Patent ID: 11959310
Assignee: DORMAKABA CANADA INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 9:
10. A method of operating an electric strike having a housing with an internal face received against a receiving face of a door frame, an external face, a socket recessed into the external face along a socket axis normal to the receiving face, a keeper pivotally mounted around a pivot axis parallel to the socket axis, on a first side of the socket, inside the housing, and pivotable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the keeper having a gate member extending from the first side of the socket to a distal end located at a second side of the socket when in the closed configuration and forming a restraining wall of the socket, the method comprising:
engaging a male locking member into the socket, the male locking member being retractably mounted to a door;
maintaining a catch engaged with the distal end of the keeper, thereby maintaining the keeper in the closed configuration, preventing the male locking member from moving along a horizontal escape path transversal to the socket axis, and preventing the opening of the door; and
moving the catch, via an electrically-powered actuator having a solenoid connected to the catch via a plunger directly connected to the catch, away from the distal end, thereby releasing the keeper, the solenoid being electrically operable to selectively linearly move the plunger and the catch back and forth along a solenoid axis; and
pushing the door open, thereby moving the male locking member along the horizontal escape path.