People that choose to own their own homes will find themselves using swing handle locks often, whether they realize it or not. Swing Handle Lock are perfect for sliding glass doors and patio doors, but they can also be used on any other types of doors that need to be locked quickly and easily. Whether you’re getting ready to go out and don’t want your pets to have access to certain rooms in your home or you’re preparing the house for nighttime guests, these locks will make your life much easier in the long run.
What Is a Swing Handle?
A swing handle lock is an entry door lock that swings out from the door. It contains a latch which will not permit the bolt to draw back and allow the door to open. Some swing handle locks are operated by key, others by turning of a knob, but all require you to turn or push it outward in order to operate it. There are many types, such as deadbolt handles, long reach latches and lever handles. They can be single or double passage locks and can use thumbturns or knobs as their locking device. For example, some have a combination where you need to rotate two knobs on opposite sides of the door at the same time while other models only need one knob to work. Swing Handle Lock often come with built-in safety features like childproofing options, non-handed operation and security screws for added strength.
Some people confuse these with mortise cylinder locks because they look similar but there are differences between them. First off, swing handle locks don’t need additional hardware on your doorframe like mortise cylinder locks do so they’re much easier to install; Secondly, mortise cylinder locks usually have more than one way for operating them- either by keys or by pushing buttons on the inside or outside of your house.
What Makes the Latch Work?
The latch is called the bail, which holds the door shut, and it must be lifted to release the hasp so that you can open the door. The bail is usually held up by means of a spring. When you close and lock your Swing Handle Lock, you place your key in the locked position, which springs the bail and locks it into place with friction.
The term spring is often used to describe two different things, but both are important parts of your Swing Handle Lock Spring A will exert constant pressure on Spring B, much like how gravity affects Earth or moon rocks. Like gravity, this force of attraction is what keeps everything together. It is what allows the door to stay shut without any additional force applied from the outside. On its own, though, this may not be enough because there’s no mechanism for keeping out intruders once they’ve already broken down your door. That’s where your other key component comes in–the strike plate–which falls under Spring B’s gravitational pull and does exactly what it sounds like it does–pins the bolt from within when all other conditions are met (i.e., when you turn your keys properly).
How Can I Avoid Having My Door Jammed Open?
Every home has an emergency exit plan. That plan probably includes some sort of route out if the front door is jammed, but chances are that won’t be your only way out. You might need to leave through a window or other less direct means if you find yourself trapped in your house. But what do you do if the window is jammed? What if it’s not just one person being confined in this space? How will they get out and how will they know how to keep their loved ones safe while they wait for rescue? If someone tries to force their way into your home, Swing Handle Lock provide a second layer of protection from intruders. In addition to jamming the frame from the outside (which would allow them access), a swing handle lock prevents someone from pushing open the door with brute force on the inside as well.
We Have Ways To Stop This From Happening.
Need some locksmith help? As if locks don’t give us enough to worry about, now we have Swing Handle Lock. So what exactly is the purpose of these things? Well, it has to do with avoiding lock bumping. When you’re trying to bump open a lock you want as many fingers on the keyway as possible in order to use your body weight and force together. Some newer model doors have handles that swing over the door frame so with just one hand on the keyway, an experienced lock picker can come in contact with multiple fingers and jam themselves into the gaps around a shaft leaving no space for the shackle (the long metal bit inside) to move back out again. And even if they were able to get it past the shafts, there’s another little piece called a stop latch which essentially acts like a piston stopping them from pushing any further. We’ve seen this happen before at old buildings where someone tries to break-in by drilling through the front door with their rotary drill only to discover that they need something stronger than an electric drill.