How have safes evolved over time?
Evolution of safes. Reinforced wooden boxes began to be seen in times before medieval times, reinforcing wooden boxes with metal bands. In the 18th century, safes began to be built with sheet steel, which was undoubtedly a considerable qualitative leap.
Starting in the 19th century, additional measures began to be included, with patents emerging for fireproof safes, something never thought of. so far. They achieved this by including a solution of potassium hydroxide and alum in the saturation of the wood, in addition to a coating in its composition between clay, lime, graphite and mica.
Since fireproof safes were patented, the evolution in security safes became obvious, making great evolutions throughout the 19th century.
In 1835, the first safe against theft was patented in England by the brothers Charles and Jeremiah Chubb. Although it was in 1886 when the African American Henry Brown patented the first safe for storing and preserving documents.
In 1908, the industrial safe company Arcas Gruber was founded in Spain. MATTHS GRUBER was a German entrepreneur who made a notable advance in what is known today as security safes.