Patent ID: 9003845
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A recodeable lock operable by an authorized key, the lock comprising: a housing defining a longitudinal axis; a lock cylinder positioned within the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing about the longitudinal axis; a sidebar that moves radially with respect to the housing between a locked position, in which at least a portion of the sidebar is engaged with the housing to prevent rotation of the lock cylinder relative to the housing, and an unlocked position, in which the sidebar is disengaged from at least one of the lock cylinder and the housing to allow rotation of the lock cylinder relative to the housing; a plurality of code blocks positioned within the lock cylinder, the plurality of code blocks moving from an uncoded state to a coded state by insertion of the authorized key into the lock cylinder, the plurality of code blocks being securable with respect to the sidebar by a codebar, wherein the codebar is moveable radially with respect to the housing between a code block securing position and a code block releasing position; and a plurality of tumblers positioned within the lock cylinder, each of the plurality of code blocks engaging a corresponding each one of the plurality of tumblers.