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2. Electric strike - Wikipedia

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   Electric strike with monitoring contact. An electric strike is an access control device used for door frames. It replaces the fixed strike faceplate often used with a latch (also known as a keeper). Like a fixed strike plate, it normally presents a ramped or beveled surface to the locking latch allowing the door to close and latch just like a ...

3. Door security - Wikipedia

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   Door security. A metal doorframe with a strike plate built in: in other doors this would be a metal strikeplate in a wooden doorframe. The term door security or door security gate may refer to any of a range of measures used to strengthen doors against door breaching, ram-raiding and lock picking, and prevent crimes such as burglary and home ...

4. Glossary of locksmithing terms - Wikipedia

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   When the door is closed, the bolt extends into the hole in the strike plate and holds the door closed. The strike plate protects the jamb against friction from the bolt and increases security in the case of a jamb made of a softer material (such as wood) than the strike plate. Some strike plates have their hole size and placement calculated so ...

5. Door furniture - Wikipedia

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   Door furniture (British and Australian English) or door hardware (North American English) refers to any of the items that are attached to a door or a drawer to enhance its functionality or appearance. Decorative door in Florence, Italy. Manual door closer. Use of a door handle in a hotel. Design of door furniture is an issue to disabled persons ...

6. Latch - Wikipedia

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   When the door is closed, the latch bolt and guardbolt are retracted together, and the door closes normally, with the latch bolt entering the strike plate. The strike plate, however, holds the guardbolt in its depressed position: a mechanism within the lockset holds the latch bolt in the projected position. This arrangement prevents the latch ...

7. Door phone - Wikipedia

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   More complex door phones are connected to electric strikes, and can unlock and open the door to allow access to the interior of the building. The part of the door phone on the exterior of a building is known as the door phone plate. It is located at the outside of the entrance of each building.