Patent ID: 6834895
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: E05B,E05C,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking mechanism mounted on a cover to lock said cover onto a frame, said cover having a circular hole and at least one first horizontal sliding element placed in a protruding manner thereon, said frame having at least one first horizontal fastening element, said locking mechanism comprising:a sliding sheet having at least one second horizontal sliding element, at least one second horizontal fastening element, at least one second cam element, and an aperture; a rotating sheet having at least one first cam element, a central hole and at least one engaging section; a handle shaft inserted through said circular hole, said aperture and said central hole to rotationally mount said rotating sheet on said cover, said handle shaft having at least one engaging portion placed respectively corresponding to said at least one engaging section of said rotating sheet to drive said rotating sheet to rotate around said central hole, the first cam element of said rotating sheet driving the second cam element of said sliding sheet due to rotation of said rotating sheet so that the second horizontal fastening element of said sliding sheet slides to the first horizontal sliding element of said cover and the second horizontal fastening element of said sliding sheet fastens with the first horizontal fastening element of said frame; and the second cam element of said sliding sheet is a guiding pin, and the first cam element of said rotating sheet is an arc-shaped cam slot.