Safe Locks

Patent 31278 This lock represents Linus Yale Junior’s first foray into improving on his father’s quadruplex and slide locks (Patent

GB13595 -Newell’s original patent in Great BritainPatent 15031 – Yale’s American patent for the wiper bandPatent GB13985 – Hobb’s anti-pressure

Written in collaboration with Lynn Collins. First published in the WCLCA Publication What follows is the narrative of the picking

Patent 8145GB13595 Robert Newell had a few patents, 944 in 1838, 3,135 in 1843, and 3,747 in 1844, before inventing

Unknown maker, year, and patent (if any) This lock is fairly simple in both its construction and operation. To unlock

Patent 3543Patent 3546 A similar article to this was first published in the WCLCA Journal The Antique Lock Collector in

Patent 4236Patent 6252 Patented by Henry Ritchie, assignor to Henry Jones, on April 3, 1849. This lock represents the fourth

Images above graciously used with permission from Doug MacQueen who also crafted the skillful re-creation of the working key. Patent

Patent 3221Patented August 17, 1843 by William Hall of Massachusetts, this lock represents the first in a series of 4

Patent X9310 Patented January 11, 1836 by Solomon Andrews of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Fortunately, a copy of this X