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The Padlock Patent Archive

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A 150-drawing archive of padlock patents, organized by date, inventor, type, and the mechanisms that shaped the lock.

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This is industrial history with a collector’s eye: railroad signal locks, heart-shaped locks, key-hostage mechanisms, and a Yale lock built like a pipe. Each entry connects an object to its original patent drawing, plain-English explanation, and an assessment of whether it was ever manufactured.

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Lunch Through the Bee Veil

August 11’s newborn domains include a bee veil with a lockable lunch flap, a book designed to unfold over ten years, a Colombian missing-person and aid board, and a brick studio made by a dad and his 10-year-old co-founder.

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