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  1. #1
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    Default Need Info's about Dial Lock

    Hello!
    Does anyone know where I can find Informations about a Lock like this? (Sorry, I don't know the Name for it)
    A Combination Lock where you have to insert a Key aswell.
    Thanks for any Help!

    Regards, Beat
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    As is what it said on the dial BODE Patent. I'm sure someone else will give you more information. It this safe door open or close..??.. What I don't understand is why the dial is so far from the dial ring..??..If safe open should try to get some picture of back door....Timothy....

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    There is a brief discussion in the book "High-Security Mechanical Locks" by Graham W. Pulford, page 322.

    "The Bode-Panzer Tangential safe lock, based on designs issued prior to World War II, employed a dual-dial mechanism requiring a 4-bitted key and combination for opening ... Of the two dials, only one was actually a wheel-pack combination lock; the other was a plunger, called a lafette, for a key-operated lock."

    "Further details of these intricate mechanisms are contained in German patents 214691 (1907), 418982 (1924), 642131 (1933), and 646623 (1933)."

    The Kromer Protector was available with a lafette and appears to be similar, made until 1999 (pages 398-404).

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    The lock in the picture is not a true tangential, but is the predecessor of that lock.
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    By the way, where did you get that picture? I'm pretty sure I've seen every pic of these locks on the internet.

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    Now I understand of why the dial standing out. That a nice cool Lock....Timothy...

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    Hello again!
    It took a while to answer you Guys, Sorry for that! Thank you for all the Informations!
    I got now a nice Safe with a Kromer Combination Lock with a Laffette, made around 1987.
    Does anyone know the Number of this Kromer Lock?

    Best Regards!
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