Chubb Patent Padlock

Hi all.just received this beautiful Chubb patent padlock.serial number 1135152 which I believe dates it to the 1880s....it is in good working condition but not the original key...it's a thing of beauty ..measurements are height 99 mm width 65 mm depth is 32 mm (body is 25 mm without the eschuteon.my scales only measure at 500 grams and the padlock reaches that limit so it weighs more than 500 grams...I am genuinely rapt with the condition of the item and can't wait to receive it's bigger brother..

Very nice Chubb Tarzan, I've moved this over to to the Padlocks Forum.

Thanks Huw.. I'm still trying to work my way around :)

No worries Tarzan, welcome to your new Chubb addiction, there is no known cure :(hi):

I have also just purchased what was advertised as an all brass 19th century prison lock...captured my attention because I noticed the faded Chubb emblem which I think is made out of copper...I can just make out that it says queen Victoria St etc.apparently it measures 13 cm by 13 cm and weighs 1.5 kg.. the number on the stopper ,is hard to read but as far as I can tell reads 1187007....again it's missing the key and the knob? or handle...will post pics when it arrives ,suffice to say , ,,, I'm really excited to learn more about it...I will post some crude pics for now ,cos computers and I don't get along that well lol.

Pics. Brass prison or safe lock?

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Originally Posted by Tarzan

Pics. Brass prison or safe lock?

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Nothing to do with a Prison IMO. Brass cased rim deadlock, single sided action usually for a storeroom or similar.

Great stuff .thanks for your expert advice Huw.looking forward to polishing some brass when it arrives...I'm building a house at the moment so the locks will be adding a welcome enhancement to the premises...cheers

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Originally Posted by Tarzan

Hi all.just received this beautiful Chubb patent padlock.serial number 1135152 which I believe dates it to the 1880s....it is in good working condition but not the original key...it's a thing of beauty ..measurements are height 99 mm width 65 mm depth is 32 mm (body is 25 mm without the eschuteon.my scales only measure at 500 grams and the padlock reaches that limit so it weighs more than 500 grams...I am genuinely rapt with the condition of the item and can't wait to receive it's bigger brother..

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Heads up.just received this Bad Boy.weighs in at 1350grams.measures 9cm at its widest and 13cm at it longest. 35mm depth (missing escutcheon). Key is not original.dates to early 1900s I believe.also inscribed with Makers To His Majesty....Queen Victoria passed and King assumed the Throne.Chubb's Patent lock..Missing escutcheon but still a beautiful padlock..

Serial number1534832

1.35 kilos of Chubb, that's a lump, very impressive. It's worth getting oldlock to cut a nice period key from a shorter blank as that one looks like they used a safe blank, it's way too long.

It seems that an original key is hard to come by on old locks,and is the icing on the cake if you happen to be lucky enough to have one on any old lock .

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Pics. Brass prison or safe lock?

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Just a follow up on a previous post..received a chubbs detector brass latch lock today.unfortunately the lock has had an abusive Hard life and unfortunately the detector mechanism seems to be missing..the serial number is not clear but the best I can make it reads 17?7?07. This dates it to the 1920s or 1930s. The bolt reads Chubbs Detector.with the chubbs London trademark...there is also an arrow ,which could mean military issue?there are 5 levers .on the lever furthest from the bolt there is a threaded luv of sorts which could be a broken screw head.it seems that there is possibly a missing lever..looks like an educational piece.my question is ,what should the mechanism look like ..what parts am I missing..my plans are to clean the mechanism and wandering if there is any chance if finding any of the missing mechanism pieces...unfortunately this detector has had a hard life.will add pics

Pics.hard life detector

Thx to oldlock for his valued information and knowledge.The lock is missing too many pieces to go down the restoration road... while it isn't viable to restore the lock as a working detector,I believe it may be possible to convert the lock into a deadbolt setup...

Had a few days to evaluate the arrival of a Chubb lock .referring to a post on July 7 namely, " Chubb 6 Lever Detector Lock.All Brass ". My new arrival seems to have a similar style detector mechanism ...also the serial number is 1737207 which I believe dates it to the 1910s not as I originally thought 1920s or 1930s... I have noticed what looks like false gates on the lever to help in preventing picking of the lock.also the levers gates have a taper so as to enable easier locking function.the unit is a solely key activated rim lock of the detector deadbolt variety.even though the lock has had a hard life ,I believe a key can be cut to suit and the Chubbs lock will become functional once more..will post pics..lock measures 127mm+102+25 excluding flange mounting .thx

Brass Chubbs

Similar locks were popular for secure stores on ships (e.g. Britain had a large merchant fleet pre-WW2). Bonded stores, mail, etc. needed secure locks. Combination locks were also tried, but proved unreliable because of the ships' continuous vibration.

The manifoils I have seen on ministry safes on warships seemed to have done ok, but can understand the possibility of some locks vibrating open.

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Originally Posted by Gary Stephenson

The manifoils I have seen on ministry safes on warships seemed to have done ok.

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The Manifoil lock was designed with awareness of the unreliability of the basic Sargent design on ships.