Buthe case and rack.
Year: 1895

page_text: Buthe case and rack.
We, ABRAHAM WEIL and WILHELM PRASSE, both of Steinheim, Westphalia,
in the Empire of Germany, Merchants, 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 bottle-cell case and rack hereinafter described, and so called on account of
its honeycomb-like form, is intended for the purpose of easily transporting and
storing full or empty bottles in larger numbers in a small space than is at present
the case, for instance, with bottled-beer and wine dealers. The arrangement of
the cells, carried out in a corresponding form and of suitable material, also permits
of the storing or piling up of wine and beer bottles in cellars as well as in bars.
Cases, cupboards, and racks, which are provided with an internal arrangement
according to this invention, may be of more or less ornamental form, or be simply
constructed in wood. The arrangement and form of the partitions may be of any
kind, both as regards material and form of design; for instance, the partitions
may be made of hoop-iron, iron, wire, wood, papier maché, or any suitable
material.
The annexed drawing represents the object, as well as some examples of the
corresponding several arrangements of the cells.
Figure 1 is a plan of a bottle-case, such as is used by beer-bottlers for the
conveyance or carriage of bottles.
Figure 2 is a cross section at x x Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a cross section at y y Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a case for carriage of bottled-beer.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a bottle-storing rack for cellars.
Figure 6 is a plan of a covering board for securing the upper parts of the
bottles by the bottle necks for a bottled-beer box.
Figure 7 is a cross section through Figure 6.
Racks in which beer or wine bottles and such like, are to be carried and stored,
may be of any form with regard to the partitions, which are intended to secure
the bottles, but, on account of their alternating arrangement, they can stow away
more bottles in a small space than could hitherto be done. As will be seen from
Figure 1, they may be provided either with strips of felt a, or roughened sides b,
in order to completely and immovably secure the bottles, even when the case is
lying in a very slanting position during carriage.
The perforated board, represented in Figures 6 and 7, with larger or smaller
holes, serves, as shewn in Figure 2, for specially securing the bottle-necks or the
upper portion of the bottles. The case or box may also be provided with a cover,
in order to prevent the bottles being broken during long journeys by rail,
etcetera.
Moreover, for the sake of saving space, a case may also be arranged with a top
inverted case in such a manner, that the bottles in the top case, with their necks
turned downwards, are inserted into or lie in the spaces in the case below between
two bottles, in the manner indicated by dotted lines in Figure 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
Apparatus for holding bottles, consisting of an outer casing and bars extending

page_text: across same, having gaps therein or formed as described, and arranged in
relation to each other in the case as specified; constructed and adapted to act in
connection with the bottle as herein set forth with reference to and shown in the
drawings.
Dated this 4th day of October 1895.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicants' Patent Agents.