Interested in learning how Locktools are made and work?

[pickmonger]

The US Patent Office has a huge collection of info on locksmithing. As an example I will talk about Learning about Pickguns and SnapPicks .

The following are photos of lock opening tools. You will notice that there are also engineering drawings as well.

The photos are from the LSS+ CD, The drawings are taken from US Patents...

So far I have collected over 100 patents that I have studied .... You will find both drawings and descriptive text, if you like this sort of thing, in the letters patent.

For example

Here are 2 pics from the Locks Safes and Security Site showing a pickgun




Here is a picture of a manual lockpickgun


Here is a picture of one type of snappick


If you really want to learn about it check the patents out on the United State Patent Office search site ....its free.

http://patft.uspto.gov you can try patent 4156375 as a start

[DrDave]

GREAT Post!!!

Thanks for taking the time to locate & Post!!!

DrDave-USA

[macaba]

This information is BRILLIANT! Thanks.

[VoTaN]

Wonderful!!!

I did some search about world-patents...

for canadian people:
http://patents1.ic.gc.ca

european:
http://www.espacenet.com/access.htm

japanese:
http://www.ipdl.jpo.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl


more additional & "state-specific" databases online are:

WIPO PCT-Gazette (world patents from 1997 ...)
http://ipdl.wipo.int/en/search/pct/search2.html

DEPATISnet - Deutsches Patentund Markenamt
http://www.depatisnet.de

UK Patent Office Database
http://www.patent.gov.uk/patent/dbase/index.htm

Base de données de l'Institut National de la Propriété Intellectuelle
http://www.inpi.fr/brevet/html/rechbrev.htm

Library Canadian Patent Index PATSCAN
http://www.library.ubc.ca/patscan

Plutarque (patents search engine)
http://www.plutarque.com

IP Office of Singapore
http://www.surfip.gov.sg/

Dolphin - Database of all Pharmaceutical Inventions
http://www.current-patents.com/dolphin/index.htm

Coating Patents Database
http://www.coatings.de/patents.cfm

Q-PAT - QUESTEL.ORBIT database
http://www.qpat.com


Hoping I was usefull...............

[VoTaN]

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