Roman door locks more images 4.
Roman door locks.
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The shackle or hasp which was separate from the body carried on its lower side a pair of spreading springs which entered a hole in the end of the body when the two pieces were being put together.
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Large and heavy bronze key door lock bolt.
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The principle for how pin tumbler locks work.
The first padlocks requiring a metal housing and sprung steel were invented by roman engineer smiths some time around 100 200 ad.
Roman door locks roman engineers modernized them and other lock constructions by replacing the wooden parts with corresponding parts made of metal.
We also carry push plates and door handles as well as door kick plates.
Roman padlocks in metal were constructed very much after the fashion of the fourth primitive type of lock for doors mentioned earlier.
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Roman door locks more images 2.
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Roman door locks more images 3 ancient romans also used wooden pin tumbler door locks alongside the metal ones.
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Keys were no longer too big to lose or lift indeed some roman keys were small enough to wear on a finger.
Roman door locks more images 3.
The goddess athena.
The romans created new types of door locks and developed the idea of the egyptian lock substituting iron for the wooden lock and often bronze for the key.
A metal turnkey lock showing the key bolt and steel spring.
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Roman door locks more images 4.
The goddess minerva as a key bearer.
Roman door locks more images.
The pin tumblers are weighted down by.
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Roman door locks more images 3.
A wooden or metal key was inserted through a slit in the door to lift the metal pin tumblers and the key was then used to pull the bolt to the side.
The goddess minerva as a key bearer.
The clumsy egyptian pin tumbler locks were transformed into elegant roman pin tumbler locks of steel fitted with an ingenious roman invention steel springs.
Photo by the author.
The goddess athena.
Roman padlocks keys and locks from imperial rome historical locks.
The metal mechanism from a roman wooden cabinet or door moved by only the correct key in ancient times.
