Patent ID: 6019400
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock for a sliding closure, the lock comprising:an elongated casing including first and second parallel lateral walls projecting from a face of and integral with a covering plate, said casing being adapted to be introduced through an elongate slot of an inside wall of a stile of the sliding closure, with said covering plate covering the slot, and a sliding assembly slidable inside said casing between said lateral walls in a longitudinal direction of said casing and including a bolt carrier carrying a bolt, the lock further comprising a maneuvering member for actuating said sliding assembly from the inside wall of the stile, and first and second fixing members separate from said casing and adapted to be fitted at respective corresponding ends of said casing and adapted to be inserted with said casing into the slot in the closure, each of said fixing members having, for fixing said casing to the closure, first engaging means adapted to engage with a corresponding edge surface of the slot in the closure inside wall and with an inside edge of the edge surface and second engaging means for engaging with said casing, said first and second engaging means adapted to press said covering plate against the inside wall of the closure when in a respective engaged position, wherein at least one of said first and second fixing members has at least one part adapted to move elastically in said longitudinal direction of said casing in a direction towards a center of said casing while slidingly resting along an internal face of said covering plate to enable said at least one of said first and second fixing members to pass through the slot in the closure inside wall and to return elastically in an opposite direction to engage the corresponding edge surface of the slot and the inside edge of the edge surface.