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E.t. fraim lock co.

Patent drawing of a round padlock showing internal tumbler mechanism, pivoted shackle, springs, and numbered parts across five figures, with the inventor's signature at the bottom.

PADLOCKSamuel R. Fraim · May 31, 1921

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