Computerized Security Systems

William L Miron

A mortise lock assembly disposed within a housing for mounting in a door. The assembly includes a latch bolt and a dead bolt, both of which are movably mounted within the housing and reciprocal between an extended position cut out of the housing and a retracted position within the housing. The assembly also includes latch bolt and dead bolt biasing mechanism for continuously biasing the latch bolt and dead bolt to their extended positions. The assembly further includes a trigger movably mounted within the housing and a dead bolt stop element movable between a dead bolt engaged position and a released position for restraining the dead bolt in the retracted position against the biasing force of the dead bolt biasing mechanism. The trigger moves the dead bolt stop element from the dead bolt engaged position to a dead bolt release position allowing the dead bolt to be moved automatically to the extended position by the biasing force of the dead bolt biasing mechanism when the trigger senses the strike plate on the door jamb as the door is closed.

Mortise lock assembly with automatic dead bolt and incremental stop

A recentering device for a shaft is disclosed which includes a return spring means and a recentering spring. The return spring applies a torque which varies directly with the angular displacement of the shaft from the center position over a predetermined range corresponding to the full operating range of the shaft. The recentering spring means applies a torque which varies inversely with the angular displacement of the shaft over the range of displacement. The maximum torque exerted by the recentering spring means is not substantially greater than the maximum torque exerted by the return spring. The torque exerted by each of the springs is a substantially linear function of angular displacement whereby a substantially uniform value of torque tends to return the shaft to its center position and thereby provides accurate recentering when the shaft is released.

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Bloomfield Hills, MI, United States of America

William L Miron