IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, AND OTHER PLACES WHERE FASTENINGS ARE USED
Year: 1844

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BEWLEY, of Dublin, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by
Her Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Second day of November, in the eighth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said William Bewley, Her especial licence, full power,
sole privilege and authority, that I, the said William Bewley, my exors,
admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Bewley, my exors,
adiñors, 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, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, AND OTHER PLACES WHERE FASTENINGS ARE
USED;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said
William Bewley, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled
in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said in part 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, I, the said
William Bewley, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
(that is to say):-
My Invention consists of so arranging the parts of locks and such like
fastenings that the bolts thereof may, by the act of closing the doors (or other
articles to which they may be applied), be set free, and thus fasten such doors
or other articles; and that the moving of the bolts, in order to open the doors
or other articles, shall bring the bolts into a position to be held, till, by again
closing the doors or other articles to which such fastenings may be applied, the
bolts may be again released, and so fasten the door or other article.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view of a mortice lock suitable for a coach door, or it
may be applied to other doors, the side plate being removed in order that the
interior arrangement may be seen. Figure 2 is a front view of the same lock.
Figure 3 is a side view of the lock with the side plate affixed in its place.
Figure 4. shews a back exterior view of the lock. Figure 5 shews a side
view of the lock, with the bolt shot or protruding out from the front plate.
Figure 6 shews an edge view and a front view of the striking plate used with
the lock; and Figure 7 shews a front view of the lock with the bolt shot or
protruding. The lock is of a very simple construction, simply consisting of a
latch, or lever bolt B constantly pressed outwards by the spring C. The bolt B
is moved back by a handle which is not shewn by the Drawing. F is a stop
to prevent the bolt coming too forward. A is a spring which I call the holding
back spring, as it is used for retaining back the bolt B when once it has been
moved back by the handle in order to unfasten the door, the spring A imme-
diately assuming the position shewn in Figures 1 and 2, on the bolt B being
moved into the case by the handle, and the bolt B will be so held that the
spring stop A is moved out of the way by means of a projection D on the
striking plate E, against which projection the holding spring A comes in
the act of closing the door, and immediately the spring A is moved back the
bolt B will be released, and the spring C will shoot or move it outwards,
and cause it to enter the opening through the striking plate. Figure 8 and
9 shew a mortice lock for doors or for a French window and other articles.
In this lock the spring bolt B has a projection B', which, when drawn back to
allow of the door or other article being open'd, comes beyond the stop A' of

page_text: the spring A, and in closing the door the part A of the spring A comes
against the projection or stud D in the striking plate, which, moving back the
spring A, sets free the bolt B, so that it may be shot by its spring.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which I perform the same, I would remark that the constructions of locks to
which my Invention is applicable may be greatly varied; and therefore,
although I have shewn certain arrangements of locks with my improvements
applied thereto, I do not confine myself to the details thereof, so long as the
peculiar character of my Invention be retained; and I make no claim to the
separate parts of the locks shewn; but what I claim is the mode of con-
structing locks or such like fastenings for doors, windows, and other places
herein described, whereby the act of closing a door (or other article to which
such a fastening may be applied) causes the bolt to be released, and the moving
of the bolt, in order to open the door or other article, brings the bolt into a
position to be held by suitable apparatus till the door or other article is again
closed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Bewley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty five
WILLIAM (L.S.) BEWLEY.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of April,
in the year of our Lord 1845, the aforesaid William Bewley came
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified,
in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.