IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE-STANDS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Gibson, of 37, Great Pultney Street, Golden
Square, in the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOTTLE-STANDS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Gibson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th January 1880.
GEORGE GIBSON, of 37, Great Pultney Street, Golden Square, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STANDS."
This Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and construction of
bottle, decanter, and similar stands, so that the bottles or decanters can be securely
locked therein when out of use.
For this purpose bars are mounted so as to revolve upon the handle or upon
standards on the frame of the stand.
When the bottles are secured in the stand one end of each bar projects across
the stoppers, so that they cannot be removed, whilst the other ends of the bars
meet together, and are secured by a spring or other suitable lock and key.
In order to release the stopper and bottle each bar is turned aside when unlocked,
and the bottles can then be taken out of the stand.
The lock may be arranged to slide over the bars for extra strength if required.
The bars and other parts may be ornamented in various ways.
According to my improvements one or more bottles may be arranged and
secured in their stands as previously described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Gibson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th July
1880.
GEORGE GIBSON, of 37, Great Pultney Street, Golden Square, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STANDS."
This Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and construction of
.bottle, decanter, and similar stands, so that the bottles or decanters can be securely
locked therein when out' of use.
A. ATI
For this purpose bars are mounted so as to 'revolve upon the handle or upon
standards on the frame of the stand. When the bottles are secured in the stand
one end of each bar projects across the stopper, so that they cannot be removed,
whilst the other ends of the bars meet together, and are secured by a spring or
other suitable lock and key.
In order to release the stopper.each bar is turned aside when unlocked, and the
bottles can then be taken out of the stand.
The lock may be arranged to slide over the bars for, extra strength if required.
The bars and other parts may be ornamented in various ways.
According to my improvements one or more bottles may be arranged and
secured in their stands as previously described.
And in order that my Invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into practice, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS....
Figure 1 is a plan, and Figure 2 a side elevation of a stand or frame for holding
three spirit or other bottles, the stand being so arranged and constructed that
the bottles can be securely locked therein, as shown in accordance with my
improvements.
a, a, is the stand formed with recesses to receive the bottom ends of the bottles b, b,
as shown; c is a bar formed in two parts mounted, so as to make a partial
revolution on the uprights a', a¹, which are connected by the handle a². The two
parts of the bar c when placed, in a line over the stoppers b' of the bottles b, as
shown, are locked together by the lock c¹ and key c', so that the stoppers cannot
be withdrawn from the bottles, nor the bottles taken out of the stand until the
barc is unlocked. The dotted lines show the position of the two parts of the bar c
when unlocked to release the bottles.
In carrying out and applying my Invention it will be evident that the form of
the stand, and the arrangement and number of the bottles therein may be greatly
varied, the arrangement shown in the Drawings being given as an example of the
manner in which my improvements are carried into practice.
I would remark that I do not claim any of the parts separately, which are well
known, and in common use, but what I clain is,-*
The improved arrangement, combination, and application of a movable bar or
bars c to a bottle or decanter stand' a, such bars when locked or secured in position
serving to prevent the surreptitious removal of the bottles or decanters from the
stand; the parts being arranged to act substantially in the manner and for the
purpose herein before described and represented in the Drawings hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Gibson, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty.