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2. Chubb detector lock - Wikipedia

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   A Chubb detector lock is a lever tumbler lock with an integral security feature, a re-locking device, which frustrates unauthorised access attempts and indicates to the lock's owner that it has been interfered with. When someone tries to pick the lock or to open it using the wrong key, the lock is designed to jam in a locked state until ...

3. Lever tumbler lock - Wikipedia

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   Higher security lever locks (such as the five-lever) usually have notches cut into the levers. These catch the locking bolt and prevent it from moving if picking is attempted (similar to the security pins in a pin tumbler lock). The Chubb detector lock is a variation of the lever lock which was designed to detect and prevent picking attempts.

4. Synthetic fence - Wikipedia

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   A horse behind a vinyl fence of flexible "rail" and coated wire. A synthetic fence, plastic fence or (when made of vinyl) vinyl or PVC fence is a fence made using synthetic plastics, such as vinyl , polypropylene, [1] nylon, [2] polythene (polyethylene) ASA, or from various recycled plastics. Composites of two or more plastics can also be used ...

5. Master keying - Wikipedia

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   The differences are in the locks the key will operate. These master-keyed locks are configured to operate with two, or more, different keys: one specific to each lock (the change key), which cannot operate any of the others in the set, and the master key, which operates all the locks in the set. [1] Locks that have master keys have a second set ...

6. Rekeying - Wikipedia

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   Locks are usually re keyed to build master-key systems, make a set of locks share a common key, or to eliminate compromised keys. [2] [3] [4] Sometimes worn pins are replaced with new pins if the old pins become too short to reach the shear-line. [5] The shear-line is the thin line shared by the lock plug and its cylindrical housing. If a pin ...

7. Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year 2024 is all about ...

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   Cambridge Dictionary has put it out to the universe, naming “manifest” as its word of the year for 2024.. Popularized by celebrities such as singer Dua Lipa, “manifest” refers to the ...