Year: 1885

page_text: I GEORGE BETJEMANN of the firm of George Betjemann and Sons of
36 Pentonville Road in the County of Middlesex, Desk and Dressing Case
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to that class of lock up spirit and liqueur stands generally
known by the name of "The Tantalus" and consists of improvements whereby the
body of the stand is enabled to be readily turned round when standing on a table.
For this purpose I employ a lock up spirit or liqueur stand of any suitable
construction and I mount the same on a pivot or axis carried by a foot piece which
is preferably of a circular form and of the same diameter as or of only slightly
larger or smaller diameter than the width of the body of the stand. The pivot
may be fixed to either the body of the stand or to the foot piece and it is provided
with suitable means by which the foot piece and stand are firmly connected
together.
The foot piece is so thin. at the edges as to raise the body of the stand only
slightly above the surface on which the foot piece stands and if desired rollers may
be interposed between the body of the stand and the foot piece.
Instead of employing a foot piece of the character above described it may be in
the form of a plinth connected to the body of the frame by a pivot. as above
described or the foot piece may be dispensed with and the rollers above described
may be employed to run directly upon the surface upon which the article stands.

page_text: improvements in Lock Up Spirit and queur stands.
I, GEORGE BETJEMANN of the firm of George Betjemann and Sons of
36 Pentonville Road in the County of Middlesex, Desk and Dressing Case
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 that class of lock up spirit and liqueur stands generally
known by the name of the "Tantalus" and consists of improvements whereby the
body of the stand is enabled to be readily turned round when standing on a table.
For this purpose I employ a up lock spirit or liqueur stand of any suitable
construction and I mount the same on a pivot or axis carried by a foot piece which
is preferably of a circular form and of the same diamèter as or of 'only slightly
larger or smaller diameter than the width of the body of the stand. The pivot
may be fixed to either the body of the stand or to the foot piece and it is provided
with suitable means by which the foot piece and stand are firmly connected
together.
:
The foot piece is so thin at the edges as to raise the body of the stand only
slightly above the surface on which the foot piece stands and if desired rollers may
be interposed between the body of the stand and the foot piece.
Instead of employing a foot piece of the character above described it may be in
the form of a plinth connected to the body of the frame by a pivot as above
described or the foot piece may be dispensed with and the rollers above described
may be employed to run directly upon the surface upon which the article stands.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into eflect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS..
Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section and Figure 2 is an underside view of
a spirit or liqueur stand constructed according to my invention.
Figure 3 is a section of part of the base of a stand showing a construction slightly
modified from that shown at Figures 1 and 2.
1.:
Figure 4 is a vertical section and Figure 5 is a plan of parts of a spirit or liqueur
stand showing an arrangement in which rollers are interposed between the body
and the base or support and Figures 6 and 7 are respectively a sectional elevation
and an underside view of an arrangement in which the spirit or liqueur stand is
provided with rollers which run directly on the table or other surface upon which
the article stands.
In all the figures like parts are marked with similar letters of reference.
a is the body of the spirit or liqueur stand and in the arrangements shown at
Figures 1 to 5 b is a base piece of circular form which carries the stand and c, c
are guides or bearings which fit in a groove formed around the edge or periphery
of the base b and serve to retain the same in position. In the arrangement shown

page_text: at Figures 1 and 2 the base 6 is shown provided with a pivot or axis 6' fitting into
a bearing or recess formed in the underside of the stand and around which the
latter revolves; in that shown at Figure 3 the pivot or axis b' is dispensed with.
In the modification shown at Figures 4 and 5 the pivot or axis b¹ may be used
as shown or it may be dispensed with but rollers d the axis of which are arranged
radially to the axis of the base b, are interposed between the body of the stand and
said base.
In the arrangement represented at Figures 6 and 7 the base or disc is dispensed
with and rollers d are mounted in the underside of the body of the stand on radial
axes and so as to project slightly below the bottom of the stand in order to carry
said stand and enable it to be readily rotated when desired. If desired the
rollers d may be caster rollers and of spherical or other form.
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
The improvements in lock up spirit and liqueur stands whereby the same are
enabled to be readily turned round either upon a base or support attached thereto
or directly upon a table or other surface supporting the same, substantially as
herein shown and described.