IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUET FRAMES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO RING FRAMES FOR HOLDING CUPS, FLASKS, GLASSES, OR OTHER ARTICLES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Charlton Wildman, of Newbridge, Wolverhampton,
in the County of Stafford, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUET
FRAMES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO RING FRAMES FOR
HOLDING CUPS, FLASKS, GLASSES, OR OTHER ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Charlton Wildman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th March 1880.
GEORGE CHARLTON WILDMAN, of Newbridge, Wolverhampton, in the County of
Stafford. "LMPROVEMENTS IN CRUET FRAMES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE TO RING FRAMES FOR HOLDING CUPS, FLASKS, CLASSES, OR OTHER
ARTICLES."
The Invention relates to an improved construction of ring frames or stands for
holding cruets, cups, flasks, glasses, articles of food, inkpots, &c., and consists chiefly
in making the ring part in one piece (of casting) instead of soldering or screwing
the various rings together, and in connecting it with the other parts of the stand in
the following manner:-The top part or handle of the frame has at the bottom a
screw which passes through the centre of the ring and enters the post (which
connects the ring with the base of the stand), so as to screw the post, the framo,
and the handle together. Also in making the base plate hollow at the bottom, and
providing the bottom of the post with a screw which passes through the metal of
the base plate, and is secured to the latter by a lock nut hidden by the margin of
the base plate, the latter being preferably provided with feet cast in one piece with
the plate. The stand or frame may be made of any suitable metal, plain, plated,
bronzed, or ornamented in any convenient manner. The object of constructing the
ring part and the base as separate pieces is to facilitate the filing, grinding, or
polishing of these parts.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Charlton Wildman in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 29th September 1880.
GEORGE CHARLTON WILDMAN, of Newbridge, Wolverhampton, in the County of
Stafford. IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUET FRAMES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE TO RING FRAMES FOR HOLDING CUPS, FLASKS, GLASSES, OR OTHER
ARTICLES."
The Invention relates to an improved construction of ring frames or stands
for holding cruets, cups, flasks, glasses, articles of food, inkpots, &c., and consists
chiefly in making the ring part in one piece instead of soldering or screwing the
various rings together, and in connecting it with the other parts of the stand in
the following manner-The top part or handle of the frame has at the bottom
a screw, which passes through the centre of the ring and enters the post (which
connects the ring with the base of the stand), so as to screw the post, the frame,
and the handle together. Also in making the base plate hollow at the bottom, and
providing the bottom of the post with a screw which passes through the metal of
the base plate, and is secured to the latter by a lock nut hidden by the margin of
the base plate, the latter being preferably provided with feet and made in one
piece with the plate. Also in constructing the handle and post in one piece with
screwed thread for reception of the ring picce, and screwed thread foot for insertion
in the stand, a lock nut being used to fasten and also hold the ring piece, and a
thumb nut to secure the bottom plate or stand. The stand or frame may be made
of any suitable metal, cast or stamped plain, plated, bronzed, or ornamented in any
convenient manner, or of any other suitable material. The object of constructing
the ring part and the base as separate pieces is to facilitate the filing, grinding,
or polishing of these parts.
The accompanying Drawing will further explain the manner of performing the
Invention as applied to cruets, but I do not limit myself to the general design
therein shown. Fig. 1 is a sectional side view, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of
one mode where the handle A and post B are made in two, and Fig. 3 is a
sectional elevation of another mode showing the handle and post A in one piece;
C, is the ring frame; D, the stand; a, a', the screwed upper threads, and b, b, the
lower screwed threads; a, the upper nut, and 61, the lower or thumb nut.
In witness whereof, I, tho said George Charlton Wildman, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty seventh day of September, A.D. 1880.