List of Patents for Safes, etc., and Apparatus for Protecting the Contents of the Same
| Year | Day | No. of Patent | Name | Chief Claims |
| 1801 | Feb. 10 | 2477 | Scott, Richard | Fireproofing |
| 1834 | ″ 13 | 6555 | Marr, William | Fireproofing |
| 1835 | May 1 | 6832 | Chubb, Charles | Case-hardening plates |
| 1839 | June 11 | 8100 | Chubb, Charles and Jeremiah | Well safes |
| 1840 | Feb. 26 | 8401 | Milner, Thomas | Fireproofing |
| 1843 | Nov. 25 | 9963 | Tann, Edward; Edward, Jun., and John | Fireproofing. A disclaimer afterwards published of certain par |
| 1851 | March 3 | 13540 | Milner, William | Fireproofing and bolts |
| 1853 | Nov. 7 | 2587 | Newton, Alfred Vincent | Chilled cast-iron |
| 1854 | July 12 | 1533 | *Gardissal, Charles Durand | For postage and other stamps |
| ″ | Dec. 20 | 2684 | Milner, William | Wood for lock-cases |
| 1855 | Jan. 31 | 236 | Price, George | Painting interior and case-hardening exterior |
| ″ | Aug. 21 | 1888 | †Longsdon, Robert | Hydraulic apparatus |
| ″ | Nov. 22 | 2632 | †Price, George | Steam-tight chests |
| 1856 | April 24 | 989 | Blacket, Frank William | Fixing locks and detachable heads to keys |
| ″ | Aug. 16 | 1919 | †Lilley, Samuel | Chilled cast-iron. (Newton, 1853, No. 2587.) |
| 1857 | Jan. 20 | 172 | †Johnson, John Henry | A ship safe |
| ″ | April 16 | 1075 | *Crook, Samuel Thomas | Casting and welding |
| ″ | Sept. 25 | 2481 | ‡Chubb, John | Steel plugs and corrugated steel |
| ″ | Nov. 25 | 2947 | *Hogg, James | Revolving shutter for door |
| 1859 | March 21 | 717 | †Rhodes, William | Water for fireproofing |
| 1860 | April 27 | 1071 | *Withers, George | Welding iron and steel plates, &c. |
| ″ | May 28 | 1308 | Chatwood, Samuel6 | Fluid metal run in between two plates |
| ″ | Sept. 13 | 2211 | *Price, George | Coating doors with steel |
| 1862 | Jan. 29 | 232 | *Pulvé, Louis Alexandre | Wool and sand fireproofing |
| ″ | Oct. 13 | 2750 | †Chatwood, Samuel | Tee-iron frame. Nine claims |
| ″ | Dec. 12 | 3327 | *Winiwarter, George | Fireproofing. Tubes bound with straw, clay, &c. |
| 1863 | March 3 | 594 | ‡Price, George, and Dawes, William | Angle-iron frame. Electro-gilding lock |
| 1864 | Oct. 10 | 2485 | †Gardner, William. | False bottom |
| 1865 | Jan. 9 | 71 | †Wiese, Friedrich | Fireproofing (Milner, 1840, No. 8401) |
| ″ | Feb. 6 | 326 | †Shaw, Robert | Shop-window safe |
| ″ | ″ 9 | 364 | †Chubb, John | Recessed door, &c. |
| ″ | ″ 15 | 439 | *Clark, Alexander | Chilled cast-iron, &c. (Lilley, 1856, No. 1919.) |
| ″ | Feb. 16 | 450 | Thompson, Joseph | Solid flanges, &c. |
| ″ | ″ 17 | 459 | *Fergusson, James | Sliding doors |
| ″ | ″ 22 | 499 | *Shore, George Nathaniel | Curved edge to door |
| ″ | ″ 23 | 507 | Whitfield, Samuel | Screw-bolts |
| ″ | ″ 23 | 508 | *Mappin, Walter Sandell | Flanged plates and rivets |
| ″ | ″ 23 | 514 | *Taylor, Henry Kinden | Exposed safe |
| ″ | ″ 27 | 543 | *Tucker, Walter Henry | Casting and welding |
| ″ | ″ 28 | 559 | Hart, John Matthias | Holding bolts |
| ″ | March 2 | 585 | Chatwood, Samuel | 15 claims. (Shore, 1865, No. 499; and Whitfield, 1865, No. 507.) |
| ″ | ″ 6 | 619 | *Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood | Electric apparatus |
| ″ | ″ 6 | 621 | *Phillips, Samuel, and Groves, Joseph | Undercut angle-iron, &c. |
| ″ | ″ 8 | 653 | *Taylor, Arthur Edwin | Sliding door |
| ″ | ″ 9 | 660 | *Harris, Joseph Thomas | Fire-resisting doors |
| ″ | ″ 11 | 695 | *Tann, John | Ten claims |
| ″ | ″ 13 | 702 | *Hill, Henry | Sliding door. (Taylor, 1865, No. 653.) |
| ″ | ″ 14 | 714 | *Hodgson, Edmund | Sliding door. (Hill, 1865, No. 702.) |
| ″ | ″ 15 | 728 | *Loysel, Edward | Spiegel-eisen, &c. (Chatwood, 1865, No. 585.) |
| ″ | ″ 31 | 903 | *Milner, William, and Ratcliff, Daniel Rowlinson | Ribs, hooks, &c. |
| ″ | ″ 31 | 904 | *Cook, Thomas | Circular door |
| ″ | April 4 | 946 | *Thompson, George Curr | Screw-bolts. (Chatwood, 1865, No. 585; Whitfield, 1865, No. 507.) |
| ″ | ″ 7 | 1000 | †Skidmore, Thomas | Inner angle-iron frame |
| ″ | ″ 12 | 1045 | Hart, John Matthias | Actuating bolts |
| ″ | ″ 13 | 1056 | *Chubb, John, and Goater, Robert | Projections on door |
| ″ | June 20 | 1657 | †Parish, James; Thatcher, Charles; and Glasscock, Thomas | Dovetailed door |
| ″ | July 22 | 1911 | *Diaper, William | Z iron frame; revolving steel rods.(Tann, 1865, No. 695.) |
| ″ | Aug. 2 | 1995 | *Andrew, Thomas; and Taylor, James Whiteley | 1865, No. 946, &c., &c.) |
| ″ | ″ 2 | 2006 | †Allman, Herbert | Chilled cast-iron, &c. (Thompson, 1865, No. 450.) |
| ″ | ″ 11 | 2081 | †Kjellberg, Peter Carlsson | Suspended safe |
| ″ | ″ 17 | 2121 | †Phillips, Samuel; and Groves, Joseph | Dovetails, curved edge, &c. (Chubb, 1865, No. 1056; Shore, 1865, No. 499.) |
| ″ | Sept. 2 | 2265 | Chatwood, Samuel | Casting with soft metal |
| ″ | ″ 7 | 2294 | †Hart, John Matthias | Joining plates by metal in tubes |
| ″ | ″ 9 | 2318 | †Nordenskiöld, Adolf Eric, and Smith, John William | Connecting safe with water-pipes |
| ″ | Sept. 26 | 2457 | *Parigot, Claude, and Grivel, Antoine | Locking apparatus |
| ″ | Nov. 20 | 2979 | *Fenby, Joseph Beverly | Expanding bolt |
| ″ | Dec. 1 | 3085 | *Batho, William Fothergill | Stamped safe |
| ″ | ″ 9 | 3169 | *Grivel, Antoine | Keyless lock, &c. |
| ″ | ″ 21 | 3305 | †Blackman, John William | Connecting safe with water-pipes. (Nordenskiöld, 1865, No. 2318.) |
| ″ | ″ 23 | 3321 | ‡Chatwood, Samuel | Casting safes |
| ″ | ″ 23 | 3324 | *Groves, Joseph, and Robinson, George | Projecting pieces, &c. (Phillips, 1865, No. 2121.) |
| 1866 | Jan. 11 | 96 | *Rudling, William | Electric apparatus |
| ″ | Feb. 21 | 541 | *Deakin, William | Projections on doors, &c. (Groves, 1865, No. 3324.) |
| ″ | ″ 23 | 552 | †Haddan, J. C., and Haddan, H. J. | Circular safes, and vitrifying exterior |
| ″ | March 2 | 641 | ‡Tansley, James | Interlocking doors |
| ″ | ″ 3 | 648 | *Hosking, Albert | Gaslight detector |
| ″ | ″ 6 | 685 | †Chubb, John | Tie-bars, rivets, and hinges |
| ″ | March 7 | 694 | †Price, George | Plate-iron frame projections, &c. (Tann, 1865, No. 695.) |
| ″ | ″ 9 | 717 | *Moxon, Thomas Bewsher | Electric apparatus |
| ″ | ″ 13 | 754 | †Jessop, Joseph, and Warburton, William | Serrated edge to door |
| ″ | ″ 17 | 792 | †Sagar, Thomas, and Keighley, George | Cylindrical safe. (Haddan, 1866, No. 552.) |
| ″ | ″ 17 | 799 | †Hinton, Frederic | Circular door. (Sagar, 1866, No. 792.) |
| ″ | ″ 27 | 895 | *Bracher, John | Frame and angle-iron |
| ″ | ″ 29 | 911 | †Noake, Reuben | Joining edges. (Bracher, 1866, No. 895.) |
| ″ | ″ 31 | 930 | †Hindshaw, George | Serrated door, &c. (Jessop, 1866, No. 754.) |
| ″ | April 4 | 954 | *Maddocks, John, and Dunn, William | Sliding doors and dovetailed bars |
| ″ | ″ 19 | 1106 | ‡Evans, Daniel | Welding and joining plates. (Hart, 1865, No. 2294.) |
| ″ | May 16 | 1387 | †Gisborne, John Sacheverell | Electric and clockwork apparatus |
| ″ | ″ 16 | 1390 | †Price, Elihu and Cyrus | Moveable bars; fireproof inner door |
| ″ | June 7 | 1570 | Grivel, Antoine | Nine claims. Locking apparatus |
| ″ | ″ 11 | 1587 | *Baxter, John, and Hunt, John | Serrated door and casting No. safe. (Hindshaw, 1866, 930; Tucker, 1865, No 543.) |
| ″ | June 12 | 1598 | *Kurz, Frederick William | Double sliding-doors. (Maddocks, 1866, No. 954.) |
| ″ | ″ 22 | 1671 | †Peyton, Edward | Circular door |
| ″ | Aug. 1 | 1977 | †Billing, Edwin Isaac | Spherical safe |
| ″ | ″ 2 | 1993 | *Chillcott, Isaac Eldon | Serrated door. (Baxter, 1866, No. 1587, and others.) |
| ″ | ″ 22 | 2152 | †Minns, Henry Royall | Claw-bolts, and fireproofing. (Milner, 1840, No. 8401.) |
| ″ | Sept. 3 | 2256 | †Hosking, Albert Whitford | Gaslight detector. (Hosking, 1866, No. 648.) |
| ″ | Nov. 3 | 2856 | Chubb, John, and Chalk, William Henry | Diagonal bolts, and overlapping frame |
| ″ | ″ 7 | 2894 | †Goodbrand, Walter, and Holland, Thomas Eccles | Gaslight detector. (Hosking, 1866, 2256. |
| ″ | ″ 22 | 3064 | *Nicholson, James | Overlapping door |
| ″ | Dec. 12 | 3265 | ‡Chatwood, Samuel | Locking apparatus |
| 1867 | Jan. 23 | 176 | *Pinney, John | Chilled casting. (Tucker, 1865, No. 543.) |
| ″ | ″ 29 | 229 | ‡Snell, William | Water fireproofing. (Rhodes, 1859, No. 717.) |
| ″ | Feb. 13 | 400 | †Westwood, Jos., and Baillie, Robt. | Rebated door, &c. (In use many years before.) |
| ″ | June 14 | 1741 | *Bryant, Hezekiah Hazard | Water fireproofing. (Snell, 1867, No. 229.) |
| ″ | Aug. 19 | 2382 | *Cowper, Edward Alfred | Welding plates |
| ″ | Sept. 25 | 2696 | *Ratcliff, Daniel Rowlinson | Angles dovetailed to bars |
| 1868 | Jan. 1 | 2 | †Lake, William Robert | Spherical safe, &c. |
| ″ | ″ 29 | 307 | †Snell, William | Wood fireproofing, &c. |
| ″ | March 18 | 926 | *Wailes, George | Joining angles |
| ″ | April 22 | 1311 | *Fiddes, Augustine, and Curtis, Charles John | Locking apparatus. (Chubb, 1857, No. 2481; Price, 1863, No. 594; Diaper, 1865, No. 1911.) |
| ″ | ″ 30 | 1415 | Chatwood, Samuel | Welding plates, &c. (Cowper, 1867, No. 2382; Chubb, 1866, No. 2856; Bracher, 1866, No. 895.) |
| ″ | June 17 | 1971 | †Rhodes, William and James | Frames. (Chubb, 1865; No. 1056; Chubb, 1866, No. 2856.) |
| ″ | July 15 | 2228 | *De Bergue, Charles, and Haddan, John Coope | Circular safes, &c. |
| ″ | Aug. 7 | 2469 | Curtis, Charles John, and Fiddes, Augustine | Skeleton frames, revolving rods, &c. (Diaper, 1865, No. 1911; Price, 1866, No. 694; Wailes, 1868, No. 926.) |
| 1869 | April 5 | 1026 | White, William George | Hooked bolts, and trough iron. (Minns, 1866, No. 2152; Chubb, 1866, No. 2856.) |
| ″ | May 6 | 1399 | Hart, John Matthias | Jointless body; hooked bolts, &c. (White, 1869, No. 1026.) |
| ″ | ″ 19 | 1552 | *Fuller, William Frederick | Screw night-bolt |
| ″ | Sept. 22 | 2759 | Minns, Henry Royall | Hooked sliding bolt. (Minns, 1866, No. 2152.) |
| ″ | Nov. 24 | 3388 | †McNeill, Andrew | Floating safe |
| ″ | Dec. 9 | 3564 | †Ballou, Russell Arnold | Lampblack fireproofing |
| 1870 | Jan. 19 | 162 | *Mawe, William | Circular screw door |
| ″ | March 9 | 694 | *Duffey, James | Fireproofing. (Bryant, 1867, No. 1741; Snell, 1867, No. 229; Rhodes, 1859, No. 717.) |
| ″ | May 5 | 1289 | Johnson, John Henry | Fireproofing; steam safe |
| ″ | June 7 | 1648 | *Schäfer, Frederick | Steel shutter |
| ″ | July 14 | 1992 | *Curtis, Charles John, and Fiddes, Augustine | Fireproofing. (Johnson, 1870, No. 1289.) |
| ″ | ″ 29 | 2132 | †Minns, Henry Royall | Locking apparatus. (Minns, 1869, No. 2759.) |
| ″ | Oct. 6 | 2654 | *Chatwood, Samuel, and Tobin, Thomas William | Air chambers, &c. |
| ″ | Nov. 1 | 2876 | †Newton, William Edward | Electro-magnetic apparatus |
| 1871 | May 5 | 1221 | Ratcliff, Daniel Rowlinson | Compound hooked bolt |
| ″ | July 6 | 1761 | Farrel, John | Spiegel-eisen, angle-frame, &c.(Chatwood, 1865, No. 585; Price, 1863, No. 594.) |
| ″ | Nov. 16 | 3108 | Haseltine, George | Electro-magnetic apparatus |
| ″ | ″ 18 | 3128 | Corliss, William | Spherical safe. Fourteen claims |
| 1872 | Feb. 14 | 458 | *Cottam, Edward | Supporting safes |
| ″ | ″ 20 | 542 | *Nickson, Philip Henry Hammond | Mica lining. (Snell, 1868, No. 307.) |
| ″ | March 4 | 668 | Fothergill, Benjamin, and Rumble, Thomas William | Constructing safes. (See all patents relating to steel, chilled iron, &c.) |
| ″ | May 28 | 1611 | Hobbs, Alfred Charles, and Hart, John Matthias | Use of steel, &c. (Fothergill, 1872, No. 668.) |
| ″ | July 6 | 2048 | Elwell, James Fenton, and Grove, Joseph | Knuckle-bolts |
| ″ | ″ 12 | 2103 | *Chambers, John Wilkinson | Electric signals |
| ″ | Oct. 7 | 2953 | Gardner, William | Securing safe to floor |
| 1873 | Jan. 15 | 165 | Hipkins, Edward | Tee-iron frame, &c. Chatwood, 1862, No. 2750; Tann, 1865, No. 695.) |
| ″ | ″ 17 | 194 | Perman, Charles Hayward, and Whitaker, Richard | Lids of boxes |
| ″ | Jan. 18 | 226 | Lake, William Robert | Water fireproofing. (Duffey, 1870, No. 694, &c.) |
| ″ | May 21 | 1846 | Chatwood, Samuel | Air-pipes round safe |
| ″ | June 9 | 2048 | Whichcord, John, and Anderson, William | Constructing safes. (Fothergill, 1872, No. 668.) |
| ″ | ″ 10 | 2050 | Hayward, Walter Frank | Angles and doors. (Phillips, 1865, No. 621; Phillips, 1865, 1866, No. 2121; Chubb, No. 2856; Price, 1863, No. 594; Price, 1866, No. 2121.) |
| ″ | ″ 19 | 2149 | *Easton, Edward; Pole, William; and Whichcord, John | Doors sliding by hydraulic pressure |
| ″ | Sept. 18 | 3065 | Cottam, Edward | Series of safes |
| ″ | Nov. 13 | 3689 | *Fear, Henry, and Wilson, Peter | Hinges and hooked bolts. (White, 1869, No. 1026, &c.) |
| ″ | Dec. 10 | 4066 | Taunton, John Richard Cromwell | Rotating steel discs |
| 1874 | Jan. 24 | 320 | Chubb, George Hayter, and Chalk, William Henry | Fixing lining, and locking apparatus. (Chubb, 1866, No. 2856.) |
| ″ | Feb. 13 | 552 | Goater, John | General construction. Ten claims |
| ″ | June 10 | 2029 | Brannon |
Footnotes
1 ‘Construction of Locks and Keys,’ by the late Mr. John Chubb. Read before the Institute of Civil Engineers.
2 A curved edge had been previously patented by Shore, February 22nd, 1865.
3 Mr. Braidwood was at the head of the London Fire Brigade; and, after a hardworking and useful life, was killed at the post of duty during the great Tooley Street Fire in 1861, by the sudden collapse of a wall. This fire burnt for a fortnight, and caused the loss of property valued at 2,000,000l. sterling.
4 See ‘Fire Surveys,’ p. 73.
5 Extended until 1879, by Judicial Committee of Privy Council.
6 Extended until 1879, by Judicial Committee of Privy Council.