Door lock mechanism
US4394821A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 5, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T70/7949
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A doorknob has a neck in rotational bearing engagement on a knob sleeve and has a pair of inner recesses which open inward to engage a driver lug and open axially to be engageable with the lug by axial knob movement. The sleeve has a cross slot adapted to contain a torque-releasable driver, biased outward to engage its lug in a recess, but with the lug so shaped that it will be cammed out of the recess under excess torque on the knob and hence release the knob and prevent transmission of the excess torque to the knob sleeve. Alternatively, the sleeve cross slot may contain a positive driver such as one having end lugs engaged in both recesses, or may contain no driver so that the knob is freely rotatable on the sleeve. The knob has a large end bore closed by a face closure member retained in place by a buried snap ring. The closure member has an inner cylindrical flange embraced by forward portions of the knob sleeve, and contains a key lock mechanism, preferably a key-removable lock core, which is non-rotatable in the closure member and oriented by engagement in a slot in the sleeve. The knob and face closure member form a self-contained assembly in which the closure member can ro…
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