Linus Yale
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Linus Yale is the name of:
- Linus Yale, Sr.Linus Yale, Sr.Linus Yale, Sr. was an American inventor and manufacturer of locks.He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and later moved with his parents to Salisbury, New York. Yale opened a lock shop in the early 1840s in Newport , New York, specializing in bank locks. In 1850 his son, Linus Yale, Jr...
(1797–1858), American inventor and manufacturer of pin-tumbler locks. - Linus Yale, Jr.Linus Yale, Jr.Linus Yale, Jr. was an American mechanical engineer and manufacturer, best known for his inventions of locks, especially the cylinder lock. His locks are still widely distributed in today’s society, and constitute a majority of personal locks and safes. Linus Yale, Jr. was born in Salisbury, NY....
(1821–1868), innovator in cylinder lock technology, son and business partner of the above.