| Settling for the right brand for your door hardware | | | | exit devices and outside trim operations, including |
| needs is as challenging as finding a needle in the | | | | rim-type and mortise lock, surface and concealed |
| haystack. Different brands are offered in the market | | | | vertical rod, fire-rated and several electrical options. |
| and they all seem the same. For instance, you need to | | | | Security-related products include a full line of |
| have a panic bar. Which brand would you choose? | | | | electromagnetic locks, electric strikes, card readers, |
| Most of us barely cannot answer. | | | | and keypad-type access control systems. |
| There's one name that surpasses the rest though in | | | | So where do we locate the complete supply of Von |
| my books: Von Duprin. | | | | Duprin? |
| In response to a need for protecting life safety while | | | | Von Duprin has answers for all your door hardware |
| providing security, Von Duprin introduced the first panic | | | | needs. But to provide you with a better idea how |
| release bar in 1908. It was also the same year that the | | | | reliable and convenient its products are, let's scrutinize |
| company started and the purpose it had for panic | | | | one banner product of Von Duprin. |
| release bar is still a purpose that still guides the firm | | | | Von Duprin 98 Panic Bar available at a regular price of |
| today. | | | | $506 only. |
| Here's a story to better capture the essence of the | | | | Featuring The Quiet One, the 98 Series from Von |
| company. This is being shared by Von Duprin | | | | Duprin also has a smooth mechanism case. The Quiet |
| employees and patrons alike. In 1903, Indianapolis | | | | One is a fluid damper that slows the push pad on its |
| hardware salesman Carl Prinzler missed a scheduled | | | | return stroke, eliminating the noise associated with |
| visit to Chicago's Iroquois Theatre, thus escaping a | | | | panic bar operation. |
| disaster in which 594 people perished when the | | | | The 98 Series Von Duprin panic bar is a best-selling |
| "fireproof" theater burned. Haunted with the needless | | | | option for standard flush or panel doors, as well as |
| loss of lives, Mr. Prinzler was determined to solve the | | | | single or double doors with or without a mullion. They |
| problem of public buildings that often turned into death | | | | are also UL Listed for accident hazard installations with |
| traps when doors were locked to keep gate crashers | | | | some models UL Listed for A, B, C, D & E fire labeled |
| out. Mr. Prinzler teamed up with his neighbor, Henry | | | | installations. The 98 Series hardware meets ANSI |
| DuPont, an architectural engineer, who invented the | | | | A156.3 - Grade 1 - 1984 standards and is available in a |
| first working device. The initial model, introduced in 1908, | | | | variety of architectural finishes. They are also furnished |
| was marketed by Vonnegut Hardware Company | | | | with a fluid dampener which decreases the push pad |
| under the name Von Duprin, a contraction of | | | | on its return stroke. |
| Vonnegut, DuPont and Prinzler. | | | | VON DUPRIN: Wholesalelocks is founded by Dave |
| See, even then, Von Duprin has proven its expertise | | | | Jabas, a master locksmith, the company is very |
| and reliability to meet every customer's satisfaction. | | | | experienced in installing a variety of door hardware, |
| The popular 88 Series crossbar exit devices still | | | | installing high security locks, setting up electrified locks |
| manufactured by Von Duprin have similar appearance | | | | combined with alarm systems and card access, |
| characteristics to the original design, although significant | | | | custom lock applications, and designing, installing and |
| engineering changes have been made. | | | | maintaining master key systems. |
| Today, Von Duprin manufactures the widest range of | | | | |