Lock having a reversible right and left hand bolt

Details Lock having a reversible right and left hand bolt Lock having a reversible right and left hand bolt

1987-05-26

1989-01-17

Wolfe, Robert L.

Locks

Special application

For closures

70134, 70360, 70462, E05B 6506

Patent

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047980656

ABSTRACT:
A lock mechanism having a reversible right and left hand bolt includes a lock body. The body has a bolt passageway in which the bolt is mounted so as to slide back and forth in the body. A set screw fits into a groove on the bolt to retain the bolt in the body while allowing it to slide in the bolt passageway. A detent member fits into a notch on the bolt to lock the bolt to the body. A latch member fits into a notch on the detent member to hold the detent member in engagement with the bolt. A cylinder lock is attached to the detent member to rotate the detent member. When the detent member is rotated, the notch on the detent member rotates away from the latch member and allows the detent member to move away from the bolt to unlock the bolt. The bolt can be reversed in the bolt passageway by loosening the set screw, extracting the bolt from the bolt passageway, reversing the bolt, inserting the bolt back into the body and tightening the set screw.

REFERENCES:
patent: 955774 (1910-04-01), Drury
patent: 3811302 (1974-05-01), Sorensen
patent: 3953062 (1976-04-01), Maston
patent: 4136540 (1979-01-01), Corelli
patent: 4565079 (1986-01-01), Smith

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