Year: 1888

page_text: We FRANCIS EDWARD WILSON Safe Manufacturer of Crescent Works Crescent;
Cambridge Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick and CHARLES CURWEN
WALKER Surveyor, of Jubilee Villa Acocks Green in the County of Warwick do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the application and utilization of a bolt passing trans-
versely across and through the shot-out bolt or bolts of safes, strong rooms, and such
like structures for the purpose of making the safe, strong room, or such like structure
impregnable to the operations of thieves or other persons who attempt to burst open
the safe, strong room or other such like structures.
In carrying out our invention we form the safe or strong room door with one, two,
or more shooting bolts operated by motion bolts projecting from a central disc or
wheel at varying distances from the centre of such disc or wheel; so far we are
describing the well known method of operating the bolts of a safe.
Our improvements consist in the following arrangement of parts.
We provide a sliding plate the length of which will be less than the ordinary
motion plate, connected to the ordinary central disc bolt.
The sliding plate is pierced with a slot through which is passed the ordinary bolt
projecting from the central disc. We next provide a crank lever, one end of which is
formed with a slot or hook, the other end being formed of a convenient shape to
fasten to the sliding plate.
We next provide a locking crank one arm of the crank is formed of a suitable
shape to connect to our novel transverse locking bolt; . We next provide a locking
bolt which may be of any suitable transverse section, the locking bolt would be made
of a sufficient length to pass transversely through the ordinary longitudinal bolt of a
safe and also through the angle iron or frame into which the usual bolt is shot.

page_text: We next provide a crank box which when viewed horizontely would present an
open trough with two side walls and one solid end wall the other end wall being
pierced to receive the short end of the motion crank.
We next pierce a hole transversely through the ordinary bolt of the safe, strong
room, or such like structure.
In putting together the separate parts of our invention we proceed in the following
manner.
We connect the long end of the locking crank to the transverse locking bolt by
means of an axial pin passing through a slot provided in the front end of the locking
crank. The transverse locking bolt will then have a radial movement on its axial pin,
and in addition a sliding movement along the slot.
We next take the connected motion crank and locking bolt and lower them into
the crank box the locking crank is connected to the crank box by means of an axial
pin passing through the sides of the crank box. The short leg of the crank will then
be parallel with the vertical end wall of the crank box; the long leg of the moving
crank would be parallel with the top and bottom faces of the crank box.
We next take the crank box with its connections and turning it over, lower the
transverse locking bolt through the transverse hole provided (in the ordinary shooting
bolt) to recieve the said transverse bolt. We next secure the crank box to the face
of the shooting bolt by means of screws or by other mechanical equivalents. We
then place the book of the crank lever over the short end of the motion crank. We
then secure the crank lever to the sliding plate by means of screws or other mechanical
equivalents.
Our invention put together as herein before described would be operated in the
following manner.
In using the safe door, a key or lever would be inserted from the outside of the door
into a central hole provided in the disc or wheel, the disc or wheel would be thereby
revolved on its axis, the stumps or motion studs working in the slot provided in the
moving plate would throw the bolt connected to the moving plate into the slot
provided in the side of the safe to receive it, the motion stud would next press against
the sliding plate placed over the moving plate and would thus cause the sliding plate
to slide or travel carrying with it the crank lever.
The slotted end of the crank lever connected to the end of the short arm of locking
crank would move the short arm thus radiating the locking crank on its axial pin
causing the front end of the long arm to travel in a downward direction carrying
with it the transverse locking bolt through the side walls or angle irons of the safe.
The door of the safe or strong room would thus be connected to the side or end of
the safe or strong room by means of the lateral bolt and in addition to the ordinary
lateral bolt our transverse bolt would pass through the lateral bolt into the wall or
plate constituting the safe or strong room.
We have now described the mechanical action of our transverse bolt connected to
one ordinary bolt of an ordinary safe.
When we wish to connect our transverse bolts to all the ordinary bolts of a safe we
provide one sliding plate and slot for each side or end of the safe, irrespective of the
number of ordinary bolts shooting out from each side or end of the safe, that is to
say, the four motion studs usually used on a disc or wheel for throwing out one, two,
three, or more bolts from the top of the safe, also from the bottom of the safe, also
from each side of the safe would be utilized in the manner hereinbefore described
passing through four sliding plates. A foundation plate of any convenient length
would be then connected to the central sliding plate. A crank box with its con-
nections and also a crank lever would be secured to the foundation plate in conjunction
with each shooting holt, the one sliding plate would consequently carry with it the
foundation plate and two, three, four, or more crank boxes and connections. The
transverse locking bolts would all be moved at the same time by the action of
the motion stud or stump working in the slots provided in the sliding plates.
To unfasten the safe, strong room, or other such like structure the central disc o
wheel would be rotated back to its normal position, thus causing the sliding plates

page_text: to move back, also drawing back the crank levers which would draw down the short
arms of the notion cranks, and thus radiate the motion cranks on their axial pins
causing the front ends of the said motion cranks to rise thus lifting the transverse
bolts out of the transverse holes pierced in the walls or sides of the safe, or strong room
or other structure, allowing the ordinary locking bolts to move out of the slots
provided in the walls or sides of the safe, or strong room or other structure.
To facilitate the easy working of the moving plates and sliding plates we provide
spherical balls and insert them between the plates at suitable distances apart to
form ball-bearings.
Dh: ALL Notion 1000
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: CUMPLEIE DE MULTICATION.
Improvements in Fastening or Locking Mechanism for Safes and
Strong Rooms.
We FRANCIS EDWARD WILSON, Safe Manufacturer of Crescent Works, Crescent,
Cambridge Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick and CHARLES CURWEN
WALKER, Surveyor, of Jubilee Villa Acocks Green in the County of Warwick do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
This invention consists in the application of a bolt or bolts passing transversely
across and through the shot out bolt or bolts of safes and strong rooms into the
frames or top bottom, and side walls of such safes or strong rooms, for the purpose of
securing such shot out bolts to the frames or walls of the safes or strong rooms
thereby rendering such safes or strong rooms impregnable to the operations of thieves
who may attempt to force open the doors of such safes or strong rooms.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings, the
manner in which our invention is constructed and used.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
Figure 1 represents the plan of door and locking connections.
Figure 2 represents a side view of a safe door; partly in section and partly in
elevation.
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Figure 3 represents a transverse section of figure 1 on the line A. B.
Figure 4 represents a perspective view of an open safe fitted with our transverse
bolts.
Figure 5 represents a broken plan of foundation plate showing the sliding guide.
Figure 6 is a plan of figure 5.
Figure 7 is an end view of figure 5.
Figure 8 represents a broken section of a safe or strong room door, shewing the
transverse bolt passed through the ordinary shot out bolt, and thence through the
flange or angle iron frame against which the door shuts and thence entering into
the material constituting the door.
Figure 9 represents a top right hand corner of the safe door shewn at figure 4, with
transverse bolt passing out towards the door.
Figure 10 represents a top left hand corner of a safe, provided with an internal
flange similiar to the flange u. v. figure 11 to receive the transverse bolt n after it
leaves the slot (.
Figure 11 represents a safe with the back portion broken off, for the purpose of

page_text: obtaining an internal back view of the angle iron framing forming an internal
flange against which the safe door rests when shut, and behind which the
shooting bolts pass, the transverse bolts passing through the shooting bolts
transversely, thence through the angle iron flange, and thence into the door.
Figure 12 represents a bottom left hand corner of figure 11 shewing the transverse
bolt passing through the angle iron and also into the material constituting the door of
safe, at the section B. B. on figure 11.
In carrying out our invention we form the door of safe or strong room with one,
two, or any required number of ordinary shooting bolts a such bolts being operated
by means of motion studs which project from the rim or arms of a first power
locking wheel e and which also project through or into slots d formed in the
extended shank plates of the aforesaid shooting bolts, so far we are describing a well
known method of operating the ordinary shooting bolts of a safe door or strong room
door.
Our improvements consist of additional parts arranged in the manner hereinafter
set forth.
We provide sliding plates e the length of which will be less than the shank plates f,
the sliding plates are pierced with slots g through which are passed the motion studs b.
We next provide crank levers h, one end of each lever is formed with a slot k, the
other end of each lever being formed of a suitable shape to fasten to the sliding plates e.
We next provide locking cranks m locking bolts n and crank boxes o, each locking
crank is formed with a short arm and a long arm: a slot is pierced through the end
of the long arm.
In putting together our improved fastening or locking mechanism we proceed in
the following manner.
Each transverse locking bolt is formed with a recess leaving two cheeks
between which the slotted end of a locking crank m. is placed and secured in position
by means of an axial pin which passes through one check of locking bolt thence
through the slot formed in end of locking crank and out at the other cheek of locking
bolt the transverse locking bolt so connected can then be made to exert a radial
movement on its axial pin in conjunction with a sliding movement of the axial pin
along the slot of locking crank.
Each shooting bolt is formed or pierced with a hole passing transversely through
the bolt as represented at figure 2.
In connecting together one set of locking mechanism we take the connected
locking crank, and locking bolt and lower them into a crank box o, the locking
crank is connected to the crank box by means of the fulcrum pin w passing
through the sides of the crank box o and through the fulcrum of the locking crank.
We next take the crank box o with its connections and turning it over lower the
iransverse locking bolt through the transverse hole provided in the ordinary shooting
bolt to receive the said transverse bolt n. We next secure the crank box o to the
face of the shooting bolt by means of screws s, s, or by other mechanical equivalents:
we then place the slot & formed in crank lever over the short end of the locking
crank we then secure the crank lever to the sliding plate e by means of screws / or
other mechanical equivalents.
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Our invention put together as hereinbefore described would be operated in the
following manner.
In using the safe or strong room door a key or lever would be inserted from the
outside of the door into a central hole provided in the hub of first power locking
wheel C the locking disc or wheel e would be thereby revolved on its axis, the motion
stud working in the slot d provided in the shank plate would throw the bolt a
connected to the shank plate into the slot provided in the side of the safe to receive
it as represented at figure 10 or behind the flange of angle iron as represented at u
or figure 11, the motion stud b would next press against the sliding plate e placed
over the shank plate at the slot and would thus cause the sliding plate to
slide or travel carrying with it the crank lever h the slotted end of the crank lever /

page_text: connected to the end of the short arm of locking crank would thereby move the short
arm, thus radiating the locking crank on its fulcrum pin w causing the front end of
the long arm to travel in a downward direction, carrying with it the transverse
locking bolt through the shooting bolt a into the side walls of the safe or through the
flange of angle iron into the material constituting the door as represented at figures 8,
and 11.
We have now described the mechanical action of our transverse bolt connected
to one ordinary bolt of one ordinary safe.
When we wish to connect our transverse bolts n to all the ordinary bolts of a
safe, we provide a shank plate on which is formed the required number of pierced
shooting bolts and in which is formed one slot d, we connect one of these
compound shank plates to each side or end of safe that requires more than one
shooting bolt. We next provide a foundation sliding plate a which may be of any
configuration suitable to slide or travel the required distance free of contact with fixed
parts of the lock action; the plate is provided with guide blocks y as illustrated at
figures 1, 5, 6, and 7.
We next provide a number of sets of transverse locking motion consisting of crank
box o crank lever h locking lever m and locking bolt n henceforward referred to as
the transverse set; a transverse set would then be secured to the foundation
sliding plate in conjunction with each shooting bolt formed on the compound
shank plate, the one compound shank plate would consequently carry over it
the foundation plate connected to two, three four or more transverse sets, the
whole of the transverse locking bolts n would move at the same time by the action
of the moving studs & working in the slots g provided in the sliding plates e anda.
Our illustration figure 1 shows a single shank plato in uso at the top of the
safe, likewise at the bottom of the safe, together with a compound shank plate in
conjunction with foundation sliding plate on each side of the safe.
To unfasten the safe or strong room door the central disc or wheel would be
rotated back to its normal position, thus causing the sliding plates to move back also
drawing back the crank levers h which would draw in the short arms of the locking
cranks thus, radiating the said locking cranks on their axial pins causing the front
end of long arms to rise and lift the transverse bolts out of the transverso holes r,
pierced in the shooting bolts a, and thereby enable the shooting bolts to be
withdrawn from the walls or sides or angle-plate-flanges of the safe or strong
room.
The crank box o is made of sufficient depth to admit the locking bolt n when the
said bolt n has been withdrawn from contact with frame of safe or strong room.
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We have represented the locking bolts n of a circular transverse section but we do
not confine ourselves to that form as we may vary the configuration of such transverse
section to suit the dimensions of the safe or strong room.
Although we prefer to arrange the locking bolts n to move outwards towards the
door as illustrated and described in reference to figures 1, 89 11, nevertheless in some
cases we can reverse the action of the bolts n, and move them outwards towards the
back of the safe as indicated at figure 4.
To facilitate the easy working of the shank plates and sliding plates we provide
spherical balls, and insert them between the plates at suitable distances apart to form
ball bearings as illustrated at figures 2 and 3 such bearings may be also formed at
other suitable points between the upper surfaces of the shank plates and the lower
surfaces of the sliding plates and foundation sliding plates, also between the under
side of shank plates and the upper surface of supporting blocks, placed under the
shank plates at varying distances apart in accordance with the dimensions of the door
of safe or strong room.
The shank plates, sliding plates or foundation sliding plates provided at the ends
of the doors, can be cranked near the wheel c, so as to pass under the shank plates
or sliding plates provided at the sides of door: in a like manner the side plates can be
cranked to pass under the end plates.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1st. The application of a bolt or bolts passing transversely across and through the
shot out bolt or bolts of safes and strong rooms into the frames or top bottom and
side walls of such safes or strong rooms for the purpose of securing such shot out
bolts to the frames or walls of safes or strong rooms.
Dated mis en day of January 100.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicants.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicants.