Patent ID: 6217088
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A follower arrangement for a lock having two equally shaped followers individually rotatable a limited angle by a common shaft operable by at least one handle to retract a latch bolt from an advanced rest position, said latch bolt having two legs straddling said shaft, each leg having at least one shoulder extending therefrom in an axial direction of said shaft, each follower includes two wing portions one of which includes an operative abutment surface and the other of which includes an offset surface, said operative abutment surface of a first of said followers contacting a shoulder of a first of said legs in a rest position and said operative abutment surface of a second of said followers simultaneously contacting a shoulder of a second of said legs in the rest position;wherein said operative abutment surface of each follower is arranged on a first plane and said offset surface of each follower is arranged on a second plane, said first plane being arranged at a first predetermined distance relative to said common shaft and said second plane being arranged at a second predetermined distance relative to said common shaft, said first predetermined distance being distinct relative to said second predetermined distance.