Electronic deadbolt lock with a leverage handle
AssigneeHandytrac Systems, LLC
InventorsJohn Lie-Nielsen, Tibor Szenti
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Abstract
An electronically controlled lock with a single throw acting as a passage lock and also as a deadbolt lock is provided by the invention. The lock is equipped with an electronic activation device on its exterior housing and a door lever on its internal housing. A user unlocks the door from outside by touching an electronic key against the electronic activation device. After the door is unlocked, the throw acts as a passage lock. The door can be locked internally by moving the door lever from a horizontal position upwardly to a vertical position.
Claims16
An electronic lock capable of acting as a passage lock and as a deadbolt lock of a door having an external side and internal side, comprising:
- an external housing for mounting on the external side of a door;
- an electronic access device on the external housing;
- a control circuit enclosed by the external housing and coupled to the electronic access device;
- an electrically activated mechanism coupled to the control circuit;
- a latch having a throw and being capable of extending the throw into at least a passage position and a locking position, the latch being engaged and disengaged by the electrically activated mechanism;
- a tail piece having a first end and a second end, the tail piece being engaged to an outside lever;
- an internal housing for mounting on the internal side of the door;
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- an inside lever mounted on the internal housing and engaged to the first end of the tail piece,
- wherein moving the inside lever from a horizontal position upwardly to at least a vertical position engages the latch to extend the throw into the locking position,
- wherein activating the electronic access device disengages the outside lever when the throw is in the locking position, and
- wherein the throw being in the passage position enables the electronic lock to act as a passage lock and the throw being in the locking position enables the electronic lock to act as a deadbolt lock.
An electronic lock capable of acting as a passage lock and as a deadbolt lock of a door having an external side and internal side, comprising:
- means for mounting the electronic lock on the external side of a door;
- means for activating the electronic lock;
- means for controlling the electronic lock;
- means for enabling the electronic lock to extend a bolt inside the electronic lock into at least a passage position and a locking position;
- means for opening the door from outside;
- means for opening the door from inside;
- means for engaging the means for opening the door from outside to the means for enabling the electronic lock to extend a bolt inside the electronic lock;
- wherein moving the means for opening the door from inside from a horizontal position upwardly to at least a vertical position engages the means for enabling the electronic lock to extend a bolt inside the electronic lock to extend the bolt into the locking position, wherein activating the means for activating the electronic lock engages the means for enabling the electronic lock to extend a bolt inside the electronic lock to extend the bolt into a passage position, and
- wherein the bolt being in the passage position enables the electronic lock to act as a passage lock and the bolt being in the locking position enables the electronic lock to act as a deadbolt lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.