Garbage can lock with locking cylinder
By relocating the locking cylinder to the lock housing and integrating a gravity-operated opening slide and spring mechanism, the waste container lock achieves simplified design and reliable operation with reduced mechanical complexity.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE102012106531
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2012-07-19
- Publication Date
- 2025-07-31
- Estimated Expiration
- 2032-07-19
AI Technical Summary
Existing waste container locks often require a locking cylinder to be integrated into the mating locking part, complicating the design and making it difficult to simplify or modify the mating closure part.
The locking cylinder is relocated to the lock housing, allowing the mating closure part to be simplified by being designed as an angle plate that can be easily screwed to the underside of the housing cover, and the latch mechanism includes a gravity-operated opening slide and a locking cylinder that pivots the latch head relative to the latch tail using a compression spring and actuating slide.
This configuration minimizes mechanical intervention, simplifies the mating closure part, and allows for easy assembly, while maintaining reliable operation through a combination of gravity and key-actuated opening mechanisms.
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Abstract
Claims
[1] Garbage can closure with a latch (2) arranged in a lock housing (1) and having a latch head (3) and a latch tail (4), wherein the latch head (3) in a closed position engages behind a hook (13) of a counter-locking part (12) and can be brought into a release position by tilting the lock housing (1) from an upright position into a tilted position or by actuating a locking cylinder (10) and the action of a locking cam (11) of the locking cylinder (10) on the latch head (3), which is pivotally coupled to the latch tail (4) held in an upright position in a manner inhibited from movement against an elastic restoring force, wherein the latch tail (4) is rotated by a gravity-driven opening slide (18) when the lock housing (1) is tilted and is held in a position holding the latch (2) in the closed position when the lock housing (1) is upright.wherein the locking cylinder actuation pivots the latch head (3) relative to the latch tail (4), , characterized by in that the locking cylinder (10) is located in the lock housing (1) and the locking cam (11) acts on an actuating arm (7) projecting from the latch head (3), wherein an actuating slide (14) is provided which is guided in the lock housing (1) and which, when the locking cylinder (10) is actuated, is displaced by the locking cam (11) and acts on a flank (7') of the actuating arm (7), and wherein the actuating slide (14) is displaceable parallel to the direction of displacement of the opening slide (18) guided in the lock housing (1). [2] Garbage can closure according to claim 1, characterized by that the elastic restoring force acts on a stop (19) of the latch head (3) against a counter-stop (20) of the latch tail (4). [3] Garbage can closure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the latch head (3) has a locking arm (6) which cooperates with the hook (13) and extends in an angular position to the direction of extension of the actuating arm (7). [4] Garbage can closure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the actuating arm (7) extends transversely to the locking arm (6). [5] Garbage can closure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a rotational axis (32) fixed to the lock housing (1) around which the latch (2) is rotatably mounted. [6] Garbage can closure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the opening slide (18) and the actuating slide (14) are guided next to one another in the lock housing (1), for which purpose two housing shells (28, 29) forming the lock housing (1) form guide ribs (37, 38, 39, 40). [7] A garbage bin closure with a latch (2) arranged in a lock housing (1) and having a latch head (3) and a latch tail (4), wherein the latch head (3) in a closed position engages behind a hook (13) of a counter-locking part (12) and can be brought into a release position by tilting the lock housing (1) from an upright position into a tilted position or by actuating a locking cylinder (10) and acting on a locking cam (11) of the locking cylinder (10) on the latch head (3) which is pivotally coupled to the latch tail (4) held in a movement-restricted manner in the upright position, against an elastic restoring force, characterized byin that the locking cylinder (10) is located in the lock housing and the locking cam (11) acts on an actuating arm (7) projecting from the latch head (3), wherein an actuating slide (14) is provided which is guided in the lock housing (1) and which, when the locking cylinder (10) is actuated, is displaced by the locking cam (11) and acts on a flank (7') of the actuating arm (7), and wherein the actuating slide (14) can be displaced by the locking cam (11) designed as an eccentric cam against the force of a spring (15).
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