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BARREL KEY [5 records]

Record 1 2003-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Military Training
CONT

MILES is a system the Army uses for wargames. You mount a small box, the transmitter, on the end of the barrel of your weapon, and wear a harness that has several straps on the front and back with infrared receptors on them. You also have a key that is normally in the transmitter to enable it. The transmitter has a microphone in it, and whenever a shot is fired, the sound causes it to fire a coded IR laser beam. The sensors on the harness are wired to a box on the back which detects when you have been hit. If you are, a beeper starts sounding loudly. To turn it off you have to take the key out of the transmitter, thus disabling it, and put it in a switch in the harness. Then you are "dead", and have to wait for an observer to come around with a special key that can reset the harness. They can also use the God gun, which is so called because it can fire pulses that will "kill" you like the other transmitters, but it can also fire pulses that reset your harness(bring you back to life...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A lock with both keyhole and tumbler mechanism in a cylinder separate from the case.

CONT

In cylindrical locks [there] is a cylindrical shell with rotatable barrel inside.... holes... are bored through the shell and into the barrel... In each hole is... a pair of pins... The barrel [is] rotated... by... turning the key.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Serrurerie
CONT

Serrure à barillet. L'organe principal (est) un cylindre [...] La serrure fonctionne au moyen d'une [...] clé à crans (soulevant) des goupilles ou barrettes qui dégagent un barillet intérieur au cylindre.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A bit key having a hollow barrel that fits over a stem in the lock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Clé à tige creuse pour s'engager sur la broche; ne peut ouvrir que du côté canon.

OBS

Forure : Trou foré dans la tige d'une clef.

Spanish

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Record 4 1990-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
DEF

A round pin projecting from the inside of the lock case opposite the key hole to receive a barrel or pipe key.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
DEF

Tige cylindrique, solidaire du pâlatre, centrée dans le canon, servant de support guide aux clés forées.

Spanish

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Record 5 1982-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks and Locksmithing
OBS

in a Bramah lock, the barrel was prevented from turning until a number of sliding plates had been pushed inwards by a slotted key.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Serrurerie
OBS

le barillet d'une serrure à pompe ne peut tourner tant qu'une clef encochée n'a pas poussé un certain nombre de lames coulissantes vers l'intérieur de cette serrure.

Spanish

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