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US 2016/0059324 A1Published application
Fully automatic key duplicating machine with automatic key model identification system
AssigneeMinute Key Inc.
InventorsDaniel Freeman, Ari Freeman
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Abstract
A method of duplicating a key includes receiving a master key in a key duplicating machine. The machine automatically detects a cross sectional profile of the master key. The machine automatically determines, based on the detected cross sectional profile, a type and model of the master key. The machine automatically selects a key blank that matches the type and model of the master key, and then automatically cuts the selected key blank to duplicate a key tooth pattern of the master key.
Claims16
A method of duplicating a key, comprising:
- receiving a master key in a key duplicating machine;
- automatically detecting, by the key duplicating machine, a cross-sectional profile of the master key;
- automatically determining, by the key duplicating machine, a type of the master key based on the detected cross-sectional profile of the master key;
- automatically selecting, by the key duplicating machine, a key blank that matches the type of the master key;
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- automatically cutting, by the key duplicating machine, the selected key blank to duplicate a key tooth pattern of the master key.
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A key duplicating machine comprising:
- a blade cross-section detector configured to detect a cross-sectional profile of a master key;
- a master key identification system configured to determine a type of the master key based on the detected cross-sectional profile of the master key;
- a blank loading system configured to select a key blank that matches the type of the master key;
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- a key cutting system configured to cut the selected key blank to duplicate a key tooth pattern of the master key.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.