Door safety locking apparatus

• US 9,267,315 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Poong Won Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Poong Won Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, June Young
• Primary Examiner(s): MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE
• Application Number:
  US13/845,249
• Publication Number:
  US 20140265378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: 292/56, 292/70, 292/71, 292/78, 292/63, 292/64, 292 67- 69, 292/198, 292/DIG.71, 292/109, 292/110, 292/121, 292/128, 292/129, 292/99, 292101-103, 292240-242, 292/201, 292/216, 292/DIG.69, 29234115-34117, 134/57.DL, 134/58.DL
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4259 Arrangements of locking or security/safety devices for doors, e.g. door latches, switch to stop operation when door is open
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 37/42 Safety arrangements, e.g. for stopping rotation of the receptacle upon opening of the casing door
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/14 Doors or covers; Securing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0004 said core being linearly movable
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0603 the detent moving rectilinearly
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/0046 with a bifurcated bolt
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/0053 with safety release from inside by releasing the striker E05B63/246; similar means for safe doors E05B65/0078
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 19/024 with a bifurcated latch
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/702 Pivoted or swinging

Abstract

A door safety locking apparatus door safety locking apparatus including: a body mounted inside a housing; a locker mounted inside a door opening and closing the interior of the housing in such a manner as to be separably fitted to the body; a dog coupled to the interior of the body by means of a shaft and having a locking protrusion formed on the upper end thereof to lock a coupling hole pierced on the locker thereonto; a tilting rod coupled at the front end thereof to the dog by means of a pin and coupled at the end portion thereof to the bottom surface of the interior of the body by means of a hinge, to guide the dog being rotated around the shaft in accordance with the pulling operation of the locker; and a spring fitted around the outer periphery of the tilting rod to elastically support the tilting rod guiding the rotating operation of the dog.

Claims

1. A door safety locking apparatus for operably holding a door with respect to a housing structure, the apparatus comprising:

a body mounted to the housing structure;

a locker mounted to the door, the locker having an elongated shape with a coupling hole formed at a distal portion of the locker;

a dog coupled to the body by means of a pivot shaft and having a locking protrusion formed at an upper portion thereof to engage the coupling hole of the locker to place the door in a locked state;

a tilting rod having a front end portion operably coupled to a lower portion of the dog by means of a pin, and a rear end portion coupled to the body by means of a hinge, wherein the tilting rod guides rotation of the dog about the pivot shaft in response to a pulling operation of the locker;

a spring fitted to the tilting rod to elastically support the tilting rod and guide the rotation of the dog; and

a solenoid actuator mounted to the body and having a stopper pin reciprocally moveable relative to the solenoid actuator in a direction perpendicular to the body, wherein the body includes an engagement structure which is configured such that a distal end of the stopper pin is coupled thereto when the stopper pin is moved toward the engagement structure in response to an operation of the solenoid actuator, wherein the stopper pin blocks the dog from rotating when the distal end of the stopper pin is coupled to the engagement structure and thereby prevents the door from being released from the locked state, wherein the body includes a pair of parallel walls, wherein the dog, the tilting rod, and the spring are installed in the body between the parallel walls, wherein the solenoid actuator is positioned outside of one of the parallel walls, and the engagement structure is formed at the other one of the parallel walls such that when the distal end of the stopper pin is coupled to the engagement structure, the stopper pin extends between the parallel walls, blocking the rotation of the dog.

2. The door safety locking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the engagement structure is in form of an insertion opening.