Improvements in Lock Up Devices for Holding Bottles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lock Up Devices for Holding Bottles.
J, HANS EDGAR FRIESE of 47, Gresham Street, London, Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to lock up devices or stands for holding bottles and is
intended to provide a means at once simple, cheap and convenient whereby a bottle
for spirits or other liquids which may or may not have been opened, may be left
on the table or sideboard without fear of the contents being interfered with.
In carrying out my invention I make use of a base of any suitable material and
form to accommodate the bottom of the bottle and affix thereto a superstructure
made of electro plate, nickel or any other suitable material of such configuration
that the bottle is enclosed and is not detachable unless-some portion of the frame
is moved relatively to the rest by the interposition of a lock, this cannot be effected
without the key.
The better to explain my meaning reference is made to the accompanying
drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is a section, and
Figure 2 an elevation seen from the side of the previous figure of an apparatus
constructed in accordance with my invention.
Figure 3 is a side elevation and
Figure 4 a horizontal section of an alternative arrangement of the same.
Referring to the drawings it will be seen in Figures 1 & 2 that a recessed base A
is provided with a frame B (enclosing the bottle C) and a deep cylindrical cap D
which has an aperture in the top through which protrudes the blade E part in fact
of the frame. This blade being notched it receives the bolt of the spring lock F
which may be of any convenient form and the bottle is then not detachable unless
the key be used to throw open the lock.
This being effected the cap D can be raised, pins G thereon running in elongated
slots H in the frame preventing it becoming detached entirely and the bottle may
be removed.
In place of the spring lock the blade E may be provided with a loop for
attaching a padlock which may be used instead of the spring lock above referred
to or in place of the blade E a circular spring lock may be attached to the top of
the frame B B fitting into the cap D and forming the top of the cap. When the
key is applied to this form of spring lock the tube part of the cap would be raised
above the lock, the latter being as stated attached to the frame B B. When the
bottle is placed into the frame the tube is drawn down over the neck of the bottle
and then engages with the lock and the lock and tube forming together cap. This
or any other convenient form of lock may be used.
In Figure 3 the side elevation and Figure 4 the horizontal section on line x-x
it will be seen that the superstructure or frame is made of four wires or bands
springing from the base and meeting at the top, three marked B however being
connected to a portion of the cap marked D and the fourth B' being attached to
portion D¹ of cap. The сар is longitudinally divided in this case.
Flat plates 1 and 1' are joined respectively to the frames B and B and to each
other through the hinge K, so that the frame B' may be turned up as shown dotted
and the bottle then abstracted. The eye L on the base conveniently allows a

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In either of the above cases the contents of the bottle cannot be interfered with
unless the lock is first released.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
First. The construction or combination of the parts forming a base frame and
cap, whereby a bottle embraced therein is held securely in position as long as the
lock retains the relative parts together substantially as herein described and
illustrated.
Second. The construction of a lock up device or stand substantially as illustrated
and described in reference to Figures 1 & 2.
Third. The construction of a lock up device or stand substantially as illustrated
and described in reference to Figures 3 & 4.
Dated this Second day of August 1895.
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.