Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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DOOR FASTENING DEVICE
This invention relates to a door fastening device in which a bolt is arranged
so that, in use, it is operated by the shooting of the deadbolt or latch of a
lock
of the door to assume a position in which it prevents the opening of the door
until the deadbolt or latch bolt is withdrawn. The device may be secured to a
side of the door frame jamb, or may be received in a mortice in said jamb.
In the door fastening device disclosed in U.K. Patent Specification No.
321,113 the door lock bolt, when extended, acts on an arm carried on one
end of a spindle, on the other end of which is a lever which engages one of a
pair of linked swivel bolts to cause both swivel bolts to extend into
respective
box staples on the door to hold it closed. To allow for differences in the
amount of movement of the latches or bolts according to the different types
of locks with which the device is used, adjustment means in the form of an
adjustable stop is provided on the arm where it is engaged by the door lock
bolt.
An object of the invention is to provide a door fastening device in an
improved form.
According to a first aspect of the invention a door fastening device comprises
a casing, a bolt movable between a retracted position and an extended
position where at least part of the bolt extends through an opening in the
casing to fasten the door, in use, the bolt being linked to an abutment
member, said part of the bolt being movable to its extended position by
engagement, in use, of a bolt member of a lock or latch of the door with said
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abutment member, said abutment member being adjustable to compensate for
different clearances, in use, between the casing and the door in its closed
position, to ensure sufficient engagement of the abutment member by the bolt
member to move said part of the bolt to its extended position, a faceplate
with an opening for passage of said bolt member, and means for relative
fixing adjustment between the faceplate and the casing to compensate for
different relative dispositions, in use, between the door and the casing.
According to a second aspect of the invention a door fastening device
comprises a bolt movable between a retracted position and an extended
position where at least part of the bolt extends, in use, to fasten the door,
the
bolt being linked to an abutment member, said part of the bolt being movable
to its extended position by engagement, in use, of a bolt member of a lock or
latch of the door with said abutment member, said abutment member being a
cam which is adjustable to compensate for different clearances, in use,
between the device and the door in its closed position, to ensure sufficient
engagement of the abutment member by the bolt member to move said part of
the bolt to its extended position, and the carn having a flat, first surface
and a
second surface on a nose part.
Preferably the flat surface extends across the whole axial length of the cam,
whilst said second surface extends axially for only part thereof. Desirably
said second surface is arcuate.
The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to
the accompanying drawings, in which:
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Figure 1 is a schematic view showing the interior of a fastening device of the
invention, in use, adjacent a close fitting door, with bolts of the device
retracted.
Figure 2 is a fragmentary view showing the bolts of the device of Figure 1 in
an extended position when a bolt of a lock of the door is extended.
Figures 3 and 4 are views corresponding to Figures 1 and 2 respectively, for
a poor, wide-gap fitting door, and with a cam of the device adjusted
accordingly to compensate,
Figure 5 is a schematic horizontal part-sectional view through a device of the
invention and an adjacent door lock, where a surface of the door frame to
which the device is fitted is in line with a surface of the door to which the
door lock is fitted, and
Figure 6 is a view corresponding to Figure 5, where the respective door and
door frame surfaces are out of alignment, with a faceplate of the device
adjusted to compensate accordingly.
In the drawings, which illustrate a preferred construction according to the
invention, there is shown a jamb 10 of a door frame to which, in the
conventional manner is hingedly secured a door 11. Basically the invention
relates to a door fastening device, at least one bolt of which is caused to
extend from the frame when a bolt member of a lock at the door extends, the
extended bolt of the frame preventing opening of the door, along with the
bolt member itself, until retraction of said bolt member, whereupon the bolt
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of the door fastening device automatically retracts to allow opening of the
door. The invention does not relate to the type of door lock used, and
accordingly the door lock and/or the door fastening device associated with
the frame could be received in a mortice in the door or frame edge, or could
instead be fixed at a side of the door or frame such as with a rim lock.
Indeed this is the construction illustrated in the Figures, perhaps best shown
with respect to Figures 5 and 6.
Accordingly, as illustrated, the door 11 is shown with a lock 12 having a
spring loaded bolt 13 of conventional form, the lock 12 being secured at one
side surface 14 of the door so as to lie flush with a front edge surface 15,
with which edge surface the front end of the bolt 13 is flush when in its
retracted position. The jamb 10 has secured to its side surface 16 a door
fastening device of the invention, with the front part thereof being flush
with
the front edge surface 17 of the jamb. Instead of the spring loaded bolt 13
being part of a lock, it could be part of a latch.
The door fastening device comprises an elongate rectangular steel housing 18
between the spaced parallel side walls 19,20 of which, at opposite ends of the
housing, are pivotally mounted respective swivel bolts 21 which may, for
example, be of laminar form made up of a series of plates. Each bolt has a
rounded nose part 22 at one side of its pivot, and at its opposite side there
is
a respective pivotal connection of a link 23 which connects the bolts 21 for
movement together between their retracted state, as shown in Figures 1 and 3
where the bolts are received substantially in the housing 18 with their
respective outermost surfaces flush with the edge surface 17 of the jamb, to
the extended position shown in Figures 2 and 4 where the swivel bolts extend
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beyond said front edge 17 so that said nose parts 22 lie across the face of
the
door, and can be received, for example, in respective cover boxes fixed to
said face of the door. If the lock 12 and door fastening device were to be
morticed in the door and door frame jamb, then the extended swivel bolts
would, for example, be received in recesses in the front edge surface of the
door.
At the centre of the housing 18, the respective side walls 19,20, are cut away
and to one side of the link 23, depending upon the handing of the device, is
fitted an abutment member 24 which extends laterally of the housing through
the opening in the side wall 19, or 20 formed by said cutting away of said
wall. The abutment member 24 is in the form of a cam having a base part 25
which contacts the link 23, a main body part 26 and a nose part 27 extending
from the main body part 26 as will be described.
As can be determined from the drawings, the base part 25 has a part-circular
outer surface portion 28, with said outer surface being completed by a first
straight outer surface portion 29 extending from one end of the portion 28
and a second straight outer surface portion 30 extending from the other end
of the portion 28, the two straight surface portions meeting at 90°.
The main
body part 26 is of generally rectangular shape with respective flat parallel
sides 31,32, but with one flat end surface 33 and an opposite end surface 34
which is arcuate. This arcuate surface 34 has the same centre as the base
part 25 and a headed fixing screw 35, with a screwdriver slot 35a or an
hexagonal recess therein, is received through the abutment member 24 along
said common axis, the screw being received in a complementarily threaded
hole in the link 23 so as adjustably to secure the cam to the link. The
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underside of the base part 25 can be recessed to receive a spring locking
washer through which the screw 35 passes. Finally with regard to the cam, it
can be seen that whilst the flat surfaces 31,32, and the arcuate end surface
34
extend for the whole lateral width of the cam, the flat end surface 33 extends
for only approximately half of this lateral width, whereupon it terminates at
the nose part 27 which is formed as a continuation of the two flat sides
31,32, and has an arcuate end surface 36 of the same form as the end surface
34. It can be seen that the flat side 31 of the main body part 26 forms a
continuation of the straight outer surface portion 29, whilst the flat end
surface 33 of the part 26 forms a continuation of the straight outer surface
portion 30 of the part 25. It will thus be appreciated that the tip of the
nose
part 27 is radially further from the axis of rotation of the cam than the
surface 31.
The housing 18 is fitted within a rectangular casing or cover box 37 which
has spaced parallel side walls 38,39 respectively defining an open side to the
box. The side wall 38 is approximately twice as long as the side wall 39 and
has various slots and holes therein. In addition its central portion is
slightly
recessed across the whole of its lateral extent, as shown in Figures 1 to 4,
to
accommodate a steel faceplate 40, again as will be described.
The side wall 38 has respective upper and lower rectangular slots 41,42 to
allow passage of the swivel bolts 21 between their extended and retracted
positions, and in its recessed area, the side wall 38 has a rectangular slot
43
to receive the bolt 13 of the lock 12 when it acts on the abutment member 24
as will be described. Adjacent the slots 41,42 respectively are formed
respective pairs of countersunk fixing holes (not shown) for securing the
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cover box to the door frame jamb 10, and the recessed portion of the side
wall 38 is formed with upper and lower holes, one of which is
diagrammatically illustrated at 44 in Figures 5 and 6. Each of said holes
would normally be formed in a recessed, pressed-in part of the wall 38,
which part can receive for sliding adjustment, a corresponding pressed-in part
of the faceplate 40 around an elongate slot, one of which slots in the
faceplate, denoted by the numeral 45, is shown in Figures 5 and 6. As will
be described, a fixing screw 46 can be received in each of the recessed slots
in the faceplate to pass through the recessed hole in the recessed part of the
side wall 38, and thence into the door frame jamb as shown in Figures 5 and
6 to secure the faceplate relatively to the cover box in the selected adjusted
position as will be described hereinafter. The faceplate 40 has a rectangular
slot 47 for passage of the bolt 13 when it engages the abutment member 24.
As shown in the Figures, the housing 18 is secured in position at the side
surface 16 of the door jamb by means of a pair of vertically spaced screws 48
passing through the side walls 19,20 as well as respective spacers 49 which
fill the interior space between such side walls, the screw passing into the
side
surface of the frame. With the housing secured in place, the cover box can
then be positioned over this, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, and secured in
place by way of the fixing screws passing through the countersunk holes in
the side wall 38 as described above. The bolts 21 are pivoted in the housing
18 by screws equivalent to screws 48, which thus also serve to fix the
housing to surface 16, such equivalent screws also passing through spacers at
opposite sides of the bolt.
Operation of the door fastening device will now be described.
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Firstly with regard to Figures 1 and 2, there is shown the door fastening
device fitted at a door jamb of the door frame, where the door is a good close
fit. In other words the clearance between the front edge surface 15 of the
door and the front edge surface 17 of the jamb is minimal. In contrast, with
the arrangement shown in Figures 3 and 4, there is illustrated a poor wide-
gap fitting door with the front edge surface 15 of the door spaced much
further apart from the front edge surface 17 of the jamb. By comparing these
two (extreme) arrangements, it will be appreciated that it is necessary to
ensure that extension of the bolt 13 moves the link 23 to its fully inward
position in its housing so as fully to throw the swivel bolts. In Figures 1
and
2, it can be seen that the cam is positioned relative to the front surface of
the
link so that the flat side 31 of the cam is flush with the front surface of
the
link and faces the forward end of the bolt so as to be engaged thereby, the
depth of the bolt being such that it also abuts the non-arcuate portion of the
nose part 27 which merges with said side 31. With this arrangement, the
minimal gap referred to between the door and the door frame jamb means
that there is sufficient extension of the bolt fully to shoot the swivel bolts
if
the bolt does not engage the cam until it reaches the front surface of the
link.
Accordingly, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the spring loaded bolt 13 will
extend through the slot 47 in the faceplate, and the slot 43 in the side wall
38,
and then engage the cam surfaces as described above, so as to push on said
cam, pivot the link 23, and cause the swivel bolts to extend to their
respective
positions shown in Figure 2, the nose part 22 of each swivel bolt passing
through the rectangular slots 41,42 respectively so as to fasten the door as
previously described. These swivel bolts cannot then be released until the
bolt 13 is retracted, e.g. by handle or key operation, the swivel bolts then
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returning to their retracted positions under gravity, with the link swinging
from its Figure 2 to its Figure 1 position.
In contrast, with the arrangement shown in Figures 3 and 4, the increased
gap between the door and the frame means that if the cam remained in its
adjusted Figure 1 position, part of the bolt extension would be taken up in
clearing said gap, with the result that the link would not be moved
sufficiently rearwardly so as fully to throw the swivel bolts. Accordingly it
can be seen from Figures 3 and 4 that the relative position of the cam to the
link has been adjusted, by inserting an appropriate tool in the screwdriver
slot
35a or hexagonal recess in the screw 35 to release the cam for relative
rotational adjustment, the screw thereafter being retightened. As shown in
Figures 3 and 4, the adjusted position is at 90° from the Figure 1
position so
that the nose part 27 now projects outwardly through the slots 43 and 47 so
that the abutment member is engaged by extension of the bolt 13 earlier than
with the Figure 1 operation, so that accordingly the full extension of the
bolt
13 again moves the link to its rearward position shown in Figure 4, where the
swivel bolts 21 are fully extended. Accordingly by appropriate adjustment of
the relative position of the cam on the link 23, (stepless adjustability),
different clearances between the door and its frame can be compensated for
so as in all instances to provide a full throw of the swivel bolts. It will of
course be appreciated that these fastening bolts can be other than swivel
bolts, for example the movement of the link could be translated into sliding
movement of appropriate upper and lower bolts. Access to the screw 35 is
possible by undoing the appropriate screws and removing the cover box 37
and faceplate 40. Moreover the bolt 13 could be a deadbolt, instead of a
spring loaded bolt, and key operated.
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As previously mentioned, the faceplate and the cover box are relatively
adjustable and this adjustment is illustrated in Figures 5 and 6. Figure 5
shows an arrangement where the side surfaces 14,16 respectively of the door
and the frame are in line, and with this arrangement, illustrated for a poor
wide-gap fitting door, the faceplate is fixed to the cover box with the fixing
screw 46 shown at one end of the faceplate slot 45. With this arrangement
the slot 47 in the faceplate is aligned with the bolt and the nose part 27 of
the
cam projects through said slot 47 at one side thereof, in a position to be
engaged by the bolt when it is thrown.
If however the respective side surfaces 14 and 16 are not aligned, as shown
in Figure 6, the relative positions of the faceplate and the cover box shown
in
Figure 5 would not be suitable to allow the bolt to engage the cam, in that
part of the faceplate would block such movement. However by allowing for
relative adjustment movement between the faceplate and the cover box, this
misalignment of the surfaces 14,16 can be overcome. As shown in Figure 6,
the fixing screw 46 is now positioned in the slot 45 at the opposite end
thereof to that shown in Figure 5, so that the bolt can now still pass through
the slot 47 with which it is aligned and also the slot 43, with the nose part
27
now being at the opposite side of the rectangular slot 47 to that shown in
Figure 5. Accordingly the adjustment allows for compensation for different
relative dispositions between the door and the frame, and in particular the
cover box fitted at said frame. It will be noted that, for simplicity, the
sections through the cam, faceplate adjustment slots/screws and fixing
spacers have been shown on a common section line, though in practice this
would not be the case.
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It will be appreciated that if the clearances shown in Figures 1 and 3
respectively are extremes, it is possible to cater for any clearance in
between
these extremes merely by angularly adjusting the cam relative to the link as
appropriate, given that this will bring part of the arcuate surface 36 to a
position where when it is engaged by the bolt 13, it is moved sufficiently
rearwardly so as fully to extend the bolts 21 via the link 23. The cam surface
thus provides the facility for stepless adjustability, as previously
mentioned.
