[특허]Food freezer locks and keys having safety features for preventing child entrapment

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Food freezer locks and keys having safety features for preventing child entrapment

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	E05B-019/02 E05B-027/00 E05B-065/00 E05B-027/08 E05B-063/00 E05B-015/00 E05B-019/00
출원번호	US-0545508 (2015-05-14)
등록번호	US-9644397 (2017-05-09)
발명자 / 주소	Laabs, Timothy P. Misner, Michael O.
출원인 / 주소	THE EASTERN COMPANY
대리인 / 주소	Burge, David A.
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 0 인용 특허 : 11

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A tubular lock and its operating key have safety features that render the lock and key well suited for use with food freezer appliances and the like where the keyway of the lock extends horizontally. The tubular portion of the operating key, and the keyway of the tubular lock are cooperatively configured so a key inserted into the keyway of the lock fits quite loosely and is minimally supported even when fully inserted. The graspable bow of the operating key is made unusually long causing the center of gravity of an inserted operating key to be spaced far from the front face of the lock—so the weight of the loosely fitting and minimally supported operating key levers the graspable bow downwardly, causing the key to drop from the keyway unless being held in the keyway. Gravity is optimally used to effect key ejection.

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1. A tubular lock and tubular operating key, with the key having a tubular portion that is movable along a horizontal axis extending centrally through a tubular keyway of the lock to a fully inserted position where the lock can be operated by turning the tubular portion about the horizontal axis, with the key and the keyway being cooperatively configured to ensure that the tubular portion of the key fits sufficiently loosely in the keyway even when at the fully inserted position, and with the lock providing no obstruction to removal of the key from the keyway regardless of how the key is turned while in the keyway, that the key will drop from the keyway under the influence of the force of gravity unless being held in the keyway. 2. The lock and key of claim 1 that are configured to permit the key to be turned at least a quarter turn between locked and unlocked orientations when the tubular portion has been inserted to the fully inserted position, and with the lock and key having no interfitting formations that obstruct withdrawal of the tubular portion of the key from the keyway regardless of how the tubular portion is turned about the horizontal axis. 3. The lock and key of claim 1 with the key having a relatively flat graspable bow that is not insertable into the keyway of lock and is of sufficient size to cause a center of gravity of the fully inserted key to be positioned at a sufficient distance from a front face of the lock to cause the graspable bow to tilt downwardly under the influence of the force of gravity unless the key is manually supported in the keyway. 4. The lock and key of claim 1 with the key having a graspable bow portion not insertable into the keyway of the lock, with a length of the graspable bow, as measured along the horizontal axis, being at least twice the 24.26 millimeter diameter of a current-day quarter coin. 5. The lock and key of claim 1 with the lock having a housing with a passage formed therethrough, and having a plug journaled in the passage that defines a centerpin that extends forwardly toward an open front end region of the housing, with the keyway being defined between the centerpin and the front end region of the passage, with the centerpin having a substantially uniform diameter extending for a length less than the length of the outer diameter of the keyway that is defined by the housing of the lock, and with the centerpin having a chamfer at its front end that extends in the manner of a truncated cone from the substantially uniform diameter of the centerpin to provide a circular flat front end of the centerpin that has a diameter of that is substantially 75 percent of the uniform diameter of the centerpin. 6. The lock and key of claim 1 with the key being capable of operating the lock only if the tubular portion of the key has been turned to a particular orientation before being moved along the central axis during insertion into the keyway to the fully inserted position. 7. The lock and key of claim 6 with the lock having a housing that defines the outer diameter of the tubular keyway, and neither the key nor the housing explains the correct particular orientation to which the key must be turned before being moved along the central axis during insertion of the tubular portion into the keyway to the fully inserted position. 8. The lock and key of claim 6 with the key having a graspable bow portion with a text message printed on a selected side thereof, and with the correct particular orientation being reached when the graspable bow is held to extend vertically so the text message is right-side-up for being easily read. 9. The lock and key of claim 1, with the lock having a housing, that defines no slot or cut near the tubular keyway through which any portion of the key must pass to be inserted into or withdrawn from the keyway, but with the housing of the lock having a small orientation marking that is visible from an exterior of the housing to assist installers. 10. The lock and key of claim 1 with the key having a substantially flat graspable bow portion that is not insertable into the keyway and has a length ranging from the twice the 24.26 millimeter diameter of a current-day quarter coin to three times the 24.26 millimeter diameter of a current-day quarter coin. 11. The lock and key of claim 10 with the graspable bow portion being substantially rectangular and having a width ranging from the 21.21 millimeter diameter of a current nickel coin to the 24.26 millimeter diameter of a current quarter coin, and having a thickness ranging from the 1.95 millimeter thickness of a current nickel coin to the 1.75 millimeter thickness of a current quarter coin. 12. The lock and key of claim 1 with the key having a graspable bow portion with a text message printed on a selected side thereof, and the correct particular orientation is reached when the graspable bow is held vertically so the text message is right-side-up for being easily read. 13. A food freezer lock and an operating key configured to unlock the lock when the operating key is turned after being inserted into a forwardly opening, horizontally extending keyway of the lock to a position where forwardly biased tumblers of the lock are engaged and rearwardly depressed by the operating key, with the keyway and the operating key being configured to cause the operating key, when left inadvertently extending into the keyway, to drop from the keyway under the influence of the force of gravity. 14. A method of enhancing the safety of a lockable food freezer appliance by equipping the appliance with a tubular lock that is operable by turning a tubular portion of an operating key about a horizontally extending axis after the tubular portion has been moved along the axis to a fully inserted position within a tubular keyway of the lock, with the key and the keyway being cooperatively configured so the key fits so loosely in the keyway and is so minimally vertically supported while at any location along the keyway that the key drops from the keyway under the influence of the force of gravity unless the key is manually held in the keyway. 15. The method of claim 14 additionally including the step of providing the tubular operating key with a graspable bow of such size and weight as will cause the center of gravity of the key to be located at a distance spaced along the axis away from a front face of the lock that is sufficient to cause the bow of the key to tilt downwardly regardless of the extent to which the key is inserted into the keyway of the lock unless the key is being manually held in the keyway of the lock. 16. The method of claim 14 additionally including the step of providing the tubular operating key with a graspable bow portion that cannot be inserted into the keyway and has a length measured along the axis that is at least twice the 24.26 millimeter diameter of a current-day quarter coin. 17. The method of claim 14 additionally including the step of configuring the operating key so that it must be turned to a particular orientation when inserted into the keyway in order to successfully operate the lock. 18. The method of claim 17 additionally including the step of providing no explanation on either the operating key or on the tubular lock of the particular orientation to which the operating key must be turned when inserted. 19. The method of claim 18 additionally including the step of providing axially extending tumbler pins extending along peripheral portions of the keyway of the lock that must be engaged by correctly configured recesses of the key in order for the key to be inserted into the keyway to the fully inserted position. 20. The method of claim 19 additionally including the step of cooperatively configuring the keyway and the tubular portion of the key to permit partial insertion of the tubular portion into the keyway even when the key is not turned to the particular orientation, with the tumbler pins being capable of entering the recesses of the key to prevent the partially inserted key from being turned to the particular orientation. 21. A lock and key comprising a lock having a keyway that extends substantially concentrically about a substantially horizontally extending axis when installed, and a key having a lock operating portion that can be moved along the axis to be inserted into the keyway to a fully inserted position where the configuration of the operating portion of the key permits the key to operate the lock, with the key and the keyway also being cooperatively configured so the key will drop from the keyway under the influence of the force of gravity when inserted to the fully inserted position unless held in the keyway. 22. A method of preventing an operating key of a tubular lock suitable for use on food freezer appliances from being inadvertently left in the horizontally extending keyway of the tubular lock comprising the step of co-operatively configuring the keyway and a keyway-insertable portion of the operating key to drop from the keyway under the influence of the force of gravity when inserted to an operating position in the keyway unless the key is held in the keyway.

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