Lock for a luggage box

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, 32b), the catch (20) comprises two of the locking hooks (51, 51b) each pivotal about a pivotal axis (22, 22b), the drive device (60) is adapted to jointly pivot the locking hooks (51, 51b), 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, 51b) 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, 51b) and jointly pivots them around their pivotal axes (22, 22b) 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).