Patent ID: RE38832

Claim:
A dual-function lock sub-assembly for use with locks of the type having a lock cylinder and a release mechanism, said sub-assembly comprising: an axis-defining first rotator component having an actuator-engaging portion at a first end thereof, said first component also having an opposite second end and being rotatable about an axis; a second rotator component having a release-mechanism-engaging portion at a first end thereof for controlling movement of the release-mechanism, said second component having an opposite second end and being adjacent to and axially aligned with said first component for rotation about said rotation axis; wherein said second ends of said components confront one another, wherein said second confronting end of one of said first and second components has lost-motion and anchoring recesses which are radially offset from said rotation axis, and wherein said second confronting end of the other of said first and second components has a recess-engaging member which is configured such that said recess-engaging member can be received within one of said lost-motion and anchoring recesses; and an actuator for connecting said actuator-engaging portion of said first rotator component to the lock cylinder, said actuator transferring rotational motion about said axis from the lock cylinder to said first component upon rotation of the lock cylinder so that when said recess-engaging member is received in said lost-motion recess, rotational motion of said actuator results in limited lost-motion between said actuator and said first component and said second component and when said recess-engaging member is received in said anchoring recess, said actuator first component is rotatable positively coupled to said first second component.