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by bervadi » 17 Nov 2006 17:55
Hello group,
I just joined because I don’t know much about locks and I have a question. I have to find the brand of a door lock. The logo is an inscription of a standard (Yale) key, with horizontal U-shaped lines under it. Any suggestions? I tried Google to find brand logo’s, but this wasn’t a success.
Thanks in advance!
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by VashTSPD » 17 Nov 2006 18:15
I don't know, maybe someone else does, but a picture would do wonders if you can get one. What is the lock on?
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by nezumi » 17 Nov 2006 18:16
I'm curious why you need to know the brand... If it has a yale key, might it be a yale? If not, pictures would be useful (even if you do it in MS paint).
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by bervadi » 18 Nov 2006 12:50
Thank you guys,
I’ m reviewing an 8 year old criminal “cold case†and the cylinder of the lock is now one of EVVE . To do some test, it would be nice to reconstruct the original state of the lock. I know, if the cylinder fits, the lock will work fine. The problem is; some prosecutors argue that there could be a difference. I do have a picture of it, but I don’t manage it to upload it in the message.
I was talking about a (Yale) key, because it is – as far as I know – the most classic key.
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by unbreakable » 18 Nov 2006 13:08
bervadi wrote:Thank you guys,
I’ m reviewing an 8 year old criminal “cold case†and the cylinder of the lock is now one of EVVE . To do some test, it would be nice to reconstruct the original state of the lock. I know, if the cylinder fits, the lock will work fine. The problem is; some prosecutors argue that there could be a difference. I do have a picture of it, but I don’t manage it to upload it in the message. I was talking about a (Yale) key, because it is – as far as I know – the most classic key. Bert
Are you sure its not EVVA?
That sounds cool, running tests on an 8 year old cold case.
Best of luck!
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by bervadi » 18 Nov 2006 13:37
My fold, it is EVVA indeed.
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by Schuyler » 18 Nov 2006 15:31
If it helps at all, Han Fey has written a beautiful paper exploring the inner workings of two of the EVVA lock types.
You can find it here: http://www.toool.nl/cutaway1.pdf
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by Schuyler » 18 Nov 2006 15:31
(sorry, it explores the inner workings of a pile of locks, but includes two evva locks.)
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by bervadi » 20 Nov 2006 10:53
At last, a picture 
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by bervadi » 20 Nov 2006 10:58
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by rohi » 20 Nov 2006 16:06
seen it before, checking out the collection now.
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by d_goldsmith » 21 Nov 2006 2:00
Can you get a better picture. I'd say this isn't really legible.

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by Deathadder » 21 Nov 2006 2:24
Schuyler wrote:If it helps at all, Han Fey has written a beautiful paper exploring the inner workings of two of the EVVA lock types. You can find it here: http://www.toool.nl/cutaway1.pdf
Those had to have been some of the most beautiful locks i have ever seen, and if i ever got my hands on one of them...
...i would chuck it off my roof 
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by bervadi » 21 Nov 2006 8:03
Sorry about the picture, but that"s all I have
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by bervadi » 23 Nov 2006 12:34
Ok guys,
I found it : it 's LITTO 
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