Patent ID: 6701758
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking apparatus for doors of housings or cabinets having in particular narrow frame profiles, said locking apparatus comprising:a bolt mechanism that is longitudinally guided in a frame profile; a door plate for being fixed to an exterior of a door leaf of a housing or cabinet, wherein a handle is disposed in said door plate and can be pulled out of a plane of said door plate, wherein in an inserted position in said door plate said handle can be locked and unlocked by a lock disposed in said door plate, wherein said door plate is provided with at least one member, for receiving said lock, extending through said door leaf in at least one opening thereof disposed beyond said frame profile, and wherein said door plate has a first door plate area for receiving said handle and a second door plate area located beyond said frame profile in front of said at least one opening of said door leaf; at least one pinion coupled to said handle and disposed in an intermediate space located between said door leaf and said door plate, wherein said first door plate area, along with said at least one pinion, are disposed in front of said frame profile and said bolt mechanism located therein; a transfer member that is driven by said at least one pinion and can be coupled to said bolt mechanism for longitudinally displacing said bolt mechanism, wherein said transfer member is in the form of a toothed rod guided in a gap between said at least one pinion and an exterior wall of said first door plate area, wherein said toothed rod is disposed parallel to said door leaf and is provided on an edge thereof with teeth for engaging teeth of said at least one pinion, wherein a surface of said toothed rod that faces said frame profile is provided with connection means for said bolt mechanism; a mounting means in said second door plate area for said lock for said handle; and a bolt plate that spans said first and second door plate areas and is displaceable under the effect of a spring, wherein actuation of said lock effects release of said handle via said bolt plate.