Lock
AssigneeBanham Patent Locks Limited
InventorBrian Edward Cowper
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Abstract
A lock for a door has a casing, a bolt, a pivoted operating handle operable to retract the bolt, and lock structure comprising a lock cylinder. The lock cylinder is secured to the housing by a screw covered by a rose around the part of the housing, the rose being secured in place by fixing screws which can only be accessed upon removal of the casing assembly from the door and with the bolt in a retracted position. In this state, the shank of the screwdriver to undo each fixing screw can easily be passed through respective aligned openings in a cover plate of the housing assembly, the bolt, and the housing, thereby allowing removal of the rose and subsequent replacement of the cylinder without the need to remove components of the door lock itself.
Claims13
A lock for a wing movable between open and closed positions relative to a frame comprising a casing adapted to be secured to one side of the wing, a bolt operable to extend from or to retract into said casing, a housing extending from one side of the casing, a lock cylinder at least partly received in said housing, screw fixing means at said housing securing the lock cylinder to said housing, and cover means preventing access to said fixing means, release of the cover means to allow access to said screw fixing means for releasing the securement of the lock cylinder to the housing only being possible from the opposite side of the casing.
A lock for a wing movable between open and closed positions relative to a frame comprising a casing, a bolt operable to extend from or to retract into said casing, a housing extending from one side of the casing, a lock cylinder at least partly received in said housing, fixing means at said housing securing the lock cylinder to said housing, and cover means preventing access to said fixing means, release of the cover means to allow access to said fixing means for releasing the securement of the lock cylinder to the housing only being possible from the opposite side of the casing, the cover means being secured in place by at least one fixing screw passing from inside the casing into a threaded bore in an underside of the cover means, and wherein access from said opposite side of the casing to the or each fixing screw is only possible when the bolt is in a retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.