Patents by Inventor Roger J. Nolin

Roger J. Nolin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4418552
    Abstract: Extending a dead bolt into a locked position turns a crank that releases a lock release plate from an unlocked position which in turn releases a slide. Upon its release, the slide responds to springs and forces a tooth into a notch of an actuator to lock a latch bolt. To unlock the latch bolt and the dead bolt, the dead bolt can be directly retracted, whereupon the crank engages the lock release plate to move it back to its unlocked position. The lock release plate during this travel picks up the slide and withdraws the tooth from the actuator, freeing the latch bolt assembly. When locked, the latch bolt and the dead bolt can be simultaneously unlocked by rotation of an inside operator which produces rotation of a double-lobed cam. One lobe of the cam moves the slide against the force of the springs sufficiently to clear the tooth from the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Inventor: Roger J. Nolin
  • Patent number: 4276760
    Abstract: A two-bolt lockset simultaneously locks and unlocks in response to a single action by an operator, such as a key and cylinder. A deadbolt couples to such an operator to project and lock or retract and unlock. A crank also responds to the locking of the deadbolt to move a slide that engages and locks an actuator of the second bolt, a latch bolt, to lock the latch bolt. The slide is biased away from the latch bolt so that upon retraction of the deadbolt and corresponding motion of the crank, the slide is freed of the crank and moves out of engagement with the actuator. Preferably, the slide is carried by a retractor so that both locks clear by the single turn of a single inside operator. The retractor responds to a retractor cam attached to the inside operator to translate. The slide moves out of engagement with the actuator upon such movement and forces the crank to withdraw the deadbolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Inventor: Roger J. Nolin
  • Patent number: 4011741
    Abstract: A lock cylinder with dual driver whereby an independent drive for the dead bolt mechanism and the door latch mechanism may be achieved with a single lock so as to provide withdrawal of both the latch bolt and the dead bolt by rotation of the key inserted into the lock cylinder. The drive for the dead bolt actuating mechanism is a conventional lost motion drive extending from the rear of the cylinder assembly. In addition, a cam is coupled to the cylinder assembly threaded cap so as to provide a direct drive thereto, with a cam being coupled to the latch mechanism so that both the dead bolt and the latch bolt are retracted upon rotation of a key in the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: TRE Corporation
    Inventor: Roger J. Nolin
  • Patent number: 3933016
    Abstract: A handle set door lock comprised of an outer assembly with a handle, a thumb piece actuator, a key operated cylinder, a latch bolt and operating mechanism, and a selective control member is disclosed. When the selective control member is in a first position, depression of the thumb piece actuator engages the operating mechanism causing the retraction of the latch bolt. When the selective control member is in a second position, the thumb piece actuator is disengaged from the operating mechanism permitting depression of the thumb piece actuator but without causing retraction of the latch bolt. The latch bolt can always be retracted by the conventional key operated cylinder located on the outer assembly when the selective control member located on the inner knob is in either the first or second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: TRE Corporation
    Inventor: Roger J. Nolin