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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1989
William R Foshee, Noblesville, IN (US);
Best Lock Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A lock includes a padlock housing and an interchangeable core including a core body, a core sleeve, and a key plug having a key slot. A bridge member is provided on a flange of the key-way disc to cover a portion of the longitudinal opening of the key slot in the key-way disc. A cylinder cap is mounted on the lock core by a flange and slot connection for removal therewith by a control key which releases control lugs on the lock core from the lock housing cap is used with a lock cylinder, a cylinder ring having a groove in an interior wall that opens toward either the cylinder cap or the lock cylinder is also provided. The exterior surface and the circumferential groove of the cylinder ring are case hardened.