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2. Child safety lock - Wikipedia

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   A child safety lock is a special-purpose lock for cabinets, drawers, bottles, etc. that is designed to help prevent children from getting at any dangerous things or contents. Young children are naturally curious about their surroundings and will always explore, but as they may be unaware of dangerous substances or situations, the results can be ...

3. Bramah lock - Wikipedia

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   The Bramah lock used a cylindrical key and keyhole, as does the current lock. The end of the key has a number of slots of different depths which, when inserted into the lock and pressed against spring tension, would depress a number of wafers to a specified depth and enable the key to turn and open the lock.

4. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   As ships and their anchors grew in size, the anchor cable or chain would be too big to go around the capstan. Also, a wet cable or chain would be difficult to manage. A messenger would then be used as an intermediate device. This was a continuous loop of cable or chain which would go around the capstan.

5. Aiviq - Wikipedia

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   Her hull has a beam of 24.4 metres (80 ft) and depth of 10.4 metres (34 ft 1 in). [1] Fully laden, she draws 8.6 metres (28 ft 3 in) of water. [ 60 ] Since Aiviq is an anchor handling tug and supply vessel, she is fitted with a large towing winch located amidships as well as chain lockers and storage tanks for both liquid and dry bulk cargo ...

6. Caisson lock - Wikipedia

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   Operation of caisson lock Contemporary engraving of the lock at Combe Hay. The caisson lock is a type of canal lock in which a narrowboat is floated into a sealed watertight box and raised or lowered between two different canal water levels. It was invented in the late 18th century as a solution to the problem posed by the excessive demand for ...

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