Patent ID: 6974163

Claim:
A tubular door lock comprising: a housing including a chamber and an opening formed therein and communicating with each other, and including two arms extended therefrom and each having an orifice and an aperture and a depression formed therein, said arms being spaced away from each other to form a space therebetween, a dead bolt slidably received in said chamber and said opening of said housing, and movable in and out of said opening of said housing, said dead bolt including a plate extended therefrom and having a passage formed therein, a follower slidably received in said chamber of said housing, and coupled to said dead bolt, for moving said dead bolt relative to said chamber and said opening of said housing, said follower including a groove formed therein, and defined between two levers, each of said levers of said follower including a lower portion having a first seat provided thereon said thereof, and an upper portion having a second seat provided thereon, said follower including at least one shoulder formed therein, to engage with said housing, and to limit a movement between said follower and said housing, said housing including a stud extended therein and engaged into said groove of said follower, to guide said follower to move relative to said housing, a block engaged into said space formed between said arms, and including an orifice and an aperture formed therein and aligned with said orifices and the apertures of said arms respectively, and including at least one bulge extended therefrom for engaging into said depressions of said arms, and for anchoring said block to said housing, two actuators rotatably received in said orifices and said apertures of said arms of said housing respectively, and also rotatably received in said orifice and said aperture of said block respectively, and each actuator including at least one actuating finger selectively engageable with said first and said second seats of said levers of said follower, for selectively actuating said levers of said follower to move said dead bolt relative to said housing, when said actuators are rotated relative to said housing, and said follower including a hook extended therefrom, and slidably engaged through said passage of said plate, and engageable with said plate, for moving said plate and said dead bolt relative to said housing when said follower is moved relative to said housing by either of said actuators.