Door bushing system for insulated steel shell safe

In a door of an insulated steel shell safe, a system aligning rotatable components of the door including a lock and a handle, the door having a front plate with openings therein, the system comprising:

• a. molded resin bushings formed as a single piece with a molded resin jamb secured to the front plate, the bushings extending from the openings in the front plate to a rear wall of the jamb and rearward of the rear wall, manual actuators of the lock and the handle being fixed on respective lock and handle spindles passing through respective ones of the openings in the front plate and through respective molded resin bushings;
• b. the manual actuators having running fits in the respective bushings in portions of the bushings adjacent the front plate, and the spindles having running fits in the bushings rearward of the rear wall;
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• c. lock components mounted on the lock spindle and lock bushing rearward of the rear wall, and live bolt driving components mounted on the handle spindle and handle bushing rearward of the rear wall.

An insulated steel shell safe door having a molded resin jamb secured to a steel front plate so that a rear wall of the jamb encloses an insulation space rearward of the front plate, the door comprising:

• a. lock and handle bushings molded on the jamb to extend between the rear wall and respective lock and handle openings in the front plate;
• b. lock and handle spindles extending respectively through the lock and handle bushings from forward of the front plate to rearward of the rear wall;
• c. a knob on the lock spindle engaging a forward region of the lock bushing, and a lock driver on the lock spindle engaging a rearward region of the lock bushing rearward of the rear wall of the jamb;
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• d. a handle on the handle spindle engaging a forward region of the handle bushing, and a live bolt driver on the handle spindle engaging a rearward region of the handle bushing rearward of the rear wall of the jamb.

In an insulated steel shell safe door including a front door plate with openings therein that allow door components to pass therethrough, a bushing system comprising:

• a bushing formed integrally with a resinous jamb, the jamb having a front side facing and in part confronting the front door plate, the jamb also having a rear side facing away from the front door plate, the jamb further including a rear wall, the bushing comprising:
• a pass-through tube portion extending from a front side of the rear wall to the front door plate substantially in alignment with one of the openings in the front door plate;
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• a stub portion coaxial with and projecting rearwardly beyond the pass-through tube portion and rearward of the rear wall of the jamb as an extension of the bushing and being adapted to support a part of a door component another part of which extends through the bushing.