Lock device for cases
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorMutsuo Kurosaki
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Abstract
A lock device for a case having a body and a lid includes a latch member, a lock member, a lock-releasing mechanism and a damper. The latch member is pivotably mounted upon one of the body and lid components of the case and normally biased in the unlocking direction. The lock member is mounted upon the other one of the body and lid components of the case for releasably receiving and locking the latch member when the body is in the state of being closed by means of the lid and for retaining the locked state of the latch member. The lock-releasing mechanism is provided upon the lock member for unlocking the lock member. The damper is engaged with the latch member for damping the movement of the latch member under the influence of the biasing force in the unlocking direction of the latch member.
Claims11
A lock device for a case having a body and a lid, comprising:
- a latch member pivotably mounted upon one of said body and said lid of said case about a predetermined axis, and including a receiving means defined thereon;
- means engaged directly with said latch member for biasing said latch member in an unlocking direction about said axis;
- a lock member mounted upon the other one of said body and said lid for releasably receiving and locking said latch member when said body is closed by said lid and for retaining the locked state of said latch member;
- a lock-releasing mechanism provided upon said lock member for unlocking said lock member;
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- damper means, having projecting means mounted thereon, directly engaged with said latch member, a a result of said projecting means of said damper means being received within said receiving means of said latch member, for damping the biasing force of said biasing means in said unlocking direction of said latch member as said latch member pivots about said axis in said unlocking direction under the influence of said biasing force of said biasing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.