A CHAIN WITHOUT A CHAIN

CHAIN WITHOUT A CHAINLatch shown in the figure, with success can replace a regular door chain, differing from it reliability and ease of use,— when the door is opened it just enough to push his foot and the path is clear.

 
The latch consists of three parts: body, tongue and a flat retaining springs. The housing can be made from a piece of aluminum extruded profile suitable cross-section or bending of sheet steel with a thickness of about 3 mm. For the tongue will need a steel plate 15Х30Х80мм. The locking spring is curved from a piece of clock or gramophone.
 
Latch
 
Latch:
 
1 — uvula, 2 — body, 3 — screw with nut 4 — retaining spring.

 
On the tongue are cut two of the locking groove and the sample is the pin for translating the latch to operating position. Axis of the latch is a bolt with thread M5.
 
Latch cuts flush with the plane of the floor and provorachivaetsya six screws.

Recommend to read

  • AND THE SWARM — IN A BAGAND THE SWARM — IN A BAG
    Everyone who decides to engage in beekeeping must prepare themselves for many things. Including the fact that they will have to "remove" swarms alone. This task, I know from experience, is...
  • THREE-WHEELED COMPANIONTHREE-WHEELED COMPANION
    Mushroom pickers, fishermen and tourists have seen many times on the narrow paths of the forests of the Moscow region a strange structure that appeared as silently and as noiselessly...