Locks – Special application – For control and machine elements
Patent
1996-02-29
1998-03-17
Dino, Suzanne
Locks
Special application
For control and machine elements
2923363, 292356, B60R 2502
Patent
active
057274061
ABSTRACT:
A lever assembly for a door lock comprising a lock cylinder and a pair of housings, each of which being mounted to a respective shank portion of the lock cylinder. Each housing has a circular channel formed in one side thereof. Each housing defines a lip that has a substantially planar perimetrical edge and includes a pair of travel stop tabs and a pair of spring holder tabs extending from the channel wall. In a preferred embodiment, the travel stop tabs of each housing member are less than 180.degree. apart, and the spring holder tabs are diametrically positioned with respect to one another. The lever assembly further comprises a pair of annular rotatable members, each of which being rotatably mounted on the lip of a respective housing and having one protrusion formed on the periphery thereof which extends substantially parallel to the shank, a segment extending radially from the periphery of the rotatable member to contact one of the travel stops, and a projection extending radially inward from the periphery of the rotatable member and engaged with a slot of a respective shank portion. The lever assembly further includes a pair of spring members, each of which being mounted on a respective rotatable member and having bent ends engaging simultaneously one of the spring holder tabs of a respective housing and the protrusion of the respective rotatable member, and a pair or retainers. Each retainer is positioned over a channel of and attached to a respective housing to cover the rotatable member and spring member. Each retainer is substantially planar and has a substantially smooth perimetrical edge.
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Dino Suzanne
Sargent Manufacturing Company
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