Patent ID: 7788954
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door panel integrated door stopper with a door lock housing integrated operating mechanism comprising: a door stopper bolt with a bolt foot movably supported in a bolt housing, a spring engaging the door stopper bolt so as to bias the door stopper bolt downwardly out of the housing, a pull member connected to the stopper bolt and extending to an operating mechanism for actuating the door stopper bolt against the force of said spring, said operating mechanism being disposed in the door lock housing of a door and including an operating member movable between a first stable position thereof corresponding to a release position of the door stopper bolt and a second stable position corresponding to an operating position of the door stopper bolt, said operating member projecting out of the lock housing through a rear wall of the lock housing and being connected to the pull member for actuating the door stopper bolt, the door lock housing including a door handle for actuating also the operating mechanism for the door stopper bolt, the operating member comprises an operating lever extending rearwardly out of the door lock housing and the pull member connected to the lever at the rear of the door lock housing, the operating lever of the operating mechanism disposed in the door lock housing being pivotally supported at the front area of the door lock housing and the rear end extending through a guide slot in the rear wall of the door lock housing, said guide slot having a top end provided with an engagement opening in which the operating lever is resiliently accommodated for retaining the operating lever in an upward pivoted position in which the stopper bolt is held in a raised position, said door handle being mounted onto a rotatable square shaft carrying also an actuating member with a cam and the operating lever having a side projection by which the operating lever, upon lifting of the door handle out of its normal position, can be moved by the cam sidewardly out of the engagement opening, and a coupling member extending between the operating lever and the actuating member for moving the operating lever upwardly to be retained in the engagement opening upon downward movement of the door handle.