Device for locking detachable roof in motor vehicle

A device for locking a detachable roof in a motor vehicle, comprising:

• first and second levers rotatably mountable to said detachable roof in contact with each other in a manner to be rotatable in synchronism with each other in directions opposite to each other;
• first and second lock pins axially, linearly, movably supportable on said detachable roof by means of guides mountable at positions opposite to each other on said detachable roof with the first and second levers interposed therebetween, said first and second lock pins being connected to the first and the second levers, respectively, through connecting mechanisms, and insertable at forward ends thereof into lock holes formed in a motor vehicle body and opposed to the lock pins;
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• a control lever connected to one of the first and second levers to rotate the same, wherein at least one of said guides is insertable into a mounting hole of said detachable roof in an axial line of the lock pin and supported thereby;
• cross sections of the mounting hole and said guide to be inserted into the mounting hole are of such shapes respectively that said guide can take a plurality of fixed positions around the center axis of the mounting hole determined by the interfitted cooperation of the mounting hole and said guide, whereby a guide hole for guiding the lock pin in the guide is made eccentric with the center axis of the mounting hole.