(19)
(11) EP 1 255 008 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/45

(21) Application number: 02447083.3

(22) Date of filing: 06.05.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7E05B 41/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 04.05.2001 BE 200100315

(71) Applicant: Litto
8620 Nieuwpoort (BE)

(72) Inventor:
  • Clapdorp, Fernand
    8790 Waregem (BE)

(74) Representative: Luys, Marie-José A.H. et al
Gevers & Vander Haeghen, Hollidaystraat 5
1831 Diegem
1831 Diegem (BE)

   


(54) Adjustable cylinder with vacant/engaged notice


(57) An adjustable cylinder (1) with vacant/engaged notice constructed as an insert for door locks of for example toilets, cubicles, and the like, the cylinder (1) comprising a housing (2) in which a shaft (3) is rotatably mounted, a driver plug (4) for engaging a bolt of the door lock being mounted on the shaft (3), a grip (7) for turning the shaft (3) being fixed to a first end (5) of the shaft and an outwardly visible indicator (8) being provided on a second end (6) of the shaft (3), the indicator (8) having two different indications (9, 10) for providing the vacant/engaged notice, the shaft (3) and driver plug (4) being rotatable between two limits of a predefined work sector which are in a relation to the indications (9, 10) of the indicator (8), the cylinder (1) further comprising adjusting means (11) for adjusting the relation between the limits of the work sector and the indications of the indicator (8), the adjusting means being accessible from outside the housing (2).







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