EP0637664B1 - Combination lock - Google Patents
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- EP0637664B1 EP0637664B1 EP94305578A EP94305578A EP0637664B1 EP 0637664 B1 EP0637664 B1 EP 0637664B1 EP 94305578 A EP94305578 A EP 94305578A EP 94305578 A EP94305578 A EP 94305578A EP 0637664 B1 EP0637664 B1 EP 0637664B1
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- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B37/00—Permutation or combination locks; Puzzle locks
- E05B37/08—Permutation or combination locks; Puzzle locks with tumbler discs on a single axis, all the discs being adjustable by a rotary knob which is not shifted for adjusting the discs
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- This invention relates to combination locks. More particularly, the invention relates to tumbler scrambling manipulation combination locks, of the kind including a housing with a lock dial shaft rotatably mounted therein, a lock bolt movable in the housing, a fence lever pivotally coupled to the lock bolt, a spring means constantly urging the fence lever into an operative lock bolt displacing position thereof, an assembly of gated tumbler wheels rotatable by the lock dial shaft, and a slotted driver disc mounted on the tumbler wheel assembly, the fence lever being adapted to close against the said gated tumbler wheels when in alignment therewith and thereby enter its operative position to enable the displacement of the lock bolt by the fence lever.
- Such a combination lock is known from GB-A-735 148, which represents the closest prior art, and US-A-2 601 774.
- an assembly comprising a displaceable cam plate coupled to a cam disc associated with the slotted driver disc and a second spring means coupled between the fence lever and the cam plate, and acting in opposition to the first spring means, the assembly operating such that on every revolution of the cam disc the cam plate is displaced thereby varying the tension in the second spring means so that the fence lever moves between a non-operative position when the cam plate is in its non-displaced position and an operative position when the cam plate is in its displaced position depending on the balance of the forces exerted on the fence lever by the first and second spring means.
- a conventional combination lock mechanism generally denoted 10 disposed within a housing 12.
- the mechanism 10 comprises a plurality of tumbler wheels, generally denoted W (the upper, exposed tumbler wheel is designated W1), axially mounted and coupled to a lock shaft 14. Every tumbler wheel is provided with a recess or gate G (for example the tumbler wheel W1 comprises a gate G1).
- the gates G of all wheels become aligned, so that fence arm feeler pin 16'' (shown only from above) can enter into the space formed by the gates G and, thereby, nose 16' of the pivoted, spring-biased fence lever 16 enters cam slot 18' of driver disc 18.
- a spring 20 is coupled to the fence lever 16 for normally urging the fence lever 16 into its active, gates penetrating position.
- the driver disc 18 is keyed to the lock shaft 14 by key 22. Turning the lock shaft 14 from the outside of the door by the dial knob (not shown) causes the withdrawal of lock bolt 24 to open the door. All these features of construction and operation are well-known and need not be further described in the present context.
- a driver disc 118 provided according to the present invention is of a little smaller diameter than the disc 18 of the conventional lock mechanism of Fig. 1. Furthermore, the disc 118 is formed with an upwards protruding, concentric cam disc 126 (which may conveniently be integrally made with the driver disc 118). The cam disc 126 is circular except for a segment 126' which is removed or cut away as shown. The location of the segment 126' relative to the fence lever nose engaging recess 118' is preset according to a functional consideration explained below.
- the fence lever 116 having the conventional fence feeler pin 116" further comprises a tiny bore 128 for a purpose to be described further below.
- the cam spring plate comprises a generally U-shaped opening 132, configured at one side with a radius 132' somewhat larger than that of the cam disc 126, and at its other side with a linear surface 132".
- the cam plate 130 further comprises at its other end U-shaped cut-off 134 configured to slidingly receive between its legs 134a and 134b the head portion of the conventional bolt 136.
- An opening 138 which is preferably but not necessarily elongated, is provided in the cam plate 130 at a portion 139 thereof, which extends in the direction of the respective housing wall (see Fig. 4), and comprises a linear surface 139'.
- a profiled wire spring 140 comprising four portion 140a, 140b, 140c and 140d which are bent away relative to each other as shown.
- the portion 140a is inserted from above into the opening 128 of the fence lever 116 and the portion 140d, in turn, is inserted from below into the opening 138 of the cam spring plate 130.
- the tension of the wire spring 140 is such that in one position of the cam plate 130 relative to the fence lever 116 (as explained below), the spring 140 overcomes the force of the spring 120, and in another position of the plate the spring 120 overcomes the attraction of the spring 140.
- the cam plate 130 In the assembled state of the lock 110, the cam plate 130 is seated over both the driver disc 118 and the fence lever 116.
- the cam disc 126 freely fits into the opening 132, and the bolt 136 into the cut-out 134.
- the spring 140 is installed as described above so that in the depicted, inoperative position of the lock, the spring is in tension, biasing the portion 140b to move in the clockwise direction (as seen in Fig. 3), so that the lever 116 is constantly pushed away from the tumbler wheels engaging position, i.e. neutralizing the force of the spring 120. Therefore, for as long as the cam plate 130 is stationary, no contact will be made between the lever 116 and the driving disc 118.
- the cam plate 130 During rotation of the driver disc 118 (and of the cam disc 126) by the dial shaft 114 in the conventional manner, the cam plate 130 remains in fact stationery, except for when the cut-away segment 126' becomes operative - see Fig. 4 - namely once on every full rotation. At such point, the displacement of the cam plate 130 by a small distance (to the right) under the influence of the spring 140 relieves some of the tension of the spring, so that it no longer overcomes the force of the spring 120. The spring 120 therefore moves the lever 116 towards its operative position allowing momentary contact of the fence feeler pin 116" against the rim of the tumbler W or of the nose 116' into the engaging recess 118', if the proper combination dialling has been completed.
- the manipulation tampering method is based on the fact that, in the known lock, the nose 16' of the fence lever 16 (Fig. 1) becomes released from the outer contour of the driver disc 18, to somewhat enter into and then withdraw from the slot 18' in a cyclic fashion, and that the skilled manipulator is able to detect these two occurrences ("contact points").
- the nose 116' is held out of contact with the driver disc 118' except for the momentary contact area during each revolution of the disc. It is thus clear that due to the operation of the cam plate 130, such tempering method is completely obviated.
- the dial shaft must be rotated in a reverse direction (from the "0" position).
- the nose portion 116' will become engaged by the cam slot 118', as shown in Figure 4, and the lock bolt 124 may thus be displaced into its unlocked, withdrawn position , Fig. 4.
- the application of the present invention is extremely simple and low-cost. It involves the addition of only two additional components (cam plate 130 and spring 140) and minor alteration of the driver disc 18; the general design of the convention lock is not upset whatsoever, which renders the incorporation of the extra parts in most existing models of non-manipulation-proof combination locks fairly convenient.
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Description
- This invention relates to combination locks. More particularly, the invention relates to tumbler scrambling manipulation combination locks, of the kind including a housing with a lock dial shaft rotatably mounted therein, a lock bolt movable in the housing, a fence lever pivotally coupled to the lock bolt, a spring means constantly urging the fence lever into an operative lock bolt displacing position thereof, an assembly of gated tumbler wheels rotatable by the lock dial shaft, and a slotted driver disc mounted on the tumbler wheel assembly, the fence lever being adapted to close against the said gated tumbler wheels when in alignment therewith and thereby enter its operative position to enable the displacement of the lock bolt by the fence lever. Such a combination lock is known from GB-A-735 148, which represents the closest prior art, and US-A-2 601 774.
- It has been recognised long ago that combination locks of this kind are liable to be tampered with by skilled manipulators, see for example Australian Patent No. 159 448 and United States Patent Nos. 3 991 596, 4 722 207 and 4 756 176.
- The conceptually common solution proposed for rendering such locks "manipulation proof" was based on the idea of avoiding the sequential contact of the fence lever with the rotatable tumbler wheels, one at a time during dialling, which was thus indicative of the correct combination, namely allowing the snapping of the lever into engagement with all of the tumbler wheels upon completion of the combination.
- Various arrangements and mechanisms have thus been proposed, however of rather complicated design.
- It is an object of the invention to provide a more simple and straightforward solution to the above described problem.
- It is a further object of the invention to provide means adapted to be easily installed in most types of commercially available ordinary combination locks thereby rendering same manipulation protected.
- In accordance with this invention, there is provided an assembly comprising a displaceable cam plate coupled to a cam disc associated with the slotted driver disc and a second spring means coupled between the fence lever and the cam plate, and acting in opposition to the first spring means, the assembly operating such that on every revolution of the cam disc the cam plate is displaced thereby varying the tension in the second spring means so that the fence lever moves between a non-operative position when the cam plate is in its non-displaced position and an operative position when the cam plate is in its displaced position depending on the balance of the forces exerted on the fence lever by the first and second spring means.
- The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a conventional, non-manipulation proof combination lock (with its cover removed);
- Fig. 2 shows a schematic, three-dimensional, exploded view of the main components of a lock in accordance with the invention;
- Fig. 3 is a plan view of a lock incorporating the components of Fig. 2 in a non-operative position; and
- Fig. 4 shows the lock of Fig. 3 in the operative position thereof.
- Referring to Fig. 1 there is shown a conventional combination lock mechanism generally denoted 10 disposed within a
housing 12. As is well known, themechanism 10 comprises a plurality of tumbler wheels, generally denoted W (the upper, exposed tumbler wheel is designated W1), axially mounted and coupled to alock shaft 14. Every tumbler wheel is provided with a recess or gate G (for example the tumbler wheel W1 comprises a gate G1). Upon completion of the dialling of the pre-set combination bylock shaft 14, the gates G of all wheels become aligned, so that fence arm feeler pin 16'' (shown only from above) can enter into the space formed by the gates G and, thereby, nose 16' of the pivoted, spring-biased fence lever 16 enters cam slot 18' ofdriver disc 18. Aspring 20 is coupled to thefence lever 16 for normally urging thefence lever 16 into its active, gates penetrating position. Thedriver disc 18 is keyed to thelock shaft 14 bykey 22. Turning thelock shaft 14 from the outside of the door by the dial knob (not shown) causes the withdrawal oflock bolt 24 to open the door. All these features of construction and operation are well-known and need not be further described in the present context. - Turning now to Fig. 2, there is shown the plurality of tumbler wheels W of a combination lock, each provided with its respective gates G. A
driver disc 118 provided according to the present invention is of a little smaller diameter than thedisc 18 of the conventional lock mechanism of Fig. 1. Furthermore, thedisc 118 is formed with an upwards protruding, concentric cam disc 126 (which may conveniently be integrally made with the driver disc 118). Thecam disc 126 is circular except for a segment 126' which is removed or cut away as shown. The location of the segment 126' relative to the fence lever nose engaging recess 118' is preset according to a functional consideration explained below. - The
fence lever 116 having the conventionalfence feeler pin 116" further comprises atiny bore 128 for a purpose to be described further below. - Further provided is a cam plate generally denoted 130. The cam spring plate comprises a generally U-shaped
opening 132, configured at one side with a radius 132' somewhat larger than that of thecam disc 126, and at its other side with alinear surface 132". Thecam plate 130 further comprises at its other end U-shaped cut-off 134 configured to slidingly receive between itslegs 134a and 134b the head portion of theconventional bolt 136. - An opening 138 which is preferably but not necessarily elongated, is provided in the
cam plate 130 at aportion 139 thereof, which extends in the direction of the respective housing wall (see Fig. 4), and comprises a linear surface 139'. - Finally, there is provided according to the present invention a profiled
wire spring 140 comprising fourportion 140a, 140b, 140c and 140d which are bent away relative to each other as shown. In the assembled state, the portion 140a is inserted from above into theopening 128 of thefence lever 116 and theportion 140d, in turn, is inserted from below into the opening 138 of thecam spring plate 130. - The operation of the improved
lock 110 will now be described, with reference to Figs. 3 and 4. - In the assembled state of the lock the tension of the
wire spring 140 is such that in one position of thecam plate 130 relative to the fence lever 116 (as explained below), thespring 140 overcomes the force of thespring 120, and in another position of the plate thespring 120 overcomes the attraction of thespring 140. - In the assembled state of the
lock 110, thecam plate 130 is seated over both thedriver disc 118 and thefence lever 116. Thecam disc 126 freely fits into theopening 132, and thebolt 136 into the cut-out 134. Thespring 140 is installed as described above so that in the depicted, inoperative position of the lock, the spring is in tension, biasing the portion 140b to move in the clockwise direction (as seen in Fig. 3), so that thelever 116 is constantly pushed away from the tumbler wheels engaging position, i.e. neutralizing the force of thespring 120. Therefore, for as long as thecam plate 130 is stationary, no contact will be made between thelever 116 and thedriving disc 118. During rotation of the driver disc 118 (and of the cam disc 126) by thedial shaft 114 in the conventional manner, thecam plate 130 remains in fact stationery, except for when the cut-away segment 126' becomes operative - see Fig. 4 - namely once on every full rotation. At such point, the displacement of thecam plate 130 by a small distance (to the right) under the influence of thespring 140 relieves some of the tension of the spring, so that it no longer overcomes the force of thespring 120. Thespring 120 therefore moves thelever 116 towards its operative position allowing momentary contact of thefence feeler pin 116" against the rim of the tumbler W or of the nose 116' into the engaging recess 118', if the proper combination dialling has been completed. - Now, as is known, the manipulation tampering method is based on the fact that, in the known lock, the nose 16' of the fence lever 16 (Fig. 1) becomes released from the outer contour of the
driver disc 18, to somewhat enter into and then withdraw from the slot 18' in a cyclic fashion, and that the skilled manipulator is able to detect these two occurrences ("contact points"). - With the arrangement of the present invention, the nose 116' is held out of contact with the driver disc 118' except for the momentary contact area during each revolution of the disc. It is thus clear that due to the operation of the
cam plate 130, such tempering method is completely obviated. - Once the complete alignment of the gates G is achieved according to the normal dialling procedure, the dial shaft must be rotated in a reverse direction (from the "0" position). The nose portion 116' will become engaged by the cam slot 118', as shown in Figure 4, and the
lock bolt 124 may thus be displaced into its unlocked, withdrawn position , Fig. 4. - The application of the present invention is extremely simple and low-cost. It involves the addition of only two additional components (
cam plate 130 and spring 140) and minor alteration of thedriver disc 18; the general design of the convention lock is not upset whatsoever, which renders the incorporation of the extra parts in most existing models of non-manipulation-proof combination locks fairly convenient. - Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that various changes and modifications may be applied to the heretofore described embodiment of the invention.
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- A combination lock including a housing (112) with a lock dial shaft (114) rotatably mounted therein, a lock bolt (124) movable in the housing (112), a fence lever (116) pivotally coupled to the lock bolt (124), a spring means (120) constantly urging the fence lever (116) into an operative, lock bolt displacing position thereof, an assembly (W) of gated tumbler wheels (W1) rotatable by the lock dial shaft (114), and a slotted driver disc (118') mounted on the tumbler wheel assembly (W), the fence lever (116) being adapted to close against the said gated tumbler wheels (W) when in alignment therewith and thereby enter its operative position to enable the displacement of the lock bolt (124) by the fence lever (116), characterised by an assembly comprising a displaceable cam plate (130) coupled to a cam disc (126) associated with the slotted driver disc (118') and a second spring means (140) coupled between the fence lever (116) and the cam plate (130), and acting in opposition to the first spring means, the assembly operating such that on each revolution of the cam disc (126) the cam plate (130) is displaced thereby varying the tension in the second spring means (140) so that the fence lever (116) moves between a non-operative position when the cam plate is in its non-displaced position and an operative position when the cam plate (130) is in its displaced position depending on the balance of the forces exerted on the fence lever (116) by the first (120) and second (140) spring means.
- The combination lock as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the said second spring means (140) is a wire spring.
- The combination lock as claimed in Claim 2, in which the wire spring (140) has a first portion (140b) connected at one end (140a) to the fence lever (116) and a second portion (140c) connected at one end to the cam plate (130), the two portions (140b, 140c) being arranged at an angle to one another so that the spring (140) is in tension when the cam plate (130) is in the non-displaced position with the first portion (140b) portion (140b) biased to exert a force on the fence lever (116) which overcomes the force exerted by the first spring means (120), the tension of the spring (140) being at least partially relieved when the cam plate (130) is in the displaced position so that the force exerted by the first spring means (120) overcomes the force exerted on the fence lever (116) by the wire spring (140).
- The combination lock as claimed in Claim 2 or Claim 3 wherein the cam plate (130) is coupled to the cam disc (126) by an opening (132) of generally closed U-shape, the cam disc (126) being circular with a removed segment portion (126') engageable with the closed side (132") of the opening (132).
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IL106534A IL106534A0 (en) | 1993-07-30 | 1993-07-30 | Manipulation proof combination lock |
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EP0637664B1 true EP0637664B1 (en) | 1997-10-29 |
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US2601774A (en) * | 1949-09-29 | 1952-07-01 | Diebold Inc | Combination lock |
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US2807954A (en) * | 1954-07-06 | 1957-10-01 | Harry C Miller | Combination lock |
US3045466A (en) * | 1960-02-08 | 1962-07-24 | Diebold Inc | Manipulation resistive combination lock |
US3176486A (en) * | 1963-07-12 | 1965-04-06 | Diebold Inc | Manipulation resistive combination lock |
US4756176A (en) * | 1985-11-30 | 1988-07-12 | La Gard, Inc. | Fence lever control device for a combination lock |
US4910981A (en) * | 1989-03-17 | 1990-03-27 | Gartner Klaus W | Automatically locking and tumbler scrambling manipulation proof lock |
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