To provide a roof lock mechanism capable of efficiently carrying out locking/unlocking of fore-and-aft and right-and-left four parts of a moving roof by the operation of one operating lever, in a vehicle capable of retracting a roof by dividing that into a plurality of roof parts in a vehicular fore-and-aft direction.
At a rear end of a front window frame 5 and a front end of a rear roof, two of right and left engaged portions 52, 51, 24, 23 are respectively provided. At a front end and a rear end of a center roof 1, two of right and left engaging member 42, 41, 44, 43 capable of engaging with the engaged portions are provided. These four engaging members are coupled to bell cranks 45, 46 through connecting rods 41a, 42a, 43a, 44a. The bell crank 45 is provided with the operating lever 47. The operating lever 47 rotates the bell crank 45, thereby engaging/disengaging the four engaging members together.
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ARAKI MINORU
SUZUKI TERUJI
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo