Penny Toilet Door Lock

Takes large old copper pennies 5 included.

Penny toilet door lock.

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64 57 6 bids shipping. Auction details antique furniture works of art paintings silver ceramics glass collectors items jewellery. A excellent quality vintage style solid metal vintage rose brass vacant engaged toilet door lock a lovely old rose brass vacant engaged lock and receiver. 3 vintage antique public toilet brass penny door locks.

While penny locking a door can work it will only work with certain door jams. Great old polished brass penny in the slot public toilet door lock handles in good working order complete with the cashbox key handle and bolt for the inside of the door also the striker plate for the door frame and 5 old pennies approx 13 x 4 x 1 25 inches works like this. Reclaimed antique brass vacant engaged toilet bathroom lock bolt indicator door. The lock may be made to accept nickels dimes or quarters or one of a number of tokens.

To lock the door and turn the sign from vacant to engaged the user had to insert a 1d one penny coin into the slot. Coin operated door locks similar to this brass one would have been a familiar sight to those venturing into the toilets which were very often built below street level. Working with all parts ready to fit use. Sale date s 06 dec 2019 11 00 gmt venue address.

Hangs on the door with screws on slotted holes on the back plate upside down in the image we ll flip it round. By lockerbie wilkinson ltd. Antique bronze brass spend a penny toilet lock lockerbie wilson. Bedford auction centre.

Brass bathroom toilet indicator lock bolt vintage. 1 120 21243 industrial chubb hasp and staple door locks. Order the universal coin operated locks online this rugged time tested device has once again found its place in access control for restrooms. 23847 antique 19c iron brass heavy door lock.

If done properly the only solution is to remove the door from the hinge. As you approach the door is shut you drop an old penny in the top which engages the lock and you turn the knob to go in when you slide the bolt across on the inside the sign changes from vacant to engaged and the. A lightly refurbished antique tipton penny door lock by lockerbie wilkinson of tipton in almost a rose brass. This one probably dates from around the 1920 40 s.

A brass penny slot cero toilet door lock. Old brass coin operated public toilet door lock. You do not have to charge for the use of your facility but you will be able to control usage. To penny lock a door you simply jam pennies between the door and the hinge from the outside which prevents the door from opening from the inside.

These were usually on the outside of toilet doors in train stations and the like.