Locks – Special application – For closures
Patent
1978-04-17
1980-08-26
Frazier, Roy D.
Locks
Special application
For closures
70111, 70139, 70DIG6, 292200, E05B 5900, E05B 6314, E05B 6502, E05B 6506
Patent
active
042189039
ABSTRACT:
A lock mechanism particularly for doors having a narrow stile, wherein a unique arrangement of components provides greater security and facilitates manufacture and installation, as characterized by a heavy pivotally swingable main bolt connected at its inner end to one end of a rocker actuating lever, the end of the lever being provided with a unique escapement for the release and control of the movement of the rocker arm by an associated manually rotatable key-actuated cam extension, to move the main bolt between locked and unlocked positions. An important feature of the escapement resides in a unique arrangement of parts which is not critical as to the dimensions of the actuating cam extension, and which readily accommodate to actuating cams that may vary materially in their dimensions. The escapement also enables a better and more symmetrical resolution of the operating forces and the obtainment of maximum security. The lock mechanism also includes an improved latching assembly operatively associated with the main bolt lock mechanism to provide both locking and latching operations, respectively, by means of a locking bolt and a latch member, and wherein the latch member is spring-urged to a latched position and is independently operable to an unlatched position. The locking bolt is also arranged to be key-actuated in a normal manner, the key being also further operable, in an unlocked position of the locking bolt, to move the latch member to a retracted or unlatched position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2854839 (1958-10-01), Eads
patent: 3695068 (1972-10-01), Eads et al.
patent: 3899906 (1975-08-01), Bradstock
patent: 4127016 (1978-11-01), Ibsen
Adams Rite Manufacturing Co.
Frazier Roy D.
Pietruszka Carl F.
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