Strike assembly for locks
AssigneeBONAITI SERRATURE S.p.A.
InventorLuigi BOLOGNESI
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Abstract
A strike assembly for a mechanical or magnetic lock including an elongated body configured as a cup having a receiving cavity that is opened frontally to engage the bolt or the latch of the lock, and holes for fixing screws with a support element. The strike assembly further includes a separate face plate, having an opening that conforms to the cavity of the cup body for the bolt or the latch of the lock. In the assembled condition, the face plate is superimposed on the cup body, hiding the holes of the fixing screws; the face plate is further provided with rear legs configured with fitting portions for fitting to the cup body.
Claims14
1-13. (canceled)
A strike assembly for a latch or bolt type lock, comprising in combination:
- an elongated box body, inside which a frontal receiving cavity is defined, said cavity being configured for engagement by the latch or the bolt of the lock, said box body including apertures for receiving screws for fixing said box body in a housing seat of a support element;
- a face plate including:
- i. a cover piece that is separate and distinct from said box body, said face plate having an opening and being conformed to couple with said box body and extending to overlap the apertures for the fixing screws,
- ii. a rear annular protrusion bounding said opening and rear legs that extend to a depth greater than said annular protrusion, said rear legs being configured with snap or press fitting portions to engage corresponding seats of said box body,
- said box body further comprising slits for receiving said rear legs and an annular recess extending peripherally around said frontal receiving cavity and arranged for receiving said annular protrusion,
- wherein the length of said slits is greater than the width of said rear legs and the size in thickness of said annular recess is greater than the thickness of said annular protrusion, to enable said adjustable face plate to be positioned with respect to said box body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.