Improvements in Lockup Bottle Stands.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1894
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lockup Bottle Stands.
I, JOHN EDWARD BINGHAM of Howard Street, City of Sheffield Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows :—
My invention is for improvements in lockup bottle stands, the object being to
produce such a stand as will be simple in construction, effective in use, and moderate
in first cost.
I propose to construct the frame with upright sides, and crosshead, rising from a
base in the usual manner of such frames, and within the base or lower part of the
frame I fix a loose bottom supported upon trunnions or axles, or a long axle
projecting beyond the bottom plate, and resting in bearings attached to the frame, in
such a manner that the bottom plate can tilt forward for some distance.
Rising from this bottom plate are the divisions which separate the bottles, and
an upright at one end upon which is fixed a projecting catch piece; this projection
passes through the frame standard, and moves in a slot when the bottom plate
is tilted.
It engages with the bolt or catch of a lock which holds it in position when locked
but permits it to move in the slot when unlocked.
The catch is preferably a spring-catch, that will allow the catch piece to pass
over it when closing the bottles into the stand.
The bottles are made to fit into shallow recesses upon or in the tilting bottom
plate, and the stoppers fit closely under the crosshead or top rail, which is
preferably somewhat bevelled to enable this to be done.
The tilting of the bottles forward to enable them to be removed from the frame
is accomplished automatically, either by fixing the axles of the bottom plate out of
the centre, or by the aid of a spring placed in a convenient position, or by means of
a weight attached to the front part, or by other equivalent means.
Dated the 3rd day of September 1894.
ROBT. F. DRURY, C.P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.
I, JOHN EDWARD BINGHAM, of Howard Street, City of Sheffield, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same has to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention is for improvements in lockup bottle stands, the object being to
produce a stand that is simple in its mechanical construction, effective in its action,
and moderate in its first cost.
The improvements as applied to a lockup liquor frame are illustrated in the
annexed sheet of drawings in which:
The annexed drawings will illustrate my invention, and also a modification of
same similar letters of reference indicating similar parts in any of the figures in
which they occur.

page_text: Fig. 1, is a sectional view of a liquor frame showing the rocking frame in its
locked position, with the bottle secured.
Fig. 2, the same view with the rocking: frame unlocked and tilted forward so that
the bottle can be removed.
Fig. 3, a similar view of a liquor frame with modified construction.
Figs. 4 and 5, elevations of the opposite ends of the same frame.
I construct a frame with a base A, standards B, and a crossbar C, to fit closely
over the tops of the bottles in the usual manner, and within the base or lower part
of the frame, I support a rocking frame D, provided with recesses or other means
for holding the base of the bottles E.
This rocking frame D, is carried upon trunnions F, or their equivalents,, which
are placed out of the centre of gravity as shown, in order that when released from
the bolt of the lock G, the rocking frame with the bottles will tilt forward by
gravity to the position shown in Fig. 2. The bottles may then be removed
H, is the mid-supporting ring for the bottles, it is attached to Ď, by the uprights I,
at each end.
In the modified form of construction shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, I place the axles F,
in the centre of the rocking frame, in which case the frame with the bottles may
be drawn forward to the oblique position by hand, or if it is desired that the tilting
should be automatic, a spring, or a weight J, may be employed for that purpose.
In this modification I prefer to locate the latch or lock K at the end of the frame,
upon the outside of the standard B, and upon the upright I, I fix a catch pin L,
which passes through a short segmental slot in the standard B, to engage with the
bolt of the lock K.
A similar pin projecting from the opposite upright I, works in a similar slot in
the opposite standard B, see Fig. 4, acting as a guide, and limiting the movement
of the rocking frame D.
The locks used in these liquor frames or stands are preferably made with a spring
bolt to enable them to be closed and the bottles secured without the use of a key.
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 1
claim is :
1. A lockup bottle stand or liquor frame, having a rocking frame D, to hold the
bottles, and capable of being tilted upon trunnions F, to an oblique position either
by hand or automatically, as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the annexed
sheet of drawings.
2. In a lockup liquor frame having a base A, standards B, and crossbar C, the
combination with a tilting part D, to carry the bottles, of the trunnions F, the lock
pin and guide pin L, travelling in segmental slots, and a lock K, arranged and
working together as hereinbefore described and shown.
Dated the 31st day of May 1895.
ROBT. F. DRURY, C.P.A.,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant.