Patent ID: 8585105

Claim:
An electromagnetic lock assembly for locking sliding double doors having abutting vertical edges when closed, the electromagnetic lock assembly comprising: an armature plate member mounted parallel to and adjacent an abutting vertical edge of a first sliding door; an electromagnetic body member mounted parallel to and adjacent an abutting vertical edge of a second sliding door, the armature plate member and electromagnetic body member positioned in register and in contact with the sliding double doors closed; and the electromagnetic body member including an electrical conductor portion movably contacting a stationary, linear power strip member adapted for mounting to a nonmoving support adjacent to the second sliding door; whereby electrical power is maintained to the electromagnetic body member of the lock assembly by the electrical conductor portion thereof movably contacting the stationary power strip member upon movement of the sliding double doors, the electromagnetic body member selectively energized whereby contact thereof with the armature plate member locks together the sliding double doors.