Cam lock and brace assembly
OwnerJames O'Garainventor
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Abstract
A sleeve has at least one formation adapted to hold the sleeve against rotation in a similarly formed opening provided in a panel to be locked against a frame, a lock cylinder rotatably seated in the sleeve and traversing same to extend beyond an end thereof, the extension of the lock cylinder formed with a shank portion having one end of an elongated camming tongue mounted thereon and rotatable by the lock cylinder between a locked position in which the other end of the tongue extends across a separation between the panel and the frame and engages the frame, and an unlocked position in which the tongue lies wholly within an outline of the panel, and brace means mounted on the sleeve and extending substantially to the separation and formed with at least one slot adapted to receive the tongue at least in the locked position thereof.
Claims14
A cam lock assembly comprising:
- a sleeve having at least one formation adapted to hold said sleeve against rotation in a similarly formed opening provided in a panel to be locked against a frame;
- a lock cylinder rotatably seated in said sleeve and traversing same to extend beyond an end thereof, the extension of said lock cylinder formed with a shank portion;
- an elongated camming tongue mounted at one end thereof on said shank portion and rotatable by said lock cylinder between a locked position in which the other end of said tongue extends across a separation between said panel and said frame and engages said frame, and an unlocked position in which said tongue lies wholly within an outline of said panel;
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- brace means mounted on said sleeve and extending substantially to said separation and formed with at least one slot adapted to receive said tongue at least in the locked position thereof.
In a cam lock assembly of the type wherein a sleeve having a noncircular outline is held against rotation in a similarly formed noncircular opening provided in a panel to be locked against a frame, with a lock cylinder rotatably seated in said sleeve and traversing same to extend beyond an end thereof, and an elongated camming tongue fixed at one end thereof to the extension of said lock cylinder and rotatable therewith between a locked position in which the other end of said tongue extends across a separation between said panel and said frame and engages said frame, and an unlocked position in which said tongue lies wholly within an outline of said panel, the improvement comprising brace means mounted on said sleeve and extending substantially to said separation and formed with at least one slot adapted to receive said tongue at least in the locked position thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.