Improvements in Bottle Racks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th July 1893-Accepter, 16th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Bottle Racks.
I, ROUGHSEDGE WALLWORK, of the Firm of Henry Wallwork & Company
of Union Bridge Ironworks, Manchester, Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to racks for containing bottles in a reclining position and
consists of improvements in the construction of racks, the object of my invention
being to make a rack to contain a number of bottles, in such a manner that it may
be added to and readily enlarged without disturbing that part of the rack already
By this invention also the rack can be readily removed in parts along with
the bottles resting in cach part without causing much disturbance of the contents
of the bottles.
in use.
In carrying out my invention I form a rack of any capacity of any number of
like parts which I will term sections. Each section may contain any number of
bottles, but a section for containing such a number of bottles as can be conveniently
carried by one person would be preferable.
Each section is formed by preference of a single casting and constructed so that
one section may securely sit upon another section or partly upon one section and
partly upon another.
The form of each section I purpose using consists of a series of concave beds in
each of which a bottle reclines. The underside of each section between each bed
forms a saddle. Each section has vertical projections or supports upon which the
saddle portions of the underside of each section sit.
It is obvious however that the forms of the sections may be varied while
retaining the interchangeability and the arrangement of the parts.
Each section is by preference cast in one piece, but for convenience in moulding
or if desired, otherwise, it may be made in parts and the parts fixed together in
any convenient way.
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R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester, and 5, Clayton Square, Liverpool,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottle Racks.
I, ROUGHSEDGE WALLWORK of the Firm of Henry Wallwork and Company,
of Union Bridge Iron Works, Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what mauner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
My invention relates to racks for containing bottles in a reclining position and
consists of improvements in the construction of said racks, the object of my
invention being to make a rack to contain a number of bottles in such a manner
that it may be added to and readily enlarged without disturbing that part of the
rack which is already in use. By this invention the rack can also be removed in
parts along with the bottles resting in each part without causing much disturbance
of the contents of the bottles.
In carrying out my invention I form a rack of any desired capacity of a number
of like parts which I will term sections. Each section may be made for containing

page_text: any desired number of bottles but a section for containing such a number of bottles
as can conveniently be carried by one person is preferable. Each section is formed
by preference of a single casting and constructed so that one section may securely
sit upon another section or partly upon one section and partly upon another.
On the sheet of drawings appended hereunto
Fig. 1 shows a front view of part of a bottle rack made according to my
invention, with one of the parts in section.
Fig. 2 a front view of one of the sections
Fig. 3 an end view, and
Fig. 4 a plan of the same.
Each section a consists of a series of concave beds in each of which a bottle can
lie. On the drawing sections are shewn with four beds for four bottles, but they
may be arranged to hold two, three or more than four bottles. Each section has
two or more pairs of vertical projections or supports and the underside of each
section between the bottle beds or some of them forms saddles cc which sit upon
the projections bb, the front and back of the section at the saddles being formed
with end plates d d, which fitting over the projections & secure the upper section
in its position on the lower one. The upper section may sit upon one lower section,
as shewn in the upper part of Fig. 1, or upon two lower sections, as shewn in the
lower part of this figure.
The beds may be made in various shapes to suit different sizes and kinds
of bottles, and may be shallower or narrower at the front than at the back if
desired. The forms of the section obviously may be varied while retaining the
interchangeability and the arrangement of the parts. The fronts of the sections
may be cast with frames or grooved ledges for holding a label or ticket for number,
name or any other particulars of the bottles or their contents that may be required,
as shewn on Fig. 2.
Each section is by preference cast in one piece but for convenience in moulding
or if desired for other reasons it may be made in parts and the parts fixed together
in any convenient way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in, what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The construction or formation of bottle racks of cast metal sections so arranged
that they can be built up to form a bottle rack of any desired size substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1893
R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester, and 5, Clayton Square, Liverpool,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.