IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK-UP STANDS OR FRAMES FOR SPIRIT LIQUEUR AND OTHER BOTTLES OR JARS
Year: 1884

page_text: MOTOTUNAL
DIEVITICATION.
I ALFRED WATSON of 3 Alma Villas Manor Park Road Willesden in the County
of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK-UP STANDS OR FRAMES FOR SPIRIT
LIQUEUR AND OTHER BOTTLES OR JARS to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its object to produce a stand or frame for spirit, liqueur
and other bottles or jars whereby the bottles may be fully exposed to view whilst
their contents are at the same time secured against extraction except by the aid of
the key.
For this purpose I form in or on the base of the stand recesses projections or
frames to receive the bottles or jars and I lock the bottles or jars in position by
means of a, pair of bars traversing the stand from end to end and crossing the
stoppers or mouths of the bottles or jars.
Each of these bars carries a handle and the two bars are capable of being locked
together.
Each bar is carried by arms which are hinged or pin jointed to the base or ends
or other convenient part of the stand or frame so that when desired these bars may
be folded down onto the base of the stand or into recesses therein.
At each end of the stand additional handles may in some cases be formed or
fixed to facilitate the handling of the stand when open.
The action of the lock-up arrangement is as follows.
The bottles or jars being placed in position in the stand each bar is turned up on
its arms until they both meet over the mouths or stoppers of the bottles or jars
when they are locked together, thus securing the contents of the bottles against
being tampered with whilst when unlocked and folded down the locking bars are
entirely out of the way of the bottles or jars. which can then be freely removed
from the stand or frame without danger of injury thereto.
Dated this 8th day of May 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I ALFRED WATSON of 3 Alma Villas, Manor Park Road, Willesden in the.
County of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK-UP STANDS OR FRAMES FOR SPIRIT,
LIQUEUR AND OTHER BOTTLES OR JARS and what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The Invention has for its object to produce a stand or frame for spirit, liqueur
and other bottles or jars whereby the bottles may be fully exposed to view whilst
their contents are at the same time secured against extraction except by the aid of
the key.
For this purpose I form in or on the base of the stand recesses, projections or
frames to receive the bottles or jars and I lock the bottles or jars in position by
means of a pair of bars traversing the stand from end to end and crossing the
stoppers or mouths of the bottles or jars.
Each of these bars carries a handle and the two bars are capable of being locked
together.
Each bar is carried by arms which are hinged or pin jointed to the base or ends
or other convenient part of the stand or frame so that when desired' these bars may
be folded down onto the base of the stand or into recesses therein.
At each end of the stand an additional handle may in some cases be formed or
fixed to facilitate the handling of the stand when open.
The action of the lock up arrangement is as follows.
The bottles or jars being placed in position in the stand, each bar is turned up
on its arms until they both meet over the mouths or stoppers of the bottles or
jars when they are locked together, thus securing the contents of the bottles
against being tampered with, whilst when unlocked and folded down the locking
bars are entirely out of the way of the bottles or jars which can then be freely
removed from the stand or frame without danger of injury thereto.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying Drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view; Figure 2 is an end view and-Figure-3 is a cross section.
of a stand or frame constructed according to iny Invention and showing the parts
in their locked up position and Figure 4 is a side view and Figure 5 is an end
view of the same showing the same unlocked and the bottles readily removeable
therefrom. a is the base of the stand which has formed therein sockets or
recesses a¹ to receive the bottles or jars. b is a cross bar or frame a short distance
froin the base u formed with apertures to fit the bottles or jars and c c are end
frames or standards which with the base a and cross bar or frame b form the body.
of the frame or stand.
The parts above described are well known and form no portion of my present
Invention.
I lock the bottles or jars in position by means of a pair of bars d traversing the
stand from end to end thereof and capable of meeting over the stoppers of the
bottles or jars. Each bar d is carried by a pair of arms e, e, which are hinged or
pin jointed at e¹ to the end frames or standards c, c, so as to enable the bars d to
be turned up as shown at Figures 1, 2, 3, for locking up the bottles or jars and to
be turned down as shown at Figures 4 and 5 when unlocked.
Each of these bars d. d. carries a handle fand the two bars d. d. are capable of
being locked together by means of a lock g fixed to one of such handles and a
hasp g' fixed to the other handle or the two bars d d may be locked together in
other convenient manner.

page_text: The bars d d are preferably of curved section as shown so as to give rigidity
thereto and at the same time to fit tolerably closely to the heads of the stoppers of
the bottles but they may be made of other sections, so long as the object above
described is attained.
At each end of the stand or frame an additional handle c¹ is preferably formed or
fixed to facilitate the handling of the stand when open..
In the stand represented in the Drawings I have shown these handles c¹ as
formed in one with the end frames c, c, which latter are so shaped as to form such
handles at the upper part thereof.
I fix stops c² to the end frames c to limit the motion of the bars d, d, when
turned up and I provide one of such bars d with steady pins d¹ to pass into holes.
formed in the other bar d in order to prevent as far as possible the straining of the
lock.
I would here remark that I do not claim the employment in a stand or frame of
a single bar pivotted to the ends thereof and capable of being locked in position
over the bottles or jars or when unlocked of being turned down to permit of the
removal of the bottles or jars therefrom nor do I claim the employment of a pair
of locking bars hinged to a central fixed bar as such constructions are well known
and form no part of my present Invention which latter is greatly superior as in the
first of said arrangements when unlocked the, single cross bar always remains near
to, and in the second case the two locking cross bars always remain above, the
stoppers of the bottles thereby preventing the ready removal of the bottles as the
latter cannot be taken from the stand in a vertical position but require to be tilted
during their removal from and placing in the stand thereby frequently causing
injury to the bottles by contact of the latter with the locking bar or bars, whilst
by my Invention the cross bars d, d, when unlocked and turned down are
completely out of the way of the bottles or jars and permit of the ready insertion
and removal of the same without danger of injury thereto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is;
First Constructing stands or frames for spirit, liqueur and other bottles or jars
with a pair of locking bars d, d, fixed to arms e, e, pivotted to the stand or frame
in such manner as to enable the said bars d, d, to be turned up and to meet over
the bottles and be there locked together and when unlocked to be turned down
so as to leave the bottles entirely free therefrom substantially as herein shown and
described.
Second-The combination with a stand or frame for spirit, liqueur and other
bottles or jars of a pair of locking bars d. d. connected to pivotted arms e e each
bar & being provided with a handle f and said handles being provided with a
lock g and hasp g¹ substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
stated.
Third The combination of stand or frame a, b, c, locking bars d, d, pivotted
arms ee handles f. f. lock g and hasp g' stops c² and handles c' substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
Dated this at
1001