Patent ID: 11873660
Assignee: HANCHETT ENTRY SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  Y | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. An actuator-controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a spring latch of a lockset, wherein said lockset includes said spring latch and a dead latch, wherein said spring latch has an engaged position and a release position, and wherein said spring latch includes a tip having a lateral edge, said electric strike comprising:
a housing having an entry chamber defined therein; and
a spring latch keeper disposed in said entry chamber for movement between a keeper locked position and a keeper unlocked position, wherein said spring latch keeper is rotatable about a keeper axis of rotation, and wherein said spring latch keeper includes:
a keeper face configured for abutting contact with said spring latch when said spring latch is disposed in said entry chamber and said spring latch is in said engaged position, wherein said keeper face is contactable by said tip of said spring latch,
a second surface recessed from said keeper face, and
a spring latch contact ridge positioned between said keeper face and said second surface,

wherein said spring latch contact ridge is disposed at a non-perpendicular angle from said keeper axis of rotation,
wherein said spring latch contact ridge is contactable by a contact point along said lateral edge of said tip of said spring latch as said spring latch keeper moves between said keeper locked position and said keeper unlocked position, and
wherein said contact point changes along said lateral edge of said tip of said spring latch as said spring latch exits said entry chamber.