Rod guide
OwnerDieter Ramsauerinventor
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Abstract
A rod guide for guiding lock rods at sheet metal cabinet doors or the like, including a carrier which can be fixed on the inner surface of the door leaf, and a guide element which can be mounted on the carrier. The guide element forms a housing and has a guide surface having an adjustable distance from the inner surface of the door leaf when the rod is assembled. The carrier is a stud bolt or welded stud with a circumferential thread, onto which stud bolt an adjusting screw or adjusting nut is screwed or can be screwed. The adjusting screw or the adjusting nut is rotatably supported in the housing or guide element. The adjusting screw or adjusting nut has a circumferential surface for turning the adjusting screw or adjusting nut manually, which circumferential surface is accessible from the outside and is roughened or knurled or edged.
Claims12
A rod guide for guiding a lock rod at a sheet metal cabinet door, comprising:
- a carrier configured to be fixed on an inner surface of a door leaf, the carrier comprising:
- a stud bolt or welded stud with a circumferential thread;
- and
- a guide element configured to be mounted on the carrier, the guide element comprising:
- a housing;
- an opening in the housing, the opening being configured to accept the lock rod and having a guide surface with an adjustable distance from the inner surface of the door leaf when the rod guide is assembled and fixed to the inner surface of the door leaf;
- and
- an adjusting screw or adjusting nut which is rotatably supported in the housing;
- wherein the adjusting screw or adjusting nut is screwed onto the stud bolt or welded stud in an axial direction;
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- wherein the adjusting screw or adjusting nut has a circumferential surface that is formed in the axial direction between the guide surface and the inner surface of the door leaf, and which is accessible from outside the housing and is roughened or knurled or edged or prismatic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.