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    Quote Originally Posted by David Hovey View Post
    Here is one that we service, still in use.

    This series 5 star was before the Constellation.
    That looks like a match with the Drury Plaza doors. I didn't realize there were 5-stars before the Constellation.

    I also noticed the door seems to include a switch where it meets the doorstop and I assume this tells the opening mechanism when to stop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wylk View Post
    That looks like a match with the Drury Plaza doors. I didn't realize there were 5-stars before the Constellation.

    I also noticed the door seems to include a switch where it meets the doorstop and I assume this tells the opening mechanism when to stop.
    Half right, it's tiled Hydraulic Cushion stop, but also disconnects the electric motor for the hydro pump.

    DH
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Hovey View Post
    Half right, it's tiled Hydraulic Cushion stop, but also disconnects the electric motor for the hydro pump.

    DH
    Perhaps the device under the Cleveland Federal Reserve vault door is a hydraulic cushion stop:

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