IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR STANDS OR FRAMES AND OTHER LIKE STANDS OR FRAMES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Burley, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer of Electro-plate Wares, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LIQUOR STANDS OR FRAMES AND OTHER LIKE STANDS OR FRAMES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Burley at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th December 1880.
JOHN BURLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer of
Electro-plate Wares. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR STANDS OR FRAMES, AND
OTHER LIKE STANDS OR FRAMES."
My Invention consists of the improvements herein after described in liquor
stands or frames and other like stands or frames, such as stands or frames for
holding cruets, scent bottles, and other bottles or vessels, the object of my said
improvements being to effect the locking of the said bottles or vessels in their
stands or frames, and to prevent access to the contents of the bottles or vessels
in a simple and efficient manner.
I will describe my improvements as applied to a liquor stand or frame containing
three bottles.
In applying my improvements to oblong stands or frames I make the base or
foot in which the bottles are supported in the usual way, and I attach two
uprights to the said base, the said uprights being situated between the end and
middle bottles in the stand, the summits of the said uprights carrying the handle
of the stand. A horizontal bar slides vertically on these uprights, by which bar
the locking down of the bottles and their stoppers in the stand is effected. The
underside of the locking bar is furnished with tubes which work in fixed cases on
the uprights. By means of coiled springs in these cases pressing upon the tubes on
the locking bar, the latter when at liberty to move is raised to its highest or
non-acting position on the uprights.
On that part of the vertically sliding bar situated between the uprights is a lock
case containing two spring bolts capable of being withdrawn by knobs external to
the lock case, and locked in their shot positions by the key of the lock. When the
locking bar is depressed on the uprights until it bears upon the stoppers of the
bottles the acting ends of the spring bolts are brought opposite and snap into

page_text: notches or recesses in the uprights, and thereby bolt the bar in its locking position
the bolts being fixed in their shot position by means of the key of the lock. The
bottles are thus locked in their stand and the stoppers cannot be removed from the
bottles. By unlocking the spring bolts and withdrawing them by the external
knobs the locking bar is released, and by the action of its springs is raised on the
uprights so as to remove it from off the stoppers of the bottles, and the latter may
be lifted from the stand.
The spring bolts may be made self locking, and be withdrawn by the action of
the key of the lock.
The upper or handle ends of the uprights may be jointed to the lower parts, so
that the upper ends may be turned down or aside, and with them the locking bar
after the latter has been released. In this modification the depression of the
locking bar onto the tops of the stoppers causes cups on the underside of the bar to
cover the joints of the uprights and prevent them having motion, and thus rigidly
to fix together the two parts of the uprights.
The liberation of the spring locking bar uncovers the joints and permits the bar
being turned down or aside.
The lifting of the spring locking bar when unlocked may be effected by making
its ends slide in cases in uprights at the ends of the stand springs in the said cases
acting upon the ends of the bar.
In applying my Invention to stands having a central upright around which the
bottles are arranged, I use instead of a locking bar a plate having radial arms and
cupped ends. This locking plate besides sliding on the central upright is capable
of a partial rotation thereon, so that after it has been lifted by the action of a
spring above the stoppers, the motion of the locking plate through a small angle
causes the cupped ends of the arms to be turned from over the stoppers, and
thereby permits the bottles being readily lifted from the stand. The locking plate
is fastened in its depressed position by a spring bolt taking into a notch in the
upright, and is secured in its raised position by a pin and slot of the kind
commonly called a bayonet joint fastening, or by a similar fastening.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Burley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th June
1881.
JOHN BURLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer of
Electro-plate Wares. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR STANDS OR FRAMES AND
OTHER LIKE STANDS OR FRAMES."
My Invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in liquor stands
or frames and other like stands or frames, such as stands or frames for holding
cruets, scent bottles, and other bottles or vessels, the object of my said improve-
ments being to effect the locking of the said bottles or vessels in their stands or
frames, and to prevent access to the contents of the bottles or vessels in a simple
and efficient manner.
I will describe my improvements as applied to a liquor stand or frame containing
three bottles.
In applying my improvements to oblong stands or frames, I make the base or
foot in which the bottles are supported in the usual way, and I attach two uprights
to the said base, the said uprights being situated between the end and middle
bottles in the stand, the summits of the said uprights carrying the handle of the
stand. A horizontal bar slides vertically on these uprights by which bar the locking
down of the bottles and their stoppers in the stand is effected. The underside of
the locking bar is furnished with tubes which work in fixed cases on the uprights.
By means of coiled springs in these cases pressing upon the tubes on the locking
bar, the latter when at liberty to move is raised to its highest or non-acting position
on the uprights. On that part of; the vertically sliding bar situated between the
uprights is a lock case containing two spring bolts capable of being withdrawn by
knobs external to the lock case and locked in their shot positions by the key of the
lock.
When the locking bar is depressed on the uprights until it bears upon the
stoppers of the bottles, the acting ends of the spring bolts are brought opposite and
snap into notches or recesses in the uprights, and thereby bolt the bar in its locking
position, the bolts being fixed in their shot positions by means of the key of the
lock. The bottles are thus locked in their stand and the stoppers cannot be
removed from the bottles. By unlocking the spring bolts and withdrawing them
by the external knobs the locking bar is released, and by the action of its springs
is raised on the uprights so as to remove it from off the stoppers of the bottles, and
the latter may be lifted from the stand.
The spring bolts may be made self locking and be withdrawn by the action of
the key of the lock.
In applying my Invention to stands having a central upright around which the
bottles are arranged, I use instead of a locking bar a plate having radial arms and
cupped ends. This locking plate besides sliding on the central upright is capable
of a partial rotation thereon, so that after it has been lifted by the action of a
spring above the stoppers, the motion of the locking plate through a small angle
causes the cupped ends of the arms to be turned from over the stoppers, and thereby
permits the bottles being readily lifted from the stand. The locking plate is
fastened in its depressed position by a spring bolt taking into a notch in the
upright, and is secured in its raised position by a pin and slot of the kind commonly
called a bayonet joint fastening, or by a similar fastening.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which my Invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in perspective an oblong liquor stand or frame constructed
according to my Invention, and Figure 2 represents a portion of the same in vertical

page_text: section drawn to a larger scale; Figure 3 represents a plan of the lock with the
plate removed.
The same letters indicate the same parts in Figures 1, 2, and 3.
a, a, is the base or foot of the stand to which the two uprights b, b², b, b², are
affixed. The upper parts 62, 62, of the said uprights are screwed to the lower
parts b, b, in the manner shown in Figure 2, and the summits of the said parts 62, b²,
carry the handle c of the stand; d is the horizontal bar sliding vertically on the
uprights 62, 6. By means of the bar d the bottles may either be locked in their
frame or released when it is wished to remove them from the frame.
The said bar has on its underside tubes e, e, which work in the cases f, f, screwed
to the lower halves b, b, of the uprights, as seen in Figure 2; g, g, are coiled springs
in the cases f. f. These springs press upon the bottoms of the tubes e, e, on the
locking bar d, and when the said locking bar is at liberty to move raise the said
bar into its non-acting position, that is, into the position indicated in dotted lines
in Figure 2. On the bar d and between the uprights 62, 62, is a lock containing
two spring bolts h, h, capable of being withdrawn by the knobs i, i, external to
the lock case. The said bolts h, h, snap into holes or recesses m, m, in the
uprights 62, 62, and when in their shot positions are locked by the key k shooting
the cross bolt 7 between the inner ends of the said bolts h, h, (see Figure 3).
When the locking bar is depressed on the uprights 62, 62, it bears upon the
shoulders ff, of the cases f. f, and when in this position the said bar comes
nearly in contact with the stoppers of the bottles, as seen in Figure 1, and the
acting ends of the spring bolts h, h, are brought opposite, and snap into the notches
or recesses m, m, in the said uprights 62, 62, as seen in Figure 2. The said bar d is
thereby bolted in its locking position, the bolts h, h, being fixed in their shot
positions by means of the key of the lock, as before described. The bottles are
thus locked in their stand, and the stoppers cannot be removed from the bottles.
By unlocking the bolts h, h, by the key and withdrawing them by the external
knobs i, i, the locking bar d is released, and by the action of the springs f,f, is raised
on the uprights into the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2. The locking
bar d is thereby removed from the stoppers of the bottles, and the latter may be
lifted from the stand.
Instead of withdrawing the spring bolts h, h, by means of external knobs, as
shown in the Drawing, they may be withdrawn by the action of a key. The bolts
in this case are self locking, the key being used only to withdraw them.
Figure 4 represents in perspective a liquor stand constructed according to my
Invention, having a central upright around which the bottles are arranged, and
Figure 5 represents a side elevation partly in section of a portion of the same drawn
to a larger scale. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures
4 and 5.
n is the lower part of the central upright fixed to the foot of the stand, and p is
the upper part of the said support to which the handle q is connected; r is the
locking plate consisting of three radial arms, the said plate having on its underside
the tube 8, which slides upon the upright and within the fixed case t; u is a
coiled spring pressing upon the tube s for raising the locking plate when released
into its non-acting position. The locking plater besides its sliding motion may be
made capable of a partial rotation. The radial arms of the locking plate r have
cupped ends 2, 72, for engaging with the stoppers of the bottles, as seen in Figure 4;
vis the lock fixed on one of the radial arms of the locking plate, and w is the
spring locking bolt which snaps into a recess in the upright p. When the locking
plate is depressed into the position represented in Figures 4 and 5 so as to bear
upon the shoulders t2, 2, it is fixed by the spring bolt w, the cupped ends r², r², of
the locking plate being brought nearly in contact with the stoppers of the bottles,
so as to lock them in the bottles and the said bottles in their stand. On releasing
the locking plate by withdrawing the spring bolt of the lock by turning the
key x, the said locking plate is raised on the central support p by the action of the

page_text: spring u, and the cupped ends 7², 72, are removed from the stoppers of the bottles
and the latter may be lifted from their stand.
When the locking plater has a partial rotation in addition to its vertically
sliding motion, a slot y, y², is made in the tube 8 on the underside of the locking plate,
and a pin y³ on the upright p engages in the said slot. The said slot and pin
3, y², y, are commonly called a bayonet joint fastening. After the locking plate r
has been raised by its spring into its non-acting position, the cross part y² of the
slot is brought opposite the pin y³, and by moving the locking plate through a small
angle the slot y passes onto the pin y³. By this motion of the plate it is locked
in its raised or non-acting position and the cupped ends of the said plate are
removed from over the stoppers. The bottles can now readily be lifted from the
stand. In order to lock the bottles in the stand, the locking plate r is turned into
the position represented so as to bring its cupped ends over the stoppers, when the
said plate is depressed onto the stoppers and locked in that position as before
described.
I apply my improvements to stands or frames for holding cruets, scent bottles,
and other bottles and vessels, substantially in the manner herein before described
and illustrated with reference to liquor stands or frames.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention
of "Improvements in Liquor Stands or Frames, and other like Stands or
Frames,"
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First. Locking the stoppers in their bottles or vessels, and the bottles or vessels
in their stands or frames, by the combination of parts herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, the
combination of the vertically sliding locking bar d, carrying tubes e, e, on its under-
side, with the fixed uprights 62, 62, and tubular cases f, f, the said locking bar being
fastened in its locking position by the spring bolts of locking mechanism snapping
into holes or recesses in the said uprights 62, 62, and the said bar when released
being raised into its non-acting position by the springs g, g, pressing on the tubes
e, e, of the said bar, as described and illustrated.
Secondly. Locking the stoppers of the bottles or vessels, and the bottles or
vessels in their stands or frames, by the combination or arrangement of parts
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Burley, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this First day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
37, Temple Street,
Birmingham.
JOHN BURLEY. (L.S.)