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  2. Mortise lock - Wikipedia

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    A lever lock. Mortise locks may include a non-locking sprung latch operated by a door handle. Such a lock is termed a sash lock. A simpler form without a handle or latch is termed a dead lock. Dead locks are commonly used as a secure backup to a sprung non-deadlocking latch, usually a pin tumbler rim lock. [note 1] [according to whom?]

  3. Espagnolette - Wikipedia

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    Espagnolette locking device. An espagnolette is a locking device, normally mounted on the vertical frame of a French door or casement window.A handle or knob is connected to a metal rod mounted to the surface of the frame, about a metre above the floor.

  4. Lockset - Wikipedia

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    Metal fire-resistance rated door with a lockset consisting of a locking latch bolt operated by lever handle with an escutcheon that encompasses the locking mechanism.. A lockset (alternatively lock set) is the hardware and components that make up the locking or latching mechanism that can usually be found on a door or other hinged object but can also include sliding doors and dividers. [1]

  5. Bored cylindrical lock - Wikipedia

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    The previous standard, the mortise lock, needs a lot more wood to be removed from the door to fit its large and intricate lock body inside. With its lower manufacturing cost and ease of installation, the cylindrical lock supplanted the mortise lock as the norm in the United States; Europe, however, did not see widespread adoption, and continues ...

  6. Latch - Wikipedia

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    A latch is not the same as the locking mechanism of a door or window, although often they are found together in the same product. Latches range in complexity from flexible one-piece flat springs of metal or plastic, such as are used to keep blow molded plastic power tool cases closed, to multi-point cammed latches used to keep large doors closed.

  7. Glossary of locksmithing terms - Wikipedia

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    Bottom pin See key pin. Break A break in the pins is a separation in one or more sections of the pin used to encode the lock for a specific key or set of keys in a master keying system. Driver pin In a pin tumbler lock, the driver pin is in contact with the spring and interferes with the rotation of the plug when no key is inserted. When the ...

  8. Single-point locking - Wikipedia

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    The term is most often used in items like lockers, where it is contrasted with the much more secure three-point locking, which uses movable rods to secure the top and bottom of the door when the door is locked, and the term is not normally used in situations where single-point locking is the only option normally found.

  9. Deadlock - Wikipedia

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    Deadlock (locksmithing) or deadbolt, a physical door locking mechanism; Deadlock (computer science), a situation where two processes are each waiting for the other to finish; Political deadlock or gridlock, a situation of difficulty passing laws that satisfy the needs of the people

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