Editing Hi-Tek lock

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{{infobox dswitch
| switch_illustration = 
| manufacturer        = [[Hi-Tek]]
| switch type         = [[Latching action]]
| family              = [[Hi-Tek High Profile]]
| actuation force     = 
| contact mechanism   = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch mount        = [[Switch mount#PCB mount|PCB mount]]
}}

'''Hi-Tek lock''' is a provisional name for a latching-action variant of the [[Hi-Tek High Profile]] switch.

==Variants==
===Waffle frame Type 1===
Latticework switches of the classic design. A movable piece of wire follows the latching track in the slider.

===Waffle frame Type 2===
Latticework switches, but with a raised platform around the slider.<ref name="DT-VC4152" /> The latching track is moved to a retention arm; a protrusion from the slider engages the track in the arm, and the arm pivots about its base.

===Flat top===
Later design, with the switch fully enclosed instead of open-topped and hollow. The latch design is the same as the waffle frame Type 2. A large cutout in the top of the switch is provided to allow the arm to swing from side to side.

==Keyboards==
===Confirmed===
*[[Perkin-Elmer 3700 keyboard]] (flat top)
*[[Volker Craig VC4152]] terminal keyboard (white, 1981; flat top, and waffle frame Type 2)<ref name="DT-VC4152" />

===Unconfirmed===
*DEC VT100 terminal keyboard (waffle frame Type 1)<ref name="DT-VT100" />

==Gallery==
===Flat top===
Pictures from a [[Perkin-Elmer 3700 keyboard]]:

<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:PerkinElmer3700kb-Hi-Tek linear latching switch.jpg | Front view
File:Hi-Tek linear latching switch-side top view.jpg     | Side view
File:Hi-Tek linear latching switch-engaged.jpg           | Latched state
File:Hi-Tek linear latching switch-disengaged.jpg        | Released state
</gallery>

==External links==
*Youtube — [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrjNeiNGaqo Hi-Tek linear latching action switch]

==References==
<references>
<ref name="DT-VT100">Deskthority — [http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8/dec-vt100-cyber-keyboard-t7565.html DEC vt100 'cyber' keyboard]</ref>
<ref name="DT-VC4152">Deskthority — [http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8/volker-craig-vt4152-t7744.html Volker Craig vc4152]</ref>
</references>

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[[Category:Alternate action switches]]
[[Category:Metal contact switches]]
[[Category:List of all keyboard switches]]
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