Key having a catch and a replaceable blade, lock, and operating method thereof (variants)

A key,

• which comprises, among other components, a bow and/or other key component which is held in a human hand and which receives an effort from the human hand during a working stroke, and comprises a key secret, and also optionally comprises, among other components, but not limited to, other key components in a required amount, such as a shank, a key cover, a key case,
• wherein at least one key secret is connected, directly and/or through any other key components, to one or more of the key components, through at least one grab, which is performed by any of known and/or unknown methods, and/or any combination of these methods allowing connection and/or disconnection of key components,
• wherein this key secret can be executed by any of known and/or unknown methods or any combination of these methods,
• and this key secret can be attached to the grab separately or together with any other key components,
• this at least one key secret is attached to other key components through at least one grab, this grab is capable of being connected and/or disconnected,
• wherein this grab can be completely and/or partially separated from other key components,
• and/or the components of this grab can be attached to any other key components,
• other of the key secrets can be optionally attached to any key components without the possibility of their separation,
• characterized in that the grab is made in such a way that
• that at least one key secret, in whole or in part, separately and/or together with some of any other key components, by using any of known and/or unknown methods, and/or any combination thereof,
• when the key is placed outside, i.e. outside a lock body,
• when the key is placed inside the lock body and/or inside ϕ body of any lock components, or being placed inside any lock components,
• can be separated from other key components, and/or can be attached to the other key components.

A lock,

• which has at least two static states:
• “closed” and “open”, and which is configured to perform a working stroke in which the lock will be transferred from one static state to another,
• the beginning of the working stroke of this lock coincides with the moment of the beginning of the first action required to transfer the lock to another static state, and the end of the working stroke of the lock coincides with the moment of the end of the last action required for this transfer,
• wherein all actions of lock and key mechanisms between the beginning and end of the working stroke of the lock are performed during the working stroke of the lock,
• which optionally comprises, among other components of the lock separated from or combined with any other components of the lock, but not limited to, in a required amount, a secret mechanism which can be made separately from a keyhole, and/or a bolt, and/or a lock body, and/or a bolt drive, and/or the keyhole, and which can be configured to disassemble the keyhole and/or to install keyhole and/or key barriers, and/or a keyhole separator which can disassemble the keyhole, and/or a docking mechanism which can disassemble and/or assemble a key, and/or a keyhole barrier mechanism which can install the keyhole barrier, and/or a key barrier mechanism which can install the key barrier, and/or a key secret delivery mechanism which can perform a delivery of a key secret,
• which is transferred from one state to another by at least one suitable key, this key comprises, among other key components separated from or combined with any other key components, but not limited to, in a required number, a bow and/or other key component that is touched by a person, and/or a shank, and/or a key cover, and/or a key case,
• in which at least one key secret is attached, directly and/or through any key components, to at least one of the key components, for example, to the key shank, through at least one grab which is made by any of known and/or unknown methods, and/or any combination of these methods allowing the key components to be assembled and/or disassembled,
• this key secret can be performed by any of known and/or unknown methods, or any combination of these methods, and this key secret can be attached to the grab separately or together with any other key components,
• this at least one key secret is attached to the key components through at least one grab with the possibility to its attachment and/or detachment, this key secret is separable from the other key components, together with the grab and/or together with any grab components, and/or separately,
• other of the key secrets can be optionally attached to any key components without the possibility of their detachment from the key components,
• characterized in that it comprises, in a required amount, one or more, all or part, or any combination of the following features, each of the features can be used both individually and together with other features, in any combination of the following features, and the presence of any of these features or any combination thereof ensures that a claimed technical result is obtained, namely:
• during the working stroke, at least one key secret, separately and/or together with the other key components, can be detached from other key components, and/or can be attached to some other key components,
• and/or at least one grab or other component performing the same function is installed between the key components, and the key can be disassembled into the key components and/or assembled into a single whole from the key components by using this gripper in accordance with any of known and/or unknown methods, as well as by any combination of methods, during the working stroke when the key is inserted into the lock,
• and/or the lock comprises at least one docking mechanism or other component performing the same function, and the key can be disassembled into key components and/or assembled into a single whole from the key components by this docking mechanism during the working stroke of the lock,
• and/or the keyhole can be disassembled into several keyholes and/or can be assembled into a single whole from the several keyholes by any of known or unknown methods, as well as by any combination of these methods, during the working stroke,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, the disassembled key components are separated, for a required time, by the key barrier and/or the keyhole barrier in the form, for example, of a movable shutter of an arbitrary shape, a movable and/or stationary sector of a circle, another arbitrary geometric shape that does not allow the disassembled key components will combine into a single whole,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, at least one keyhole, for a required time, is disassembled by at least one channel barrier and/or key barrier in the form of, for example, a movable and/or stationary shutter of an arbitrary shape, a movable and/or fixed sector a circle, any other arbitrary movable and/or fixed geometric shape,
• and/or during the working stroke, the movement of some of the key components, optionally including, but not limited to, the movement of at least one key secret, is performed separately from the rest of the key components, and the movement of the components can be performed both outside and/or inside the lock,
• and/or during the working stroke, the secret mechanism of the lock is activated by the key component which is separated from the other key components and which comprises the entire key secret or comprises some key secrets,
• and/or the key component, which is separated from the rest of the key components and which comprises at least one key secret, is delivered to the secret mechanism of the lock during the working stroke by some lock component, including the key secret delivery mechanism,
• and/or the grab of the key is used to disassemble and assemble the key during the working stroke when the key is inserted in the lock from the outside,
• and/or the lock comprises at least one key barrier and/or at least one keyhole barrier which have at least one cavity, and the grab of the key is placed in this cavity when the key is assembled and/or disassembled,
• and/or the key secret delivery mechanism has at least two different positions, in one of which it has access to the outer keyhole but does not have access to the secret mechanism of the lock, and in another of which it has access to the secret mechanism of the lock but does not have access to the outer keyhole,
• and/or the lock comprises at least one stopper which prevents the key components from being removed from the lock when the key is disassembled, and which allows such removal when the key is assembled.

A locking device,

• which comprises at least one key, wherein this key comprises, among other key components in a required amount, a bow and/or any other key component which is held in a human hand and to which a force from the human hand is transferred during the working stroke, and this key optionally comprises, among other components, but not limited to, in a required amount, other key components, for example, such as a shank, a key cover for easy holding of the key, and/or a key case that does not allow the key to tear a fabric of pockets,
• in which at least one key secret is attached, directly and/or through any key components, to at least one of the key components through at least one grab which is made by any of known and/or unknown methods, and/or any combination of these methods allowing the key components to be assembled and/or disassembled,
• this key secret can be performed by any of known and/or unknown methods, or any combination of these methods,
• this key secret can be attached to the grab separately or together with any other key components,
• other of the key secrets can be optionally attached to any key components without the possibility of their detachment from the key components,
• wherein the locking device also comprises at least one lock which has at least two static states:
• “closed” and “open”, and this lock is also configured to perform the working stroke in which the lock will be transferred from one static state to another,
• the beginning of the working stroke of this lock coincides with the moment of the beginning of the first action required to transfer the lock to another static state, and the end of the working stroke of the lock coincides with the moment of the end of the last action required for this transfer,
• all actions of the lock and the key between the beginning and end of the working stroke are performed during the working stroke,
• wherein the locking device optionally comprises, but not limited to or among other lock components which can be separated from or combined with other lock components, a keyhole, a secret mechanism, a bolt drive, one bolt, a lock body,
• characterized in that
• the grab by which the key secret is attached to the other key components may be separated from one or all of the grab-connected key components,
• and/or the grab-connected key component can be separated from other grab-connected key components together with the grab and/or together with some grab components, and/or separately from the grab,
• and/or the grab by which the key secret is attached to the other key components may be attached to one or all of the grab-connected key components, and/or the grab-connected key component can be attached to the other grab-connected key components together with the grab, and/or together with some of the grab components, and/or separately,
• and/or the component of the shank adjacent to the grab or the whole shank, and/or the component of the key secret adjacent to the grab or the whole key secret is/are made of a material that is attracted by a magnet, and/or is/are made of a magnet, and/or a required number of magnets is fixed in the component of the shank adjacent to the grab and/or in the component of the key secret adjacent to the grab, and/or the counterpart/counterparts of the grab is/are made of a magnet and/or of a material that is attracted by the magnet, and/or a required number of magnets is fixed in the counterpart/counterparts of the grab,
• and/or the part of the shank adjacent to the grab and/or the part of the key secret adjacent to the grab, and/or the adjacent part/parts of the grab have a detachable mechanical fastening in the form of a T-shaped groove, dovetail, spring, bracket, and the counterpart/counterparts of the grab and/or the shank and/or the key secret have shapes consistent with this fastening,
• and/or the grab, the shank and the key secret have a figured shape, including a cylindrical shape,
• and/or the grab is attached by magnetic attraction forces on one side to the end of the shank, and by the same forces the grab is attached on another side to the end of the key secret,
• and/or the grab has centering components that prevent the shank and/or key secret from moving relative to the grab, but do not interfere with the disassembly and assembly of the key components, and they have, for example, a conical shape,
• wherein the lock comprises the lock body, an opening is made in the lock body, and a cavity is made in the opening on the inner side of the lock body, the secret mechanism of the lock is placed in this cavity, and a septum with an axial hole and an eccentric shaped hole is installed in the opening without the possibility of its movement, this septum can be made integral with the opening or separately from it, the eccentric shaped hole in the septum is remote from the secret mechanism of the lock, a dual cylinder is arranged on both sides of the lock body into the opening, this dual cylinder is composed of a shaft, an inner coaxial cylinder and an outer coaxial cylinder, the outer coaxial cylinder and the inner coaxial cylinder are separated by the septum, the shaft is placed in the axial hole of the septum, the coaxial cylinders and are fixed on the shaft on both sides of the septum without the possibility of their movement relative to the shaft, the dual cylinder can rotate together with the shaft in the axial hole of the septum,
• or the coaxial cylinders are separated by the fixed septum radially directed relative to their common axis of rotation, this septum is connected to the lock body, the axial hole and the eccentric shaped hole are made in this septum, the shaft of the dual cylinder is placed in the axial hole in the septum, the shaft and the dual cylinder can rotate in the axial hole of the fixed septum, the eccentric shaped hole in the fixed septum is made according to the cross-section of the grab,
• one of the coaxial cylinders located closer to the outer side of the lock comprises an eccentric shaped hole which forms the outer keyhole, and the second coaxial cylinder located further from the outer side of the lock comprises an eccentric shaped hole forming the inner keyhole,
• the keyhole is formed by a shaped hole of constant and/or variable cross-section in accordance with the shape of the shaft in the outer coaxial cylinder, an eccentric shaped hole in accordance with the shape of the grab in the fixed septum, and a shaped hole of constant and/or variable cross-section in accordance with the shape of the key secret in the inner coaxial cylinder,
• the eccentric hole in the fixed septum in one certain position of the dual cylinder, in which the lock is in a static position, coincides with the opening of the outer keyhole and the opening of the inner keyhole, thereby forming, in this position, a single keyhole channel, and the secret mechanism of the lock in this static position of the lock is not connected to the inner keyhole,
• the functions of the docking mechanism, the keyhole separator, the key barrier mechanism, the keyhole barrier mechanism are performed by the dual cylinder and the fixed septum, and the keyhole barrier and the key barrier are formed by the fixed septum which separates the dual cylinders,
• the location of the fixed septum in the axial direction coincides with the location of the grab when the correct key is correctly inserted, and the thickness of this fixed septum coincides with the length of the grab,
• in the static position of the lock, the outer keyhole and the inner keyhole are connected by an eccentric hole in the fixed septum, thereby forming a single keyhole,
• during the working stroke of the lock in the activation position, the dual cylinder of the lock with the inserted key is rotated by a rotational movement which is transferred from the human hand and which is received by the bow of the key, the coaxial cylinders are rotated by a part of revolution, and the grab is disconnected from the shank and the key secret, this grab is left in the eccentric hole of the fixed septum, the bow with the shank and the key secret are separated from the grab and rotated together with the outer and inner coaxial cylinders, and the angle of rotation of the dual cylinder is selected so that the key secret, which is placed in the inner keyhole, is delivered to the secret mechanism of the lock,
• wherein the key components are separated by a barrier which is made in the form of a fixed septum, the outer keyhole and the inner keyhole are disassembled, the obstacle in the form of the fixed septum is placed between the outer keyhole and the inner keyhole, the grab is separated from both the shank and the key secret, the grip is held in the eccentric hole of the fixed septum by the ends of the dual cylinders facing the fixed septum, the shank and bow are placed in the outer keyhole, the key secret is placed in the inner keyhole and delivered to the secret mechanism of the lock, the grab is placed in the eccentric shaped hole in the fixed septum, the key secret is delivered to the secret mechanism inaccessible from the outside, and cavities of required shape which are directed to the eccentric shaped hole are provided in the inner cylinder, these cavities provide the secret mechanism with access to the key secret, the key secret is delivered by the inner coaxial cylinder, the secret mechanism of the lock is activated by the key secret which is separated from the rest of the key components,
• a stopper-cover is mounted on the lock body in front of the outer cylinder, the stopper-cover has a hole with a cutout, this cutout allows the key to be inserted and/or removed only when the key is assembled, in the static position of the lock.

A method for operating a locking mechanism,

• wherein the locking mechanism comprises a lock comprising, but not limited to, the following components of the lock, which can be installed both collectively and separately, in any desired combination, and each of which can be installed in a required amount, namely:
• a lock body, a keyhole, a secret mechanism, a bolt drive, a bolt, a docking mechanism by which a key is disassembled and/or by which the key is assembled, a key barrier that separates key parts, a keyhole barrier which is used to disassemble the keyhole into parts, a key secret delivery mechanism, a channel sharing mechanism that shares a keyhole separator which is used to disassemble the keyhole, a key barrier mechanism which places an barrier in the keyhole, a key secret delivery mechanism which delivers the separated key components to the secret mechanism of the lock,
• and the locking mechanism comprises the key comprising, but not limited to, the following key components which can be installed both together or separately, in any desired combination, and each of which can be installed in a required amount, namely:
• a bow, a shank, a key secret, a grab configured to disassemble the key into parts outside the lock and/or inside the lock and assemble the key from the parts outside the lock and/or inside the lock, a key cover, a key case,
• wherein the key is inserted in the keyhole, and then and/or simultaneously with the insertion, the bow is moved and/or rotated in a desired direction, and if the key secret and the secret mechanism of the lock match, the lock is opened, and the lock is closed in reverse order,
• characterized in that the method comprises, after and/or simultaneously with these actions or with a part of these actions:
• performing, in whole or in part, simultaneously or sequentially, or in any combination, all or part, or any combination of the actions described below, wherein each of these actions is performed both individually and together with the rest of the actions, or in any combination of the following actions, and the implementation of any of these actions or any combination thereof ensures the achievement of the same technical result, namely:
• disassembling the key into the key components by the actions of any lock components, and/or assembling the key from its components by the actions of the lock components,
• and/or disassembling the key inserted in the lock into a required number of components, and/or assembling the key in the lock from the components,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, disassembling the key into components, and/or during the working stroke of the lock, assembling the key from the components,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, using the grab of the key to disassemble the key into key components and/or to assemble the key from its components,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, activating at least one docking mechanism or other component of the lock, which is used to disassemble the key into its components and/or assemble the key from its components,
• and/or disassembling the keyhole into a required number of parts by using any components of the lock,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, disassembling the keyhole into parts, including the outer keyhole and the inner keyhole,
• and/or installing the keyhole barrier into the keyhole by using any components of the lock,
• and/or separating the parts of the keyhole from each other by using the keyhole barriers,
• and/or separating the key parts from each other by using by the keyhole barriers or key barriers,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, installing at least one keyhole barrier separating the parts of the keyhole in the keyhole,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, installing at least one key barrier separating the key parts from each other after they are disassembled,
• and/or leaving the bow of the key or its part with any other key components in the outer keyhole connected to the external space,
• and/or in the separated inner keyhole and/or in the inner keyhole separated from the outer keyhole by the keyhole barrier and/or the key barrier, placing
• the key secret separated from the key, separately or together with any other key components separated from the key, and/or
• the part of the key secret separated from the key, separately or together with any other key components separated from the key,
• and/or capturing, by any of the components of the lock, the key secret separated from the key, separately or together with any other key components attached to the key secret and also separated from the key,
• and/or moving, by any components of the lock, the entire key secret or a part of the key secret separated from the rest of the key components to the secret mechanism of the lock, both together with some other key components also separated from the rest of the components and without them,
• and/or providing the secret mechanism of the lock separately from the outer keyhole,
• and/or temporarily connecting the keyhole to the key secret delivery mechanism which is in a certain position, or to another lock component performing these functions,
• and/or implementing the position in which the key secret delivery mechanism or any other component of the lock is connected to the secret mechanism of the lock, such that it is different from the position in which the key secret delivery mechanism or any other component of the lock performing these functions is connected to the outer keyhole,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, activating at least one stopper preventing the removal of the components of the disassembled key from the keyhole,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, performing the separate movement of different key components and/or causing different key components to move along different paths during the working stroke of the lock,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, providing the interaction of at least one key secret separated from the rest of the key components with at least one secret mechanism of the lock,
• and/or wherein the working stroke of the lock comprises the following actions:
• disassembling the key into components,
• simultaneously or then, disassembling the keyhole,
• and/or separating the outer keyhole from the inner keyhole by the keyhole barrier,
• and/or separating the disassembled key parts by the keyhole barrier and/or key barrier,
• delivering the key secret separated from the rest of the key components, separately or together with other key components, to the secret mechanism of the lock,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, performing the following actions:
• delivering the key secret separated from the rest of the key components to the secret mechanism of the lock, wherein it is delivered separately or together with the other key components for which the human hand acts on the bow of the key or on any other key component performing the same function,
• and/or during the working stroke of the lock, placing at least one grab which is completely or partially separated from the rest of the key components, with or without the other key components, in the keyhole barrier and/or in the key barrier,
• and/or connecting the grab permanently attached to one of the key components to the other key components and/or disconnecting it from the other key components.