Patent ID: 9217265
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A joint lock having a lock body and a joint bar hoop, wherein the lock body accommodates a lock cylinder and a latch, the latch being selectively movable by the lock cylinder from a locking position into a release position, and wherein the joint bar hoop comprises a plurality of joint bars pivotally connected to one another, with a first end of the joint bar hoop having an elongate locking bar which can be introduced into an introduction opening of the lock body and can be locked in the lock body by means of the latch, the lock body further accommodating a preloading device which preloads the latch into the locking position, with the latch being temporarily movable against the preload from the locking position into the release position by introduction of the locking bar into the lock body, and with the preloading device being adapted to move the latch back into the locking position again when the locking bar is completely introduced into the lock body, wherein the latch is configured as a rotating latch, wherein the latch is rotatably supported at a jacket surface of the lock cylinder.