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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1996
Patrick Dowling, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Hirofumi Watanabe, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A latch device for a sliding door comprises front and rear latch units attached to front and rear edge portions of the sliding door, respectively, a relay provided within the sliding door for coupling between the latch units and outer and inner open handles of the door, a child-proof mechanism provided on the relay and displaceable between a child-proof condition and a non-child-proof condition, a child-proof lever for displacing the conditions of the child-proof mechanism. The child-proof lever has an operation knob exposed to the outside of the sliding door through an opening formed in a front peripheral plate of the door. The child-proof lever is rotatably mounted to the front latch unit and is connected with the child-proof mechanism through a first rod.