Patent ID: 6263713
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock, having a longitudinal axis and comprising:(a) a shell having an interior cavity;(b) a plug received in the interior cavity rotatable therein and defining a keyway configured to receive a preselected key;(c) at least one spring disposed within the plug; and(d) a plurality of tumblers, each having:(i) a plug portion disposed at one of a plurality of first axial locations along said axis and within the plug wherein the plug portion is resiliently biased by the at least one spring radially outwardly toward a locked radial position and associated with the keyway such that said preselected key inserted in the keyway locates the plug portion in an unlocked radial position; and(ii) a shell portion disposed at one of a plurality of second axial locations along said axis and within the shell wherein the second axial locations are axially spaced from the first axial locations.