Improvements in Appliances for Holding and Supporting Wine Bottles and the like during their Use.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1891—Accepted, 29th Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Holding and Supporting Wine
Bottles and the like during their Use.
RICHARD WILLIAM EADIE Engraver 209 Newhall Street Birmingham
FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER Engineer 242 Pershore Road Birmingham do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
Our improvement consists in making a frame, to carry a wine bottle, at a given
angle, that will adapt itself to any sized bottle. In order to do this, we take a
piece of metal, preferably oblong, or oval wire or strip, and bend, or shape it, so
that it has a long end, or support, under the bottle, and which also comes round its
base, & forms the handle on its upper side. The frame we make sufficiently large,
to fit any sized bottle, and at its base, we fix a circular, or angular frame of metal
sheet, or wire, which adapts itself, to the hollow base of any bottle, we then form
a fork, which is fixed on a slide, which slide runs on the aforesaid frame on its
underside, and is fixed by a screw, nut, or set pin. This frame is supported by
arms, or feet, to give it the desired sloping elevation. The action then is as
follows, on desiring to put in the bottle. The slide is drawn forward, so as to
allow the narrowest part of the neck of the bottle to drop into the fork attached
to the slide. The bottle is then placed with its hollow base, on the before
described angular rest, and the slide is drawn down the support, until, the fork
binds on the shoulder, or thickest part of the bottle. The set pin is then tightened
and the bottle will be found to be held perfectly secure from shaking. We can
secure this sliding fork into its position, by means either of a set pin, spring,
weight, wedge, or screw.
Dated January 29th 1891.
RICHARD WILLIAM EADTE.
FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Holding and Supporting Wine
Bottles and the like during their Use.
We, RICHARD WILLIAM EADIE, of 209, Newhall Street, Birmingham,
Engraver, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, of 242, Pershore Road, Birmingham,
Engineer, 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 :-
This invention consists in the herein described improvements-in appliances, for
holding and supporting wine and other bottles at a given angle during their use,
so that, as the bottle does not have to be stood up on end, the risk of disturbing
the sediment in the bottle is obviated or diminished.
We will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawing in
which Fig. 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 is a front elevation and Fig. 3 is a plan of
a bottle holder constructed according to this invention with a wine bottle held and
supported thereby, and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same on line X X of
Fig. 1.
In carrying out our invention we make a frame to carry a wine bottle at a given
angle that will adapt itself to any sized bottle. This frame consists of a piece of
metal, preferably of an oblong cross section bent to form a long side or support a¹
under the bottle and carried at a round the base of the bottle to above the same
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page_text: where at a³ it is formed as a handle by which the frame and the bottle held
thereby can be held when pouring from the bottle. This frame is made
sufficiently large to take the largest, ordinary size bottle. At the part a² of the
frame which corresponds with the base of the bottle is fixed a piece of wire b bent
into an angular form as shewn so as to fit in the hollow base of any bottle; or
instead of being made of wire this part of the frame may be of sheet metal of
similar shape, or it may be in the form of a truncated conc. The said frame is
supported by arms or feet a, a, a, a, to give it the desired sloping elevation.
We provide a fork c projecting upwardly and of a size to take the neck of the
bottle, fixed on a slide e' which can be moved along the part a' of the frame either
nearer to or farther from the lower end a² and fixed in any desired position by the
binding screw d; or instead of the binding screw d any other well known means
may be used for fixing the fork in the desired position. The end of the small
screw e engages in the longitudinal slot in the part a¹ and the said slot is stopped
a short distance from the end of the part a' so as to prevent the slide and fork e
being moved out too far.
When placing a bottle in the frame the slide c¹ and its fork c are first drawn
forward as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1 so as to allow the narrowest part
of the neck of the bottle to drop into the fork. The bottle is then placed in the
frame with the hollow base of the bottle resting on the angular rest and the
slide is moved down the support a' until the fork e binds on the shoulder of
the bottle as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing. The fork is then fixed in
this position by the set screw d or by other means as above described thus
holding the bottle perfectly secure from shaking.
The accompanying drawing shews what we consider to be the best way of
carrying out our said invention but it is to be understood that our invention is not
limited to the precise details illustrated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A bottle holding and supporting appliance in which the bottle is held in a
slanting position by a frame part of which engages in the hollow base of the bottle,
the said frame being furnished with a fork in which the neck of the bottle lies the
said fork being adjustable to suit bottles of different sizes, all substantially as
described.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the improved bottle
holding and supporting appliance substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 24th day of July 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.