CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS ON LOCKS AND OTHER SECURITIES, APPLICABLE TO DOORS AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1830

page_text: SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JAMES
CARPENTER, of Willenhall, in the Parish of Wolverhampton, in the County of
Stafford, and JOHN YOUNG, of Wolverhampton, aforesaid, Locksmiths, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His late most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth. by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighteenth day of January, in the tenth year of His reign,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
James Carpenter and John Young, His especial licence, that we, the said
James Carpenter and John Young, our exors, admors, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said James Carpenter and John Young, our exors, adors,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales.
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS ON LOCKS AND OTHER SECURITIES, APPLICABLE TO DOORS AND OTHER PURPOSES;"
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso obliging us, the said
James Carpenter and John Young, by an instrument in writing under our
hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, particularly to
describe and ascertain the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
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page_text: the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be enrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by
the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
James Carpenter and John Young, do hereby declare that the nature of
our said. Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed,
are particularly described and, ascertained in and by the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and the following description thereof (that is to say):-
Figure 1, a secure lock.-a, a, the bolt. b, b, two tumblers moving on the
centre c, that is revitted on the bolt. The spring d is split at the end, and
rivetted to the bolt to cause the tumblers 6, 6, to fall when lifted up. At the
end of each tumbler b, b, is a guard e, e, which, when lifted up by the right
key, brings the bolt and the tumblers b, b, back into the grooves that are
at each end of two more tumblers f, f, moving on the centre g. The pin h
is rivetted into the bolt, and goes when unlocked into the groove i in the
tumblers ff. The spring is rivetted into the plate and moves the two
tumblers ff, when lifted up. I, 1, are two square pins rivetted into the plate.
which, when either of the tumblers 6, is lifted too high, or not high enough,
will keep them from coming back. Figure 2.-A, A, the bolt, with its
tumbler moving in the usual way. b, b, lever or spring bolt; c, its centre; d,
the key pressing against a flat piece of brass or iron E, moving on its centre
f, and pressing against the lever or spring bolt at 9, as seen lifted up the
key d out of the staple (at d, Fig. 3). The pin h in the bolt moves in the
groove of the first piece of brass or iron, and as the bolt moves in or out it
gives liberty to the key d to move the way it is wanted, the slide and dovetail
on the lever or bolt keeps it fast when required. At the back of the lock is a
knob or handle, which is screwed or rivetted into the lever or spring bolt, and
a perpendicular groove made in the plate to allow the knob or handle to be
raised when required. The follow i is intended to show the action of the
lever or spring bolt when it is spindled, with a handle on each side to lift up
the lever or spring bolt without the assistance of the flat piece of brass or iron
E, as the latter is intended to open the door outside by the key only. The
above improvements will always work pleasantly, and answer better than any
other lock hitherto invented to answer the same purpose. The staple and
striker to the above lock are represented in Figure 3. Figure 3.-The box
staple and striker belonging to the lock Fig. 2. A, A, the box staple. b, b
the striker, rivetted or screwed to the box staple.
c, an incline for the lever or
spring bolt to run up to d, where it drops into the box staple and is fast.

page_text: DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATIONS.
the Matter of a Patent granted to JAMES CARPENTER, of Willen-
hall, in the Parish of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,.
and JOHN YOUNG, of Wolverhampton aforesaid, Locksmith, granted.
for their Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS AND OTHER
SECURITIES, APPLICABLE TO DOORS AND OTHER PURPOSES," bearing date
at Westminster, the Eighteenth day of January, One thousand
eight hundred and thirty, in the tenth year of the reign of His late
Majesty George the Fourth, to which a Specification was duly

page_text: the said Letters Patent; for that reason we are desirous of disclaiming, and
we do hereby disclaim, so much of the Specification as relates thereto. And
in order to make the Title of the Patent conformable with the Invention.
which will then remain, we are desirous to disclaim, and do hereby disclaim,
the words "and other securities," thereby reducing the Title to "Certain Im-
provements in Locks, applicable to Doors and other Purposes." And lastly, we
do, in the way of Disclaimer, wish to add the following observation to the
Specification, which will then remain, "We do not claim any of the parts
"separately of the lock shewn at Figure 2; and we are awaro that locks
"were made before our Patent having sliding bolts similar to A; and further
"we are aware that latches were made before the sealing of our Patent, having
"lever spring bolts in some respects similar to that shewn at 6 in. Figure 2.
"We therefore wish it to be understood that we disclaim all right and title
"to such separate using those parts."
JAMES CARPENTER (L.S.)
To the Clerk of the Patents of England.
JOHN YOUNG. (L.B.)
This is to certify that the above-named James Carpenter and John Young
have applied to me for leave to enter with you the above-written Disclaimer
and Memorandum of Alteration of part of the Title and Specification of a
certain Invention for which Letters Patent were duly granted to them under
the Great Seal at Westminster, the Eighteenth day of January, One thousand
eight hundred and thirty, and the Specification of which was duly inrolled on
the Seventeenth day of July, One thousand eight hundred and thirty; and on
considering of the said application, I directed them to advertize their said
Disclaimer and Alteration in the London Gazette, and in the Wolverhampton
Chronicle, and the Midland Counties Herald newspapers; and such adver-
tizements have been duly made in the said Gazette on the Fourteenth day of
May, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, in the Wolverhampton
Chronicle the Fifteenth, and in the Midland Counties Herald the Sixteenth
day of the said nonth of May, One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine,
and no valid objection having been made to the said application, I have
accordingly granted leave to the said James Carpenter and John Young to
file their said Disclaimer and Alteration, pursuant to the Statute passed in
the sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty, intitled "An Act to amend
the Law touching Letters l'atent for Inventions."
RM ROLER

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of June, in
the year of our Lord 1839, the aforesaid James Carpenter and John Young
came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged
the Disclaimer aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form above written. And also the Disclaimer aforesaid was
stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-nine.

page_text: SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JANES.
CARPENTER, of Willenhall, in the Parish of Wolverhampton, in the County of.
Stafford, and JOHN YOUNG, of Wolverhampton, aforesaid, Locksmiths, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His late most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighteenth day of January, in the tenth year of His reign,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said.
James Carpenter and John Young, His especial licence, that we, the said
James Carpenter and John Young, our exors, admors, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said James Carpenter and John Young, our exors, admors,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS ON LOCKS AND OTHER SECURITIES, APPLICABLE TO DOORS AND OTHER PURPOSES;"
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso obliging us, the said,
James Carpenter and John Young, by an instrument in writing under our
hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, particularly to
describe and ascertain the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner.

page_text: the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be enrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by
..the same,-reference-being-thereunto-had,-will-more-fully-and-at-large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
James Carpenter and John Young, do hereby declare that the nature of
our said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed,
are particularly described and ascertained in and by the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and the following description thereof (that is to say):-
Figure 1, a secure lock. a, a, the bolt. b, b, two tumblers moving on the
centre c, that is revitted on the bolt. The spring d is split at the end, and
rivetted to the bolt to cause the tumblers b, b, to fall when lifted up. At the
end of each tumbler 6, 6, is a guard e, e, which, when lifted up by the-right
key, brings the bolt and the tumblers b, b, back into the grooves that are
at each end of two. more tumblers f, f, moving on the centre g. The pin h
is rivetted into the bolt, and goes when unlocked into the groove'i in the
tumblers ff The spring / is rivetted into the plate and moves. the two
tumblers ff, when lifted up. 1, l, are two square pins rivetted into the plate.
which, when either of the tumblers b, b, is lifted too high, or not high enough,
will keep them from coming back. Figure 2.-A, A, the bolt, with its
tunibler moving in the usual way. b, b, lever or spring bolt; c, it's centre d
the key pressing against a flat piece of brass or iron E, moving on its centre
f, and pressing against the lever or spring bolt at 9, as seen lifted up by the
key d out of the staple (at d, Fig. 3). The pin- in the bolt moves in the
groove of the first piece of brass or iron, and as the bolt moves in or out it
gives liberty to the key d to move the way it is wanted, the slide and dovetail
on the lever or bolt keeps it fast when required. At the back of the lock is a
knob or handle, which is screwed or rivetted into the lever or spring bolt, and
a perpendicular groove made in the plate to allow the knob or handle to be
raised when required. The follow i is intended to show the action of the
lever or spring bolt when it is spindled, with a handle on each side to lift up
the lever or spring bolt without the assistance of the flat piece of brass or iron
E, as the latter is intended to open the door outside' by the key only. The
above improvements will always work pleasantly; and answer better than any
other lock hitherto invented to answer the same purpose. The staple and
striker to the above lock are represented in Figure 3. Figure 3.-The box:
staple and striker belonging to the lock Fig. 2. the box staple. b; b
the striker, rivetted or screwed to the box staple. can incline for the lever or
spring bolt to run up to d, where it drops into the box staple and is fast.
A, A,

page_text: Figure 4.-The striker belonging to the mortice lock, on the same principle as
lock Fig. 2. Figure 5 shews the improvement on the hinge, which, as well
as a lock, is a security. The advantage of this improvement consists in the
joint or wearing parts being cast on wrought iron flanges, or the joint or
wearing parts may be cast and then soldered, brazed, or rivetted to the wrought
iron parts, depending on the shape or article required. A, b, represents a
T hinge. c is a part of the joint represented as cast on to the part A. dis
the other part of the joint, having a split as represented at the edge for the
insertion of the part 6, which may be either soldered, brazed, or rivetted, as
occasion may serve. The metal used for casting the joint or wearing parts
may be either copper, brass, or iron.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Carpenter, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty.

page_text: the
DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATIONS pro-
posed to be entered by James. Carpenter and John Young,,
Patentees of the said Invention, with the Clerk of the Patents of
England, pursuant to an Act passed in the fifth and sixth year of
the reign of His late Majesty William the Fourth, intituled "An Act
to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions."
.
We, the said James Carpenter and John Young, did describe in the said
Specification that the Invention consisted of three particulars of improve-
ments,―
First, of improvements in constructing a lock, shewn and described in
respect to Figure 1 of the Drawing annexed in the said Specification.
Secondly, of improvements in the construction of locks, by combining in the
same lock a sliding bolt and a lever spring bolt, and other parts, as described
in respect to Figures 2, 3, and 4 of the said Drawing. And,
Thirdly, of improvements in hinges, as described and shewn in reference to
Figure 5 of the Drawing.
And since the inrollment of the said Specification we have discovered
that the supposed improvements in locks, shewn and described in respect to
Figure 1 of the said: Drawing, is not an useful. Iuvention; for-that reason we
are desirous of disclaiming, and do hereby disclaim, so much of the Specifica-
tion which relates thereto. And we have been informed that the supposed
improvement in the construction of hinges, shewn and described in respect to
Figure 5 of the said Drawing, was not a new Invention at the time of sealing

page_text: the said Letters Patent; for that reason we are desirous of disclaiming, and
we do hereby disclaim, so much of the Specification as relates thereto. And
in order to make the Title of the Patent conformable with the Invention
which will then remain, we are desirous to disclaim, and do hereby disclaim,
the words "and other securities," thereby reducing the Title to "Certain Im-
provements in Locks, applicable to Doors and other Purposes." And lastly, we
do, in the way of Disclaimer, wish to add the following observation to the
Specification, which will then remain, "We do not claim any of the parts
"separately of the lock shewn at Figure 2; and we are aware that locks
were made before our Patent having sliding bolts similar to A; and further
we are aware that latches were made before the sealing of our Patent, having
lever spring bolts in some respects similar to that shewn at 6 in Figure 2.
"We therefore wish it to be understood that we disclaim all right and title
"to such separate using those parts."
To the Clerk of the Patents of England.
This is to certify that the above-named James Carpenter and John Young
have applied to me for leave to enter with you the above-written Disclaimer
and Memorandum of Alteration of part of the Title and Specification of a
certain Invention for which Letters Patent were duly granted to them under
the Great Seal at Westminster, the Eighteenth day of January, One thousand
eight hundred and thirty, and the Specification of which was duly inrolled on
the Seventeenth day of July, One thousand eight hundred and thirty; and on
considering of the said application, I directed them to advertize their said
Disclaimer and Alteration in the London Gazette, and in the Wolverhampton
Chronicle, and the Midland Counties Herald newspapers; and such adver-
tizements have been duly made in the said Gazette on the Fourteenth day of
May, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, in the Wolverhampton
Chronicle the Fifteenth, and in the Midland Counties Herald the Sixteenth
day of the said month of May, One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine,
and no valid objection having been made to the said application, I have
accordingly granted leave to the said James Carpenter and John Young to
file their said Disclaimer and Alteration, pursuant to the Statute passed in
the sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty, intitled "An Act to amend
the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions."
R M RoLED

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that.on the Twenty-eighth day of June, .in'
the year of our Lord 1889, the aforesaid James Carpenter and John Young
came before our said Lady-the-Queen in Her. Chancery, and acknowledged
the Disclaimer aforesaid, and all-and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form above written. And also the Disclaimer aforesaid. was
stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-nine.