IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS. AND HANDLES FOR THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE TO DIFFERENT FORMS AND SIZES OF LOCKS CONTAINING ONE, Two, OR MORE BOLTS
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Daniel, of Moorfields, Dudley Road, Wolver-
hampton, County of Stafford, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LOCKS. AND HANDLES FOR THE SAME."
Sealed the 28th July 1854, and dated the 1st February 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Daniel at the:
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
February 1854.
I, ALFRED DANIEL, of Moorfields, Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, Stafford-
shire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN LOCKS, AND HANDLES FOR THE SAME; THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING APPLICABLE TO
DIFFERENT FORMS AND SIZES OF LOCKS CONTAINING ONE, Two, OR MORE BOLTS," to "
be as follows:-
First, in applying a new principle or action in the construction of one-bolted
locks. (Explanations next page.)
And for the mode of employing, wholly or in part, cast-iron cases to rim,
mortise, or stock locks. (Explanations next page.)
Also for applying a certain method in the formation of patterns used for
casting lock cases. (Explanation next page.)
And for employing a new principle or action in the construction of the nobs
or handles. (Explanation next pages [page]
And for the exclusive use of cast-iron cases to two of the forms of locks.
viz., mortise & stock locks.

page_text: The improvements in this part are for employing a click inserted into the
neck of the nob which acts into racks formed in the spindle by tightening or
slackening a screw in the neck of the nob; the neck consisting of an inner
and outer neck, the inner neck being of cast iron or other suitable metal.
I claim for the exclusive use of cast-iron cases to two of the forms of locks,
viz., mortise and stock locks, but wish it to be understood that I make no
claim for the exclusive use of the Invention of cast-iron cases to rim locks, but
claim for my improved formation of the rim lock cases. Nor do I claim for
the racks in the spindle, my claim being for improvements in the nobs.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Daniel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th
July 1854.
"
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
DANIEL, of Moorfields, Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, County of Stafford,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth 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 LOCKS FOR
DOORS, AND HANDLES FOR THE SAME," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Alfred Daniel, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
First, the application of a new principle or action in the construction of
one-bolted locks. (Explanation next pages [page].)
And for the mode of employing, wholly or in part, cast-iron cases to rim,
mortise, and stock locks, containing one, two, or more bolts; also for applying
a certain method in the formation of the patterns used for casting the lock
(Explanation next pages [page].).
cases.
And for employing a new principle or action in the construction of the nobs
or handles for the same. (Explanation next nages Image])

page_text: EXPLANATIONS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN ONE-BOLTED Locks.
I claim for applying to one-bolted locks a slide, as shewn in Drawings at a,
in Fig. 3, on which the follow acts, and upon which are fixed the tumbler and
tumbler spring b and c, connecting the slide with a bolt, answering as lock and
latch bolt, and which bolt will act placed under, upon, or end to end with the
slide, or in other positions, as different forms of locks may require it to be
placed. By means of the slide a, at Fig. 3, the double action of the latch is
obtained, that is, admits of the handle turning either way, and allows the same
bolt to be locked out with the key, dispensing with a second leaver or tumbler,
and other complicated parts hitherto made use of to attain the double action
in one-bolted locks, and also has the advantage of being very durable.
I also
claim for the formation of the bolt head and striking plate, shewn at Figs. 4
and 7, as applies to one-bolted locks only, and which formation adapts one-
bolted locks to either right or left handed doors.
EXPLANATIONS OF CAST-IRON LOCK CASES AND CASTING PATTERNS.
I claim for the Invention of casting the cases entire for mortise locks,
containing one, two, or more bolts, either wholly of cast iron, as shewn in
Drawing of casting pattern at Fig. 8, or by laying wrought-iron forehends into
the moulds, and running the cast iron thereto, thus forming the case entire;
I also claim for the formation of cast-iron rim lock cases for locks, containing
one, two, or more bolts, as shewn in Drawings at Fig. 14 and 15, which
represent the staple and lock case, cast with suitable bearings for the bolts
and tumblers to work in, this being the inner or what is termed the cap side of
the lock, the back or outer side being of wrought iron, as shewn at Fig. 10;
the same principle also applies to stock locks.
EXPLANATION OF NOB OR HANDLE.
I claim for applying a click inserted in the neck of the nob as shewn at k,
Fig. 9, which acts into racks in the spindle by tightening the screw n, in the
outer neck of the nob, the neck consisting of an inner and outer neck, the
inner neck being of cast iron or other suitable metal. I make no claim for the
racks in the spindle.
REFERENCE TO DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 and 2, the bolt e, the stud against which the tumbler rests when
unlocked; Fig. 3, a, the slide; b, the tumbler; c, the spring; f, the fork in
which the bolt slides when acted upon by the key; g, the follow, shewn in its

page_text: position as it is to act upon the slide when turned by the handle; Fig. 4, the
striking plate; Fig. 5, the lock case, shewn with bearings cast in; e, the stop
for the tumbler when the bolt is locked out; Fig. 6, the cover to the lock
case, shewing the studs fitting into the holes h, h, in the lock case; Fig. 7,
shewing the bolt head i, slightly rounded, and the flap of the striking plate
bevilled, as shewn at Fig. 4, gives to the one-bolted lock the advantage of
adapting itself to either right or left handed doors; Fig. 8 shews the formation
of the casting patterns which admits of any required number of bolt holes being
cast in lock cases without the laying in of cores; Fig. 9, the nob or handle k,
the click acting into the racks in the spindle at 7; m, the outer neck of the
nob; n, the screw tightening the click at k; Fig. 10, the wrought-iron back
or covering of rim lock case e, e, studs fitting at e, e, in the cast case; Fig. 14
and 15, the staple and lock case, cast with bearings for the bolts and tumblers
to work in; Fig. 12 and 13, latch and lock bolts fitting into the cast case at
c, d; a, the tumbler, which acts into the bearings at b, b; Fig. 11 and 16, the
wrought-iron back or outer side of lock and staple, represented when finished.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Daniel, have heretofore set iny
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of July, A.D. 1854.
ALRDED DANTE
ALFRED DANIEL
C.L. (L.S.)