US1060241A - Safety-locker. - Google Patents

Description

W. S. PARNSWORTH.

SAFETY LOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED' 00T.10, 1911.

1,060,241 Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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UNITED STA'lllilPATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS S. FARNSWORTH, OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO COIN CON- TROLLED LOCK CO., OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION FORMA.

OF CALI- SAFETY-LOCKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Application filed October 10, 1911. Serial No. 653,829.

To all wlw/m, 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l. 'ILLls S. Farmswon'rn, citizen of the United States, re siding at letaluma, in the county of Sonoma and State of California, have invented new and useful Imprm'einents in Safety-Lockers, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to a locker and a closure therefor` and tutrticularly pertains to a locker which is especially adapted for use in state-rooms. passenger' coaches. sleepers. and the like.

It, the object of this invention to provide a locker which particularly suited 4for the reception of money, jewelry and other valuable possessions of passengers on railroad trains, st amships.r and the like` which is so constructed that access to the interior thereof can be accomplished onlv by the person who has deposited and locked his property therein` and which is '.lesigned to he placed in such relation to a seat or berth as to be obstructed therebv to further prevent access being had to the locker when the seat or'borth is occupied or in position to he occupied.

A further object is to provide a closure or door for the locker and a lock thereon which is so constructed and arranged thaty the door can be closed and locked only after depositing a coin or other token, and in which the operation of the lock and the re` moval of a key therefrom is controlled by the coinY Other objects of this invention together with the advantages to he derived from its use will be disclosed in the following` specifcation., The invention consists otl the parts and the construction and combination otI parts as hereinafter more fully described and claii "d, having reference to-the accompanying drawings` in hieltd Figure l is adetail vertical section in perspective of a portion ot' a car showing the invention as applied. Fig. 2 is a View in elevation of the back ot the locker door with parts broken away, showing the lockl mechanism in its normal unlocked position with the bolt retracted and blocked against movement and the key positioned to prevent witlaaawal. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the bolt in dotted lines and illustrating the manner in which the bolt released by the action ot a coin. Figa is a detail depicting the positions occupied by the coin and the parts o1". the lock when the bolt, indicated in dotted lines, is in its advanced position. Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. L1 showing bolt in dotted lines in its retracted position. Fig. t3 is a horizontal section on the line XX of Fig. 2. is a vertical section on the line Y-Y ot Figxt. Fig. 8 is a detail in elevation on the line 25W/i ot' Fig. 6.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, A represents the side walls ot a sleeping car commonly known as a Pullman sleeper. B indicates the upper berth hingedlv mounted on the wall A to swing in a vertical direction, and (l represents the slidable seat which is converted into the lower berth. Formed in the walls A. adjacent to the berth B and Seat C are recesses or pockets D. which may be constructed in any suitable shape and Inanner and of any desired material; these recesses or pockets forming receptacles 0r lockers for containing money, jewelry, papers, or other valuables possessed by the passengers or occupants of the berth B and seat` C. The recesses D open to the interior of the car and are provided with outwardly swinging hinged doors 2. and are s0 disposed in relation to the berth B and seat C as to he concealed or obstructed when the berth Il is let down, as shown, and when the seat C is drawn out into the position indicated in dotted lines and converted into a berth. This location of the recesses or lockers D is important in thatl persons other than those having possession of the berths cannot gain access to the locker While the berth is in its made up position, thus rendering the locker a place of safety for valuables and preventing theft or robbery when the berths are occupied and insures that the articles placed inthe lockers will not be purloined when the occupants of the berths are asleep. As a further means for preventingingress to the interior of the locker by persons other than the one havin possession thereof, the door :72 1s provide with a peculiarly constructed lock, the key 3 of which is designed to be held in the lock against removal when the door 2 is open aval unlorked until a r-nin mother to lock the token has been deposited in a coin-receiving slot 4 in the door 2; the bolt of the lockbeing also revented from being thrown oor until the coin is eposited. When a coin is dropped in the slot 4 thel key 3 and the lock bolt can be operated so that the door 2 may be locked in its closed posi-y tion and the key withdrawn therefrom; the lock being so constructed, as will presently be described, that the keyY and bolt .will be automatically rengaged and held a ainst" movement when the key is inserted 1n the lock andthe bolt thrown back so that the door 2 will open. This arrangement insures the collection of a toll for the use of a locker vD and also prevents the keys being lost or stolen when the lockers are not in use, and admits ofthe locker being employed asa receptacle for the assengers yvaluables when the berths are fo ded up in their closed positions.

The construction ofthe lockerdoor 2 and the lock therefor is particularly shown in Figs. 2 to 8 inclusive; Figs. 23, 4 and 5 showing the consecutive steps or positions assumed by the lock during ,one complete operation. In the views Just mentioned, Fig. 2 shows the bolt, indicated at 5, in its normally retracted position 'with the key-2 blocked against operation and withdrawal; Fig.` 3 shows a coin 6 when rst deposited to release the bolt 5; Fig.`4 shows the boltV 5 advanced and the coin 6 as positioned on a stud 7 carried bythe bolt 5 and against a vertically disposed rib 8 formed on the inthe back of the door 2 a lner face of the door 2; the coin 6 when tlius supported being arranged over a peek-hole or perforation '9 formed lin the door 2 through which the genuineness of the coin can be determined when the door 2 is closed; and Fig. 5 shows the coin 6 as being released from the stud 7 when the bolt 5 is retracted to restore it tothe position shown in Fig. 2. The bolt 5 is of the variety commonly termed a dread bolt and is supported on short distance from the face thereof by having its outer end disposed in a slot formed in the side wall of a ousing 10 mounted on the back of the door 2; its inner end being held in place by means of a pin 11 on the door 2, which passes through a horizontally disposed slot 12 in the bolt 5. This bolt 5 is designed to be advanced and retracted by thev oscillation of a lug 13 formed on the cylinder 14 of an ordinary cylinder lock, which lug extends intoV a notch 15 formed in the upper edge of the bolt 5. The cylinder 14 is supported in a Casin 16 mounted on the back of the door 2 an is movable circumferentially therein; a slot 17 `extending longi tudinally through the cylinder for the reception of the key 2. Loose pins or tumblers 18-18 are mounted in the cylinder 14 `Inder being turned when t .and casing 16, as shown in Fig. 7, and in the manner common to tumbler locks, which pins are adapted to be positioned bythe insertion of the key 2 to'admit of the cylinder 14 being turned and which prevent the cyle key is withdrawn by reason of the pins 18 extending into the perforations in the cylinder 14 in which the pins 18 are mounted; the pins 18 being of such various lengths as to require a key having certain serrations or grooves formed on its edge which act, when the key is inserted in the slot 17, to raise the pins 18 sothat their upper ends will be posltioned flush with the outer periphery of the cylinder 14, and thereby permit of the cylinder 14 being rocked a suiiicient distance to advance or retract the bolt 5. A spring 19 mounted on the housing 10 bears against a cam face 20 formed on the upper edge of the bolt 5 in such manner as to offer resistance to the movement of the bolt 5 'and acts to insure .the bolt 5 being thrown to the limit of its outermost or innermost position. 1

Pivotally mounted on. the door 2 between th inner face thereof and the bolt5` adjacent to the rear end of the latter, is a tuiangular shaped pawl 21 having a lug 22 pro jecting below its lower ed e ad'acent to the enlarged end of the paw, T is pawl 21 normally rests in the horizontal position shown in Figs. 2l-and 5 by reason of its pivotal point being positioned eccentric to it's center of gravity so that its enlarged end will normally tend to move in a downward o direction; a pin 23I mounted on the bolt 5 adjacent to its inner end projecting beneat'h -the pawl 21 to limit its downward movement. A plate 24 mounted on the door 2 lalso acts to retain the pawl 21 in a horizontal position. When the bolt 5 is in its rearmost position, as shown in Fi 2 and indi-` cated in dotted lines in Figs. and 5, the pin 23 will extend beneath the pawl 1 adjacent to the back edge of the ug 2 gthe lug 22 actin as a stop or abutment to prevent the bot 5 being advanced when the pawl 21 is 1n the horizontal position shown 1n Figs. 2 and 5.

Mounted on the rearof the door 2 is a coin chute 25 leading downwardly to a point ad`acent to the upper edge of the bolt 5 an o eningto the space between the bolt 5 and t door 2 forward of the small end of the pawl 21 in such manner that when a coin is insertedk in the slot 4 it Will be caused to fall upon the outer end of the awl 21 so as to rock it on its pivot and wit draw thelug2'2 fromk in front of the pin' 23, as shownin Fig. 3' a pin 26 projecting from the face of the bolt 5 lnto the path of travel of the coin 6 at such distance forward of the pawl 21 as to momentarily support the coin at this point.

from the coin slot 4 llifted position The pin 26 acts in vent coins of a smaller4 diameter than that intended being used to operate the pawl 21, it being seen that coins of a sutliciently small diameter will pass between the pin 26 and pawl 21 when the latter is in the position shown in Fig. 3, and would not retain it in its disengaged position; the pawl 21 falling back to dispose the lug 22 in front of the pin 23 the moment the coin is released therefrom.

Vhen the pawl 21 is retained in its upby the weight ofa coin on its inner end, as shown in Fig. 3,the bolt 5 may be advanced by turning the cylinder 14 by means of the key 2 which has been previously positioned. in the slot 17 in the cylinder. The bolt 5 on being advanced to its outermost position so as to engage a keeper on the casing of the locker D, withdraws the pin 26 from under the coin 6 so that the latter will drop downwardly and release the pawl 21 so that it will fall back into the position shown in Fig. 4; the lug 22 resting upon the pin 23 on the bolt 5. A shoulder 27 projecting from the upper .edge .of the plate 24 forms a stop for the pin 23 to prevent it passing to the opposite side of the lug 22 and insures the latter resting on the pin 23.

The coin 6 on' being released falls upon the pim-7, as before mentioned, and is supported thereon by the Vertical rib 8 where it is exposed 'to` View through the peek-hole 9 until the door 2 is unlocked by retracting the bolt 5. The bolt 5 when advanced to its outermost position, which is limited by the pin 23 coming in contact with the shoulder 27 on the plate 24, disposes the slot 17 in the -ing the bolt cylinder 14 in a vertical position so that the pins 18 and 13 will be in alinement, and thereby admit of the key 2 being withdrawn from the lock; the key 2 being previously prevented from being withdrawn from the cylii'ider by reason of the pins 18 extending into the notches formed on the key 2 and blocking longitudinal movemento the key when the cylinder is positioned with the pins 1S to one side or" the pins 18. The bolt 5 in being retracted moves the pin 7 from under the coin so that the latter will fall into a coin 'receptacle 28 formed on the back of the door 2, and4 the same time the pin 23 moves from under the lug 22 on the pawl 21 so that the lng will again drop into position in front of the pin 23, thereby re-lock- 5 in the retracted position against movement unt-il another coin is employed to operate the releasing pawl 21` The door 2 may now be opened so as to give access to the interior of the locker.

The housing 10 on the back of the door (':losed by means of a removable panel 29 zo that the lock cannot be tampered with by such manner as to pre` unauthorized persons; this panel being adapted to be removed for the collection of the coins in the receptacle 28 by means of a master key corresponding to the key 2 but having an extended portion on its end, as

indicated in dotted lines at a in Fig. 7,A

which is adapted to engage a notch 30 formed in a bolt 31 slidably mounted on the inner face of the panel 29, as shown in Fig. 8. The bolt 31 has its outer end bent at a right angle to the pawl 29 as indicated at 32, which is slotted to engage a lug 33 on the side Wall of the housing 10; a spring 34 acting on the bolt 31 to normally retain it in engagement with the lug 33 when the panel 29 is, in position on the back of the housing 10. The edge of the panel 29 opposite that on which the bolt 31 is mounted is provided with hooked members 35 which are adapted to engage correspondingly shaped projections 36 on the housing 10, as shown in Fig. 6. I

Fromthe foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a locker and a means for closing same, which is simple in operation and construction, and which, when used in conf junction with a berth, as reviously de-V scribed, produces a safe repository for valuables, and as such insures and protects a pas' senger against theft or robbery when traveli ing. v v 1t is manifest that while I have described the invention as applied to a car, that itis equally applicable for use in state-rooms of steamships and in. o ther places Where seats and berths are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what Ipclaiin and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. rThe combination with a `Pullman berth, of a locker in the wall of the car substantially on a level with the berth when made up, said locker having a lock controlled door, and said berth being retained in guides and having a free movement toward and from the lockedV door, 4and covering and concealing the door when madeup, whereby the door may be opened when the berth is at the lim-it of one movement and is incapable of being opened when the berth is at the limit of its other movement.

2. In a device of the class described'in combination, a receptacle adapted to be secured to the framing of a vehicle body, a

closure for said receptacle, a sleeping berth is prepared for sleeping.

3. In a safetyhreceptacle for railway ears, a car body provided with an opening therein for the reception of valuables, a closure 'izo for said opening, a vdevice adapted to l-)e :ny hand in the presenoe of two subscribing formed inte a sleeping berth, and means cowitnesses.

operatnv with lsaid device to support the 'same whrereby it forms a barrier rendering WILLIS S' FARNSWGRTH 's 6 said closure inaccessible when said devieeis Witnesses:

prepared for sleeping. JOHN H. HERRING,A In testimony whereof I have hereunto set CHARLES EDELMAN.

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