LOCKING MECHAMISM WITH SABBATH CONTROL UNIT
First Claim
1. A lock mechanism for locking a door or the like with a Sabbath control unit, the lock mechanism with a Sabbath control unit comprising:
- a Sabbath control unit comprising an optical device including a light beam emitter and detector spaced apart with a line of sight path between them, the optical device operative to provide output indicating if a light beam emitted by the emitter is received by the detector, anda locking mechanism comprising a moving member operative to be displaced between a locked state position wherein the door is locked and an unlocked state position wherein the door is unlocked;
wherein the moving member is operative to block the line of sight path while in the locked state position and to clear the line of site path while in the unlocked state position, andwherein the Sabbath control unit is operative to activate an electronic device in response to output indicating that the light beam emitted by the emitter has not been received by the detector.
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Abstract
A lock mechanism for locking a door or the like with a Sabbath control unit comprises a Sabbath control unit comprising an optical device including a light beam emitter and detector spaced apart with a line of sight path between them, the optical device operative to provide output indicating if a light beam emitted by the emitter is received by the detector, and a locking mechanism comprising a moving member operative to be displaced between a locked state position wherein the door is locked and an unlocked state position wherein the door is unlocked, wherein the moving member is operative to block the line of sight path while in the locked state position and to clear the line of site path while in the unlocked state position, and wherein the Sabbath control unit is operative to activate an electronic device in response to output indicating that the light beam emitted by the emitter has not been received by the detector.
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35 Claims
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1. A lock mechanism for locking a door or the like with a Sabbath control unit, the lock mechanism with a Sabbath control unit comprising:
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a Sabbath control unit comprising an optical device including a light beam emitter and detector spaced apart with a line of sight path between them, the optical device operative to provide output indicating if a light beam emitted by the emitter is received by the detector, and a locking mechanism comprising a moving member operative to be displaced between a locked state position wherein the door is locked and an unlocked state position wherein the door is unlocked; wherein the moving member is operative to block the line of sight path while in the locked state position and to clear the line of site path while in the unlocked state position, and wherein the Sabbath control unit is operative to activate an electronic device in response to output indicating that the light beam emitted by the emitter has not been received by the detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for activating an electronic device in conjunction with locking of a door or the like, the method comprising:
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providing a lock mechanism for locking a door including a moving member operative to be displaced along a path between a lock state position wherein the door is locked and an unlock state position wherein the door is unlocked; emitting a light beam across the path so that the light beam is blocked by the moving member positioned in the locked state position and is unblocked by the moving member positioned in the unlocked state; detecting the light beam across the path; and activating the electronic device in response to determining that the light beam is blocked by the moving member. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for controlling activation and deactivation of one or more alarm system modules in response to locking and unlocking a lock mechanism of a door, the method comprising:
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retrofitting a locking mechanism with a optical interrupter switch, wherein the optical interrupter switch is operative to detect position of a moving member of the lock mechanism along a path between a lock state position wherein the door is locked and an unlock state position wherein the door is unlocked; and switching power to one or more alarm system modules from a deactivated state to an activated state in response to detecting a lock state position of the moving member. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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