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Locking mechanism with sabbath control unit

  • US 8,466,786 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2010
  • Issued: 06/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lock mechanism for locking a door or window 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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