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US 2006/0123619 A1Published application
Strike and method of forming same
AssigneeLovas Nilsson Holdings Limited
InventorIvar Nilsson
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Abstract
A method of forming a strike for a closure involves cutting a metal plate to form a blank having a striker section with a width greater than the thickness of the plate. The striker section may then be compressed to a substantially cylindrical shape. By appropriate choice of the width of the striker section of the blank, after compression, the cylindrical striker section will have a diameter greater than the thickness of the plate.
Claims18
A method of forming a strike for a closure, comprising:
- cutting a metal plate to form a blank having a striker section with a width greater than the thickness of said plate;
- compressing said striker section to a substantially cylindrical shape.
A strike comprising:
- a body formed from a single piece of metal;
- a plate-like base having mounting holes for mounting said strike;
- a cylindrical striker section having a diameter greater than a thickness of said plate-like base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.