(1887) Austrian Lock with BALLS! 

Add in the fact that they have the EU and language differences. UK had until recently good access to both. Cough (BREXIT) cough.

That's what I thought too. Different mass between the different metals will make them respond at different speed.

That was my first thought anyways... For a possible over-lift attack.

Might be both

if the lock was mounted inverted those balls would not do much to prevent bumping

Combing only works on "straight" keyways - heavily paracentric keyways such as this "Yale" type will not allow the metal comb to lift straight up.

Proper overlifting prevention is a single long driver pin. Old solution that's been out of favor for decades is to put a mini pin in the spring.

Medecare*

No but Medeco might cover it. 😉

@@bouncingmonk123 USA medical system.

I am in the usa I was being punny, but thank you.

I accidentally put a pin in one of my challenge locks. Now ìì can understand what it would do

Anschluss.

> Der Ausschluß. (1) Anschluß rather than Ausschluß (2) According to the new German spelling, the old ß is replaced by ss (result) Anschluss (personal opinion) Only people who live far away can have such fun about it

@@galdavonalgerri2101 Well, since we're already klugscheißern, let's do it right, shall we? :) "Ausschluss" means "Exclusion", and in the case of an annexation of another country would make no sense. The correct word ist "Anschluss", which has two literal meanings, one is as a verb meaning "connection" (Internet connection is "Internetanschluss", electrical connection is "Stromanschluss" etc.), and another is to describe an action of attaching something - which is the meaning we're dealing with here. Anschluss means annexation, or literally, the attaching of Austria to Germany. The ß was NOT replaced by "ss" - it is still in use. However neither ß nor ss are used indistinctively. You may be using "ss" throughout (which is the correct Swiss spelling) if you are not able to type it (different keyboard layouts or you just can't be arsed to do it), most people won't bat an eye at seeing it, a lot of people even won't even recognise it as wrong, only grammar Nazis like me. If you want to show off your language skills, while writing official or publishable texts, you do well to use it correctly. In this case it's "Anschluss" rather than "Anschluß" because ß is to be used following a *long* vowel, while "ss" is to be used after a *short" vowel. Which probably doesn't help non-german speakers one bit since they won't know how to pronounce it anyway, but that's the rules. However, now you know how it's done correctly, so you can klugscheißern (be a smartass about it) when *other* people do it wrong :). So go forth and klugscheißere, my friend. In case your intention was merely to make it look more "germanic", and correct spelling be damned, be my guest. In this case I'd also advise using Umlauts instead of vowels throughout, looks even MORE germanic. Thus: Änschlüß!

@@horrovac Thank you my friend. I know that there is a difference between Maße and Masse that the Swiss cannot read. "Maße" refers to height and size (e.g. the human body), but Masse refers to weight (thinness, fatness). So it is very rude to tell someone that you have a good "Masse" (weight) - but some ladies may want to hear I admire your "Maße". Swiss people don't use ß so both words are written Masse.

@@horrovac more like „der Aufschluss“ am i right, eh? Eh? Eeeeeh? 🫠

Probably not. These paracentric Yale style keyways are generally immune to overlifting, even usin the new thinner 0.015" comb picks.

@@bosnianbill fair enough :-)

Well comb picking usually also doesn’t work without them, thus I don’t think that they are in there for this reason.

i know also this balls from ZEISS IKON locks ...

i also think that this is a product from TiTAN-Slovenia, BASi are buy and sell the Produckts of TiTAN and lots of other manufacturers.

@@FrauHaferniehl exactly

@@thomasw.6945 Do you know any other OEM lock company in Europe? Isn't TiTAN part of the DOM-GROUP?

@@FrauHaferniehl yes, Titan is part od DOM group....

I don't get the point of not installing the pins. They cost about $0.03 to manufacture and install. It's a negligible cost increase, security increase, and increases brand equity for having strong locks.

haven‘t seen them at Schönbrunn (Vienna Zoo) (i live nearby!)! 🙏

Actually we do have some kangaroos in zoos, for example in the Tierpark Rosegg.

@@erichkitzmueller I lived in Australia for 2½ years and never saw a kangaroo or wallaby. But I did see some near my home town in England. We even had some wild wallabies around here. It's an odd world. 🙂👍

@@BeatFiction And you live in a truly beautiful part of the world. 😀

No there are no kangaroos in zoos in Austria, we'd need to go out and catch some first.

My guess is that possibly the person who ran the hotel replaced the pins in the lock as it was used and the pins were worn out or they needed to rekey the lock because a key was not returned. Just a thought, nothing more.

Changing the spring reaction by adding the balls is more efficient than manufacturing a variety of springs. Notice that the balls are placed differently, also, in the two springs. They each have one at the end but the other two are in a different place along the spring. That must change the dynamics as well. All using standard springs and ball bearings. I'd place them above the spools. The pins do differ in density, also. Altogether, it looks like a clever and simple anti-bump design. (But I am not an engineer)

@@brianally1531 the balls are free floating. They are able to move the full length of the spring.

Basi.

Me too and then I read "No kangaroos in Austria 😂"

@@wytsewolf I read it as "No kangaroos in Australia" and then sat there for a few seconds, wondering if that's some Zen kind of thing, like clapping with one hand, until it clicked

@@saschaschneider6355 haha crazy

Doesn't matter. It will pick either way. And if you want to get technical, there are plenty of licks that have them mounted with the pins to the side and at the top.