Patent ID: 8113553

Claim:
A divided spindle of a lock comprising a first spindle part, a second spindle part and a connecting pin interconnecting the spindle parts, both parts comprising a bore for the connecting pin, the connecting pin being round in cross-section, wherein there are grooves close to both of the ends of the connecting pin in transverse direction to the shaft of the connecting pin, going around the surface of the pin, and both spindle parts have a mounting hole transverse to the spindle shaft, touching the bore for the connecting pin, and the divided spindle comprises cotters specific to each spindle part that are mountable to the mounting holes and that connect the spindle parts to the connecting pin in a rotating fashion when the connecting pin is mounted to the holes in the spindle parts and the cotters are mounted to the mounting holes so that the cotter specific to the spindle part settles into the transverse groove close to the end of the connecting pin, at least one of the cotters comprises an installation rod transverse to a shaft of the cotter, and at least one of the spindle parts comprises a groove on its surface that extends along a major part of the length of the spindle part and is connected to the mounting hole, while the installation rod of the cotter is mountable to the groove on the surface of the spindle part so that the cotter is in the spindle part's mounting hole.