US3583736A - Snap action lock mechanism for two-winged doors flaps or the like - Google Patents

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US3583736A
US3583736A US819392A US3583736DA US3583736A US 3583736 A US3583736 A US 3583736A US 819392 A US819392 A US 819392A US 3583736D A US3583736D A US 3583736DA US 3583736 A US3583736 A US 3583736A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C19/00—Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups
    • E05C19/02—Automatic catches, i.e. released by pull or pressure on the wing
    • E05C19/028—Automatic catches, i.e. released by pull or pressure on the wing with sliding bolt(s)
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C7/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for two wings
    • E05C7/04—Fastening devices specially adapted for two wings for wings which abut when closed
    • E05C7/06—Fastening devices specially adapted for two wings for wings which abut when closed a fastening device for one wing being actuated or controlled by closing another wing
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/0801—Multiple
    • Y10T292/0814—Double acting
    • Y10T292/0816—Sliding
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/0876—Double acting
    • Y10T292/0878—Sliding

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  • the present invention relates to a snap-type lock mechanism for two-winged doors, flaps, or the like.
  • the latch of the initially closing wing takes place heretofore by displaceable latch bolts mounted at the top and at the bottom of the wing whose latching ends engage into apertures disposed in front of them, for example, disposed in a floor and in a ceiling-board.
  • the actuation of this latch bolt is complicated because one has to reach thereby laterally about the wing edge and during actuation of the lower latch bolt, for example, in doors and display cabinets and chests of drawers, one has to reach additionally deep down for the latching bolt. Even though such bolting precludes an undesirable opening of the wing, it is frequently either too loose or too tight in an undesirable manner because an accurately fitted assembly is difficult. Either the locking mechanism has too much play in its movements or too little and therefore becomes wedged or jams.
  • the present invention aims at constituting the latching operation automatic and to improve the effect thereof as regards the neat alignment of the wing in its closing position.
  • the present invention essentially consists of a mounting support fixedly arranged behind the wings for at least one movable or pivotal closure part which lockingly engages in a counterpart at the wing matched to the closure part and simultaneously aligning the wing in its closing position, and which is blocked in the closing position thereof by an abutment secured at the other wing.
  • H6. 1 is a plan .view on two wing ends with a lock mechanism operating by means of two axially springily supported latch bolts, in the closing position thereof;
  • FIG. 2 is a side view, partially in longitudinal cross section, of the latch bolt housing of the embodiment of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an end view of the housing of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is an end view of a counter-latch-bolt according to the embodiment of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a side elevational view, partly in longitudinal cross section, through a further embodiment of a latch-bolt guide system and associated spring means in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view on two superposed sliding latch-bolts of the arrangement according to FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view through a bottom cover of the sliding latch-bolt housing according to the embodiment of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 8 is a partial elevational view of the housing of the embodiment of FIG. 5 with a plug-pin at the securing flange;
  • FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of a counter-latch-bolt according to F l0. 1 with a glue-dowel-pin and stop-bolt.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 there is fixedly arranged behind the gap 1 of the wings 2 and 3, a housing 4 bridging the gap 1 under an angle of 90.
  • the housing 4 is supported thereby by a mounting plate 5 disposed along the longitudinal edge thereof which is provided with two elongated apertures 6 disposed transversely to the housing longitudinal axis for the passage of securing screws;
  • Such a housing can be provided at the top and/or at the bottom of a fiooror ceiling-board or may also be provided at an intermediate board. A strip or a small mounting block may also possibly suffice.
  • Two cross-sectional areas 8 and 9 of the same height and of equal length are disposed opposite one another in each end face of the housing 4 for the passage therethrough of two sliding latch-bolts 10 and 11 disposed directly one above the other, which project at the outer ends thereof with a wedgeshaped nose portion 12 and 13, respectively, out of the housing 4 and which are supported against the inclined surfaces 14 and 15 of two abutment lugs 16 and 17 acting as counterlatches or abutment members and provided at the wings 2 and 3. Both sliding latch bolts 10 and 11 are supported in an axially springy manner.
  • the sliding latch-bolt 11 is provided with only one wedge-shaped nose portion 13 and its other end, as viewed from the wings, it constructed only as rising at an inclination (13a).
  • the other sliding latch-bolt 10 possesses, in addition to the wedge-shaped portion 12, also a wedge-shaped nose portion at its other end 12a.
  • the wedgeshaped nose portions 12 and 13 extending out of the housing ends are slightly displaced back with respect to the sliding latch-bolt longitudinal axes so that the inclined edges facing the wings become longer.
  • the housing 4 is provided with a spring support channel 22.
  • counterbolts or abutment members 16 and 17 are also pro vided with elongated apertures 23 extending in the direction of the spring axis for a fine adjustment of their distance and with an additional aperture 24 for fixing the same.
  • FIG. 5, s, and 7 corresponds in principle to that of the embodiment of FlGS. l to ll.
  • the securing flanges 5a are arranged at the end faces of the housing 4 and one of the sliding latch-bolts, for example, the sliding latch-bolt M) is extended and provided with an aperture 26 as access to the securing slot 6 disposed therebelow.
  • the spring space 21 is closed off by a cover 27 provided with the spring support channel 22, and the spring ends are wound by means of turns closely abutting against each other into support bushings a.
  • the spring space 21 of the housing 4 is as high as the spring outer diameter.
  • the spring supports itself with one-third of its diameter at the spring space end walls and with its remaining two-thirds at the end edges of the sliding latch-bolt apertures 18 and 19.
  • the wedge shapes l2 and B3 of the sliding latch-bolts are in the illustrated embodiment constructed symmetrically to the longitudinal axes thereof.
  • the ends of the securing flanges 5a extend approximately in semicircular shape, for example, concentrically about the bore 6, and the upper edges thereof are either rounded off or, as illustrated in FIG. 5, beveled off at an inclination (3b).
  • This beveling forms an abutment edge for the wing to be pivoted toward the same and has the purposes to lift a wing which is, for example, somewhat loose in its hinges or slightly sags, into its correct closing position.
  • all of the parts described above may be made of synthetic resinous material, preferably in such a manner that they can be conventionally injection-molded or extruded by a simple movement of two mold halves without sliding part or core molds.
  • the described closure parts may be simply screwed onto the wing inside or may be arranged recessed in recesses provided for the accommodation thereof.
  • plug-and-stop-pins 58 and 59 projecting directly from the abutment surface of the securing parts 5 and 5a or from the housing 4, especially glue pegs or dowel-pins.
  • the former are roughened at the outer surfaces thereof in any known manner, for example, by projections or bosses or in particular by means of glue-escape-channels 16.
  • a lock mechanism for two-winged doors, flaps or the like, characterized by support means arranged to the rear of the wings within the area of the gaps defined thereby, two axially movable slide bolt means in said support means and provided at the ends thereof with inclined abutments surfaces for lockingly engaging with a counterbolt means forming an abutment means matched thereto and provided at one of the wings and simultaneously aligning the closing position of said one wing, said slide bolt means being controllable in opposite directions by common spring means, further means including counterbolt means forming an abutment means at the other wing for blocking said bolt means in the closed position, and said slide bolt means being provided with end portions engaging into complementary surfaces of the abutment means at the wings, wherein the support means includes a housing forming a spring space and in that the slide bolt means are constructed as flat slide members each provided with aperture means forming a frame for the common spring means, the common spring means being supported with the ends thereof at the end edges of the aperture means as well as at the end walls of the spring
  • a lock mechanism according to claim ll, characterized in that the spring space of the housing is provided with at least one spring support channel means.
  • a lock mechanism according to claim 2 characterized in that several spring support channel means are provided.
  • a lock mechanism characterized in that the pressure bushings are formed by several spring endwindings disposed closely adjacent one another.
  • a lock mechanism characterized in that the spring space of the housing is closed off by a detachable cover means which is provided on the inside thereof with a spring support channel means.
  • a lock mechanism characterized in that the spring space of the housing is as high as the spring diameter and the spring means is supported with about onethird of its diameter at the end walls of the spring space and with the other two-thirds of the diameter at the end edges of the aperture means.
  • a lock mechanism characterized in that the ends of the slide bolt means run out in wedgeshaped means in such a manner that on the sides facing the wings, longer abutment surfaces are provided.
  • a lock mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that said housing is provided with one securing flange means each at its end faces.
  • a lock mechanism characterized in that at least one of the sliding bolt means is provided in an extension thereof with an access aperture for the securing slot disposed therebelow in the securing flange means.
  • a lock mechanism according to claim I, wherein small lug means with projecting rounded-off nose portions serve as abutment means at the wings, said nose portions passing over on the inner sides thereof into inclined surfaces matched to the wedge-shaped edges of the slide bolt means and which together with the respective wing form a pocket for the accommodation of the end portions of the slide bolt means.
  • a lock mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing is provided with a marking at the front side thereof in order to facilitate the correct assembly.
  • a lock mechanism according to claim 1 characterized in that plug and stop pin means are provided which extend from abutment surfaces of the securing parts and which are roughened on the outside thereof.
  • a lock mechanism according to claim 2 characterized in that also the side of the spring space opposite the side provided with a spring insert opening is provided with spring support channel means.
  • a lock mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that the spring space of the housing is as high as the spring diameter and the spring means is supported with about onethird of its diameter at the end walls of the spring space and with the other two-thirds of the diameter at the end edges of the aperture means.
  • a lock mechanism according to claim 2 wherein small lug means with projecting rounded-off nose portions serve as abutment means at the wings, said nose portions passing over on the inner sides thereof into inclined surfaces matched to the wedge-shaped edges of the slide bolt means and which together with the respective wing form a pocket for the accommodation of the end portions of the slide bolt means.

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