Information
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Patent Grant
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6698263
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Patent Number
6,698,263
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Date Filed
Monday, July 22, 200222 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, March 2, 200421 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
- Knight; Anthony
- Kyle; Michael J.
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 070 107
- 070 108
- 070 256
- 070 257
- 070 280
- 070 281
- 070 282
- 070 2791
- 292 144
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A remote-controlled door lock includes a housing installed inside with a battery base, a circuit board and an electromagnetic valve. The electromagnetic valve is fitted with a lateral valve rod controlled by the circuit board to extend out of the through hole in a sidewall of the housing and engage in the insert hole in a sidewall of the bolt base of a doorjamb. A remote controller is operated to control the valve rod of electromagnetic valve to move outward and extend out of the through hole of the housing and engage in the insert hole of the bolt base to lock the door at a limited position. Thus, the door lock is impossible to be unlocked only by a key before the valve rod of the electromagnetic valve is released by the remote controller to disengage from the insert hole of the bolt base, having best effect of anti-theft.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a remote-controlled door lock, particularly to one able to lock a door by the valve rod of an electromagnetic valve controlled by a remote controller, with the door lock impossible to be unlocked only by a key before the valve rod of the electromagnetic valve is released by a remote controller to disengage from the insert hole of the bolt base of a door jamb, having best effect of anti-theft.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A conventional door lock as shown in
FIG. 1
, includes a housing
10
, a lock base
11
, a pull plate
12
and a deadbolt
13
.
The lock base
11
is secured in the interior of the housing
10
, having lateral lock rods
110
fitted at one side. The lock rods
110
of the lock base
11
are able to extend out of the through holes
100
in a side wall of the housing
10
and engage into an elongate slot
141
in a side wall of the bolt base
140
of a door jamb
14
. The lock base
11
has its inner and outer side respectively provided with a lock core
111
having a keyhole
112
.
The pull plate
12
has its fixing plate
120
inserted in the slide hole
101
of the housing
10
and combined with the fixing plate
102
of the housing
10
. The deadbolt
13
is horizontally fitted inside the housing
10
, having one end inserted through the fixing plate
102
of the housing
10
and secured with the fixing plate
120
of the pull plate
12
. The deadbolt
13
has one end fitted with a spring
130
and the other end provided with a block
131
protruding out of the through hole
103
in the side wall of the housing
10
to be engaged in an elongate slot
141
in a side wall of the bolt base
140
on the doorjamb
14
.
Thus, when a key is inserted in the keyhole
112
of the lock core
111
and turned around, the lock rods
110
and the block
131
will be moved back and disengaged from the elongate slot
141
of the bolt base
140
on the doorjamb
14
, thus finishing unlocking of the door lock.
However, a conventional door lock has its lock rods
110
and block
131
locked in the bolt base
140
of the door jamb
14
only by a key so it is easy to be unlocked with some unlocking tools, thus having no effect of anti-theft.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The objective of the invention is devised to offer a remote-controlled door lock having best effect of anti-theft.
The feature of the invention is that the housing is installed inside with a battery base, a circuit board and an electromagnetic valve. The electromagnetic valve has a lateral valve rod able to extend out of the through hole in a sidewall of the housing and engage in the insert hole in a sidewall of the bolt base of a doorjamb.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1
is a cross-sectional view of a conventional door lock;
FIG. 2
is an exploded perspective view of a door lock in the present invention;
FIG. 3
is a perspective view of the door lock installed in a housing in the present invention;
FIG. 4
is a perspective view of the door lock having a control box fixed on the housing in the present invention;
FIG. 5
is a perspective view of the door lock having the control box secured under the bottom of the housing in the present invention; and,
FIG. 6
is a perspective view of the door lock installed in the bolt base of a doorjamb in the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
A preferred embodiment of a remote-controlled door lock in the present invention, as shown in
FIGS. 2 and 3
, includes a housing
2
, a battery base
3
, a circuit board
4
and an electromagnetic valve
5
as main components combined together.
The housing
2
is installed inside with a lock base
20
having lock rods
21
able to extend out of the through holes in a side wall of the housing
2
. A deadbolt
22
is horizontally fitted in the housing
2
, having one end fixed with a block
23
protruding out of the sidewall of the housing
2
. The housing
2
has an opening
24
closed by a cover
25
.
The battery base
3
, the circuit board
4
and the electromagnetic valve
5
are installed in the interior of the housing
2
. The battery base
3
has batteries
30
fitted therein and the electromagnetic valve
5
is fitted with a lateral valve rod
50
able to extend out of the through hole
26
in a side wall of the housing
2
. Besides, an elongate slot
61
and an insert hole
62
are respectively bored in a sidewall of the bolt base
60
of a door jamb
6
, with the elongate slot
61
aligned to the block
23
and the lock rods
21
in the side wall of the housing
2
, and the insert hole
62
exactly facing the valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
.
To lock the door lock, a remote controller is operated to give out a locking signal to the circuit board
4
to start the valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
to move outward and extend out of the through hole
26
of the housing
2
and engage in the insert hole
62
of the bolt base
60
of the door jamb
6
to lock a door at a limited position. Under this condition, the door lock is impossible to be unlocked only by a key before the valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
is released by a remote controller and disengaged from the insert hole
62
of the bolt base
60
.
On the contrary, to unlock the door lock, simply operate a remote-controller to give out an unlocking signal to the circuit board
4
to trigger the valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
to move backward and disengage from the insert hole
62
of the bolt base
60
, and at this time the door lock can be unlocked by a key.
Besides, the battery base
3
, the circuit board
4
and the electromagnetic valve
5
originally provided inside the housing
2
can be installed in a control box
7
. The control box
7
provided inside with the battery base
3
, the circuit board and the electromagnetic valve
5
is fixedly positioned on or under the housing
2
, as shown in
FIGS. 4 and 5
. The valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
can move outward and extend out of the through hole
70
in a side wall of the control box
7
, aligned to the insert hole
62
in a side wall of the bolt base
60
on a door jamb
6
. To lock the door lock, as described above, only operate a remote controller to give out a locking signal to the circuit board
4
to start the valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
to move outward and extend out of the through hole
70
of the control box
7
and engage in the insert hole
62
of the bolt base
60
of the door jamb
6
, thus finishing locking of a door lock.
Further, the battery base
3
, the circuit board
4
and the electromagnetic valve
4
can be installed in the bolt base
60
of the doorjamb
6
, as shown in FIG.
6
. The bolt base
60
has a side wall bored with an elongate slot
61
and a through hole
63
, with the valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
able to extend out of the through hole
63
of the bolt base
60
. Then, the housing
2
has one sidewall bored with an insert hole
27
exactly facing the valve rod
50
in the sidewall of the bolt base
60
.
To lock the door lock, a remote controller is operated to give out a locking signal to the circuit board
4
to trigger the valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
to move outward and extend out of the through hole
63
of the bolt base
60
and engage into the insert hole
27
of the housing
2
to lock a door at a limited position. Thus, the door lock is impossible to be unlocked only by a key before the valve rod
50
of the electromagnetic valve
5
is released by a remote controller to disengage from the insert hole
27
of the housing
2
, having best effect of anti-theft.
To unlock the door lock, just operate the remote controller to give out unlocking signal to the circuit board
4
, which synchronously starts the valve rod
50
to move inward and disengage from the insert hole
27
of the housing
2
, and subsequently the door lock is unlocked by a key.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.
Claims
- 1. A remote-controlled door lock comprising a housing, said housing installed with a lock base in the interior, said lock base provided with at least one lateral lock rod able to extend out of a first through hole in a side wall of said housing, said housing installed inside with a lateral deadlock, said deadlock having one end fixed with a block protruding out of said side wall of said housing, an elongate slot bored in a side wall of a bolt base of a door jamb; and,characterized by said housing installed inside with a battery base, a circuit board and an electromagnetic valve, said electromagnetic valve fitted with a lateral valve rod, said valve rod able to extend out of a second through hole in the side wall of said housing, said bolt base of said door jamb having one side wall bored with an insert hole, said insert hole aligned to said valve rod of said electromagnetic valve, to lock said door lock, a remote controller operated to give out a locking signal, said circuit board receiving said locking signal and starting said valve rod of said electromagnetic valve to move outward and engage in said insert hole in the side wall of said bolt base of said door jamb, said valve rod locking a door at a limited position, said door lock impossible to be unlocked only by a key before said valve rod is released by said remote controller to disengage from said insert hole of said bolt base, to unlock said door lock, said remote controller operated to give out an unlocking signal, said circuit board receiving said unlocking signal and triggering said valve rod of said electromagnetic valve to move backward, said valve rod disengaging from said insert hole of said bolt base, said battery base, said circuit board and said electromagnetic valve are installed in a control box fixedly positioned on said housing, said valve rod of said electromagnetic valve able to extend out of the second through hole in the side wall of said control box, and said bolt base of said door jamb having its upper side wall bored with an insert hole for said valve rod to be inserted therein.
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FR |
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