Cylinder dry lock assembly
AssigneeArconic Technologies LLC
InventorMichael David Mitchell
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Abstract
A door assembly includes a door having opposing first and second surfaces and a hole defined in the door and extending between the first and second surfaces, a cylinder lock mounted to the second surface at the hole, and a cylinder dry lock assembly mounted to the door at the hole adjacent the first surface. The cylinder dry lock assembly including a main body that defines a central orifice, a low-friction member received within the central orifice, and an actuation mechanism extending from the low-friction member and engageable with the cylinder lock. Actuating the cylinder lock rotates the actuation mechanism, and the cylinder dry lock assembly generates a sealed interface at the hole that prevents water from migrating between the first and second surfaces at the hole.
Claims12
A door assembly, comprising:
- a door having opposing first and second surfaces and a hole defined in the door and extending between the first and second surfaces;
- a cylinder lock mounted to the second surface at the hole and providing a tab;
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- a cylinder dry lock assembly mounted to the door at the hole adjacent the first surface and including:
- a main body that defines a central orifice;
- a low-friction member received within the central orifice and defining an inner hole;
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- an actuation mechanism extending from the low-friction member and engageable with the cylinder lock,
- wherein the actuation mechanism comprises a head receivable within the inner hole and defining a recess, and a tab extension extending from the head, wherein the tab of the cylinder lock is receivable within the recess,
- wherein actuating the cylinder lock rotates the actuation mechanism, and
- wherein the cylinder dry lock assembly generates a sealed interface at the hole that prevents water from migrating between the first and second surfaces at the hole.
A cylinder dry lock assembly, comprising:
- a main body mountable to a door having opposing first and second surfaces and a hole defined in the door and extending between the first and second surfaces, the main body being mountable within an interior of the door at the hole and defining a central orifice;
- a low-friction member receivable within the central orifice and defining an inner hole;
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- an actuation mechanism extending from the low-friction member and engageable with a cylinder lock mountable to the second surface, the actuation mechanism comprising:
- a head receivable within the inner hole and defining a recess;
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- a tab extension extending from the head, wherein the cylinder lock provides a tab receivable within the recess,
- wherein actuating the cylinder lock rotates the actuation mechanism, and
- wherein the cylinder dry lock assembly generates a sealed interface at the hole that prevents water from migrating between the first and second surfaces through the hole.
A method of assembling a door assembly, comprising:
- mounting a cylinder dry lock assembly within an interior of a door at a hole defined in the door, the hole extending between opposing first and second surfaces of the door, and the cylinder dry lock assembly including:
- a main body that defines a central orifice;
- a low-friction member receivable within the central orifice;
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- an actuation mechanism extending from the low-friction member, wherein the actuation mechanism defines a recess;
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- mounting a cylinder lock to the second surface of the door at the hole and thereby engaging the actuation mechanism,
- wherein the cylinder lock provides a tab and mounting the cylinder lock to the second surface of the door comprises inserting the tab of the cylinder lock into the recess of the actuation mechanism,
- wherein actuating the cylinder lock rotates the actuation mechanism, and
- wherein the cylinder dry lock assembly generates a sealed interface at the hole that prevents water from migrating between the first and second surfaces through the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.