Lock cylinder with offset pin
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsWilliam J. Dickhans, Paul O. Gardner, Misty G. Jackson
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AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsWilliam J. Dickhans, Paul O. Gardner, Misty G. Jackson
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A method of re-keying a lock cylinder. The method includes providing a housing including outer pins, a plug rotatably engaged within the housing and having a key slot and inner pins configured to align with the outer pins, and an engagement member inserted into the plug as a separate piece such that the engagement member engages one or more originally engaged inner pins to space each of the engaged inner pins a distance from a pin resting surface defined by the key slot. The method also includes modifying the engagement member, and inserting the modified engagement member into the plug so that the engagement member engages one or more newly engaged inner pins different from the originally engaged inner pins to space each of the newly engaged inner pins a distance from the pin resting surface.
A method of re-keying a lock cylinder, the method comprising:
A method of re-keying a lock cylinder, the method comprising:
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