Patent ID: 6942258

Claim:
An operating arrangement for a sliding door ( 10 ), comprising: a door lock ( 14 ) for locking the door ( 10 ) in a closed position of the door, a latching device ( 16 ) which is distant from the door lock and can be arrested in a positive-locking manner and serves for holding the sliding door ( 10 ) in its open position, an inside door operating means ( 18 ) having an inside door handle, an outside door operating means ( 20 ) having an outside door handle, a driven element ( 32 , 44 ), and a plurality of connecting elements ( 22 , 24 , 28 ) including a first connecting element ( 22 ) extending from the inside door operating means ( 18 ) to the door lock ( 14 ), a second connecting element ( 24 ) extending from the outside door operating means ( 20 ) to the door lock ( 14 ), and a third connecting element ( 28 ) extending from the latching device to the driven element, the driven element ( 32 , 44 ) being drivable by either one of the inside door handle and the outside door handle via respectively the first connecting element ( 22 ) or the second connecting element ( 24 ) to act on the latching device ( 16 ) via the third connecting element, wherein the door lock ( 14 ) and the latching device ( 16 ) are able to be operated mechanically by the door handles via said plurality of connecting elements ( 22 , 24 , 28 ), and logical functions for locking/unlocking the sliding door ( 10 ) are realized in the door lock ( 14 ), and wherein the first and the second connecting elements ( 22 , 24 ) are provided respectively with driver elements ( 40 , 42 ) for engaging the driven element, the driver elements being located between the two door handles and the door lock ( 14 ) at a distance from the door lock ( 14 ), to effect the drivability of the driven element ( 32 , 44 ) by either one of the door handles, and wherein the first connecting element is uncoupled from the second connecting element enabling the first and the second connecting elements to move independently of each other.