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Unknown keyway spotted in the wild

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Unknown keyway spotted in the wild

Postby dosman » 29 Sep 2006 0:53

I got a fleeting glimpse of a keyway I couldn't recognize in the outside door of a local business while I was going inside. I wasn't comfortable asking anyone in the store about it so I recreated a stensile of it from memory:

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I could see about 1/8" to 1/4" into the lock before the shadow darkened the inside but I didn't see anything at all up to that point. I have no idea what it was, I'm just curious if anyone else recognizes what it is.
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Postby What » 29 Sep 2006 2:01

prolly an abloy disklock of some kind.
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Postby TOWCH » 29 Sep 2006 3:12

That keyway is reminescent of everything from the latch of a payphone vault, to any number of double bitted lever locks and keyed safe locks. Do these look familiar?
http://www.sargentandgreenleaf.com/pdf/acc_key.pdf
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Postby linty » 29 Sep 2006 6:29

it's definitely not an abloy keyway.

i'd guess lever lock of some kind.
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Postby Shrub » 29 Sep 2006 9:41

Chubb AVA?,

Where do you live? fill out your profile and you may get more feedback and better help as locks are often region specific,
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Postby darrel.h » 29 Sep 2006 16:15

I think it is some cheapo warded lock. I have a a padlock that has that exact keyway.
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Postby dosman » 29 Sep 2006 17:35

It's a glass door with a steel frame, I don't think there's much much room for a large mechanism however I suppose it could be the S&G lock referenced.

Thanks!
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what lock

Postby greyman » 30 Sep 2006 15:00

Looks very much like a Chubb AVA - was one side a bit shorter than the other, perhaps with a bevel?
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