Strike assembly
AssigneeDormakaba Canada Inc.
InventorMandeep Singh
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Abstract
An electric strike assembly includes a housing formed with a recessed portion therein, a keeper assembly pivotably mounted in the recessed portion of the housing, a lock leg pivotably mounted in the recessed portion of the housing and configured to rotate independently of the rotation of the keeper assembly, a block assembly having a blocking element configured to engage and disengage the keeper assembly, and to control engagement and disengagement of the blocking element with the keeper assembly. A method of capturing and releasing a latch bolt mounted in a door includes mounting an electric strike assembly in an associated door jamb and controlling an actuator to rotate an, actuator paddle to engage a blocking element such that the blocking element is engaged or disengaged from a keeper assembly.
Claims25
An electric strike assembly, comprising:
- a housing formed with a recessed portion therein;
- a keeper assembly pivotably mounted in the recessed portion of the housing;
- a lock leg pivotably mounted in the recessed portion of the housing and configured to rotate independently of a rotation of the keeper assembly;
- a block assembly having a blocking element configured to engage and disengage the keeper assembly;
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- an actuator configured to control engagement and disengagement of the blocking element with the keeper assembly.
A method of capturing and releasing a latch bolt mounted in a door, the method comprising:
- mounting an electric strike assembly in an associated door jamb, the electric strike assembly comprising:
- a housing formed with a recessed portion therein;
- a keeper assembly pivotably mounted in the recessed portion of the housing;
- a lock leg pivotably mounted in the recessed portion of the housing and configured to rotate independently of the rotation of the keeper assembly;
- a block assembly having a blocking element configured to engage and disengage the keeper assembly;
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- an actuator having an actuator paddle configured to engage and disengage the blocking element;
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- controlling the actuator to rotate the actuator paddle to engage the blocking element such that the blocking element is engaged or disengaged from the keeper assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.