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US 4,916,926 AGranted
Locking apparatus
OwnerJin R. Shiehinventor
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Abstract
A locking apparatus includes a following member secured to a pivotal axis, a braking piece capable of preventing the member from rotating in a first direction in a first position and of freeing the member in a second position, and a locking device having a tumbler body capable of engaging with the piece in the manner that the braking piece is in the first position when the locking device is in a locking state and when in an unlocking state, the tumbler body can urge the piece to be in the second position.
Claims8
A locking apparatus comprising:
- a following member having a ratchet wheel and adapted to be secured to a pivotal axis of a first member pivoting with respect to a second member;
- a braking piece having at least a pawl engagable with said ratchet wheel for being capable of preventing said following member from rotating in a first direction in a first position and of freeing said following member in a second position;
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- a locking device mounted on said second member and having a tumbler body capable of engaging with said braking piece in a manner that said braking piece is in said first position when said locking device is in a locking state and when in an unlocking state, said tumbler body can urge said braking piece to be in said second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.