Long throw lock

A lock with an extended bolt throw comprising:

• a back plate, having an aperture engageable with a lock cylinder which comprises a cam;
• a locking bolt having a rack gear profile on at least a portion of one side, slidably mounted to the back plate and movable between a first position and a second position;
• an accelerator gear mounted to the back plate movable along an arcuate path between a first and second position, the accelerator gear comprising a curved edge having teeth which engage the rack gear profile of the locking bolt, an opposing edge having a centrally located notch for engagement of the cam of the lock cylinder;
• wherein as the cam rotates about the lock cylinder it engages the centrally located notch and urges the accelerator gear from the first position to the second position, which urges the locking bolt from the first position to the second position;
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• wherein the accelerator gear further comprises two symmetrically opposed pivotally mounted locking arms movable between a primary and secondary position, each locking arm comprising an elongate body, a first end of the elongate body, which when in the primary position is situated in an area defined by the centrally located notch, a pivot point located substantially in the center of the body and the second end defining a hook, the second end extending away from respective longitudinal ends of the accelerator gear.