IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDING FRAMES, OR BRACKETS, OR APPARATUS FOR HOLDING AND SECURING CASH, DEED, AND JEWEL BOXES, OR OTHER PORTABLE ARTICLES OF VALUE
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James George Charlick, of No. 4, Park Street,
Dorset Square, in the County of Middlesex, Joiner, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDING FRAMES, OR BRACKETS, OR APPARATUS FOR
HOLDING AND SECURING CASH, DEED, AND JEWEL BOXES, OR OTHER PORTABLE
ARTICLES OF VALUE."
Sealed the 24th September 1870, and dated the 18th May 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James George Charlick
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th May 1870.
I, JAMES GEORGE CHARLICK, of No. 4, Park Street, Dorset Square,
in the County of Middlesex, Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDING FRAMES, OR BRACKETS, OB
APPARATUS FOR HOLDING AND SECURING CASH, DEED, AND JEWEL BOXES, OR OTHER
PORTABLE ARTICLES OF VALUE," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a frame, or bracket, or other similar
holding apparatus, constructed and employed as herein-after described,
for the purpose of receiving and securely holding a box or other article
so long as the holding apparatus is kept fastened or locked, and also
providing the means of enabling the box or other article to be easily and
conveniently released when required.

page_text: My improved holding apparatus is constructed in the following way :—
I form an iron sole or frame or bracket having on its upper surface, or
in the sides of the holding frame or bracket, grooves so formed as to
receive corresponding flanges or projections affixed to the sides or bottom
of the box or other article intended to be secured. The sole, or bracket,
or frame may be fixed in any position or be attached to any piece of
furniture that may be found suitable and safe in practice, and any
convenient mode of attachment by means of screws or rivets or other
fastenings may be employed. The box or other article is connected
with or attached to the holding frame or bracket by causing the flanges
or fillets, or projections formed thereon to enter the grooves formed in
the said frame or bracket, and a bolt, or bar, or latch attached thereto
is then made to fasten the box or other article in its place in such a
manner that it cannot possibly be removed without first unfastening and
raising or removing from its place the said bolt, or bar, or latch. When
the bolt, bar, or latch is unfastened and removed from its place the box
or other article may be withdrawn from the holding frame or bracket,
and be readily removed. Various forms of fastening bolt, or bar, or latch
may be employed for securing the box or other article in its holding
frame or bracket, and various modes of moving and fastening the bolt,
bar, or latch may be employed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James George Charlick in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 12th November 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
GEORGE CHARLICK, of No. 4, Park Street, Dorset Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Joiner, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said James George Charlick, Her special licence
that I, the said James George Charlick, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said James George Charlick, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,

page_text: 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 HOLDING FRAMES, OR BRACKETS, OR APPARATUS FOR HOLDING
AND SECURING CASH, DEED, AND JEWEL BOXES, OR OTHER PORTABLE ARTICLES OF
VALUE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
George Charlick, 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 James George Charlick, 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 and accompanying Drawing, that is to..
say:
The object of the present Invention is to secure in the manner
herein-after described boxes or cases, such as cash, deed, or jwel boxes,
or other similar articles, to any suitable slab, table, or any other surface.
in such a manner that they can be at pleasure either firmly attached:
thereto or readily released.
The Invention consists of holding apparatus, constructed and employed
as herein-after described, for the purpose of receiving and securely
holding the box or other article so long as the holding apparatus is kept
fastened or locked, and also providing the means of enabling the box
or other article to be conveniently and easily released when required.
My improved holding apparatus is constructed in the following way:
I form a sole. or frame or bracket, having on its upper surface or in
the sides of the holding frame or bracket grooves, so formed as to receive
corresponding flanges or projections affixed to the sides or bottom of
the box or other article intended to be secured. The sole or bracket or
frame may be fixed in any position or be attached to any piece of
furniture that may be found suitable and safe in practice, and any con-
venient mode of attachment by means of screws or rivets or other
fastenings may be employed, and they should, for greater safety, be, so:

page_text: placed that they are concealed or inaccessible when the box is in the
place where it is intended to be held fast. The box or other article is
attached to or connected with the holding frame or bracket by causing
suitable flanges or fillets or projections formed thereon to enter the
grooves formed in the said frame or bracket. A fastening bolt or bar,
or latch attached to the box or connected with the lock of the box, is
then made to fasten the box or other article in its place in such a
manner that it cannot possibly be removed without first unfastening and
raising or removing from its place the said bolt or bar or latch. When
the bolt, bar, or latch is unfastened and removed from its place the
box or other article may be withdrawn from the holding frame or
bracket and be readily removed. Various forms of fastening bolt or
bar or latch may be employed for securing the box or other article in
its holding frame or bracket, and various modes of moving and fastening
the bolt, bar, or latch may be employed.
I have found that an extra bolt connected with and actuated by the
mechanism of well-known locks, such as Bramah's locks or other locks
answers well as a fastening bolt for securing the box in the holding frame.
1. The holding frame used by me is made of a piece of metal or wood
usually about half an inch larger than the bottom of the box. On the
top of this piece of metal or wood, on three sides thereof are affixed
either by screws, rivets, soldering, or brazing, or other suitable means,
raised fillets, having rebates on the lower edge, forming when fixed
grooves, as shewn in Figure 1, to receive other fillets attached to the
box, as herein-after mentioned. The plate now forms what I call a
sole and requires to be pierced with two or more holes for the
reception of screws, of common or any suitable form, for affixing it to any
other surface as may be decided upon. The plate must also be pierced
with a hole or mortice to receive the fastening bolt or pin used to secure
the article placed upon it.
2. The box or other article intended to be secured must be made with
the bottom projecting to form fillets, as shewn in Figure 2, or fillets
must be formed round the bottom by fixing pieces of wood or metal
thereto by screws or other suitable means, the pieces being of such a
size or form as will fit and enter the grooves formed on the top of the
sole. If the sole be formed of wood it is made of a solid piece sunk to
a sufficient depth to receive a solid dovetailed projection on three sides
of the bottom of box, as shown in Figure 3.

page_text: 3. When I use a Bramah's Patent Box Lock for locking the box or
other article, I employ therewith a fastening bolt prolonged in such
manner that a partial revolution of the key after the box is unlocked
causes the bolt of the lock to press against or upon a cranked lever or
cam centred upon the back plate of the lock, and so releases the fastening
bolt from a mortice provided for it in the sole. In locking the box or
article the bolt of the lock is moved forwards by the key and releases
the crank or cam, which has a lock spring or feather spring attached to
it, which moves the crank or cam and so forces the fastening bolt into
the mortice and prevents its being withdrawn.
4. To use the Invention as a bracket it is only necessary to procure an
ordinary bracket of any form or shape desired and attach the same to
under side of sole by any suitable means, when it can be fixed to any
upright fixture indicated. A more secure form of bracket is obtained, as
shewn in Figure 4 by making the back fillet on the top of the sole
wide enough to be pierced with screws to enable it to be fixed against
a wall or upright fitting, in which case the ordinary bracket may be
dispensed with.
Where it is thought desirable cast metal may be used for the holding
apparatus, it is only necessary to make models and cast the parts desired
in the ordinary manner. In some cases the sole or holding frame may
be covered with leather or other material.
Having thus described my Invention, what I claim is, the holding
apparatus constructed and applied as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James George Charlick, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of November, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy:
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Witness,
FRED. W. PAMPHILON,
5, John Street,
Adelphi.
JAMES GEORGE CHARLICK. (L.S.)