Lock with locking function released by inserting a key card with a magnetized region

A lock having a locking function adapted to be released by insertion of a key card which is magnetized in a plurality of regions thereof, a housing, a slide translatable within the housing for releasing a latch of the lock, and a plurality of magnetic tumbler pins disposed in mounting recesses located in a region of the slide;

• wherein an edge of the key card drives said slide upon release of said slide by said magnetic tumbler pins, the mounting recesses in said slide extend transverse to the direction of insertion of the key card;
• the lock further comprises
• at least one element which is displaceable in a direction perpendicular to a path of motion of the key card upon movement of said slide, one end of said element scanning a profile of a part of the key card;
• and
• said element comprises a pin which is tapered on both ends, said pin being displaceable in a borehole in the slide within a further region of the slide which is free of said magnetic tumbler pins, said element providing additional security in operation of the lock.