Magnetic action lock

• US 20080012359A1
• Filed: 07/07/2007
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bonaiti Serrature S.p.A.
• Original Assignee: Bonaiti Serrature S.p.A.
• Inventors: Aschieri, Giovanni
• Application Number:
  US11/825,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20080012359A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 292/251.5
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 15/0205 Striking-plates, keepers, staples means for reducing friction E05B17/007; electric strikers E05B47/0046; staples for padlocks E05B67/383; strikers for espagnolettes E05C9/1808
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/2038 moving rectilinearly
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 63/20 released automatically when the wing is closed for panic door locks of the vertical rod type E05B65/1013
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/163 a movable bolt being held in the striker by a permanent magnet
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/11 Magnetic

Abstract

Magnetic action lock for inside doors, comprising a case fixed in a cavity of the impost wing of the door and a frontal closure plate, a strike in the jamb of the door which can be opposed to said frontal plate, a bolt and a mechanism for movement of said bolt, a pair of magnets inserted in the head of said bolt and in said strike respectively, wherein the position of opening of said bolt is obtained thanks to the concatenation of magnetic flows between the magnet in said bolt and the frontal closure plate, while the position of closure is achieved thanks to the attraction of the magnet in said bolt by the magnet in said strike, wherein the magnets have the poles oriented parallel to the axis of motion of said bolt, the case and the frontal closure plate are in ferromagnetic material and the strike is in a non-magnetic material.

Claims

1. Magnetic action lock, comprising a case, a cover and a frontal closure plate of the case inserted in the impost, a strike which can be opposed to the frontal plate when the impost of the door is brought adjacent to the jamb, a pair of magnets, a bolt inside whereof the first magnet of the pair is inserted, which in the closure position is inserted in the strike in which the second magnet of the pair is positioned, a mechanism for opening/closure of the lock and mechanisms for return of the handle, characterised in that the magnet in the bolt and the magnet in the strike have the poles aligned in the direction parallel to the axis of movement of the bolt, in that the frontal plate, the case and the cover are made in a ferromagnetic material and the strike is made in a non-magnetic material.

2. Magnetic action lock according to the previous claim, characterised in that the position of opening of the bolt is maintained through the effect of the magnetic field generated by the magnet which concatenates with the frontal plate, possibly implemented by the reciprocal configuration of the other components of the lock made in a ferromagnetic material.

3. Magnetic action lock according to the previous claims, characterised in that the position of closure of the bolt is achieved automatically when the door is brought adjacent to the jamb and the magnet inside said bolt is aligned with the magnet inside the strike and is attracted by it, causing exiting of said bolt and closure of the lock.

5. Magnetic action lock according to claims 1, 2 and 3, characterised in that in a second embodiment it is provided with a case shaped like a prism with rectangular base inserted in the wing of the door, a frontal plate wherein there is an aperture for exiting of the bolt which is inserted in the corresponding strike inserted in the jamb, said bolt having in its interior a magnet whose poles are parallel to the axis of motion of the bolt itself and said strike having in its interior a magnet, said bolt provided with an extension which has in the part inside the case a taper formed on at least one side of said extension and, positioned to the rear of said bolt, there is a lever whose end inserts in said taper.

6. Magnetic action lock according to the previous claim, characterised in that said taper has a lower horizontal part of the same length as the portion of bolt which projects from the frontal plate when said bolt is in closure conditions, has a front part with a circular profile which develops along almost the entire height of the bolt and a slanted rear part which joins with a rectilinear profile the rear part of the lower portion to the upper part of the front portion.

7. Magnetic action lock according to claims 5 and 6, characterised in that the lever, when it is rotated clockwise via a handle or key of the type already known, hinged thereon, brings said bolt in a backward position thanks to the shape of said taper, releasing the strike and thus allowing opening of the door.

8. Magnetic action lock according to claims 5, 6 and 7, characterised in that once said knob or said key is returned into the initial position, thanks to return mechanisms already known, the lever is also rotated into the initial position, while the bolt remains withdrawn in the case according to claim 2.

9. Magnetic action lock according to claims 1, 2 and 3, characterised in that in a third embodiment the bolt is provided in the rear part with at least one side fin arranged vertically and parallel to the axis of motion of said bolt, and in that on said fin there is at least one notch above or below.

10. Magnetic action lock according to the previous claim, characterised in that at the rear of said bolt there is a mobile member provided with at least one hook which is inserted in said notch.

11. Magnetic action lock according to claims 9 and 10, characterised in that the action of a pressure knob of the type already known which acts on the rear part of the mobile member, pushing it backwards, causes drawing of said bolt towards the inner part of the case by said hooks, allowing opening of the door.

12. Magnetic action lock according to claims 9 and 10 characterised in that in a fourth embodiment a cam is hinged inside the mobile member and which, rotated, pushes said member (39) inside the case, causing movement of the bolt and opening of the lock.

4. Magnetic action lock according to previous claims, comprising in a first embodiment a mechanism of opening/closure and a mechanism for blocking of the lock by means of a key, both of the type already known, characterised in that it is provided with an L-shaped oscillating block hinged on a pin, said block being provided with an upper part which acts as a bolt and whereon the first magnet of the pair is inserted, and the second magnet of the pair being inserted in the respective strike.