Mortise Lock
OwnerBen-Zion Avniinventor
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Abstract
A mortise lock comprising a housing, a locking mechanism, a locking latch and one or more bolts displaceable between a locked position and an unlocked position; the locking mechanism fitted with a lock cylinder, a handle assembly comprising an inside locking latch activator articulated with the locking latch and the bolts and an independent outside locking latch activator articulated only with the locking latch, a locking latch sensor for selectively arresting the locking latch, and a deadbolt mechanism for arresting the bolts at their extended, locked position.
Claims32
A mortise lock comprising a mortise lock case housing, a locking mechanism, a locking latch and one or more bolts displaceable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- the locking mechanism fittable with a lock cylinder, a handle assembly comprising an inside locking latch activator articulated with the locking latch and the bolts and an independent outside locking latch activator articulated only with the locking latch;
- a locking latch sensor for selectively arresting the locking latch, and a deadbolt mechanism for locking the bolts at their extended, locked position.
A mortise lock comprising a mortise lock casing accommodating a handle assembly comprising a panic selector and a handle selector for selectively engaging an inside handle and an outside handle and controlling their function, a locking latch articulated to the handle assembly and to a locking latch sensor, one or more bolts manipulable by a locking plate and being displaceable between an open position and a locked position, and a deadbolt mechanism for locking face bolts extending from said locking plate at their extended, locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.