Panic bolt units
AssigneesPeter George Legg, Melvyn Alan Tindall
InventorMichael J. Cocker
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Abstract
A door lock and release mechanism carried by a door and having a pair of oppositely directed locking bolts simultaneously movable to a release position by a door mounted operating bar. Provision is also made for moving the bolts to a locking position when the door is closed.
Claims5
A door lock and panic bolt unit release mechanism comprising a box section member mounted in a door and housing two vertically sliding bolts adapted to move in opposite directions, a pair of U-shaped slotted plates to which the bolts are respectively secured, pegs extending from the box section member and passing through the slots in the slotted plates, a T-member on pins projecting from the slotted plates a spindle non-rotatably connected to the T-member, a cam onto the spindle, and a lever engaging the cam and by which the cam is rotated by pressure to release the bolts from a door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.