This invention relates to a rotary locking cylinder for a safety lock, with a housing and at least one armature having a key channel, with tumblers which are provided to rotationally release the armature with an associated key, with a driver and with at least one extension element arranged on the active part of the rotary locking cylinder.
Rotary locking cylinders of this type are known in general. They can be double locking cylinders or single cylinders. Double locking cylinders can be operated from both sides, whereas single rotary locking cylinders can be operated from one side only. Such rotary locking cylinders can be manufactured with a very degree of high locking security and are particularly suited to the construction of locking units.
To adapt these to different thicknesses of doors and windows, for example, it is known to extend the active part of the rotary locking cylinder by adding on extension elements. Here the extension elements are added in on both sides of the driver and accordingly the active part is moved away from the driver outwardly in both directions.
The active part is that part which is equipped with tumblers. The extension elements on the other hand have no tumblers and are thus not effective in locking. The associated keys do not have to be changed when such an extension is utilised. The keys thus always have the same length, independent of the length of the locking cylinder.
The inventor has created the task of providing a rotary locking cylinder of the abovementioned type, which shows added improvements in terms of safety technology and which can be manufactured cost-effectively nevertheless.
This task is solved using a rotary locking cylinder of this type by the extension element being attached at a distance from the driver on the outside on the active part and by the key shank being extended substantially in correspondence with the length of this extension element. With known rotary locking cylinders the active part always sits on the grip side after addition of an extension element. By comparison, in the case of the rotary locking cylinder according to the present invention in terms of safety technology the active part sits on the protected side. If an attempt is made to drill through the rotary locking cylinder for example, then the extension element must be drilled through first. To effectively block this the extension element can easily be designed on the grip side, such that it cannot be drilled through. Whenever an attempt is made to twist off or strip the rotary locking cylinder at the protruding end, essentially only the extension element is damaged, and not the active part. Also, if a protruding end is shorn off using a chisel this still does not result in releasing the lock, because in this case also the active part is not affected.
A substantial added advantage of the rotary locking cylinder according to the invention is that a unit construction system can be put together using the extension elements. With such a unit construction system the extension elements can be of varying length. Merely because of the different key shanks these can be constructed hierarchically. The rotatable inserts of the extension elements can also be profiled. The key shanks of the associated keys can be accordingly profiled. Compared to known profiling of armatures this means substantial rationalising. To construct a locking unit in the case of the inventive rotary locking cylinder the profile of the key and the length of the ineffective part of the key can be varied. The number of closings and thus the locking security can be increased accordingly with comparatively low additional costs.
According to another development of the invention the active part of the rotary locking cylinder is formed by a short cylinder. This short cylinder is preferably designed as an installation safety device.
The length of this short cylinder is such that it can be built into a lock case as an installation safety device without projecting at the sides. The active part of the rotary locking cylinder now sits protected in the lock and at least on the grip side can be covered by an extension element. If the extension element is manufactured partially or fully from hardened steel, then this gives a very high degree of protection against attack, since the active part is shielded by the extension element.
The invention also relates to a unit construction system with several rotary locking cylinders according to the present invention as well as a key for such a rotary locking cylinder. In the case of a key according to the invention there is the advantage that it can be profiled without considerable expense, making unauthorised copying difficult.
An embodiment of the invention is explained in greater detail hereinbelow with reference to the diagram, in which:
a to 6d show different keys of an installation and corresponding extensions in section, as well as corresponding key channels.
The rotary locking cylinder 1 shown in
Formed on the rear side 24 or 24′ of the housing 14 or 14′ is a protruding cam 15 or 15′ which engages in a corresponding recess 25 of the housing 5, as illustrated in
Machined into each insert 9 or 9′ is a channel 11 or 11′ which is designed to take up an extension part 21 of a key 17, with grip 18 and shank 19. This channel 11 or 11′ is continuous and leads to a corresponding channel 27 (
The extension elements 3 or 3′ each have a specific length A or A′ which are determined by the distance between the inside 24 and outside 29. This length A or A′ corresponds substantially to the length B of the extension part 21 shown in
a to 6d show only examples of possible profilings of a key 17. The grooves 22 can however be varied with respect to position and depth, as well as cross-section. The expert skilled in the art is aware of a multiplicity of such profilings. Also conceivable is a configuration in which the key 17 is not profiled in the extension part 21. The extension part 21 can also be varied in cross-section without profiling. For example, the part 21 can be of different widths with different keys. Consequently, the channels 11 of the associated rotary locking cylinder 1 are of different widths. The grooves 22 can extend also over the shank area 19 as per
a to 6d show keys 17 to 17′″ of a locking unit. These keys 17 to 17′″ differ at least in length of the extension part 21. These different lengths are designated in
If another rotary locking cylinder has an extension element 3, in which the length A is equal to the length B″′, then this rotary locking cylinder can be operated only with the key 17′″.
In this way a locking unit can be constructed simply due to the variation in length B. This locking unit can be expanded further by way of the abovementioned profiling.
The length D of this short cylinder 2 is substantially less than that of standard double rotary locking cylinders and corresponds substantially to the thickness of a customary lock case. The short cylinder 2 or the active part is extended at both ends in each case by an extension element 3 or 3′. The rotor 8 of the active part 2 is preferably continuous. In
The extension elements 9′ to 9″′ can each be combined also from several shorter elements. These elements have a thickness of 5, 10 or 15 mm for example and are placed in succession. Using just a few units allows a wide variety of lengths to be made up. This effectively simplifies parts stockage and manufacturing costs can be kept low. Because the short cylinder 2 already guarantees a high degree of locking safety, the extension elements 9′ to 9′″ can be manufactured from a cost-effective material, such as zinc, plastic or brass, for example.
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