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Products included trunk and cabinet locks, as well as high quality security-grade padlocks, and, in the early twentieth century, screw-machine products. The company experienced precipitous growth with the onset of the First World War , and even greater expansion during the Second World War , nearly doubling the number of employees to 800.
Locks have been constructed for over 2500 years, initially out of wood and later out of metal. [1] Historically, locksmiths would make the entire lock, working for hours hand cutting screws and doing much file-work. Lock designs became significantly more complicated in the 18th century, and locksmiths often specialized in repairing or designing ...
Two tall metal file cabinets for work or home use. A filing cabinet (or sometimes file cabinet in American English) is an item of office furniture for storing paper documents in file folders. [1] In the most simple context, it is an enclosure for drawers in which articles are stored. The two most common forms of filing cabinets are vertical ...
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Unican Security Systems Ltd. was a Canada-based company created by Aaron Fish in the 1960s and sold in 2000.At its sale (to Kaba Group), the company had over $800 million in sales annually and was the largest maker of key blanks and key copying machines in the world.
A cam lock is a type of latch consisting of a base and a cam. The base is where the key or tool is used to rotate the cam, which is what does the latching. Cams can be straight or offset; offset cams are reversible. Commonly found on garage cabinets, file cabinets, tool chests, and other locations where privacy and security is needed. [3]
The first known example of a tumbler lock was found in the ruins of the Palace of Khorsabad built by king Sargon II (721–705 BC.) in Iraq. [1] Basic principles of the pin tumbler lock may date as far back as 2000 BC in Egypt; the lock consisted of a wooden post affixed to the door and a horizontal bolt that slid into the post.
Trapped-key interlocking is a method of ensuring safety in industrial environments by forcing the operator through a predetermined sequence using a defined selection of keys, locks and switches. It is called trapped key as it works by releasing and trapping keys in a predetermined sequence. After the control or power has been isolated, a key is ...