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CatalogueofHighSecurityLocksv1.00
Author:GrahamPulford Date:27April1994 gwp@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au
DepartmentofElectricalandElectronicEngineering, UniversityofMelbourne,Australia.
Notesanddisclaimer:
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Theauthorisalockenthusiast,notaqualiedlocksmith,sosomeoftheterminologymay beincorrect.Furthermore,theauthormakesnoclaimastotheaccuracyoftheinformation presentedinthisdocument.
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Thiscatalogueismeantonlyasasampleofsomeoftheworld'smoreinterestingandunusual locks.
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Thematerialreectstheauthor'stasteandexperienceinlocksandisnotintendedtofavour onecountry'slocksabovethoseofanother.
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Alistofcarlocks,magneticlocks,combinationlocksandelectroniclocks,togetherwithsome mysterylockshasbeenincludedattheendofthedocument.However,nooperationaldescrip- tionshavebeenprovidedfortheselocks.Pleasefeelfreetocommentontheseifyouknowhow theywork,sothattheymaybeincludedinfutureversionsofthecatalogue.
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Whereseverallocksbrandsareconsideredtobeequivalent,thesearelistedtogether.Related locksarecross-referenced.
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AlargenumberofsafelockstypicallyItaliandouble-bittedleverlockshavebeenomitted.
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Someoftheinformationforthislistwasobtainedfromthe1993Silca
TM
101and201key catalogues,andfromvariousmanufacturers'brochures.Alargepartwasobtainedthrough inspectionofthelocksthemselves.
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Booksusedinthepreparationofthislist: C.A.Roper,
TheCompleteBookofLocksandLocksmithing
,TABBooks,PA,1983. R.L.Robinson,
CompleteCourseinProfessionalLocksmithing
,Nelson-Hall,Chicago, 1983. 1
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Eachlockcategoryisarrangedaccordingtotheplanbelow. brandcountrySilcacatalogueref.lock,key&keywaytypepickingdiculty Thisisfollowed,inmostcases,byadescriptionofthemechanism,modeofoperation,security featuresandothercommentsrelevanttolocksinquestion.
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Thefollowingcountrycodeshavebeenadopted. AAustriaAUSAustralia BRBrasilCHSwitzerland DGermanyESpain FFranceFIFinland UKGreatBritainHHungary HKHongKongIItaly ILIrelandJJapan NLNetherlandsPPortugal RCChinaSWSweden USUSA
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Pickingdicultyauthor'sestimateonlyisgradedonascaleof1-5accordingtothetable below. 1relativelyeasy 2quitehard 3hardspecialtoolsrequired 4veryhard 5forgetit! 2
Alpha
J5+6-pin,horizontalkeyway3 Usedonvendingmachines.Thekeywayishorizontalandrectangularwith6pinsontheupperface and5prolepins.Keywaywardingandsmallsizemakethislockhardtopick. SeeDOMIX.
American
USwafer-tumbler,double-sidedkey2 Usedincylinderlocksandpadlocks.Thekeywayhasacentralwardandthekeyiscontinuously milledonbothtopandbottomedges,suchthatthebittingwidthisconstantalongthelengthofthe blade.Thewafersareadjacent,unlikeinordinarywaferlocks,andallhavethesamesizecutwhich mayvaryinoset.Thewafersrequirenospringsincetheyareheldinplacebythekey.Insome circumstances,thewafersmaybesprungonthesidebyanS-shapedwire.Therearetypically12 wafers. Americanalsomakehighqualitypin-tumblerlocksthatusespooldriversandspooledlowerpinsto increasethedicultyinpicking. SeeBricardLocks.
ASSATwin6000
SW6-pin+side-bar,dealerpermkey5 TheASSAlockhas6conventionalpinswithspooldriversactuatedbythetopbittingsofkey.A secondsetofbittingslowerdownonthelefthandsideofthesplit-levelkeyraisesthe5side-barpins toengagetheside-bar.side-barpinsareinternallysprung.Eachside-barpinhasseveralgrooves arounditsgirth,onlyoneofwhichisthecorrectdepthfortheside-barblade.Thecylindermay havehardenedpinsinsertedaroundkeywayandside-bartoresistdrilling. Thesidebittingsonthekeyareknownasadealerperm"andareusedonotherdual-actionlocks suchasSchlagePrimus,Vachette2000andWinkhaussothatthedistributorcutstheprolebittings toagivenpermutationusingaspecialcuttingmachine,leavingthetoppartofthebladeblank. Thebladecanthenbecutusingaconventionalcuttingmachine.
Abloy
FIAY110-discside-bar,D-prolekey4-5 Thekeyishalf-roundincrosssectionwithangledbittingsalongitslength.Sixbittinganglesare possiblefrom0nocutto90degrees,witha90degreecutleavingaquartercircleofkeyprole. Thekeywaymayhavewardsrequiringthekeytobemilledouttoadierentproletorestrictaccess. 3
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