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  2. Rotary dial - Wikipedia

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    When winding the dial-return spring, these clutches disconnected to let the dial turn quickly. When the dial was released, the clutch spring wrapped tightly to drive the governor. While winding the dial, a spring-centered pawl in the Western Electric dial wiggled off-center when driven by the cam on the dial shaft.

  3. Rotary combination lock - Wikipedia

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    As the dial rotates, there will not be enough space for the drive pin on the cam to pass the fly on that face of the first wheel closest to the cam, and so the first wheel will begin to rotate with the dial once the drive pin on the cam engages the fly of the first wheel. The first wheel (closest to the cam) is said to be picked up when this ...

  4. Combination lock - Wikipedia

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    A Wordlock letter combination lock.. A combination lock is a type of locking device in which a sequence of symbols, usually numbers, is used to open the lock. The sequence may be entered using a single rotating dial which interacts with several discs or cams, by using a set of several rotating discs with inscribed symbols which directly interact with the locking mechanism, or through an ...

  5. AOL Dialer: Fix common problems - AOL Help

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    1. Check phone line for dial tone, and line quality. 2, Redial. 3. Select a different access number(s). Access Numbers work better with certain modems. 4. Double check your username - don't include spaces or @aol.com. 5. Restart your computer and modem.

  6. Rotary switch - Wikipedia

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    Three-deck rotary switch allows controlling three different circuit functions. A rotary switch is a switch operated by rotation. These are often chosen when more than 2 positions are needed, such as a three-speed fan or a CB radio with multiple frequencies of reception or "channels".

  7. Pulse dialing - Wikipedia

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    The model 500 rotary dial telephone by Western Electric was a pulse-dialing instrument.. Pulse dialing is a signaling technology in telecommunications in which a direct current local loop circuit is interrupted according to a defined coding system for each signal transmitted, usually a digit.

  8. Dialling (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    DTMF keypad layout. Introduced to the public in 1963 by AT&T, Touch-Tone dialing greatly shortened the time of initiating a telephone call.It also enabled direct signaling from a telephone across the long-distance network using audio-frequency tones, which was impossible with the rotary dials that generated digital direct current pulses that had to be decoded by the local central office.

  9. Strowger switch - Wikipedia

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    The telegraph keys or telephone dial creates trains of on-off current pulses corresponding to the digits 1–9, and 0 (which sends 10 pulses). This equipment originally consisted of two telegraph keys engaged by knife switches, and evolved into the rotary dial telephone. The central office switching equipment has a two-motion stepping switch. A ...