BEST: Difference between revisions
m (added Founder = Frank Ellison Best. added patent for key machine.) |
m (→Lock Listing: added BEST 1E Series) |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
== Lock Listing == | == Lock Listing == | ||
* BEST 1E Series | |||
* BEST 5E7 | * BEST 5E7 | ||
* CORMAX | * CORMAX | ||
== BEST A2 system == | == BEST A2 system == | ||
| Line 43: | Line 43: | ||
== Patents == | == Patents == | ||
* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US1615020A "Key-bitting machine" | * [https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/e9/87/c5/282da66c8b2c9e/US1479214.pdf US1479214] (pdf), Frank E Best, "Padlock", granted 1924-1-1, assigned to Frank E Best Inc. | ||
* [https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/1f/84/e1/fadf2ae16ca474/US1487307.pdf US1487307] (pdf), Frank E Best, "Lock", granted 1924-03-18, assigned to Frank E Best Inc. | |||
* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US1615020A US1615020A], Leslie K Loehr, Jr Ewald J Kind, "Key-bitting machine", granted 1927-01-18, assigned to Frank E Best Inc. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 22:49, 30 January 2023
BEST
| BEST | |
 | |
| Name | BEST |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1920 |
| Founder(s) | Frank Ellison Best |
| Products | |
| Lock cylinders | |
BEST is an American lock manufacturer that produces lock cylinders. BEST specializes in interchangeable core ( IC ) cylinders. BEST is a member of the DormaKaba group.
History
BEST Lock Company was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1920, after filing the patent for the first small format interchangeable core lock. The lock core was called a Universal Interchangeable Lock, because the same core could be put into a padlock, door lever (handle), knob, and other types of locks as they came into common use.
The term Small Format Interchangeable Core (SFIC) was coined by the Schlage Lock Company, to differentiate the IC made by BEST from Schlage's own lock which used normal sized keys and pins and was therefore called Schlage's Full Size Interchangeable Core FSIC lock cylinder. To this day, Schlage still refers to it's interchangeable core as FSIC. As other manufacturers started to make IC lock cylinders, the term Large Format Interchangeable Core (LFIC) became common.
Lock Listing
- BEST 1E Series
- BEST 5E7
- CORMAX
BEST A2 system
Gallery
Patents
- US1479214 (pdf), Frank E Best, "Padlock", granted 1924-1-1, assigned to Frank E Best Inc.
- US1487307 (pdf), Frank E Best, "Lock", granted 1924-03-18, assigned to Frank E Best Inc.
- US1615020A, Leslie K Loehr, Jr Ewald J Kind, "Key-bitting machine", granted 1927-01-18, assigned to Frank E Best Inc.
References
- ↑ https://www.bestaccess.com/why-best/our-story/ BEST - Our Story
