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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard B Cohrs, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Von Duprin, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2923363 ; 292D / ;
Abstract
The universal assembly comprises components and parts interchangeable between, for being common to, a top latch and a bottom latch in vertical-rod exit devices. Simply by adding a few discrete parts to the assembly, the same becomes, selectively, a top latch or a bottom latch, The top latch, and the bottom latch, comprise the universal assembly to which the respective, discrete parts have been added. The assembly, and the latches have a rotatable input member with must be rotated to enable retraction of a latch bolt, and a limb operative to block retraction of a latch bolt if the input member is not rotated.