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Abstract

A locking device is provided that includes a lock having a bolt; and a counter plate defining a slot for receiving the bolt and as such allowing locking an access point. The locking device also includes a housing; an electrically powered actuator driving the bolt or counter plate between a locking position wherein said bolt is positioned in the slot of the counter plate and an unlocking position. A carriage is movably mounted in the housing between an active position and an inactive position, such that in an inactive position of the carriage the bolt and counter plate cannot engage with one another. A spring is provided in the housing and biasing the carriage to its active carriage. A handle configured to drive the carriage by manpower against the force of the spring.

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