IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES FOR ARRESTING AND DETAINING A PERSON ATTEMPTING TO SURREPTITIOUSLY OPEN A DOOR, WINDOW SAFE OR OTHER PLACE AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GIVING AN ALARM PRO
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Louis Missonnier of Rupert. Street Coventry
Street in the County of Middlesex Mechanician for an invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES FOR ARRESTING AND
DETAINING A PERSON ATTEMPTING TO SURREPTITIOUSLY OPEN A DOOR,
WINDOW SAFE OR OTHER PLACE AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GIVING AN
ALARM
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Louis Missonnier-
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd June 1882.
EDWARD LOUIS MISSONNIER of Rupert Street Coventry Street in the County
of Middlesex Mechanician, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES
FOR ARRESTING AND DETAINING A PERSON ATTEMPTING TO SURREPTITIOUSLY
OPEN A DOOR WINDOW SAFE OR OTHER PLACES AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GIVING
AN ALARM."
This invention has for its object the application of electricity for the prevention
of robbery or burglary by the act of breaking open of doors, windows, cellars or
other places, safes, chests, secretaries and other repositories.
The electrical apparatus employed in carrying out my invention has also the
advantage of giving warning not only by the ringing of bells but also by the
detecting and arrest of the persons trying to commit robbery, and without thereby
causing their death, this improved system and apparatus will therefore render
great service in the prevention of robbery.
The electrical apparatus employed in carrying this invention into practice is not
expensive and can be applied to doors, windows, cellars, sky-lights, safes, chests,
secretaries, and other places or repositories and is composed of galvanic piles or
batteries charged with manganese and amalgamated with zinc and sal ammoniac
contained in porous cells or vessels having brass connections for the conducting
wires as is well understood.
These piles are combined together in number and strength according to the

page_text: degree of power they require to have or one single pile or battery is sufficient
provided it is powerful enough to give a sufficient degree of induction
These piles or batteries communicate from the zinc of the battery (by means of
a conducting wire) to a bell or clock work or other conducting wire from the
battery and communicates with a plate which may be of brass, iron, sheet iron, or
metal according to the use or application of the apparatus.
Another wire communicates to the lock of a door window safe or other place
which lock is thus constructed; The lock contains besides the ordinary mechanism
links of induction mounted with metal screws on vulcanized india rubber running
direct by means of the wire to the plate and to the clock work Another wire
from the clock work communicates to an interior interrupter Another wire
communicates also on to the same inner or interior interrupter. Another wire of
the interior interrupter communicates to the exterior of another interrupter
whilst another branch wire of the interrupter communicates also to the
interrupter
The rabbeting part of the doors or windows must be provided with brass or iron
according to the application of my improved system which will prevent the
breaking open by means of false keys through the lock or by any other instrument
used by house breakers. By the above description it will be seen that in the case
of a door the rabbeting part is provided with brass or iron and with a lock. In
front of the door there is also a brass plate or an iron greeting or scraper to rub off
the dirt of shoes, or boots, and fixed into the pavement.
Suppose a thief is trying to unlock the door by means of a false key or by a
crow bar or hammer in the rabbeting part of the door (these rabbetting parts are
double faced) the thief by putting his feet on the plate then making use of false
keys or an instrument that he introduces into the rabbeting part the battery acting
immediately by the effect of the two contacts (one of the door and one of the plate)
being an induction the thief finds himself caught, because receiving a great charge-
of electricity, his hands press so closely what he holds that notwithstanding all his
efforts and the help of other persons it is impossible for. him to disengage himself
although with out causing his death. To extricate him it only requires to place
one interrupter to the exterior or the other interrupter to the interior. In every
attempt of robbery the clock work gives the alarm to the interior.
Any other kind of alarm may be applied to the apparatus such as bells indicators
interrupters or other suitable apparatus

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edward Louis Missonnier in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd December 1882.
EDWARD LOUIS MISSONNIER of Rupert Street Coventry Street in the County
of Middlesex Mechanician "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPLIANCES
FOR ARRESTING AND DETAINING A PERSON ATTEMPTING TO SURREPTITIOUSLY
OPEN A DOOR WINDOW SAFE OR OTHER PLACE AND FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GIVING
AN ALARM
This Invention has for its object the application of electricity for the prevention
of robbery or burglary by the act of breaking open of doors, windows cellars, or
other places, safes, chests, secretaries, and other repositories.
This electrical apparatus employed in carrying out my invention has also the
advantage of giving warning not only by the ringing of bells but also by the
detecting and arrest of the persons trying to commit robbery and without thereby
causing their death, this improved system and apparatus will therefore render great
service in the prevention of robbery.
The electrical apparatus employed in carrying this invention into practice is not
expensive and can be applied to doors, windows, cellars, sky-lights safes, chests,
secretaries and other places or repositories and is composed of galvanic piles or
batteries charged with manganese and amalgamated with zinc and salammoniac
contained in porous cells or vessels having brass connections for the conducting
wires as is well understood.
These batteries are combined together in number and strength accordingly to the
degree of power they require to have, or one single battery is sufficient provided it
is powerful enough to give a sufficient degree of induction.
The accompanying drawing shows a galvanic or other battery and a series of
conducting wires connected with the doors locks bells and other parts of a dwelling
or building illustrating the manner in which my invention is or may be carried
into practice.
These batteries communicate from the zinc of the battery A (by means of a
conducting wire B¹) to a bell or clock work B another conducting wire D¹ from the
battery A communicates with a foot plate D which may be of brass, iron, sheet
iron, or metal according to the use or application of the apparatus.
Another wire A' communicates to the lock P of a door Y (window, safe, or other
place) which lock is thus constructed.
The lock P contains besides the ordinary mechanism links of induction (mounted
with metal screws on vulcanized india rubber) running direct by means of the
wire A' D' to the foot plate D, and to the clock work B. Another wire O from
the clock work B communicates to an interior interrupter H. Another wire R
communicates also on to the same inner or interior interrupter H. Another wire V
of the interior interrupter communica to the exterior of another interrupter S
whilst another branch wire X of the interrupter H communicates also to the
interrupter S.
The rabbeting part T of the door Y (or windows) must be provided with brass
or iron plates or metal surfaces according to the application of my improved system
which will prevent the breaking open by means of false keys through the lock or
by any other instrument used by house breakers.
By the above description it will be seen that in the case of a door such as Y the
rabbeting part T is provided with brass or iron plates or surfaces and with a lock P
In front of the door upon the footstep or floor there is also a brass plate or an iron

page_text: grating or scraper D which may be used to rub off the dirt of shoes or boots and
fixed into the pavement.
Suppose a thief is trying to unlock the door by means of a false key or by a
crow bar or hammer in the rabbeting part T of the door Y (these rabetting parts
T are double faced with metal) the thief by putting his feet on the plate D then
making use of false keys or a metal instrument that he introduces into the
rabbeting part T of the door the battery A acting immediately by the effect of the
two contacts (one of the door and one of the plate) being an induction the thief
finds himself caught, because receiving a great charge of electricity his hands press
so closely what he holds that notwithstanding all his efforts to escape or by the
help of other persons being so paralized it is impossible for him to disengage
himself although without causing his death.
To extricate him it only requires to place one interrupter to the exterior or the
other-interrupter to the interior. In every attempt of robbery the clock-work
gives the alarm to the interior.
Any other suitable kind of alarm may be applied to the apparatus such as bells
indicators interrupters or other suitable apparatus..
Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice I would remark that I make no claim to any of
the parts separately which are well known and in common use, but what I
claim is:-.
The improved method of arranging and applying magneto or galvano electrical
apparatus for the purpose of arresting and detaining a thief or burglar from
surreptitiously picking a lock opening a door, window, safe, or other place and for
simultaneously giving an alarm such apparatus being arranged to act substantially
in the manner and for the purpose herein before described and represented in the
drawing hereto annexed.
In witness whereof I the said Edward Louis Missonnier have hereunto
set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of November in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Witness
J G TONGUE
Patent Agent
34 Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane WC
E. L. MISSONNIER (L.S.)