Patent ID: 11898374
Assignee: SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  Y | IPC E

Claim 5:
6. An electric strike, comprising:
a housing;
a keeper pivotally mounted in the housing, the keeper having an open position and a closed position;
a lock assembly having a locking state in which the lock assembly retains keeper in the closed position and an unlocking state in which the keeper is pivotable toward the open position, wherein the lock assembly includes a sleeve having a locking position defining the locking state and an unlocking position defining the unlocking state;
an electric driver operable to move the sleeve between the locking position and the unlocking position; and
an anti-tamper mechanism structured to retain the sleeve in the unlocking position when the keeper is in the open position; and
wherein the sleeve is connected with the electric driver via a lost motion connection configured to permit the electric driver to perform a relocking movement while the anti-tamper mechanism retains the sleeve in the unlocking position.