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| | Handlesets Glossary of Terms |
|  | | This type of lock has a blank plate on the exterior side. The interior portion has a lever to engage the bolt, securing the door. |
| On a keyed or privacy style lock; this feature allows a hasty exit of the room without first having to unlock the hardware. *Required by some local fire code. |
| This style of hardware is used to provide transition from one room to the other. No locking function is included. Common applications are: Hallways, Closets, and Guest Rooms. |
| A sliding door that recedes into the wall of the home when not closed. |
| This style of hardware is used to secure the interior rooms of a residence. They are locked by either a thumb turn or a pushbutton on the inside. An emergency key is the only way to unlock the door from the exterior, and is provided with each model. Common applications are: Master Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Offices/Dens. |
| A surface mounted sheet of metal with lever, allowing doors with no latching hardware to be pulled open. |
| A surface mounted sheet of metal installed to protect swinging doors without door hardware from many forms of abuse such as impact, grease, oil, etc. |
When an entry door swings towards the exterior of the home. This should only be taken into consideration when ordering a 'Mortise Lock'. |
 | Similar to ball-catches, the roller catch uses a cylinder style closing mechanism, versus a sphere. |
| A plate that acts as decorative trim to cover any bored hole in the door. |
| A surface mounted knob or lever without latching function which allows push/pull for applications such as: Cabinet Drawers, Inactive Doors, Appliance Doors, Closets. |
| A star or square- shaped piece of metal which engages the latch when turned by the handle or lever. |
| Where the exterior hardware has a different finish/color than the interior portion. *The outside finish is always referenced first. For example; Polished Brass X Polished Chrome would note the outside finish Polished Brass, and the interior Chrome. |
| A small metal plate that skirts the latch engaging both the door itself, and the door-jamb. Helps the latch engage the door-frame easier due to a slight bevel on the strike. |
| Used primarily to secure an inactive door to a frame, surface bolts are easily mounted on the surface of a door and latch into the jamb. |
| Decorative covers designed to fit over many different wall-mounted switches. |
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Products you will find in this category are: Glossary, One Sided, Panic Proof, Passage, Pocket Door, Privacy, Pull Plate, Push Plate, Reverse Swing, Roller Catches, Rosette, Spindle, Strike Plate, Surface Bolt, Switch Plates
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