Patent ID: 6561555
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A magnetic lock assembly (10) including:a locking component (12) which has a lock housing (16) and a electromagnetically operable lock member (18), the lock member being housed in the lock housing; a striker component (14) which has a striker plate (22) which is magnetically attracted to the lock member in a locking direction by a magnetic force produced by the lock member, the striker plate and the lock member being movable relative to each other in the locking direction; complementary latching formations (26, 28) provided on the striker plate and the lock member, wherein; the striker component and the locking component have cooperating displacing means (30) for displacing, in use, the striker plate and the lock member relative to each other in the locking direction upon movement of the striker plate and the lock member relative to each other in a transverse direction, the displacing means including a guide means comprising a rolling element (32) and a profiled guide surface (34), one being located on the striker plate and the other on the lock member.