Trimco 1555 Series Closet Ball Catches

Trimco's 1555 Series is built for light to medium duty closet applications, which is what a ball catch is for: it holds a passive or closet door shut without a latch bolt. If the door sees heavy traffic, gets pulled hard, or is a corridor or office door in constant use, a ball catch is the wrong choice and a roller latch or a passage set is the better call. For closets, storage rooms and similar low-cycle openings, this is the right part.

Yes, closing force is adjustable on the 1555 Series. The spring tension behind the ball can be set tighter for a door that keeps drifting open, or backed off for a lighter pull, which matters in assisted living and multifamily where residents shouldn't have to yank a closet door. That adjustment is the reason a ball catch usually beats a fixed magnetic catch on the same opening.

Seven finishes across both models: 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 613 oil rubbed bronze, 613E dark oxidized satin bronze, 622 matte black, 625 bright chrome and 626 satin chrome. Every one of those is available on both the 1555 and the long-strike 1555L, so you can standardize a whole building on one finish and still mix strike sizes where the prep calls for it.

Commercial. The 1555 Series is specified for assisted living, government and military facilities, hospitality, multifamily and mixed-use, and office buildings. It is a light duty catch, so its place in those buildings is closet and storage doors rather than anything in a traffic path.

The strike is included, and it is how you choose the model. Ordering the 1555 gets you the 1-1/16 x 2-1/8 inch strike; ordering the 1555L gets the 1-3/8 x 2-1/8 inch one. There is no separate strike line to add, so the only two decisions on the order are strike size and finish.

No handing on the 1555 Series. The ball catch mortises into the top edge of the door and the strike goes in the head of the frame, so it works the same on a left or right hand swing. One part number covers every closet in the building, which is why these get bought by the case for multifamily turns.

Brass is the listed substrate, and the 1555 Series is manufactured from brass or bronze depending on finish. That is solid cast material rather than plated steel, which is why the oil rubbed and dark oxidized bronze finishes wear the way they do instead of flaking.

Yes, the 1555 Series carries Trimco's Healthy Hardware designation. That matters to institutional and healthcare specifiers writing sustainable or material-transparency requirements into a hardware schedule, and it comes on the standard part rather than a special order.