Auxiliary lock with an extensible device

Claim 1

An auxiliary lock with an extensible portion which can be assembled in one of two different positions, comprising: a base which includes a faceplate adopted to be fixed upon a door; a cylinder connected to one side of said faceplate; a rotating shell coaxially disposed about said cylinder and slidable axially relative thereto, said rotating shell having an axis and a peripheral edge; an extending shell connected to said rotating shell, and having an axis which is generally colinear with said axis of said rotating shell; said cylinder having at least one projecting hump adapted to restrict the position of the rotating shell and to guide said extending shell in linear motion; a dead bolt having an arm that has therein a first notch and a second, distal, notch; said rotating shell having an L-shaped slot and a hook, said rotatable shell being adapted to be moved relative to the hump of the cylinder along said slot; said hook being adapted to restrict the position of the extending shell by the hook; said extending shell having a notch receiving said hook of said rotating shell and having a groove therein for guiding said extending shell in sliding motion in a generally straight line; said extending shell having an opening on an end thereof receiving a pair of assembling plates and receiving moving accessories; said assembling plates being fixed to said extending shell; said plurality of assembling plates cooperating with said moving accessories, each of said assembling plates having a hole therein for receiving a rotatable member; said moving accessories including at least one arm pivotably connected to a first linking plate; said first linking plate being pivotably connected to a first portion of a plate being pivotably connected to a first portion of a second linking plate; said second linking plate having a pin disposed on a second portion thereof; in a first position, said pin of said second linking plate being disposed within said first notch of said arm of said deadbolt, and said hump of said cylinder abutting said peripheral edge of said rotating shell; in a second position, said pin of said second linking plate being disposed within said second, distal notch of said arm of said deadbolt, and said hump being disposed within a base portion of said L-shaped slot in said rotating shell; whereby said assembling plates can be disposed at a first depth or a second depth within a door, said first and second depth corresponding respectively to said first and second positions.