Coin operated lock for ski rack

A coin operated lock comprising a face plate having a slot therethrough for receiving a coin, a back plate slidingly mounted behind said face plate on a predetermined pathway length, the said back plate having a transversal member extending away from said face plate and adapted to slide across said slot, said transversal member having a passageway for receiving said coin from said slot, said passageway being opened along its lower face, a cam plate mounted on said face plate below said transversal member for obstructing said lower face of the passageway along a portion of said pathway, the said cam plate being tiltingly mounted and resiliently biassing in the direction of the transversal member, said cam plate having a protuberance for inhibiting the sliding of said transversal member relative to said cam plate, the height of the passageway being slightly smaller than the height of the coin, to allow the coin when in said passageway to tiltingly depress said cam plate for allowing sliding freedom to the transversal member, a key operated lever mounted on said face plate for slidingly moving said back plate and said transversal member until the lower face of said passageway is moved outside the cam plate to allow the coin to drop out of the passageway while said protuberance maintains said cam plate tiltingly depressed, the said back plate being provided with a latching tongue adapted to slide outside the face plate with the sliding of the said back plate, whereby said tongue is adapted to slide into a catch for retaining said tongue.