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EP 0041217 B1 19830525 - DRIVE FOR AT LEAST ONE BOLT

Title (en)

DRIVE FOR AT LEAST ONE BOLT

Publication

EP 0041217 B1 19830525 (DE)

Application

EP 81104034 A 19810526

Priority

DE 3021086 A 19800604

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0041217A1] 1. Drive for at least one bolt member, particularly for locking a door, a window or the like, with at least one gearwheel (10) adapted to be driven by a pinion (9), the pinion being rotatable by means of the locking bit (4) of a lock cylinder (1), and having substantially the form of a radially slotted ring, characterised in that the teeth (18) of the pinion (9) are disposed on one of the flat end faces of the ring (19), i. e. stand out in an axial direction, and in that the ring is mounted eccentrically of the axis of rotation (14) of the locking bit (4).

IPC 1-7

E05C 9/12; E05B 17/04

IPC 8 full level

E05B 17/04 (2006.01); E05C 9/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E05B 17/042 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE CH FR LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0041217 A1 19811209; EP 0041217 B1 19830525; DE 3021086 A1 19811210

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 81104034 A 19810526; DE 3021086 A 19800604