摘要 |
<p>A push-button-operated flush type handle assembly is provided. The assembly enables a person trapped in a cabinet to unlock and open a cabinet door from inside even when push button 16 is locked from outside. In the assembly: handle 4 is pivoted to housing 2 of casing 1 and swingably urged by spring 20 in its projecting direction; projection 7 for rotatably driving lock plate 6 is formed in the handle; latch 29 is mounted in guide hole 3 of the casing and slidably urged by spring 22 toward pivot 5; locking projection 12 engaged with and disengaged from receiver projection 11 of the handle is formed in the latch; oblique cam surface 19 is formed in the latch which has operating projection 14 in its rear surface; escape hole 15 of bottom wall of the casing permits the projection 14 to pass therethrough; and, oblique cam surface 18 is formed in the push button or in push-button guide 17 fitted to the push button.</p> |