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Locking device

US6012747A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 1998
Grant dateJan 11, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/1092
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A locking device is constituted by: a casing; a cover fastened to the casing into a unit construction; a latch plate for latching a striker, the latch plate being rotatably supported by the casing and the cover; a locking plate being rotatably supported by the casing and the cover, the locking plate locking the latch plate in its turn, thereby to ensure the latching of the striker by the latch plate; locking-state removal means for removing the locking of the striker by the latch plate by turning the locking plate; and a striker pressing plate, rotatably supported by the cover, for pressing the striker against the latch plate in a state that the latch plate 16 is locked in its turn.

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