Patent ID: 8684644

Claim:
A locking device ( 1 ) for locking a container ( 2 ) onto a loading surface, in particular for road vehicles or railway container wagons, wherein the container ( 2 ) has standardized corner fittings ( 20 ) with an opening ( 22 ) in a wall ( 21 ) and wherein loading is carried out in a loading and unloading direction (Z), the locking device comprising: a housing ( 10 ) having centering means ( 101 ) directed to the loading surface for guiding the corner fitting ( 20 ), a first locking lever ( 11 ) arranged pivotally about an shaft ( 13 ) oriented perpendicular to the loading and unloading direction shaft (Z), and which is biased in the direction of a base position by a spring ( 14 ), a locking head ( 111 ) provided at that end of the locking lever which is directed towards the container ( 2 ) to be locked, which is arranged on the centering means ( 101 ), which has a ramp ( 112 ), with which the first locking lever ( 11 ) is pushed back against the force of the spring ( 14 ) by the wall ( 21 ) at the opening ( 22 ) of the corner fitting ( 20 ) during loading of the container ( 2 ) into its loading position, and which engages in the basic position after loading through the opening ( 22 ) behind the wall ( 21 ) of the corner fitting ( 20 ), wherein the shaft of the first locking lever ( 11 ) is slidably displaceable in the loading and unloading direction (Z) and wherein a toggle lever ( 117 ) is provided, said toggle lever being coupled pivotably at the free end thereof to that end of the first locking lever ( 11 ) which is remote from the corner fitting ( 20 ), and the opposite end of said toggle lever is fastened pivotably to a fixing point ( 102 ) in the housing ( 10 ), such that the shaft ( 13 ) of the first locking lever ( 11 ), in the loading position of said shaft, is displaced towards the corner fitting ( 20 ) and, in the basic position of said shaft, is displaced in the opposite direction.