Patent ID: 11970879
Assignee: SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A reprogrammable cylinder lock, comprising:
a stator;
a rotor rotating in the stator and having a keyhole for insertion of a key;
a first plurality of key followers movable in corresponding seats intersecting the keyhole so as to adapt to a key mapping;
a second plurality of toothed pins carried by the rotor and movable between a retracted position in which the rotor rotates inside the stator and an extracted position in which rotation of the rotor is prevented to open the lock;
wherein the key followers and the toothed pins are movable between a disengaged position in which the key followers are free to move linearly in the seats with respect to the toothed pins to adapt to different mappings and an engaged position in which the toothed pins and the key followers are coupled to move together along the seats, said disengaged position being obtained in a reprogramming configuration of the lock;
a programming insert connected to said key followers and movable in a reprogramming position to disengage the key followers from the toothed pins in said reprogramming configuration; and
a tool to bring the programming insert to the reprogramming position;
wherein the lock further comprises a stop movable between an advanced position in which the programming insert is locked so that the key followers and the toothed pins are engaged, and a retracted position in which the programming insert is pushed elastically into the reprogramming position, and wherein the stop comprises a magnetic material and the tool is also magnetic and of such polarity as to bring the stop into the retracted position when approached to the rotor.