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2. Skeleton key - Wikipedia

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   A skeleton key is a key that has been filed or cut to create one that can be used to unlock a variety of warded locks each with a different configuration of wards. This can usually be done by removing most of the center of the key, allowing it to pass by the wards without interference, operating the lock. To counteract the illicit creation of ...

3. Warded lock - Wikipedia

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   Keys for some types of warded locks often have a characteristic symmetrical shape. The one on the right is a skeleton key. A warded lock (also called a ward lock) is a type of lock that uses a set of obstructions, or wards, to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct key is inserted. The correct key has notches or slots corresponding to ...

4. Master Lock - Wikipedia

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   Master Lock is an American company that develops padlocks, combination locks, safes, and related security products. Now a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Innovations, Master Lock Company LLC was formed in 1921 by locksmith -inventor Harry E. Soref and is headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In 1970 the company was purchased by ...

5. Master keying - Wikipedia

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   Master keying. Master key turning a pin tumbler lock with two shear points. A master key operates a set of several locks. Usually, there is nothing different about the key. 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 ...

6. Disc tumbler lock - Wikipedia

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   Disc tumbler lock. The underside of a disc tumbler lock. A key for a disc tumbler lock. A disc tumbler or disc detainer lock is a lock composed of slotted rotating detainer discs. The lock was invented by Finnish founder of Abloy, Emil Henriksson (1886–1959) in 1907 and first manufactured under the Abloy brand in 1918. [ a][ 1]

7. Three Skeleton Key - Wikipedia

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   Three Skeleton Key. "Three Skeleton Key" is a short story by the French author Georges-Gustave Toudouze. The January 1937 edition of Esquire marked its first appearance in English. This suspenseful tale and "Leiningen Versus the Ants" were discovered by the magazine's editor Arnold Gingrich. [ 1]