Patent ID: 6874828

Claim:
A locking system for locking a movable door relative to a stationary body comprising in combination; a bayonet locking means including a shaped end carried by either said door or stationary body; said bayonet locking means shaped end being longitudinally translatable and rotatable; a receiving means stationarily carried by the other of said door and stationary body adapted to receive the shaped end of said bayonet locking means; an actuating means for advancing and retracting said bayonet locking means toward and away from said receiving means and rotating the shaped end of the bayonet locking means to capture it within and release it from the receiving means; and said actuating means including a drive means longitudinally retracting the bayonet locking means shaped end to draw the bayonet locking means together with the receiving means and longitudinally advancing to release the bayonet locking means from the stationary receiving means.