Abstract:
A window grille latch device comprising an arm with a hollow tube which has a pair of steel balls received in a pair of holes formed in the hollow tube, a latch means having a inner hollow tube and a outer hollow tube to receive the hollow tube, a convex ring recess formed in the inner hollow tube to receive the steel balls, a slide bar received in the inner hollow tube to contact with the steel balls, a cable with a cover connecting with the rear end of the slide bar and a control means connecting to the cable for releasing the latch means.
Abstract:
A bolt of a dead bolt lock is moveable between a locking position and an ocking position by application of a pressurized fluid. In both the locking and unlocking positions a plurality of locking balls are urged into locking engagement with a locking groove and are maintained in such locking engagement by a resiliently urged locking cam without the necessity for maintaining the pressurized fluid once the required condition is attained. Application of the pressurized fluid unlocks the bolt, displaces it to its alternate position and locks it in place.
Abstract:
A door stop assembly for vertical insertion in a single hole in a floor in the path of a swinging door includes a tubular housing with a top flanged housing for retaining the assembly in the floor, a tubular door check rod within the flanged housing and spring biased to extend up into the path of the door upon being triggered, and a trigger bar coaxially extending through the door check rod. The top surface of the trigger bar is normally flush with the flange so that the door check cannot be accidentally extended by merely stepping on it. When depressed below the flange surface, a steel ball, normally contained within two aligned radial holes in walls of the door check bar and housing, drops into an annular groove in the trigger bar to thus release the door check bar from its housing. When the door check bar is pushed down, the groove in the trigger bar replaces the ball in the aligned holes to relock the check bar in its housing.
Abstract:
The latch structure comprises, on one hand, a case (1, 2) for the mechanism (6) of the latch structure and, on the other hand, a keeper (5) which is movable relative to the case (1, 2). The mechanism (6) is provided with a bolt (7) which is pivotable about an axis (8) perpendicular to the movement of the keeper (5) with which the bolt cooperates by a fork-shaped portion (24). An actuating lever (9) of the latch structure is adapted to allow the rotation of the bolt in the direction for releasing the keeper through a locking member (12) interposed between the bolt and the actuating lever. The locking member (12) is movable in one of two elements (7) consisting of the bolt and the actuating lever between a projecting position for rendering the two elements rigid with each other and a retracted position for allowing the free movement of rotation of the bolt relative to the actuating lever. For the purpose of rendering the two elements rigid with each other, the second of the two elements comprises at least one notch (30, 31) in which the locking member (12) is adapted to penetrate. The two elements are mounted in such manner as to be movable away from each other for allowing the locking member to leave the notch provided in the second element.
Abstract:
A device is provided formed by a case which contains, on each side of a ball for retaining the coupling member of the belt, two spring-loaded sliding keys cooperating alternately with the ball so that the retreat of one against the action of its spring allows the automatic advance of the other one either for locking said ball in the coupling member of said belt during penetration of this member into the case, or for releasing said coupling member and automatically ejecting same, depending on the key which is moved back against the action of its spring.
Abstract:
A window guard release mechanism and method. A window guard is attached to a casement on hinges and a hole drilled through the adjacent wall. A quick release pin is inserted through the hole. A keeper is fixed to and aligned on the window guard to connect and lock to the release pin. A spring biases the keeper so that unlocking the release pin from the keeper, by pressing an attached activating button, causes the keeper to eject from the release pin, swinging the attached window guard open, providing quick access through the window without interference by the window guard.
Abstract:
A locking means for providing a seal comprising a locking shell formed with a central passageway which is internally tapered with an opening that changes from conical to triangular in shape and which carries spring loaded ball bearings and a retainer such that a cable can be inserted through the central opening in a first direction, thus, depressing the spring and allowing the balls to relieve pressure on the cable in said first direction but which provides substantial and locking pressure on the cable when the cable is placed under tension in the opposite direction. The cable may also be attached to a second fixed member such that a seal may be made by placing the locking case and the fixed member on the same cable.
Abstract:
A latching mechanism having a latch member and a pin assembly mounted on the latch member. The pin assembly includes a first sleeve member secured at one end to the latch member, a second sleeve member secured to the other end of the first sleeve member and having an opening therein and a third sleeve member slidably mounted on the second sleeve member and normally biased in a direction encircling the opening in the second sleeve member. A pin is slidably mounted within the first sleeve member and extends into the second sleeve member and detent means are associated with both the pin and the second sleeve member for selectively preventing the third sleeve member from moving into a position encircling the opening and for releasing the third sleeve member for movement to a position encircling the opening. A locking flange having a floating ring therein is provided for receiving the pin assembly in locking engagement therewith.
Abstract:
An extremely simple yet tamperproof lock including a plate member adapted for securance to a door jamb and a latch member movable away and towards the plate member. In the extended position of the latch member a door hinged to the jamb may not be swung inwardly since it will engage the latch member. The lock further includes a ball which must be raised and permitted to enter a ball receiving portion of the plate member in order to permit return of the latch member to its retracted inoperative position. When the latch member is moved outwardly into its locking or operative position, the ball gravitally falls downwardly and prevents return of the latch member until the ball is manually raised.
Abstract:
A latching means for use upon the hood of a vehicle. The latch has a ball and socket interlock with definitive camming surfaces and the elements are so interrelated that the latching action includes an over center movement. The over center movement of the latch allows for greater latch security with far less operator effort. In most installations, the operating force required to operate this latch is horizontal, away from the body, as opposed to a vertical force at arms length that is required on latches without this over center feature.