QUANTUM LOCK

[Vetal]

QUANTUM LOCK----MEDECO?

[Squelchtone]

Interesting find, is that a common brand of lock in your country?

The only other Medeco clone I have ever seen before was made by Angal.

[Vetal]

I don't know, such bought. Я не знаю,такой купил.

[billdeserthills]

I doubt it was manufactured by Medeco, the sidebar is on the opposite side & the machining doesn't look to be good enough

[Vetal]

I doubt it was manufactured by Medeco, the sidebar is on the opposite side & the machining doesn't look to be good enough

I think,Medeco could buy this technology, the lock 1980 Я думаю,Medeco могло купить эту технологию,замок 1980года

[billdeserthills]

I doubt it was manufactured by Medeco, the sidebar is on the opposite side & the machining doesn't look to be good enough

I think,Medeco could buy this technology, the lock 1980 Я думаю,Medeco могло купить эту технологию,замок 1980года

I think it more likely that ASSA/Abloy, the owners of Medeco, would prefer to sue Quantum out of existance...

[Vetal]

I doubt it was manufactured by Medeco, the sidebar is on the opposite side & the machining doesn't look to be good enough

I think,Medeco could buy this technology, the lock 1980 Я думаю,Medeco могло купить эту технологию,замок 1980года

I think it more likely that ASSA/Abloy, the owners of Medeco, would prefer to sue Quantum out of existance...

I repeat the lock very old and you will know that all global manufacturers buy patents in few famous producers and from private engineers. Повторяю замок очень старый,да будет Вам известно,что все мировые производители покупают патенты в мало известных производителей и у частных инженеров.

[kwoswalt99-]

If it was made in 1980, it predates Medeco's patents.

[Squelchtone]

I doubt it was manufactured by Medeco, the sidebar is on the opposite side & the machining doesn't look to be good enough

I think it looks like the sidebar is sitting on the left side of the plug in one of the photos, but if you look down the pin chambers you can see the finger pin holes on the right side of the plug. and the > shaped cutout in the cylinder looks like it's on the normal side. If that lock was in fact made in the early 80's, then the Medeco Original patent was still in play, but who knows how enforceable that was in China or the Soviet Union at that time, not sure US patents mattered much. cars and planes were regularly reverse engineered.

[kwoswalt99-]

If it was made in 1980, it predates Medeco's patents.

Nevermind... need to pay more attention to the century.

[GWiens2001]

Very interesting. Have seen pictures of the Angal, but never seen another Medeco clone. Thank you for taking the time to post pictures of this lock, Vetal.

Gordon

[billdeserthills]

It is very cool Vetal, and it appears old enough to pre-date medeco's false gates on their pin tumblers.
Does the side bar have the medeco ball-bearing in it to deflect drilling?

That Quantum key even resembles the medeco Air keyway