Parking Meter Upper Housing Lock Specifications
Lock housing shall be of machined brass, chrome plated and inner cylinder shall be of machined brass. Lock shall fit without any modifications necessary to the parking meter upper mechanism housing; Duncan round vault door meters.
The lock shall provide the highest levels of security and performance, equal to the current UL 437 Standard for Key Locks, Type 1, for maximum resistance to surreptitious and forcing attack, for harsh environmental conditions and material performance for corrosion protection and endurance, as mounted on the parking meter model specified.
The lock cylinder shall be capable of no less than 275,000 key combinations. The operational design shall be that of rotating detainer discs, locked in place by a steel locking bar. Key shall be Restricted, Level 2 and cylinder and key system must be U.S. Patent protected. Key combination code(s) shall not have prior customer assignment and shall be exclusively assigned when issued. Lock cylinder shall retain key in the unlocked position. The cylinder's first rotating detainer disc exposed shall be of case hardened steel, nickel or chrome plated, to resist drilling and other forms of physical attack. No springs shall be utilized in the operation of the lock cylinder. Lock tenon shall be of "Double D design shape to accept cams of same design, as provided by all major parking meter manufacturers. Cam shall be affixed by a threaded, machined brass nut. A three-fingered locking washer shall be provided to add tightening stability to the brass nut.
Key shall be of nickel silver material, of symmetrical design and must be capable of multi-position insertion into the lock cylinder. Lock must be capable of being rekeyed to a new key combination if keys are lost or stolen, by a manufacturer factory authorized service center. A minimum of 100 thousand unused, unassigned key combinations codes must be available to select from, for each key combination code needing replaced. Lock and keys may be required to be stamped with identification characters, determined at the time of purchase. Abloy model CL200VE, or equal.