A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS OR * TILE' FOR FORMING WINE BINS OF RECEPTACLES FOR WINE OR OTHER BOTTLES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Henry Pierce, of Taunton, in the County
of Somerset, Gentleman, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
APPARATUS OR * TILE' FOR FORMING WINE BINS OF RECEPTACLES FOR WINE
OR OTHER BOTTLES."
Sealed the 31st January 1871, and dated the 3rd August 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Henry Pierce
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 3rd August 1870.
I, GEORGE HENRY PIERCE, of Taunton, in the County of Somerset,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS OR TILE' FOR FORMING WINE BINS OR
RECEPTACLES FOR WINE OR OTHER BOTTLES," to be as follows:—
The object of this Invention is to produce a ready and efficient means
of forming wine bins or receptacles for wine or other bottles, and the
principle consists essentially in the application and use of a peculiarly
formed "tile," as herein-after described.
In order to construct a wine bin or bottle receptacle according to the
principle of this Invention I take a number of suitably sized bricks.

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which, to correspond with the tile, may be made of any kind of clay or
earthy compost, and either plain or glazed, and I place them at convenient
distances apart. On the bricks I place a number of the "tiles," made
of any kind of clay or earthy compost or material, and either plain or
glazed, each tile being corrugated or hollowed out on its upper side, so
as to hold about three ordinary wine or other bottles, or more if desirable.
The corrugations in the tile may be either semicircular or made to fit
the shape of the bottle, or hexagonal, or of any convenient shape
or form, but made so that the bottle will safely rest therein. Each side
of each of the "tiles" is provided with a rabbet or a rib-feather or
projection, which, when placed on the bricks, projects about halfway
across the width of the brick, so that as the bin or receptacle is
being constructed the projections of the adjoining tiles will not quite
touch.
If the bin or receptacle is required to be of large dimensions so as to
have greater capacity for holding bottles the construction of the bin is
proceeded with in a manner similar to the above described, namely, on
the projecting parts of the "tiles" (made of the required size) which lie
evenly on the first row or base of bricks which are made specially to
"keep each "tile" in its proper position; other bricks are placed or fitted,
and on these another row of tiles is laid, and so on till the required
size of bin or receptacle is attained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Henry Pierce in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd February 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HENRY PIERCE, of Taunton, in the County of Somerset, Gentleman,
send greeing.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-fourth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said George Henry Pierce, Her special licence that I, the
said George Henry Pierce, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or

page_text: such others as I, the said George Henry Pierce, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS
OR 'TILE' FOR FORMING WINE BINS OR RECEPTACLES FOR WINE OR OTHER
BOTTLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Henry Pierce, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent. Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters.
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Henry Pierce, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement in writing, reference being had to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is to produce a ready and efficient means
of forming wine bins, or receptacles for wine or other bottles, and the
principle consists essentially in the application and use of a peculiarly
formed tile as herein-after described.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawings which illustrate this Inven-
tion, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of one of the "tiles" with
its supporting brick at either end; Figure 2 is a front elevation (on a
smaller scale) of part of a wine bin or receptacle for bottles constructed
according to my Invention; and Figures 3 represent illustrations of
some of the numerous geometrical figures (suitable for the purpose) in
which the places where the bottles rest are formed.
In order to construct a wine bin or bottle receptacle according to
the principle of this Invention, I take a number of suitably sized
bricks a, which to correspond with the tile may be made of any kind of
clay or earthy compost, and either plain or glazed, and I place them at
convenient distances which may be about eleven or twelve inches apart.
On these bricks I place a number of tiles & made of any kind of clay

page_text: or earthy compost or material, and either plain or glazed, each tile
being corrugated or hollowed out on its upper side to any suitable form
so as to hold about three ordinary wine or other bottles e, as shewn, or
more if desirable.
The corrugations in the tile may be either semi-
circular or made to fit the shape of the bottle, or hexagonal, or of any
convenient shape or form, but made so that the bottle will safely rest
therein. Either side of each of the "tiles" b is provided with a rabbet
or a rib feather or projection c, which when placed on the bricks a
projects about but not quite half way across the width of the brick it
rests on, so that as the bin or receptacle is being constructed the
projections of the adjoining tiles will not quite touch (as shewn in
Figure 2).
If the bin or receptacle is required to be of large dimensions so as
to have greater capacity for holding bottles, the construction of the
bin is proceeded with in a manner similar to the above described (and
as shewn in Figure 2), namely, on the projecting parts c of the "tiles"-b
(made of the required size) which lie evenly on the first row or base
of bricks a, which are made specially to keep each "tile" in its proper
position, other bricks are placed or fitted and on these another row of
tiles is laid, and so on as in Figure 2, till the required size of bin or
receptacle is attained. To support or keep in position the outside
supporting bricks a of the bin or receptacle, small pieces of clay or
earthy compost d are placed by the side of the ribs c of the outside
tiles b, and which lie on the same bricks as the outer ribs of the outer
tiles, and so form flat bases for the succeeding bricks to rest on.
Or as
an equivalent the outer ribs of the outer row of tiles may be made as
wide as the bricks.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
"A New or Improved Apparatus or 'Tile' for Forming Wine Bins or
Receptacles for Wine or other Bottles," together with the manner in
which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as my Invention,―
Firstly. The construction of a "tile" and its supporting bricks of
any kind of clay or earthy compost, and either plain or glazed to be used
for the purpose herein-before set forth.
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Secondly. The application, adaptation, and use of a tile for forming
wine bins or other receptacles for wine or other bottles in combination
with supporting bricks, substantially as herein described and as illus-

page_text: trated on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, or any modification
thereof, and I also claim the giving or adapting any suitable geome-
trical or other shape or form to the places in each "tile" in which the
bottles may rest, some of which (as the most suitable shapes or forms)
are shewn in Figures 3.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Henry Pierce, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of January, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.