Patent ID: 6045167
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A self-acting locking bolt for furniture doors, said locking bolt comprising a receiving part having a recess therein, and a locking part, said locking part comprising a vertically slidable bolt, a pin projecting laterally from said bolt, and a steering connecting link for said pin, said locking part being adapted for mounting substantially flush with an edge of a door leaf, so that the bolt does not project substantially beyond said edge when the door leaf is in an open position,said receiving part being adapted to be mounted on an other door leaf or adjacent frame part so that said recess engages the pin of the bolt as the door leaf is closed and is pushed along a connecting-link guide and in which the pin seats when the door leaf is closed, whereinthe steering connecting link of the locking part is oriented obliquely upward, so that the pin rotates as the door leaf is being closed, and, when the door leaf is fully closed, the pin lies in said recess in the receiving part.