Door mortise lock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9284750-B2
Application number	US-201313871269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2013
Priority date	Mar 11, 2013
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a door mortise lock that may improve product safety and user convenience by enabling a latch bolt operates to be unlocked after a dead bolt of the door mortise lock completely operates. To this end, the door mortise lock includes: a dead bolt driving unit that operates a dead bolt; a latch bolt driving unit that unlocks a latch bolt when a time interval passes after the dead bolt is unlocked by the dead bolt driving unit; and a connection unit that is disposed between the dead bolt driving unit and the latch bolt driving unit, and selectively operates the dead bolt driving unit and the latch bolt driving unit so that the dead bolt and the latch bolt are sequentially unlocked with a time interval.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door mortise lock mounted in a door, the door mortise lock comprising:
a dead bolt driving unit that operates a dead bolt;

a latch bolt driving unit that unlocks a latch bolt when a time interval passes after the dead bolt is retracted by the dead bolt driving unit, when unlocking information is inputted from a lever located on an exterior of the door, and wherein the latch bolt driving unit unlocks the latch bolt before the dead bolt is retracted by the dead bolt driving unit when a push operation or a pull operation of a lever located on an interior of the door occurs; and
a connection unit that is operatively connected to both the dead bolt driving unit and the latch bolt driving unit, and selectively operates the dead bolt driving unit and the latch bolt driving unit,
wherein the dead bolt driving unit comprises: a driving cam that rotates due to a dead bolt motor when the unlocking information is inputted from the lever located on the exterior of the door, and rotates due to the connection unit during the push operation or the pull operation of the lever located on the interior of the door; an operation lever that is connected to the driving cam via a rod and moves to retract the dead bolt when the driving cam rotates; and a gear unit that is connected to the connection unit such that the driving cam rotates due to the connection unit during the push operation or the pull operation of the lever located on the interior of the door, and
wherein the connection unit comprises: a first rotating body that rotates due to the push operation or the pull operation of the lever located on the interior of the door; a second rotating body that rotates due to a pull operation or a push operation of the lever located on the exterior of the door; a connection lever that rotates about a first hinge at a first side when the first rotating body rotates; and a driven rack that is pivotably coupled through a second hinge to a second side of the connection lever and rotates a driving gear as the connection lever is rotated about the first hinge, and
wherein the driving gear meshes with the gear unit so as to rotate the driving cam when the driving gear is rotated by the driven rack.

2. The door mortise lock of claim 1 , wherein the first rotating body rotates counterclockwise during the push operation of the lever located on the interior of the door and rotates clockwise during the pull operation of the lever located on the interior of the door; and
the second rotating body rotates clockwise during a pull operation of the lever located on the exterior of the door and rotates counterclockwise during the push operation of the lever located on the exterior of the door.

3. The door mortise lock of claim 1 , wherein the driving gear comprises double gear units having different diameters, one of the double gear units meshes with the driven rack, and the remaining one of the double gear units meshes with the gear unit included in the dead bolt driving unit.

4. The door mortise lock of claim 1 , wherein a projection is formed on a lower portion of the connection lever, a mount unit on which the projection is mounted is formed on the first rotating body, and the connection lever rotates about the first hinge when the projection is separated from the mount unit as the first rotating body rotates.

5. The door mortise lock of claim 1 , wherein first and second operation cams, formed on the first rotating body, operate the latch bolt driving unit due to at least one rotation of the first rotating body before the dead bolt is retracted by the dead bolt driving unit when the push operation or the pull operation of the lever located on the interior of the door occurs, and
third and fourth operation cams, formed on the second rotating body, operate the latch bolt driving unit due to at least one rotation of the second rotating body when the time interval passes after the dead bolt is retracted by the dead bolt driving unit when the push operation or the pull operation of the lever located on the exterior of the door occurs.

6. The door mortise lock of claim 5 , wherein the latch bolt driving unit comprises:
a projecting lever that rotates about a third hinge due to the first, second, third, or fourth operation cam; and
a locking member that operates to unlock the latch bolt as the projecting lever rotates.

7. The door mortise lock of claim 6 , wherein a projecting jaw by which the first operation cam or the third operation cam is caught is formed on one side surface of the projecting lever.

Assignees

• Samsung Sns Co Ltd
• Samsung Sds Co Ltd

Inventors

• Maeng Chul-Ho
• Kim Young-Kwon

Classifications

• Y10T292/0964

  Cam · CPC title

• E05B47/0012

  with rotary electromotors (actuators with rotary electromotors per se H02K7/06, H02K23/68) · CPC title

• E05B2047/0021

  Geared sectors or fan-shaped gears · CPC title

• E05B59/00 Primary

  Locks with latches separate from the lock-bolts or with a plurality of latches or lock-bolts · CPC title

• E05B47/00

  Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means (electric permutation locks E05B49/00) · CPC title