US2287048A - Tabernacle safe - Google Patents

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June 23, `1942. P MERTEL 2,287,048

- TABERNACLBSAFE Filed Aug. 2, 1959 2 sheets-sheet 1 lNvENToR Henry ,Rllezftel j j ATTORNEY June 23,1942. H. P. MERTEL 2,287,048

TABERNACLE -SME Filed Aug. 2, 1939 2 Sheets-Shea?I 2 55M lli 1) K`9'll' INVENTOR Patented lJune 23, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TABERNAilLE SAFE Henry P. Mertel, Ridgefield, N. J. Application August 2, 1939, Serial No. 287,875

Claims.

into open and closed position by rotation of a lock-spindle in a lock-casing of a key-actuatedl locking mechanism. This `locking mechanism not only embodied means for releasing the lockspindle for a turning movement in relation to the lock casing, and thus provided means by which the door is moved into opened and closed positions, but also provided means operable, upon insertion of the key' into the lock, to disengage and release bolt mechanism, including -one or more'bolt members, from a locking connection from the lock and in said patented construction means is provided to partially eject the key from the lock. The doors in such constructions are supported on ball bearings and because of that fact and the fact that the bolts are retained in released position, as aforesaid, a re-bound of the door from the door jamb frequently occurs when, in the closing movement thereof by the turning of the key, ,the forward edge of the door strikes the vdoor jamb. It has been found necessary,

therefore, in operation of these doors, to con-v tinue to exert a turning pressure on the key and to hold 'the door shut thereby until the re- `bounding movements are overcome so that the keywill be partially ejected, as aforesaid, it being understood that in these safe constructions the key is irremovably locked in position in the lock-spindle during such turning thereof with the door and also operable upon withdrawal of the key from the lock, to automatically cause a re-engagement of said bolts with the door, the parts being so arranged that insertion ofthe key into the lock released the bolt mechanism to release the door, a turning of the lock-spindle by the key locked the key therein, moved the door through opening and closing movements and operated to maintain the locking bolt .or bolts in withdrawn position until the door, with its lock socket, was in closed position, whereupon withdrawal of the key from thelock would again automatically cause a locking engagement of the bolts with the door and, of course, would lock the lock-spindle, f All of this locking and bolt mechanism engaged either the lower edge of the door or dooroperating mechanism positioned below such lower edge of the door. While this mechanism provided, in closed position, a tight and immovable connection between the lower edge ofv the door and the door-way, I have found thatv it is possible, in a device of the Acharacter specifled, by applying a strong pressure in the direction of opening'adjacent to the upper edge of the door, to procure a slight tilting movement of the door at such upper edge, which might possibly be used to permit the jimmying of the door.

In tabernacle safe constructions of I thev type shown in my former Patent No. 1,951,432, where: a turning movement of the key and lock-spindle.;

is used to swing the door to open and closed positions, the bolts are retained in released position until thekey is turned back into -registration with the lock tumblers or into locking position when andonly when the key is withdrawable vto move the door, and until registration of the keywith the tumblers, the bolts are unfastened,

and that when the key is released and partly removed or ejected, the bolts are immediately fastened. Consequently, it is desirable to prevent a re-bound from taking place, particularly as the door must be locked and the key removed in accordance with ,the church rubric.

Itis one of the objects of this invention to provide locking mechanism which' will prevent the possibility of anyA tilting of the door in relation to door-way and which will supplement the aforesaid locking'at thelower edge by providing a secure and immovable connection between the upper edge of the door and the door-way.

Another object of my invention is, ina device .of 4the type specified, to provide, in combination with the locking mechanism hereinabove described, a novel bolt-operating mechanism releasable by said locking mechanism but reset- Another object of my invention is to provide, 1 I in a tabernacle safe, a door -bolting mechanism which will 4be `capable of a releasing operation andy a' resetting Amovementwithout the use of springs. A 4 -1 :Another ,'object of my4 invention is to improve i the"- bolting or latching construction .described "and shown' inmyfsaid Patent No. 1,951,432, so as to permit the ball-.bearing support of the door while avoiding the aforesaid 're-bound of the door from the jamb on a closing movement thereof and to accomplish this result by providing an independent automatic lo king mechanism for engaging and holding the d or in closed position immediately upon contact of the edge of the jamb of the door-way. f

Another object of my invention is, in a device' -v member on the door-way from engagement with a cooperating engaging member on the. door, said door-way bolt member beging thereafter released by movement of door-supporting mechanism during the opening movement of the door from control of the locking mechanism to permit a resetting movement for an independent locking engagement thereof, and thereafter by the movement of withdrawal of the key from the lock to place the operative elements for the bolt members in position again for key-controlled release by the movement of the keyA into' the lock.

Another object of my invention is to provide, in combination with a key-controlled and tumbler-actuated locking mechanism, a boltingmechanism for the door which will be engageable independently of said locking mechanism upon the movement of the door to closed position but will be releasable fromv control by said keycontrolled tumbler-locking mechanism during the opening movement of the door so as to be set for such independent bolting-engagement, and which will, upon the movement of the door into said closed position, provide a secure, independent and automatic locking of the door and which furthermore, will, upon the removal of the key, -automatically be again brought under control of a succeeding insertion movement of said key to enable a succeeding release by the key-controlled tumbler mechanism.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the combination of members and arrangement of parts so combined asto coact and co-operate with each other in the performance of the functions and the accomplishment of the results herein contemplated, and comprises in one of its adaptations the species or preferred form illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which: I

Fig. l is a horizontal section of1 the lower portion of a safe door-way on the line I-I of Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing the lower bolt mechanism in locked position and the lower part of my independently-engageable bolt mechanism in reset position-for release by the tumbler-lock mechanism;

Fig. 2'L is a fragmentary section showing the controlling connecting lever which is engageable between -the independently-engageable boltmechanism and the 'key-operated tumbler-lock mechanism after being shifted upon opening of the door out of engagement with the former to permit the independent bolt-mechanism to assume engaging position;

Fig. 3 is a view in plan partly in section of the top or roof of a tabernacle safe showing my in-v dependently-engageable bolt-members at the top of the door;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical section showing my independently-engageable bolt-mechanism with parts of the top and bottom of thesai'e, the

controlling lever being again to reset position;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, lookingin the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a view in rear elevation of the tumbler lock shown in Fig. 5, with the beveled ,gear removed therefrom; v

Fis. 6" is a horizontal section ofthe tumbler lock taken on the line 6*-6 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 'I is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. l, showing the parts -of the tumblers aligned and the spindle and bottom bolts in unlocked position with the key inserted in the lock; and

Fig. 8 is a section similar to Fig. 7, showing the key withdrawn and the tumblers, spindle and bottom bolts in locked position.

Referring now to these drawings which illus trate a preferred embodiment of myinvention, l indicates a tabernacle safe which, in accordance with the preferred form of my invention, is

conformation and I provide therein a main in terior compartment l (Fig 2), and below'this compartment, I mount, in a compartment Ii, one of two door-supporting members, together with key-controlled door-locking and moving shallow compartment I5, and I utilize this comparti'nent to mount my operating mechanism for moving and locking the door 8 which vis provided at its heel portion with a reentrant member 8 which extends downwardly from the heel of the door and then forwardly toward the leading edge of the door in the plane of said door. The supporting and moving member 23 is attached to said reentrant member and the door is thus movable to open and closed positions when said member 23 is moved as hereinafter described, and

this movement of the door is accomplished without the necessity of slotting or groovng the doorway.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide an external cylindrical wall 4 merging with a forwardly-projecting portion l' at= the outer end of which is provided an exterior door frame 4b and the front of the compartment I5 is closed by panel member ls in which is mounted a suitable locking mechanism 29. v

It is Aalso desirable that the door, the door hangers, the door-operating mechanism and other internal parts of the safe be removable for the purpose-Of repair or for the purpose of refinishing the parts and that this may be accomplished without removal of the shell of the tabernacle from the altar.. To'this end, the various interior parts ofthe sate are mounted so as to be removable -when the door is opened. The

compartment l is, as shown, provided with an intermediate wooden sound-'deadening lining l2 and with an ornamental silk lining I3 shown in section in Fig. 2.

- In the perferred embodiment of my invention illustrated, the door-moving mechanism is provided below the door 8 in the compartment I5 and I utilize a mounting member 23 which is movable about the axis of the external cylindrical wall 4 to guide the movement of the lower edge of the door within the sheathing compartment 6 formed between said external cylindrical wall 4 and an internal cylindrical wall 5. The mounting member 23 serves as a part of the doormoving mechanism and also in the preferred embodiments of my invention illustrated, serves as a part of the locking mechanism. As shown, this member 23 is mounted on a pivot 23"and has a ballbearing 23 (Fig. 5) disposed in a circular aperture 23b between said member 23 and a shoulder on said pivot 23. The door is also supported at its upper edge by another radial arm member 23x (Fig. 3) which engages the door intermediate its front and rear edges and is mounted in a manner similar to that hereinabove described in relation to the member 23.

My door-moving mechanism is operable manuv ally by means of the turning of a key, knob or like element and it is desirable to minimize the turning movement of this manually-movable key as much as possible. Therefore, said member 23 is connected at its outer end with the reentrant bracket 8 by screws 8b and mechanism for moving this arm or member 23 to move the door to open and closed positions is provided whichI will enable opening and closing of the door bya relatively short manual movement of the operating element or key.

As shown, I mount a bevel-gear 24 eccentrically of the circle of movement of the member 23 and adjacent to the doorway and I project from this bevel-gear a radial arm 24 and pivotally connect one end of this arm 24' to a. link 25 pivoted at its opposite end on a projection 23c arranged adjacent to the pivot 23 of said member 23. Lock-controlled means for turning the bevel gear 24 to move the door is provided, and as shown, the beveled gear 24 meshes with a beveled gear 21 mounted on a lock spindle 29 of a locking mechanism which, upon operation of conventional lock tumblers and turning, is adapted to cause the turning of the gear 21, which, in turn, rotates the gear 24 to cause the movement of the members 24', 25 and 23 and a swinging of the door 8 within the sheathing compartment 6. In the formlillustrated, the locking mechanism comprises a lock 29 having a front face block 29a (Figs. '7 and 8) provided with a key spindle 29 rotatable inthe casing or housing 29 upon the insertion of a key 30.

In the form of invention illustrated by my said Patent No. 1,951,432, said lock 29 was used in combination with a latching means which cooperated therewith to secure the lower edge of the door to the door-way. In accordance withlthe present form of my invention, I preferably em-vr ploy the lock mechanism 29 in combination with a plurality of latching members engageable with the lower or bottom edge of the door-Way and in addition to these latching members, I provide latching or bolting mechanism adapted to engage the upper edge of the door so that both the upper and lower edge will be securely fastened to 'the door-way.

yThe latching or bolting mechanism for the lower edge of the door-way comprises alatching orA locking lever' 3l pivoted at 3l' and normally 75 va locking notch 8 in the bracket 8'.

swung on its pivot into engaging position by its own weight and the weight of the lever 51` (hereinafter more particularly described) so that when the' dooris closed the free end 3lb will engage The lock 29 is provided with a notch or elbow 29b into which is fitted a lock-mounting bar 33 (Fig. 5) and said lock housing has mounted therein a rod 32 movable by the insertion of the key into the lock and mounted beneath the end of the lever 3|. The rod 32 is adapted tobe engaged by a vertical projection 30 (Fig. 7) of the keyr 30 to cause the upward movement of one end 3I (Fig. 2) ofthe lever and the opposite end 3|b to be moved downwardly. The end 3lb which is drawn downwardly has a hook end which normally is pressed into engagementl with the notch 8 and when moved downwardly swings out of the notch 3c in the heel bracket 8 and releases the door.

In the form of my invention shown, I also provide a horizontal latching lever 40 pivoted at 4I on the base of the gear-mounting pivot 24a and normally having its end 49 pressed into engagement with a pin 43 on the door-moving lever 23 by a spring 42 stretched between the rear end of said lever and a xed pin 42' suitably connected to the bottom of the safe. This lever 40 thus normally locks the door in locked position and serves as a secondary lock therefor. As illustrated, the lever 40 comprising an angle iron having a horizontal member or plate 4l)a and a vertical member 40b"-is shifted to release the pin 43 by the engagement of the end 30h of the key with a slidable pin 29c arranged in the lock spindle 29d and the vertical member of said latching lever 40 serves as a bearing plate 4911.50 as to permit turning of the key, lock spindle 29d and pin 29c in the lock-casing while maintaining contact with the lever in withdrawn position. It will be seen from the above that the insertion of the key 30 into the keyway of the lock causes the inward movement of the pin 29C, which in turn engages and presses inwardly the latching-element 49 against the Iaction of the spring 42, thus releasing the latch-bolt as hereinabove stated. The registration of the splits in the two parts of conventional locktumblers 29x enables release of the lock tumblers 29X by the key (Fig. 7) and permits the turning of the key, during which turning it is engaged and held in the lock and in turn holds the pin 29c in extended position, which by its engagement with the latching element 40 retains the same in unlatched vposition against the action of the spring 42. So soon, however, as the key is again turned into its insertion, tumblerregistering position, the latching element 49 will, through the pressure of the spring 42 be moved into latched position, and during such movement will press inwardly the rod 29 which will, in turn, eject the key from the keyway in the lock 29. Such ejection of the key thusoccurs upon the movement of the door into closed position and the movement of the latch into latching position and is desirable because keys of these safes often become broken in the lock, whereas in applicants construction, even though the handle part of the key 'is broken off, the portion of the key which is within the lock will be ejected from the lock upon the closing of the door.

The latching mechanism for the upper edge of the doorway is also vreleasable by the aforesaid lock mechanism, and in the preferred embodiment of my invention illustrated, the lever 3| is extended at the end opposite the door-engaging end and is, upon being raised by insertion ofthe In accordance with my present invention, a

locking bolt 50 is mounted on a pivot 50' in a V bracket 5| mounted on the roof plate 52 of the tabernacle safe l. The outer end of said bolt member 50 is provided with an engaging hook element 51|*L adapted to engage, securely connect and lock with a member 53 mounted on the door 8 adjacent to the upper edge thereof. The 0D- posite end 50b of bolt member 50 is provided with a socket 54 within which is fastened the upper end of a connecting rod 55 which is bent at 55 to permit downward passage between the outer and inner walls l and 5 and within the compartment 5 formed therebetween. The rod 55 is mounted in suitable bearings 55, 55' and extends downwardly beneath the floor plate I and into the compartment I4 within which the locking mechanism is housed. The rod 55 has,`at its lower end, an extension arm 55a which is provided, at its outer end, with a nose 55b adapted, in closed position, to extend directly over the outer end 51' of a laterally-swinging lever 51 which is pivot'ed at its rear end on a pivot 51 and is adapted to have a slight lateral movement about its pivot and also an up-and-down movement. The lever 51 is preferably provided, adjacent to its outer end, with a weight 51b,and this lever 51 is moved vertically or upwardly by the end 3| of the lever 3| which, upon the insertion of a key in the lock casing 29, is moved upwardly by the tumbler element 32. Obviously, such a movement vertically of the lever 51 will cause the elevation of the rod 55 and the lifting of the end 50h of the bolt member 50 which moving about its pivot 50 will vlower the opposite end 5l)sk thereof and release it from engagement with the door bolting member 53.

It will be seen from the above that the lock ing bolt at the upper edge of the door is thus released simultaneously with the insertion of the key and with the release of the other latching elements-hereinabove described and covered in my Patent No. 1,951,432. All such locking mechanism of my said former patent are retained in releasing position during the movement in both directions of the door, and they are operative only to lock upon the release of the key.

I have found it desirable, however, in a device of the character specified, to provide preferably at the top of the door a locking bolt which will be capable upon the closing of the door of locking independently of the bottom operating and locking mechanism and with this end in view, I provide means operable upon the opening of the door for releasing the top-bolting mechanism from control by the lock mechanism and subsequently placing the same again under control of the lock mechanism upon and by the movement of the parts caused by the withdrawal of the key from the lock. In order to accomplish these ends without the use of springs, I provide, on the lever 1 an arcuate portion .51l and I provide, on the door-supporting arm or member 23 a projection 58 which is adapted to engage the arcuate projection 51e and to move the lever 51 laterally on its pivot so that its end will be moved laterally from beneath the nose 55b of the rod 55, thus resulting in a dropping of said rod 55 and a resetting of the bolt member 50 into latching position so that upon the closing of the door the member 53 will automatically engage the nose 50* and produce a locking engagement therewith.

It will now obviously be necessary, in order to enable a release of the bolt 55 upon the next succeeding insertion of the key, toreset the lever 51 beneath the nose 55 of the rod 55, and in the embodiment illustrated, I provide means operable upon the withdrawal of the key and the resulting depression of the end 3| ofthe lever 3| to shift the lever 51 back again beneath the nose 55b of the rod 55, which is guided at its lower endv in the forked guide-member 59. Thus the side edge of the end of the 1ever'51 during its depression vor dropping with the lever-end 3| is caused to engage a cam surface 59 upon `a forked guide element whereupon the end 51' of the lever will be shifted by said cam 55 laterally in the opposite direction soV as again to extend beneath the nose 55h of the rod 55. Thus, the lever 51 when so shifted beneath said nose 55IJ will be in proper position when the key is again inserted into the lock to cause the lever to be raised vertically and this lever will in turn raise the nose 55b and rod 55 to release the latch bolt 50 from engagement with the cooperating door-bolting member.

In the preferred form of my invention illustrated, a vertical post or screw 51d is properly positioned on the floor of the compartment |5 to limit the shifting movement of the lever 51 by the cam 59.

My locking or bolting mechanism for automatically engaging the nose or hook 5|lL of the bolt member 50 with the projection 53 on 'the door is brought under control of the key-locking means only after it has acted to lock the door and will thus prevent any possibility of a rebounding of the door during its closing movement.

My automatic bolting mechanism though being, as above indicated, brought under controlof the key-actuated tumbler lock mechanism to enable a releasing movement thereof, has an independent engaging movement. It, therefore, is released simultaneously with the tumbler lock mechanism but being released from control of the key and tumbler lock mechanism during movement of the door engages separately and slightly before the operation of the completely controlled bolts of my former patent so as to hold the door in properly closed position and to permit the engaging operation of the pivoted lock bolts 3| and l0 when the turning of the lock spindle by the key into aligned position with the tumblers releases the key and permits the same to be ejected by the action of the spring-pressed lever 40.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A tabernacle .safe having a doorway, a door for opening `and closing said doorway, door-locking mechanism mounted below said doorway and having a bolt-member engageable with the door at the bottom edge thereof, a key-controlled lock arranged beneath said doorway and adapted to be actuated by a key having vertical projections adapted to engage said door-engaging member to release said door-locking mechanism, latching mechanism engageable with said door at the upper edge thereof including a bolt-member, releasing means connected with said last-mentioned bolt-member and also operable by said key-controlled lock, and means operable during the movement of the door for disconnecting said lastmentioned bolt-member from operation by said key-controlled lock.

2. A tabernacle safe having a doorway, a doox` for opening and closing said doorway, door-locking mechanism mounted below said doorway and having a bolt-member engageable withthe door at the bottom edge thereof, a key-controlled lock arranged beneath said doorway and adapted to be actuated by a key having vertical projections adapted to engage said door-engaging member to release said door-locking mechanism, latching mechanism engageable with said door at the upper edge thereof including a bolt-member, releasing means connected with said last-mentioned bolt-member and also operable by said key-controlled lock, and means operable during the movement of the door for disconnecting said last-mentioned bolt-member from operation by said key-controlled lock, said bolt-members at the bottom and top edges of the door being operable by a common lever.

3. A tabernacle safe having a doorway, a door for opening and closing said doorway, door-locking mechanism mounted below said doorway and having a bolt-member engageable with the door at the bottom edge thereof, a key-controlled lock arranged beneath said doorway and adapted to be actuated by a key having vertical projections adapted to engage said door-engaging member to release said door-locking mechanism, latching mechanism engageable with said door at the upper edge thereof including a bolt-member, releasing means connected with said last-mentioned bolt member also operable by said key-controlled lock, said bolt-members at the bottom and top edges of the door being operable by a common lever, one of said bolt-members being retained in released position during `the movement of the door while the other member is movable into locking and releasing positions.

4. A tabernacle safe comprising, in combination, a safe having a doorway, a door for opening and closing said doorway, door-locking mechanism for said door including a tumbler-actuated locking mechanism adapted to be controlled by a key, a bolting-mechanism for the door having its releasing movement controlled by said tumbleractuated locking-mechanism, means for removing said bolting mechanism from control by said tumbler-actuated locking mechanism during opening movement of the door, and means operable, upon the `movement of the door to closed position after engaging operation of said bolting mechanism, to reset said bolting mechanism under control of said key-controlled tumbler-locking mechanism.

5.v A tabernacle safe comprising, in combination, a safe having a doorway, adoor for opening and closing said doorway, door-locking mechanism for said door including a, bolt-member on the doorway and a bolt-engaging member on the door, lock mechanism provided with suitable tumbler mechanism adapted to be controlled by a key and a rotatable spindle releasable for rotary movement by operation of said key, said lockmechanism being operable upon insertion of the key in the lock to release the bolt-member on the doorway from engagement with the bolt-engaging member on the door, means for releasing, by movement of door-supporting mechanism during the opening movement of the door, the said doorway bolt' from control of the key and tumbler locking mechanism'to permit a resetting movement for an independent vlocking engagement thereof, and .means actuated by the movement of withdrawal of the key from the lock to place the operative elements for the bolt members in position again for key-controlled release by the movement of the key into the lock. y

HENRY P. MERTEL,

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