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Hardware for Frame-less Glass Door

March 13th, 2009 falcon No comments

There are some kind of door hardware need to be installed even in the floor for the floor hinges, in the glass door itself and also in the opening frame. The floor hinges and patch fitting act as pivot, they working together in order to open and close. It will be automatically closed when it being open not more than 80 degree or it will be stop ( opened ) at 90 degree.

This is the hardware code from Dorma product, you can find it in their website, also the information about glass template to fixed up the patch fitting.
There are the kind of hardware for the common used :

  • Floor Hinges : BTS-75, BTS-80 + cover plate
  • Patch Fitting : PT20, PT10, PT21, PT24, PT30, PT40, PT41 L/R
  • Lockset : US10 + cylinder
  • Pull Handle : variable

If you want to install the 10-12mm frame less glass, you have to determine first about the Opening. The Opening with Wood, Brick, Marble or met with another glass have a difference patch-fitting. As describe at the picture below :

Note :

  • Wood/Marble Framed : PT21
  • Alumunium Framed : PT24
  • Glass at Above : PT30
  • Glass at Side and Above : PT40
  • Glass at Side and Above with Rib Glass : PT41R/L

The Rib Glass :
The meaning is the the same with it named as a rib, it usefull for fixed the high frameless curtain wall. If another patch fitting only have 2D (XY) form, it have 3D (XYZ) form.


Working parts of lock

July 7th, 2008 falcon No comments
  1. Tumb-Turn = On the side of door equipped with cylinder lock, connected to lock cam. Operates deadbolt.
  2. Knob = Serves as handle, operates latchbolt.
  3. Front = This is the surface of the mortice lock case which appears at the cut end of the doors. It includes openings for latch bolt and deadbolt as well as holes for screws which secure it.
  4. Deadbolt = A lock bolt which is activated by key or thumb-turn, is square on all edges, and has no spring behind it.
  5. Latchbolt = That part of a lock which, because of a spring device behind it, slide in and then springs out to holt a door in position when it is closed.
  6. Strike = The plate recessed into the door jamb, into which deadbolt or latchbolt fits when the door is closed or locked.
  7. Case = Contains major lock components; the mortice type fits into the door and rim type is fastend to the surface of the door.
  8. Cylinder = A removable unit on high-grade lock which contains the thumblers and receives only the correct key, which when turned operates the lock.
  9. Backset = Horizontal distance from front surface of lock to the center of knob or cylinder.
  10. Spacing = Vertical distance between the center of cylinder and the cylinder of knob