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Al Gietzen wrote:
... Some years ago, the Velocity factory recommended an automatic lock be used, similar to the passenger side door. I didn’t like the design because it took two hands to open the door; not exactly what I’d want in an emergency. I thought my double spring over-center linkage on the latch was the better way; and maybe was. I don’t know, but I have to leave open the possibility that I had not fully engaged the latch.
Al,
Given the critical nature of the latch in this application, I
wonder if a "bank vault" latch might not be a good idea.
Attached is a simplified illustration of the concept. A latching
handle could be constructed with a release similar to that of a
console-mounted auto transmission shifter, for one-handed
operation.
door_latch.gif
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