Lockout tool assembly for automatic closing fire-rated roll up doors
AssigneeTriad National Security, LLC
InventorReed Richard Figley
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Abstract
A lockout tool assembly for locking open a roll-up door that automatically closes without power is provided. A lockout tool assembly may include a lockout tool member, a first lockout plate, and a second lockout plate. The lockout plate may each define a receiving recess, such that when the first lockout plate and the second lockout plate are installed inverse to one another in a closed lockout alignment position, the receiving recesses are complementary in that they form a crossbar restraint receiving aperture. Methods for locking open a roll-up door with such lockout tool assemblies and for removing installed lockout tool assemblies are also provided.
Claims20
A lockout tool assembly for locking open an automatic closing roll-up door, the lockout tool assembly comprising:
- a lockout tool member comprising:
- an elongate support member, the elongate support member defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end comprises a coupling member that couples the lockout tool member to a roll-up door axel of a roll-up door assembly and the second end of the elongate support member comprises a crossbar restraint shaft member;
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- the crossbar restraint member positioned against an edge of a mounting plate of the roll-up door assembly;
- a first lockout plate that attaches to the mounting plate of the roll-up door assembly and defines a first receiving recess and a first mounting aperture;
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- a second lockout plate that attaches to the mounting plate of a roll-up door assembly and defines a second receiving recess and a second mounting aperture,
- wherein the first and second lockout plates are pivotally attached to each other at the first and second mounting apertures, and
- wherein a portion of the crossbar restraint shaft member is received in a crossbar restraint receiving aperture defined by complementary positioning of the first receiving recess and the second receiving recess in a closed lockout alignment position of the first lockout plate and the second lockout plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.