Electronic deadbolt lock with a leverage handle
AssigneeHandytrac Systems, LLC
InventorsJohn Lie-Nielsen, Tibor Szenti
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Abstract
An electronically controlled lock with a single throw acting as a passage lock and also as a deadbolt lock is provided by the invention. The lock is equipped with an electronic activation device on its exterior housing and a door lever on its internal housing. A user unlocks the door from outside by touching an electronic key against the electronic activation device. After the door is unlocked, the throw acts as a passage lock. The door can be locked internally by moving the door lever from a horizontal position upwardly to a vertical position.
Claims25
An electronic lock capable of acting as a passage lock and as a deadbolt lock of a door having an external side and internal side, comprising:
- an external housing for mounting on the external side of a door;
- an electronic access device on the external housing;
- a control circuit enclosed by the external housing and coupled to the electronic access device;
- an electrically activated mechanism coupled to the control circuit;
- a latch having a throw and being capable of extending the throw into at least a passage position and a locking position, the latch being engaged and disengaged by the electrically activated mechanism;
- a tail piece having a first end and a second end, the tail piece being engaged to an outside lever;
- an internal housing for mounting on the internal side of the door;
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- an inside lever mounted on the internal housing and engaged to the first end of the tail piece,
- wherein moving the inside lever from a horizontal position upwardly to at least a vertical position engages the latch to extend the throw into the locking position,
- wherein activating the electronic access device disengages the outside lever when the throw is in the locking position, and
- wherein the throw being in the passage position enables the electronic lock to act as a passage lock and the throw being in the locking position enables the electronic lock to act as a deadbolt lock.
A method for using a single bolt of an electronic lock as a deadbolt and passage lock, the electronic lock being mounted on a door and having an internal lever, an external lever, a latch, and a throw, comprising the steps of:
- receiving an activation request from an activation access device of the electronic lock;
- validating the activation request;
- engaging the external lever to the latch;
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- moving the throw in the latch from a deadbolt lock position into a passage lock position.
A method for using a single bolt of an electronic lock as a deadbolt lock and as a passage lock, the electronic lock being mounted on a door and having an internal lever, an external lever, a latch, and a throw, comprising the steps of:
- providing on a door an electronic locking mechanism having an activation access device, with an internal lever and external lever, and the electronic locking mechanism having a single bolt that at least has a passage position and locking position;
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- electronically disengaging the bolt while in the locking position by activating the activation access device, or alternatively,
- engaging the bolt into a locking position by rotating the internal lever from a horizontal position to a vertical position.
An electronic lock capable of acting as a passage lock and as a deadbolt lock of a door having an external side and internal side, comprising:
- means for mounting the electronic lock on the external side of a door;
- means for activating the electronic lock;
- means for controlling the electronic lock;
- means for enabling the electronic lock to extend a bolt inside the electronic lock into at least a passage position and a locking position;
- means for opening the door from outside;
- means for opening the door from inside;
- means for engaging the means for opening the door from outside to the means for enabling electronic lock to extend a bolt inside the electronic lock;
- wherein moving the means for opening the door from inside from a horizontal position upwardly to at least a vertical position engages the means for enabling the electronic lock to extend a bolt inside the electronic lock to extend the bolt into the locking position,
- wherein activating the means for activating the electronic lock engages the means for enabling the electronic lock to extend a bolt inside the electronic lock to extend the bolt into a passage position, and
- wherein the bolt being in the passage position enables the electronic lock to act as a passage lock and the bolt being in the locking position enables the electronic lock to act as a deadbolt lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.