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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Applicant:
John W. Stein, Allentown, PA (US);
Inventor:
John W. Stein, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Everlokt Corporation, Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 15/02 (2006.01); E05B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic tongue strike mechanism which can be mounted in a door frame is disclosed. The electronic tongue strike mechanism has a main mounting bracket which is mountable to a door frame, a tension plate which is mounted to the main mounting bracket a tongue strike mounted on the tension plate for engaging a door bolt and a pressure sensor mounted on the tension plate to sense relative movement between the tension plate and the main mounting bracket caused by the door bolt being urged against the tongue strike. The pressure sensor feeds electronics which operate to control release of the tongue strike.