US 4,641,867 AGranted

Door closure assembly

OwnerArthur V. Geringer, Richard G. Geringer +1inventors

InventorsArthur V. Geringer, Richard G. Geringer, David A. Geringer

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Abstract

The assembly includes a door with rotatable door handle connected thereto, and a primary door locking mechanism. The door is hinged for opening and closing in a frame disposed in an entry way. The door includes a handle hub lock having a hub locking plate around the handle hub, a protrusion extending from the locking plate, a bolt member having a recess adapted to receive the protrusion, a bolt biasing mechanism, and a biasing force reversal mechanism for causing the bolt member to move in a direction opposite to the direction in which the bolt biasing member moves. The biasing mechanism preferably includes a plunger extending from the leading door edge toward the door jamb and biasable thereby, during door closing, against the bolt to move it into the locked position, and a spring connected to each of the plunger and bolt member. In one embodiment, magnets magnetically bias the slide bolt member to the desired locked or unlocked position.

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Dependent claims

An improved entry closure assembly, said assembly comprising, in combination:

(a) a door frame including a door jamb disposed in an entry way;
(b) a door secured to said frame for movement between open and closed entry way positions;
(c) primary door opening and closing means disposed in said door and said door jamb;
(d) a door handle hub rotatably secured to said door and operatively connected to said door opening and closing means;
and,
(e) door handle hub locking means comprising
(i) a locking plate secured around said door handle hub in said door, said plate having a protrusion extending from the outer periphery thereof,
(ii) a moveable slide bolt member having a recess therein adapted to receive said protrusion,
(iii) support means in said door connected to said slide bolt member for holding said slide bolt member and permitting movement of said slide bolt between a first unlocked hub position and a second handle hub-locking position and,
(iiii) biasing means in said door connected to said slide bolt for biasing said slide bolt member into said locked and said unlocked positions,
(f) actuator means for causing movement of said slide bolt member,
(g) lost-motion means disposed between said actuator means and said slide bolt member, and
(h) means to reverse the direction of force applied by said actuator means to said slide bolt member to enable movement of said slide bolt member in a direction opposite to the movement of the actuator means.

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