Lock assembly
AssigneeTaiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsChao-Ming Huang, Chi-Ming Chen
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Abstract
A lock assembly has a housing, a lock cylinder, an adjusting block and multiple rack assemblies. The adjusting block is slidably received in the lock cylinder and has a wedge side facing the lock cylinder and a plurality of first wedge elements formed on the wedge side. The rack assemblies are slidably received respectively in the lock cylinder. Each rack assembly has a rack element, an adjusting base and a resilient member arranged between the rack element and the adjusting base. Each rack element and each adjusting base have a plurality teeth formed thereon and detachably engaged each other respectively. Each rack element has a second wedge element that is selectively engaged or disengaged from one of the first wedge elements on the adjusting block.
Claims18
A lock assembly comprising:
- a housing having a cylinder hole defined axially through the housing;
- a lock cylinder rotatably and slidably received in the cylinder hole of the housing and having a key hole, a plurality of pin slots and a holding recess, wherein the pin slots and the holding recess are communicating with the key hole of the lock cylinder;
- an adjusting block slidably received in the holding recess of the lock cylinder and having a wedge side facing the lock cylinder and a plurality of first wedge elements formed on the wedge side;
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- a plurality of rack assemblies slidably received respectively in the pin slots in the lock cylinder, each rack assembly comprising a rack element, an adjusting base and a resilient member arranged between the rack element and the adjusting base, wherein each rack element and each adjusting base have a plurality teeth formed thereon and detachably engaging each other respectively, and each rack element has a second wedge element that is selectively engaged or disengaged from one of the first wedge elements on the adjusting block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.