Lock pin decoding apparatus
AssigneeLab Security Systems Corporation
InventorGerald G. Roraback, Jr.
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Abstract
A device and method to sort high security lock pins to characterize their length, wedge direction, and slot position comprises a lock pin decoding body containing lock pin cavities that receive high security lock pins and orient them in a uniform way by fitting a tab on the upper end of the lock pins in a notch, thereby revealing whether the lock pins have a slot positioned in the “left”, “center” or “right” positions, which can be read from indicia on the lock pin decoding body, and further revealing if the lock pins have a “fore” or “aft” facing wedge, which can also be read from indicia on the lock pin decoding body.
Claims10
A lock pin sorting apparatus for characterizing high security lock pins having a variable length, wedge orientation, and slot position, comprising a body containing a plurality of lock pin cavities of different lengths, each said lock pin cavity being open at a top side thereof and having a notch located in a rear upper end thereof sized to received a lock pin tab and orient a lock pin in said cavity, and having at its lower end an aft wedge cavity and a fore wedge cavity.
A lock pin sorting apparatus for characterizing high security lock pins having variable length, wedge orientation, and slot position, comprising a body containing a plurality of lock pin cavities of different lengths, each said lock pin cavity being open at a top and front side thereof and having a notch located in a rear upper end thereof sized to receive a lock pin tab and orient a lock pin in said cavity, and having at its lower end an aft wedge cavity and a fore wedge cavity;
- indicia on the body indicating that a lock pin positioned in a lock pin cavity has a left, center or right slot position;
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- indicia on the body indicating that a lock pin positioned in a lock pin cavity has an aft facing or fore facing wedge.
A pin sorter comprising:
- at least one security pin cavity sized to provide at least one length measurement;
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- a sorter surface providing one or more of a wedge orientation indication and a slot position indication;
- wherein a first security pin cavity is sized to provide a first length measurement;
- a second security pin cavity is sized to provide a second length measurement;
- a third security pin cavity is sized to provide a third length measurement;
- a fourth security pin cavity is sized to provide a for the length measurement;
- a fifth security pin cavity is sized to provide a fifth length measurement;
- and a sixth security pin cavity is sized to provide a sixth length measurement.
A method for sorting high security lock pins having variable length, wedge orientation, and slot position in a lock pin sorting apparatus, said apparatus including a body containing a plurality of lock pin cavities of different lengths, and indicia on the body indicating that a lock pin positioned in a lock pin cavity has a left, center or right slot position;
- and an aft facing or fore facing wedge, comprising the steps of:
- placing a security lock pin in a lock pin cavity;
- orienting the security lock pin in a normalized position;
- reading a wedge orientation of said security lock pin within said cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.