
94 words
A combination lock mechanism as defined in claim 18, wherein said closure member is a hinged locker door having a vertically reciprocative latch bar mounted adjacent the free edge thereof coactive with stationary keeper means for latching the locker door in closed position, and linkage means interconnecting said latch bar with said control bar to restrain said latch bar in latching position when said control bar occupies said lower position and to permit movement of said latch bar to unlatching position when said control bar is released for upward movement to said raised position.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
140 words
A combination lock as defined in claim 1, including a cam follower carried on said control bar below said casing, a horizontally reciprocative bolt supported on said closure member rearwardly of said cam follower for movement between retracted and projected positions and having a cam recess therein, a cam shaft journaled in said closure member for rotary movement about its axis having a control knob fixed thereon externally of the closure member for manual rotation between opening and closing angular positions, the camshaft having first cam means thereon working in said cam recess for shifting said bolt to retracted and projected positions respectively when said shaft is rotated to said opening and closing positions, and means on said camshaft coactive with said cam follower for restraining the camshaft against opening movement when said control bar is restrained in lower position.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
139 words
A combination lock as defined in claim 2, including a cam follower carried on said control bar below said casing, a horizontally reciprocative bolt supported on said closure member rearwardly of said cam follower for movement between retracted and projected positions and having a cam recess therein, a camshaft journaled in said closure member for rotary movement about its axis having a control knob fixed thereon externally of the closure member for manual rotation between opening and closing angular positions, the camshaft having first cam means thereon working in said cam recess for shifting said bolt to retracted and projected positions respectively when said shaft is rotated to said opening and closing positions, and means on said camshaft coactive with said cam follower for restraining the camshaft against opening movement when said control bar is restrained in lower position.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
139 words
A combination lock as defined in claim 5, including a cam follower carried on said control bar below said casing, a horizontally reciprocative bolt supported on said closure member rearwardly of said cam follower for movement between retracted and projected positions and having a cam recess therein, a camshaft journaled in said closure member for rotary movement about its axis having a control knob fixed thereon externally of the closure member for manual rotation between opening and closing angular positions, the camshaft having first cam means thereon working in said cam recess for shifting said bolt to retracted and projected positions resPectively when said shaft is rotated to said opening and closing positions, and means on said camshaft coactive with said cam follower for restraining the camshaft against opening movement when said control bar is restrained in lower position.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
139 words
A combination lock as defined in claim 12, including a cam follower carried on said control bar below said casing, a horizontally reciprocative bolt supported on said closure member rearwardly of said cam follower for movement between retracted and projected positions and having a cam recess therein, a camshaft journaled in said closure member for rotary movement about its axis having a control knob fixed thereon externally of the closure member for manual rotation between opening and closing angular positions, the camshaft having first cam means thereon working in said cam recess for shifting said bolt to retracted and projected positions respectively when said shaft is rotated to said opening and closing positions, and means on said camshaft coactive with said cam follower for restraining the camshaft against opening movement when said control bar is restrained in lower position.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
141 words
A combination lock as defined in claim 1, including a cam follower carried on said control bar below said casing, a horizontally reciprocative bolt supported on said closure member rearwardly of said cam follower for movement between retracted and projected positions and having a cam recess therein, a camshaft journaled in said closure member for rotary movement about its axis having a control knob fixed thereon externally of the closure member for manual rotation between opening and closing angular positions, the camshaft having first cam means thereon working in said cam recess for shifting said bolt to retracted and projected positions respectively when said shaft is rotated to said opening and closing positions and second cam means coactive with said cam follower to prevent rotation of said camshaft to opening position when the control bar is restrained in said lower position.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
141 words
A combination lock as defined in claim 12, including a cam follower carried on said control bar below said casing, a horizontally reciprocative bolt supported on said closure member rearwardly of said cam follower for movement between retracted and projected positions and having a cam recess therein, a camshaft journaled in said closure member for rotary movement about its axis having a control knob fixed thereon externally of the closure member for manual rotation between opening and closing angular positions, the camshaft having first cam means thereon working in said cam recess for shifting said bolt to retracted and projected positions respectively when said shaft is rotated to said opening and closing positions and second cam means coactive with said cam follower to prevent rotation of said camshaft to opening position when the control bar is restrained in said lower position.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1979-01-10 | 1979-07-12 | 1980-01-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1983-01-10 | 1983-07-12 | 1984-01-11 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |