Patent ID: 7484390

Claim:
A lockable strike for walk-in cold rooms, comprising a housing having a lock wall with a first lock opening and a second lock opening aligned with said first lock opening along a lock path; a locking mechanism which includes a reciprocally moving deadbolt and a rotatable gripping handle, said handle being coupled to said deadbolt so that rotatable movement of said gripping handle causes the reciprocating movement of said deadbolt, said gripping handle also including a third lock opening therethrough, said gripping handle being moveable between a first position with said gripping handle third lock opening aligned along said lock path and a second position with said gripping handle third lock opening not aligned along said lock path, said gripping handle also being configured so that a portion of said gripping handle passes through said lock path upon rotational movement of said gripping handle from said first position to said second position and a cylinder lock rotatably mounted to said gripping handle, said cylinder lock being actuatable between a locked position preventing rotational movement of said gripping handle and an unlocked position allowing rotational movement of said gripping handle, whereby a locking device may be positioned along said lock path to lock the gripping handle in its first position, and whereby a locking device may be positioned along said lock path to lock the gripping handle in its second position by preventing rotational movement of said gripping handle from said second position to said first position.