Extension unit for door lock

Claim 1

An extension unit for a door lock in combination with a latch unit consisting of a latch tube secured to an auxiliary plate and a face plate, said face plate having two screwholes for attaching said door lock to an edge of a door, a latch bolt and a guard bolt resiliently installed within said latch tube, a back plate affixed to said latch tube and having a central slot and an out-turned ear projected through an upper and a lower opening of an aperture of said latch tube, and a latch bar connected to said latch bolt and passed through said aperture, as well as said central slot, characterized in that there is further included an extension unit comprising; a single extension element consisting of at least one hook for engaging with said out-turned ear of said back plate, said hook being formed on a surface of a frame, said frame further including a channel, a protrusion and an ear for accepting a cylinder case of a latch bolt actuating unit, said extension element further including front and rear ribs formed on opposite portion of said frame wherein said rear ribs are provided on both sides of said frame; a connector element consisting of a body which fits within said channel of said extension element frame, the body being provided with two wings, with each wing having a notch at an end portion thereof, a first opening in said connector element, said first opening having a shoulder formed on a front surface of said body for engaging with a notch of said latch bar, and a second opening being interconnected with said first opening thereof, said second opening accepting an end of said latch bar at a side surface thereof; and a housing element having a longitudinal slit, said housing element covering the entire length of said latch unit.