US 6,550,824 B1Granted

Spring-loaded catch for a sliding door of a sheet metal cupboard

OwnerDieter Ramsauerinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed is a snap lock device for a sliding door of a machine casing, which sliding door is preferably reinforced on at least one side by a sheet metal fold or a hollow rectangular profile, with a handle which is swivelably mounted at the reinforced side of the sliding door and which cooperates with a latch bolt device, and with a retaining device for receiving the latch bolt when the door is closed, this retaining device being arranged on or accommodated in a door frame or in a profile defining an opening in the machine casing. The handle comprises a bar whose ends are supported around a swivel pin extending parallel to the reinforced side of the door leaf and located behind the door leaf or inside the sheet metal fold or hollow profile, the ends of the bar being received in a bar holder, and at least one of the two bar holders is coupled with a hook which is mounted so as to be swivelable coaxially to the swivel pin and has free travel and forms the lock latch.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A snap lock for a sliding door in a machine casing, which sliding door is reinforced on at least one side by a sheet metal fold or a hollow rectangular profile, comprising:

said lock formed to be mountable in a receiving space formed by the sheet metal fold or hollow rectangular profile;
said lock having a handle which is formed to be swivelably mountable at the reinforced side of the sliding door and which actuates a latch bolt;
said lock including a retaining device for receiving the latch bolt when the door is closed;
said retaining device being formed to be arranged on or accommodated in a door frame or an opening in the machine casing;
said handle comprising a bar the handle being supported at ends thereof by a swivel pin extending after being connected parallel to the reinforced side of the door leaf and located behind the door leaf or inside the sheet metal fold or hollow profile;
bar holders being provided for receiving the ends of the bar;
at least one of the bar holders being coupled with a hook which is mounted so as to be swivelable coaxially to the swivel pin and has free travel and forms said latch bolt;
and
a swivel support for the bar holder being formed by a profile piece which is provided with a fastening flange and which is formed to be received in a rectangular opening in the sheet metal fold or in the hollow profile of the door leaf.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.