A ratchet lock cylinder assembly and key suitable for use with a single cylinder lock

By incorporating multi-level annularly distributed toothed grooves and a stabilizing structure within the single-key lock cylinder, the problems of easy mutual opening and easy forced turning are solved, achieving higher stability and adaptability.

CN112832593BActive Publication Date: 2025-11-07PUJIANG CHULIN MASCH TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202110238746.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2021-03-04
Publication Date
2025-11-07
Estimated Expiration
2041-03-04

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Technical Problem

Existing single-key lock cylinders are easily opened by other locks and are easily damaged by forceful twisting, making them unsuitable for free-spinning blade lock cylinders.

Method used

A free-spinning blade lock cylinder assembly suitable for single-key locks was designed. By setting multiple spaced number plates and spacers inside the number plate sleeve, the spacers are restricted by anti-rotation grooves, allowing the number plates to rotate inside the sleeve. The irregular through holes can only pass through when the key is aligned. The toothed grooves are distributed in a ring and are stepped. The key head has multiple levels of vertical teeth, which enhances the structural stability of the number plate sleeve.

Benefits of technology

It reduces the mutual opening rate, improves the structural stability of the lock cylinder, prevents forced turning, and makes key insertion convenient. It is suitable for occasions where the lock cylinder is short and the number of teeth is required.

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Abstract

The application discloses a kind of suitable for a word key idle blade lock cylinder assembly and its key, lock cylinder assembly includes number sheet cover, number sheet and septum;The middle part of each number sheet is provided with special-shaped through hole, and the special-shaped through hole is provided with multiple levels annular tooth flower groove in ladder shape, and there is only one tooth flower groove for unlocking in all tooth flower grooves;The outer edge of each number sheet is provided with number sheet groove, and when the tooth flower groove for unlocking on each number sheet is rotated and located at the same position simultaneously, all number sheet grooves are aligned.The key includes key head and key handle, and the side of key head is provided with multiple levels vertical tooth flower;Tooth flower can be adapted in the tooth flower groove for unlocking when key head rotates.The application not only can reduce mutual opening rate, but also has the advantages of not being easily damaged by violent strong twist, strong structural stability, key insertion is more convenient, processing is more convenient, can adapt to lock cylinder shorter and tooth flower quantity required occasion and key rotation is more smooth.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to a lock suitable for a one-key, in particular to a one-key idle blade lock cylinder assembly and its key. BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, the common one-key on the market is generally suitable for a pin tumbler lock cylinder. The one-key is simple in shape and easy to process, and is favored by users. The one-key is used to cooperate with each pin through the high and low tooth pit distributed on one side or both sides, so that each pin is located in the appropriate position, thereby enabling the lock cylinder to rotate and unlock. In order to make the key more convenient to insert into the lock cylinder, each tooth pit has a certain taper, resulting in a transition section between adjacent tooth pits, and a distance between adjacent tooth pits and pins, resulting in a small number of effective tooth pits and pins within a certain length, a limited number of tooth pit arrangement combinations, and a mutual opening phenomenon. The conventional pin tumbler lock cylinder cannot be idle, and is easily damaged by violent twisting. The one-key cannot be directly used in the idle blade lock cylinder. Therefore, the existing lock suitable for the one-key has the problems of easy mutual opening and easy damage by violent twisting. SUMMARY

[0003] The purpose of the present application is to provide a one-key idle blade lock cylinder assembly and its key. The present application not only reduces the mutual opening rate, but also has the advantage of not being easily damaged by violent twisting.

[0004] The technical solution of the present application is a one-key idle blade lock cylinder assembly, comprising a number sheet sleeve, a plurality of number sheets and spacers arranged at intervals in the number sheet sleeve; the number sheet sleeve is provided with a needle roller groove and a rotation stopping groove for fixing the spacers, and the needle roller groove is provided with a needle roller; each spacer is provided with a spacer groove at a position corresponding to the needle roller groove on the outer side; each number sheet is provided with a special-shaped through hole in the middle, and the special-shaped through hole is provided with a plurality of tooth grooves arranged in a stepped manner, all the tooth grooves are arranged in a ring shape around the center of the number sheet, and there is only one tooth groove for unlocking in all the tooth grooves; each number sheet is provided with a number sheet groove on the outer edge, and when the tooth groove for unlocking in each number sheet rotates and is located at the same position, all the number sheet grooves are aligned.

[0005] In the foregoing one-key idle blade lock cylinder assembly, the number sheet groove provided on the outer edge of the number sheet is aligned with any level tooth groove.

[0006] In the foregoing one-key idle blade lock cylinder assembly, the spacer is provided with a boss at a position corresponding to the rotation stopping groove on the outer side.

[0007] In the foregoing cylinder assembly of the dead bolt lock for the single key, the both ends of the number sheet sleeve are respectively provided with the key positioning hole and the sealing sheet, and the sealing sheet is provided with the key hole.

[0008] In the foregoing cylinder assembly of the dead bolt lock for the single key, the outer edge of the sealing sheet corresponding to the key hole is provided with the guide recess.

[0009] In the foregoing cylinder assembly of the dead bolt lock for the single key, the number sheet sleeve is provided with the bevel groove corresponding to the position of the outer side of the sealing sheet, and the bevel groove is provided with the elastic spring sheet.

[0010] In the foregoing cylinder assembly of the dead bolt lock for the single key, the outer edge of the spacer is provided with the friction tooth.

[0011] A key comprises a key head and a key handle connected with each other, and the key head is provided with multiple levels of teeth on the side corresponding to the position of each number sheet in the number sheet sleeve, and the side of each level of teeth is vertical; the teeth can be matched with the tooth groove for unlocking when the key head rotates, and the number sheet groove on the outer edge of the number sheet sleeve can be aligned with the needle groove.

[0012] In the foregoing key, the thickness of the two sides of the key head is different.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the present application sets multiple interval arranged number sheets and spacer sheets in the number sheet sleeve, the spacer sheet is limited by the rotation stopping groove and can only rotate synchronously with the number sheet sleeve, while the number sheet can rotate in the number sheet sleeve; the middle part of the spacer sheet is provided with a through hole for the key to pass through and rotate, and the middle part of the number sheet is provided with a special-shaped through hole which can only pass through when the key is aligned; after a non-correct key is inserted into the lock core, only the number sheet can be driven to idle, effectively avoiding the lock core from being violently twisted and damaged; meanwhile, the special-shaped through hole is provided with multiple level arranged tooth flower grooves in a stepped manner, all the tooth flower grooves are distributed in a ring shape around the center of the number sheet, so that the number of the level of the tooth flower grooves is not affected by the axial length of the lock core, and there is no need for an inclined transition section between the adjacent tooth flowers on the key, so that more effective tooth flowers and number sheets can exist in a certain length of the lock core, greatly reducing the mutual opening rate. In addition, the spacer sheet is clamped with the rotation stopping groove through the outer convex plate to prevent the spacer sheet from rotating in the number sheet sleeve, so that the structure stability is relatively strong; the sealing sheet at one end of the number sheet sleeve can stably press the number sheet and the spacer sheet in the number sheet sleeve, ensuring the structural stability; the key positioning hole at the other end of the number sheet sleeve is used for cooperating with the tooth flower free position at the top end of the key to position the key; the key hole position of the sealing sheet is provided with a guide recess, which can guide the key, facilitating the key to align and insert into the key hole; the position corresponding to the outer side of the sealing sheet on the number sheet sleeve is provided with an inclined groove, which can more stably limit the elastic spring sheet, and the elastic spring sheet can stably press the number sheet and the spacer sheet in the number sheet sleeve, ensuring the structural stability; the outer edge of the spacer sheet is provided with friction teeth, which can further prevent the number sheet from rotating across, ensuring the structural stability; meanwhile, the present application also sets the key corresponding to the above lock core assembly, the key head is provided with multiple level tooth flowers which are not completely the same in height and are arranged side by side, which are used for cooperating with the tooth flower grooves on the number sheet, and the processing is relatively convenient; the side edges of the multiple tooth flowers on the key head are vertically arranged, the tooth flower spacing can be reduced to 2mm, so that more tooth flowers can exist in a certain length, reducing the mutual opening rate, and being more suitable for occasions where the lock core is relatively short and the number of tooth flowers is required. Therefore, the present application not only can reduce the mutual opening rate, but also has the advantages of not being easily damaged by violent twisting, relatively strong structural stability, convenient key insertion, convenient processing, being suitable for occasions where the lock core is relatively short and the number of tooth flowers is required, and smooth key rotation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of the present application;

[0015] Figure 2 is a structural schematic diagram of the number sheet sleeve;

[0016] Figure 3 is a side view of the number sheet sleeve;

[0017] Figure 4 is a structural schematic diagram of the spacer sheet;

[0018] Figure 5 is the structure diagram of the position of the needle roller groove in the lock body;

[0019] Figure 6 is the structure diagram of the elastic spring sheet;

[0020] Figure 7 is the structure diagram of the sealing sheet;

[0021] Figure 8 is the sectional view of the sealing sheet;

[0022] Figure 9 is the structure diagram of the number sheet and the tooth;

[0023] Figure 10 is the structure diagram of the number sheet and the tooth in the optimization scheme of the present application.

[0024] The marks in the drawings are: 1-number sheet cover, 2-number sheet, 3-separator, 4-needle roller groove, 5-anti-rotation groove, 6-needle roller, 7-separator groove, 8-odd-shaped through hole, 9-tooth groove, 10-number sheet groove, 11- boss, 12-key positioning hole, 13-sealing sheet, 14-key hole, 15-guide notch, 16-bevel groove, 17-elastic spring sheet, 18-friction tooth, 19-key head, 20-key handle, 21-tooth. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The present application will be further described below in combination with the drawings and examples, but it is not as the basis for limiting the present application.

[0026] Example 1. A kind of idle blade lock cylinder assembly suitable for a letter key and its key, constitute as shown in Figures 1 to 9 , including number sheet cover 1, number sheet cover 1 is provided with multiple interval arrangement number sheet 2 and separator 3;Number sheet cover 1 is equipped with needle roller groove 4 and the anti-rotation groove 5 for fixing separator 3, needle roller groove 4 is provided with needle roller 6;Each of the separator 3 outside corresponding position of needle roller groove 4 is equipped with separator groove 7;The middle part of each number sheet 2 is equipped with odd-shaped through hole 8, the odd-shaped through hole 8 is equipped with multiple levels and is arranged in the tooth groove 9 of ladder shape, all tooth grooves 9 are annularly distributed around the center position of number sheet 2, all tooth grooves 9 have and only have a tooth groove 9 for unlocking;The outer edge of each number sheet 2 is equipped with number sheet groove 10, the tooth groove 9 for unlocking of each number sheet 2 simultaneously rotates and is located at the same position, and all number sheet grooves 10 are aligned.

[0027] The outer side of the partition sheet 3 is provided with a boss 11 corresponding to the position of the rotation stopping groove 5; the two ends of the number sheet sleeve 1 are respectively provided with a key positioning hole 12 and a sealing sheet 13, and the sealing sheet 13 is provided with a key hole 14; the outer edge of the sealing sheet 13 corresponding to the key hole 14 is provided with a guide notch 15; the number sheet sleeve 1 is provided with a beveled groove 16 corresponding to the position of the outer side of the sealing sheet 13, and the beveled groove 16 is provided with an elastic spring sheet 17; the outer edge of the partition sheet 3 is provided with a friction tooth 18.

[0028] A key comprising a key head 19 and a key handle 20 connected with each other, and a plurality of levels of teeth 21 are arranged side by side on one side edge of the key head 19 corresponding to the positions of the number sheets 2 in the number sheet sleeve 1, and the side edges of the levels of teeth 21 are vertically arranged; the teeth 21 can be matched with the tooth groove 9 for unlocking when the key head 19 rotates, and the number sheet grooves 10 on the outer edges of all the number sheet sleeves 1 can be aligned with the needle groove 4.

[0029] The thicknesses of the two side edges of the key head 19 are different.

[0030] Embodiment 2: An idle vane lock cylinder assembly suitable for a single key and a key thereof, which is composed of Figures 1 to 8 and 10, comprising a number sheet sleeve 1, a plurality of number sheets 2 and partition sheets 3 arranged at intervals in the number sheet sleeve 1; the number sheet sleeve 1 is provided with a needle groove 4 and a rotation stopping groove 5 for fixing the partition sheet 3, and the needle groove 4 is provided with a needle 6; the outer side of each partition sheet 3 is provided with a partition sheet groove 7 corresponding to the position of the needle groove 4; the middle part of each number sheet 2 is provided with a special-shaped through hole 8, and a plurality of levels of tooth grooves 9 are arranged in a stepped manner on the special-shaped through hole 8, all the tooth grooves 9 are arranged in a ring shape around the center of the number sheet 2, and only one tooth groove 9 is used for unlocking; the outer edge of each number sheet 2 is provided with a number sheet groove 10, and when the tooth groove 9 for unlocking of each number sheet 2 rotates and is located at the same position, all the number sheet grooves 10 are aligned.

[0031] The number sheet groove 10 provided on the outer edge of the number sheet 2 is aligned with any level of tooth groove 9; the outer side of the partition sheet 3 is provided with a boss 11 corresponding to the position of the rotation stopping groove 5; the two ends of the number sheet sleeve 1 are respectively provided with a key positioning hole 12 and a sealing sheet 13, and the sealing sheet 13 is provided with a key hole 14; the outer edge of the sealing sheet 13 corresponding to the key hole 14 is provided with a guide notch 15; the number sheet sleeve 1 is provided with a beveled groove 16 corresponding to the position of the outer side of the sealing sheet 13, and the beveled groove 16 is provided with an elastic spring sheet 17; the outer edge of the partition sheet 3 is provided with a friction tooth 18.

[0032] A key comprises a key head 19 and a key handle 20 connected with each other, the key head 19 is provided with multiple levels of teeth 21 corresponding to the positions of each number disc 2 in the number disc sleeve 1, and the side edges of each level of teeth 21 are vertical; the teeth 21 can be matched with the tooth groove 9 for unlocking when the key head 19 rotates, and all the number disc grooves 10 on the outer edge of the number disc sleeve 1 can be aligned with the needle groove 4 at the same time.

[0033] The thickness of the two side edges of the key head 19 is different.

[0034] Working principle: the user inserts the key into the key hole 14 on the end sealing piece 13 of the number disc sleeve 1, the guide recess 15 outside the key hole 14 has a certain inclination, so that the key can be better guided into the key hole 14, and the key is inserted conveniently; the top end of the key passes through the through hole in the middle of the partition piece 3 and the special-shaped through hole 8 in the middle of the number disc 2 (the special-shaped through hole 8 is offset, so that the key can be inserted while rotating, and because of the thickness difference between the two sides of the key, the teeth 21 on the key can only be inserted into the special-shaped through hole 8 at the position of the tooth groove 9), and is inserted into the key positioning hole 12 at the end of the number disc sleeve 1, so that the key is positioned.

[0035] The number disc sleeve 1 is provided with a elastic spring piece 17 corresponding to the position outside the sealing piece 13, so that the number disc 2 and the partition piece 3 in the sealing piece 13 can be better limited; at the same time, the number disc sleeve 1 is also provided with a beveled groove 16 corresponding to the position outside the elastic spring piece 17, which further ensures the stability of the elastic spring piece 17, the sealing piece 13, the number disc 2 and the partition piece 3.

[0036] The teeth 21 at each position on the key head 19 correspond to the number disc 2 at the corresponding position, rotating the key handle 20 can drive the key head 19 to rotate, so that the teeth 21 on the key head 19 can be clamped by the tooth groove 9 and drive the number disc 2 to rotate (if the teeth 21 cannot be clamped by any tooth groove 9, only idling can be achieved, and the number disc 2 cannot be driven to rotate), when only the tooth groove 9 corresponding to each tooth 21 on the key head 19 can be clamped, continuing to rotate the key can align all the number disc grooves 10 on the number disc 2, so that the needle 6 in the needle groove 4 can fall into the number disc groove 10 and the partition piece groove 7, and continuing to rotate the key can drive the number disc sleeve 1 to rotate, so that the unlocking operation can be performed; as long as one tooth 21 is wrong, the number disc groove 10 on the number disc 2 corresponding to the wrong tooth 21 cannot be aligned with other number disc grooves 10, and only idling can be achieved.

[0037] The outer edge of the partition piece 3 is provided with a boss 11, which cooperates with the rotation-stopping groove 5, so that the partition piece 3 cannot rotate relative to the number disc sleeve 1; the outer edge of the partition piece 3 is provided with a friction tooth 18, which can further prevent the partition piece 3 from moving relative to the number disc sleeve 1, and ensure the structural stability of the entire lock core assembly.

Claims

1. A lock cylinder assembly for a free-spinning blade lock suitable for a single-sided key, characterized in that: The application relates to a number disc set (1) which is internally provided with a plurality of interval arranged number discs (2) and spacers (3); the number disc set (1) is provided with a needle groove (4) and a rotation stopping groove (5) for fixing the spacer (3), and the needle groove (4) is provided with a needle (6); each spacer (3) is provided with a spacer groove (7) at a position corresponding to the needle groove (4) on the outer side; the middle part of each number disc (2) is provided with a special-shaped through hole (8), the special-shaped through hole (8) is provided with a plurality of stepped tooth flower grooves (9), all the tooth flower grooves (9) are annularly distributed around the center of the number disc (2), and only one tooth flower groove (9) is used for unlocking; the outer edge of each number disc (2) is provided with a number disc groove (10), when the tooth flower groove (9) for unlocking of each number disc (2) is simultaneously rotated and located at the same position, all the number disc grooves (10) are aligned; the number disc groove (10) on the outer edge of the number disc (2) is aligned with the tooth flower groove (9) for unlocking; the outer side of the spacer (3) is provided with a boss (11) at a position corresponding to the rotation stopping groove (5); the two ends of the number disc set (1) are respectively provided with a key positioning hole (12) and a sealing piece (13), and the sealing piece (13) is provided with a key hole (14); the outer edge of the sealing piece (13) is provided with a guide notch (15) corresponding to the key hole (14); the number disc set (1) is provided with an inclined edge groove (16) at a position corresponding to the outer side of the sealing piece (13), and the inclined edge groove (16) is provided with an elastic clamping spring piece (17); the straight key comprises a key head (19) and a key handle (20) which are connected with each other, a plurality of tooth flowers (21) are arranged side by side on one side edge of the key head (19) and correspond to the positions of the number discs (2) in the number disc set (1), and the side edges of the tooth flowers (21) are vertically arranged; the tooth flower (21) can be matched with the tooth flower groove (9) for unlocking when the key head (19) is rotated, and all the number disc grooves (10) on the outer edge of the number disc set (1) can be aligned with the needle groove (4).

2. A deadbolt lock cylinder assembly for a single cylinder lock adapted for use with a single key according to claim 1, wherein: The outer edge of the spacer (3) is provided with a friction tooth (18).

3. A deadbolt lock cylinder assembly for a single cylinder lock adapted for use with a single key according to claim 1, wherein: The thicknesses of the two side edges of the key head (19) are different.

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