Overview
The 98/99 Series devices are wide stile heavy-duty push pads. The 98/99 Series have all been certified to the highest industry standards and are commonly used in higher education, K-12 schools, hospitals, hospitality, and government buildings among others.
Architectural design elements differ between the 98 and the 99. The 98 Series device has a smooth mechanism case, while the 99 Series has a grooved mechanism case.
- Modular design allows ability to upgrade device to keep up with changing technology and meet a facility's changing needs
- Designed for high use and abuse in institutional applications like schools, hospitals and government facilities
- A variety of field-configurable options and retrofit kits available
- ANSI/BHMA A156.3 2014 Grade 1 certified
- ANSI/UL 10C (fire-rated only)
- ANSI/UL 305
- CAN/ULC-S104 (fire-rated only)
- CAN/ULC-S132
The 98/99 Series offers a solution for most single, double and double egress door applications. Below are the available device types:
- Rim, no suffix
- 27: surface-mounted vertical rod (SVR)
- 47: concealed vertical rod (CVR)
- 47WDC: wood door concealed (WDC)vertical rod
- 48: concealed vertical rod (CVR) (bottom latch has longer throw)
- 49: concealed vertical cable (CVC)
- 50WDC: wood door concealed (WDC)vertical cable
- 52: 1-point concealed vertical cable (pool exit hardware)
- 57: 3-point latching
- 75: mortise lock devices
Devices can be ordered fire-rated by adding “-F” to the suffix.
The 98/99 Series is available less control (LC), less trim (LT) and several versions of the exit trim models listed below:
- 110
- 374
- 376
- 392-7
- 696
- 697
- VR910
- 990
- 996
- Exit Only (EO)
- Dummy trim (DT)
- Knob (K)
- Knob, blank escutcheon (KBE)
- Knob, dummy trim (KDT)
- Knob night latch, key retracts (KNL)
- Lever (L)
- Lever, blank escutcheon (LBE)
- Lever, dummy trim (LDT)
- Lever-key capture (LKC)
- Lever, night latch, key retracts (LNL)
- Night latch, key retracts (NL)
- Night latch, optional pull (NLOP)
- Turn lever (TL)
- Turn lever, blank escutcheon (TLBE)
- Turn lever, optional pull (TLOP)
- Thumbpiece (TP)
- Thumbpiece, blank escutcheon (TPBE)
- 605: Bright Brass
- 606: Satin Brass
- 611: Bright Bronze*
- 612: Satin Bronze
- 613: Satin Bronze, Oil-Rubbed
- 619: Satin Nickel
- 625: Polished Chrome
- 626: Satin Chrome
- 626-AM: Satin Chrome, Antimicrobial*
- 628: Anodized aluminum
- 630: Satin Stainless Steel
- 630-AM: Satin Stainless Steel, Antimicrobial*
- 643E: Aged Bronze
- 710: Duranodic Dark Bronze
- 711: Black
The 98/99 Series can be customized with several mechanical, electronic and finish options to meet any facility needs. A few common options are below:
Mechanical Options
- CD: Cylinder dogging (panic only)
- CI: Cylinder dogging indicator
- DI: Dogging indicator
- HD: Hex dogging
- LD: Less dogging
- SD: Special dogging
- -2/-2SI: Double cylinder (-2) or double cylinder with security indicator (-2SI), allows users to lock the outside trim from inside the room, while still allowing free egress.
- CDSI: Cylinder dogging security dogging indicators provides at-a-glance verification of the panic device status
- HDSI: Hex key dogging security indicator provides at-a-glance verification of the panic device status
- PN: Pneumatic latch retraction, for areas where electrical devices banned
- QM: Quiet mechanical options, provides damper-controlled relatching of device
- WH: Weep holes, drainage (weep) holes in mechanism case
- HH: Wind and impact- Hurricane rated
- HW: Wind only - Hurricane rated
- AX: an accessible device that is certified to meet the 5 lb. force requirements for the 2010 American Disabilities Act (ADA) (Chapters 404.2.7 and 30934) and 2013 California Building Code (Chapter 11B-309.4)
- PL: Pullman latch, latches are always extended
Touch bar trim
- RSS: Red silk screen
- PUSH: Touchbar trim embossed PUSH
- SG: Safety glow, Self-illuminating touchpad glows brightly during low or no light conditions
- KN: Knurled touchbar, tactile warning applied to device
- BRAILLE: Braille for visually impaired
Electromechanical options
Switches an be used as part of an access control system or in a standalone application.
- LX: Latchbolt monitoring signals use of an opening
- RX: Request to exit
- SS: Signal switch monitors pushpad and latchbolt
- EL: Electric latch retraction enables remote unlatching
- QEL: Quiet electric latch retraction, electronic latch retraction with limited operational noise
- ESL: Emergency secure lockdown, allows local lockdown where access control is present on large classrooms.
- CX: Chexit delayed egress, meets NFPA and IBC requirements for delayed egress; a standard device keeps doors secure for 15 seconds after a request to exit while a nuisance alarm sounds
- ALK: Alarm kit, unauthorized opening triggers horn
- CON: Allegion Connect, Common connectors to connect various door hardware all the way to the power supply
- E996: Electric locking and unlocking trim, remains latched while unlocked
- E7500: Electric mortise lock device
- XP: patented 2-O 23 piece latchbolt design, available for 98/99 Series panic and fire applications
- 98/99 Series Catalog
- 98/99 Series Exit Sell Sheet
- Von Duprin Security Indicators Infographic
- Von Duprin Security Indicators Brochure
- Von Duprin Pool Exit Hardware Data Sheet
- Von Duprin AX Data Sheet
- Von Duprin Quiet Electric Latch Retraction (QEL) Data Sheet
- Von Duprin Quiet electric latch retraction conversion kits sell sheet
- Allegion Antimicrobial Solution Sheet