US702883A - Safe. - Google Patents

Description

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c. v. PECKHAM.

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(Application led Oct. 26, 1901.)

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CHARLES V. PECKHAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOSEPH II. DODSON AND LOUIS S. MCMILLAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,883, dated .T une 17, 1902.

Application iiled October 26,1901. Serial No. 80,074. (No model.) i

To ttZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. PECKHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Safes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to small safes designed more especially for use in rero ceiving household articles, papers, and other small articles of value, and is intended principally for use in houses, rooms, or oiiices, but is well adapted for use and can be used in safety-deposit vaults where it is desired to i5 have a small safe containing several conipartinents.

The object of the invention is to construct a safe of the character described which will be very compact, strong, and durable, and

zo which will occupy but little space and be well adapted for the purpose intended, and which can be securely fastened wherever it is desired to have the safe located, and which will be a safe protection against re and against removal byhousebreakers; andtheinvention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and pointed out as new.

In the drawings illustrating the invention,

3o Figure l is a front elevation with a portion broken o ut at one edge and into the door, and Fig. 2 a top or plan view with the outer wall broken away and in section and with the inner wall in section and broken away at one corner.

The -safe is constructed of an outer shell or casing having a cylindrical wall Aand a solid end wall A', and on the under side the cylindrical shell A is turned so as toY form a neck 4o or base A2 with a cross-plate ft2, forming a rest or support for the safe. The front end of the outer shell or casing has a flange ct on the inside, extending inward from which is an annular rimv or lip tt, forming the opening for the door. The body or wall A, end wall A', neck or base A2, liange a, rim a', and plate a2, forming the outer shell or casing as a whole, are cast or-formed integral from any suitable metal. An inner shell or casing is 5o located within the outer shell or casing, and the inner shell or casing is formed of a body or annularwall B and a closed end or head B', and the opposite end has a ange b standing inward and an annular rim or lip b outwardly flaring from the iiange b and terrninatinglin a rim or flange b2, outwardly extending from the rim or lip b', as shown in Fig. 2. The body or annular wall B, end or head B', ange b, annular rim or lip b', and rim or flange b? are cast or otherwise formed inte- 6o gral one with the other from any suitable metal, and the exterior diameter of the inner shell or casing is such as to admit of the in4 sertion thereof through the opening for the door in the end vof the outer shell or casing. The door is formed of an outer wall or plate C and an inner wall or plate C, with a llingspace between them. The outer wall or plate has on its inner face around its periphery an annular Wall c, having an exterior face to fit 7o closely the interior face of the rino or lip a' when the door is closed.` The annular wall c terminates in a shoulder c2, extending out from which is an annular rim or lip c', the shoulder c2 and the rim or lip o' coinciding 75 with and fitting closely against the flange or rim b2 and rim or lip b when the door is closed. The inner wall or plate C is cast integral with the outer plate or wall and its annular shouldered wall and rim or lip or can be made 8o separate and suitably secured to the rim or lipb2 by rivets or otherwise, so as to be, in effect, a part thereof. The door is provided witha combination-lock D of any suitable construction, operating to retain the bolt pro- 8 5 jeoted and to release the bolt for withdrawal, and for moving the bolt a handle d is provided, connected with the bolt d' in any usual and well-known manner. The bolt d passes through the annular wall or rim c and when 9o projected enters an opening 01.3 therefor in the rim or lip ct', as shown in Fig. 2. The iiange or rim a of the main or outer shell or casing has on its exterior face an ear or eyef, and the door on the exterior face of its plate C has two ears or eyes f', spaced apart to receive between them the eye or ear f, and when the ears or eyes f and f are in alinernent a pivotpin f2 is inserted, holding the door as a Whole on the outer shell or casing, so that it can rco swing on the hinge to open and close the door. The interior of the inner shell or casing in the arrangement shown is divided into chambers or compartments E by horizontal and vertical plates or partition-walls e, each chamber or compartment receiving thereinto any article or articles that it is desired to place in the safe for keeping. The space between the outer shell or casingA and the inner shell or casing B at the sides and rear end is packed with a suitable filling F, which iilling may be a non-conductor of heat, so as to insure preservation of the contents of the safe in case of re, and the space between the inner and outer Walls or plates of the door is also packed with a filling F of the saine character as the filling between the two shells or casin gs. The construction shown has extending from the under side or bottom of the inner shell or casing a series of bolts G, the heads of which are entered into recesses or countersinks g and the stems of which pass through the bottom plate or support a2 and can be screw-threaded for the reception of nuts or otherwise formed, so as to firmly attach the safe to a door, shelf, or other support. A bolt or series of bolts H extend from the rear end wall of the inner shell or casing, with the head or heads of the bolts in a depression or countersink h in the end head or wall, with the stem passing through the rear end head or wall of the outer shell or casing, and the stern can be screwthreaded to receive a nut or otherwise formed, so as to firmly attach the safe at its rear end or side to a rigid backing or support. It will be seen that by means of the bolts or stems G and H the safe can be securely fastened down, so that it cannot be readily removed, thus preventing the safe being carried away except by cutting or breaking the fastened bolts or stems.

The safe as a whole can be cast from any suitable metal, making its construction exceedingly cheap, and at the same time the construction is one which will make the safe iireproof and when bolted or fastened down not capable of easy removal. The safe is well adapted for placement in a room, office, or otherwise where it is desired to have security against loss by fire of valuables or where it is desirable to lock valuables up for security. The safe can be of different sizes to suit the requirements of the place in which it is to be located and used, and by providing the interior of the inner shell or casing with chambers the safe can receive articles of different characters which can be kept separate one from the other. The safe furnishes a security for articles locked therein against fire and against ready removal except by the party having the combination, and will be found very desirable and useful for the safe keeping of articles of value and will not occupy much space in the place Where it is located.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a safe, the combination of an outer shell or casing consisting of a circular or tubular body or wall provided ou one side with a flat seating or supporting face, a closed end head or wall and an end flange forming an open end for the shell or casing, an inner shell or casing consisting of a circular or tubular body or wall, a closed end head or wall, a turned end flange and rim forming an open end for the shell or casing, and a door hinged at one side to the end flange of the outer shell or casing and having a circumferential Wall or rim fitting the open ends of the outer and inner shells or casings, substantially as described.

2. In a safe, the combination of an outer shell or casing having a circular or tubular body or wall with a neck or base, a closed end head or Wall and an end flange inwardly turned forming an open end for the shell or casing and all made integral, an inner shell or casing having a circular or tubular body or wall, a closed end head or wall and an end flange and rim forming an open end for the shell or casing and all made integral, a door having an outer plate or wall and an inner plate or Wall with a circumferential stepped Wall and rim between them fitting the open ends of the outer and inner shells or casings, and a hinge for the door to the open end of the shell or casing, substantially as described.

3. In a safe, the combination of an outer shell or casing, an inner shell or casing, a base for the outer shell or casing and on which the safe is supported, a countersink in the bottom of the inner shell or casing, and a bolt having its nut or head end entered into the countersink of the inner shell or casing and having its body passing through the wall of the countersink and the base for iixedly securing the safe in position, substantially as described.

4. In a safe, the combination of an outer shell or casing having a closed end wall, an inner shell or casing having a closed end wall, a base for the outer shell or casing on which the safe is supported, a countersink in the closed end wall of the inner shell or casing, a countersink in the bottom of the inner shell or casing, a bolt having its nut or head end entered into the countersink of the end Wall of the inner shell or casing for the stem to pass through the Wall of the countersink and the end Wall of the outer shell or casing, and abolt having its nut or head end entered into the countersink in the bottom of the inner IOO shell or casing for its stem to pass through the Wall of the countersink and the base and securely fasten the safe ina fixed position, substantially as described.

CHARLES V. IDECKHAM.A

Witnesses:

THOMAS A. BANNING, OSCAR. W. BOND.

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