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- Walter Schlage, the founder of Schlage, patented a door lock that turned lights on and off in 1909.
- From 1830 to 1873, over 100 U.S. patents were granted for door knobs.
- The NFPA was formed in 1896 by a group of insurance firms with the purpose of standardizing the new and burgeoning market of fire sprinkler systems.
- The Door and Hardware Institute (DHI) is the only professional association dedicated to the Architectural Openings Industry.
- Other names for safe include strongbox and coffer.
- Wooden doors & handles first appeared around 5,000 years ago, as evidenced by paintings in the tombs of wealthy Egyptians.
- In India, during the reign of Emperor of Annam, valuables were sealed in blocks of wood & placed on islands protected by crocodiles.
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