Arrangement for cylinder locks

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Disclosed are cylinder lock arrangements which include a rotatable cylinder plug provided with recesses for guiding in axial direction blocking bars which cooperate with the cylinder housing to prevent in a blocking position thereof the rotation of the plug. The blocking bars are formed with blind bores which in a releasing axial position of the bars communicate with a key channel. The blind bores accommodate segmented pin tumblers which are controlled by control recesses on a lateral wall of a key so that upon the insertion of a correct key the separation planes of the segments of the pin tumblers coincide with the separation plane between the blocking bar and the cylinder plug. The key …