IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KEYS AND LOCKS."
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Daniel, of Moorfields, Wolverhampton, County
of Stafford, Lock Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF KEYS AND LOCKS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Daniel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
March 1856.
I, ALFRED DANIEL, of Moorfields, Wolverhampton, County of Stafford, Lock
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KEYS AND LOCKS, to be as follows:-
I claim for the Invention of casting the wards in keys, by laying into the
moulds irons or cores of the required sizes and shapes necessary to form the
wards in the keys; by which means I avoid the tedious and expensive process
of cutting the wards in keys by means of saws, chisels, and other cutting
instruments at present used for that purpose.
And for the application of a new mode in the construction of the casting.
patterns for mortise, rim, or other locks by having a series or set of wards
differing from each other, and the patterns used for casting the lock-cases
being so constructed that these wards can be taken out and exchanged at
pleasure, which obviates the necessity of having to use a seperate pattern
lock-case for each of the different wards, or what may explain say 10, 20,

page_text: or any number of different wards can each one be used in turn, as may be
required in one and the same pattern lock-case.
I also claim for casting lock-cases with the holes, pivots, stumps, and other
bearings in the positions required for receiving the springs, tumblers, bolts,
and the cap or cover to the lock.
The before-named improvements apply to different forms and sizes of keys
and locks.
I make no claim here for. the originality of casting lock-cases, but for my
mode, as herein described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Daniel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th
September 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
DANIEL, of Moorfields, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Alfred Daniel, Her special licence that I, the said Alfred Daniel, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alfred
Daniel, 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 KEYS AND LOCкs, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Alfred Daniel, my, exccutors 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 Alfred Daniel; do hereby declare the
nature of, my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-*

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
I claim for the Invention of casting keys with the wards in, by laying into
the moulds irons (commonly termed chills,) or cores of the required size and
shape necessary to form the wards in the key, and by which means the tedious
and expensive process of cutting the wards in keys by means of saws, chisels,
and other cutting instruments hitherto used for that purpose is avoided.
And for the application of a new mode in the construction of the casting
patterns used in casting mortise, rim, or other locks by having a series or set
of wards differing from each other, and the patterns used for casting the lock-
cases being so constructed that these wards can be taken out and exchanged at
pleasure, which obviates the necessity of having to use a seperate pattern lock-
case for each of the different wards, which may be explained thus,-say ten,
twenty, or any number of different wards can each one be used in turn in one
and the same pattern lock-case; the pattern ward being made to fit a
suitable hole prepared in the pattern lock-case to receive it, and is secured by
small screws or temporary rivets.
I also claim for casting lock-cases with the holes, pivots, stumps, and other
bearings in the positions required for receiving the springs, tumblers, bolts,
and the cap or cover of the lock.
The before-named improvements are applicable to different forms and sizes
of keys and locks.
I make no claim for the originality of casting lock cases, but claim for my
mode of casting them, as herein described. Nor do I claim for casting keys,
as is commonly done in the blank, my claim being for the Invention of casting
them with the wards in.
I make no claim for casting any of the articles herein named in any other
metal than iron, my claim being for casting them in that metal only.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Daniel, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 27th day of September, in the year of our Lord
1856.
ALFRED DANIEL. (L.S.)