Antipanic lock and housing for such a lock

An antipanic lock for a door comprising a first housing including a bolt mounted in said first housing and movable from a retracted position to allow opening a door to an extended position where said bolt extends exteriorly to said housing to engage a keeper to lock the door, said lock including a second housing with said housings being adapted to be mounted in spaced apart locations on a surface of a door, an actuating rod extending between said first and second housings and having end portions each connected to a respective first and second lever at one end thereof, each lever having an opposite end pivotally mounted in a respective housing, said first lever being a control lever which engages an operating member in said first housing so as to move said bolt when said control lever is moved from a neutral position to an actuated position corresponding to movement of said bolt from said extended, position to said retracted position, said second lever having torsion spring means including two, spaced spring legs, said second housing including a pivot means on which said second lever is pivotably mounted, said second lever having an end portion and a projecting part on said end portion for engaging a said spring leg corresponding to a selected door opening direction, said second lever being movable about said pivot means so that said projecting part engages the other of said spring legs corresponding to a door opening direction opposite to said selected direction, said second housing including abutment means for engaging the said spring leg that is unengaged by said projecting part.