Adjustable shaft for door lock assembly
AssigneeThase Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorChing Tien Lin
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Abstract
A door lock assembly includes a lock casing device and a door lock device attached to the opposite sides of a door panel, a core device pivotally mounted to the lock casing device and operatable by an actuation device, an adjustable shaft mechanism includes a housing coupled to the core device and having a number of orifices and a channel communicative with a chamber of the housing, a shank slidably engaged in the housing and having a free end for engaging with the door lock device, and a spring-biased detent attached to the shank for engaging with either of the orifices of the housing and for anchoring the shank to the housing at a selected position and for adjustably mounting the shaft to the door panels of different thicknesses.
Claims3
A door lock assembly comprising:
- a door panel including a first side and a second side,
- a lock casing device attached to said first side of said door panel,
- a door lock device attached to said second side of said door panel and including a dead bolt extendible out of said door lock device for engaging with a door frame,
- a core device pivotally mounted to said lock casing device,
- an actuation device attached to said lock casing device for operating said core device,
- an adjustable shaft mechanism including a housing engaged through said door panel and coupled to said core device and rotated in concert with said core device, said housing including a chamber formed therein and including a plurality of orifices formed therein and communicative with said chamber of said housing, and including a channel formed therein and communicative with said chamber of said housing, a shank slidably engaged in said chamber of said housing and including a free end portion extendible out of said housing for engaging with said door lock device, and
- a spring-biased projection device attached to the shank and including a spring-biased detent for selectively engaging with either of said orifices of said housing and for anchoring said shank to said housing at a selected position and for adjustably mounting said adjustable shaft mechanism to said door panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.