Year: 1888

page_text: 1, FREDERIC WALMSLEY WARRICK of 18, Old Swan Lane in the City of London
Pharmaceutical Chemist 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 :—
The object of my invention is the improved construction of a bottle stand to contain
wine, spirits or other desirable liquid, the opening of which does not require a key,
but is of the nature of a puzzle.
My stand may hold one or more bottles.
The annexed drawings show my stand adapted for one bottle.
My stand consists of three parts:
A base W of wood or other suitable material with one or more wells or recesses of
the shape and size of the lower part of the bottle destined to enter it; In the drawings
one recess only is shown; where there are more they are in a straight line between
the parallel ends of the band A.
A band of metal A bent into the form of an inverted U, as shown in Figures 1
and 2.
A pair of bands of metal x and y.
y
The bands x and y are fixed to the base W as shown in Fig. 1; the one band
leaving a space between itself and the base W equal to the thickness of the metal
band A; the other band x leaving a space between itself and the base W equal
to twice the thickness of the metal band A, or more.
Through the centre of the bands x, y pins c, c are driven into the base.
Upon these pins upon either side of the base and between it and the bands x, y the
band A moves, see Fig. 2.
The band A is of such a height that when it is in a vertical position, its inner
When the band A is in
surface touches the top of the stopper of the bottle.
this position the bottle cannot be removed from the case, nor can the stopper be
withdrawn; see Fig. 1.
When the band A is moved upon the pins c, c out of the vertical the bottle or the
stopper of the same can be removed.

page_text: To prevent permanently the band A from moving ont of the vertical in one direction
a pine is fixed into the band ; see Figs. 1A, 2A and 2.
To prevent the band A from moving under ordinary circumstances out of the
vertical in the other direction, a pin B is fixed into the band extending from the
inner surface of the same a distance equal to the thickness of the band A; this
pin B is slightly notched to prevent the band A from sliding over it; see Figs. 1ª
and 2ª.
The band A is so bent that the ends of the same have to be pressed together slightly
in order to place them in the position they occupy; the ends therefore of the band Å
press against the bands x, y.
From the description now given and from the drawings alluded to it is easy to see
that by simple pressure it is impossible to move the band A out of the vertical; to
effect this the end of the band A which is near the pin B must be pressed towards
the base as shown in Fig. 24 and then the band A be moved in the direction of the
pin B, upon c, c as axes.
In my drawings I have shown the simplest form which this stand can tako; I can
render it more ornamental or otherwise alter its shape without departing from the
principle of it.
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:
The combination of the band A with the base W the bands x, y and the pins b, e
substantially as described.