LATEST BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE.
The improved melting method now in the hands of expert burglars in the form of gas "cutting burners" has so greatly impared tha burglarproof qualities of safes as to warrant aeriou3 attempts to devise some new type that will resist their powerful effects. The latest safe is divided it> to two parts, one part being the surrounding concrete or stone wall, and the other the araoured safe proper. The wall section is stationary, but within it the armoured safe is revolved by means of an electric motor ! fitted close to the lower ball bearings on which the safe is pivoted. During business hours the safe 13 stationary, entrance to it being gained through the doors, during this period electric accumulators within the safe are connected with an outside charging circuif, which connection is broken when the closing time approaches. A time switch, likewise within the safe is set to stop the motor at any given time the next morning, or the following morning should the day be Saturday. The doors are closed and the motor is started by an outside switch, which, however, is not capable of stopping it again. The safe then commences to revolve, and continues this movement at a speed of about 3ft a second until stopped by the time switch. Rotating at such a speed, the surface of the safe at any given point is continually changing, which make impossible a successful attack by "cutting burners."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10057, 31 May 1910, Page 3
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243LATEST BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10057, 31 May 1910, Page 3
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