Patent ID: 7377560

Claim:
A magnetic safety closure for a protection device moveable with respect to a fixed part, comprising: a housing attachable to the protection device and provided with a handle for opening and closing the protection device; the housing further comprising a sensor housing attachable to the fixed part and provided with a sensor for determining whether the protection device is closed or open; the housing attachable to the protection device having an initiating device for the sensor, which is opposite said sensor when the protection device is closed; and the housing and the sensor housing sharing between them a magnet arrangement having at least one holding magnet and an associated pole plate; wherein the handle is a two-armed lever pivotably mounted on the housing, one arm of the lever facing the sensor housing and with its free end disconnecting the at least one holding magnet of the magnet arrangement from its associated pole plate when the handle is pivoted out in order to open the protection device; and wherein adjacent to the at least one holding magnet, a magnetized plate, which has larger dimensions than the holding magnet, is arranged with play with respect to the holding magnet.