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US 4,285,574 AGranted
Device for reading coded notches on keys
AssigneeNeiman S.A.
InventorPaul Lipschutz
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Abstract
A device for reading coded notches on keys, the device comprising a magnifier having parallel lines marked on one face, the lines being spaced apart in accordance with the code and each line being indicated by a coding index, the magnifier having a groove for the reception of a key and an abutment to locate the key in a correct position relative to the lines.
Claims5
A device for reading the combination of a flat elongated key provided with coded notches on at least one elongated edge, comprising:
- (a) an elongated magnifier of transparent material defined by a curvilinear surface on one side of the magnifier through which the image to be viewed by the user emerges and two substantially planar surfaces on the other side, said planar surfaces being contained in planes substantially parallel to and offset from each other thereby forming between them an elongate abutment shoulder for positioning a key, the combination of which is to be read,
- (b) a plurality of spaced apart parallel lines provided on one of said planar surfaces and extending longitudinally of the magnifier and positioned near to said shoulder, the spacing of said lines corresponding to the individual key notch depths, and
- (c) a plurality of coding indices provided on said one planar surface on the side of the spaced parallel lines remote from said shoulder, said indices identifying said parallel lines respectively, whereby when a notched key is placed with a rectilinear portion thereof engaging the abutment shoulder the notched edge of the key is disposed against a background comprising said parallel lines, the coded values of said notches are readable.
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