Adjustable shaft for door lock assembly
A door lock assembly includes a lock casing device and a door lock device attached to the opposite sides of a door panel, a core device pivotally mounted to the lock casing device and operatable by an actuation device, an adjustable shaft mechanism includes a housing coupled to the core device and having a number of orifices and a channel communicative with a chamber of the housing, a shank slidably engaged in the housing and having a free end for engaging with the door lock device, and a spring-biased detent attached to the shank for engaging with either of the orifices of the housing and for anchoring the shank to the housing at a selected position and for adjustably mounting the shaft to the door panels of different thicknesses.
1. A door lock assembly comprising:
a door panel including a first side and a second side,
a lock casing device attached to said first side of said door panel,
a door lock device attached to said second side of said door panel and including a dead bolt extendible out of said door lock device for engaging with a door frame,
a core device pivotally mounted to said lock casing device,
an actuation device attached to said lock casing device for operating said core device,
an adjustable shaft mechanism including a housing engaged through said door panel and coupled to said core device and rotated in concert with said core device, said housing including a chamber formed therein and including a plurality of orifices formed therein and communicative with said chamber of said housing, and including a channel formed therein and communicative with said chamber of said housing, a shank slidably engaged in said chamber of said housing and including a free end portion extendible out of said housing for engaging with said door lock device, and
a spring-biased projection device attached to the shank and including a spring-biased detent for selectively engaging with either of said orifices of said housing and for anchoring said shank to said housing at a selected position and for adjustably mounting said adjustable shaft mechanism to said door panel.
2. The door lock assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said shank includes an aperture formed therein for receiving said spring-biased detent of said spring-biased projection device.
3. The door lock assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said shank includes a compartment formed therein and communicative with said aperture of said shank and having an inner diameter greater than that of said aperture of said shank, and said spring-biased projection device includes a casing engaged with said compartment of said shank and extended out of said shank and slidably engaged with said channel of said housing, and said casing includes a space formed therein for receiving said spring-biased detent and a spring member, said detent and said spring member are engaged in said aperture of said shank and partially extended out of said shank for engaging with either of said orifices of said housing.