IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR DECANTERS, BOTTLES, AND JARS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO SPIRIT, LIQUEUR, AND SCENT BOTTLE STANDS."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Betjemann, of the Firm of George Betjemann
and Sons, of 36 and 38, Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex, for
an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR DECANTERS, BOTTLES, AND
JARS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO SPIRIT, LIQUEUR,
AND SCENT BOTTLE STANDS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Betjemann at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th June 1880.
JOHN BETJEMANN, of the Firm of George Betjemann and Sons, of 36 and
38, Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS
FOR DECANTERS, BOTTLES, AND JARS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE SPECIALLY
APPLICABLE TO SPIRIT, LIQUEUR, AND SCENT BOTTLE STANDS."
The Invention has for its object improvements in stands for decanters, bottles,
and jars, which improvements are specially applicable to spirit, liqueur, and scent
bottle stands.
For this purpose I dispense with the sockets or recesses hitherto formed in the
stand to receive the decanters, bottles, or jars, and in lieu thereof I form on or fix
to the base of the stand blocks or projections to fit hollows or recesses formed in
the bottoms of the decanters, bottles, or jars.
When employing decanters, bottles, or jars of circular form the above mentioned
blocks or projections and the hollows or recesses are preferably also of circular
form, but when the decanters, bottles, or jars, are of other forms it is desirable to
prevent the possibility of their coming into contact with each other when in the
stand, and for such purpose I form the blocks or projections on the stand, and the
hollows or recesses in the decanters, bottles, or jars of other than circular form,
so as to ensure the latter being placed and retained in their correct position in the
stand.
In order to lock up the decanters, bottles, or jars in the stand a pivotted or a

page_text: rising and falling bar passing over the stoppers thereof, and capable of being locked
and unlocked as required, may be employed.
Or a fixed bar with holes therein, and a slide to cover and uncover such holes,
and capable of being locked and unlocked as required, may be employed, but I do
not confine myself to any particular description of means for locking the decanters,
bottles, or jars in position, so long as such is combined with the blocks or projections
on the base of the stand, and with the hollows or recesses in the bottoms of the
decanters, bottles, or jars.
By these means the decanters, bottles, or jars are not in any way hidden by the
stand but are completely visible, and the construction of the stand is much more
simple than that hitherto adopted, thereby reducing the cost thereof.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Betjeinann in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th
December 1880.
JOHN BETJEMANN, of the Firm of George Betjemann and Sons, of 36 and
38, Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS
FOR DECANTERS, BOTTLES, AND JARS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE SPECIALLY
APPLICABLE TO SPIRIT, LIQUER, AND SCENT BOTTLE STANDS."
The Invention has for its object improvements in stands for decanters, bottles,
and jars, which improvements are specially applicable to spirit, liquer, and scent
bottle stands.
For this purpose I dispense with the sockets or recesses hitherto formed in the
stand to receive the decanters, bottles, or jars, and in lieu thereof I form on or fix
to the base of the stand blocks or projections to fit hollows or recesses formed in
the bottoms of the decanters, bottles, or jars.
When employing decanters, bottles, or jars of circular form the above mentioned
blocks or projections, and the hollows or recesses are preferably also of circular
form, but when the decanters, bottles, or jars are of other forms it is desirable to
prevent the possibility of their coming into contact with each other when in the
stand, and for such purpose I form the blocks or projections on the staud, and the
hollows or recesses in the decanters, bottles, or jars of other than circular form,
so as to ensure the latter being placed and retained in their correct position in the
stand.
In order to lock up the decanters, bottles, or jars in the stand a pivotted or a
rising and falling bar passing over the stoppers thereof, and capable of being locked
and unlocked as required, may be employed.
Or a fixed bar with holes therein, and a slide to cover and uncover such holes,
and capable of being locked and unlocked as required, may be employed, but I do
not confine myself to any particular description of means for locking the decanters,
bottles, or jars in position, so long as such is combined with the blocks or projections
on the base of the stand, and with the hollows or recesses in the bottoms of the
decanters, bottles, or jars.
By these means the decanters, bottles, or jars are not in any way hidden by the
stand but are completely visible, and the construction of the stand is much more
simple than that hitherto adopted, thereby reducing the cost thereof.
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 front elevation partly in section, Figure 2 is an end elevation, and
Figure 3 is a plan of a decanter or spirit stand constructed according to my
Invention, and Figure 4 is a front elevation partly in section; Figuro 5 is a vertical
cross section drawn on the line 1, 1, of Figure 4, and Figure 6 is an underside view
dented according to my Invention but provided

page_text: In the arrangement represented at Figures 1, 2, and 3, these blocks or
projections a² are fixed rigidly to the base a, and in order to enable the bottles or
decanters to be readily locked in the stand, and unlocked and removed therefrom
when required, the cross bar b is pivotted at b' to the standards a¹, and a lock d is
fixed to one of the said standards with capability of locking the cross bar bin
position, and of unlocking it when desired, in a similar manner to that shown and
described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to George Betjemann,
George William Betjemann, and myself, dated October 10th, 1878, No. 4012.
Instead however of employing a pivotted cross bar over the tops of the bottles or
decanters capable of being locked and unlocked, as above described, the arrangement
of rising and falling cross bar, or of fixed cross bar formed with holes over each
bottle or decanter, and provided with a sliding bar to cover and uncover such holes
when required, may be employed in the manner shown and described in the
Specification of Letters Patent granted to George William Betjemann, dated
December 10th, 1879, No. 5059.
In the arrangement represented in Figures 4, 5, and 6, the cross bar b is a
fixture, and the blocks or projections a² instead of being fixed rigidly to the base a
are carried by a rising and falling bar a³ mounted in guides at and acted upon to
raise it by springs e, whilst it is provided with studs or projections a³ to enable the
same to be depressed when it is desired to remove a bottle or decanter from the
stand, at which time a spring bolt facts to hold down such bar as; when, however,
it is desired to lock the bottles or decanters in the stand, the spring bolt fis slidden
in its bearings by operating on the stud or projection f¹ so as to release the bar a³
therefrom, when the springs e, by acting on such bar a³, will raise the blocks or
projections a² into the hollows or recesses c¹ in the bottoms of the decanters or
bottles c; then by shooting the bolt of the lock g against the back end of the spring
bolt the latter is held rigidly in position, whereby the blocks or projections a² are
retained in their raised position to lock the bottles or decanters in the stand until,
by the aid of the key, the bolt of the lock g is withdrawn from the end of the
spring bolt f, and the latter is slidden end wise, as before described.
The blocks or projections a² and the hollows or recesses c¹ may be formed round,
square, or of other desired shape; when the bottles or decanters are of circular
form I prefer to make the blocks or projections a² and the hollows or recesses c
also of circular form, but when the bottles or decanters are so shaped or ornamented
as to render it necessary or advisable to retain the same in given positions in the
stand, the hollows or recesses c¹ and the blocks or projections a fitting therein will
be made of any suitable shape to effect such purpose.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode in which
I carry the same into effect, I would bave it understood that I do not confine
myself to the employment of any particular means for locking the bottles, decanters,
or jars in position in the stand, as such can be varied without departing from the
peculiar character of my Invention, but what I do claim is the employment in
stands for decanters, bottles, or jars of blocks or projections fitting hollows or
recesses formed in the bottoms of the bottles, decanters, or jars, combined with any
suitable means for locking such bottles, decanters, or jars in the stand, and of
unlocking the same when it is required to remove them from the stand, substantially
as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Betjemann, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Third day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.