Surface mounted electric rim strikes

An electric rim strike surface mountable on a door frame, comprising:

• a housing having a cavity defined therein;
• a pivotally-rotatable keeper, including:
• a first member having two ends, each end including a front inclined blocking face, and
• a second member extending orthogonally from the first member;
• a pivotally-rotatable locking bar including two extension arms and a member disposed therebetween, each extension arm having a rear inclined blocking face;
• and
• two solenoids;
• and
• two anchors, each including a spacer,
• wherein, when the solenoids are de-energized, each anchor engages the locking bar to prevent the locking bar from rotating, and each locking bar blocking face engages a respective keeper blocking face to prevent the keeper from rotating, and
• when the solenoids are energized, each anchor is driven towards a respective solenoid, each spacer maintains an air gap between the anchor and the respective solenoid, each anchor disengages from the locking bar to allow the locking bar to rotate, and each locking bar blocking face disengages from the respective keeper blocking face to allow the keeper to rotate.

An electric rim strike surface mountable on a door frame, comprising:

• a pivotally-rotatable keeper, including:
• a first member having two ends, each end including a front inclined blocking face, and
• a second member extending orthogonally from the first member;
• a pivotally-rotatable locking bar including two extension arms, each extension arm having a rear inclined blocking face to engage a respective front blocking face of the keeper;
• a thrust mechanism;
• and
• an anchor including a spacer,
• wherein, when the thrust mechanism is de-energized, the spacer maintains an air gap between the anchor and the thrust mechanism, the anchor disengages from the locking bar to allow the locking bar to rotate, and the rear blocking faces disengage from the respective front blocking faces to allow the keeper to rotate, and
• when the thrust mechanism is energized, the anchor is driven away from the thrust mechanism, the anchor engages the locking bar to prevent the locking bar from rotating, and the rear blocking faces engage the respective front blocking faces to prevent the keeper from rotating.

An electric rim strike surface mountable on a door frame, comprising:

• a housing having a cavity defined therein;
• a pivotally-rotatable keeper, including:
• a first member having two ends, each end including a front inclined blocking face, and
• a second member extending orthogonally from the first member;
• a pivotally-rotatable locking bar including two extension arms and a member disposed therebetween, each extension arm having a rear inclined blocking face;
• and
• two solenoids;
• and
• two anchors, each anchor including a spacer,
• wherein, when the solenoids are de-energized, each spacer maintains an air gap between the anchor and the respective solenoid, each anchor disengages from the locking bar to allow the locking bar to rotate, and each locking bar blocking face disengages from the respective keeper blocking face to allow the keeper to rotate, and
• when the solenoids are energized, each anchor is driven away from a respective solenoid, each anchor engages the locking bar to prevent the locking bar from rotating, and each locking bar blocking face engages a respective keeper blocking face to prevent the keeper from rotating.