Bar lock for a locking system

A bar lock for a locking system, comprising:

• a lock body having guide slots, wherein said lock body is a monolithic component having said guide slots recessed therein on opposite longitudinal sides of said lock body, wherein said lock body has two recessed areas that are symmetrically disposed on opposite sides between said guide slots and are separated from one another by a central member of said lock body, wherein in a vicinity of said recessed areas each guide slot is provided with a window;
• two lock bars guided in said lock body and received in said guide slots thereof, wherein each of said lock bars is provided with engagement openings that extend in a direction of a longitudinal axis of said lock bars, wherein each lock bar has two parallel rows of said engagement openings, wherein first ones of said engagement openings are disposed on an end of said lock bars that are to be inserted into said lock body and are embodied as a laterally open toothing, and wherein second ones of said engagement openings that follow said laterally open toothing are embodied as perforations;
• two spaced apart pinions received in respective ones of said recessed areas of said lock body, wherein said parallel rows of said engagement openings of each of said lock bars are spaced apart by a distance that corresponds to a spacing of said spaced apart pinions, wherein said pinions are provided with external teeth that extend through said windows to engage said engagement openings, of said lock bars such that a rotation of said pinions is converted into a longitudinal displacement of said lock bars, wherein said pinions are furthermore provided with a centrally disposed engagement opening;
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• a connecting body or plug that extends through an opening in said central member, wherein said pinions are positively interconnected via said plug.