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Name: Aida Redgate
Age: Appears 18
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 125lbs
Ethinic Group: A.I.D.A.: Analytical Informational Database Android
Gaian Occupation: Drifter, Lurker, Information gatherer
Location: Gaia
Likes: Thai Tea, Sewing, Ceramics, learning various information
Dislikes: Illiterate and obnoxious people
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Getting Off Topic

Report | 11/19/2007 1:11 pm

Getting Off Topic

I fail and off topic troll rapes me? I am off topic troll -.- I keep getting banned because losers report me.







Padlocks are portable locks used to protect against theft, vandalism, sabotage, espionage, unauthorized use, and harm. They are designed to protect against some degree of forced and surreptitious entry.











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    * 2 Rating



    * 3 Components



    * 4 Combination locks



    * 5 External links







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Mediaval padlock in Kathmandu



Mediaval padlock in Kathmandu



Viking Age padlock found at Birka.



Viking Age padlock found at Birka.



a normal padlock



a normal padlock







The earliest padlocks used in America, sometimes called “smokehouse” locks, were formed from wrought metal sheet and employed simple lever and ward mechanisms. The design was brought over from England. These locks afforded little protection against forced and surreptitious entry. Contemporary with the smokehouse padlocks and originating in the Slavic areas of Europe, “screw key” padlocks opened with a helical key that was threaded into the keyhole. The key pulled the locking bolt open against a strong spring. Padlocks that offered more key variance were the demise of the screw lock. Improved manufacturing methods allowed the manufacture of better padlocks that put an end to the Smokehouse around 1910.







Around the middle of the 19th century, “Scandinavian” style locks were introduced in America and became a more secure alternative to the prevailing smokehouse and screw locks. These locks had a cast iron body that was loaded with a stack of rotating disks. Each disk had a central cutout to allow the key to pass through them and two notches cut out on the edge of the disc. When locked, the discs passed through cut-outs on the shackle. The key rotated each disk until the notches, placed along the edge of each tumbler in different places, lined up with the shackle, allowing the shackle to slide out of the body. The McWilliams company received a patent for these locks in 1871. The “Scandinavian” design was so successful that JHW Climax & Co. of Newark, New Jersey continued to make these padlocks until the 1950’s. Today, other countries are still manufacturing this style of padlock.







Contemporary with the Scandinavian's were the “cast heart” locks, so called because of their shape. A significantly stronger lock than the smokehouse and much more resistant to corrosion than the Scandinavian, the hearts had a lock body sand cast from brass or bronze and a more secure lever mechanism. Heart locks had two prominent characteristics: one was a spring-loaded cover that pivoted over the keyhole to keep dirt and insects out of the lock that was called a “drop”. The other was a point formed at the bottom of the lock so a chain could be attached to the lock body to prevent the lock from getting lost or stolen. Cast heart locks were very popular with railroads for locking switches and cars because of their economical cost and excellent ability to open reliably in dirty, moist, and frozen environments.







Around the 1870s, lock makers realized they could successfully package the same locking mechanism found in cast heart locks into a more economical steel or brass shell instead of having to cast a thick metal body. These lock shells were stamped out of flat metal stock, filled with lever tumblers, and then riveted together. Although more fragile than the cast hearts, these locks were attractive because they cost less. In 1908, Adams & Westlake patented a stamped & riveted switch lock that was so economical that many railroads stopped using the popular cast hearts and went with this new stamped shell lock body design. Many lock manufacturers made this very popular style of lock.



Early padlock style, on the front gates of St. Peter's Basilica



Early padlock style, on the front gates of St. Peter's Basilica







In 1877 Yale & Towne was granted a patent for a padlock that housed a stack of levers an
Aida Redgate

Report | 03/24/2007 7:02 pm

Aida Redgate

The acronymn for my name was made up by Sybil Celestia. I wasn't aware of another meaning. Thank you for the input! smile
Bellecat

Report | 03/23/2007 6:33 pm

Bellecat

I thought AIDA stood for Artificially Intelligent Data Anomaly? xD
Oh well. There are many different Aidas belonging to so many different things that sometimes you have to stop and think... xP
Aida Redgate

Report | 12/15/2006 4:51 pm

Aida Redgate

Thank you.
pussycaty

Report | 12/08/2006 4:38 pm

pussycaty

cool profile
`Minuit

Report | 10/24/2006 12:00 pm

`Minuit

Thanks!! ^^
LabTech David

Report | 10/23/2006 12:32 pm

LabTech David

thanks for the comment ninja
Lycorius

Report | 10/22/2006 2:32 pm

Lycorius

Your welcome!
ajcrock

Report | 10/03/2006 7:29 pm

ajcrock

hay guys she is on my friends list
Aida Redgate

Report | 09/29/2006 3:55 pm

Aida Redgate

Good morning, Sybil.

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