Patent ID: 8875552

Claim:
A lock cylinder for a baggage lock, having a cylinder housing ( 11 ), furthermore having a cylinder core ( 13 ) which is rotatable in the cylinder housing ( 11 ) and which has a keyway ( 37 ) with a key introduction opening ( 71 ) and having a plurality of tumblers ( 15 , 17 ) which are arranged in two rows which are oppositely disposed along the keyway ( 37 ), wherein the lock cylinder is actuable by means of an associated dimpled key ( 25 ) which includes, on two mutually oppositely disposed flat sides ( 27 ), a respective coding section ( 41 , 45 ) provided with dimples ( 29 , 31 ) and a respective dimple free end section ( 43 , 47 ) adjoining said coding section and extending up to the key tip ( 39 ), wherein the associated key ( 25 ) is in particular of the type TSA006, wherein the tumbler ( 17 ′) of at least one of the rows furthest from the key introduction opening ( 71 ) is arranged in a distal end of the keyway ( 37 ) which receives the dimple-free end section ( 43 , 47 ) of the associated key ( 25 ) so that upon full insertion of said associated key said dimple-free end section ( 43 , 47 ) of the associated key ( 25 ) engages and displaces said last mentioned tumbler ( 17 ′) to enable said lock cylinder to be opened, wherein the last mentioned tumbler ( 17 ′) includes a single core pin ( 19 ′) with a core pin axis which extends through a groove ( 51 ′) of the cylinder core ( 13 ) formed between adjacent webs ( 49 ) extending into the cylinder core ( 13 ) so that the webs cooperate with at least one groove ( 55 ) of the associated key ( 25 ) when the associated key ( 25 ) is fully inserted into the keyway ( 37 ).