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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2001
Richard E. Schlack, Rising Sun, MD (US);
Richard B. Langkamp, Jr., Hemlock, NY (US);
D. Dale Turner, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Stephen Keith Spatig, West Chester, PA (US);
Paul Dulieu, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Richard S. Perriello, Rochester, NY (US);
Southco, Inc., Concordville, PA (US);
Abstract
A multipoint latch system for releasably securing a first panel member against an enclosure cabinet or frame, the latch system having a translatable rod member adapted to be carried on a door panel, a rod guide which is fixably mounted on the door panel, a panel block which is connected to the translatable rod member and a pawl member rotatably mounted to the panel block so that the arm translates with the rod member, there further being a camming mechanism which causes the pawl to move relative to the rod member as the pawl is translated with the rod. A keeper is provided for installation on a corresponding enclosure frame, and an actuator is provided to facilitate translation of the rod member to release the pawl from engagement with a keeper after.