wilson bohannan locks catalog - 1880
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PRICE LIST
W I L S O N B O H A N N A N ,
M N U F C T U R E R OF
P T E N T B R O N Z E M E T L S P R I N G
P A D
L O C K S ,
P T E N T
T U B U L R
R I M N D
M O R T I S E
STORE DOOR
LOCKS
PATENT SELF-LOCKING
DRAWER
AND
CUPBOARD LOCKS WITH
PATENTCATCH
C o m b i n a t i o n
D r a w e r a n d
C u p b o a r d
L o c k s , w i t h
P a t e n t
C a t ch
K E Y
B L A N K S , e .
OFFICE
AND
MANUFACTORY
C O R . B R O A D W A Y
K O S S U T H
ST.
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P TENTS
April
17th
I860.
February 28th 1865.
May 29th 1866.
May
29th 1866.
August 6th 1867.
February 18th 1871.
February 23th 1871.
June
25th 1878.
October
8th 1878.
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P R E F C E
In presenting
this
new Catalogue to the trade, it
gives
me
pleasure
to
call their
attention to the many
new
Leeks
which
I
have
added
to my
well
known
line
o f Pad Locks,
which
for beauty offinish strengthand
security are acknowledged as The Standard Looks.
I call especial
attention
to my new Stationary
Freight
Car
Locks, P atent
Tubular Night
Latches
and
Store DoorLead Locks,
which are
self-adjusting
to
doors
o f
any thickness, right or left hand; also, to my new
line of Self-Locking D rawer and
Cupboard
Locks,
loth
Combination
and Flat Steel Key; with or without th e
Patent Catchentering on the back of the Locks, made
o f the
best Bronze Metal,
andfinely finished.
Having
enlarged
my
premises
double,
this
year,
I am
prepared
tofill m y
orders
with the greatest dispatch.
Thanking
my Customersfor their previous orders,
it will be my constant f f o r t to merit
their
contin-
uance.
WILSON
BOHANNAN
Brooklyn, Aug.
1st,
1880.
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Copied from the American Commercial
Times. )
T H E M A N U F A C T U R E O F C A S T
B R A S S
P A T E N T
S P R I N G
P A D
L O C KS . Th e
subject of
locks in
general
is one of
universa l interest ,
and t he
h is tory
of
lock
mak in g ,
f rom
th e
first
rude incept ion
of the
art, h u n d r e d s
of
years ago,
to its present
degree
of
m e c ha n ic al
perfection,
ispossessed of
great at t rac t ion
to all who find
pleasure
in
t racing
th e
gradual
deve lopment of h um an in gen ui ty . T he t hem e is a l toge ther too expans ive , how ever , for
complete
presentation
wi th in th e limits of an editor ial article,and for the presentw e
must
confine ourselves
to the
consideration
of a
single
branch of the
business
of
lock
ma k ing t ha t o fth e m a nuf a c t u re o fbrass spr ing pad locks.
T o
th e hardware t rade it is alpinist superf luous to state that th e most celebrated
goodsof this d escr ipt ion in
th o
m a r k e t are m a n u f a c t u r e d by Mr. W I L S O N B O H A N N A N of
Brooklyn,
E .
D . , N .
Y., but the
general
reader
m ay
l ike
to
k n o w s o m e t h i n g
of the
source
whence the finest pad locks
emanate,
asalmo st everyone h as mor e or less use for an
art ic le o f this k ind.
For near ly thir ty years
M r.
Boha una u h asma de
t h e
ma n uf a c tu r e
o f
locks
of
var ious
k i n d sh is
special
s tudy, and
probably
no one a t present
engaged
in the
business
is
mor e
thoroughly conversant wi th
all its
detai ls .
H e , h a s
been aw arded nine separate patents
fo r
impr ove me nt s in locks, and n o t w i t h s t a n d i n gth e
r e pu t a t ion
w h i c hh is
manufactures
have acqui red,
is
st il l devo t ing his energies to the i ntro du ct ion of addit ional featureso f
ut i l i ty , w he rever the, possibi l ity for fur th er improvemen t appears to exist .
F o r a n umber o f
years
M r.
Boh annan was loca ted
in
Balt imore, and during
th e
late
war
filled
man y impor tan t orders from
th e
G o v e r n m e n t
fo r
locks
of
special co nstruct io n.
A b o u t
eight years
ago he came to
Br ook ly n
and
established his present factory
at the
corner
ofBroadway and
Kossu t h
S treet , wh ere h e has extensive faci l i t ies for every de-
pa r t me n t
of t he
m an u fac ture , inc luding brass fo u n d ry , m ach i n e
sh op ,
pol i sh ing room ,
f inishing room, packing and sh ipping depar tment , e tc . T h e n u m b e r ofwor kme ne m -
ployed
is
a bou t fifty, and thew eekly produc t ion is upwards of oneh u n d r e d and fifty
do/.eu of
locks,
compr is ing
more than sixty different styles .
T h e
assortment includes th e regular
line
o fbrassp ad locks, of all the usual sizes,
with
brass
keys; a lso
th e same
wi t h impr ove d
f lat
steel
k e y s. I n
regard
to the
q u a l i t y
of metal , beauty of f inish,
durab i l i ty
and the perfect security they afford, these locks are
ent irely unsurpassed. A f t e r complet ion each lock
is
subjected
to the
most careful
in -
spect ion,and no
work
is
al lowed
t o
pass mus te r t ha t
is
n o t
perfect in
every respect .
A
leading
speciality ofthis establ ish m en t is the m anu facture of al l the var ious styles
of
pad
locks
required by rai lroad companies,uch as f reigh t car and switch locks, wi th
loose and spring drop and chain; stat ionary f re igh t , passenger car lock s, etc.
These are also made to order, to
suit
any key
that
may be furnished, an d special
locksare constructed of any
desired
w eig h t , s ize, or peculiar pat tern
that
railroad com-
panies may require, and
confined
t o t he i rexclusive
use.
A n addit ional feature,recently introd uced , is the produ ct ion of a full
line
of new
style passenger
ca r
locks,
handsomely f inished in bronze,
nickel plate
or
iron
j apan n ed .
M r.
Boha nna u
is
furnish ing these v ar ious styles oflocks
to
near ly
all the
leading l ines
of
railroadsill
th e Uni ted
States
and
Canada ,
and has f i l led
nume rous orders f rom Cuba,
Chil i , Peril , Brazil and other foreigncountries, whi le in the l ine of locks for ordinary
purposes, sh ipments
are
frequent ly made even
as far as
China, Japan
and
A us tr a l ia .
S t i ll another depar tment to wh ich par t icula r
at tention
isgiven
is
th e
manufac ture
of
locks
for the use of
expresscompanies,
and in
t h is specialty
Mr . Boh annan has secured
th e unqali fied
approval
of all the
lea ding expresslines t h r o u g h o u t
th e
count ry .
In
every depa r tmen t
of the busin ess, infact, t he na tura lresulto f invent ive sk i l l , long
experience
and
comple te m anufa c tur ing fac il i ties,
i s
seen
in the
preference awarded
th e
locks fromthis
es tablishm ent
overall
others
in the m a r ke t. A n ew
il lustrated
ca ta logue
and pricelist, compr is ing
all the
latest styles
and
newest improvements, wil l soon
be
issued, and we commend it to the a t t ent ion of the h ardware t rade ,car builders,rai lroad
companies,
aud
all who are interested in
this branch
of
m a nuf a c t u re .
Copied from th e Brooklyn Daily Times O ctober 30th. 1871.)
W e now approach th e subject of pad locks. O ur
fe l low- townsman,
W I L S O N
B O H A N N A N h as boon employed in th e m an u fac tu re of pal
locks
for the last t we n t y -
f ive years . H e was
with H O B B S
th e
celebrated lockm a n ,
and
started
fo r
himself ear ly
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in
l i f e . H e ha s
taken
ou t n in e dist inct
patents, most
o f
which have been
fo r
valuable
impro veme nts. He has had several Go vernm ent con tracts, an d ha sg ivensatisfaction by
th e
approved character of
his
wo rk and
his own
p r o m p tn es s .
H is
place
o f
bus iness
is
at
th e
corner
of
Broadway and K ossuth Street, w h e re
lie
has buil t a large br ick fac tory,
w h e n -
ar e
c rowded
all the various
tools
requ i red fo r the
m a n u f a c t u r e
of locks, as
well
as
abrass f o u n d r y , w her ehis own
castings
I M
m a de , usi n g
always n e w
metal.
T he
castings
being
gene rally small , several pattern s
ar e
jo ined toge ther
by a
c e n t ra l r u n n e r ,
which is a
mere s tem that
forms
a way for the hot metal. In
this
manner a dozen or more art ic les
may becast in one flask. B y means of abuzz-saw driven at ah i gh speed,a boy ra p i d l y
cuts
apart
th e di f tVrent fo rm s
from
th e r u n n e r . T h e ygo f i rst to the t u m b l i n g
burn-
1
,
wherethey are depr ive d ofsand. The bo dy of the lock is called the box o r shell, and
contains
th e
works.
T he
security
of the
locks depends mainly upon
th e
t u m b l e r s ; t h e s e
ar e
a ll
p u n c h e d
by
being forced through dies
by moans of a
largep ow e rpress;
theyar e
then no tched in w hat are te rmed mi l l ing machines , each correspo nding to the
l ifts
of the
k e y ;
in
fact
the key is
made
first, and the
tumblers
cut or
sawed
to
match
i t . The
tumblers are ranged by n um bers
from
one to ten , and
these
are so combin ed by various
changes as to
formalmost
an
endless array
of
differences.
M r. B O H A N N A N isengaged in the m anu fac ture of the glass seal locks; the locks are
after
his
several patents.
These
locks are nowbe ing made for the Am erican Seal Lock
Company
at the
rate
of one thousand a
week.
H e is
also
u n d e r
contract
to
f u r n i s h
f i v e
thousand
smaller locks between this
an d
the f i rst ofJ a n u a r y n e x t . These locksar euse d
fo r
the In te rnal
R e v e n u e
Department, safety valves and
steam guages.
The tools now
employed, ofwhich th e
b u i l d i n g
i s
fu l l ,
are of
exce l len t
ma n u f a c t u r e , an d
calculated
to
producea ll
par ts
of the locks
an d
havebeen made by the mos t approved tool
m a k e r s ,
an dpossess the la tes t improve men ts . They arc kep t in exce llen t order though cons tant ly
in use.
The work is divided into
d ep a r tm en ts
and give n out to a special boss who
a t t en d s
exclusively to his branch of business,an dhires his
o w n
hands. This arrangemen tassures
the constant
attention
of the
leading m en , who
are allinterested
i n
the f inalsuccess. M r.
B O H A N N A N
has two inspectors, through
whose
hands e very lock is passed before be in g
approved. Thecloses ts c r u t i n y
is
observed
in th e
inspect ion ,
and care
taken
t
:
) p reven t
any imperfect
locks
passing out to the pu rchasers.
W I L S O N B O H A N N A N . This gen t lem an is an Eastern man and full of Eastern enter-
prise. He comm ence d early in life as a
locksmi th,
and has devoted m ore
thau
t w e n t y
years to
lock
i m p r o v e m e n t s. He has been c o n s t a n t l y
p r a c t i c i n g ,
e i t h e r for the purpose
ofpe r f ec t ing th e lock
itself
or the
m a n u f a c tu r e
of i ts
p roduc t ions.
In the
fo rm e r
he has
succeeded
so well ast o secure th e sup p or t and approba t ion o f the Gove rnm ent , b e i n g
honored
w i th largean d i m p o r t a n t
o r d r r n :
in the latter he hasp roduc e dm a c h i n e r y that
m a k e sall parts of his ma ny locks w it h very l i t t le actual labor. B y
his
in tegr i ty and
genia l f r i end l i nes s
I K ;
hasse c u re d
t he
k i n d regard and esteem
of all his ne ighbors ,
an d
the conf idence o f
those
who had
occasion
to use
his
m a n ufa c t u re .
Copied from TheJnm Age
No vem ber 5th, 1874.)
W I L S O N B O H A N N A N corner
Broadway
an d Kossuth
Street ,
B r o o k l y n , N. Y., has
recently added to his
l ine
of brass pad
locks
w i t h brass keys, a
c o r r es p o n d i n g
H uew i t h
improved
flat steel
keys .
M r.
B O H A N N A N
has had
an exper ience
of
ne ar lyt w e n t y - f i v e years
in t he m a n ufa c t u re
o f th i s classof goods,an dhas been awarded nin e dist inct patents fo r i m p r o v e m e n t s in
locks. The
factory is
pleasantly si tuate d, wi thin easy reach o f the
East
B r o o k l y n fer r ies,
by street
card
which
pass
th e
premises .
The fac tory i s comple te wi th a l l the machin ery,
tools,brass
fou nd ry , etc . , necessary
fo rthe
successful prosecution
of a
large
1 u s i n e s s .
In
addit ion to the regular
l i ne
of pad locks, they m ake to order special locks for rai lroad
companies
of any
w e i g h t,
six.e
or
pecul iar i ty , keep ing
th e
p a t t e r n s
for the
exchinive
use
o f
th e par t i e s
o rde r i n g t h e m ; t h e y
ar e
also m a k i n g
l i i r ra i l road
compan ies
and carshops,
etc.,
ahandsome line of passenger car locks, finished in bronze, nickel
plated
and iron
j a p a n n e d ;
for these goods no
l is t
has, up to the
present t i m e ,b e e nissued.
After
an
ex -
amina t ion
of the goods represe n ted in h is
list,
we cheerfully
c om m e n d
them to the
no t i ce
of
t l i e
t n n l e .
a n d
ca n sa y ofthem
that
they are ahandsome l ine ofgoods, strong ly
made
and thorou ghly tested before leav ingthe fac tory. For
q u a l i t y ,
style
an d
f in ish
they will compare favorably wi th an y similar goodson the m a rk e t .
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T R S
Invariably Cash
payable
in Funds par in New York.
Accounts unpaid after
. 3 0
days are subject to
Sight
Drafts.
S IPM NTS
Made from Brooklyn only. A moderate charge will be
made
for
Packing
Boxes.
All goods delivered in New York City free of Charge.
O r d e r s a n d C o r r e s p o n d e n c e
All Orders and Co rrespondence by M ail will receive
prompt attention.
Freight Car and -Switch Locks made toorder to
suit
any key
furnished
and
guaranteed
to
fit.
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Pages.
Brass Pad
Lock Blanks, Nos.
1 to 85 . 5g (57
Cast
Bronze
Metal
Spring Pad
Locks,
Nos. A. 70, 71 13
72, 73
.
14
7 4, 7 i 15
75, 77
1C
78,
80 17
79, 81 18
82, 84, 86 19
83, 85 20
87 21, 22
88, 89 23
90, 91, 92, 93 24
94, 95,
9(i,
97
98 26
Flat Steel
Key Pad
Locks, Nos. 070,
071 27
072,073 28
0 7 4 ' 29
075 30
078 31
l: ' 7 9 32
100, 101 33
Knobs
for Passenger Car Door Locks, Nos. 308, 309, 310 55
New
Locks,
Ac.,
Nos.
193 34 35
181,
182 36
185,186
37
191 38
192
39
Passenger
Car
Door Locks, Nos. 301,
302 50, 51
303,304 52,53
305 54
Patent Horizontal Kim Cylinder Night Latches, Nos. 151, 152, 153 40, 41
Night Latches, Nos. 154,
155 42, 43
161,162,163 44,45
Mortise Night Latches, Nos. 171, 172 46, 47
Patents 2
Preface
3
Price List of Brass Pad Lock Blanks 12
Flat
SteelKey
12
Cabinet
12
Report
Centennial Commission
68
Revised
Price
List Patent
Cast Bronze MetalPad
Locks
8
BlanksforLatches, Store DoorandDrawer Locks | 11
Self-Locking
and
Combination Drawer
and
Cupboard
Locks with
and without
patent catch
9
Passenger
Car
DoorLocksandKnobs 11
Patent
Flat
SteelKey Pad Locks 9
Pat. HorizontalRimCylinder AMortise Night Latches 10
Store Door Dead
Locks
10
Saloon
Latches, Nos. 306, 307 55
Stationary
Freight Car Lock, No. 315
j - > 6 ,
57
Terms,
Shipments, Orders, Correspondence,
c 6
TheManufacture of
Cast Brass Spring
Pad
Locks, < f c c
4, 5
UprightRim Patent Store Door Dead Locks, Nos. 195, 196 48, 49
WideSteel Blanks, for Old No. 151, and 161 67
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REVISED PRICE X-IST
OF
1
PATENT C A S T
B R O N Z E M E T A L
*t^~
-.-.ID
A
m
jmirsr^
. ? = -
^1+.
No.
A
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
108
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
t < r
ii.^J
iiJ
\j
i^ i iA.^vJO
BRASS
K E Y S .
? > t
/v,
J 1 2
Keyed.
1 Inch . . . . . .
1/& '
1 / 4
\/2 T u m b l e r
1%
2
Plain Cover
2
and
C h a i n
2 Spring Cover
2 and
C h a in
2
Plain Cover
214;
and
C h a i n
i
i
l
/
2
Spr ing Cover
2
and
Chain
2y
2
P l a i n
Cover
2 and Cha in
2*/J
Spring Cover
2
andChain
2^
Heavy ,
Spr ing Cover
.
2^ 2
Spring Cover
a nd
Chain
fo rK .
R. Cars and
Switches
2j^
Heavy,
Spr ing Cover
and
C h a i n
for R R Cars and Switches
2/'2 Wate rp roo f ,T u m b l e r,Heavy Sp r ingCove r
and Cha in for R. R. Cars and Swi tches .
2 i
''
T u m b l e r Heaw Spring
Cover
2J4 Do. andCha in
2^
3
Tumblers , Heavy,Spring Cover
2
14
Do. . and Chain
3
T u m b l e r
Heav\ Sprin
0
Cover
3 Do. and
Chain
3 3T u m b l e r s , Heavy, Spr ing Cover
3
Do. and
C h a in
8/4
3
T u m b le r s ,
Heavy
Spring Cover
33^ 3 Secret Cover
2 %
3 F l a t Kev
2 f
3
and
Chain
. . . . . .
2^
Heavy, Spring
Cover
and Chain , tor R.
R. Cars and Sw itches . ..
\y,
.
i
> /
2J^ Tumbler,
w i t h o u t
cover
2
w i t h
cha in
2 Plain Cover
2
Spring Cover
2 Plain Cover andC h a i n . .
2 ;
Sj>r ing Cover
and
Cha in
2^/J
w i thou t Cover
$3 00
3 50
4 00
6 25
7 25
8 25
9 50
9 25
10 50
9
00
10 25
10 00
11 25
10 25
11 50
11 25
12 50
12 25
14 00
15 00
16 00
18 00
20 00
20 00
1 1 0 0
22
00
24 00
27 00
30 00
35 00
40 00
16 00
5 25
6 50
8 00
9 25
8 75
9 50
9 75
10 50
9 25
IK/,-11.
24
Keyed.
$3 75
4 30
5 00
7 25
8 25
9 50
10 75
10 50
11 75
10 25
11 50
11 25
12 50
11 75
13 00
12 75
14 00
13 75
15 50
16 50
17 50
19 50
21 50
21 50
23 50
24 00
26 00
29 00
32 00
37 00
42 00
15 00
16 25
17 50
( i 25
7
50
9 25
10 50
10 00
10 75
11 00
11 75
10 75
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P A T E N T F L A T STEEL KEY
No.
070
071
072
073
074
075
078
07 )
Size.
i
ll
H
i|
2
2
21-
21
ich
F
[a t Stee
u
2
Turn
IKey .
. . .
biers,
FlatSte
(
el Key .
an d
Chain
and Cha in
/ v / -
j
12
Keyed.
$4 50
5 00
7 50
8 50
9 50
10 75
10 50
11 75
itw n
24
K e ye d .
$5 50
6 00
8 50
9 75
10 75
12 00
11 75
13 00
IIBKF-I/DGKIIi
D r a w e r a n d
C u p b o a r d
L o c k s
WITH PATENT CATCH.
Cf l MB BIN TPISDN
D r a w e r a n d C u p b o a r d L o c k s
WITH
AND
WITHOUT PATENT CATCH.
No.
181
182
185
186
191
192
Size.
2| Inch
21
2|
21
2 i
21
Combina t ion Drawe rand Cupboa rd
Lock
Same
as181,
with nickel pla ted kn ob
anddial plate
Combinat ion Draper and Cupboa rd
Lock,
extra heav y, with paten t
catch
Same
as185,
with nickel pla ted k n ob
anddial pla te
Tubu la r Drawe r
and
Cu pboard Lock,
with pa ten t ca tch
Tubu la r Drawe r
arid
C upboa rd Lock,
with
patent catch
Per Doz.
$17 00
18 50
18 00
19 50
18 00
14 00
Description
Page.
36
36
37
37
38
39
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P a t e n t
H o r i z o n t a l R i m y l i n d e r a n d M o r t i s e
SELF-ADJUSTING TO D O O R S OF ANY
THICKNESS, W I T H PATENT
STOP
A N D D R A W BACK K N O B .
No.
Si*,..
IV r
I) / ..
1514Jx3^inch
Heavy
Brass
Bolt, 4 Tumblers.
..
$170040&41
152 Sameas151, with BronzedEscut-
cheon 18 0040&41
153
Same
as
151, with Plated Knob
and
Escutcheon
20 00 40&41
154'4x 3
Iron Bolt,2Keys 6 9542&43
155
Same
as
154, with
Plated Knob
and
Escutcheon..
8 50 42
& 43
Descr ip t i on
Rwe.
162
Heavy
Brass
Bolt,
4
Tumblers...
16
00 44
&
45
Same
as
161, with BronzedEscut-
cheon..
17
00
44&45
163
Same
as
161, with Plated
Knob
and
Escutcheon..
19 0044&45
Extra Keys
fitted to
above Latches
2
00 44
&45
tft hes made reverse when ordered
1715k Mortise Night Latch, Heavy Bolt,
172
4 Tumblers.
Same as171, with
Plated
Knob
and
Escutcheon..
195
196
S T O R E
D O O R
D E A D L O C K S
Patent
Horizontal Eim Tubular
Lock.. : 30 0048&49
Same as
195, with
Plated
Knob
and
Escutcheon..
32 00
28 0046
&
47
3
00
46 47
48*49
Latches and Store Door Locks put up, one in a box, complete.
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N o .
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
P7V
Size.
5 x4
Inch
5x4j
5x4{
5x4i
6 x 4 : ; "
4x3.1
4x3j
1 -
2|
Ql '