Patent ID: 7364212

Claim:
A door lock comprising: a panel; a base plate; a middle plate mounted between the panel and base plate; a handle and a thumb-turn rotatably mounted on the panel, wherein the thumb-turn has a first spindle mounted on the middle plate and engaged with the thumb-turn, an upper cam is mounted on a rear end of the first spindle, the handle has a second spindle mounted on the middle plate and engaging the handle, and a lower cam that has two shoulders formed respectively at two sides of the lower cam, is mounted on a rear end of the second spindle, wherein the lower cam further has multiple first teeth formed at a lower side, a driven axle is mounted on the middle plate, and a gear having a center is mounted on the driven axle and has multiple second teeth engaging the first teeth, wherein a distance from a center of the lower cam to the first teeth is significantly larger than a distance from the center of the gear to the second teeth; and a linking sheet movably mounted between the middle plate and the base plate, the linking sheet comprising two legs, each leg having a foot that can be pushed by one of the shoulders, and each leg further having an upper end that can push the upper cam to turn, two longitudinal slots defined respectively in the legs, two first stops formed respectively at lower ends of the longitudinal slots and two second stops formed on the base plate and protruding respectively into the longitudinal slots, and two springs mounted respectively in the longitudinal slots and pressed between the first stops and second stops.