CN102733664B

CN102733664B - Adaptable accessory knob

Info

Publication number: CN102733664B
Application number: CN201210107117.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 唐纳德·约翰·纽曼
Original assignee: Assa Abloy Australia Pty Ltd
Current assignee: Assa Abloy Australia Pty Ltd
Priority date: 2011-04-13
Filing date: 2012-04-12
Publication date: 2016-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-12
Also published as: CN102733664A; NZ599205A

Abstract

The present invention relates to the actuating assembly 6 for Mortice lock assembly 2. Actuating assembly 6 includes tumbler 18, and this tumbler 18 has the control zone 22 that the close end 23 with foot piece 17 interacts. Considering the door of different-thickness, close end 23 is adjustable relative to tumbler 18.

Description

Adaptable accessory knob

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of actuating assembly, described actuating assembly is applicable to lock set, and this lock set has lock housing and dead bolt, and this dead bolt is movable relative to this lock housing. Lock set is positioned on door, and its actuating assembly can be used for the side of door. Actuating assembly has special applications, and this special applications is relevant to the use of Mortice lock assembly, with reference to this special applications, is conveniently hereinafter described the present invention. But, actuating assembly can also be used for the lock set of other forms.

Background technology

Mortice lock assembly is designed as in the mortise lock cavity being formed at door-plate edge, and it has the dead bolt that can move relative to mortise lock cavity. The fitting for door being positioned at door-plate opposite side generally includes actuating assembly, and this actuating assembly is for moving the handle of dead bolt and/or knob form. Lock set also includes latch mechanism, and this latch mechanism controls the function of lock set, for instance stop the movement of dead bolt or the operation of handle. Fitting for door farther includes knob or the actuating assembly of cylinder lock form, this knob or cylinder lock for adjusting the state of latch mechanism.

Further actuating assembly can include the foot piece for the cylinder of knob or cylinder lock is connected to latch mechanism. The rotatory force that further actuating assembly produces is transferred to latch mechanism by foot piece. Further lock set to the spacing of latch mechanism depends on the thickness of door. Therefore, allow foot piece length be certain length to adapt to this thickness, be a need for. One selection is to provide the foot piece of a length range, and another selection is to provide long-tail bar, on-site cutting size. Two selections are not effective especially. First selection usually requires that lock supplier/installation personnel carries more inventory article, and these inventory article are probably unpractical, and are not low costs. Second selection adds the set-up time, and if installation personnel foot piece is cut too short, it may appear that problem.

The patent documentation provided as prior art that present document relates to or other documents, it is not intended as admitting that this patent documentation or other documents are known in Australia, or is not intended as the part that priority date is known general knowledge admitting its information comprised at any claim. The present inventor is it is understood that expectation provides a kind of actuating assembly for lock set, and this lock set is suitable in the thickness gate within the scope of.

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention, a kind of actuating assembly is provided, this actuating assembly is applicable to lock set, this lock set has lock housing and dead bolt, described dead bolt is movable relative to this lock housing, this lock set is positioned on the door with actuating assembly, and actuating assembly includes tumbler, and this tumbler can rotate from the side of door around the longitudinal axis; Foot piece, this foot piece has close end and distal portion, this close end interacts with tumbler to rotate with it, and distal portion interacts with lock set, so that foot piece is around the state of the rotation adjustable lock set of the longitudinal axis, tumbler has control area, the close end of described control area and foot piece interacts, thus, it is contemplated that to the door of different-thickness, in a longitudinal direction, foot piece is adjustable relative to the position of tumbler; And fixture, this fixture interacts with tumbler and foot piece, so that close end is maintained in control area.

Fixture can adopt any form, it is preferred, however, that described fixture includes clamping part, this clamping part engages with tumbler, to stop fixture to move relative to tumbler at longitudinal direction. Clamping part can engage with tumbler by any way, to realize the purpose stoping fixture to rotate relative to tumbler at longitudinal direction, for instance, as described later, it can include the joint of fastening, frictional engagement or other forms.

Preferably, tumbler includes cylindrical portion, and the clamping part of fixture is engaged in this cylindrical portion. Cylindrical portion preferably includes surface configuration, and this surface configuration can pass through clamping part and promote to engage. This surface configuration can adopt any form, however, it is preferred that this surface configuration includes groove, this groove is formed at cylinder outer surface, and this groove is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axle arrangement. Groove is preferably substantially continuous cannelure, and alternatively, however, groove can be a series of discontinuous interval blind holes around cylinder or other surface configurations, to promote to engage by clamping part.

Preferably, fixture includes sticking department, and it stops foot piece to move relative to fixture at longitudinal direction. This sticking department can engage with the arbitrary portion of foot piece, however it is preferred that the close end of foot piece includes shoulder, when stoping foot piece to move from fixture, this shoulder is engaged by sticking department.

Preferably, actuating assembly includes foot piece bias unit, and this foot piece bias unit promotes that foot piece moves away from tumbler at longitudinal direction. Bias unit may act on any part of foot piece, however, it is preferred that foot piece includes nose, bias unit includes compression spring, and when the close end of foot piece is positioned at control area, this compression spring is positioned on this nose.

Preferably, brake assemblies includes instruction device, and this instruction device is for indicating the turned position of tumbler. It may further be preferable that instruction device includes visual indication piece, it can rely on the rotation of tumbler, moves between visible location and stowed position. Instruction device can be adopted in any suitable manner, however, it is preferred that instruction device includes cam, this cam relies on tumbler to rotate and rotate, and to drive driven member, visual indication piece associates to move with it with driven member. Preferably, driven member moves radially, and to respond the movement of cam, alternatively, however, parts can move by circumference. Preferably, instruction device includes driven bias unit, for offset roller-follower. It may further be preferable that cam forms a part for fixture, alternatively, however, it is formed independent of fixture.

Preferably, tumbler is knob, it hands junction surface including being formed at cylindrical portion one end, and this cylindrical portion rotates around the longitudinal axis. Hands junction surface can adopt any form, however, it is preferred that the form that it is knob, latch or the like.

Preferably, control zone includes the groove of the close end for holding foot piece. This groove can adopt any shape, engages with foot piece ordering about it.

Preferably, actuating assembly includes thread escutcheon, porose in this thread escutcheon, and tumbler can be stretched out by this hole.

It is expedient to, the preferred embodiment of actuating assembly is described with reference to the drawings later. It will be understood, however, that the invention is not restricted to the actuating assembly shown in accompanying drawing. More precisely, it is provided that accompanying drawing is to aid in illustrating how the present invention realizes.

Accompanying drawing explanation

In order to be more fully understood from the present invention, embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is when actuating assembly is assemblied in Mortice lock assembly and attaches to Men Bianting, the axonometric chart of its preferred implementation;

Fig. 2 is the partial section view of the actuating assembly of Fig. 1 and Mortice lock assembly;

Fig. 3 is the decomposition view of the actuating assembly of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the installation diagram of the actuating assembly of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is the sectional view of the actuating assembly of Fig. 4, and the extended position at this actuating assembly has foot piece;

Fig. 6 is the sectional view of the actuating assembly of Fig. 5, and the retracted position at this actuating assembly has foot piece;

Fig. 7 is the front view of the actuating assembly of Fig. 1, and its primary importance has knob;

Fig. 8 is the view that in Fig. 7, knob rotates the actuating assembly to the second position;

Fig. 9 is the installation diagram of the actuating assembly of Fig. 4, and its knob rotates as shown in Figure 8.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 illustrates a part for door-plate, and it typically refers to the lock stile 1 with lock set 2, and this lock set 2 is installed on door and endures the edge 3 of 1. Lock set 2 illustrates with the form of Mortice lock assembly 2, and it has dead bolt 4, and dead bolt 4 can move relative to the front 5 of Mortice lock assembly 2. Actuating assembly 6 is installed on door side 7 very, especially, is installed on medial surface, and it is by for a more detailed description for the diagram after reference. Fig. 1 also illustrates that being formed at door endures the hole 8 of 1 side 7, and it is intended to hold handle main shaft (not shown) or the like, in the way of skilled artisans appreciate that, and the dead bolt 4 of retraction Mortice lock assembly 2.

Referring now to Fig. 2, it illustrates the partial section view of the lock stile 7 through Fig. 1 and lock set 2, to show the latch mechanism 9 of Mortice lock assembly 2. The invention is not restricted to the latch mechanism 9 of a kind of particular arrangement or function, unless mark latch mechanism 9 adjusts its state, with the operation of responsive actuation assembly. When latch mechanism 9 is in the lock state, for instance, latch mechanism 9 can directly stop the movement (see Fig. 1) of dead bolt from extended position, or selectively, stops the rotation of handle. When actuating assembly 2 operates, the state of latch mechanism 9 will change to unlocking condition, thus allowing, for instance, dead bolt 4 is retracted or handle rotates.

Referring now to Fig. 3, it illustrates the exploded view of actuating assembly 6, puts it briefly, it is preferred that embodiment includes tumbler 10, boss 11, thread escutcheon 12, driven member 13, driven bias unit 14, fixture 15, foot piece bias unit 16 and foot piece 17. Tumbler 10 illustrates with knob form, and includes hands junction surface 18 and cylindrical portion 19. From Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 it is understood that hands can be close by the user of the inner side 7 of lock stile 1 close to portion 18, close to the rotation in portion 18, hands will cause that cylindrical portion 19 rotates around longitudinal axis X-X.

The surface configuration of cylindrical portion 19 has two cannelures 20,21. Groove 21, away from hands junction surface 18, is arranged on the free end of cylindrical portion 19, and this groove 21 configures in the way of interacting with fixture 15, and which will describe in description aft section. Cylindrical portion 19 also includes longitudinally extending groove 22, which defines the control area of near-end 23 for receiving foot piece 17.

When actuating assembly 6 (see Fig. 5) assembles, cylindrical portion 19 is positioned at boss 11. Boss 11 is formed in the circular hole 24 in thread escutcheon 12. Thread escutcheon 12 (goodbye Fig. 3) also includes elongated hole 25, and it is used as window, by this window, and the visual indication piece 26 (see Fig. 7) of observable. Window 25 and indication piece 26 are by for a more detailed description for the diagram after reference.

Indication piece 26 forms a part for driven member 13, and this driven member 13 has a pair leg 27 (see Fig. 3), and (see Fig. 4) during installation, leg 27 is positioned at the relative both sides of cylindrical portion 19 by this. When assembling actuating assembly 6, leg 27 is between guide structure portion 28, and this guide structure portion 28 is formed on the back surface of thread escutcheon 12. Interior thorax 29 forms the upper surface at driven member 13, and to receive the driven spring 14 of part, this driven spring 14 acts on (see Fig. 4) between the sidewall 30 and driven member 13 of thread escutcheon 12. Driven spring 14 promotes the sidewall 30 that driven member 13 moves away thread escutcheon 12.

Fixture 15 shown in Fig. 3 includes cam part 31, and this cam part 31 is formed in the groove 32 in driven member 13. Fixture 15 also includes a fixture 33 being pointed in cannelure 22, and this cannelure 22 is formed in the cylindrical portion 19 of tumbler 10, the free end of contiguous tumbler 10. Fixture 15 also includes a pair hammerlock 34, and this hammerlock 34 is positioned at and forms (see Fig. 5) after shoulder 35 on foot piece 17.

Referring again to Fig. 3, foot piece 17 includes nose 36, is at least partially disposed at one end of foot piece spring 16 above this nose 36, and this foot piece spring 16 acts on (see Fig. 5) between foot piece 17 and tumbler 10. When actuating assembly 6 assembles, the other end of foot piece spring 16 is engaged in the far-end of control zone 22. Foot piece 17 end 37 away from nose 36 is configured to the characteristic interaction (see Fig. 2) with Mortice lock assembly, and therefore, the customized configuration of the end 37 of foot piece 17 can change with the type of Mortice lock assembly 2 inner part.

Referring now to Fig. 5, it illustrates the cross section of actuating assembly 6. It should be noted that foot piece 17 is in its fully extended position, its shoulder 35 is engaged in the hammerlock 34 of fixture 15. The close end 23 of foot piece 17 is positioned at the control zone 22 of tumbler 10. The close end 23 of foot piece 17 can move in control zone 22, from Fig. 6 it is recognised that foot piece 17 has moved to retracted position. This causes the compression of foot piece spring so that the shoulder 35 of foot piece 17 is engaged in tumbler 10. During use, this far-end 37 being moved through foot piece 17 engages the latch mechanism 9 of lock set 2, and mobile thread escutcheon 12 makes it engage with the surface of lock stile 1. It should be understood that from Fig. 5 and 6 this layout is adapted to the lock stile 1 of certain thickness scope.

Referring now to Fig. 7, it is the front view of actuating assembly 6 of Fig. 4. It should be noted that, driven member 13 is in retracted position in Fig. 4, Fig. 7 illustrates the specific part of visual indication piece 26 by window 25. When tumbler 10 rotates as shown in Figure 8, the different piece of visual indication piece 26 be can be observed from window 25. This is owing to cam portion 31 (see Fig. 4) rotates relative to driven member 13. From Fig. 9 it is understood that contrary with the driven spring 14 of promotion, driven member is moved to extended position by this rotation. Driven member 13 moves by this way, is used for demonstrating tumbler 10 and rotates, and in turn, foot piece rotates, to adjust the state of the latch mechanism 9 of lock set 12.

Under the premise without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, various change things and/or additament can be introduced to actuating assembly described above.

Claims

1., for an actuating assembly for lock set, lock set has lock housing and the dead bolt that can move relative to this lock housing, and described lock set is positioned on the door with described actuating assembly, and described actuating assembly includes:

Tumbler, described tumbler can rotate from the side of door around the longitudinal axis;

Foot piece, described foot piece has close end and distal portion, described close end interacts with described tumbler to rotate with it, and described distal portion interacts with described lock set, so that described foot piece is around the state of lock set described in the rotation adjustable of the described longitudinal axis, described tumbler has control area, the close end of described control area and described foot piece interacts, thus, it is contemplated that to the door of different-thickness, in a longitudinal direction, described foot piece is adjustable relative to the position of described tumbler; And

Fixture, described fixture interacts with described tumbler and described foot piece, so that described close end is maintained in described control area.

2. actuating assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described fixture includes clamping part, and described clamping part engages with described tumbler, to stop described fixture to move relative to described tumbler at described longitudinal direction.

3. actuating assembly according to claim 2, it is characterised in that described tumbler includes cylindrical portion, and the clamping part of described fixture is engaged in this cylindrical portion.

4. actuating assembly according to claim 3, it is characterised in that described cylindrical portion includes surface configuration, described surface configuration promotes to engage by clamping part.

5. actuating assembly according to claim 4, it is characterised in that described surface configuration includes groove, and described groove is formed at the outer surface of described cylindrical portion, and this groove is approximately perpendicular to described longitudinal arrangement.

6. actuating assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described fixture includes sticking department, this sticking department stops described foot piece to move relative to described fixture at described longitudinal direction.

7. actuating assembly according to claim 6, it is characterised in that the close end of described foot piece includes shoulder, when stoping foot piece to move from fixture, this shoulder is engaged by sticking department.

8. actuating assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described actuating assembly includes foot piece bias unit, described foot piece bias unit promotes that described foot piece moves away from described tumbler at described longitudinal direction.

9. actuating assembly according to claim 8, it is characterised in that described foot piece includes nose, described bias unit includes compression spring, and when the close end of foot piece is positioned at described control area, this compression spring is positioned on described nose.

10. the actuating assembly according to any of the above claim, it is characterised in that described actuating assembly includes instruction device, for indicating the turned position of described tumbler.

11. actuating assembly according to claim 10, it is characterised in that described instruction device includes visual indication piece, it according to the rotation of described tumbler, can move between visible location and stowed position.

12. actuating assembly according to claim 11, it is characterised in that described instruction device includes cam, this cam relies on tumbler to rotate and rotate, and to drive driven member, described visual indication piece associates to move with it with described driven member.

13. actuating assembly according to claim 12, it is characterised in that described driven member moves radially, to respond the movement of described cam.

14. the actuating assembly according to claim 12 or 13, it is characterised in that described actuating assembly includes bias unit, described bias unit is used for biasing described driven member.

15. actuating assembly according to claim 14, it is characterised in that described cam forms a part for described fixture.

16. actuating assembly according to claim 14, it is characterised in that described tumbler is knob, this knob includes hands junction surface, and described hands junction surface is formed at one end of cylindrical portion, and this cylindrical portion rotates around the described longitudinal axis.

17. actuating assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described control area includes groove, described groove is for holding the close end of described foot piece.

18. actuating assembly according to claim 1, it is characterised in that include thread escutcheon, being formed porose in this thread escutcheon, described tumbler can be stretched out by this hole.