On a typical knob lock or lever set, you can see a key in the knob/lever cylinder. The cylinder holds together the part of the lock where you put your key. If you took the cylinder out of a standard keyway cylinder, it would look like the figure on the right.
Medeco Key-in-Knob cylinders can be turned into padlocks, cylindrical locksets with levers, bored-type auxiliary deadlatches, and deadlocks. Medeco 4 (M4) high security key-in-knob/lever cylinders have a new way to control the key and are rated UL437 for resistance to being drilled and picked.
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Medeco3 Key-in-Knob cylinders can be turned into padlocks, lever-style cylindrical locksets, bored-type auxiliary deadlatches, and deadlocks. The 20 series key-in-knob cylinders are UL437-rated for resistance to attacks with drills and picks, and those that use the Medeco3 design offer utility proprietary key control.
ASSA Key in Knob/Key in Lever cylinders offer the highest level of security on the market right now. They are made to replace the cylinders in locksets made by Arrow, Corbin/Russwin, Falcon, Sargent, Schlage, Yale, and many others.
Besides being used to lock doors, cylinder locks are also used in some car ignitions. The key doesn’t open the door; instead, it lines up the pins with the shear line. Then, the ignition lock cylinder turns your car’s ignition switch. (These two parts are different.) This is what lets a key be turned one way to run the lights or music and another way to start the car by turning the ignition switch.
Before they are built, Premium Key Controlled KIK (Key-In-Knob) Cylinders are machined and shaped to OEM specifications. Behavioral health and ligature-resistant applications now use cylinders that can only be opened with a key. Each cylinder comes with a duplicate card, 5 Key Controlled dimple keys, and a #06 keyway that is only used with that cylinder. It works with most Grade 1 and Grade 2 knob locks, lever locksets, and deadbolts because of how it is made. Because our line has so many models and parts, you can use it for a wide range of applications at a low cost.
How does a key work in a knob?
A key-in-knob lock is a lock that is hidden inside a door knob and is opened with a key. The lock and barrel are built into the door knob. The keyhole is on the outside of the door.
What does a cylinder key really do?
Keys with cylinders are easy to recognize. They have a bow and a long blade with V-shaped cuts along the top edge. This helps them move the pins and drivers in a mechanism called a pin tumbler. They can open the locks on your front door, back door, patio door, and even your cabinet doors.
What kinds of things make up a key cylinder?
The key goes into the door lock’s cylinder, also called the lock body. When the cylinder is locked, a set of pins that are held in place by springs keep it from turning. When a key is put in, the uneven edge of the body of the lock pulls the pins up to the height of the key in that part of the body of the lock.
Do I need to clean out my Euro cylinder?
How to properly install a Euro cylinder lock: The cylinder shouldn’t stick out more than 3 mm past the handle. The best situation would be to be completely flush and have no overhangs on the outside. The size of the cylinder must be right.
How do you use a key to lock a door knob?
Walk out and shut the door. Put the deadbolt key into the keyhole and turn it as far as it will go in the clockwise direction. The door should lock if you turn the key far enough. Return the key to where it was inserted by turning it counterclockwise, but don’t turn it any further! Take the key out of the lock’s hole for the key.
What is a cylinder for a door lock?
Before you lock or unlock a door, you put a key in the lock cylinder, also called the key cylinder, and move the lock pins. Turn the key in the lock cylinder to open the front door.
How many types of cylinder locks are there?
There are three different kinds of tumblers for cylinder locks: wafer, disc, and pin. These words refer to the way the lock works, which brave people can change without changing the hardware.
What do you call the parts of a door knob?
In the middle of a lockable doorknob is a cylinder housing that holds the lock and keyhole. The outside knob is the doorknob that is on the outside of a door. The knob on the inside of a door is called the “inside knob.” Box: A box is a hardware piece that goes around the bolt.
What works like a key?
A key is a tool for opening locks (to lock or unlock it). A typical key is a small piece of metal with two parts: the bit or blade, which fits into the lock’s keyway and makes each key unique, and the bow, which is left sticking out so that the user can put pressure on it.
What is the key’s working mechanism?
Between the pin tumblers and the springs is where the upper pins are. The pin tumblers are lined up in the lock’s barrel, and both the top pins and the spring are fully extended. When a key is put into the lock, the springs are compressed and the pin tumblers are driven onto the top chamber pins.
Tell me about a key barrel.
The key turns the barrel, which is the part of the lock. A broach or keyway is cut into the barrel to hold the key in place. This barrel will only accept keys with the right broach on them. A barrel can also be called a “plug.” The shell holds the springs and top pins of the barrel as well as the barrel itself.