Adjustable strike for door-locking and door-latching mechanisms
OwnerLawrence L. Mascotteinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable device for door-locking and door-latching mechanisms of a door hingedly mounted onto a door frame that comprises a plate member having spaced openings mounted along an aperture of the door frame and secured thereto for receiving plungers of the door-locking and door-latching mechanisms to maintain the door in a closed and/or locked position. An adjustment member is located on the plate member adjacent at least the opening for receiving the plunger of the door-latching mechanism and being adjustable for engagement with such plunger to prevent play between the door and the door frame when the door is in a closed and latched position.
Claims15
An adjustable means for door-locking and door-latching mechanisms of a door hingedly mounted onto a door frame, comprising:
- a plate member having spaced openings mountable along an aperture of the door frame for receiving plungers of the door-locking and door-latching mechanisms to maintain the door in a closed and/or locked position;
- means for securing said plate member along the aperture of the door frame including a set screw threadably disposed in a nut secured onto the plate member over a hole therein so that the set screw can extend therethrough in engagement with the door frame;
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- adjustment means on said plate member adjacent at least the opening for receiving the plunger of the door-latching mechanism and being adjustable for engagement with the door-latching mechanism plunger to prevent play between the door and the door frame when the door is in the closed and latched position.
An adjustable device for use within a tubular door frame along an aperture therein for door-locking and door-latching mechanisms of a door hingedly mounted onto the tubular door frame, comprising:
- a plate member having spaced openings mountable within the tubular door frame along the aperture thereof for receiving plungers of the door-locking and door-latching mechanisms to maintain the door in a closed or locked position;
- plate means having holes that are to be in communication with the openings in the plate member for extending along the aperture and securing said plate member in position along the aperture of the door frame;
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- adjustment means on said plate member adjacent at least the aligned opening and hole for receiving the plunger of the door-latching mechanism and including an adjustable member for adjustable engagement with the door-latching mechanism plunger to prevent play between the door and the door frame when the door is in the closed and latched position.
A door frame for mounting onto an existing door frame of a building including a door hingedly mounted onto the door frame, comprising:
- tubular door frame members with the tubular door frame member opposite the tubular door frame member to which the door is hingedly mounted having an aperture in alignment with door-locking and door-latching mechanism plungers of the door;
- a plate member within the opposite tubular door frame member disposed along said aperture and having spaced openings;
- a plate element extending along said aperture securing said plate member in position along said aperture and having spaced holes in communication with the spaced openings in the plate member so that the aligned holes and openings can receive the plungers of the door-locking and door-latching mechanisms to maintain the door in a closed or locked position;
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- an adjustment member on the plate member adjacent at least the aligned opening and hole for receiving the plunger of the door-latching mechanism for adjustable engagement with the door-latching mechanism plunger to prevent play between the door and the door frame when the door is in the closed and latched position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.