Patent ID: 6260253
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B25B,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
The method of extracting an elongated inaccessible broken key from a lock keyway wherein the broken key includes accessible and inaccessible ends and includes opposite sides comprising the steps of:(a) inserting the accessible key end into the lock keyway until it substantially engages the key inaccessible end,(b) using the accessible key end as a guide, inserting a pair of thin elongated extractors in the lock keyway, an extractor being located adjacent each side of the accessible key end and inserted to a depth such that the extractors are located at the opposite sides of the inaccessible key end,(c) removing the accessible key end from the lock keyway while maintaining the extractors within the lock keyway at opposite sides of the inaccessible key end,(d) twisting the extractors together while in the lock keyway to cause the extractors to frictionally grip the inaccessible key end, and(e) withdrawing the twisted extractors and inaccessible key end from the lock keyway.