Anti-burglar device of a door locker

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6769278
  • Patent Number
    6,769,278
  • Date Filed
    Friday, January 17, 2003
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, August 3, 2004
    20 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Gall; Lloyd A.
    • Garrett; Sandra F
    Agents
    • Lei; Leong C.
Abstract
An anti-burglar device of a door locker is disclosed. The locker comprises a rotating button, a rotating shaft body, and an external gear, the rotating shaft body being fixed to the rotating shaft body having one end mounted to the external gear, the other end of the external gear provided with an axle having a spring and a sleeve, and the spring urged between the rotating shaft body and the sleeve, the interior of the sleeve provided with internal gear which is engaged with the external gear, the tail end of the axle mounted to a fixing button so that the sleeve cannot be disengaged, whereby in unlocking or locking the locker, a force is applied to move the sleeve so that the inner gear and the external gear are engaged, and the sleeve is turned to unlock or lock the latch of the locker.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




(a) Technical Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a door locker mounted within a door at the door edge thereof and in particular, a door locker with anti-burglar structure by having a rotating shaft body mounted onto a rotating button of the door locker.




(b) Description of the Prior Art




Conventional door locker structure is designed in such a way that the locking and unlocking of lock-core has to use a matching key. However, the inner face of the door locker in order to facilitate operation, a manual rotating button is provided to drive the locker latch and therefore, if the rotating button triggers the rotating button, the latch can be easily locked or unlocked.




As a result, the door is normally provided with an observation hole with a lens confirm the visitor coming to the house.




However, a burglar can easily remove the observation lens and a special tool can be inserted to trigger the rotating button and the door is thus easily opened by the burglar.




In order to mitigate the shortcomings of the conventional door locker, an anti-burglar device of a door locker is provided.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-burglar device of a door locker having a rotating button, a rotating shaft body, and an external gear, the rotating shaft body being fixed to the rotating shaft body having one end mounted to the external gear, the other end of the external gear provided with an axle having a spring and a sleeve, and the spring urged between the rotating shaft body and the sleeve, the interior of the sleeve provided with internal gear which is engaged with the external gear, the tail end of the axle mounted to a fixing button so that the sleeve cannot be disengaged, whereby in unlocking or locking the locker, a force is applied to move the sleeve so that the inner gear and the external gear are engaged, and the sleeve is tuned to unlock or lock the latch of the locker.




A further object of the present invention is to provide an anti-burglar device of a door locker, wherein the end face of the rotating shaft body is provided with a combination hole having a shape identical to and match the rotating button within the door locker.




Yet a further object of the present invention is to provide anti-burglar device of a door locker, wherein the external diameter of the rotating shaft body is provided with screw hole which is perpendicular in communication with the combination hole.




Still a further object of the present invention is to provide anti-burglar device of a door locker, wherein the nearby position of the tail end of the axle of the rotating shaft body is provided with a sunken hole and the sunken hole contains a spring and an insertion peg.




The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To filly appreciate these and other objects oft he present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.




Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective exploded view of the present invention





FIG. 2

is a sectional view of the interior structure of the present invention.





FIG. 3

is a schematic view showing the action of the anti-burglar structure of a door lock of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a sectional view along line


4





4


of

FIG. 3

of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.




Referring to

FIG. 1

, there is shown an anti-burglar device of a door locker


1


having a rotating button


11


, a rotating shaft body


2


and an external gear


24


. One end face of the rotating shaft body


2


is provided with a combination hole


21


, and the shape of the combination hole


21


matches the shape of the rotating button


11


of the door locker


1


. Thus, the combination hole


21


of the rotating shaft body


2


can be matching mounted onto the rotating button of the door locker


1


.




The external diameter of the rotating shaft body


2


is provided with screw hole


22


which is perpendicular in communication to the combination hole


21


, and the screw hole


22


is engaged with a screw bolt


23


. Thus, the rotating shaft body


2


is securely fastened to the position of the rotating button


11


.




The other end of the rotating shaft body


2


is provided with the external gear


24


having one end being extended to form a branch axle


25


. The tail end of the axle


25


is provided with a sunken hole


26


and the interior of the sunken hole


26


contains a spring


27


and an insertion peg


28


.




The axle


25


of the rotating shaft


2


is mounted in sequence, the spring


3


and the sleeve


4


, and the spring


3


urges between the rotating shaft body


2


and the sleeve


4


.




One end of the sleeve


4


is a tube opening


41


which is hollow, and the opening diameter of the tube opening


41


can mount to the external diameter of the rotating shaft body


2


. The interior of the sleeve


4


is provided with an internal gear


42


and the internal gear


42


and the external gear


24


of the rotating shaft body


2


are matched. The other end of the sleeve


4


is provided with a shaft hole


43


, and the shaft hole


43


allows the tail end of the axle


25


to pass through.




Finally, the tail end of the axle


25


is mounted with a securing button


5


and the inner wall position of the securing button


5


is provided with a sunken hole


51


and a slanting slot


52


. By the guiding of the slanting slot


52


, the sunken hole


51


of the securing button


5


allows one end of the insertion peg


28


within the sunken hole


26


at the tail end of the axle


25


to be secured, such that the sleeve


4


will not be dislocated.




As shown in

FIGS. 1 and 2

, normally, the internal gear


42


and the external gear


24


are far apart, and the sleeve


4


is free to rotate at the axle


25


, as shown in FIG.


2


.




Referring to

FIGS. 1

,


3


and


4


, in locking or unlocking process, a force is exerted onto the sleeve


4


such that the internal gear


42


of the sleeve


4


and the external gear


24


are in engaged with each other, and the sleeve


4


is rotated so as to rotate the rotating button


11


. Thus, the latch of the door locker


1


is unlocked or locked.




In view of the above, the rotating button


11


is incorporated with a special sleeve


4


structure so that under normal condition, the sleeve is free and when the sleeve


4


is rotated, the latch of the locker


1


will not be moved.




When to lock or unlock the latch, a continuous force is applied to the sleeve


4


so that the internal gear


42


and the external gear


24


are engaged so as to drive the latch. Accordingly, the present invention provides an anti-burglar device of a door locker which mitigates the conventional door locker structure.




It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together many also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.




While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the detail above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.



Claims
  • 1. An anti-burglar device of a door locker having a rotating button, a rotating shaft body, and an external gear, the rotating shaft body being fixed to the rotating button, the rotating shaft having one end mounted to the external gear, the other end of the external gear provided with an axle having a spring and a sleeve, and the spring urged between the rotating shaft body and the sleeve, an interior of the sleeve provided with internal gear which is engaged with the external gear, a tail end of the axle mounted to a securing button so that the sleeve cannot be disengaged, wherein an end face of the rotating shaft body is provided with a combination hole having a shape identical to and matching with the rotating button within the door locker, an external diameter of the rotating shaft body is provided with a screw hole which is perpendicular to and in communication with the combination hole, a nearby position of the tail end of the axle of the rotating shaft body is provided with a sunken hole and the sunken hole contains a spring and an insertion peg, one end of the sleeve is a tube opening which is hollow and a diameter of the tube opening is mounted onto the external diameter of the rotating shaft body, whereby in unlocking or locking the locker, a force is applied to move the sleeve so that the inner gear and the external gear are engaged, and the sleeve is turned to unlock or lock the latch of the locker.
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