Closure fasteners – Bolts – Sliding
Patent
1983-07-25
1986-03-11
Moore, Richard E.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Sliding
292337, E05C 116
Patent
active
045751374
ABSTRACT:
A door latch mechanism includes a housing having a bolt extending outwardly therefrom, and a split sleeve extending through the housing and disposed to drive adjacent cams concentric with the sleeve to operate a retractor to retract the bolt against a biasing spring. The split sleeve receives a split spindle of a door knob assembly to rotate the sleeve and retract the bolt. A locking adapter includes a generally cylindrical housing having a chordal slot for receiving the latch housing therethrough. The cylindrical housing includes aligned apertures through which the spindle extends. A locking cam is secured in one aperture, and a lock release cam is secured in the other aperture. A lock shaft extends through the housing parallel to the axis of the apertures, and includes a boss for engaging and blocking the locking cam to lock the spindle, and a protrusion engagable by the release cam to drive the lock shaft axially to release engagement of the boss and the locking cam. The adapter is joinable to the latch housing to permit locking of the latch mechanism from either side thereof, and the lock is released by rotation of the knob on the locking side.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1701994 (1929-02-01), Wilson
patent: 2593573 (1952-04-01), Kulbersh
patent: 2871047 (1959-01-01), North et al.
patent: 3257136 (1966-06-01), Russell et al.
Cohen Howard
Jans & Heinsdorf GmbH
Moore Richard E.
Zimmerman Harris
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