Tony M: 9:30pm Jul 6, 2007: You'll really need to give us some more context than this rather cryptic snippet. Jonathan Widell: 9:34pm Jul 6, 2007: It is a patent for a key Jonathan Widell: 9:37pm Jul 6, 2007: It is rather cryptic but it goes further: "Clef ou ébauche de clef caractérisée en ce qu'elle est réalisée au moins en partie par matriçage" Jonathan Widell: 12:48am Jul 13, 2007: The English translation says: "The key or key blank thus defined advantageously is made at least partly by die stamping."
Explanation: One possibility, in the absence of adequate context to go on.
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OK, well at least it helps to know that it is the right kind of key! Die-stamping seems logical enough to me, though of course, it does all depend on the exact nature of this lock-&-key system
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'drop forging' sounds a bit heavy for anything as small (I assume) as a key; it would probably need to be stamped, to have a degree of precision to it...
Ou bien drop-forging or stamping according to http://big.chez-alice.fr/the.burgund/f-a_m.htm . Mystery word. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
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Explanation: One possibility, in the absence of adequate context to go on.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 hrs (2007-07-07 16:22:17 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
OK, well at least it helps to know that it is the right kind of key! Die-stamping seems logical enough to me, though of course, it does all depend on the exact nature of this lock-&-key system
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 days (2007-07-11 01:04:31 GMT) Post-grading --------------------------------------------------
'drop forging' sounds a bit heavy for anything as small (I assume) as a key; it would probably need to be stamped, to have a degree of precision to it...
Tony M France Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 8
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Ou bien drop-forging or stamping according to http://big.chez-alice.fr/the.burgund/f-a_m.htm . Mystery word.
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