Remote-controlled door lock

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6698263
  • Patent Number
    6,698,263
  • Date Filed
    Monday, July 22, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, March 2, 2004
    21 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Knight; Anthony
    • Kyle; Michael J.
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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