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2. Schlage - Wikipedia

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   However, Schlage's key invention was the bored cylindrical lock, which evolved through several iterations, including a 1917 filing for a mortise mechanism which locked when the knob was tilted, [5] one in April 1920 for a lock requiring one hole and a surface rabbet rather than a complex mortise pocket, [6] and another the same year in October ...

3. List of irregularly spelled places in the United States

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   List Place Pronunciation Note Respelling IPA; Aberdeen, Washington: AB-ər-deen / ˈ æ b ər d iː n / Also the city in Maryland Abiquiú, New Mexico: AB-ə-kew / ˈ æ b ə k juː / Regular in Spanish Acequia, Idaho: ə-SEE-kwə / ə ˈ s iː k w ə / Achilles, Kansas: ə-KIL-iss / ə ˈ k ɪ l ɪ s / Advance, North Carolina: AD-vanss / ˈ æ ...

4. Mortise lock - Wikipedia

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   Again, the term refers to the lock mechanism, so a lock can be both a mortise lock and a lever tumbler lock. In the modern lever tumbler lock, the key moves a series of levers that allow the bolt to move in the door. [5] Pin tumbler lock, commonly used for mortise locks in the US. The next major innovation to mortise lock mechanisms came in 1865.

5. Yale (company) - Wikipedia

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   Here is a non-exhaustive list of historical projects undertaken by the Yale Lock Company, where they equipped buildings with their locks and hardware: [21] [22] Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Company (1909) Woolworth Building, the headquarters of the Woolworth Company (1912)

6. 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 ...

7. How a company whose name you probably can’t pronounce ... - AOL

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   It’s not hard to grasp why Apple, Microsoft and Google are multi-trillion dollar companies. Just think about how many people around the world interact with the companies’ products and rely on ...

8. How do you pronounce ‘Nvidia’? Here’s how to say the $3 ...

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   When time came to incorporate the company, the three were forced to find a name. At first, they chose NVision, until they learned that a toilet paper manufacturer already took the name.

9. Slaymaker lock company - Wikipedia

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   Also in 1917 the company was once again renamed when W. E. Fraim bought into the company and the company's new name became the Slaymaker Lock Company. W.E. Fraim's father, E.T. Fraim, owned the rival E.T. Fraim lock company and had died that year (1917) and W.E. Fraim had had a falling out with his family after his father's death.