Keep and lock assembly and keep for receiving locks

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EP 1 413 697 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/50

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	28.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/18

(21)	Application number: 03256517.8

(22)	Date of filing: 16.10.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E05B 15/02, E05C 9/18, E05B 63/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

25.10.2002 GB 0224924

(71)	Applicant: Epwin Group Plc
	Cheltenham GL51 9TX (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Hughes, Anthony Lee Stropshire, WV16 5BW (GB)

(74)	Representative: Calderbank, Thomas Roger et al
	Mewburn Ellis LLP York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)

(54)	Keep and lock assembly and keep for receiving locks

(57) A keep rail 110 having a plurality of keeps 112, 114, 116 for engagement with respective portions of the door lock 122, 124, 126. The keeps 112, 114, 116 are arranged symmetrically with respect to a central axis of the keep rail which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the keep rail. Thus the keep rail can be used on both left and right handed doors or windows by rotation of the keep rail about its axis of symmetry.
Also disclosed is a keep rail 200 having one or more keeps 202, 204, 206 and a plurality of slots 210, 212, 214, 216 through which elongate fixing means such as screws can be inserted. This makes it possible to fix the frame to the structure of the building after the keep rail has been mounted to the frame, even though the keep rail covers most of the frame.

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