Patent ID: 6116661
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: E05B,E05C,E05Y,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An electric dogging mechanism for use with an exit device having a latch operably connected to a touch bar mechanism, the electric dogging mechanism comprising:a base elate;a moveable slide plate adapted to be connected to a touch bar mechanism, the slide plate being slidably attached to the base plate, the slide plate being moveable between a first position when the touch bar mechanism is in an extended position and the latch is in an extended position and a second position when the touch bar mechanism is in a depressed position and the latch is in a retracted position; anda holding means for holding the slide plate in the second position, thereby holding the touch bar mechanism in the depressed position and the latch in the retracted position, the holding means being attached to the base plate, the holding means comprising: a flat plate armature operably connected to the slide plate; and a magnetic coil means for holding the slide plate in the second position, the flat plate armature being distal from the magnetic coil means when the slide plate is in the first position.