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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—the mortise—to be cut into the edge of the door or piece of furniture into which the lock is to be fitted. In most parts of the world, mortise locks are found on older buildings constructed before the advent of bored cylindrical locks, but they have recently become more common in commercial and upmarket residential construction in the United States.[citation needed] The design is widely used in domestic properties of all vintages in Europe.
A mortiselock (also spelled mortice lock in British English) is a lock that requires a pocket—the mortise—to be cut into the edge of the door or piece...
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They furnish a strong outcome and connect by either gluing or locking into place. The mortise and tenon joint also gives an attractive look. One drawback...
be installed, but the mortiselock may offer additional functions compared to a cylindrical lock; for instance, the mortiselock may include a deadbolt...
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the lock mechanism is commonly mortised into the door and so it is harder to determine the point at which to drill. Warded lockMortiselockLock picking...
sets have a shallower backset than does a modern bored cylindrical lock or mortiselock, allowing their use on doors with narrow rails. Phillips, Bill (2005)...
for his revolutionary pin tumbler mortiselock, considered to be the first pin tumbler lock of the modern era. That lock featured a flat steel key, referred...
to cutting. Mortise gauges are commonly made of hardwood with brass fittings. Like the simpler marking gauge, a mortise gauge has a locking thumb screw...
1795 – August 18, 1886) was an American inventor, best known for his mortiselock and stone-crushing machine, the latter of which earned him a place into...
key, interchangeable cores can be extracted from one lock type (bored cylindrical lock, mortiselock, padlock, and so forth) and then installed into another...
and Scandinavian round mortise cylinders Scandinavian oval cylinders There are also standardised cross-sectional profiles for lock cylinders that may vary...
acceptable grade. The lockset's latching (locking) mechanism may be of the mortise or cylindrical type. The mortise mechanism is enclosed in a box (usually...
locks can be installed directly into a mortise cut into each panel for total concealment except for the locking hole or mounted to the rear of the panels...
United Kingdom it is standard practice to have a 5 lever British standard mortiselock fitted to a wooden door, this will ensure that the property is compliant...
the attractions here is the original patent model of the Mortise Cylinder Pin Tumbler Lock designed by Linus Yale Jr., in 1865. "Take a tour of CT's...
principle. Butt hinge / Mortise hinge Any hinge designed to be set into a door frame and/or door is considered a butt hinge or mortise hinge. A hinge can also...
to the door. Electric mortise and cylindrical locks allow mechanical free egress, and can be either fail unlocked or fail locked. In the US, UL rated doors...
glue ups as they facilitate alignment of panel members. To create the mortise for the biscuit, a biscuit joiner is usually required. There are other...
(d. 1867) 1795 – Eli Whitney Blake, American engineer, invented the Mortiselock (d. 1886) 1803 – Eunice Hale Waite Cobb, American writer, public speaker...
lock requiring one hole and a surface rabbet rather than a complex mortise pocket, and another the same year in October for a mortise with the lock mechanism...
(b. 1772) 1886 – Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortiselock (b. 1795) 1919 – Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician...
Door chain Electric strike Single-point locking Snib "Basic Technical Fundamentals of Builders Hardware Mortise, Bored and Auxiliary Locks". Sargent Manufacturing...
punicana) is a lockedmortise and tenon wood joinery technique used in shipbuilding to fasten watercraft hulls. The locked (or pegged) mortise and tenon technique...
its bevelled edges. Mortise chisel thick, rigid blade with straight cutting edge and deep, slightly tapered sides to make mortises and similar joints....
edge. It was mostly used on interior doors, where it replaced the older Mortiselock. Schlage's new company grew quickly and into larger facilities throughout...
Bellwood, P.; Cameron, J. (2007). "Ancient Boats, Boat Timbers, and LockedMortise-and-Tenon Joints from Bronze/Iron-Age Northern Vietnam". The International...
Mortise type locksets tend towards larger projecting latches from the door to engage deeper in the frame and electric strikes used for these locking mechanisms...
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