IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS OR FRAMES FOR LIQUOR OR SCENT BOTTLES.
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Hall of Victoria Street Sheffield in the County
of York for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS OR FRAMES FOR
LIQUOR OR SCENT BOTTLES.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Hall at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th October 1882.
JOSEPH HALL of Victoria Street, Sheffield in the County of York
MENTS IN STANDS OR FRAMES FOR LIQUOR OR SCENT BOTTLES."
"IMPROVE
My Invention relates to improvements in Stands or Frames for holding Liquor
bottles or Scent bottles, one arrangement of my invention being for the purpose of
securing the bottles against removal therefrom, or having the contents tampered
with Another arrangement being to form a liquor or Scent frame in combination
with a lock up receptacle, a portion of which is used to secure or release the
bottles, and the interior of which may be utilised (in the case of a liquor frame) to
contain Biscuits, Glasses or Cigars, and in a Scent frame the receptacle may be
fitted with toilet requisites.
In carrying out the first mentioned arrangement or part of my invention as
applied to a Stand for three bottles (for example) I form the body of the Frame by
preference in the usual manner, that is with two vertical sides connected at the
top by a crossbar, two partitions and a base. (or there may be simply two uprights
one on each side of the centre bottle with a crossbar and a base).
The bottles stand in shallow recesses open at the front, and the stoppers fit
closely under the Crossbar.
To secure the bottles in the Frame I attach near the bottom of one of the
partitions, (or uprights), a pivot or stud on which I secure a bar having a vertical
rotary motion the extent of such motion being from a horizontal to a perpendicular
position.
I make this bar of sufficient length that its ends when horizontal, shall extend
halfway across each side bottle, in which position it may be locked and thus secure

page_text: bottles in their normal position, when released by being unlocked, the bar is raised
by the action of a spring, or its equivalent to a vertical position in front of the
partition to which it is attached, leaving all three bottles at liberty. In the second
arrangement or that of a combined Stand and receptacle-I make a somewhat
similar Fraine to that before described having sides, Crossbar, and partitions, with
recesses open to the front.
The receptacle formed in the base of the frame I make to open like a drawer,
the front edge being made sufficiently high, or so arranged that when closed it
shall be raised to such a height as to form the fourth or front side of the recess―
and when locked in that position effectually prevents the bottles being removed or
the contents being abstracted.
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When unlocked and drawn out the contents of the receptacle as well as those
of the bottles are readily accessible.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Hall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th April
1883.
JOSEPH HALL of Victoria Street, Sheffield in the County of York "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STANDS OR FRAMES FOR LIQUOR OR SCENT BOTTLES
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My Invention relates to improvements in Stands or Frames for holding liquor
bottles, or scent bottles, one arrangement of my invention being for the purpose of
securing the bottles in the frame, in such a manner, that the contents cannot be
tampered with or abstracted; and another arrangement being to form a stand for
liquor or scent bottles, in combination with a lock up receptacle, a moveable part
of such receptacle being utilized to secure or release the bottles, and the interior
may be arranged (in the case of a liquor stand) to contain Biscuits, Glasses, or
Cigars, and in the case of a scent stand, the receptacle may be fitted with toilet
requisites.
In describing my invention more particularly, and in order that it may be fully
understood I shall refer to the annexed sheet of drawings, in which the same
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figuros.
Figure 1, represents a front elevation of a stand for liquor or scent bottles made
according to the first part of my invention
Figure 2, is a front elevation of a liquor stand made according, to the second
part of my invention, the receptacle being shown partly open, so that the bottles
can be withdrawn.
Figure 4. is an end view of same
Figure 3. is a front elevation of a similar stand, in which the lock up receptacle
is placed over the bottles, instead of underneath as in Figure 2.
In carrying out the first mentioned arrangement or part of my invention, as
applied to a stand for three bottles (for example) I form the body of the stand, by
preference, in the usual manner, that is having two vertical sides, connected at
the top by a crossbar, two partitions and a base. The bottles stand in shallow
recesses open at the front and the stoppers of the bottles fit closely under the
crossbar, so that the bottles can only be removed from the fram by being drawn
forward out of the recesses. For the purpose of securing the bottles in the Frame,
I fix upon one of the partitions, towards the base of the bottles, a pivot or stud A,
upon which I secure a bar B having a vertical rotating motion, the required
amount of such movement being from the horizontal to the vertical position.-I
make this bar of sufficient length that when in a horizontal position, its ends shall
extend halfway or thereabouts across each side bottle, in which position it can be
locked as shown at C and thus prevent the removal of the bottles. When the
bar is released by being unlocked, it is raised by the action of a spring or its
equivalent, into a vertical position as shown by the dotted lines at D, in front of
the partition to which it is attached, so that all or any of the three bottles may be
removed from the stand. In the second arrangement or part of my invention,
being that of a combined stand for bottles, and a receptacle for other articles, as
shown in Fig 2, 3, & 4. I make a somewhat similar frame to that before described,
having sides, crossbar, and partitions, the recesses opening to the front. I make
the base deep enough to receive a draw out receptacle E, (see Fig. 2 and 4) the
front edge F being sufficiently high when the receptacle is closed and locked, as to
form the front side of the recesses and thus effectually securing the bottles in the
stand, and also preventing any abstraction of the contents, either of the receptacle
or other bottles. Fig. 3, represents a modification of my invention, in which the

page_text: recesses for the bottle are closed on all the four sides, and the lock up receptacle
used to secure the bottles is placed over the tops of the bottles at G, when unlocked
and drawn forward from over the stoppers, the bottles may be raised, and taken
out of the recesses. This shallow receptacle may be used to contain Cigars, and a
larger receptacle may be made in the base for Glasses biscuits, or the like. A
modification of my invention as Shown in Fig 1. may be made by using two
pivotted bars instead of one, one being attached to each partition and locking
together in the centre of the middle bottle.
A fourth arrangement of my invention, shown in Fig. 5. is made by extending
the receptacle in front of the bottles, and closing it with a lid, instead of shutting
it like a drawer. The lid is hinged to the front part and when shut down, the
edge fits against the front of the bottles, forming the fourth side to the recesses in
which they stand, and prevents them being removed. H is the extended part of
the receptacle, I the lid, and the dotted lines show the position of lid when opened.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which it is or may be carried into practice, I wish it
to be understood that I do not, bind myself, to the precise details as described and
as shown in the sheet of drawings illustrating my specification, but what I claim as
novel and original and desire to be secured to me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Letters Patent, is-
First, In lockup bottle stands, the use of one or more pivotted bars placed
across the front of the bottles so as to prevent their withdrawal, but which when
turned to a vertical position will not prevent their removal, substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated in Fig. 1.
Second, In lockup bottle stands, the combination with the stand proper of a
lockup receptacle, placed either in the base of the stand, as shown in Figures 2,
and 4, in which case the front edge of the sliding receptacle is used to secure the
bottles and prevent their removal, or as shown in Fig. 5. in which case the fall
down lid-of-the-receptacle-is-utilised_for_the_same purpose, or placed over the
stoppers of the bottles, as shown in Fig 3, so that when drawn-open-the-bottles-are-
released, and when closed the bottles are secured, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated.
In Witness whereof, I the said Joseph Hall have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord, One
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.