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US 2002/0153731 A1Published application
Exit device with a detachable touch bar assembly
AssigneeErvos, Inc.
InventorJames A. O'Brien II
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Abstract
This is invention provides a touch bar exit device for a door having an active case attached to the door and an inactive case attached to the door. A touch bar assembly is releasable attached to the active case and the inactive case.
Claims4
A touch bar exit device for a door comprising:
- (a) an active case attached to the door;
- (b) an inactive case attached to the door;
- (b) a touch bar assembly releasably attached to the active case and the inactive case.
A touch bar exit device for a door comprising:
- (a) an active case attached to the door;
- (b) a captivator at an end of the active case and having a channel zone;
- (c) a spring loaded lock activator in the active case;
- (d) a touch bar assembly having a sliding activator plate which engages the lock activator;
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- (e) a retention structure mounted at one end of the touch bar assembly;
- the retention structure inserted in the channel zone of the captivator whereby the touch bar assembly is locked in place with the active case cover to enable the sliding activator plate to engage the lock activator.
4 more elements
A method for installing a touch bar exit device to a door comprising:
- (a) attaching an active case to the door;
- (b) attaching one end of a touch bar assembly to the active case;
- and
- (c) attaching an opposite end of the touch bar assembly to an inactive case.
1 more element
A method for installing a touch bar exit device to a door comprising:
- (a) attaching an active case to the door;
- and
- (b) attaching one end of a touch bar assembly, which has an opposite end attached to an inactive case, to the active case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.