IM- PROVED MEANS OF SECURING LIQUEUR OR OTHER BOTTLES OR RECEPTACLES IN STANDS, AND PREVENTING ACCESS TO THE CONTENTS THEREOF
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Middleton Chapman, of Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell
Road, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVED MEANS OF SECURING LIQUEUR OR OTHER BOTTLES OR RECEPTACLES IN
STANDS, AND PREVENTING ACCESS TO THE CONTENTS THEREOF.”
Sealed the 22nd August 1879, and dated the 25th February 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Middleton Chapman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th February 1879.
MIDDLETON CHAPMAN, of Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Manufacturer. "IMPROVED MEANS OF SECURING LIQUEUR OR OTHER
BOTTLES OR RECEPTACLES IN STANDS, AND PREVENTING ACCESS TO THE CONTENTS
THEREOF."
The object of my Invention is to provide means of securing liqueur or other
bottles or receptacles in stands, and preventing access to the contents thereof,
whereby it is unnecessary for security to lock up such receptacles in cases or in
cupboards, or otherwise.
The means I adopt consist of one or more arms extending from an upright, the
said arm or arms being provided with discs, plates, or other similar devices to come
above the stoppers of the bottles or receptacles in the stand. The upright at its
lower end enters the stand, and is free to turn on its axis to a given limit. When
it is turned so as to bring the discs or plates above mentioned above the stoppers it
is caught by a lock or catch in the stand, which lock or catch can only be released
by a key, and in this position it is impossible for the stoppers to be removed from
the receptacles or for the contents thereof to be got at. When it is required to
open one or more of the receptacles the lock or catch is released by the proper key,
whereby the upright with its discs or plates is freed, and can then be turned round
either automatically by a spring or by hand, so as to leave the stoppers clear.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Middleton Chapman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th
August 1879.
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MIDDLETON CHAPMAN, of Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Manufacturer, "IMPROVED MEANS OF SECURING LIQUEUR OR OTHER
BOTTLES OR RECEPTACLES IN STANDS, AND PREVENTING ACCESS TO THE CONTENTS
THEREOF."
The object of my Invention is to provide means of securing liqueurs or other
bottles or receptacles in stands; and preventing access to the contents thereof,
whereby it is unnecessary for security to lock up such receptacles in cupboards or
otherwise.
The means I adopt consists of one or more arms extending from an upright, the
said arm or arms being provided with discs, plates, or other similar devices to come
above the stoppers or covers of the bottles or receptacles in the stand. The
upright at its lower end enters the stand; and is free to turn on its axis to a given
limit. When it is turned so as to bring the discs or plates above mentioned above
the stoppers it is caught by a lock or catch in the stand, which lock or catch can
only be released'.by a key, and in this position it is impossible for the stoppers to
When it
be removed from the receptacles or for the contents thereof to be got at.
is required to open one or more of the receptacles the lock or catch is released by
the proper key, whereby the upright with its discs or plates is freed and can then
be turned round either automatically by a spring or by hand, so as to leave the
stoppers clear.
Figures 1 to 4 represent the manner in which I apply my Invention to liqueur or
other bottles; Figure 1 is a front view of a stand containing four bottles; Figuro 2
is a plan or top view of the same; Figure 3, a view of the underside of the stand;
and Figure 4, a front view partly in section, showing the arms and discs in the
position they occupy when the bottles and stoppers are free. a is the stand having
recesses or apertures to receive four bottles b, b; c is an upright passing through the
centre of the stand; d, d, d, d, are four arms extending from the upright c, and shaped
so as to form a handle by which to lift the stand. Each of these arms d is fitted
at its outer end with a disc or plate e which comes above the corresponding
stopper b¹, as seen in Figures 1 and 2. The upright c has fixed to its lower end a
plate which is formed with a hook g to receive an eye on the end of a spring h;
this spring tends to pull the plate towards the stop i. On the outer end of the
plate is a tongue k which takes behind a spring catch 7, which I prefer should
form part of a Bramah lock, the key hole of which is at m in front of the stand.
When the discs e are above the stoppers the tongue kis behind the catch 7, and
therefore the discs cannot be moved to allow the stoppers to be got at. But by
inserting a key into and turning it in the hole m the catch is raised and the
tongue being thereby freed the spring h pulls round the plate f until it reaches
the stop i, and as the plate is fixed to the upright c the latter, together with its
arms & and discs e, turns on its axis a corresponding distance, viz., to an extent
equal to about 1/8th of a revolution, as seen in Figure 4; the discs e being now no
longer above the stoppers the latter can be removed or the bottles may be lifted
out of the case. In order to again secure the bottles the upright c is turned on its
axis by means of the handle formed by the arms d until the discs are again above
the stoppers, when the tongue k will be once more caught behind the lock I, and
the parts will remain in this position until again freed by the key. If proferred
the spring h may be dispensed with, in which case the upright will have to be
turned by hand after the catch has released the tongue k.
Figures 5, 6, and 7 are respectively a front view partly in section, a top view,
and a view of the underside showing how I apply my Invention to a tea caddy,

page_text: biscuit box, cigar cabinet, or similar receptacles. The arrangement is the same as
that shown in Figures 1 to 4, except that as there are only two receptacles or
compartments to secure, the upright c has only two arms d, d, and these arms being
flat require no discs. The covers 6' are hinged at the ends of the case or cabinet
and are held down by the arms d, d, the upright c passing through a fixed piece a¹ in
the middle. As soon as the tongue k is released from the catch the spring h
causes the upright to make 1/4th of a revolution, so that the arms d are moved clear
of the covers 6 which can then be lifted. If desired spring pistons may be fitted
in the ends of the case, as indicated at n, n, to force open the covers b' as soon as
they are freed, but the use of these spring pistons forms no part of the present
Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Middleton Chapman, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty third day of August, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy nine.
M. CHAPMAN. '(L.S.)