AU693269B2 - Remote lock operation control means - Google Patents

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(see Pamphlets explaining formal requirements of specifications and drawings) TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT Name of Appl TECHNOSEARCH PTY. LIMITED Name of Applicant: Actual I) LADISLAV STEPHAN KARPISEK A ctual nventor(s): Robert G. HALLIDAY Address for Service: 44 Ashley Street, Hornsby, N.S.W. 2077 Ine o REMOTE LOCK OPERATION CONTROL MEANS Inve ntio n T itle PM9203 filed 01.1:1.94 Details of Associated Provisional Applications: Nos: PM920 i led .11,94& Details of Associated Provisional Applications: Nos: The following statement Is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me:- 1 REMOTE LOCK OPERATION CONTROL MEANS.

This invention relates to door locking arrangements for doors and in particular arrangements which incorporate a user operated primary lock which can interact with a remote lock or locks activated when the primary lock is activated.

In arrangements of the above type the primary lock is usually located about the mid-height of the door and one or more remote locks are located adjacent the top and/or bottom of the door. The remote lock(s) can use a lock bolt which moves in and out relative to the vertical edge of the door from which the primary lock bolt extends or from the top and/or bottom edge of the door. The arrangement provides multi-location locking eo of a door and is particularly favoured for doors which g are potentially capable of twisting deformation, such as screen/security doors commonly in use.

.o The invention is directed to a primary door lock of the type in which the lock bolt of the door lock can have a fully extended condition, to lock a door closed, and an 20 intermediate extended condition to latch a door closed and allow the door to be opened by retraction of the S. lock bolt. Where a remote lock or locks are associated with the primary door lock the remote lock is required to be held inoperative whilst the lock bolt of the -I I 1 2 primary door lock is operating between its retracted and intermediate extended conditions.

Generally stated, the invention can be said to provide a door lock including a housing, a lock bolt slidably mounted in the housing and movable between an extended position where it projects through a front edge of the housing and a retracted position where it lies at least substantially within the housing, first biassing means within the housing to urge said lock bolt towards its extended position, latching means to 10 releasably retain the lock bolt in a position intermediate the lock bolt extended and retracted positions, a manually operable actuator mounted in the housing to slide the lock bolt in a retracting direction and for engagement with and for moving a remote lock operator, a retainer slidably mounted on the lock bolt so as to be movable with said lock bolt and movable relative to said lock bolt in the direction of lock bolt movement, second biassing rmeans to urge said retainer to an extended position where portion of the retainer extends beyond a rear end of the lock bolt, a first opening in a rear edge of said housing aligned with said retainer and through which said retainer can project to engage with and prevent movement of said remote lock operator, the length of said retainer is such that at a predetermined position in the extending movement of S the lock bolt from its intermediate position to its extended II II 3 position said portion of said retainer will be withdrawn sufficiently into said housing to preclude engagement between said retainer and said remote lock operator.

A preferred form of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Fig.l is a side view of portion of a lock according to the invention with a housing cover plate removed to show the lock bolt of the lock in an intermediate extended position, the lock is shown associated with an operator for a remote lock or locks, components of the lock not related to the invention are not shown, Fig.2 is a view similar to Fig.l where the lock bolt is shown in the retracted position and the lock is shown associated with 15 a striker plate on a door jamb and .e• Fig.3 is a view similar to Fig.2 where the lock bolt is shown "in the fully extended position in a recess in the door jamb aligned with the lock bolt aperture in the striker plate.

As illustrated the primary lock 1 includes a lock bolt 2 which 20 has an intermediate extended position as shown in Fig.l where it extends a short distance from the lock housing 3. The lock oio• bolt may be moved to a retracted position as shown in Fig.2 and S may adopt a fully extended position as shown in Fig.3.

4 The lock bolt 2 is releasably held in the intermediate position by a latch means of suitable form which is: triggered when the door is closed allowing the lock bolt 2 to extend to the Fig.3 and (ii) relatched when the lock bolt is withdrawn to the retracted position shown in Fig.2 by means of a manual lock bolt actuator.

The latching means may be any one of several forms in commercial use and is designed to retain the lock bolt 2 in the Fig.l position against the action of the lock •bolt moving spring 23.

*e I the specific embodiment now described the lock bolt 2 includes a spring retainer pin 4 housed in a hole 5 in the lock bolt 2 and limited in its outward movement by a head 6 on the pin 4 abutting a shoulder 7 in the bore 5. The head 6 is urged against the shoulder 7 by a spring 8. The pin 4 extends from the rear end of the lock bolt 2 and is in permanent sliding engagement with 20 the bore 9 of a bush 10 mounted on the rear edge 11 of the housing 3. The pin 4 is long enough to project a short distance beyond the housing wall 11 when the lock

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5 bolt 2 is in the intermediate position of Fig.l. As will be seen the pin 4 will move with the lock bolt 2 and can move relative to the lock bolt 2.

There is a linearly movable remote lock operator 12 juxtaposed the rear wall 11 of the body 3 and external to the body 3. The operator 12 can be mounted in a number of way and can be mounted in guides on the lock housing. The operator 12 is spring biassed in the remote lock engaging direction indicated by the arrow S. There is a first slot 13 in the operator to receive the pin 4.

Rotatably mounted in the body 3 there is a handle controlled lock bolt actuator 14 which has a rest position as shown in Fig.l, where the a first leg 15 of the actuator 14 bears on a stop 38. The leg 15 lies in a recess 36 in the lock bolt 2 provided with a ;o shoulder 37 against which .the leg 15 acts (as shown in Fig.2) to retract the lock bolt 2. The actuator 14 has a second leg 16 which lies in the slot 28 in the operator 12.

In an operating sequence, the lock would be in the Fig.l rest position. The door with the lock fitted would then be closed and the striker plate 24 on the door jamb 25 (see Fig.2) would be engaged by the lock bolt nose 17 and the lock bolt 2 would be forced back i-r Ir i 6 into the housing 3. The movement of the lock bolt 2, through the engagement of shoulder 18 on the lock bolt 2 and the shoulder 19 on a latch bolt 20, causes the latch bolt 20 to be retracted against the action of the spring 21. Fig.2 shows the bolts 2 and 20 fully retracted.

The extension of the pin 4 beyond the operator 12 when the bolts are in. the Fig.2 position would normally be limited by engagement by the end of the pin 4 with the back wall 30 of the recess in the door for housing the lock, with corresponding compression of the spring 23.

In security doors this would be the inner face of the extruded aluminium box section of the door frame member.

When the bolts are retracted, and with the lock bolt held retracted by engagement with the striker plate 24, the lock bolt 2 is released from the latching element 22. During the closing of the door the lock bolt 2 (released from the effect of the latching element 22) will, when it comes into alignment with the striker plate aperture 26, pass therethrough and extend into recess 27 in the door jamb 25 aligned with the aperture 26 in the striker plate 24. The lock bolt 2 would then be in the fully extended Fig.3 position with the latch lock bolt 20 still held retracted by end engagement with the striker plate 24.

7 It will be noted in the Fig.3 that the pin 4 has been retracted from the slot 13 in the remote lock operator 12 and as a result the operator 12 has moved (under the influence of the spring acting on the operator) to the position shown in Fig.3, and in so doing has caused the remote lock(s) to be activated. The door is now retained closed by engagement of the lock bolt 2 of the primary lock in the door jamb and one or more remote lock bolts engaged with the door jamb or the doorway head and/or the doorway sill. The abutment end 29 of the slot 28 now lies adjacent the actuator leg 16.

When the door is to be opened the actuator 14 is rotated manually and the leg 15 abutting the shoulder .i 37 causes the lock bolt 2 to retract. The leg 16 oooee: engages the abutment end 29 of the slot 28 and moves .•me the operator 12 downwardly against the action of the associated spring. The end of the pin 4 will come to bear on the operator 12 before the slot 13 is aligned with the pin 4 so that as soon as the slot 13 is aligned with the pin 4 the pin will be fired into the •slot 13 by the pin spring 8.

When the door has been opened the actuator 14 is released. The lock bolt 2 will advance simultaneously with the lock bolt 20 and, as will be seen from Fig.l, the latch element 22 will now be in the latch position 4 1 II Y II~Ls 8 for the lock bolt 2. The lock is now positioned ready for reuse.

Changes can be made to some of the members described above in the preferred embodiment without departing from the inventive concept disclosed. For example, the housing of the pin 4 in a hole 5 in the lock bolt 2 is a preferred arrangement, but it would be possible to have a plate member slidably mounted on the side of the lock bolt 2 to function in the same manner as the pin 4.

As set out above, lock bolt latching means other than that described and illustrated can be used. It is also to be understood that the lock bolt 2 would normally be associated with a deadlock of known suitable type.

The bearing 10 is a preferred feature but with appropriate dimensioning it could be eliminated and the pin 4 could be supported directly in an opening in the rear wall of the housing.

o• 0 S"In a further variation, the pin 4 could be supported by an elongated head 6 and so it could operated without reliance on a bearing 10 or a hole in the rear edge to go position the outer end of the pin in the path of travel of the hole 13 in the operator 12.

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Claims (9)

1. A door lock including a housing, a lock bolt slidably mounted in the housing and movable between an extended position where it projects through a front edge of the housing and a retracted position where it lies at least substantially within the housing, first biassing means within the housing to urge said lock bolt towards its extended position, latching means to releasably retain the lock bolt in a position intermediate eo e the lock bolt extended and retracted positions, a manually operable actuator mounted in the housing to slide the lock bolt in a retracting direction and for engagement with and for moving a remote lock operator, a retainer slidably mounted on the lock bolt so as to be movable with said lock bolt and movable relative to said lock bolt in the direction of lock bolt movement, second biassing means to urge said retainer to an extended position where portion of the retainer extends beyond a rear end of the lock bolt, a first opening in a rear edge of said housing aligned with said retainer and through which said retainer can project to engage with and prevent movement of said remote lock operator, the length of said retainer is such that at a predetermined position in the extending movement of the lock bolt from its intermediate position to its extended ii~cs ii 10 position said portion of said retainer will be withdrawn sufficiently into said housing to preclude engagement between said retainer and said remote lock operator.

2. A door lock as claimed in claim 1 wherein the retainer is slidably mounted in a recess in the lock bolt and is biassed to its extended position by a spring also housed in the recess.

3. A door lock as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 including a guide means on the rear edge of the housing aligned with said first housing opening and the retainer is permanently engaged in said guide means.

4. A door lock as claimed in any one of the claims 1 to 3 wherein said actuator means is rotatable about an axis and is biassed to a rest position, said actuator means includes a first 15 arm engagable on first direction rotation of said actuator with a co-operating surface on said lock bolt to provide retracting movement of the lock bolt and a second arm with a part which extends through an opening in the rear edge of said housing and e• therebeyond for engagement with said remote lock operator. 20

5. A door lock as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 in combination with a remote lock operator mounted so as to be M 11 slidable relative to said housing and so as to slide between first and second positions in a direction substantially at right angles to the direction of lock bolt movement, operator biassing means biassing said operator away from said first position, said operator including an abutment surface engagable by said retainer to releasably retain said operator in said first position.

6. A door lock as claimed in claim 5 when dependent on claim 4 wherein the actuator second arm is disposed in spaced relationship with a co-operating abutment on said operator when the actuator means is in its rest position, the spacing of said second arm from said abutment allowing said operator to move to said second position and thereby position said operator abutment adjacent said second arm for engagement by said second arm on 15 first direction rotation of said actuator means to move said operator to said first position.

7. A door lock as claimed in claim 6 wherein said abutment of said operator is a side of an opening in said operator. *e S*

8. A door lock as claimed in claim 5 or claim 6 wherein said 20 operator includes a slot and said abutment is an end of said slot. 12

9. A door lock substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Dated this 12th day of~ April, 1998 TECHNOSEARC- PTY. LIMITED By its patent Attorney ROBERT G. HAL~LIDAY M 1 ABSTRACT: A door lock having a slidable lock bolt with latching means (20,22) to releasably retain the lock bolt in a position intermediate lock bolt extended and retracted positions. A remote lock operator (12). A position retainer for the operator (12) slidably mounted on the lock bolt so as to be movable with the lock bolt and movable relative to the lock bolt in the direction of lock bolt movement between a retracted position and a spring biassed extended position. When the lock bolt is released from the latching means (20,22) it moves under the influence of a spring (23) to its extended position and the retainer disengages latch means (13) on the operator (12). Spring biassing of the operator (12) causes remote lock engagement. When the lock bolt is manually retracted by the actuator (14) the operator (12) is S moved to disengage the remote lock and align the catch means (13) with the retainer and the spring (8) acting on the retainer will cause it to engage the catch means (13).