Method of modifying a closure member equipped with a latch or a key-operated lock and unit for use in the method

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EP 0 129 042 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	14.08.1985 Bulletin 1985/33

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	27.12.1984 Bulletin 1984/52

(21)	Application number: 84105290

(22)	Date of filing: 10.05.1984

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

16.06.1983 GB 8316418

(71)	Applicant: LOWE & FLETCHER LIMITED
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(72)	Inventor:
	Herriott, Leslie Victor ()

(54)	Method of modifying a closure member equipped with a latch or a key-operated lock and unit for use in the method

(57) A lock (11) fitted to a door (10) is modified by inserting an appropriate key into the lock so that a handle (12) of the key protrudes from the lock and applying a control unit (14) to the door to cover and engage drivingly the handle of the key. The control unit is responsive to a magnetically coded key, by means of which the control unit can be set in a condition in which torque is transmitted from a knob (18) to the key.

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