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US 2012/0248790 A1Published application
Locking mechanism for a housing and lock suitable therefor
AssigneeSFS intec Holding AG
InventorsSascha Costabel, Olav Schendel
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AssigneeSFS intec Holding AG
InventorsSascha Costabel, Olav Schendel
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A locking mechanism (100) and a lock (110) are provided. The locking mechanism (100) comprises a push-button (148) connected to a freewheel (154) via a traction cable, with the freewheel being connected to a drive device (160) of the lock (110). A baggage compartment in the cabin of an airplane usually comprises two locks (110) of this type which can be unlocked by the push-button (148). A freewheel (154) arranged between the push-button (148) and the lock (110) ensures that the push-button (148) remains in a pushed position as long as each lock (110) allocated to the baggage compartment is not in a correctly locked position. It can be identified from the position of the push-button of the baggage compartment whether both locks of the baggage compartment are correctly snapped in.
A locking mechanism for a housing with a lid, particularly a luggage box, comprising at least two locks, each of which is connected via a transmission element to a push button, characterized in that a freewheel (154) is arranged between each of the locks (110) and the push button (148), which in cooperation with the lock (110) holds the push button (148) in a pushed-down position until every lock (110) allocated to the housing (121) is in a correctly locked position.
A lock for a locking mechanism according to one of the previous claims, having a locking bolt device carrying at least one locking bolt, having a catch with at least one locking hook pivotal about a pivot axis for engaging the locking bolt in order to lock the lock, with one of the elements of a housing and a lid receiving or carrying the locking bolt device and the other one receiving or carrying the catch, and with a manually operated drive device for pivoting the locking hook of the locking bolt to unlock the lock, with the locking bolt device carrying two of the locking bolts, with the catch comprising two of the locking hooks pivotal about a pivot axis, and with the drive device being embodied for a joint pivoting of the locking hook, characterized in that a stopper (158) is allocated to one of the locking hooks (151, 151b) embodied and arranged such that for a completely opened lock (110), the drive arrangement (160) is locked in its position but during the locking process releases the drive device (160) as soon as the locking hook (151, 151b) assumes a position in reference to the locking bolt (132, 132b) suitable for locking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.