Tubular door lock with an adjustable device for setting the dead bolt

Claim 1

A tubular door lock comprising a lock casing having a face plate and a casing cylinder extending rearwardly from the face plate, a dead bolt with a rearwardly extending actuator plate mounted for lengthwise reciprocation in the casing cylinder, spring means connected between a back wall of the casing cylinder and the dead bolt biasing the dead bolt toward an extended position with respect to a forward end of the casing, a pulling plate extending through an opening in the back wall of the casing cylinder, the pulling plate having a hook connection with the actuator plate for retracting the dead bolt by rearward movement of the pulling plate, the pulling plate including spaced elongate rack gears extending rearwardly from the casing cylinder, an actuator assembly for moving the pulling plate comprising a segment gear journalled between a pair of assembly plates, the segment gear being located between the respective rack gears of the pulling plate, the segment gear having a rest position in which it is out of mesh with each of said rack gears whereby the segment gear can be moved lengthwise along the rack gears in the rest position, the segment gear further including a drive means for rotating same in opposite directions from the rest position to mesh with the respective rack gears thereby providing rearward movement of the pulling plate, and an adjustment means for varying the effective distance between the face plate and the segment gear, the adjustment means including adjustment cylinder means externally mounted on the casing cylinder, a bayonet connection between the casing cylinder and the adjustment cylinder means permitting selective lengthwise adjustment of the adjustment cylinder means on the casing cylinder between a retracted position and an extended position, and a mechanical connection between the adjustment cylinder means and said assembly plates whereby movement of the adjustment cylinder means between the retracted and extended positions with the segment gear in the rest position is effective to provide corresponding movement of the assembly plates and lengthwise movement of the segment gear along the rack gears.