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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Claes Magnusson, London, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 1/12 ;
Abstract
A follower arrangement for a lock having two equally shaped followers rotatable a limited angle by a common shaft operable by at least one handle to retract a latch bolt of the lock. Each follower has one wing portion having an operative abutment surface. The operative abutment surface of the followers are located on opposite sides of the shaft, such that the operative abutment surface of a first follower contacts a shoulder of a first leg of the latch bolt directed in a first direction, and such that the operative abutment surface of a second follower contacts a shoulder of a second leg of the latch bolt directed in a second direction opposite to said first direction.