IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR STANDS OR FRAMES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO STANDS OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING CRUETS, SCENT, AND OTHER BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER VESSELS.”
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Thomas Fellows, of Acock's Green, in the County
of Worcester, Silversmith, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR
STANDS OR FRAMES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO STANDS
OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING CRUETS, SCENT, AND OTHER BOTTLES, JARS, AND
OTHER VESSELS.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Thomas Fellows at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th May 1880.
HENRY THOMAS FELLOWS, of Acock's Green, in the County of Worcester,
Silversmith. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR STANDS OR FRAMES, WHICH IMPROVE-
MENTS MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO STANDS OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING CRUETS, SCENT,
AND OTHER BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER VESSELS."
My Invention consists of the improvements, bereinafter described, in liquor
stands or frames, and cruet, and other like stands or frames, the object of my said
Invention being to prevent at pleasure the removal of the liquor or other bottles
or vessels from their stands, or frames, or the stoppers or covers from the said
bottles or vessels, and thereby preventing access to the contents of the said bottles
or vessels.
I carry my Invention into effect by constructing and arranging the parts of the
said stands or frames in the following manner :-
For convenience of description I will describe my Invention as applied to a liquor
stand or frame containing three bottles. I make the base or foot of the stand or
frame of an oblong figure in plan, the bottles being supported in the said base or
foot in the usual way. The uprights or ends of the stand or frame are connected
together by a horizontal top bar or plate, to which the handle for carrying the
stand is attached. On the underside of the said top bar is a case in which a slide
for locking or fixing the bottles in the stand and the stoppers in the bottles works.
On the underside of this slide are three stems or projections, having circular or
expanded bottoms, the said stems working in slots in the case, and being situated
at the same distances apart as the stoppers of the three bottles in the stand, so that
when the slide is moved in one direction its stems are brought over the stoppers
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page_text: of the bottles, and when moved in the opposite direction to the said stems are
removed from off the stoppers.
When the locking slide is in the first described position, that is, when its stems
are over the stoppers, the said stems prevent the bottles from being lifted from the
foot of the stand or frame for removing them, and also prevent the withdrawal of
the stoppers from the bottles. When the slide is in the other or withdrawn
position, and its stems are no longer over the stoppers, the said stoppers can be
removed from the bottles or the bottles lifted from the strand. The slide is moved
into its acting or non-acting position by means of a thumb plate or button situated
on the upper side of the top bar of the stand, the said thumb plate or button
working in a slot in the said top bar. This slot is covered by a plate connected
with the thumb plate or button.
The locking or fixing slide is locked or bolted in its acting position, and released
when it is wished to move it into its non-acting position by means of a small lock
at the inner side and near the top of one of the uprights of the stand. This lock
is furnished with a spring bolt, having a bevilled end or nose, the said spring bolt
being withdrawn by the action of a key. In that end of the locking slide working
over the spring bolt of the lock is a cross slot, into which the spring bolt snaps
when the slide is moved into its locking position, and thereby bolts the slide in
that position and prevents access to the bottles or their removal from the stand,
as before described. When it is required to move the locking slide into its non-
acting position the spring bolt is withdrawn by the key of the lock when the slide
is unfastened, and may be moved into the position in which it permits of the
bottles being lifted from the stand.
I apply my improvements to stands or frames for holding cruets, scent, and
other bottles and vessels, substantially as described with respect to a liquor stand
or frame.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Thomas Fellows in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th
November 1880.
HENRY THOMAS FELLOWS, of Acock's Green, in the County of Worcester,
Silversmith. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR STANDS OR FRAMES, WHICH IMPROVE-
MENTS MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO STANDS OR FRAMES FOR HOLDING CRUETS, SCENT,
AND OTHER BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER VESSELS."
My Invention consists of the improvements, herein after described, in liquor
stands or frames, and cruet, and other like stands or frames, the object of my said
Invention being to prevent at pleasure the removal of the liquor or other bottles
or vessels from their stands or frames, or the stoppers or covers from the said
bottles or vessels, and thereby preventing access to the contents of the said bottles
or vessels.
I carry my Invention into effect by constructing and arranging the parts of the
said stands or frames in the following manner :-
For convenience of description I will describe my Invention as applied to a
liquor stand or frame containing three bottles.
I make the base or foot of the stand or frame of an oblong figure in plan, the
bottles being supported in the said base or foot in the usual way.
The uprights or ends of the stand or frame are connected together by a horizontal
On the
top bar or plate, to which the handle for carrying the stand is attached.
underside of the said top bar is a case, in which a slide for locking or fixing the
On the underside of
bottles in the stand and the stoppers in the bottles works.
this slide are three stems or projections, having circular or expanded bottoms, the
said stems working in slots in the case and being situated at the same distances
apart as the stoppers of the three bottles in the stand, so that when the slide is
moved in one direction its stems are brought over the stoppers of the bottles,
and when moved in the opposite direction the said stems are removed from off the
stoppers.
When the locking slide is in the first described position, that is, when its stems
are over the stoppers, the said stems prevent the bottles from being lifted from the
foot of the stand or frame for removing them, and also prevent the withdrawal of
the stoppers from the bottles. When the slide is in the other or withdrawn
position and its stems are no longer over the stoppers, the said stoppers can be
removed from the bottles or the bottles lifted from the stand.
The slide is moved into its acting or non-acting position by means of a thumb
plate or button situated on the upper side of the top bar of the stand, the said
thumb plate or button working in a slot in the said top bar. This slot is covered
by a plate connected with the thumb plate or button.
The locking or fixing slide is locked or bolted in its acting position, and released
when it is wished to move it into its non-acting position by means of a small lock
This lock
at the inner side and near the top of one of the uprights of the stand.
is furnished with a spring bolt having a bevilled end or nose, the said spring bolt
being withdrawn by the action of a key. In that end of the locking slide working
over the spring bolt of the lock is a cross slot, or the said end is provided with a
shoulder into or with which the spring bolt snaps or engages, and thereby bolts
the slide in that position and prevents access to the bottles or their removal from
the stand, as before described. When it is required to move the locking slide into
its non-acting position the spring bolt is withdrawn by the key of the lock, when
the slide is unfastened and may be moved into the position in which it permits of
the bottles being lifted from the stand.
I will now proceed to describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawings,
the manner in which my Invention may be performed.
Figures 1 and 2 represent, partly in longitudinal section and partly in elevation,

page_text: a liquor stand or frame constructed according to my Invention, and Figure 3 is a
cross section of a portion of the same taken on the line a, b, Figure 2.
In Figure 1 the locking slide is represented in its short or advanced position,
and the bottles thereby locked in the stand, and in Figure 2 the locking slide is
represented in its withdrawn or non-acting position, and the bottles released ready
to be lifted from the stand.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawings.
c is the base or foot of the stand or frame, in which the bottles d, d, d, are
supported as usual. In Figure 1 the base or foot c of the stand is represented in
elevation, and in Figure 2 in section; e, e², are the ends or uprights of the stand
connected together at top by the horizontal bar or plate f, to which the handle f
for carrying the stand is attached; g is the locking slide working in the case h on.
the underside of the top bar or plate f of the stand. The said slide g consists of a
flat bar, and the case h in which it works has a corresponding figure, as best seen
in the cross section, Figure 3. On the underside of the said slide g are three stems
or projections i, i, i, having circular expanded bottoms, the said stems working in
slots 2, h2, h3, in the case h. The said stems or projections i, i, i, are situated at
the same distances apart as the stoppers of the three bottles d, d, d, in the stand.
When the locking slide g is in the advanced or acting position, represented in
Figure 1, its stems or projections i, i, i, are brought over the stoppers of the
bottles d, d, d, and the said stems prevent the bottles from being lifted from the
stand or the stoppers from being withdrawn from the bottles.
When the locking slide g is in the withdrawn position, represented in Figure 2,
its stems i, i, i, are not situated over the stoppers of the bottles, and hence the
bottles are no longer fixed down and may be lifted from the stand. The slide
is moved into the acting position, Figure 1, or non-acting position, Figure 2, by
means of the knob or head k fixed to the said slide and working in a slot in the
top of the stand, the said slot being covered by the plate m to which the said
knob or head k is connected.
The locking or fixing slide g is locked or bolted in its acting or shot position,
and released when it is wished to move it into its non-acting position in the
following mauner:-That end of the locking slide g, which is turned towards the
upright e of the stand, is furnished with a bevilled head g. On the inner side,
and near the top of the said upright e² of the stand, is a small lock n, having a
spring bolt p with a bevilled end or nose, the said bolt p being pressed into the
position represented in the Drawing by the action of its spring. The said spring
bolt p is withdrawn by means of the key q, the key hole being made in the
upright e. When the locking slide is moved towards the upright e² the bevilled
head g of the said slide acting against the bevilled end of the spring bolt p of the
lock presses the said bevilled end into its case, and when the slide has reached its
locking position the said spring bolt p snaps behind the bevilled head g of the slide
and locks or bolts the latter in its acting position, and thereby prevents access to
the bottles or the removal of the bottles from the stand, as before described. In
order to move the slide into the withdrawn or non-acting position, Figure 2, it
is necessary to introduce the key q into the lock n, and turn the said key so as to
withdraw the spring bolt p from the shoulder of the bevilled head g² of the slide.
The said slide is thereby unfastened, and while the spring bolt is held in its
withdrawn position the said slide is moved into the position, Figure 2, by acting
upon the knob or head k of the said slide, as before described.
Thus it is only necessary, after using the liquor stand, to press the slide g by
means of its knob or head towards the upright e², to eflect the locking or bolting
of the slide and the securing of the bottles in the stand and the stoppers in the
bottles, the releasing of the said slide preparatory to moving it into the non-acting
position, Figure 2, being effected by withdrawing the spring bolt p by means of
the key q
In order to ensure that the locking slide shall be properly locked when moved

page_text: into its acting position, and to avoid the necessity for moving back the slide by
hand into its non-acting position, after it has been unfastened by the action of the
key, I combine with the slide a spring for causing it when released to take its non-
acting position. This modification of my Invention is illustrated in longitudinal
section in Figure 4 and end elevation in Figure 5; is the coiled spring for
pressing the locking slide g into its withdrawn position. This spring takes an
abutment at one end against the fixed top ƒ of the stand, and at its other end
against a shoulder at m³ on the covering plate m connected with the slide g. The
part m² of the covering plate m is made semi-tubular for the spring r to work in,
as seen in Figure 5. When the slide g is moved into its shot or acting position
the coiled spring r is compressed, as represented in Figure 4, and if the said slide is
not moved far enough to effect the locking of it by means of the spring bolt P, the said
slide is forced back into its non-acting position by the expanding of the said coiled
spring . Thus, the person moving the slide is informed by its back motion that
it has not been locked. On releasing the slide g by the withdrawal of the spring
bolt p of the lock the slide g takes its back or non-acting position by the pressure
of the compressed spring , and the necessity for moving back the slide by hand
for gaining access to the bottles in the stand is avoided.
The parts of the stand, Figures 4 and 5, which I have not described, are of the
construction described with respect to the stand, Figures 1, 2, and 3, and
corresponding parts are marked with the same letters of reference.
Liquor stands or frames, constructed according to my Invention, may be
constructed to hold one, two, or more bottles, the locking slide being furnished
either with a single peg or projection, or with pegs or projections, corresponding to
the number of bottles used in the stand.
I apply my improvements to stands or frames for holding cruets, scent, and
other bottles and vessels, substantially as described and illustrated with respect to
a liquor stand or frame.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my
Invention, the improvements in liquor stands or frames, and stands or frames for
holding cruets, scent, and other bottles, jars, and other vessels, herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, the
combination with the said stands or frames of a locking slide working on the
underside of the top horizontal bar or plate of the stand, the said slide being
furnished on its underside with a peg or projection, or with pegs or projections, equal
in number to and situated at the same distances apart as the stoppers or covers
of the bottles or vessels in the stand, the said locking slide, when in one position,
causing its stems to be brought over the stoppers or covers of the bottles or vessels,
and when in another position removing its stems from over the said stoppers or
covers for the purposes described, the said slide being locked and released, and the
several parts constructed and operating substantially as described and illustrated;
also the modification described and represented in Figures 4 and 5, in which the
locking slide is furnished with a spring for causing it to take its withdrawn or
non-acting position when released, and for ensuring the proper locking or bolting
of the said slide.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Thomas Fellows, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sighte
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
HENRY THOMAS FELLOWS. (LS.)