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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1976
Filed:
May. 14, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wells F Stackhouse, Ashville, NY (US);
Assignee:
American Locker Company, Inc., Jamestown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
70276 ; 70366 ; 70382 ;
Abstract
In a magnetic lock of the type having at least one tumbler pin pivotally supported on a mounting plate and a locking plate having an opening arranged to receive one end of the tumbler pin when an opposite end of such pin is attracted by a permanent magnet device carried by a key, the improvement wherein the opposite end of the tumbler pin is formed with a transversely enlarged head portion and the mounting plate is formed with abutment devices arranged to engage with the head portion to insure that the one end of the tumbler pin accurately 'points' towards the opening of the locking plate.