Screwless strike device for locks
AssigneeBONAITI SERRATURE S.p.A.
InventorLuigi BOLOGNESI
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Abstract
A screwless strike device for latch- or bolt-locks includes a box body of elongated shape, having a front cavity configured for engaging the latch or bolt of a lock, and a face plate that conforms to the box body. The box body is provided with one or more elastically yieldable locking arms, configured for locking the box body in a housing seat of a door frame or other support member. The face plate is provided with one or more rear pushing members, configured to be press-fitted between the locking arms and respective contrasting surfaces of the box body, to open the locking arms and push the locking arms against an inner surface of the housing seat of the box body.
Claims22
1-22. (canceled)
A screwless strike device for a lock, comprising:
- a) an elongated box-shaped body having a peripheral wall and a frontal cavity, extending according to a longitudinal axis and configured to engage a latch or a bolt of the lock;
- b) a face plate conforming to the box body;
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- c) a member for fixing the box body in a housing seat of a door frame or support member;
- wherein the box body includes one or more elastically yieldable locking arms at least at one end or side of the box body in a spaced apart condition from a respective shoulder surface of the peripheral wall of the box body, and wherein the face plate includes at least one rear pushing member configured to be press-fitted between a locking arm and a respective shoulder surface of the box body to divaricate and press the locking arm against an inner surface of the housing seat for the same box body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.