Abstract: A manually activated locking device is provided to inhibit and restrict an entry/exit door from opening either outward or inward or both, as installed. In one aspect, the device that can be set from inside the room to be protected from threats or intrusion. In one aspect, the locking device is designed to be tamper-proof from outside the room yet allows access by authorized individuals thereby creating a secure but accessible safe zone for individuals or property inside the zone. In one aspect, the activated locking device may be mechanical system which may prevent hacking on the locking device.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a quickly dismantlable floor member and a spliced floor, to solve the technical problem that the conventional floor members cannot be dismantled conveniently for repairing and replacement. The quickly dismantlable floor member is of a tetragon shape, a lateral face of a first side of the quickly dismantlable floor member is provided with an automatic latch, the automatic latch comprises a locking head, the locking head is retractable, and the locking head is able to, after the quickly dismantlable floor member is installed, join with an neighboring conventional floor member. The spliced floor employs three or more quickly dismantlable floor members.

Abstract: A latch which for example may secure a closure to an associated receptacle. The latch may comprise a collar which entraps the enlarged head of a large headed object. The collar may have a series of passages formed therein, each of which receives a spherical object such as a ball bearing. The latch may comprise a pushbutton having an annular body bearing a first portion which prevents the ball bearings from moving, and a second portion which gives each ball bearing space to occupy. The ball bearings normally interfere with the enlarged head and entrap the same within the collar. When the pushbutton is depressed, the second portion allows the ball bearings to move out of the interference position, thereby enabling the enlarged head to escape from the collar. Motion of the pushbutton also provides actuating force for moving the ball bearings.

Abstract: The substrate storage pod includes an engagement portion in an outer side surface of a lid of the pod, and an insertion slot through which the engagement portion can be accessed from an external space; the insertion slot is formed in a flange portion arranged around the periphery of an opening in the pod and into which the lid can be fitted, and a latch mechanism supported so as to be slidable in a direction parallel to a flange side wall in a pod main body-surface of the flange portion. An engaging portion of the latch mechanism reaches the engagement portion via the insertion slot. The engagement portion is switched between an engaged state and a non-engaged state in response to movement of the latch mechanism.

Abstract: The FIMS system is for use with a pod composed of a lid having an engaged portion provided on the outer surface thereof and a pod body having a latch mechanism including an engagement portion that engages the engaged portion as it moves along a predetermined axis to fix the lid to the pod. The FIMS system has a latch mechanism drive means for driving the latch mechanism along a certain axis and an engagement portion position sensor that can generate a signal indicating whether the engagement portion is at an engagement position or non-engagement position when the latch mechanism drive means drives the latch mechanism. The latch mechanism drive means and the engagement portion position sensor are provided in the vicinity of a first opening portion of the FIMS system.

Abstract: In a pod used in an FIMS system, diffusion of dust particles or the like adhering on the lid of the pod to the interior of the system is reduced. An engaged portion is provided inside the outer surface of the lid of the pod, and a flange portion provided around a pod opening to which the lid can be fitted is provided with an insertion hole that allows access to the engaged portion from the exterior space. A latch mechanism is supported on the pod body side surface of the flange portion in such a way that the latch mechanism can slide along a direction parallel to the side wall of the flange. An engagement portion of the latch mechanism reaches the engaged portion through the insertion hole, and the state of the latch mechanism changes between an engaged state and a disengaged state with movement of the latch mechanism.

Abstract: A locker has a latch bar attached to the inside surface of door by projections that extend through respective slots in the bar. The slots are configured to permit the bar to move parallel to the door between an extended position and a retracted position, the extended position being horizontally offset from the retracted position. An actuator plate is positioned between the inside surface of the door and the latch bar and is connected to a handle on the outside surface of the door. The at least one pair of spaced rollers is provided on the actuator plate. A diagonal rib is attached to the latch bar for each pair of rollers. Each diagonal rib is positioned between a respective pair of spaced apart rollers, such that when the handle and actuator plate are moved vertically, each pair of rollers will move along the diagonal rib positioned between that pair of rollers causing the latch bar to move horizontally.

Abstract: In a pod used in an FIMS system, an engaged portion is provided on the outer surface of the lid of a pod. A through hole is provided in a flange portion that is provided around the pod opening and in which the lid is to be received. The through-hole allows access to the engaged portion from the external space. A latch mechanism is supported on the pod body side surface of the flange portion in such a way that it can slide in a direction parallel to the side wall of the flange. The engagement portion of the latch mechanism reaches the engaged portion through the aforementioned through-hole. Movement of the latch mechanism brings the engagement portion into an engaging state and a disengaged state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a latching device for a slide rod system incorporated into a door. The latching device includes a keeper plate engaged to the slide rod, a positioning bracket engaged to a door, and a roller bracket having a roller adapted for engagement to the positioning bracket and the keeper plate. The slide rod and keeper plate are adapted for positioning within a slide channel. The roller bracket is adapted for engagement to a doorframe channel. The positioning bracket includes a slot which receives the roller whereupon the keeper plate is at least partially manipulated vertically to maneuver the keeper to the rear of the roller to accomplish latching of a door.

Abstract: Environmentally employable in combination with a slidable-door type open-wall and for maintaining an angular-dog type slidable-door in tight opening-obstructed temperature-protective contact adjacently about the wall-opening of a said upright open-wall, a floor-mountable retractable roller device including a floor-mountable horizontal base-plate and including a pivotably mounted elongate rear-arm having a rotatable horizontal-roller springably urged toward the slidable-door underlying angular-dog to temperaturely-protectively urge the slidable-door in closure-condition about the wall-opening. The springably urged force between the slidable-door lower angular-dog and the device horizontal-roller can be empirically adjusted with an adjusting screw disclosed herein.

Abstract: A dogging mechanism for a bulkhead door on a ship, which uses a rotatable handle connected to a four bar parallel linkage to pivot a plurality of rollers over a plurality of wedge shaped lugs to tightly close the door and make it water tight when used with a double directional gasket.

Abstract: Interlocking sections for portable floors and the like have a floor section (10) having interlocking members set in molded urethane (15) for connections along the edges of the floor sections (10). The interlocking members latch a male member (50) and a female member (70) fitting into recesses along the edges of the floor section (10) and are molded into place. The female locking member (70) has a central slot (85) receiving a flange (60) of the male locking member (50). Slots (81a, 81b) and (100a, 100b) and springs (90, 91) guide motion of pins (80a, 80b) which engage the flange (60). A release mechanism (120) actuated by an Allen key wrench has a cam member (121) which engages the springs (90, 91) to release the male locking member (50).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved door latch assembly having a rotatable member which is transparent or translucent and to which a door knob structure is coupled. The member is rotatably mounted between a pair of support plates, and the member has a roller on the outer periphery thereof. A number of pivotally mounted links on one of the support plates operates to move a latch bolt into its retracted position when the roller moves in either direction under the influence of the rotation of the member by turning a door knob element of the door structure. The various links cooperate with each other to cause immediate movement of the latch bolt upon rotation of the member, yet the links are not visible from a position exteriorly of the door in which the latch assembly is mounted.

Abstract: A restraint assembly employed in conjunction with a resilient latch assembly for securing two adjoining elements together includes a pair of spaced walls carried by one of the elements and a pair of resilient rollers carried by the other element. The rollers are positioned within the space between the walls so that one of the rollers bears against one wall and the other roller bears against the other opposing wall to prevent relative motion between the elements.