Catch mechanism
USRE30263E · kind E · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 1978 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A catch mechanism for installation in a door frame to cooperate with a door lock on a fire door. The mechanism includes a catch member pivotable between an operative position in which to serve as a door catch and an inoperative position to enable release of the door no matter what the condition of the door lock. The mechanism includes a heat responsive locking device which locks the catch member in its catch position in the event of a fire generating high temperatures. The locking device may comprise a biased locking plunger mounted in a cavity within the catch member and normally held in a retracted position by a heat fusible metal plug but extendible on melting of the plug to engage the catch body and so lock the catch member.
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