Cam-type door lock with recessed handle

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract, A door lock, particularly well suited for releasably retaining a pivotally mounted truck door in a closed position includes a shaft and its operating means mounted on the door and, a pair of keeper members mounted on the door frame. A pair of cam members are secured to opposite end regions of the shaft. The shaft has a central portion which projects through openings formed in opposite sides of a pan-shaped housing. A handle is secured to the central portion for rotating the shaft to bring the cam members into and out of latching engagement with the keeper members. The handle is movable between a nested position wherein the handle is nested within a recess defined by the panshaped …