Patent ID: 8146864

Claim:
A door locking device for translationally operable sliding doors of helicopters, comprising: rails, having a toothed rack lock associated with a door structure and an indentation, which is associated with the fuselage structure and which can be engaged with the toothed rack lock as soon as the toothed rack lock is moved via manually operable struts into a closed position, in which the door is pulled into a door opening located in the fuselage structure and is locked in position or is unlocked, respectively, by moving the toothed rack lock into a release position, characterized in that a spring-loaded catch, which is associated with said toothed rack lock and which is actively connected therewith, is associated with said toothed lock rack, said catch being capable of being engaged with a slide block, which is supported in a door catch bracket for the purpose of catching the sliding door before the toothed lock rack becomes effective and the catch is capable of being released again by further moving the sliding door into its final closed position.