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US 2011/0289988 A1Published application
Lock having an indicatory lock core
OwnerChun Te Yuinventor
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Abstract
A lock includes a housing and a key-operated lock core mounted on the housing. The key-operated lock core has a spindle with a keyhole defined therein. The spindle is movable between an original position where the spindle is allowed to be rotated with respect to the housing to put the lock in a locked or unlocked state, and an indicative position where the spindle is also allowed to be rotated to put the lock in the locked or unlocked state.
Claims10
A lock, comprising a housing, a key-operated lock core mounted on the housing;
- the key-operated lock core having a spindle with a keyhole;
- and the spindle being movable between an original position where the spindle is allowed to be rotated with respect to the housing to put the lock in a locked or unlocked state, and an indicative position where the spindle is also allowed to be rotated to put the lock in the locked or unlocked state.
A lock, comprising a housing and a key-operated lock core mounted is on the housing;
- the housing defining an opening therein;
- the key-operated lock core having a spindle received in the opening of the housing;
- the spindle having a keyhole, being rotatable with respect to the housing, and being movable between an original position where the spindle is completely received inside the opening of the housing, and an indicative position where the spindle is partly situated outside the opening of the housing and prevented from being directly pushed back to the original position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.