IMPROVEMENTS IN SPIRIT BOTTLE FRAMES AND OTHER SIMILAR FRAMES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Bartram and John William Bartram, both of
Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufacturers, for an Invention of
LETTERS PATENT to William Bartram and John William Bartram, both of
Sheffield, in the County of York, Manufacturers, for an Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPIRIT BOTTLE FRAMES AND OTHER SIMILAR FRAMES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Bartram and John'
William Bartram at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th
June 1880.
WILLIAM BARTRAM and JOHN WILLIAM BARTRAM, both of Sheffield, in the
County of York, Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPIRIT BOTTLE FRAMES
AND OTHER SIMILAR FRAMES."
Our Invention relates more particularly to improvements in spirit frames, and in
the means used to secure the bottles and their stoppers in the said frames, so that
the contents of the said bottles cannot be tampered with nor abstracted.
In carrying out our Invention we construct the frame somewhat in the ordinary
manner, as, for example, there is a base on which the bottles stand, two sides, and
a top bar with a handle by which to carry it. The bottles are intended to stand in
shallow bins, by preference having one side open, or they may be placed close
together, the back edge of the bin and the two vertical sides preventing them from
being taken out of the frame except from the front. In order to secure the bottles
in the frame we arrange and attach to the frame a rod or bar (by. preference of
metal), which can be raised by a parallel or other motion into position' across the
front or near the bottom of the bottles, and secured by a lock. We prefer to
attach the rod or bar to the frame by means of two short links, one end of each
link being secured, but not rigidly, to the base of the frame, and the other in.
a similar manner to the bar. One end of the bar when raised is made to
engage with a socket fixed on the frame, and the other end carries the lock staple.
.
The bar when unlocked can be depressed level with the base of the frame, and
the bottles can then be taken out; when the bottles are replaced the bar can be
raised into position, one end entering the before mentioned socket, and the staple.
at the other end entering the lock, which can then be secured."
Two bars may be used, and various modifications may be made in the manner of
raising and depressing the bar or bars, and also of securing the same.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Bartram and John William Bartram in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 28th December 1880.
WILLIAM BARTRAM and JOHN WILLIAM BARTRAM, both of Sheffield, in the
County of York, Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPIRIT BOTTLE FRAMES
AND OTHER SIMILAR FRAMES."
Our said Invention relates more particularly to improvements in spirit frames,
and in the means used to secure the bottles and their stoppers in the said frames, so
that the contents of the said bottles cannot be tampered with nor abstracted.
In carrying out our said Invention we construct the frame somewhat in the
ordinary manner, as, for example, there is a base on which the bottles stand, two
sides, and a top bar with a handle by which to carry it. The bottles are intended
to stand in shallow bins, by preference having one side open (or they may be placed
close together), the back edge of the bin and the two vertical sides preventing them
from being taken out of the frame except from the front. In order to secure the
bottles in the frame we arrange and attach to the frame a rod or bar (by preference
of metal), which can be raised by a parallel or other motion into position across the
front or near the bottom of the bottles, and be secured by a lock. We prefer to
attach the rod or bar to the frame by means of two short links, ono end of each link
being pivoted to the base of the frame, and the other in a similar manner to the
end of the bar. Hooks or clasps are fixed on the frame, with which the bar engages
when raised, and a lock is provided at the side of the frame to secure the bar.
The bar when unlocked can be depressed level with the base of the frame, and
the bottles can then be taken out.
The apparatus may be modified in various ways, as hereinafter described.
And in order that our said Invention may be fully understood we shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to.
the several. Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents a front elevation of a spirit
bottle stand constructed according to our said Invention; Figure 2 is an end eleva-
tion of the same; Figures 3, 4, and 5 are perspective views illustrating modifications.
of our said Invention.
A is the base of the frame of the spirit stand; A', the standards; A³, the top bar,
upon which is the handle a for carrying the stand.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, upon the base A are arranged the bottles B, which
stand in bins separated by vertical partitions C, the said bins having one side
(videlicet, the front side) open and the opposite side closed; the vertical partitions
and the fixed side of the bins therefore prevent the bottles from being taken out.
except from the front, the bottles being secured at the top of the frame by the fixed
top bar A which is in contact or nearly so with the tops of the stoppers of the
bottles. At the front or open side of the frame is a bar D, preferably of metal,
which acts as a barrier to prevent the removal of the bottles; this bar, which may
be of any suitable section, is attached to the frame by means of two short links d,
one end of each link being pivotted to the base A of the frame at a², and the other
end in a similar manner at d to the end of the bar D; this bar can thus be raised
or lowered by a parallel motion to close or open the side of the frame. Hooks or
clasps E are fixed to the standards A' and partitions C of the frame, the bar D
when it is raised being brought under the said hooks or clasps, whereby it is pre-
vented from being forced outwards.
The bar D is secured by a lock F at the side of one of the standards A', as shewn
in Figures 1 and 2, a side bar d², being a continuation of the bar D, engaging with
the lock at the side of the standard, as shewn clearly in Figures 1 and 2.

page_text: A projection is formed upon the centre of the bar D to enable the operator to
move the bar with the fingers. The operation of lowering and raising the bar to
open and close the stand are as follows:-
In opening the stand to take out a bottle or bottles the bar D is unlocked and
moved by the aid of the projection d horizontally towards the lock, that is to say,
from left to right, and lowered into the position shewn by the dotted lines in
Figure 1, when the bar will be on a level or nearly so with the base A of the frame.
The front side of the frame being now open, the bottles can at once be withdrawn.
In closing the stand the bar D is raised by the aid of the projection d³ from the
position shewn in dotted lines in Figure 1 until it is brought under the hooks or
clasps E, as shewn by full lines in the Drawing, when the side bar d is locked, tho
bar D. being thus rendered secure, and the bottles, though fully exposed to view,
rendered safe against attempts either to withdraw the stoppers from the bottles or
the bottles themselves from the stand.
In lieu of employing one bar only, as herein before described, two bars may be
used, one on each side of the frame, and various modifications may be made in the
manner of raising and depressing the bar or bars, and also of securing the same,
which we will now proceed to describe.
Referring to Figure 3, a portion of a stand is shewn in which a second bar D¹ is
employed, which is raised and lowered as described with reference to Figures 1
and 2 simultaneously with the bar D, the two bars being connected by a connecting
or cross bar (2*, which is secured to the side of the standard A' of the frame by
a lock F. The bottles can thus be withdrawn and replaced at either side of the
stand.
In Figure 4 is shewn a modification of the hereinbefore described method of
raising and lowering the bar D or bars to secure and release the bottles. In lieu
of the parallel motion to effect these movements, a bar D* is provided, which is
simply raised and lowered horizontally between guides or staples G fixed to the
standards of the frame, the said bar being secured in its raised position, as shewn in
the Drawing, by a lock at X formed in the centre of the bar, the said lock engaging
with hooks or catches c fixed at tho sides of the partition C.
In lieu of arranging the bar D* between staples, as shewn applied to the front of
the frame in Figure 4, the bar may work upon guide pins H, as shewn, at the
reverse side of the frame. In this Figure both modifications are shewn applied to
one stand, but it is to be understood that one bar only may be employed if desired,
and operating according to either arrangement, or both bars may be employed, cach
arranged according to the two modifications, as shewn in the Drawing, or the same
arrangements may be applied to both bars.
A further modification of the herein before described arrangements for raising and
lowering the bars D is shewn in Figure 5, in which the side or locking pieces or
bars d², d, described with reference to Figures 1, 2, and 3, are formed as quadrants,
and work in grooves or slots in brackets fixed at the sides of the standards of the
frame. In Figure 5 these quadrantal or side bars are marked do, and are arranged
at both sides of the frame. Under the control of the brackets d the bar D is
lowered until it assumes the position shewn by the dotted lines in Figure 5, when
the bottles within the stand are free to be taken out. In order to close the side of
the stand the bar D is raised, and under the control of the brackets assumes the
closed position shewn in full lines in the Drawing. A lock F¹ is provided at the
side of one of the standards (which lock, as shewn in the Drawings, forms part of
the bracket d') to secure the quadrantal bars when the bar D is in its raised
position, or that shewn in full lines in the Drawing. A stop d is provided at the
free ends of the side bars do to limit the descent of the bar D when lowered.
The opposite side of the frame is shewn closed in Figure 5, but it may be made
open and guarded by a bar, according to any of the modifications bereinbefore
described.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into

page_text: effect, we would observe in conclusion that we are aware that it has previously been
proposed to hinge one side of the frame to the base thereof, so as to admit of its
being moved into positions in front of and clear of the bottles as required, and
locked in the former position, and therefore to this arrangement we lay no claim,
but what we consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to us by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is,-
In spirit bottles frames and other similar frames the employment of a locking bar
or bars capable of being raised and lowered to guard the bottles at or near their
bottoms, the said bar or bars being arranged so as to operate substantially in the
manner herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Bartram and John William Bartram,
have to this our Specification set our hands and seals, the Twentieth day of
December, One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
WILLIAM BARTRAM. (L.S.)
J. W. BARTRAM.
(L.S.)