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2. Slim jim (lock pick) - Wikipedia

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   A slim jim (more technically known as a lockout tool) is a thin strip of metal (usually spring steel) roughly 60 centimetres (24 in) long and about 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) wide originally marketed under that name by HPC Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of specialty locksmithing tools.

3. Automatic door - Wikipedia

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   The automatic door used a mat actuator. In 1960, they co-founded Horton Automatics Inc and placed the first commercial automatic sliding door on the market. [5] With the invention of the Gunn diode, microwave motion detectors became common in automatic doors in the 1970s. [6] [7] In 1980, the first automatic door using an infrared sensor was ...

4. Officer's tool - Wikipedia

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   An officer’s tool (also known as an A-tool, rex tool, or lock puller) is a forcible entry device used by firefighters and other first responders. Officer’s tools are designed to completely remove cylindrical locks from doors without causing major structural damage, allowing for direct access to the internal locking mechanism.

5. Door breaching - Wikipedia

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   Utilizing a breaching tool is unnecessary if the door is unlocked and easy to open. [5] [3] [6] [1] If the door is locked, breachers can attempt to force inward-opening doors with a strong kick. The breacher will aim to hit the door near the locking mechanism, but not kick the doorknob itself as one can easily twist an ankle doing so. [7]

6. Enforcer (battering ram) - Wikipedia

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   Within most forces an officer can only use such a tool once they have attended a course receiving training in the safe handling and operational use. [2] Also, most forces insist that the user wears gloves to cushion the user's hands from the shock created when a door is struck with the ram.

7. Safe-cracking - Wikipedia

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   Safe-crackers can use what are known as jam shots to blow off the safe's doors. Most modern safes are fitted with 'relockers' (like the one described above) which are triggered by excessive force and will then lock the safe semi-permanently (a safe whose relocker has tripped must then be forced, as the combination or key alone will no longer ...

8. Chamberlain Group - Wikipedia

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   Chamberlain — the company's do-it-yourself line of garage door openers. LiftMaster — the company's line of garage door openers for professional installers. Raynor — the company's line of garage door openers for professional installers. This line of professional installers is slightly less common than LiftMaster.

9. Swing-door operator - Wikipedia

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   Shades of blue: standard door closer. Shades of red: opener gears. Gold: motor. Operators use various internal technologies. Some are built on top of a standard door closer. To open the door, the operator forces the closer in the opening direction. Then, the closer closes the door. The user may open the door manually, using just the door closer.