Apparatus and method for decoding a keyed lock cylinder
OwnerKeith Capehart, Brian Capehartinventors
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Abstract
A lock decoding device includes an alignment dial comprising an indicator rod extending from a top surface. The lock decoding device further includes an indicator dial comprising a feeler tip rod extending from a bottom surface. The feeler tip rod extends through the alignment dial. The indicator rod extends through an indicator window of the indicator dial. When the indicator dial is rotated, the feeler tip rod rotates to enable a feeler tip to contact a wafer of a lock cylinder, and the indicator rod moves within the indicator window to indicate a wafer position of the wafer.
Claims10
A lock decoding device, comprising:
- an alignment dial comprising an indicator rod extending from a top surface;
- and
- an indicator dial comprising a feeler tip rod extending from a bottom surface;
- wherein:
- the feeler tip rod extends through the alignment dial,
- the indicator rod extends through an indicator window of the indicator dial, and
- when the indicator dial is rotated, the feeler tip rod rotates to enable a feeler tip to contact a wafer of a lock cylinder, and the indicator rod moves within the indicator window to indicate a wafer position of the wafer.
A lock decoding method, comprising:
- inserting a feeler tip rod of a lock decoding device into a lock until a feeler tip of the feeler tip enters a cylinder of the lock, the lock decoding device comprising:
- an alignment dial comprising an indicator rod extending from a top surface, and
- an indicator dial comprising the feeler tip rod extending from a bottom surface through the alignment dial, wherein:
- the indicator rod extends through an indicator window of the indicator dial, and
- a series of alpha-numeric labels are positioned adjacent to the indicator window;
- rotating the indicator dial until the feeler tip engages with a wafer of the cylinder, wherein the indicator rod moves within the indicator window as the indicator dial is rotated;
- and
- reading one or the alpha-numeric labels that is aligned with the indicator rod.
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