ES435083A1 - Locks - Google Patents

Abstract

An improved transverse latch security lock comprising (a) a housing intended to be mounted to a door hinged on a door frame, said housing defining notch means generally opening toward an adjacent portion of the door frame; (b) a striker intended to be mounted on the door frame and having pierced pin means for receiving in the notch means when the door is closed; (c) a transverse latch mounted on the housing for movements between locked and unlocked positions relative to the notch means and the strike means; (d) means for moving the transverse latch to its unlocked position; (e) elastic means forcing said latch to said locked position thereof; (f) actuator means for releasably retaining said transverse latch in said unlocked position thereof; (g) means mounting said actuator means in said housing for movements between spaced latch release and latch release positions; (n) said actuating means including a portion that is applied to said strike, in response to the closing movements of the door, to be moved to its transverse latch release position; (i) means for moving said actuating means into latching application with said transverse latch when the transverse latch is moved to its unlocked position and the door is opened; (j) a locking member mounted for limited movements in opposite directions on a wall of said housing, said locking member and said transverse latch cooperating portions to imperatively retain said transverse latch in said locked position when said locking member is moved to a limit of said movement of the same. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)