Patent ID: 6684669
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A fastener device for a door or a gate and adapted to engage an upright, including a lock comprising:a frame with a carrier plate and an edge plate, the frame being arranged to be mounted with said edge plate against said upright; at least a latch bolt having a predetermined length and comprising a main bolt part, formed by a first bolt part having a length corresponding to said predetermined length of the bolt, and a second bolt part having an abutment element and cooperating with the main bolt part, which main bolt part is guided at least in a first and a second guide on the frame to be movable between a retracted and a projecting position and has a distal extremity which extends in said projecting position over a predetermined distance out of the end plate to project beyond said upright; an actuation mechanism arranged to move said main bolt part from its retracted to its projecting position and vice versa and comprising a spring acting on the second bolt part and through the intermediary of said second bolt part, said spring acting on the first bolt part to urge the latch bolt to its projecting position and an operating member acting on said abutment element to move the main bolt part from its protecting position to its retracted position; and means operable from outside the fastener device for bringing the main bolt part in different axial positions with respect to the second bolt part and for fixing the main bolt part in these positions to the second bolt part to adjust said predetermined distance over which said distal extremity extends in the projecting position out of the edge plate, the length of the main bolt part being such that in said different axial positions, in the projecting position of the bolt, the main bolt part remains guided by said first and second guides.