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Removable spindle

US5219192A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 14, 1992
Grant dateJun 15, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 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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