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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Moore, Elmesthorpe, GB;
Assignee:
Architectural Hardware Group Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 3/04 ; E05F 3/14 ; E05F 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 3/04 ; E05F 3/14 ; E05F 3/22 ;
Abstract
A control mechanism for use with a door closer, comprises a shaft (,), angularly movable between a normal position and a second position, the shaft (,) having a first portion (,) and a second portion (,), a brush spring (,) attached to the shaft first portion (,) to return the shaft to its normal position, and a damping mechanism (,) attached to the shaft second portion (,) to resist shaft movement to its normal position. The damping mechanism includes a coiled strap-like member (,) keyed to the shaft and contained in a damping medium.