Patent ID: 6138484
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: E05B,E05C,H02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A rod locking device for locking cabinet doors, said rod locking device comprising:locking rods (27) movable between an unlocked position for opening the cabinet doors and a locking position for locking the cabinet doors;a two-part lock housing (13, 14, 17) having short rods (16) arranged therein;said short rods (16) connected by a connecting device (28) to said locking rods (27);said lock housing (13) having a drive member (21) arranged therein and connected to said short rods (16);an actuating device (20) connected to said drive member (21) and actuating said drive member (21) for moving said short rods (16);said short rods (16) having a length such that, in a retracted position of said short rods (16), said short rods (16) do not project from said lock housing (13);said lock housing (13) having a base plate (12) to be positioned at an exterior side of the cabinet door (10) at a door penetration (11);said lock housing (13) having a first lock housing part (14) and a second lock housing part (17), wherein said second lock housing part (17) is congruent to said first lock housing part (14) in a view perpendicular to said base plate (12) such that said lock housing is insertable into said door penetration (11) from the exterior side of the cabinet door;wherein said first lock housing part (14) is a unitary part of said base plate (12) in the form of a projection;wherein said lock housing (13), when preassembled from said first and second lock housing parts (14, 17) and with said short rods (16) arranged therein in said retracted position, is insertable through said door penetration (11) from said exterior side; andwherein said first lock housing part (14) has laterally arranged spring tongues (15) and wherein said base plate (12) is snapped into place at said door penetration (11) by said spring tongues (15).