Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 16th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 16th Dec., 1887
I EDWARD GREATBATCH WOOD of Regent Street Stoke in the County of Stafford
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in safes which are made very strong
without great increase in the cost and the fitting can be done very easily and truly.
These safes though suitable for all uses are specially applicable to the small inner safes
for such purposes as holding Bullion and other valuables. The construction would
not greatly vary in any case and I will therefore explain the construction for one of
moderate size.
My safes are cast or otherwise formed from steel or other tough metal of a
cylindrical shape and having one end solid with the barrel or cylinder the other end
being formed with an enlarged ring which forms a rabbet or rabbets and also allows
the metal to be undercut or grooved to receive the bolt or bolts or other locking
device for securing the same. This ring may be shrunk or welded on but I prefer to
cast it solid with the cylinder. There may also be for uniformity a similar enlargement
or ring at the back end but as regards strength it would not be required. Such
cylinders can be completely prepared for the door or doors by turning and boring in
a lathe or other machine so that great exactness is obtained inexpensively. The ear to
which the door or door link is hung may be dovetailed into the ring to avoid drilling
as generally prefer to use hard tough metal in their construction. The door is
composed of a plate of metal with an outer strengthening boss or swell through which
the conical neck of the handle passes for locking the bolts the end of the neck being
secured to an inner disc ring or door which carries a cross bar or bars or bolts which
pass through suitable slots inside the mouth of the safe or cylinder when they are

page_text: turned behind by the said handle which may be a lever or wheel according to the size
and taste of the user.
The centre of the handle may operate bolts in a number of ways such for instance
as hook ended or dovetail ones by cam and other motions.
The inner door may also be secured by two or more bolts to the outer door suitable
slots being formed in the inner door to allow it to turn sufficiently when being bolted.
I do not confine myself to any particular kind of lock as any suitable one may be
used my present invention relating only to the general construction of the safe itself
which is intended to be very strong to resist burglars.
DL: 1511003
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I EDWARD GREATBATCH WOOD of Regent Street, Stoke in the County of Stafford
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in safes which are made very strong
without great increase in the cost and the fitting can be done very easily and truly.
These safes though suitable for all uses are specially applicable to the small inner
safes for such purposes as holding Bullion and other valuables. The construction
would not greatly vary in any case and I will therefore explain the construction for
one of moderate size.
My safes are cast or otherwise formed from steel or other tough metal of a
cylindrical shape and having one end solid with the barrel or cylinder the other end
being formed with an enlarged ring which forms a rabbet or rabbets and also allows
the metal to be under cut or grooved to receive the bolt or bolts or other locking
device for securing the same. This ring may be shrunk or welded on but I prefer to
cast it solid with the cylinder. There may also be for uniformity a similar
enlargement or ring at the back end but as regards strength it would not be
required.
Such cylinders can be completely prepared for the door or doors by turning and
boring in a lathe or other machine so that great exactness is obtained inexpensively.
The ear to which the door or door link is hung may be dovetailed into the ring to
avoid drilling as generally I prefer to use hard tough metal in their construction.
The door is composed of a plate of metal with an outer strengthening boss or swell
through which the conical neck of the handle passes for locking the bolts the end of
the neck being secured to an inner disc ring or door which carries a cross bar or bars
or bolts which pass through suitable slots inside the mouth of the safe or cylinder
when they are turned behind by the said handle which may be a lever or wheel
according to the taste of the user.
The centre of the handle may operate bolts in a number of ways such for instance
as hook ended or dovetail ones by cam and other motions.
The inner door may also be secured by two or more bolts to the outer door suitable
slots being formed in the inner door to allow it to turn sufficiently when being bolted.
I do not confine myself to any particular kind of lock as any suitable one may be
used my present invention relating only to the general construction of the safe itself
which is intended to be very strong to resist burglars.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a double sheet of drawings which illustrates
my invention applied to a small inner safe suitable for holding bullion and other
valuables.

page_text: Figure is the elevation of the front of one of my cylindrical shaped safes with
the door closed and bolted.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on line A. B.
Figure 3 is a section on line X Y showing an interior elevation of the inner disc
ring or door (.
Figure 4 is a similar section shewing an alternative arrangement in which a cross
bar enters a groove M formed in the barrel of the safe.
Figure 5 is a section through Figure 4 at Z Z also shewing the groove M and the
alternative cranked hinge D.
Figure 6 shews another method of hinging as will be afterwards described.
The body E of the safe is cast rolled or otherwise formed from steel or steel and
iron but I prefer the steel known as Corngreave steel for this purpose, the one end E¹
being solid the other end having the internal flange F which forms the rabbet f the
inner flange F is slotted out to receive the bolts-four in this case-c¹ c² c³ and c¹ of
the disc or door lining C which is the locking device for securing the same. The
door His hung upon the sliding hinge J which is arranged so that when the door is
unlocked it can be drawn forward sufficiently to allow the door when being opened to
clear the broad rabbet. The plate J³ for covering the sliding hinge may be secured
to the safe by the counter sunk screws j¹ j2 which for the purpose of screwing up have
a square nib which is chipped off after the screw is home. The door is composed of
the plate of Metal H through which the conical neck of the pin K passes. This
pin K is secured to the inner disc ring or door C which carries the bolts c¹ c² c³ and c
which pass through the slots f23f and f in the flange F and they are then turned
behind the solid portion of the flange by means of the handle K². The boss or
distance piece L is provided between the door H and inner disc C for the lock to
shoot into. For additional strength and security the inner door is also secured to the
outer one by means of the four pins 23 and 4 which are firmly fixed to the outer
door H and which slide in the four slots c³ c c and 8 which are sufficiently long to
allow the inner door to turn the necessary distance but these extra bolts are only
necessary for the heavier doors. In place of having the flange F an internal dove-
tailed or other groove M as seen at Figures 4 and 5 may be provided for a cross bolt
bar N to pass through the slots n¹ and "n² when it is turned by the handle K2 into the
dovetail slot M.
In Figures 5 and 6 are shown two other modes of hanging the door to enable it to
readily open. In the first viz. Figure 5 the cranked portion D is provided to throw
the centre pin of the hinge, back nearer the centre between the bolt and door.
In the latter case viz. Figure 6 the shackle link P is provided for the same purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in safes cast or formed from one solid piece of metal and
provided with a recessed rabbet or internal flange and a door to enter the same by a
sliding hinge J or link hinge P and fitted with a solid plate bolt C or a bar bolt N to
turn behind a solid internal portion thereof substantially as herein set forth and shown
upon the drawings.