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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1994
Jon M Smallegan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
L C Chamberlain, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Dario Pompeii, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Schlage Lock Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A door handle mounting assembly capable of being mounted on a door includes a lock platform having an opening formed therein and a handle mounted on the lock platform without the need of mechanical fasteners, staking or welding. More specifically, the handle has a gripper portion which is grasped by a person's hand for turning the handle, and a shaft portion which is attached at one of its ends to the gripper portion. The shaft portion extends through the opening of the lock platform and has a circumferential groove formed therein. A retaining collar having an annular wall is positioned to engage the lock platform, the collar having an inwardly projecting annular ring connected to the annular wall. The assembly also includes a driver cam having a housing with a hollow boss extending through the opening of the lock platform along a longitudinal axis. The hollow boss has a circumferential groove formed therein which receives the annular ring of the retaining collar for axially retaining the driver cam with respect to the lock platform. The housing also has an aperture formed therein in communication with the opening of the housing and hollow boss for receiving a catch therethrough. The catch is received within the groove of the shaft portion of the handle for axially retaining the driver cam with respect to the handle.