Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Safe
(n.) A substantial, secure container with
varying degrees of security and/or fire
resistance, used to store valuables against
fire or theft.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Safe Deposit
(n.) A typically key accessed container
that requires dual key operation, usually
located inside a vault.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Safe Deposit Function
(adj.) An operational characteristic of
a lock which requires two separate keys
working in tandem to open the lock.
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Safe Deposit Lock
(n.) A lock that typically requires two
separate keys to access a container.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Safe Door
(n.) That portion of a safe used to gain
access to the contents of the safe in a
normal day to day manner.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Sally Port
(n.) An access control area with doors
or gates secured by interlocks such that
only one may be opened at a time.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Sash Lock
(n.) A type of window lock.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
SAVTA
(abb.) Safe and Vault Technicians Association
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
SBCCI
(abb.) Southern Building Code Congress
International
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Scalp
(n.) A thin piece of metal which is usually
crimped or spun onto the front of a cylinder.
It determines the cylinder's finish and
may also serve as the plug retainer.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Scandinavian Padlock
(n.) A cast case padlock with an elliptical
cross section. The locking mechanism is
a set of rotating disc tumblers, which
engage notches in the cast shackle and
may be rotated by the angled cuts cast
on the key.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Screen Door Lock
(n.) A lock designed for the thin stiles
typically found on screen and storm doors.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Screw Change (Wheel)
(n.) A perforated tumbler that may have
its combination set by placement of a screw
in one of the perforations.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Screwless Knob
(n.) A mortise lock knob assembly secured
to the spindle without screws.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Screwless Rose
(n.) A mortise lock rose installed without
screws.
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(LIST) Council
SDB
(abb.) Safe Deposit Box
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Seal
(n.) A single use device intended to give
recognizable evidence to the physical opening
or entry of a door, container, or space.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Second Generation Duplicate
(n.) A key reproduced from a first generation
duplicate.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Secondary Key
(n.) A key which operates certain locks
on a vehicle, but not the ignition lock.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Secret Gate Latch
(n.) A small keyless rim latch, which when
properly installed, is operated by pressing
a concealed actuator.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sectional Trim
(n.) A design that uses two or more escutcheons
on the same side of a door for a single
lock.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Security Collar
(n.) A protective cylinder collar.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
(n.) A key section and keyway design that
incorporates two non-curved planes of the
key blade intersecting at an angle between
1 and 89 degrees.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Segmented Follower
(n.) A plug follower sliced into sections
which are introduced into the cylinder
shell one at a time. It is typically used
with profile cylinders.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Selective Key System
(n.) A key system in which every key has
the capability of being a master key. It
is normally used for applications requiring
a limited number of keys and extensive
cross keying.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Selective Master Key
(n.) An unassociated master key which can
be made to operate any specific lock(s)
in the entire system in addition to the
regular master key(s) and/or change key(s)
for the cylinder without creating key interchange.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Self Closing
(adj.) Pertaining to doors or covers which
have a continuous force applied in the
closing direction.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Semi-Automatic Key Machine
(n.) A machine capable of duplicating keys
with limited manual operations.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sequence Of Progression
(n.) The order in which bitting positions
are progressed to obtain change key combinations.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Series Wafer
(n.) A type of disc tumbler used in certain
binary type disc tumbler key-in-knob locks.
Its presence requires that no cut be made
in that position on the operating key(s).
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Serrated Fence
(n.) A fence with "V" shaped
notches on a contact surface to inhibit
manipulation.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Serrated Tumbler
(n.) 1. A disk tumbler with "V" shaped
notches in its sides that do not allow
operation.
(n.) 2. A lever tumbler which has "V" shaped
notches in the contact end near the gate.
(n.) 3. A pin tumbler with "V" shaped
grooves around its circumference.
(n.) 4. A combination wheel with "V" shaped
notches along its outside diameter.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Service Code
(n.) In an electronic lock, a factory set
or user set code or combination that will
open the lock one time.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Service Hole
(n.) 1. An aperture aligned with each chamber,
providing a path for the ejector pin to
drive the entire pin stack from an IC.
(n.) 2. A hole in a cylinder shell intended
to provide access for rekeying without
disassembly of the cylinder.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Service Panel
(n.) The back cover of a safe door which
must be opened or removed to allow access
for repairs.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Servicemark Keyway
(n.) Any keyway whose shape has been configured
to receive protection under trademark or
servicemark law.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Set Screw
(n.) A screw used to fasten a component
in a fixed position relative to another
component.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Set-Up Key
(n.) A key used to calibrate some types
of key machines.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Set-Up Plug
(n.) A type of loading tool shaped like
a plug follower. It contains pin chambers
and is used with a shove knife to load
springs and top pins into a cylinder shell.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Seven Column Progression
(n.) A process wherein key bittings are
obtained by using the cut possibilities
in seven columns of the key bitting array.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Seven Pin Master Key
(n.) A master key for all combinations
obtained by progressing seven bitting positions.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sex Bolt
(n.) A nut and bolt set used to through
bolt, with a closed nut basically flush
with the mounting surface creating the
appearance of a carriage bolt.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
SFIC
(abb.) Small Format Interchangeable Core
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shackle
(n.) 1. The part of a padlock, which passes
through an opening in an object or fits
around an object and is ultimately locked
into the case.
(n.) 2. The portion of a restraint which
fits around the wrist, ankle, neck, waist
or thumb.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shackle Retaining Pin
(n.) A pin which keeps an unlocked shackle
heel in the case.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shackle Spring
(n.) A spring which pushes the shackle
into the open position when the padlock
is unlocked.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shank
(n.) 1. The part of a bit key between the
bow and the stop; or, if there is no shoulder
stop, the part between the bow and the
near side of the bit.
(n.) 2. A smaller diameter portion of a
knob that is positioned between the larger
portion of the knob and the rose or the
door surface.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
SHDA
(abb.) Security Hardware Distributors Association
(formerly NLSA)
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shear Line
(n.) A location in a cylinder at which
specific tumbler surfaces must be aligned,
removing obstruction(s) which prevented
the plug from moving.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shell
(n.) The part of the cylinder which surrounds
the plug and which usually contains tumbler
chambers corresponding to those in the
plug.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Shim
(n.) 1. A thin piece of material used to
unlock the cylinder plug from the shell
by separating the pin tumblers at the shear
line, one at a time.
(v.) 2. To unlock a cylinder plug from
its shell by using a shim.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Shoe
(n.) 1. A bracket which attaches the arm
of a door closer to the door or frame.
(n.) 2. The surface mounted case and guide
components of an exit device.
(n.) 3. A mortise lock component which
transfers pivoting motion of a thumbpiece
to linear movement of the latch bolt.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Shoulder
(n.) Any key stop other than a tip stop.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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(n.) A pin chamber with an internal shelf
that limits travel of a complementarily
shaped bottom pin.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Shouldered Pin
(n.) A pin tumbler shaped as to prevent
it from fully entering an unoccupied keyway
or limit its travel within a pin chamber.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Shouldered Spindle
(n.) In a safe lock, a spindle with a larger
uniform diameter toward outside to prevent
punching the spindle into the container.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shove Knife
(n.) A tool used with a set-up plug which
pushes the springs and pin tumblers into
the cylinder shell.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Showcase Lock
(n.) Normally a ratchet lock or plunger
lock used on bypassing doors.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shrouded Shackle
(n.) A shackle which is protected from
cutting or tampering by design or by the
use of secondary shields.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shunt Switch
(n.) A maintained contact switch, often
key operated.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shut Out Key
(n.) Usually used in hotel keying systems,
a key which will make the lock inoperative
to all other keys in the system except
the emergency master key, display key,
and some types of shut out keys.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shut Out Mode
(n.) The state of a hotel function lockset
which prevents operation by all keys except
the emergency master key, display key,
and some types of shut out keys.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shutter
(n.) 1. A spring-loaded device which closes
upon the removal of a cylinder tailpiece,
protecting a locking device from being
manipulated.
(n.) 2. A spring-loaded device which covers
a cylinder keyway when the key is not in
it.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Shutter Spring
(n.) A spring which returns the shutter
on a lock to the closed position.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sickle Key
(n.) A key in the form of a sickle inserted
through a hole in a door to actuate a bolt
on the opposite side of the door.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Side Milling Slotter
(n.) A key machine cutting wheel with a
squared edge that can cut on the side as
well as the periphery of the wheel.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Side Sheath
(n.) A portion of a multi-part pin tumbler
lock plug used to complete the shear line
fully around the plug.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Side Ward
(n.) A ward which prevents entry of an
incorrect key into a non cylinder lock.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Side Ward Cut
(n.) A cut made into a key to bypass a
side ward.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sidebar Lock
(n.) A lock mechanism which incorporates
a sidebar.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sidebar
(n.) A cylinder locking member mounted
longitudinally in a plug, which engages
multiple tumblers.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sidecode Variant
(n.) A master keying style of pin tumbler
locks which uses the keying capabilities
of the secondary security technology to
effect master keyed locking. Obtaining
a single key in the system does not reveal
the same secondary combination of all keys.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sidewinder Key
(n.) Typically an automotive key with a
bitting(s) milled into the widest side(s)
of the key blade with an end milling cutter.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Silent Signal
(adj.) Describes an alarm that annunciates
detection to a remote location instead
of a local location.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Simple Latch
(n.) A non deadlocking latch.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Simplex Key Section
(n.) A single independent key section which
cannot be used in a multiplex key system.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Simultaneous Retraction
(n.) A feature which allows retraction
of both the deadbolt and latchbolt in the
same operation.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Single Acting (Door)
(n.) A door which swings from the latched
position in only one direction.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Single Acting Lever Tumbler
(n.) A lever tumbler which must be moved
a minimum distance to allow travel of a
bolt, but cannot be moved so far as to
restrict travel of the bolt.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Single Cylinder
(adj.) Pertaining to a lock with key operation
from only one side.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Single Key Section
(n.) An individual key section which can
be used in a multiplex key system.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Single Step Progression
(n.) A progression using a one increment
difference between bittings of a given
position.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Single-D
(adj.) The shape of a cutout for a lock,
circular except for a flat section on one
side.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Six Column Progression
(n.) A process wherein key bittings are
obtained by using the cut possibilities
in six columns of the key bitting array.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Six Pin Master Key
(n.) A master key for all combinations
obtained by progressing six bitting positions.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
SKCS
(abb.) Standard Key Coding System
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
SKD
(sym.) Symbol for "single keyed",
normally followed by a numerical designation
in the standard key coding system; e.g.,
SKD1, SKD2, etc. It indicates that a cylinder
or lock is not master keyed but is part
of the keying system.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Skeleton Key
(n.) 1. A key with a large portion of the
bit filed away so that it can open different
locks. Also called passkey.
(n.) 2. A passkey with much of the bit
filed away so that it can open different
locks.
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(n.) Any non cylinder key whose bit, blade,
and/or post is cut away enough to allow
it to enter and turn in locks with different
ward arrangements.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Slide Hammer
(n.) A tool made from a rod with a handle,
a sliding weight on the rod, and a means
of attaching to a part to force its movement
relative to other parts.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Slider
(n.) A tumbler which is normally flat,
has a gate and moves with a linear or lateral
motion instead of pivoting like a lever
tumbler.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Slim Jim
(n.) A narrow strip of spring steel used
to bypass the cylinder and unlock vehicle
doors.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sling
(n.) A cable or layered length of fabric,
(usually the latter), with woven loops
in both ends, used to lift a safe or vault
door with a boom arm lift or forklift.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Slotter
(n.) A key machine cutter designed to make
cuts with a rectangular shape.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Small Format Interchangeable Core
(n.) An interchangeable core that replicates
the functionality and design popularized
by Best.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Smartcard
(n.) A card conforming to ISO specification
7810 and 7816 which one or more integrated
circuits with contacts allowing interface
to external equipment.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
SMK
(abb.) Sub-Master Key
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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SMNA
(abb.) Safe Manufacturers' National Association
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Smokeproof
(adj.) Referring to an area or opening
protected against the penetration of smoke.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Snap Bow
(n.) 1. A separate bow which can be affixed
to a smaller key bow.
(n.) 2. A bow which retrofits transponder
technology to conventional keys for use
in access control systems.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Software Key
(n.) Data used by software to provide or
deny access.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
(n.) The dimensions from the stop to the
center of the first cut and/or to the centers
of successive cuts.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spanner Wrench
(n.) A tool for installing, removing or
adjusting a threaded part. The tool is
designed to engage one or more holes or
depressions which are peripheral or not
on-center to the part axis.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spare Tire Lock
(n.) A lock designed to prevent removal
of a vehicle's spare tire.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Special Application Cylinder
(n.) Any cylinder other than a mortise,
rim, key-in-knob or profile cylinder.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spider Cam
(n.) A rotary mechanism serving to simultaneously
control the operation of multiple bolts
with a radial arrangement.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spider Lock
(n.) A lock that utilizes a special cam
as an integral part of the lock to extend
or retract the multiple bolts of the lock
simultaneously.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spindle
(n.) A component which transfers rotary
motion from outside a lock or latch case
to an inner mechanism.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spline
(n.) A groove in a combination lock spindle
designed to accept a spline key.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spline Key
(n.) A device inserted to position the
drive cam relative to the spindle in a
combination lock.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spline Way
(n.) A notch in a combination lock drive
cam designed to accept a spline key.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Split Astragal
(n.) An astragal constructed of two pieces;
each piece being mounted on either door
of the pair, and abutting to create a seal.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Split Bolt
(adj.) Two separate bolts housed in the
same opening in a face of a lock, each
operated independently from opposite sides
of the door.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Split Finish
(adj.) Of or pertaining to a lockset whose
finish is different on each side of the
door.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Split Hub
(n.) A two-piece hub which can allow motion
from one side of a swivel spindle while
preventing it from the other side.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Split Pin Master Keying
(n.) A method of master keying a pin tumbler
cylinder by installing master pins into
one or more pin chambers.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Split Spindle
(n.) A multi piece spindle which allows
a knob or lever to be installed on only
one side of a door.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Split Wafer
(n.) Disc tumblers which are approximately
half the width of a full tumbler used in
the same lock, and are paired adjacent
to one another in the same cut position.
Typically used in automotive locks.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spool Pin
(n.) Usually a top pin which resembles
a spool, typically used to increase pick
resistance.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spring Cover
(n.) A device for sealing one or more pin
chambers.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spring Hinge
(n.) A hinge incorporating a mechanism
to apply automatic closing force.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spring Latch
(n.) A latch operated under spring pressure,
having no deadlatching feature.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Spring Seat
(n.) The point at which a spring is anchored,
located or attached and at which (from
which) it exerts force.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Spy-Proof Dial
(n.) A dial and dial ring that complement
each other to limit viewable numbers to
a range of approximately 10 at a time.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Square Back
(adj.) Pertaining to a rim cabinet lock
whose mounting flanges and case form the
general shape of a square.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Square Corner Latch
(n.) A latch with a face whose sides meet
at 90 degree angles.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Stand Alone
(n.) A self contained electronic lock device.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Standard Key Coding System
(n.) An industry standard and uniform method
of designating all keys and/or cylinders
in a master key system. The designation
automatically indicates the exact function
and keying level of each key and/or cylinder
in the system, usually without further
explanation.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Standard Progression Format
(n.) A systematic method of listing and
relating all change key combinations to
all master key combinations in a master
key system. The listing is divided into
segments known as blocks, horizontal groups,
vertical groups, rows, and pages, for levels
of control.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Standards
(n.) A set of specifications relating to
materials, finishes, construction, resistance,
or strength that typically establish a
minimum acceptable value.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Staple
(n.) The portion of a hasp assembly with
the hole or opening to receive a padlock.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Step Pin
(n.) A spool or mushroom pin which has
had a portion of its end machined to a
smaller diameter than the opposite end.
It is typically used as a top pin to improve
pick resistance by some manufacturers of
high security cylinders.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Stepped Tumbler
(n.) A special (usually disc) tumbler used
in master keying. It has multiple bearing
surfaces for blades of different key sections.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
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Stile
(n.) The vertical construction member located
on either edge of a door.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Stop (Of A Door)
(n.) The projecting portion of a doorframe
upon which the door rests when closed.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Stop (Of A Key)
(n.) The part of a key from which all cuts
are indexed and which determines how far
the key enters the keyway.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Stop Gauge
(n.) The part of a key machine that aligns
a key blank, a pattern key, or both, so
that the blank may be cut correctly.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Stop Works
(n.) A button or toggle mechanism which
prevents operation of a knob, lever or
thumbpiece in a non-bored lock.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Stop Works Button(s)
(n.) A one or two-piece stop works activator.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Store Door Function
(n.) A lockset function in which: a) a
deadbolt is operated by key from either
side and a latch is operated by working
trim from either side; or b) a deadlocking
latch can be withdrawn by working trim
from either side except when both sides
are locked by key from either side.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
STPRP
(abb.) “Safe Technicians Proficiency
Registration Program”; the certification
program of SAVTA as administered by ALOA.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Straight Knife
(n.) A bypass tool for manipulating a spring
bolt directly behind the cylinder plug.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Strike Locator
(n.) A tool used to mark the jamb, relative
to the bolt of the lock, prior to strike
installation.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Strike Reinforcer
(n.) A metal plate mounted behind a strike,
using long screws to secure it to the door
frame.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Strike
(n.) A bolt receptacle typically mounted
in the door jamb or the floor.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Strikethru Keying
(n.) A means of shaping a key bitting by
tooling which presses the key in such a
way as to leave an indentation on one bitted
surface or side of the key, and a protrusion
on the other.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Stump
(n.) The stationary fence(s) in a lever
lock.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sub-Master Key
(n.) The master key level immediately below
the master key in a system of six or more
levels of keying.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Substitution Code
(n.) A code whose individual characters
are converted to individual key cuts or
combination numbers by means of a reference
table.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Suffolk Latch
(n.) A door latch consisting of a horizontal
bar which moves vertically to unlatch on
the inside, actuated by a thumb piece on
the outside.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Supervised Security Seal
(n.) A device which provides visual indication
of tampering and includes the ability to
be connected into electronic security systems.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Surface Pull
(n.) A handle or grip attached to the surface
of a door or drawer.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sweep
(n.) The radiused part of a lever tumbler
with which the key makes contact.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Sweep Speed
(n.) The speed at which a closer moves
a door from open to the point where latching
speed is engaged.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Swing Clear Hinge
(n.) A hinge that allows the door to swing
far enough away from the jamb to fully
clear the opening at 90 degrees open.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Switch Lock
(n.) 1. A lock which incorporates an electrical
switch as an integral part of its construction.
(n.) 2. A large padlock designed for use
on railroad switches.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
Swivel Spindle
(n.) Normally a two-piece spindle assembly
whose two halves are designed to turn independently.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training
(LIST) Council
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