One King West, Toronto

[wylk]

Jamb-mounted locking was also used by Remington & Sherman, so when York took them over they might have continued and improved on it. For example, here is a Remington & Sherman door with jamb-mounted controls (circa 1915):



The controls and the boltwork-operating pins resemble the round door at One King West.

I assume the other patent you refer to is 2,081,316 which is a revolving door as used at the NY federal reserve, and assigned to York. Similarly there is 1,478,085 assigned to Remington & Sherman though the locks are in the revolving door, and then there's 1,574,295 by Laucks and Wilkinson (Wilkinson is the inventor in 2,081,316) but assignment is to Laucks.

I haven't seen any patents for the jamb-mounted controls outside of revolving-door models.

[Doug MacQueen]

Yes, now I do remember seeing those other patents. Nice find on that Rem Sherm rectangular door by the way. It is that mechanism that I can't find any patent for. And here you can clearly see the pins operating on the central circular bellcrank. So far there are the two R-S doors, Toronto and Denver that were both pre- WWI and the Cleve Fed York door that was 1922. From what I remember reading, York didn't takeover R-S until later than this, but maybe it did occur earlier. Also, I can believe that Holmes was possibly the engineer in all 3 cases and therefore the connection and the reason they all use this mechanism. What is strange is that no patent is showing up for it.

[VaultDoors]

Jamb-mounted locking was also used by Remington & Sherman, so when York took them over they might have continued and improved on it. For example, here is a Remington & Sherman door with jamb-mounted controls (circa 1915):



The controls and the boltwork-operating pins resemble the round door at One King West.

I assume the other patent you refer to is 2,081,316 which is a revolving door as used at the NY federal reserve, and assigned to York. Similarly there is 1,478,085 assigned to Remington & Sherman though the locks are in the revolving door, and then there's 1,574,295 by Laucks and Wilkinson (Wilkinson is the inventor in 2,081,316) but assignment is to Laucks.

I haven't seen any patents for the jamb-mounted controls outside of revolving-door models.

Here's a clip of the New York Federal Reserve vault door in action:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cantonv...57639257967464

[VaultDoors]

Here's a clip of the New York Federal Reserve vault door in action:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cantonv...57639257967464

Here's the New York Federal Reserve booklet titled 'The Key To The Gold Vault': http://www.freedomfeens.com/ASSETS2/goldvault.pdf