US1674714A - Reenforcement for safes, strong rooms, and the like - Google Patents

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June 26, 1928.

H. S. BRUCKSHAW fiEENFdRCEMENT POT? SAFES, -'S'IRONGr ROOMS, AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 27, 1927 Patented June 26, 1928.

UNITED STATES HERBERT STANLEY BRUCKSHA W001) sAEE COMPANY LIMIT REENFORCEMENT IE OR SAFES,

Application filed January 27, 1927, Serial No This invention relates to reenforcements for safes, strong rooms and the like of the type such as described in my prior U. S. specification No. 1,610,996 in which inattresses of interwoven coils are embedded in concrete.

The object of my present invention is to provide in an effective manner for the jointing together of mattresses of reenforcement after the same have been embedded in concrete. Figure 1 is a plan which prepared or w cast blocks of concrete or the like with the reenforcing mattresses embedded therein, are united together and the building up of the required structure in accordance with this invention, whilstFigures 2, 3 and 1 show separate blocks before unison.

In the assembling of pre-cast or prepare blocks as shown at Figure 1, the exposed or projecting portionsc, 'dsandgflb, of the mattress coils in the respective blocks illustrated. at Figures 2, 3 and l," are, intermeshed as at Figure 1, and a uniting rod k inserted as shown. Such united porshowing the manner in tions are then encased with concrete, cement or the like. For roof structures where the concreting of the exposed portions ofthe coils can be effected from the top the ends of the adjacent blocks are shaped as shown at the left hand side of Figure '1, but for wall structures where the concreting is elfectedfrom the sides, the ends of the blocks are shaped as shown at the right hand side of said figure.

. What I claim is 1. In reenforcements of the type aforesaid "forsafes, strong rooms and the like, the combination comprising amass of concrete having embedded therein a mattress with interwoven right hand coils extendin and projecting from said mass, a further hat may be termed pre- I 0r through a W, OF BOLTON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHAT- ED, OF BOLTON, ENGLAND, A BRITISH COMPANY.

s'rnoue Rooms, AND THE LIKE.

. 164,074, and in Great Britain March 17, 1926.

mass of concrete in alignment and abutment with the aforesaid mass and having embedded therein a mattress with interwoven left hand coils, said coils havingprojecting ends overlapping the adjacent projecting ends ofthe aforesaid right hand coils, and. means for uniting such overlapping coils, as set forth.

2. In. reenforcements of the type aforesaid for safes, strong rooms and the like the combination comprising a mass of concrete having embedded therein a mattress with inter woven right hand coils extending through and projecting from such mass, a further mass of concrete in alignment with the afore said mass and having embedded therein a mattress with interwoven left hand coils,

said coils having projecting ends overlapping the adjacent projecting ends of the said, right hand coils, end projections from the said masses, said projections abutting together and v lappingends, as set forth.

3. In reenforcements of the type aforesaid for safes, strongrooms and the like, the combination comprising a mass of concrete having embedded therein a mattress with inter 7 woven right hand coils extending through and projecting from such mass, a further mass of concrete in alignment with the aforesaid mass' and having embedded therein a mattress with interwoven left hand coils, said coils having projecting ends overlapping theladjacent projecting ends of the said right hand coils, end projections from the said, masses, said projections, abutting together and rods threaded through the said overlapping parts of the mattresses and uniting same, as set-forth.

In testimony whereof I'have signedname tothis specification.

HERBERT STANLEY BRUCKSHAW,

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