USRE9305E - Timothy heineman - Google Patents

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Reissued July 2o', Isso.

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UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

TIMOTHY HEINEMAN, F COVINGTON, KENTUCKY;

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sPEcIFIcA'rIoN forming part of neissued 'Letters Patent No. 9,305, dated July 2o, leso. y,

Original No. 175,282, dated Uarch, M176. Application for reissue filed October 4, 187i).

To all lwhom. it may concern:

Y Be it known that I, TIMOTHY HEINEMAN, of Covingtomin the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings.

The object of this invention, is to provide a cheap and convenient safe-box built into and and rmly anchored within the walls of dwelling-houses, s'o 'as to,l'orm,'in connection with j lent non-conducting material.

said walls and a fire-proof cement by which it is held in place, a safe'and fire-proof receptacle for papers and other valuables without dis'figuring or interfering with the inish ofthe walls of the room.

In lthe drawngs,-Figure 1 is *ii-'longitudinal -by fire-proof cement cove'r'n g'. Fig. 4 is a front view of the safe with its face papered to correspond with the wall of the room, in order that it may not attract attention. The do'olis also filled with the same material' between its inner and outer plates.

A is the wall of the building into which the safe is fitted, having its front surface, a a, flush with thesurface of the safe. B B B isthe wall of the safe, surrounded upon each side, upon theouter part, between it and the wall of the building, ,with a' tire-proof cement or equival Asbestus is a' good-non conducting material to beused when s not tnoexpensive.

" 'C C are flanges projecting from the side. of

'the safe and firmly anchored thereto, so..that

when the cement or non-conducting materialy is packed about the safe, between its walls and the wall of the building, it will be impossible for the safe to be removed.

D is the door of the safe, its outer surface being exactly iiusll with the exterior portion of the walls ofthe safe, b b, and the wall of the room, as shown iu Fig. l. This door is hung upon concealed hinges d d. l have shown these as pins or bolts projecting inward from partment may be formed in the lower part,

covered bya false'bottom, as shown at F, Figs. 1 and 2, if it isdesirable.

This safe 'is intended to be built into the chimney-wall, either overthe nIantcl-pieceor at the side, where there is always ample space between lthe flue and the outer wall, though it' is obvious that where the wall ot' the building is ot' brick it could be insertedtherein with equal eflcacy, the object being to place it iu such place that it will be accessible and can haveaire-proof surrounding. In seating it in position, the face of thedoor'is brought flush with lthe line of the wall and held in proper position-while the cement is ,poured in above,

a suicient opening having been left between the top edge of the safe and the wall for this purpose until the space which is left between the blick-work'and the body of thesafe is colupletelylled with it.

The front of lthe safe may-be nished tricorrespond with the finish of the wall, whether it be papered or colored, leaving only the keyhole and the joints of the door exposed, so that its presence does not mar the wall or take up any ofthe available space ofthe room, as shown at'Fig. 4. O e of the advantages of this linish is that, w ere the entire surface of the wall is papered after the Isafe is put in, the paper becoming dry, and a sharp knife beingr taken to cut the lille between the`safe-door and the wall and to cut the line for the key-hole, the door may then be opened and closed, and when closed will present the same appearance as any other part ot the room, so that if a burglar should enter, the place occupied by the safe have a border nish, as shown in Fig. 3.

' In addition to the door being made fireproof it may -be made burglar-proof after any of the well-known modes, if it-is desired.`

1V.- The herein-described vault, composed of acomplete metallic safe-body provided with a door ip one side and with ontwardly=extend ing anges at the front and'rear, and built in a fire-proof cement setting into and flush with the wall of a house, substantially as and -for the purpose specified. Y

2. Inl combination with the wall of a building, a metal safe provided with external flanges and seated in the wall and a filling of tireproof cement seated in the wall around the safe and its flanges, substantially as described l and shown.

g 3. As a new article of manufacture, a safe for domestic use consisting of aclosed metal body provided. with a side door and with front and rear ianges (J, as and .for the purpose described.

4. 'A safe for domestic use embracing the following elements: a close metallic body, external anges upon said body to hold the same in position, and a door located in and flush with the side of the body andsustained by concealed hinges, said parts being constructed substantially as described and shown.

TIMOTHY HEINEMAN.

Witnesses JOHN A. FISCHER, JEREMIAH F. TWOHIG.

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