US 7,584,635 B2
	Multifunctional lock
Vincent Gan, Suzhou (China); and Yang Shen, Suzhou (China)
Assigned to Malafon Electronic (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Suzhou (China)
Appl. No. 12/65,807 PCT Filed Jul. 20, 2006, PCT No. PCT/CN2006/001781 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 07, 2008, PCT Pub. No. WO2007/028308, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 15, 2007.
Claims priority of application No. 2005 2 0075364 U (CN), filed on Sep. 09, 2005; and application No. 2006 2 0068971 U (CN), filed on Jan. 25, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0314102 A1, Dec. 25, 2008
Int. Cl. E05B 29/06 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 70—338  [70/383; 70/384; 70/492; 70/495]

7 Claims

1. A multifunctional lock, comprising a lock shell, and a lock core provided inside the lock shell, wherein said lock core includes the lock core body rotatable with respect to said lock shell, a lock bar provided slidably on said lock core body, a support for sliding blocks provided slidably on said lock core body, a plurality of toothed sliding blocks provided slidably on said support for sliding blocks, and a plurality of tooth pieces provided slidably with respect to the said lock core body, a lock bar slot to receive the said lock bar is opened on said lock shell, each of said tooth pieces is provided with a recess on one side thereof and a plurality of upper teeth extending downwards on the other side, each of said toothed sliding blocks is provided with lower teeth extending upwards, a first elastic element is provided between each of said sliding blocks and its corresponding lock core body, said lock bar has two operating positions, wherein in the first operating position the lock is locked and said lock bar is inserted in said lock bar slot while in the second operating position the lock is unlocked and said lock bar disengages from said lock bar slot and is inserted in the recess on each of the tooth pieces, and wherein a second elastic element is provided between said lock bar and said support for sliding blocks, a unit linked to the support for sliding blocks is provided on one side of the said support for sliding blocks, a keyway is provided in the unit, said sliding blocks at least partially extends into said keyway, said unit has a projection thereon, a cut to receive said projection is provided on said lock shell, when said lock is unlocked said projection has two operating positions, wherein when said projection is in the first operating position said projection is inserted into said cut and said upper teeth disengage from the said lower teeth while when said projection is in the second operating position said projection is out of said cut and said upper teeth engage with the said lower teeth.