Patent ID: 11965357
Assignee: nan
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 15:
16. A method of operating a detainer disc locking system comprising (i) a lock housing, (ii) a lock cylinder disposed within the lock housing, (iii) a side bar preventing rotation of the lock cylinder relative to the lock housing in a locked configuration, and (iv) a plurality of detainer discs disposed within the lock cylinder to prevent release of the side bar from the locked configuration while the detainer discs remain in a blocking configuration, the method comprising:
inserting a key into the idler block within the lock housing;
rotating the key relative to the lock housing from a first angular orientation to a second angular orientation so as to release the detainer discs from the blocking configuration;
blocking the release of the side bar from the locked configuration using the key in the second angular orientation in a first translational position of the key; and
moving the key translationally relative to the lock housing while in the second angular orientation from the first translational position to a second translational position to release the side bar from the locked configuration.