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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1995
John P Anderson, Norco, CA (US);
Hartwell Corporation, Placentia, CA (US);
Abstract
A two-point latch for a door, and having first and second bolts, a latch body with a housing and a cap defining a slide path within the body for the bolts, first and second handles mounted in the latch body for sliding along a handle path parallel to the slide path, and a spring carried in the handles for urging the handles apart. First and second bolt actuators are positioned in the latch body between the handles and the bolts, with the first handle and actuator interengaging for connecting the first actuator to the first handle, and with the second handle and actuator interengaging for connecting the second actuator to the second handle. The first actuator and bolt interengage for drawing the first bolt inward by the first handle, and the second actuator and bolt interengage for drawing the second bolt inward by the second handle, and another spring is carried in the latch body for urging the bolts outward.