摘要 |
<p>A lock wherein a flat key acts on tumbler plates, slidable in a core, to slide these several plates in one direction while an elastic biasing element or return spring, surrounding the structure, urges them in the opposite direction. The elastic element can directly contact a small boss on each tumbler plate. It urges each tumbler plate to return in the direction of the plate's axis, thereby minimizing looseness of the core and tumbler structure.</p> |