Robert Barron (inventor)

Robert Barron (* 1736 in Middlesex , Great Britain ; † 1794 ) was a British inventor.

At the age of 16 he began his apprenticeship as a locksmith in Robert Patience's workshop. In 1763 he and his brother Francis inherited the family business.

In 1776 he married his wife Ann and in 1778 received the patent for his tumbler lock. Robert Barron died in 1794 at the age of 58; He bequeathed the family business, which existed until 1887, to his wife and son.

"A lock that is more secure than anything that has been made so far," says patent no. 2000 of 1778, on file in the Royal Patent Office in London. Today we know that Barron was right in making his assertive assertion. He ushered in the most creative 100 years that there has been in mechanical safety technology. Barron's idea was groundbreaking and introduces a basic principle that still forms the basis for the most complicated safe locks today.

Quote from the patent from 1778:

"Now know that I, said Robert Barron, in accordance with what has been said before, hereby declare that my invention of a lock, more secure than any previously made, is described in the following way.

An improvement of the tumbler spring with a safety pin that fits so precisely into a passage or hole in the bolt that the bolt cannot pass unless the said safety device or locking pin is brought into the correct position, which can only be done with the correct key can be done. "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article of the German Castle and Fittings Museum in Velbert ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.