IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR PACKING BOTTLES CONTAINING WINE OR OTHER LIQUID
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Foy Amour Poniatowsky Riviere, of
Cognac, in the Empire. of France, Brandy Merchant, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR PACKING BOTTLES CONTAINING WINE
OR OTHER LIQUID."
Sealed the 23rd February 1869, and dated the 31st August 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Foy Amour
Poniatowsky Riviere at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 31st August 1868.
I, LOUIS FOY AMOUR PONIATOWSKY RIVIERE, of Cognac, in the
Empire of France, Brandy Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR PACKING BOTTLES CONTAINING
WINE OR OTHER LIQUID," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in cases for packing
bottles containing wine or other liquid.

page_text: The outer box I construct in the ordinary way, the bottom I make of
a size to receive upon it two rows of three bottles, each with their necks
turned inwards and somewhat overlapping each other. The depth of
the box I make such as to receive two such double rows of bottles,
so that the box holds one dozen bottles, which is a convenient number,
but this may be varied. Near each end of such a box I fix an upright
partition with holes in it of a size to allow the bottoms of the bottles to
be placed through them; each of these partitions has two rows of holes
in it, an upper and a lower, and three holes in each row. The holes in
the upper row are intermediate of those in the lower row, and the
bottoms of the holes in the upper row are somewhat below the tops of
the holes in the lower row. In the middle of the box and on either
side are guides to receive an upright partition having holes in it of a
size to receive the necks of the bottles; these holes are arranged in two
rows, an upper and a lower, and there are six holes in each row. This
partition is divided into three parts through the centres of the holes in
each row. In filling the case the lower portion of the partition is first
inserted, and the two lower rows of bottles are put in with their necks
resting in the semicircular recesses in the upper edge of this part of the
partition. The middle part of the partition is then dropt into the
guides, and the upper. rows of bottles are put in. Lastly, the remaining
part of the central partition is put into its place in the guides, and
the lid being fixed on secures the whole. The number of the holes will
of course vary with the number of the bottles the case is adapted to
receive.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Louis Foy Amour Poniatowsky Riviere in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th February 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
FOY AMOUR PONIATOWSKY RIVIERE, of Cognac, in the Empire of a
France, Brandy Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-

page_text: of the holes in the lower row. In the middle of the box and on either
side are guides to receive an upright partition having holes in it of a
size to receive the necks of the bottles; these holes are arranged in two
rows, an upper and a lower, and there are six holes in each row. This
partition is divided into three parts through the centres of the holes in
each row. In filling the case the lower portion of the partition is first
inserted and the two lower rows of bottles are put in with their necks
resting in the semicircular recesses in the upper edge of this part of the
partition. The middle part of the partition is then dropped into the
guides, and the upper rows of bottles are put in. Lastly, the remaining
part of the central partition is put into its place in the guides, and the
lid being fixed on secures the whole. The number of the holes will
bottles the case is adapted
of course vary with the number of the
to receive.
Figure 1 is a plan of a case constructed according to my Invention;
it is shown with the lid removed and with some of the bottles in their
places. a, a, is the outer box, its sides are grooved at a', a', a², a³, and
a³, a, to receive the three partitions marked b, c, and d respectively.
The partitions b and d are each in one piece and have six holes bored in
them of a size to receive the body of a bottle. The partition c is made
in three pieces, and has twelve holes in it of a size to receive the neck
of a bottle.
The arrangement of the holes in these partitions is clearly seen in
Figures 2, 3, and 4, which arc transverse vertical sections of the cases
taken respectively at the lines 1, 1, 2, 2, and 3, 3, in Figure 1. The three
parts of the partition c are in Figure 3 marked respectively c', c, and c³,
and they are also shown separately on the Drawing; they should enter
easily into their guides, for as before described they have to be removed
and replaced in packing and unpacking the case. The partitions b and
'd being permanent may fit tightly in the guide grooves.

page_text: The lid of the case may be applied with screws or nails, or it may be
hinged and fastened with a lock, or it may, be otherwise secured.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Foy Amour Poniatowsky
Riviere, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth
day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine.
L. F. A. P. RIVIERE. (L.S.)