IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL SAFES, SAFE AND STRONG ROOM DOORS, AND OTHER LIKE STRUCTURES, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William George White, of Laurence Pountney
Lane, in the City of London, Civil Engineer, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL SAFES, SAFE
AND STRONG ROOM DOORS, AND OTHER LIKE STRUCTURES, PART OF WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES."
Sealed the 2nd October 1869, and dated the 5th April 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William George
White at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 5th April 1869.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE WHITE, of Laurence Pountney Lane, in the
City of London, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
SAFES, SAFE AND STRONG ROOM DOORS, AND OTHER LIKE STRUCTURES, PART
OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
The chiont of this Invantion is to randon
or other doncaiterion for

page_text: valuables more impregnable and less easy to open, both in the body of
the safe or depository itself and also in the lock or mode of fastening,
than when constructed in the modes now generally in use.
In constructing the outer shell of such a structure I form the same
of a single piece of iron or steel, rolled or otherwise made into a
continuous hoop or circle, or other convenient form, of any required
thickness and size, in a similar manner to that in which the tires of
railway locomotives are formed, and this then, by means of hydraulic
or other pressure, caused to take the required shape, and so form a
depository or safe with the top, bottom, and two sides in one piece
without any seam or joint, and the back end or part is closed by means
of a piece of iron or steel rivetted or otherwise attached to the same by
means of angle iron or steel, or else to the edges of the body of the safe
or depository, which may be turned or flanged over for the purpose.
To form the frame or portion into which the bolts or fasteners enter
in locking I employ by preference the form or section of iron or steel
known as the "bridge rail," shown at Fig. 2 in the accompanying
Drawing, which is rivetted or otherwise attached to the body of the safe
or structure on all four of the sides opposite the bolts or fasteners, and
in the projecting portion of the said "bridge rail" forming the frame
I make slots or openings in the required positions, into which the bolts
or fasteners enter in locking or fastening the door.
In order that the door may be securely fastened I employ a series of
bolts or fasteners of various shapes placed in all the sides or edges of
the door, which are caused to enter into the slots in the "bridge rail"
forming the frame, as herein-before described. These bolts or
fasteners may be arranged so as to slide in and out in a straight line,
as shown at A, A, when moved by the pin b working in the slot c,
or they may be arranged so that one end of the bolt is pivotted
at d, d, so as to move freely thereon when the pin 6 is caused to
move in the slot c formed in the bolt or fastener, as shown at B, B,
or they may be of the form shown at c, c, where they hook into the slot
herein-before mentioned.
In order that the required motion may be given to these bolts or
fasteners I employ the moving bars D, D, D, D, at the top, bottom, and
sides of the door in which the pins or studs for moving the bolts or

page_text: fasteners are placed, and on two of the said motion bars I form a rack
or teeth, into which a toothed pinion E turning on a fixed central pivot
or pin is geared, so that on turning the same the two bolted bars are
caused to move at the same time through straight connecting rods f, f,
ff, which move the other two bars, and thus actuate the bolts or
fasteners in the manner required.
In order that the bolts or fasteners may be retained in the position
required for locking the door so that they cannot be moved by the
toothed pinion, I employ a small lock the bolt of which G has its end so
formed with teeth or recesses and projections as to fit into the teeth on
the pinion, and thus prevent its turning or being moved whilst the bolts
are shut.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William George White in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 5th October 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
GEORGE WHITE, of Lawrence Pountney Lane, in the City of London,
Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said William George White,
Her special licence that I, the said William George White, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William George White, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON
OR STEEL SAFES, SAFE AND STRONG ROOM DOORS, AND OTHER LIKE STRUCTURES,
PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES," upon

page_text: the condition (amongst others) that the said William George
White, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William George White, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
accompanying Sheets of Drawings, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is to render safes or other depositories for
valuables more impregnable and less easy to open, both in the body
of the safe or depository itself and also in the lock or mode of fastening,
than when constructed in the modes now generally in use.
In constructing the outer shell of such a structure I form the same
of a single piece of iron or steel, rolled or otherwise made into a
continuous hoop or circle, or other convenient form, of any required
thickness and size, in a similar manner to that in which the tires of
railway wheels are formed, and this is then, by means of hydraulic or other
pressure, caused to take the required shape, and so form a depository or
safe with the top, bottom, and two sides in one piece without any seam
or joint, and the back end or part is closed by means of a piece of
iron or steel rivetted or otherwise attached to the same by means of
angle iron or steel, or else to the edges of the body of the safe
or depository, which may be turned or flanged over for the purpose.
To form the frame or portion into which the bolts or fasteners enter
in locking I employ by preference the form or section of iron or steel
known as the "bridge rail," shown at Fig. 2 in the accompany Drawing,
Sheet 1, which is rivetted or otherwise attached to the body of the safe
or structure on all four of the sides opposite the bolts or fasteners, and in
the projecting portion of the said "bridge rail" forming the frame I
make slots or openings in the required positions, into which the bolts or
fasteners enter in locking or fastening the door.
In order that the door may be securely fastened I employ a series of

page_text: bolts or fasteners of various shapes placed in all sides or edges of the door,
which are caused to enter into the slots or openings in the "bridge rail"
forming the frame, as herein-before described. These bolts or fasteners
may be arranged so as to slide in and out, as shown at A, A, Fig. 1,
Sheet 1, when moved by the pin 6 working in the slot c, or attached
to the frame of the door in the required positions by means of a
pivot or joint d, d, so as to move freely thereon when the pin bis
caused to move in the slot c formed in the bolt or fastener, as shown
at B, B, or they may be of the form shown at c, c, where they hook in to
the slot.
Fig. 1, Sheet 2, shews a lock case with the bolts a, a, a, a, shot into
the frame 8, 8, and returned again into the lock case t, t.
In order that the required motion may be given to these bolts or
fasteners I employ the motion bars D, D, D, D, Fig. 1, Sheet 1, and
Fig. 1, Sheet 2, at the top, bottom, and sides of the door in which the
pins or studs b, b, for moving the bolts or fasteners are placed, and on two
of the said motion bars D, D, I form a rack or teeth, into which a toothed
pinion E turning on a fixed centre pivot or pin is geared, so that on
turning the same the two toothed bars are caused to move, and at the
same time by means of straight connecting rods f,f,f,f, move the other
two bars, and thus actuate the bolts or fasteners in the manner required.
The motion bars D, D, D, D, are kept in their required position by
means of slots j,j, formed therein, which work on studs fixed to the lock
case t, t.
In order that the bolts or fasteners may be retained in the position
required for locking the door so that they cannot be moved by the
toothed pinion, I employ a small lock G, Fig. 1, Sheet 2, the bolt of
which has its end so formed with teeth or recesses and projections
as to fit into the teeth on the pinion, and thus prevent its turning or
being moved whilst the bolt is shot.
Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a section through the frame showing the arrangement
herein-before described.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention is, the
mode of manufacturing and forming the shells of safes or depositories

page_text: in one piece, the form of section of frame, and the arrangement of
the locks and bolts, substantially as herein-before shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William George White, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of October,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
WILLIAM GEORGE WHITE. (L.S.)