as a direct replacement thereof referring to fig1 an embodiment of the invention disclosed in u s pat no 6 581 991 b2 is in the form of a prior art automated door latch actuator 10 that is received in a cavity 12 in a typical door jam 14 actuator 10 includes an outer housing 16 which mounts its electrical and mechanical components the electrical components in turn are electrically in communication by means of wiring 20 actuator 10 for example may be electrically in communication with a source 17 of electrical power such as for example a 12 or 24 volt circuit and with a trigger device 22 activation of the trigger device will cause the door latch actuator to activate the trigger device 22 may typically be a switch whose contacts selectively actuate the door latch actuator the trigger device 22 however is often incorporated into a control entry device such as a card reader or digital entry keypad here an authorized card is presented or an authorized code is entered into trigger device 22 a typical door 24 is shown in fig1 in a first or closed position again for example purposes door 24 may be pivotally mounted so that it can move between a closed position and an open position door latch actuator 10 is constructed to interface with a mortise type lockset assembly 30 according to the prior art exemplarily shown in fig2 a prior art mortise type lockset assembly 30 includes a spring latch 32 and a dead latch 34 spring latch 32 and dead latch 34 when mounted in a door are linearly.