1. * GB780035 (A)
Description: GB780035 (A) ? 1957-07-31
Improvements relating to locker and cupboard door fastenings
Description of GB780035 (A)
PATENT SPECIFICATION
Inventor: JOSEPH WOODWARD 780,035 Date of filing Complete
Specification Aug. 4, 1955.
-l D. Application Date Aug. 7, 1954. No. 23008/54.
Complete Specification Published July 31, 1957.
Index at acceptance:-Class 44, BB(1: 2A).
International Classification: -E05c.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements relating to Locker and Cupboard Door Fastenings METAL
WORKERS) LIMITED, a Britsh company, of Trinity Works, Trinity Church
Gate, Kirkgate, Wakefield, in the County of York, do hereby declare
the invention for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us and
the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly
described in and by the following statement: -
This invention relates to the fastening of locker or cupboard doors
such as are used for the reception of workers clothes and personal
belongings.
The object of the present invention is to provide a new or improved
construction of fastening for a locker door which will be more secure
than those at present in use so that breaking and pilfering of lockers
is substantially reduced.
According to the invention the fastening comprises a lever, pivotally
mounted on the inside of the door and capable of projecting and
engaging behind the body of the locker or cupboard at the side
thereof, upper and lower bolt members pivotally connected to said
lever and adapted by operation of said lever to be projected and
engaged behind the body of the locker or cupboard at the top and
bottom respectively of the door, one of said bolt members being
engageable when in the projected position by the bolt or its
equivalent of a lock to prevent withdrawal of said lever and bolt
2. members. Thus the door is locked at three points, the top, bottom and
side.
Preferably the lower bolt member will have formed or secured thereon
an abutment for said engagement by the bolt or its equivalent of the
lock.
The three-point fastening is an important advantage in connection
particularly with tall sheet metal lockers which are comparatively
easy to force if fastened only centrally, or only top and bottom.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect the same will now be more fully des[Ptic 3s. 6d.]
cribed with reference to and by the aid of the accompanying drawings,
wherein:Figure l is an elevation from inside the door of one
construction of fastening according to the invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation; and Figure 3 is a detail showing the
lever.
In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, described by way of
example as applied 55 to a steel locker door, the fastening comprises
a lever 1 pivotally mounted on the inside of the door 2 by a spindle 3
and connected by the spindle 3 to a handle 4 mounted on the outside of
the door. The lever is arranged to 60 project beyond the side edge at
or about the centre of the door so as to engage behind the jamb 5 of
the body of the locker. Pivotally connected to the lever 1 at spaced
points 6, 7, on opposite sides of the spindle 3 are upper and 65 lower
bolt members 8, 9 slidable in brackets attached to the inside face of
the door and these bolt members are arranged so that their offset ends
8ga 93 are capable of being projected beyond the top and bottom edges
respectively of the door when the handle on the outside of the door is
turned to similarly cause the lever 1 to project beyond the side edge
of the door. A stop 13 welded on the upper bolt member 8 abuts against
a bracket 10 to limit 75 outward movement of the bolt members and
lever.
Conversely, when the handle is turned to withdraw the lever, the upper
and lower bolt members are also withdrawn. 80 In order to provide
means for locking the lever and its bolt members in their projected
positions, the lower bolt member 9 has welded to it an abutment 11
which is capable of being engaged by the bolt, latch or the like of a
lock 85 12 (as indicated in broken lines) to prevent its withdrawal
movement and so lock the door at all three points.
The lock will be mounted on the inside of the door and be operable by
means of a suitable key passing through a keyhole formed in the door
panel.
780,035
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![members. Thus the door is locked at three points, the top, bottom and
side.
Preferably the lower bolt member will have formed or secured thereon
an abutment for said engagement by the bolt or its equivalent of the
lock.
The three-point fastening is an important advantage in connection
particularly with tall sheet metal lockers which are comparatively
easy to force if fastened only centrally, or only top and bottom.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect the same will now be more fully des[Ptic 3s. 6d.]
cribed with reference to and by the aid of the accompanying drawings,
wherein:Figure l is an elevation from inside the door of one
construction of fastening according to the invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation; and Figure 3 is a detail showing the
lever.
In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, described by way of
example as applied 55 to a steel locker door, the fastening comprises
a lever 1 pivotally mounted on the inside of the door 2 by a spindle 3
and connected by the spindle 3 to a handle 4 mounted on the outside of
the door. The lever is arranged to 60 project beyond the side edge at
or about the centre of the door so as to engage behind the jamb 5 of
the body of the locker. Pivotally connected to the lever 1 at spaced
points 6, 7, on opposite sides of the spindle 3 are upper and 65 lower
bolt members 8, 9 slidable in brackets attached to the inside face of
the door and these bolt members are arranged so that their offset ends
8ga 93 are capable of being projected beyond the top and bottom edges
respectively of the door when the handle on the outside of the door is
turned to similarly cause the lever 1 to project beyond the side edge
of the door. A stop 13 welded on the upper bolt member 8 abuts against
a bracket 10 to limit 75 outward movement of the bolt members and
lever.
Conversely, when the handle is turned to withdraw the lever, the upper
and lower bolt members are also withdrawn. 80 In order to provide
means for locking the lever and its bolt members in their projected
positions, the lower bolt member 9 has welded to it an abutment 11
which is capable of being engaged by the bolt, latch or the like of a
lock 85 12 (as indicated in broken lines) to prevent its withdrawal
movement and so lock the door at all three points.
The lock will be mounted on the inside of the door and be operable by
means of a suitable key passing through a keyhole formed in the door
panel.
780,035
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