Rolsecure - anyone heard of one?

[greyman]

At a recent meeting in London, I saw pictures of a lock called Rolsecure. It is a magnetic lock with a rod-shaped key that attracts little steel ferrules inside the lock so that they line up and the key can then push in and turn. This is a marvellous lock, but apparently it's no longer made. Does anyone have any more info, patent numbers, etc?

[n2oah]

I have never heard of such a lock. Does it use a binary keying system (the downfall of most magnetic locks)?

[greyman]

Hi n2oah, no - as far as I could tell, it was a positioning system with a number of increments around the key stem. Certainly not binary, but I can't be 100% sure.

[ridinplugspinnaz]

I wonder if you might have better luck posting your questions about this lock in the euro forum? It sounds like the lock probably isn't north american, at least. I've certainly never heard of it (but hey, what do I know...)

[n2oah]

He probably wouldn't have better luck. I've ascertained that most people who visit the European Locks forum also visit the Locks forum. However, the converse in not true.

[mh]

I also remember having seen pictures or drawings of this lock (most interesting), but can't remember where.
I think either during patent browsing, or in a presentation by Peter Field, probably in Cologne this year. In that case, there's a pretty good chance we will find out more at LockCon 2008

Cheers,
mh

[rajnikant6368]

Hi, i worked in the production/ sales side of Rolsecure, many years ago. Not a very big company, but did well in the time. As mentioned, the roller tumbler lock, is not the easiest to pick, in fact, there was no one then who had succeeded to pick the lock (up to the end of 1990)