Cam lock
AssigneeAbloy Oy
InventorPeter Skogstrom
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Abstract
A cam lock has a lock cylinder and a cam part connected to the lock cylinder. The cam part is turnable from a lock position to an open position when turning a key placed in the lock cylinder. The cam part comprises a spring and a flange that is arranged to receive external force towards the lock cylinder. The spring allows the movement of the cam part at the open position towards the lock cylinder as response to external force. The spring is further arranged to turn the cam part towards the lock position.
Claims10
A cam lock having a lock cylinder and a cam part connected to the lock cylinder, the cam part being turnable from a lock position to an open position when turning a key placed in the lock cylinder, wherein lock cylinder has a shaft on an inner end of the lock cylinder, which shaft is connected to the cam part, the connection between the shaft and the cam part allowing movement of the cam part in relation to the shaft in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the shaft,
- the cam lock further comprising an outer bush ring, inner bush ring and a spring between the lock cylinder and the cam part and around the shaft, the outer bush ring being connected to the lock cylinder and covering the inner bush ring and the spring, the inner bush ring covering the spring being arranged to push the cam part away from the lock cylinder,
- the inner bush ring being arranged to keep the cam part in a first axial position of the longitudinal axis of the shaft when the cam part is at the lock position and being arranged to allow the movement of the cam part away from the lock cylinder in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shaft after turning the cam part from the lock position to the open position,
- the cam part further comprising a flange being arranged to receive force towards the lock cylinder in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and said spring allowing the movement of the cam part at the open position towards the first axial position in response to said force, and the spring being further arranged to turn the cam part at the first axial position towards the lock position.
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