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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
James A. O'Brien, II, LaSalle, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ervos, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 6/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 6/510 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a touch bar exit device on a door. The exit device has a touch bar assembly having two ends supported at one end by an active case attached to the door and an inactive case fastened to the door at the other end. There is a means for creating tension on the touch bar assembly between the two ends when a load is applied against the touch bar assembly. Alternatively, the means for creating tension on the touch bar assembly between the two ends can occur in the absence of a load applied to the touch bar assembly.