Roman Door Locks

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Roman door locks. Hanns schell collection graz. 6 panel door interior slab solid pine 80x18 4 7 out of 5 stars 64. Roman door locks more images 3. Large and heavy bronze key door lock bolt.

Textured 6 panel primed white left handed hollow core composite single. Photo by the author. We also carry push plates and door handles as well as door kick plates. Roman door locks more images 3.

Roman padlocks in metal were constructed very much after the fashion of the fourth primitive type of lock for doors mentioned earlier. 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. Nicely preserved with olive green to black patina earthen deposits. The principle for how pin tumbler locks work.

Roman door locks roman engineers modernized them and other lock constructions by replacing the wooden parts with corresponding parts made of metal. The first padlocks requiring a metal housing and sprung steel were invented by roman engineer smiths some time around 100 200 ad. Masonite 131162 32 in. 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.

The practical padlock is also a roman innovation. Ex los angeles ca private collection. The metal mechanism from a roman wooden cabinet or door moved by only the correct key in ancient times. Only 9 left in stock order soon.

We have door hardware reproductions to compliment a number of periods from victorian door sets arts crafts door knobs mission style lever sets and a number door hinges to match. The clumsy egyptian pin tumbler locks were transformed into elegant roman pin tumbler locks of steel fitted with an ingenious roman invention steel springs. Roman door locks more images 4. The goddess athena.

Roman door locks more images. 64 mm 2 1 2 long and thick and heavy. The pin tumblers are weighted down by. Snavely international 2 panel door white primed shaker solid wood core 30x80 4 0 out of 5 stars 14.

Sketch by the author. Roman door locks more images 2. The goddess minerva as a key bearer. A metal turnkey lock showing the key bolt and steel spring.

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. Keys were no longer too big to lose or lift indeed some roman keys were small enough to wear on a finger. Roman locks too were an improvement on the egyptian model. Roman door locks more images 3 ancient romans also used wooden pin tumbler door locks alongside the metal ones.