US1021651A - Auxiliary safe-lock. - Google Patents

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A. E. ANAKIN afw. J. SHBALY. AUXILIARY SAFE LOCK.

, AIFV lGATION FILED N0". 22, 1911.

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Be it'known that we, ARTHUR E. ANAKIN f STATES PATENT OFFICE Aragua-AE. ZVAMLKIN AND WILLIAM J. summit, or saLTLax'E cr'iY, UTAH.

. a'nd- WILLIAM J. SHEALY, of the United States, residing' at e City, in the-county of Salt Lake-andes ate of Utahhav'e invented certain nelvtai'iduseful Im rovexnents in Auxiliary Safe-Locks, of

which the following is a spcification.

This invention relates to an improved auxiliar)I locking means designed especially for use in connection withjzhe ordinary locking mechanism of. safes o r` vaults, and 'of the -typefsetvfortli inthe" application filed by Arthui" E. Anakin, on'August 25, 1911', Serial 'Number'654,964.

The-auxiliary locking means hereinafter more `:fully described has been devised with a View of simplifying the same to the greatest 'extent 'possible in the use of a minimum` uimberof parts, each of which is constructedsQ as to be readily manufactured at a nominal Y cost.

' .A further object of the invention has been toprpduce an auxiliary locking device of theclass referred to "which, by reason of the adjustability fof certain parts, 'and interchangeable inountilng of a locking member,

permits of application of the invention to a .safe `door to operate vertical-ly or horizon-` tally, as may be desired and most. convenient in view of the -location of the permuta- :tion lock 'c0mmonly employed onsafe or operatingm'ember adapted to be directly acyvault doors. -The invention also consists 11i the employment inthe above mechanism of a flexible tuated-to cause operation of the auxiliary locking "means iii the event tlie main safe lock'jis tampered with, -as in an attemptto bur larize,.or otherwiseobtain unauthorize acccss'to the interior of the safe when closed.

' For Va full understanding of t-hel'present invention, reference is to be h'a'd toA tlie'folinside ofthe safe.

and edge views respectively, of the locking lowing description and to the accompany-v ing drawings, in which- 'Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sec- ,tional view showing the invention applied to' the door of the safe, ready for use. .Fig .2 is. a transverse sectional view looking toward the auxiliary locking means from the Figs. 3 and 4 are side member.' Fig. 5 is a sidevew of the tubu- AUXILIARY SAFE-LOCK.

serial no. 661,790.4

-lar supporting member, looming ooit, anu associated parts. Figs. 6 and 7 are side and edge views of the supporting arm for the locking member.V Fig. 8 is asectional view showing aI different adjustment of the parts of the .auxiliary locking means. Fig.` 9 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 8'.

.Thronghoi'it the following detail -descrip tion and on the-several figures of the draw-v' ings, similai'- parts are referred toy by like reference characters. f

locking means of this ini'entioin'as'well as certain analogous ,features 'of construction, arepresented-in the previous, application above referred to and comprise, incombination, the usualsafe designated Aprovidedv with afdoor of'any conventional type carrying the combination 'lock mechanism shown .at' B, the latterbeing conventionally illusti-ated also. On the ,door Ci) as vshown in l `igs. 1 and 2, is mounted aftu ularsupporting member 1, arranged vertically and havingone end threadcdand screwed into'an opening inthe upper'end portion .of the door,o r otherwise attached, the threaded .portion of the. art being designated 16.

In the mein r -'1 is arranged a locking boltA 2 normally adapted to be projected at one .end from the supporting 4member 1A bv 'means' of a spring 3' into engagementjv-it a locking recess 15 in a wall vof the safe.

l'a5 -V i .The general operation of the auxiliary h' sa The tubular ineinber 1 is formed with a slot 4 intermediate itsends and a locking member 5 comprising anaiigle lever is pivoted vat 6 upon an arm 11 carried by the member 1. The arni'll has' an openingr 13 to receive the member 1. 'A set screw (3* is4 used to attach the arm 11 adjustably to the supporting nieinber'l. y

The locking. member 5, when arranged in the position shown in F igs. 1 .and 2, has a lateral projeetion-9 to enter the slot- 4 and engage with a recess 2* in the lookin bolt 2 to' normally hold said bolt retracted in 'the member 1.' w

The projection 9 is carried by one arm ofy the locking member 5 andthe other arm of Asaid member has a flexible connection 7 -attached thereto at 10, said connection extendg' ing 'in rear of the tumbler casingf of the combination lock` B, to the. door C of the safe. -S- 1 The arrangement'of'thepartsxas.aboye dep wat.-

iigingscured as u 50 necessary in order to bring the same-into scribed, is such that normally the auxiliary locking means is inactive so that the safev door C may be opened at will, without interference on the part of the said locking means. However, should .an attempt be ,made to gain unauthorized `access to the safe main locking mechanism. The lia ility-of unauthorized opening of the safe is eliminated in the above manner.

The arrangement of the parts shown in.y Figs. 8 and 9 is sometimes desirable and especiallywhen the locking. bolt 2' is to o f 1 crate horizontally on the door C.A When t e latter arrangement of parts is employed, the locking member 5,-instead of beingpivoted to the arm l1 bythe pivot screw entering the opening 14, will .be arranged for move` ment. in a plane parallel wththat including'`- the arm 11, by mounting the pivot 6 trans,-v

versely on the arm, screwing the pivotinto the opening 12. The openings 12 and 144 are' shown clearly in Fig. 7 in their relative po-'i sitions.'

In the modified adjustment of ythe parts,

l the projection 9`becomes'inope`rative because the lon er arml of the locking member 54 en'-.. gages directly with' the bolt 2, such engage- ;ment 'being' aiorded Aby movement o Y the `arm 1,1 toward thecenter portion of the sup-AL porting member l and securing said arm at the said adjustment by the set screw be? fore mentioned'. v

From the foregoing, it will b e apparent that the locking member is adapted for interchangeable mounting 'of the member 1 to operate in' a plane at vsubstantially a right angle to that of the arm 11, or in aplane parallel with the arm 11, according to whether a. vertical' or horizontalmovernent of the locking bolt is re uired or desired.'l The adjustment of the loc 'ng member 5 is a proper position for actuation by the connection 7-that coperates with the mainlocking mechanism of the safe. One end of the spring 3 bears against a' plug 17, or other stop at the free extremity of the supporting member 1. l

It will be understood that the term safe, as used herein, contemplates structures such as vaults'and e uivalents. i I Having thus escribcd the invention, what' is claimed as new is: 1. ln combination, a safecomprising main lcekingfmechanism consisting of Va supportin member mounted on thedoor, alocking bo t carried by said supporting. member to engagea wall of the safe, a'loc ng member normally 'holding'- said bolt in an inactive position, meansfor projecting the bolt into a` locking position when released.; from .the lockiiig-,membenmeans operable on tampering withthe main locking mechanism of the sa e .for-aetuatin the locking member, and means',` for`interc angeably connecting Vthe locking-V member'wit'h the sup rting mem' ber to permit of mountin the ocking memrelatin 'tb Vthe locking bolt.

2.' In'cominatio'n, a safe comprising main. locking me'chanism an l ,g, ,door, auxiliary 'svi Supportv locking mechanisxnco 'A memberxrlou'nted on the vdecina locking t `carri'ed'by said su 'portin member` to" Ee, a locing member.'

engage a wall of these.

ber for. movement in` di erent positions. in'

normally` holding said bolt in'an inactiveposition;l meansfor projecting the. bolt intof a locking 'positionfvvhenl released from the .lockingr member, means-operable on t'a'mfperc i l i v.the

1n with ,themain locking mechanism o be arranged iin. ierent positionsffor'fo operatiomwith Ltheiloclring b'olt; j

carried by-"isaid -su port' engage afwall ofhthesaa a'l.

position; means-1' onprojecting the' bolt into s'membef' normally holdin l-jsa'idbolt inyan inactive" thelatterjwliereb lthelocking member nitty'mi 1'05 5 'a locking positionA when released' from the' 'i lc, member, means operable on tampering with the maimlocki meansadjustably'-. connecting the locking member to Vthe arm whereby the locking member and arm may be adjusted to .occupy positions 'permitting coperaticn o lthe ocking member and .lockingjbolt when'the "auxiliaryvmechanism is arranged in different positions on the lsafe door.4 4. As an article of nmnufactureLa'n auxiliary locking device consistingof atubular mechanism "cf J' the safe for actuating-.the ocking member 1 4an arm, means-adjustablycennecting'said 110- arm with the supportin member, and

fastening lmcans for securing the locking,4

memberA in. positions on'the arm in which transverse toer parallel with the arm.

` the locking member operates `in a r.plane locking mechamsm and azdoor, auxlliaryfV .tion being 5. In combination, a safe comprising?r a door having a main locking mechanlsm therefor, inactive auxiliary locking means for said safe arranged to coperate with the door to lock the same closed independently of the main locking mechanism, and a, fiexlble connection secured to Vthe auxiliary loek-k l ing means at one end and extending across the main locking mehanism in the path of abnormal movement thereof, said connecpermanently connected at its opposite end to the door aforesaid.

ARTHUR E. ANAKN.' I WILLIAM: J. SHEALY 7itnesses for Anakin: J. H. ToENIsKom'rER, FREDERICK A: GROTH.

' In `testimonyv Witnesses for Shealy z G. W. KIRKLEY. 'IL C- Ron.

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