Roman Door Locks

Roman door locks more images.

Roman door locks.

The practical padlock is also a roman innovation. The goddess athena. The pin tumblers are weighted down by. The clumsy egyptian pin tumbler locks were transformed into elegant roman pin tumbler locks of steel fitted with an ingenious roman invention steel springs.

The principle for how pin tumbler locks work. The goddess minerva as a key bearer. The metal mechanism from a roman wooden cabinet or door moved by only the correct key in ancient times. 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.

Photo by the author. 6 panel door interior slab solid pine 80x18 4 7 out of 5 stars 64. The first padlocks requiring a metal housing and sprung steel were invented by roman engineer smiths some time around 100 200 ad. Keys were no longer too big to lose or lift indeed some roman keys were small enough to wear on a finger.

Ex los angeles ca private collection. Roman door locks more images 2. Roman door locks more images 4. We also carry push plates and door handles as well as door kick plates.

Roman door locks more images 3 ancient romans also used wooden pin tumbler door locks alongside the metal ones. 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. Large and heavy bronze key door lock bolt. Roman door locks more images 4.

Only 9 left in stock order soon. Textured 6 panel primed white left handed hollow core composite single. Snavely international 2 panel door white primed shaker solid wood core 30x80 4 0 out of 5 stars 14. Roman padlocks keys and locks from imperial rome historical locks.

Nicely preserved with olive green to black patina earthen deposits. Roman padlocks in metal were constructed very much after the fashion of the fourth primitive type of lock for doors mentioned earlier. Roman door locks more images 3. Roman door locks more images 3.

Masonite 131162 32 in. 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. Roman door locks roman engineers modernized them and other lock constructions by replacing the wooden parts with corresponding parts made of metal. Sketch by the author.

Roman locks too were an improvement on the egyptian model. The goddess athena. Hanns schell collection graz. 64 mm 2 1 2 long and thick and heavy.