Power actuated door locking and monitoring assembly

Claim 1

An improved power activated door locking and monitoring assembly, said assembly comprising: (a) a housing adapted to be disposed in a door frame and defining a passageway extending to the front thereof; (b) a bolt slideably disposed in said passageway; (c) a lever disposed below and to the rear of said bolt, wherein said lever comprises a first arm and a second arm pivotably connected to the rear end of said first arm and extending at substantially a right angle with respect thereof when in an at-rest position, and spring means interconnecting said first and second arms for releasably maintaining said arms perpendicular to each other when in an at-rest position, (d) biasing means normally retaining said bolt in the fully retracted unlocked position in said passageway, (e) power activator means connected to said housing which, when energized, pivot said lever into the rear of said bolt causing said second arm to rotate in a clockwise direction from said perpendicular position while advancing said bolt against the action of said biasing means to the positively locked position extending out of the front of said passageway; (f) dead-lock means for maintaining said bolt in the extended position; (g) said dead-lock means including an extension on said second arm and a recess in said housing adapted to receive said extension, wherein movement of the bolt to the positively locked position causes concurrent counter-clockwise rotation of said second arm from said perpendicular position past the perpendicular position and concurrent movement of the extension into the recess to provide a lockset function; (h) bolt position and signaling means secured to said housing activated by said bolt; and (i) door position detecting and signaling means associated with said assembly.