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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1981
Motohiro Gotanda, Nakabyo, Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A lock device comprising a fixed cylindrical member, a rotatable member fitted into said fixed member and rotated to cause a dead bolt to be reciprocated and having a key hole extending along the axial center line thereof, and a means for locking said fixed member to said rotatable member by a plurality of permanent magnets arranged according to a predetermined pole pattern, wherein said locking means can be released so as to enable the lock device to be locked and unlocked when a key having a plurality of permanent magnets embedded on both sides thereof according to the predetermined pole pattern is inserted into the key hole, characterized by a fixed guide cylinder rotatably housed in said fixed member, an engaging means for fixing the fixed guide cylinder to said fixed member and releasing the fixed guide cylinder from said fixed member, a pattern reading means for detecting the pole pattern of said key, and a driving means for driving said engaging means to fix said fixed guide cylinder to the fixed member and to release said fixed guide cylinder from said fixed member only when the pole pattern read out by said pattern reading means coincides with that previously store.