Removable spindle
US5219192A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T292/93
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A door locking assembly which facilitates removal and replacement of a damaged lockset without the need to remove the cylinder, levers or knobs, or the escutcheon plates, which includes a lockset mountable within a door, said lockset including a latch for locking the door, a spindle engageable with the lockset, said lockset including a bushing defining a spindle aperture for accommodating a first end of the spindle, said spindle being adapted to rotatably displace the bushing for actuating the latch, a handle for securing a second end of the spindle, said handle means defining a socket for withdrawing the spindle to remove the lockset from within the door.
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