Patent ID: 9598885
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: E05B,E05C,E05F,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A locking member for locking a rod in a path for the rod to pass through, the locking member comprising: a speed regulation path portion for regulating entering speed of the rod by causing the rod that enters inside the path to fluctuate; and a locking portion for restricting movement of the rod by locking the rod whose entering speed is regulated, wherein the speed regulation path portion extends in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to a width direction of the locking member, and wherein the speed regulation path portion includes rod receiving portions that are disposed at a start edge and an end edge of the speed regulation path portion, respectively, wherein the rod receiving portions are shaped to receive an outer peripheral surface of the rod, wherein a height difference is formed, by a recess surface portion of the speed regulation path portion and a flat ascending portion of the speed regulation path portion, at a bottom portion of the speed regulation path portion to be contacted by the rod, the flat ascending portion being connected to the recess surface portion, and wherein each one of the rod receiving portions receives the rod that enters the speed regulation path portion and returns the rod to the other one of the rod receiving portions, and the height difference of the bottom portion causes the rod to fluctuate in a forward and backward direction by contacting the rod so as to regulate the entering speed of the rod.