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Automatic for Cary Safe Co.
The Cary Safe Company of Rochester, New York, was among a fair number of safe makers offering time locked freestanding money chests for bank use around the end of the nineteenth century. Many of the more successful safe makers developed a close relationship with a specific bank lock maker, and Cary Safe has such a rapport with nearby Sargent & Greenleaf that allowed Cary Safe to offer its own custom-built time in its patented screw door model safes, beginning around 1893. ¹The rounded portion matched the curve of the screw type door. This is an incomplete example. In John Erroll's book he illustrates a partial example as being the only one known, however this example as well as a photo below of an unknown, complete example does exist. Cary Safe time lock for their custom automatic bolt motor. c. 1893. 9"h x 7"w x 3"d. file 275 (1) American Genius Nineteenth Century Bank Locks and Time Locks, David & John Erroll, pp. 286-287
This photo from an unknown source, probably from a clock show as the yellow card refers to a Dey Time Register Co. which is the wood cabinet below. This is the only complete example extant at this time. This author would like to locate the lock. |
