Multiple point door locking system
AssigneeHanchett Entry Systems, Inc.
InventorAlan K. Uyeda
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Abstract
A door lock system comprising a first rotary configured to control extension and retraction of the deadbolt via a primary cam mechanism; a second rotary control configured to control extension and retraction of the latch; and a link configured to retract the deadbolt in response to operation of the second rotary control when the latch is retracted by the second rotary control. The link is configured to move along a linear path normal to the movement of the deadbolt and the door latch and to contact the primary cam mechanism upon the link movement to affect deadbolt retraction and extension. A lever may be used to retract the latch in response to rotation of the first rotary control in a first rotational direction when the deadbolt is retracted by the first rotary control.
Claims10
A door lock system, comprising:
- a) a frame having a first side and a second side opposite said first side;
- b) a deadbolt and a door latch connected to said frame and configured to move between retracted and extended positions;
- c) a first rotary control connected to said frame, said first rotary control having a first axis of rotation and configured to control deadbolt movement between extended and retracted positions and to retract said deadbolt when said first rotary control is rotated in a first rotational direction;
- d) a second rotary control having a second axis of rotation off-spaced from said first rotary control and configured to control latch movement between extended and retracted positions;
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- e) a lever coupled to said frame at a pivot point, wherein said lever includes an extension configured to positively move said latch to said retracted position in reaction to rotation of said first rotary control in said first rotational direction when said deadbolt is moved toward said retracted position by said first rotary control, wherein said lever is configured to be rotatable about said pivot point in a second rotational direction opposite of said first rotational direction through an arc in response to a rotary input to said first rotary control,
- wherein said first rotational direction is one of a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction, and wherein said second rotational direction is the other of said clockwise direction or said counterclockwise direction.
A door lock system, comprising:
- a) a frame having a first side and a second side opposite said first side;
- b) a deadbolt and a door latch connected to said frame and configured to move between retracted and extended positions;
- c) a first rotary control connected to said frame, said first rotary control having a first axis of rotation and configured to control deadbolt movement between extended and retracted positions and to retract said deadbolt when said first rotary control is rotated in a first rotational direction;
- d) a second rotary control having a second axis of rotation off-spaced from said first rotary control and configured to control latch movement between extended and retracted positions;
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- e) a lever coupled to said frame at a pivot point, wherein said lever includes an extension configured to positively move said latch to said retracted position in reaction to rotation of said first rotary control in said first rotational direction while said rotation of said first rotary control simultaneously moves said deadbolt toward said retracted position, wherein said lever is configured to be rotatable about said pivot point in a second rotational direction opposite of said first rotational direction through an arc in response to a rotary input to said first rotary control,
- wherein said first rotational direction is one of a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction, and wherein said second rotational direction is the other of said clockwise direction or said counterclockwise direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.