Mills lock history

[sam2002]

Is there a source for determining one Mills lock from the other ? I have some locks that seem to be Mills but are not stamped Mills on the back . These locks have the square base . I have seen similar locks but they have cylinder barrels

[mrslot1]

Bell Lock made several variations for mills, the early version was the round base to the cylinder, on the back it has 2 crescents
and the second was the 4 rivets with the square base,

they also changed up the cut to the key, the serpentine cut was a fraction narrow to the first version.

another tid bit here, on the round cylinder mills locks the chrome ones were made for War Eagles only!

they also made a smaller version to there drawer lock used on other machines that mills produced,

hope this helps.

thanks Dave

[sam2002]

Cool man thanks !

[sam2002]

Where does the Dudley lock company fit into this ? If it does at all . I was under the assumption that Dudley bought out Mills or vice versa .
I am searching for some round barrel Dudley locks and need help being able to identify the Dudley's .

[sam2002]

Where does the Dudley lock company fit into this ? If it does at all . I was under the assumption that Dudley bought out Mills or vice versa .
I am searching for some round barrel Dudley locks and need help being able to identify the Dudley's .

[mrslot1]

Dudley bought out Bell Lock co.
Dudley was the tail end of pace locks,
Pace had Duo, with 3 variations of the key style,
Pace had Dudley,
and then at one point pace actually had their own lock with pace on the key! common type cam lock. one sided cut, not as complex as the duo or Dudley.

Dave