IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS OR RECEPTACLES FOR SPIRITS OR OTHER FLUIDS, DRUGS, OR VALUABLES, TO PREVENT THE SURREPTITIOUS ABSTRACTION THEREOF."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Charles Grinsell, of 13, Charterhouse Street, in
the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS
OR RECEPTACLES FOR SPIRITS OR OTHER FLUIDS, DRUGS, OR VALUABLES, TO
PREVENT THE SURREPTITIOUS ABSTRACTION THEREOF."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Charles Grinsell at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th April 1880.
JOSEPH CHARLES GRINSELL, of 13, Charterhouse Street, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS OR RECEPTACLES FOR SPIRITS OR OTHER
FLUIDS, DRUGS, OR VALUABLES, TO PREVENT THE SURREPTITIOUS ABSTRACTION
THEREOF."
My improved stand may be shaped like an ordinary stand and may be made of
any suitable materials, such as wood, metal, papier maché, and so forth, and the
base or stand may be of a solid piece of wood with suitable recesses to contain the
bottoms of the bottles or in box form; suitable uprights or supports being provided,
and a rigid bar to which a handle can be attached extending above the tops of the
bottles.
The form in which I prefer to make this handle bar is in section a flat with
sides depending at a convenient angle therefrom, so as to catch and retain the tops of
the stoppers or bottles, though I do not bind myself to this exact form, the top
piece being fixed and one or both of the sides hinged or jointed to it. These sides
or guards are usually as long as the top and jointed to it, and by raising one of
them the bottles can readily be taken out; but when the bottles are in place and
the side or sides shut down and locked, the bottles are secure and the contents
cannot be extracted.
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The locking is effected in any convenient manner, usually by placing the lock at
one end of the bar.
A common size for these stands is one that holds three bottles, but they may of
course be made much larger (or smaller), and are very useful for yachts, and
generally for use at sea. For druggists they may be made to contain expensive
drugs or poisons, and may when required be made as fixtures instead of portable.
When very long it is sometimes convenient to form the guard or loose side of the
handle bar in a number of sections or lengths, which may each be locked
separately.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Lotters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Charles Grinsell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
October 1880.
JOSEPH CHARLES GRINSELL, of 13, Charter-house Street, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS OR RECEPTACLES FOR SPIRITS OR OTHER
FLUIDS, DRUGS, OR VALUABLES, TO PREVENT THE SURREPTITIOUS ABSTRACTION
THEREOF."
My improved stand may be shaped like an ordinary stand and may be made of
any suitable materials, such as wood, metal, papier maché, and so forth, and the
base may be of one piece with suitable recesses to contain the bottoms of the bottles
or in box form; suitable standards or supports being provided, and a rigid bar to
which a handle can be attached extending above the tops of the bottles.
The form in which I prefer to make this handle bar is in section a flat with flaps
or guards depending at a convenient angle therefrom, so as to catch and retain tho
tops of the stoppers or bottles, though I do not bind myself to this exact form, and
one or both of the flaps may be hinged or jointed to it. Another plan is to
dispense with the handle bar as previously described, and make the flaps broader
and hinged to each other along the top, the hinge pin (to which the handle may be
attached) forming a substitute for the rigid bar. These flaps or guards are usually
as long as the top and jointed to it, and by raising one of them the bottles can
readily be taken out; but when the bottles are in place and the jointed flap or flaps
shut down and locked, the bottles are secure and the contents cannot be extracted.
The locking is effected in any convenient manner, usually by placing a lock at
one end of the bar or upon the upright.
A common size for these stands is one that holds three bottles, but they may of
course be made much larger (or smaller), and are very useful for yachts, and
generally for use at sea. For druggists they may be made to contain expensive
drugs or poisons, and may when required be made as fixtures instead of portable.
When very long it is sometimes convenient to form the guards in a number of
sections or lengths having a standard between every two sections which may each
be locked separately if desired.
Reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, in which like letters
represent like parts, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a stand, and Fig. 2, an end
elevation of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4, similar views of an alternative arrange-
ment of handle and guards.
A is the base of the frame of any suitable construction; B, the standards or ends;
C, the cross or handle-bar; D, the bottles, and D', the stoppers; E, divisions
between the bottles; F, the handle secured by nuts or otherwise at F', Fig. 1.
C¹ are the depending flaps or guards, one or both of which may be jointed or
attached so as to lift up for the removal of the bottles; C is the lock, the form of
which may be varied according to circumstances; C³ shows one form of attach-
ment of the handle-bar to the standards; C³ is a spring for keeping the loose flaps
raised when not locked, and C is a flat upon the flaps for the spring to work
upon, though this spring is not an essential part of my Invention.
In Figs 1 and 2 both flaps are shown hinged, one being open, and the other
closed, though in practice it is generally sufficient if one flap be movable; the same
remark applies to the alternative arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In Fig. 2,
the hasp which enters the lock is clearly shown.
It is apparent that if both flaps be secured the bottles cannot be withdrawn
without breakage or other violence, and the contents cannot be tampered with, but
if only one flap be raised the stoppers can easily pass by slightly tilting the
bottles, which can then be withdrawn.

page_text: CLAIMS.
Having now described my Invention and the method of performing the same,
I wish it to be understood that I do not broadly claim the Invention of securing
bottles in a stand, but that what I do claim and desire to protect under the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
1st. The herein described frame or stand for spirit or other bottles in which said
bottles are retained, and the contents secured from access by fixed or locked flaps
depending over the stoppers, or released and the contents rendered accessible by the
opening of one or more of said flaps, substantially as and for the purposes set forth
and shown
2nd. The combination in a frame or stand for spirit or other bottles of the
standards B, cross bar and flaps C and C¹ (or their equivalent, the jointed flaps C'),
and lock C, substantially as and for the purposes set forth and shown.
3rd. In a stand for spirit or other bottles, the application of the herein described
flaps or guards, substantially as and for the purposes set forth and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Charles Grinsell, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
JOSEPH CHARLES GRINSELL, (L.S.)
Witness,
ALFRED J. BOULT,
Of the Firm of Wm. P. Thompson & Co.,
Patent Agents,
London and Liverpool.