Improvements in Bottle Bins.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottle Bins.
I, ALGERNON BROOKER JACKSON of the firm of Farrow and Jackson of
16 Great Tower Street in the City and County of London, Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention relates to bins or racks for holding bottles, and has for its object
the construction and arrangement of such a bin, that shall be particularly applicable
for the storage of wines and other liquids containing carbonic acid or other gas,
such as champagne and other sparkling wine or liquid.
The object of the invention is to construct a bin or rack so that the bottles shall
be supported upon the same, independent of one another, and in a slanting position
with the corked end in the lower position, so that the corks are kept moist, and are
thus maintained in a swollen and expanded condition, ensuring their tightness in
the bottles, and preventing "ullage."
Another feature is that the bottles are placed in the rack with their necks
outwards, so that should any cork be faulty, it can be at once seen and the bottle
be removed and recorked without much loss of liquid, and practically no loss of
gaseous pressure.
In order that my invention may be the better understood, I now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the drawings hereunto annexed, reference being
had to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved bin.
Fig. 2 is a detail view of the front bars of the same, showing the bottle
retaining clips in plan.
Upon four upright supports A (preferably formed of iron bar), braced together
by suitable bars B on the sides l'arrange a series of rails CC parallel to one
another, and horizontally disposed upon the two pair of supports, one pair being in
front of the other pair.
The back rails C I form of corrugated rod, and the front rails C¹ of rectangular
bars with a series of horns D attached to them.
These horns D as shewn in Fig. 2. I form of hoop iron and turn their projecting
ends E E at an angle to one another so as to lie evenly against the sides of the
neck of the bottle.
The back rails C are placed rather higher than the corresponding front rails C¹
so as to give the bottle a position slanting forward, the horns E E being made in
such a manner, and of such a width apart, to prevent the bottles slipping forward
through them.
I may equivalently form the front bars C' of corrugated bar iron, each corrugation
being formed of an angular form, so as to fit the neck of the bottle.
I do not confine myself to the particular shape of bin shown, as my invention
may be carried out in bins of various forms.
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:-
1st. An improved bin for bottles consisting of a frame-work, carrying a series of
horizontal corrugated bars down one side and a series of horizontal bars, arranged
at a lower level than the said horizontal corrugated bars on the opposite side of
the framework, having corrugations or projecting horns, arranged thereon, adapted
to fit the necks of the bottles substantially as described.

page_text: 2nd. The construction and arrangement of a bottle bin, substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day. of December.1891.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.