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US 2017/0037661 A1Published application
Lock and/or latch mechanism
OwnerThomas Gerald Tessierinventor
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Abstract
A lock and/or latch mechanism invention comprises a tumbler having a distal end, the distal end having a receiver and a hole disposed through the receiver and a grease zerk fitting being engaged to the receiver, the grease zerk fitting being constructed and arranged to establish a grease passage through the grease zerk fitting into the interior of the tumbler.
Claims15
A lock and/or latch mechanism comprising:
- a tumbler comprising a distal end having a receiver and a first aperture disposed through said receiver;
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- a grease zerk fitting engaged to said receiver, said grease zerk fitting being constructed and arranged to establish a grease passage through said grease zerk fitting into said tumbler.
A lock and/or latch mechanism comprising:
- a tumbler comprising a detent hole, an exterior, a detent spring within said detent hole, and a detent ball engaged to said detent spring, said tumbler further comprising a distal end having a receiver and a first aperture disposed through said receiver into said tumbler;
- a barrel having a threaded exterior surface, said barrel being engaged to said exterior of said tumbler;
- a retaining nut rotatably engaged to said threaded exterior surface of said barrel;
- a stop engaged to said distal end, said stop being constructed and arranged to prevent separation of said barrel and said retaining nut from said tumbler;
- a latch engaged to said distal end, said latch being positioned to the exterior of said stop;
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- a grease zerk fitting being engaged to said receiver, said grease zerk fitting being constructed and arranged to establish a grease passage through said grease zerk fitting into said tumbler.
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