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A common type of pin tumbler lock, of the euro cylinder type. The pin tumbler lock, also known as the Yale lock after the inventor of the modern version, is a lock mechanism that uses pins of varying lengths to prevent the lock from opening without the correct key.
Animation of a lever tumbler lock mechanism. A lever tumbler lock is a type of lock that uses a set of levers to prevent the bolt from moving in the lock. [1] In the simplest form of these, lifting the tumbler above a certain height will allow the bolt to slide past.
Trap pins that engage when a pin does not support them will jam a lock's cylinder. Another countermeasure is shallow drilling, in which one or more of the pin stacks is drilled slightly shallower than the others. If an attempt is made on a lock that has shallow-drilled pin stacks, the bump key will be unable to bump the shallow-drilled pins ...
Disc tumbler locks are composed of slotted rotating detainer discs. A specially cut key rotates these discs like the tumblers of a safe to align the slots, allowing the sidebar to drop into the slots, thus opening the lock. Unlike a wafer tumbler lock or a pin tumbler lock, this mechanism does not use springs. Because they do not contain ...
A woman accused of sneaking onto a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris was arraigned last week and charged with knowingly stowing away aboard an aircraft without consent.. Svetlana Dali ...
A locksmith who was a convict aboard one of the prison hulks in Portsmouth Docks was given the Chubb lock with a promise of a free pardon from the Government and £100 from Jeremiah if he could pick the lock. The convict, who had successfully picked every lock with which he had been presented, was confident he could do the same with the ...
Researchers found that drinking around three cups of coffee a day was associated with an extra 1.8 years of life, with regular cups also being associated with increased health span (time spent ...
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