An Improved Apparatus for Holding Syphon and other Bottles in an Horizontal Position.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Holding Syphon and other Bottles in
an Horizontal Position.
I GEORGE HURST of 1 Newton Street Bridport Place, Hoxton in the County of
Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved machine for holding syphon and other bottles
in an horizontal position and has for its object to enable such bottles being unstoppered
and cleansed with ease and security.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a box or frame upon which I
mount in suitable brackets screwed on the sides thereof a pin or pivot passing
through the sleeve of a lever provided at its outer extremity with a handle and at
its inner extremity with a curved end through which passes the upper end of a bar
slotted at its two extremities and whose lower end passes through a bent spring
blade the shorter branch of which is fixed to the inside of the box.
Over the sleeve above mentioned is fixed one end of a band of steel slotted at its
two extremities the other end of which passes around the bottle and is fixed over
the curved end of the lever, to the other end of the band, the before mentioned bar
being passed through these two slots and screwed by a cotter traversing its own
upper slot.
This steel band is lined at the place where it grips the bottle with a band of leather
or other suitable material. A suitable recess is formed in the longitudinal sides of
the above mentioned box to receive the bottle laid longitudinally thereon.
According to the above arrangement the bottle is securely and tightly held in an
horizontal position.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Holding Syphon and other Bottles in
an Horizontal Position.
I GEORGE HURST of 1 Newton Street Hoxton in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this 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 an improved machine, for holding syphon and other
bottles in an horizontal position and has for its object to enable such bottles being
unstoppored and cleansed with ease and security.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a box or frame open at the top
and at the bottom and I mount in suitable brackets screwed at one end upon the top
edges of the said box a pin passing through the sleeve of a lever or formed
integrally therewith. This lever carries a handle at its outer extremity, while its
inner end is curved and furnished with a central notch through which passes the
upper end of an upright bar slotted at its two extremities, the lower end of this bar
passing through an opening. formed in a curved spring blade the shorter end of
which is curved up and fixed inside the other end of the box or frame above
mentioned.

page_text: I provide also a curved steel band lined centrally with india rubber and designed
to tightly grip the bottle operated upon.
One end of this band is bent up and slotted, and is passed over the upper end of
the above mentioned upright bar, so as to rest upon the curved extremity of the
lover aforesaid being secured thereupon by a cotter inserted above the band in the
upper slot of the latter bar. The other end of the said band is curved to form a
cylindrical sleeve through which passes a bolt secured to the two longitudinal sides
of the box or frame. The bottle is laid horizontally and transversely on the
longitudinal sides of the box or frame which are suitably recessed for this purpose.
In cases where it may be required to hold the bottle in a vertical position I further
provide a flap hinged to one of the longitudinal sides of the box and likewise centrally
recessed, this flap being further provided with legs upon which it stands so that the
box may be turned over and laid upon the flap allowing the bottle to be thus held in
a vertical position by the steel band aforesaid."
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have shown the
same in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1. is a central longitudinal section
and Fig. 2. a plan of my improved machine. Fig. 3 is an end view of my machine
arranged to hold a bottle in a vertical position.
A is the box or frame open at its upper and lower ends and carrying the two
brackets B, B, screwed as shown upon the top edges of the longitudinal sides 88' of
the box or frame A which sides have circular recesses r, r¹. These two brackets carry
in suitable openings the pivot d of the lever L, which pivot is thus capable of
turning freely therein. The lever L is furnished with a handle H at one extremity
and with a curved end E provided with a central notch n at the other. Through
this notch n passes the upper and slotted end of a bar 6 whose lower end passes
likewise through a slot formed in one end of a curved spring O being secured thereto
by a pin or cotter p. The bent up extremity of the latter spring is bolted inside
the end o of the box or frame A. A steel bar I lined centrally with india rubber or
other suitable material has one end i bent up and slotted as shewn, this end is
passed over the bar b so as to rest upon the curved end E of the lever L being
secured thereto by a flat pin or cotter p¹ passed through the slot formed in the
upper end of the bar b as clearly shown in Fig..1. The other end of the band I
is coiled to form a sleeve which is rigidly secured inside the box A by a bolt g fixed
to the sides 8, s', of the latter.
The action of the machine is as follows: The lever handle H being first depressed
by means of its handle the band I is raised by the end E of the lever L and the
opening between the recesses r, r³, and the latter is enlarged allowing the body of the
bottle to be easily inserted therein, when the lever being released returns to its
normal position under the action of the spring O and causes thereby the band to
contract and tightly grip the bottle which assumes a horizontal position and is ready
to be stoppered or otherwise operated upon.
When it is desired that the bottle should be held in a vertical position, I make
use of the arrangement shewn more particularly in Fig. 3. A flap F is hinged to
the sides of the box A and is centrally recessed at ³, being supported by legs (11
as shown. The box is turned over and laid flat upon this flap so that the three
recesses r,, are in a line and enable the bottle previously inserted within the
band I in the manner above described to assume a vertical position as shewn in
Fig. 3.
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
1 claim is-
Firstly-The improved machine for tightly gripping or holding bottles in a

page_text: Secondly The modification of the machine claimed above according to which
the bottle may be made to assume a vertical position whenever required substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 13th day of March 1890
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.