Patent ID: 8876171

Claim:
A lock for a luggage box adapted to be fastened overhead in a cabin of an aircraft, comprising a stationary housing and a lid articulate about a rotary axis, having a locking pin device that is mountable in the housing including at least one locking pin, with a catch that is mountable to the lid with at least one locking hook pivotal to engage the locking pin in order to lock the lock and with a manually operated drive device for pivoting the locking hook away from the locking pin to unlock the lock, the locking pin device ( 30 ) includes two of the locking pins ( 32 , 32 b ), the catch ( 20 ) comprises two of the locking hooks ( 51 , 51 b ) each pivotal about a pivotal axis ( 22 , 22 b ), the drive device ( 60 ) is adapted to jointly pivot the locking hooks ( 51 , 51 b ), wherein the drive device ( 60 ) comprises a gear rack ( 62 ) and a sliding element ( 64 ) arranged successively in a linear guide ( 66 ), pre-stressed under pressure of a spring element ( 70 ) in a direction towards a stop ( 68 ) and displaceable by manual operation against the pressure of the spring element ( 70 ) in a direction away from the stop ( 68 ), and wherein the locking hooks ( 51 , 51 b ) are connected to the gear rack ( 62 ) and the sliding element ( 64 ), respectively, so that a translational motion of the gear rack ( 62 ) and the sliding element ( 64 ) entrains the two locking hooks ( 51 , 51 b ) and jointly pivots them around their pivotal axes ( 22 , 22 b ) and the displacement device ( 60 ) comprises a gear wheel ( 80 ) that engages gearing ( 78 ) of the gear rack ( 62 ) and is operable by a cable pull ( 50 ).