On A Tubular Member Patents (Class 292/169.23)
  • Patent number: 8864186
    Abstract: A mortise lock for mounting in a door. The lock includes a bolt movable along a first axis between an extended position and a retracted position. Included are means for biasing the bolt to its extended position. The lock further includes a driven member which is mounted for rotation about a second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis. As the driven member is made to rotate about the second axis, it engages the bolt and urges it, overcoming the bias, to its second position. A drive member is mounted for rotation about a third axis, generally parallel to the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Larson Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Michael W. Kondratuk
  • Patent number: 8727396
    Abstract: A latch assembly for insertion into an edge of a door and adjustable for actuation by a half-round spindle at either a first backset or a second backset. The latch has an inner casing non-rotatably received within an outer casing and slideable along an axis. The inner casing is provided with a transverse void substantially perpendicular to the sliding axis and is slideable between a first position in which the transverse void is aligned at the first backset and a second position is which the transverse void is aligned at the second backset. A slide within the casing is, without adjustment, engageable by the half-round spindle at either backset. A cam is rotatably mounted within the casing and engaged to the slide and to a bolt also within the casing. The bolt is slideably retractable into the casing by rotation of the cam in response to sliding of the slide. A spring biases the bolt to an extended position extend out from the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Price Pfister, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeanette Vy Bui
  • Publication number: 20130038073
    Abstract: A latch assembly for insertion into an edge of a door and adjustable for actuation by a half-round spindle at either a first backset or a second backset. The latch has an inner casing non-rotatably received within an outer casing and slideable along an axis. The inner casing is provided with a transverse void substantially perpendicular to the sliding axis and is slideable between a first position in which the transverse void is aligned at the first backset and a second position is which the transverse void is aligned at the second backset. A slide within the casing is, without adjustment, engageable by the half-round spindle at either backset. A cam is rotatably mounted within the casing and engaged to the slide and to a bolt also within the casing. The bolt is slideably retractable into the casing by rotation of the cam in response to sliding of the slide. A spring biases the bolt to an extended position extend out from the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventor: Jeanette Vy Bui
  • Patent number: 6921116
    Abstract: A door handle assembly includes a bias mechanism that maintains inside and outer handles in a generally horizontal position in which a latching bolt of a latching bolt mechanism is fully extended, the latching bolt being retracted upon rotating either handle only about 28° from the horizontal retracting the latching bolt to allow opening of a door on which the door handle assembly is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: HOPPE North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary L. Humes
  • Patent number: 6540274
    Abstract: A slide compartment for a hybrid lock architecture. The slide component comprises a U-shaped body portion and a plurality of independent retractors. At least one pair of slots are positioned near an open end of said U-shaped body for attachment of a drawbar of a door latch assembly of the hybrid lock assembly. The hybrid lock assembly comprises a chassis assembly mounted in a bore of said door. A door latch assembly is operably connected to the slide component housed in the chassis assembly for retraction and extension of a bolt. A handle is mounted on a spindle on each side of the chassis assembly. Rotational motion of either handle is converted to linear motion within the chassis assembly at the slide interface in order to retract the bolt of the door latch assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company
    Inventors: Peter K. Bates, Thor Hendrickson, Dario L. Pompeii