Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 12th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 17th Feb., 1888
I, JOHN EDWARD BINGHAM, of Howard Street Sheffield in the County of York
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of Lockup Frames for
Spirit bottles, and bottles or receptacles for similar purposes.
The bottles are fitted in a frame of suitable construction, with uprights, and a
vertically sliding cover passing over the tops of the bottles in such a manner that
when the cover is raised the bottles can be taken out, but when lowered and locked the
bottles cannot be removed.
My invention consists in the method of raising and lowering the said cover, and for
this purpose, I make the guide or part upon which the cover slides, to pass over the
centre of the said cover, and through the centre I fit a screw having a quick thread,
the bottom end being attached to the cover, so that on the screw being turned, the
cover is either raised or lowered as the case may be.
I attach to the top of the screw a cross-handle preferably shaped to resemble that of
a corkscrew, by which the screw can be easily and readily turned.
A Lock may be conveniently fixed either on the cover, or upon the guide part so as
to lock the screw, and prevent it from turning round.
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Lockup Frames for Spirit Bottles and other
Receptacles.
I, JOHN EDWARD BINGHAM of Howard Street, Sheffield, in the County of York,
Manufacturer 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of lockup Frames for
spirit bottles, and for other like bottles, or receptacles, the object being to provide a
ready means of securing and of releasing the said bottles or other receptacles.
And in order that my invention may be clearly defined and understood, I have
annexed a sheet of drawings, in which the same letters of reference will indicate
similar parts in either of the figures.
Fig. 1, represents a lockup Spirit Frame made according to my invention in which
the bottles are secured.
Fig. 2, the same with bottles released.
In carrying my invention into practice in the manufacture of a Spirit Frame (or
bottle stand) for example, I make a suitable base or stand with recesses to receive the
bottoms of the bottles, marked A in the drawings, and provided with two or more
uprights B, upon which a sliding Cover C is fitted, and to which a short vertical
movement may be imparted by suitable means.
The said Cover C when lowered, fits upon or over the tops of the stoppers of the
bottles in such a manner that the said bottles cannot be removed from the Frame
until the said Cover is again raised to its highest position or thereabouts. When the
Cover C, is lowered it may be secured by a Lock or catch at F, or at any other
suitable position.
The two uprights B, B, are connected at the top by a crossbar D, or its equivalent,
through the centre of which I fit a quick threaded screw E, having its bottom end
attached to a sliding cover C, and the top provided with a suitable handle by which
the screw is turned in either direction, and by which the Frame itself may be
carried;
I prefer to construct this handle G, to resemble that of an ordinary Cork-
screw, as shown in the drawings, to indicate means of release.
The Cover C, is represented in the drawings as being made of metal, and hollow on
the underside to receive the tops of the stoppers, see Fig. 1, but it may be made of
any suitable shape or material; the arrangement of the uprights may also be varied,
as for example four may be used instead of two, and for a triangular frame a central
upright would be sufficient, the triangular sliding cover being raised and lowered by
a quick threaded screw as before described.

page_text: 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
In lock-up Spirit Frames, the combination of a sliding cover placed over the tops
of the bottles, with a quick threaded screw for raising and lowering same, substan-
tially as hereinbefore described, and as illustrated.
In Frames for containing bottles, or other like receptacles, the combination of a
base A, having uprights B, a sliding cover C, and operating Screw E for the purpose
specified and substantially as described and shown.
ROBT. F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicant.