A device for cleaning a handle, includes a handle including a gripping surface to be disinfected, an application member for applying a cleaning liquid to the gripping surface, and cleaning liquid supply including at least one reservoir for receiving cleaning liquid and distributing it to the application member. The application member includes at least one buffer reserve arranged in contact with the gripping surface. The device includes a unit for actuating the application member, including a driver configured to move the buffer reserve and/or the gripping surface relatively with respect to one another so as to apply cleaning liquid to substantially the entire gripping surface during this movement.

There is disclosed a door handle having a vein authentication function including a housing provided in a door; a sensor provided in the housing for sensing a user's hand touching the housing or located in a preset region; a controller receiving a measured value from the sensor part; and an authentication part operating based on a control signal of the controller, photographing the user's hand and transmitting the photograph of the user's hand to the controller, wherein the authentication part has a photographing angle that is variable based on a position of the user's hand.

There is disclosed a door handle having a vein authentication function including a housing provided in a door; a sensor provided in the housing for sensing a user's hand touching the housing or located in a preset region; a controller receiving a measured value from the sensor part; and an authentication part operating based on a control signal of the controller, photographing the user's hand and transmitting the photograph of the user's hand to the controller, wherein the authentication part has a photographing angle that is variable based on a position of the user's hand.

A lock assembly comprising: a hand-operable member configured to move laterally relative to a fore-end of the lock assembly; wherein lateral movement of the hand-operable member causes the lock assembly to move between a locked mode and an unlocked mode. A lock assembly comprising: a latch, the latch configured to move rotationally relative to the lock assembly; and a hand-operable member configured to move laterally relative to a fore-end of the lock assembly; wherein the hand-operable member is coupled to the latch such that lateral movement of the hand-operable member drives rotational movement of the latch. Methods of installing a lock assembly, comprising setting a hub of a lock assembly to one of a first unlocked position, a first locked position, a second unlocked position, a second locked position, or a deadlocked position, and installing a cylinder lock for engagement with the hub.

An indicator assembly for a lock assembly in which rotation of an indicator barrel having different indicator symbols is facilitated via magnetic forces. Upon locking of the lock assembly, such as via a push button assembly, an actuator is linearly displaced in a first direction, thereby causing an activation pin that is connected to the actuator to push an activation carrier in the first direction. The activation carrier can also be rotated so that a first pole of a first magnet that is coupled to the activation carrier is linearly and rotatably brought into closer proximity to a similar first pole of a second magnet that is coupled to the indicator barrel. Such displacement of the first magnet can cause a repelling force to be provided between the first and second magnets that facilitates the rotation of the indicator barrel about the lever from a first position to a second position.

A latch assembly for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) enclosure includes a latch having a securement portion configured to couple to an access panel of the enclosure and having a rotational portion. The rotational portion has an engagement feature configured to engage with a tool face or a tool receptacle and the rotational portion has a first retainer adjacent to the engagement feature. The rotational portion is configured to rotate relative to the securement portion such that a locking portion of the rotational portion transitions between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The latch assembly includes a handle accessory having a handle engagement driver configured to engage with the engagement feature of the rotational portion along a first linking axis and having a second retainer configured to couple with the first retainer of the rotational portion along a second linking axis, transverse to the first linking axis.

A towel holding handle assembly includes a handle bar that can be mounted on a variety of supporting surfaces for use as an operating handle. The handle bar receives two elongate clamping elements within a hollow interior thereof which are accessible through an opening along one side of the handle bar. The clamping elements are biased from a released position in which the first and second clamping elements are spaced apart to receive a portion of a towel inserted therein and a clamped position in which the first and second clamping elements are closer to one to clamp the retain the inserted portion of the towel clamped therein.

The present invention relates to a handle arrangement (1) comprising a locking mechanism (10), a blocking mechanism (20), a handle (30), a display unit (50), and a control unit (40) communicatively connected to a remote server (80) and configured to display a QR code on the display unit for a user to read, wherein the QR code is unique for the handle arrangement and the time period during which the QR code is displayed, receive, from a remote server, information that the user has communicated, to the remote server, a reading of the displayed QR code together with an identification of the user, and that the identified user is authorized to open the door, and either operate the blocking mechanism enabling opening of the door by means of the handle, or enabling a second level authorization function for the user to verify its authorization, and if access is granted, operating the blocking mechanism enabling opening of the door by means of the handle.

A pet travel door system may include a door having an integrated pet travel door. The door may include a main body member having a door panel. A passageway may be formed in the door panel. A recess may be formed within the top and/or the bottom of the passageway. The system may include a structural member matingly engaged with the recess and a U-shaped structural member that overlies the recess having the structural member matingly engaged thereto. The structural member and the U-shaped structural member may have a through channel formed through a portion thereof. The main body member may have a respective receiving channel formed therein. The through channels formed in the structural member and the U-shaped structural member may be positioned to align with one another and with the respective receiving channel formed in the main body member.

A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having a laundry inlet port at a front surface thereof and configured to accommodate laundry loaded through the laundry inlet port, and a door rotatably coupled to a front surface of the main body to open and close the laundry inlet port. The door may include an outer frame provided with an opening and facing an outside of the main body; a front glass coupled to a front surface of the outer frame to cover the opening; an inner frame coupled to a rear surface of the outer frame and facing an inside of the main body; and a mounting guide that protrudes from an outer circumference of the outer frame to surround an outer circumferential surface of the front glass. The outer circumferential surface of the front glass may include a first curved portion provided at a front side thereof in a thickness direction, and a straight portion that extends toward a rear side from the first curved portion. The mounting guide may cover at least a portion of the straight portion.