Patent ID: 6418762
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
In a switchgear cabinet locking device for locking a cabinet door of a switchgear cabinet, having a handle (20) to which a locking mechanism is connected via an actuating mechanism (10.10)), wherein the handle (20) is held on a housing (10) attached to an exterior of the cabinet door, wherein the handle (20) is secured in a locked position by a locking device, wherein the housing (10) has a base housing (10.1) for pivotal seating of the handle (20) and an attachment housing (10.2) which can be connected with the base housing (10.1), wherein the attachment housing (10.2) receives a lock (10.3) of the locking device, and in a pivoted-in position the handle (20) is blocked in a pivot direction by the lock (10.3) and is kept interlockingly transversely to the pivot direction on the base housing (10.1), the improvement comprising:the base housing (10.1) together with the attachment housing (10.2) forming a handle recess (10.4) in which the handle (20) is housed in the locked position, and the handle (20) being pivotably seated vertically with respect to a plane formed by the cabinet door (30).