Hi Dail, Thanks! I did not know this. This does clear it up.
At 07:29 PM 2/24/2009, you wrote: >The extra slider is not supposed to enter the hole in the strike >plate. It's purpose is to keep the main latch from withdrawing from >the hole when the door is closed. When both are extended as when the >door is open, it will allow the latch to withdraw as the door closes >past the striker plate. Once the main latch has engaged the hole and >the small one is withheld by the plate you cannot slip the main >latch back into the door with something thin like say a credit >card.If that little bar does enter the hole along with the main >latch then the main latch can be slid back into the door and the >door open without benefit of the key. > >Hope this helps clear that up for you. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kevin Doucet >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:09 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] door nob question > >Hi Dan, > >I already have a door knob with a key lock and it does have the extra >part on the slide. I am just asking what is the suggested way to make >the receiving whole in the door jam large enough to except the >plunger plus the extra part on the slide. > >Thanks for any help you can offer. > >At 09:12 AM 2/24/2009, you wrote: > > >Not all locking knobs have that extra part on the slide. Depends on how > >secure you want the lock to be. There are those very simple door knob > >locks that are mostly meant to be locked from the inside and not unlocked > >from the outside, but anyone can unlock them from the outside with a > >screwdriver. Or the push button locks that you see on bathroom doors a > >lot. > > > >-- > >Blue skies. > >Dan Rossi > >Carnegie Mellon University. > >E-Mail:<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu><mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > [email protected] > >Tel:(412) 268-9081 > > > > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > >signature database 3887 (20090224) __________ > > > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > ><<http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >Thanks. > >Kevin Doucet ><mailto:contactme%40kevindoucet.com>[email protected] > >confuse as says > >Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >signature database 3887 (20090224) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com Thanks. Kevin Doucet [email protected] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly!
