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Mortise lock. The two main parts of a mortise lock. Left: the lock body, installed in the thickness of a door. This example has two bolts: a sprung latch at the top, and a locking bolt at the bottom. Right: the box keep, installed in the doorjamb. A mortise lock (also spelled mortice lock in British English) is a lock that requires a pocket ...
A keycard lock is a lock operated by a keycard, a flat, rectangular plastic card. The card typically, but not always, has identical dimensions to that of a credit card, that is ID-1 format. The card stores a physical or digital pattern that the door mechanism accepts before disengaging the lock. There are several common types of keycards in use ...
Latchkey kid. A child with keys to their home hanging from their neck. A latchkey kid, or latchkey child, is a child who returns to an empty home after school (or other activities) or a child who is often left at home with no supervision because their parents are away at work. Such a child can be any age, alone or with siblings who are also ...
Electronic lock. An electronic lock (or electric lock) is a locking device which operates by means of electric current. Electric locks are sometimes stand-alone with an electronic control assembly mounted directly to the lock. Electric locks may be connected to an access control system, the advantages of which include: key control, where keys ...
Search teams looking for missing British teenager Jay Slater on the Spanish island of Tenerife have found the body of a young man.
A man who robbed a Brinks security guard at gunpoint in North Texas pulled the guard’s pants off to prevent him from fighting back, police said.. Irving police are trying to identify the robber ...
The leader of a neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New ...
The only building of Eagle Lock Company that was not altered after the fire of 1975. The Eagle Lock Company (established 1833) was, at one time, the largest trunk and cabinet lock maker in the world. It was based in Terryville, Connecticut. The Eagle Lock Company was at the forefront of padlock security at the time.