Lock device

A lock device for a storage device, the storage device having a box opening forward and a lid configured to close the opening of the box, the lock device comprising:

• a base attached to the lid;
• a knob having a grip portion movably supported on a front side of the base and arranged on a front surface of the lid and an arm portion projecting rearward with respect to the grip portion;
• a slider slidably supported in a rear part of the base so as to move slidingly by being pushed by the arm portion in response to a movement of the knob;
• a first rod and a second rod slidably supported by a part of the base located in front of the slider in a vertically arranged manner, and extending in parallel to each other in mutually opposite directions from the base so as to be engaged by and disengaged from a pair of corresponding engaging portions provided on the box as the first rod and the second rod move slidingly;
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• a power transmission mechanism provided between the slider and the first rod and the second rod so that the first rod and the second rod are slidingly moved in response to a movement of the slider,
• wherein the base rotatably supports the knob about an axial line extending vertically, vertically slidably supports the slider, and laterally slidably supports the first rod and the second rod,
• the base is provided with an arm receiving hole extending in a fore and aft direction and rotatably receiving the arm portion, and
• the base includes a slider receiving hole extending vertically to receive the slider in a vertically slidable manner, a first rod receiving hole extending laterally to receive the first rod in a laterally slidable manner, and a second rod receiving hole extending laterally to receive the second rod in a laterally slidable manner, the slider receiving hole being connected to the arm receiving hole, the first rod receiving hole, and the second rod receiving hole.