Patent ID: 6550824
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
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.