Glove compartment lock device

A glove compartment lock device comprising:

• a base member attached to a glove compartment and having a shaft portion extending in a predetermined direction;
• a knob member disposed on a front side of the glove compartment and supported by the base member so as to be rotatable around the shaft portion between a closed position and an opened position;
• an arm member swingably supported at a center portion in a longitudinal direction thereof by the base member and configured to come into contact with the knob member at one end portion thereof and to swing between a locked position at which the glove compartment is locked and an unlocked position at which the locking of the glove compartment is released;
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• a spring member rotatably and externally fitted to the shaft portion, locked at one end portion thereof to the knob member, locked at another end portion thereof to another end portion of the arm member, and configured to generate a biasing force that rotates the knob member to the closed position around the shaft portion and swings the arm member to the locked position, wherein
• the spring member is configured such that a rotation direction around the shaft portion in which the one end portion of the spring member rotates the knob member to the closed position and a rotation direction around the shaft portion in which the other end portion of the spring member swings the arm member to the locked position are opposite to each other.