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  2. Time-delay combination locks - Wikipedia

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    This will allow the safe to be opened when the batteries are changed after the pre-set time if the correct code is entered. Some electronic combination locks with a time-delay feature require the code to be entered twice: once to start the timer, and a second to unlock and open the safe entered after the delay period has expired.

  3. Pin tumbler lock - Wikipedia

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    In 1848, Linus Yale Sr. invented the modern pin-tumbler lock. [4] In 1861, Linus Yale Jr., inspired by the original 1840s pin-tumbler lock designed by his father, invented and patented a smaller flat key with serrated edges, as well as pins of varying lengths within the lock itself, the same design of the pin-tumbler lock in use today. [5]

  4. Linus Yale Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Yale Safe Lock. Yale's second great invention came around 1863, which he coined the name "Yale's Magic Infallible Safe/Door Lock". This lock has many of the scintillating qualities of the Yale Bank Lock, and is designed for fire-proof safes and cash doors, among other items. It does not utilize springs, and is powder, damp, fire, and thief proof.

  5. Chubb Locks - Wikipedia

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    The former Chubb factory in Wolverhampton, England, which is still known as the Chubb Building. Chubb Locks is a former brand name of the Mul-T-Lock subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group, which manufactures locking systems for residential, secure confinement and commercial applications.

  6. Yale (company) - Wikipedia

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    Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co, 1897. In 1868, the business was established in Stamford, Connecticut, by Henry R. Towne and Linus Yale Sr., an inventor renowned for creating the pin tumbler lock. Initially known as Yale Lock Manufacturing Co., the company later adopted the name Yale & Towne, with its base in Newport, New York. [3]

  7. Fact check: Yale library's fire system protects rare books ...

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    Claims that Yale's Beinecke library uses a fire suppression system that sucks all oxygen out of the building, suffocating people inside, are a myth. Fact check: Yale library's fire system protects ...

  8. Glossary of locksmithing terms - Wikipedia

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    Relocking device in a safe Relocking device A relocking device (RLD) (a.k.a. "external relocker") is an auxiliary locking device intended to be activated during an attempted burglary of a safe or vault. Such a device will keep a safe or vault locked even if the primary lock is defeated.

  9. Missing emails? How to find and check your spam folder

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    "Have you checked your spam folder?" You've probably heard this question before. But perhaps you weren't quite sure what your spam folder even is, never mind how to check it.