Identifying Yale Lock

[dwagner825]

I recently acquired this lock. It looks to be a lock for a cabinet door. It is roughly 1 3/4 inch square. The key is marked Yale and Towne and has 2N5 stamped on it. The latch has the number 5 stamped in it. Could it be a slot machine, vending machine or penny scale lock? Thanks for any help on age and/or use.

[Pschiffe]

I recently acquired this lock. It looks to be a lock for a cabinet door. It is roughly 1 3/4 inch square. The key is marked Yale and Towne and has 2N5 stamped on it. The latch has the number 5 stamped in it. Could it be a slot machine, vending machine or penny scale lock? Thanks for any help on age and/or use.

Yale Catalog No. 26 ca. 1929 on page 165 shows a No. 2222 sub-treasury lock which is very similar although the case of yours looks more like the R381 at the top of the page, but yours has a spring bolt. I believe a sub-treasury lock was typically used on the inner compartment of a safe, but could have myriad other applications. See page image at the thumbnail.

Pete Schifferli