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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Horst Kutschat, Wuppertal, DE;
D. La Porte Sohne GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
A rotary latch lock for the locking closure of a door, especially of a vehicle door of a tractor, including a rotary latch, a rotary latch spring coacting with the rotary latch as well as a stop piece, the rotary latch and the stop piece being pivotally mounted and capable of coacting in the bolting of the lock. The bolting is released by a lever system which has an actuating lever for acting on the stop piece. The rotary latch lock is provided with a lock base plate, the lock base plate being bent in a U-shaped configuration to include first and second shanks and a base shank, so that the actuating lever is articulated on the second shank, and the stop lever is articulated on the first shank, where the first shank provides a wall of the lock box.