IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFES AND STRONG ROOM DOORS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Ogden Talbot, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFES AND
STRONG ROOM DOORS."
Sealed the 27th April 1877, and dated the 1st November 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Ogden Talbot at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st November 1876.
GEORGE OGDEN TALBOT, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFES AND STRONG ROOM DOORS."
The first part of my Invention consists in attaching to the lock of the safe or
strong room door one end of a wire or strip of metal, the other end being attached
to a bolt or bolts, at the back of which is placed a spring, so shat when the wire is
released from the lock by the action of acids or by the lock being otherwise
destroyed the spring forces the bolt or bolts forward into the body or frame of the
safe or strong room door, and thus secures the door. These bolts are entirely
independent of the bolts worked by the safe handles, but may be placed so as to
prevent those worked by the handles from being thrown back, and may be further
secured by a spring lock or latch.
The second part of my Invention consists in forming the bolts of the safe within
the door, with projecting hooks which work into slots in an iron flange, against
which the door shuts. To secure these bolts I place others so that they will work
into the space left by the hook bolts when shot. These double sets of bolts may be
worked by one or two handles or locks.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said George Ogden Talbot in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st May
1877.
GEORGE OGDEN TALBOT, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer. *IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFES AND STRONG ROOM DOORS."
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings shows an elevation of a safe with the door
open, and Figure 2 a section through the door.
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The first part of my Invention consists in attaching to the lock (A) Figures 1
and 2, one end of a wire or strip of metal, as shewn at (B) Figures 1 and 2, the
other end being attached to a bolt or bolts (C, C, C,) at the back of which are
placed springs (D, D,) so that when the strip of metal (B) is released from the
lock (A) by the action of acids or by the lock (A) being otherwise destroyed, the
spring (D) forces the bolt or bolts (C, C, C,) forward into bolt holes behind the
flange (E), Figures 1 and 2, of the body or frame of the safe or strong room door,
and thus makes the door secure. These bolts (C, C, C,) are entirely independent
of the bolts (F and G), Figures 1 and 2, which are worked by the handles (H
and I), and which are herein-after described, but the bolts (C, C, C,) may be placed
over the bolts (F and G), as shewn at (J), Figure 1, so as to prevent the bolts (F
and G) from being thrown back, and they may be further secured by a spring
lock or latch, as shewn at (K), Figure 1, with no keyhole through the door.
The second part of my Invention consists in forming the bolts (F) of the safe
within the door, with projecting hooks, as seen at (L), Figure 2, working into
slots (M) in the iron flange (E), Figure 1. To secure these bolts I place other
bolts (G) so that they will work into the space (N) left by the hook bolts (E) after
they have been shot."
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I claim, without limiting myself to these details,
the several improvements in safes and strong room doors, as herein more fully set
forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Ogden Talbot, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
GEORGE OGDEN TALBOT. (L.S.)