Improvements in Bins for Wine and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bins for Wine and the like.
I, HENRY PATTBERG, of 82-84 Nassau Street, New York, County and State
of New York, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 a closet for containing wine and other beverages, which
is so constructed that it may be readily taken apart, when to be transported.
The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed
out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of my improved closet, with the supporting wires
partly cut away.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the closet.
Fig. 3 a section on line x, x, Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 a detail perspective view of the socket f.
Fig. 5 a top view of the closet.
Fig. 6 a detail side view of the retaining bars d³, d, and
Fig. 7 an elevation of the side wall showing it partly folded.
The closet is composed of two side walls, a top and two front doors. It is
adapted preferably to be anchored to the floor and wall of the cellar, as shown in
the drawing, so as to dispense with a back and floor. Each of the side walls
(Fig. 2) is composed of a central bar a, to which are hinged a series of laterally
projecting arms a¹. To the arms a', upright bars a³, are riveted.
The upper
horizontal bars a³, are notched at their upper edges for the reception of the bars c,
constituting the top and to be hereinafter described.
Where the arms a¹, a³, abut against the cellar wall A. (Fig. 5) they are upset
and attached to the wall by spike. During transportation, the arms a', a³, are
folded upwards, to materially decrease the size of the side wall, as indicated at the
left hand side of Fig. 7.
At the front, the arms a¹, a³, are coiled to form eyes a¹, that receive the
pintles, of the door b. Each of these doors is composed of horizontal and cross
bars riveted together to form lattice work. The two contiguous or inner bars b², of
the doors project at the top and bottom, below the upper and lower edges of the
doors and terminate on top in the rearwardly projecting hooks 63 (Fig. 3).
The top of the closet is composed of a series of disconnected parallel bars c,
received by the notched bars a³, and bent downwardly at their ends as at c',
to overlap such bars and prevent a hand from being forced in.
Through the center of the closet there extend behind one another, three
uprights d, notched at their front edges as shown at d³, for the support of the
carrying wires as hereinafter described. These supports are secured at the bottom
to a cross bar d', having an eye d³, that receives the lower ends of the bars b²,
when the doors are closed. At the top, the uprights d, are connected to a notched
horizontal bar d³, that receives and supports the top bars c. To confine these top
bars in place, there is hinged to the bar d³, a locking rod d', at d. This rod
extends beyond the front of bar d³, and terminates in an eye do, that receives the
hooks 63, of the doors.
When the doors are to be closed, they are slightly raised in their binges, so that
the bars b', engage the eyes d², and de, as described. A padlock will now secure
the doors in their closed position and the latter by holding the rod d, down, will
confine the top bars c, in place. Thus the entire closet is absolutely protected
against unauthorized access.

page_text: To the uprights a³, of the side walls, are secured inwardly projecting sockets f,
open at the top. Into these sockets there are placed the ends of the rigid
supporting wires y, extending from side to side and prevented from sagging at the
center by passing through the notches d', of uprights d. I prefer to arrange the
wires I, in horizontal tiers, each tier being composed of three wires viz.: a rear
wire, a central and a front wire. The forward and rear wires should be of
undulating form, to support the bellies of the bottles, while the necks of the bottles
are supported by the central wire (Fig. 3).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :
1. A knockdown closet composed of removable sides, removable top bars,
removable doors and a locking bar for holding the top bars in place, substantially
as specified.
2. The combination in a closet of side walls, with top bars c, supported thereon
and with a support d³, and a locking bar d', that embraces the top bars c, sub-
stantially as specified.
3. The combination in a closet of side walls, with doors b, hinged thereto, having
hooks, and with top bars c, supported upon the side walls, locking bars d³, d,
confining the top bars and having eye de, that is engaged by hooks b³, substantially
as specified.
4. The combination in a closet of side walls, doors and top bars with inwardly
projecting sockets f, notched uprights d, and wires g, supported by the sockets and
the notched uprights, substantially as specified.
5. The combination in a closet of side walls, doors and top bars with the locking
bars d³, d, embracing the top bars, central uprights d, secured to bars d³, and with
sockets f, and wires g, substantially as specified.
Dated this 16th day of June 1891.
HERBERT J. ALLISON,
Agent for the Applicant.