US1675085A - Boltwork for safes - Google Patents

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June 26, 1928; 1,675,085

c. P. BARTELS ET AL BOLTWORK FOR SAFE S Filed June 17, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR &/

l ATTORNEY June 26, 1928.

1,675,085 C. P. BARTELS ET AL BOLTWORK FpR SAFES Filed Ju ne 17, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 3.

my! I l. lllll I I I 35 34/36 27 7 39- INVENTOR aux/M W ATTORNEY June 26, 1928. 1,675,085

C- P. BARTELS ET AL BOLTWORK FOR- SAFES Filed June 17, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR 6246/" 0 ATTORNEY Patented June 26, 1928.

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EARL r. BARTELS, or HAMILTON, 'OH'IQAND onannns J. BA'rns,Jn.,;on Enonnwoon JERSEY, nssrenon 310 THE MQSLE'R sAnn COMPANY, orsnrrmrmon, :OHIIO,

A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

I BOLTWORK FOfBHSAEFZES.

iAppl'icationfiled June 1?, 1926. Serial No.,;1 1 6;"53 1.

This invention relates :to bolt work for safes,rand"morewparticularly relates to bolt orkssuitable for association with thedoors .ofsfireproofisaltes, cabinets-and similar strum 5 tures.

*Heretoiore it has :been customary 'to build :the bolt work into :the door, and this has required :much :detail assembly work, includiing'the fitting 0f :the separate; parts of the bolt'work to the :door. Usually :the bolt 'WOIki has been built llHtO the door intermediate-the front and rear Walls thereof.

O'ne of 'the principal objects offthisinwenti'on is itoielimina te the necessity of build- .ing theibolt Work-into the-door and to avoid the timennd labor irequired :to assemble the parts of .the sbolt work .separately-on the door. A further object of this invention :is to provide bolt WOIk :construction which permits the door itself ito dorm. a sealed enclosure::in which the filling :may be placed. :Anoth er :object of this invention 'is to provide Ibolt ork-fora saiesdoor' which render-s it possible foriithe'zdoor to 'be so'constructed that the filling is contained in a sealed chamber ftherein. A further object of this invention is to provide bolt wvork for safe'doors which is shielded from being damaged by dusting of the door filling; or

3o-other cleteriorating'influences. A further object-of thisinv-ention :is :to provide "bolt Work 0f simple and durable construction, and bolt Work -which'may'be applied ItO 5a safe doorreadily and easily. (Dtherobjects of-this'invention Will be ingpartobvious and "in =partpointed out hereinafter.

In "accordance With this inyentiom the bolt Work construction is-' assembled as .a separate and complete unit apart from the 40 doorand is thereafterattached to the rear of the door by simple -means and connected wi th the combination operating spindle and th' e handle for operating the bolt -work.

In-order that amlearer understanding of this invention may be had, attention .isrhe'ree 'by directed to the accompanying drawings tfo'rming a part!of this.applicationranchillustrating certain poss'ible embodiments of the invention. In "the drawings, Fig. '1 is :a

horizontal sectional .VlBWJ of a "fragment :of: a safe, including the door havingbolt- Work construction embodying-this invention iFigi is a itm' pl-an'ayiew of "the bolt lwork unit 11. sleeve =12in.Whichwiserotatablydisposed the spindle 13 forvoperating thezbolt work. fllhe Fig..;3;1is ganend view of .thesame .par'tly broken away wandgshowing a portion {oiithe .dooryiF-ig. 4 is. an enlarged horizontal vsectionallview ofra fragment of thedoor ,and bolt-Work; Fig. .5 is .a sectional View of the some and is taken on (the line (5-:5 of Fig. 4.; [and *Fig. 6 is asectionalwview ojf a fragment .of a safe of modified form .and Ya fragment of bolt .work embodying this .in- .yjention associated with such door. Similar referenoe-oharacters refer. to: Similarparts throughout the-several Wiews .of the {drawinns. 4 c 1 i eReferring to the drawings, the -,sa.fe,com -:pnises conventional isid-e-body Wallsfl and (hating jamb Walls 3; 4 and ewdefining the side jamb Walls of the safe. doorway; Ob-

viously,- {the safe .a'lso. ,has; 'top and: bottom walls which supplythetop andibottom jamb Walls of :the doorway. The safe includes .a floor-in the-dormof 'a isealed compartment and includes the front plate .5 trear plate 6 land edge plates, 'suchiasfl and'8 atfboth E'sides "andx-at. {the @top and Ebottom, Sealed drift-he doorqis suitable-filling material 9 which .:may +be cast {therein similar to the manner in. which the filling is cost into the ibody 'wa'lls offsa-fes. sExtending throu-gh the door gis-r 'the combination lock spindle .10 which I carries the usual combination knob Alsoextending-gthrough :the door is a .rusuallhandle 1 4: isaattaoh-ed sto this spindle vonthe outsidejof the safe. q

' The c-bolt FWOI k Y comprises-ea: separate unit front plate 15,.sairearrp1ate rl-6, ;and edged plates 1-? and 18.'at='the sides-andthe top'and bot-tom.z'toicompletewthe housing. The comin 5 a .:suitable manner so as itO rbe. engagenble .=withthe =combinationlook spiri'dleiIO when sthe 3 housing 1 is :iappl-ied ito i't-he rea'r :eiaoe :of lithe :door- A pin 20- is rotatab1y iseonred 1; in

a perforation in the housing plate 15. and

:hasaamhub 21 ,i1arger1than:the perfonation. utsideiof-ithe izhousing. ithin :the housiingzisoa plateiQQwWhiQhhas-a slot 23-;throu h rbin'ation lock-#19 ismounted inithisihousing which is secured to the housing plate 15.

A cam plate 26 is secured to the pin 20, as

by means of nut 27, and has a pin 28 which seats between two shoulders or projections 29 and 30 formed on the plate 22. One end of plate 22 is flanged, as at 31, and is positioned near the locking edge of'the door. A bolt 32 is secured to this flange 31 of plate 22, so that by sliding the plate 22 the bolt 32 may be locked andunlocked 1 Cam plate 26 has another pin 33 which is connected by a link 34 to a bolt 35 which is disposed at the top of the housing for movement into and out of locking position. In a similar manner other pins 36 and 37 on the cam plate 26 are connected by means of links 38 and 39 to bolts 40 and 41, positioned respectively at the hinge edge and bottom edge otthe housing for movement with the cam plate 26 into and out of locking position. The combinationlock mechanism inthe housing 19 has associated with it the conventional locking dog 42, which abuts the sliding plate 22 and thus domihates not only the movement of this plate and the bolt 32 but also movement of the cam plate 26 and the movement of the bolts 35,401and 41. i

It will beapparent from the above that the bolt. work is thus assembled into a separate and complete unit which may be applied to the rear of the safe door conveniently and easily. For instance, this housing containing the bolt work may be secured to the rear wall 6 of the door by means of bolts 43. To permit access to the interior of the housing for this purpose, the rear plate 16 of the housing may be removed without disturbing the assembly of the bolt work. This rear plate ma be secured to the housing b means of suitable'screws 44.

If the door is of the type shown in Fig. 6, wherein a separate valve door is secured to the rear of the main door 46 by means of bolts 47, these same bolts may be utilized to secure the bolt work unit to the door at the rear of the valve door 45. In this modification of the safe a side wall of the safe is shown at. 48. The door hasa front plate 49 and a rear plate 50 and contains sealed-in insulation 51.

The jamb walls of the safes to which the bolt work unit is applied are provided with suitable shoulders behind which the bolts engage. For instance, in the structure shown in'Fig. 1 thesafe is provided with a bolt recess 52, and in the modification shown in Fig. 6 the recess for the bolt is shown at 53. i

The pin 20 of the bolt work is provided with a key or tooth 54 which is adapted to interlock in a corres onding recess 55 formed in the end oft e spindle 13 to establish a connection between the operating handle 14 and the bolt work, so that the bolt workis operable in the usual manner from the-exterior of the safe door This connection requires no separate application of parts nor ad ustments.

This invention permits the door to be built up without any bolt work, and in the form of a sealed compartment whichpro- .tects the cast-in filling from atmospherical changes. The separate and completely assembled bolt work unit may be securely attached to the rear of this door readily and easily. When attached to the door, the combination lock and the bolt work are operable in the usual manner from the outside of the door. When it is desired to unlock the safe, the combination lock is first manipulated to place thelocking dog 42 out of engagement with the plate 22. Then by merely turning the handle 14 the cam plate 26 is rotated, and by reason of the connections between this plate and the bolts 32, 35, 40 and 41, these bolts are simultaneously retracted and the safe unlocked. The safe is locked by rotating the handle 14 in the reverse direction, and, if desired, the combination lock is operated to cause the plate 22 to be dogged by the locking dog 42, so that the safe cannot be again unlocked until the combination lock has been properly adjusted.

In mounting the bolt work, the plate 15 may be secured to the door before the bolt work is mounted on this plate; instead of the bolt work being re-assembled thereon.

It will be noted tiat the bolt work is confined in a compartment which is entirely separatefrom thecompartment in the door in which is the filling material. Thus the bolt work is protected from damage which might be caused by dusting of the door filling, or other deteriorating influences.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and as many apparently widely difierent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description.

or shown in the accompanyin drawings shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What we claim is:-

1. In safe construction, a safe door, a

structural unit. distinctly separate from the safe door, said unit comprising arhousing and a bolt work assembly mounted therein,

means for securing said housing, after the assembly of the bolt work therein, to a safe door, a spindle in said door, and said bolt work including a member extending through said housing and projecting into the end of said spindle to interlock with the same and .operativelyconnect said spindle with the bolt work assembly in said housing.

2. In safe construction, a safe door, a structural unit distinctly separate from the safe door, said unit comprising a hous tending through said door but terminating short of said housing, and a member assoc1ated with said bolt' work prO ecting through said housing and adapted to interlockably engage with said spindle to open atively connect the bolt work assembly therewith.

3. In safe construction, a safe door, a structural unit distinctly separate from the safe door, said unit comprising a housing and a bolt work assembly and combination lock mechanism mounted therein, and means for securing said housing after the assembly of the bolt work and combination lock mechanism therein to the safe door, said door having a spindle for the bolt work a-nda spindle for the combination lock mechae nism, and said bolt work and combination lock mechanism simultaneously operatively engaging said spindles when said housing is mounted on the safe door.

4. In safe construction, a safe door, a structural unit distinctly separate from the safe door, said unit comprising a housing and a bolt Work assembly mounted therein, and means for securing said housing, after the assembly of the bolt work therein, to a safe door, said bolt work including bolts projectable from the housing, and a rotatable cam plate connected to-said bolts for operating the same, the safe door having a spindle engageable with said cam plate whereby said plate may be rotated to operate said bolts into and out of locking position.

5. In safe construction, a safe door, a housing separate from the safe door, bolt work enclosedin said housing, combination lock mechanism enclosed in said housing dominating the operation of said bolt work, and

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means for securing said housing, with the bolt work and combination lock mechanism therein, to said safe door, said bolt work including bolts projectable from the housing, a rotatable cam plate connected to said bolts for operating the same, a-slidable plate, said plates being connected together for simultaneous movement, the safe door having a spindleconnected to said cam plate whereby said cam plate may be rotated to operate said bolts into and out of locking position, said combination lock mechanism including a dog for said slidable plate, and the safe door having another spindle connected to said combination lock mechanism for operating said dog.

6. In safe construction, a safe door, a structural'unit distinctly separate from the safe door, said unit comprising a housing and a bolt work assembly mounted therein, said housing comprising a body portion of substantially the same dimensions as the inside face of said door and a removable cover for said body portion, and means for removably securing said body portionto the safe door, said bolt work-assembly comprising operative elements projecting through said housing at the top, bottom, front and rear edges of said door.

7. In safe construction, a safe door, a structural unit distinctly separate from the safe door, said unit comprising a housing and a bolt work assembly mounted therein, and means for securingsaid housing after the assembly of the bolt work therein to the safe door, said door havinga spindle for-the bolt work and said bolt WOIkSlmulta-neously operatively engaging said spindle when said housing is mounted on the safe door.- v

This specification signed this 24 day of

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