Patent ID: 7249477
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A control assembly configured for a narrow stile door and for interaction with an exit device, the control assembly providing a means to translate a user input motion to operate a centercase, the control assembly comprising: a housing; a slider within the housing capable of sliding movement along a path relative to the housing between a first position corresponding to an extended latchbolt and a second position corresponding to a withdrawn latchbolt, the withdrawn latchbolt allowing the door to be opened; an input cam, rotatable to force the slider to move relative to the housing; an output cam, in contact with the slider and rotatable by the sliding movement of the slider, such that output cam rotation interacts with the centercase to move the latchbolt against a biasing force; and a standard key cylinder with a locking actuator lever, the locking actuator lever being rotatable around an axis parallel with the axis of the key cylinder itself; a swivel locking latch, rotatable into the path of the slider to prevent the slider from moving out of the first position, wherein the control assembly includes a grasping member that is in rotational unity with the input cam, the grasping member operable with bi-directional movement relative to the housing, a movement in either direction resulting in an identical output to the centercase.