IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Staniforth, of Upperthorpe, Sheffield, in the
County of York, Silversmith, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STANDS FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Staniforth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th June 1880.
WILLIAM STANIFORTH, of Upperthorpe, Sheffield, in the County of York,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR BOTTLES AND
Silversmith.
RECEPTACLES."
OTHER LIKE
My Invention relating to improvements in stands for bottles and other like
receptacles has for its object preventing the contents of such bottles or other
receptacles from being tampered with, and accomplishing the said result by the
employment of devices which are simple, easily constructed, and not liable to bo
put out of order.
In carrying out my Invention I employ two bars or covers, which are supported
at opposite sides of a central stationary bar so as to be capable of turning in
segmental slots in end discs carried by the end supports of the stand, and are
arranged immediately over the stoppers of the bottles (for example).
These bars or covers may be brought down into close proximity to the stoppers
of the bottles by being caused to perform a partial revolution in opposite directions
in the said slots so as to prevent the removal of the bottles, or they may be turned
up a sufficient distance clear of the stoppers by performing similar movements in
the reverse direction to enable the bottles to be withdrawn.
The bars or covers are locked in their lower position, and springs or equivalent
contrivances may be used for raising the bars or covers when unlocked.
The lock may be so arranged as to form part of the handle, which is by preference
attached to the central stationary bar, the handle being in this case raised and
lowered by the aid of suitable guides so as to admit of or adjust itself to the
motion of the bars or covers.
In lieu of employing upper movable bars that portion of the base upon which
or within which the bottles stand may be so arranged that it may be raised or

page_text: lowered by the aid of guides. When the base is raised to such a height that the
stoppers of the bottles are brought into close proximity to the stationary bar or
canopy at the top of the frame or stand the bottles are prevented from being
withdrawn or their contents from being tampered with; means are provided for
locking and sustaining it in that position; when unlocked and lowered the bottles
may be withdrawn.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said William Staniforth in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th March 1881.
WILLIAM STANIFORTH, of Upperthorpe, Sheffield, in the County of York,
Silversmith. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER LIKE
RECEPTACLES."
My said Invention relating to improvements in stands for bottles and other like
receptacles has for its object preventing the contents of such bottles or other
receptacles from being tampered with, and accomplishing the said result by the
employment of devices which are simple, easily constructed, and not liable to be
put out of order.
According to one mode of carrying out my said Invention I employ two bars or
covers, which are supported at opposite sides of a central stationary bar, so as to be
capable of turning in segmental slots formed in end discs carried by the end
supports of the stand.
These bars or covers, which are arranged immediately over the stoppers of the
bottles (for example), may be brought down into close proximity thereto by being
caused to perform a partial revolution in opposite directions in the said slots so as
to prevent the removal of the bottles, or they may be turned up a sufficient distance
clear of the stoppers by performing similar movements in the reverse direction to
enable the bottles to be withdrawn.
The bars or covers are locked in their lower position, and springs or equivalent
contrivances may be used for raising the bars or covers when unlocked.
The lock may be arranged as to form part of the handle, which is by preference
attached to the central stationary bar, the handle being in this case raised and
lowered by the aid of suitable guides 'so as to admit of or adjust itself to the
motion of the bars or covers.
According to another mode of carrying out my said Invention, in lieu of
employing upper moveable bars or covers, that portion of the base upon which or
within which the bottle stand may be so arranged as to be capable of being raised
or lowered by the aid of guides. When the base is raised the stoppers of the
bottles are brought into close proximity to a stationary bar or canopy at the top
of the stand, and the bottles are prevented from being withdrawn or their contents
from being tampered with, means being provided for locking and sustaining the
base in that position. When, on the other hand, the base is unlocked and lowered
the bottles may be readily withdrawn. ·

page_text: And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to
the several Figures on the annexed two Sheets of Drawings, the same letters of
reference indicating corresponding parts in all the Figures.
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Figure 1 (Sheet 1) of the accompanying Drawings represents a half side elevation.
and half longitudinal section of a stand (for bottles and other like receptacles)
constructed according to one modification of my said Invention; Figure 2 is a
transverse sectional elevation of the same, the section being taken along the
line 1-2, Figure 1; Figure 3 is an end view of a portion of the stand, with the
outer plate of the disc hereinbefore referred to removed; Figure 4 is a similar
view to Figure 3, but representing the parts in a different position; Figure 5 is a
detail of a key adapted for the locking device shewn in the Drawings.
Figure 6 (Sheet 2) represents a half side elevation and half longitudinal section
of a stand constructed according to another modification of my said Invention, and
Figure 7 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same.
Referring to the several Figures on Sheet 1 of the Drawings, the frame work of
the stand consists of a base A and standards or supports B, B, and an upper
stationary bar C, the latter being securely attached to the discs D, D, with which
the standards or supports B, B, are surmounted.
In the base A are found recesses at b for the reception of the bottoms of the
bottles A', the stoppers b' of which are in close proximity to the underside of the
stationary bar C. In order to prevent the contents of the bottles from being
tampered with I employ two moveable bars or covers E, E, arranged one at each
side of the stationary bar C, the extremities of which bars or covers fit in radial
slots c, c, provided in the discs D, D, whilst the inner edges of the said bars or
covers enter grooves or recesses formed at d,d, in the sides of the stationary bar C.
The bars or covers E, E, are thus capable of being moved around the portions d, d,
of the stationary bar C as centres without employing either pivots or hinges, as
the radial slots c, c, in the discs D, D, control and limit the extent of such
movement, which is from the position shown in full lines to that indicated in dotted
lines in Figure 2, and vice versa. When in their lower position (videlicet, that
shewn in full lines in the Drawing) the bars or covers E, E, overlap the stoppers b',
and the said bars or covers being locked or retained in that position by any suitable
locking device the bottles A¹ cannot be withdrawn or their contents tampered
with. When, on the other hand, the bars or covers E, E, are in their upper position
(videlicet, that indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2) the bottles A' may be readily
removed from the stand. It is preferred to make the lock form part of the
handle F, by which the stand is lifted from place to place. This arrangement is
illustrated in the Drawings and next hereinafter described. From the stationary
bar C extend upwards two vertical pins e, around which respectively fit so as to be
capable of sliding two sleeves ff, which form part of the handle proper F, and
when in their lowest position, as shewn in the Drawing, overlap the bars or
covers E, E.
G is the lock enclosed within the handle F, and comprising two bolts g, which
enter holes formed at h in the pins e, and thus secure the sleeves f, f, in their lower
position, and consequently prevent the bars or covers E, E, from being raised. The
bolts g are forced into the holes h under the action of springs i, which have a
constant tendency to impel the bolts in the direction of the holes, and the bolts
are withdrawn by the aid of the key k (Figure 5), the projections 1, 1, of which
act upon other projections 2, 2, in a rotatory disc a, the latter having cain
grooves 3, 3, working over pins 4, 4, carried by the bolts, so that both bolts
are withdrawn simultaneously, and the two sleeves are accordingly unlocked.
When the parts are thus unlocked the handle F, with the sleeves f, f, may
be raised, sliding along the pins e to the extent allowed by pins and limiting slots
at l. The bars or covers E, E, then fly up under the action of springs m (Figures 3
and 4) into the position shewn by dotted lines in Figure 2, and the bottles A' may
be withdrawn. On the handle F being depressed until the bolts g come opposite

page_text: the holes the bars or covers E, E, are brought into the position indicated by the
full lines in the Drawing, overcoming the force of the springs m, and the bolts g
are forced into the holes h by the spring i, thus automatically locking the parts so
as to prevent the removal of the bottles.
In the Drawings the working parts of one half only of the stand are displayed,
but the internal construction and arrangement of the other half are similar, the
working parts of one side being duplicates of those of the other. The position of
the springs m, indicated in Figure 3, corresponds to the normal or locked position
of the bars or covers E, E, shewn by the full lines in the Drawing, whilst the
position represented in Figure 4 of the springs m corresponds to the unlocked
position of the bars or covers E, E, indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2.
Figures 6 and 7 on Sheet 2 of the accompanying Drawings illustrate a stand
constructed according to another modification of my said Invention.
In this case the stationary bar C is made of such a shape as to cover or overlap
the stoppers b' of the bottles A¹ so as to prevent the contents of the bottles from
being tampered with, and the bottles are released so as to admit of their withdrawal
by the bodily descent of a false base A2, which is normally maintained elevated by
means of springs m¹. The full lines in the Drawing shew the normal or elevated
position of the false base A and the bottles A', and the dotted lines in Figure 6
indicate their lower position. The tubes or sleeves f (through the intervention of
which the false base A2 is depressed) slide over stationary rods e extending from
the base A to the handle F, and their motion is limited by pins and slots at 7 as
before. In this modification of my said Invention the parts are locked automatically
in both positions, additional holes h¹ being provided in the rods e for the reception
of the bolts g when the false base A is depressed.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion, that I am aware that it has previously been
proposed to employ at the upper part of a stand flaps or guards hinged together or
hinged to a handle bar and locked in position, and therefore to this arrangement I
lay no claim, but what I consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim
as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters
Patent is,-
Firstly. The employment of loose bars or covers working in radial slots in the end
standards of the stand, or in attachments thereto, and locked in their normal
position, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illus-
trated in Sheet 1 of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. Constructing stands with a vertically moveable base carrying the bottles
locked in its normal position or in both of its extreme positions, substantially as
and for the purpose herein before described and as illustrated in Sheet 2 of the
accompanying Drawings.
Thirdly. The combination with a stand having moveable bars or covers, or a
moveable base carrying the bottles of a locking device forming an integral part of
the handle of the stand, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Sheet 1 and in Sheet 2 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Staniforth, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, the Sixteenth day of March, One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
WILLIAM STANIFORTH. (L.S.)