IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR FRAMES OR STANDS, SCENT-BOTTLE FRAMES OR STANDS, CRUET
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edge, of Birmingham,
Warwick, Cabinet Case Maker, for an Invention of
"
in the County of
IMPROVEMENTS IN
LIQUOR FRAMES OR STANDS, SCENT-BOTTLE FRAMES OR STANDS, CRUET
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edge at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st January 1882.
WILLIAM EDGE of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Cabinet Case
Maker. " IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR FRAMES OR STANDS, SCENT BOTTLE
FRAMES OR STANDS, CRUET FRAMES OR STANDS AND OTHER LIKE FRAMES or
STANDS."
My Invention consists in constructing and arranging in the manner herein after
described the parts of a "lock up" liquor frame or stand, or other like frame or
stand, whereby the fixing or securing of the bottles or vessels in the frame or
stand and the releasing of the said bottles or vessels for removal from the frame
or stand are effected in a simple and convenient manner.
My Invention is especially applicable to liquor frames or stands and I will
describe it as applied to a liquor frame or stand. I make the frame or stand of
two principal parts, namely of an oblong outer fixed frame and of an inner oblong
frame carrying the bottles, the said inner frame being capable of a vertical sliding
motion in the outer frame.
The end bars of the outer fixed frame, are connected together by a top borizontal
bar and the ends of the sliding frame extend upwards some distance from the seat
part and work against the inner sides of the end bars of the fixed frame, the said
sliding frame being guided in its rising and falling motions by studs on the fixed
frame taking into slots in the extended ends of the sliding frame. When the
sliding frame is in its highest position, the stoppers of the bottles engage in
depressions made in the underside of the horizontal top bar of the fixed frame, and
the said bottles are thereby locked in their frame; that is, they cannot be lifted

page_text: from the base of the sliding frame carrying them. When the sliding frame is in
its lowest position in the fixed frame, the stoppers are no longer engaged in the
top har of the fixed frame and the bottles may be lifted froin the sliding frame.
The rising and falling motions of the sliding frame are effected in the following
nanner. In the middle of the hollow base of the fixed frame and turning in
bearings in the ends of the said base, is a horizontal axis, having near each end a
cum or eccentric, which cams or eccentrics bear against the bottom of the sliding
frame.
One end of the cam axis terminates in a hole or recess in one end of the fixed
base and by means of a properly shaped key made to engage with the end of the
axis the latter may be turned in one or other direction for raising or lowering the
sliding frame. After the axis has been turned in the proper direction to cause its
cains to lift the sliding frame, a slight further motion of the axis in the same
direction takes those parts of the cams of longest radius just beyond the centre on
which they turn; the said cams now take a bearing against stops on the fixed
frame. The sliding fraine is thereby fixed and supported in its raised position and
the bottles are locked in the frame as before described. By turning the axis in
the contrary direction, the cams are taken out of action and the sliding frame
descends by its own weight and the bottles may be removed.
An ordinary lock and key may be used for locking the sliding frame in its raised
position. Or the end of the axis carrying the cams may be so shaped as to be
operated upon only by the use of a particular construction of key. In this case,
the ordinary lock may be dispensed with.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Edge in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st July
1882.
WILLIAM EDGE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Cabinet Case
Maker. "IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUOR FRAMES OR STANDS, SCENT BOTTLE
FRAMES OR STANDS CRUET FRAMES OR STANDS AND OTHER LIKE FRAMES OR
STANDS."
My invention consists in constructing and arranging in the manner hereinafter
described the parts of a "lock up" liquor frame or stand or other like frame or
stand whereby the fixing or securing of the bottles or vessels in the frame or
stand and the releasing of the said bottles or vessels for removal from the frame or
stand are effected in a simple and convenient manner.
My invention is especially applicable to liquor frames or stands and I will
describe it as applied to a liquor frame or stand. I make the frame or stand of
two principal parts namely of an oblong outer fixed frame and of an inner oblong
frame carrying the bottles the said inner frame being capable of a vertical sliding
motion in the outer frame.
The end bars of the outer fixed frame are connected together by a top horizontal
bar and the ends of the sliding frame extend upwards some distance from the seat
part and work against the inner sides of the end bars of the fixed frame the said
sliding frame being guided in its rising and falling motions by studs on the fixed
frame taking into slots in the extended ends of the sliding frame. When the
sliding frame is in its highest position the stoppers of the bottles engage in
depressions made in the underside of the horizontal top bar of the fixed frame and
the said bottles are thereby locked in their frame; that is they cannot be lifted
from the base of the sliding frame carrying them. When the sliding frame is in
its lowest position in the fixed frame the stoppers are no longer engaged in the
depressions in the top bar of the fixed frame and the bottles may be lifted from
the sliding frame.
The rising and falling motions of the sliding frame are effected in the following
manner. In the middle of the hollow base of the fixed frame and turning in
bearings in the ends of the said base is a horizontal axis having near each end a
cam or eccentric which cams or eccentrics bear against the bottom of the sliding
frame. One end of the cum axis terininates in a hole or recess in one end of the
fixed base and by means of a properly shaped key made to engage with the end
of the axis, the latter may be turned in one or other direction for raising or
lowering the sliding frame. After the axis has been turned in the proper direction
to cause its cams to lift the sliding frame a slight further motion of the axis in
the same direction takes those parts of the cams of largest radius just beyond the
centre on which they turn; the said cams now take a bearing against stops on the
fixed frame. The sliding frame is thereby fixed and supported in its raised
position and the bottles are locked in the frame as before described. By turning
the axis in the contrary direction the cams are taken out of action and the sliding
frame descends by its own weight and the bottles may be removed.
An ordinary lock and key may be used for locking the sliding frame in its
raised position. Or the end of the axis carrying the cams may be so shaped as to
be operated upon only by the use of a particular construction of key. In this case
the ordinary lock may be dispensed with.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which my invention is to be performed,

page_text: Figure 1 represents partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section
and Figure 2 in cross section a "lock up" liquor frame or stand constructed
according to my invention, the bottles in the said frame or stand being unlocked;
Figures 3 and 4 represent the said frame with the bottles locked therein.
The same letters indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the drawing.
a. b. c is the outer fixed frame and d is the inner frame carrying the bottles e. e
the said frame d being capable of a vertical sliding motion in the base part a of
the outer fixed frame. The sliding frame d is guided in its motion by pro-
jections ff on it, working in slots g.g in the inner sides of the fixed outer frame. The
top horizontal bar c of the outer fixed frame a. b. c carries the handle h of the stand
or frame. The said top bar c has the curved figure best seen in the cross sections
Figures 2 and 4, the concave face being presented to the stoppers of the bottles e, e.
When the sliding inner frame d is in its highest position as represented in
Figures 3 and 4 the stoppers of the bottles e, e are situated in the concave under-
side of the horizontal top bar c of the fixed frame and the bottles are locked in
their stand. When the sliding inner frame d is in its lowest position as represented
in Figures 1 and 2 the stoppers of the bottles are no longer engaged with tho
curved top bar c of the fixed frame and the said bottles inay be lifted from the
sliding frame d.
The rising and falling motions of the sliding frame d are effected by the following
parts.
i is a horizontal axis situated in the hollow base a of the fixed frame. This
axis turns in bearings carried by the brackets k. k fixed in the said hollow
base a.
Near the ends of the horizontal axis i are cams or eccentrics l. m
the said cams or eccentrics bearing against the bottom of the sliding frame d.
The end of the axis i terminates in the key hole or recess at p in the base
part a of the fixed frame and a key n represented separately in Figure 5
in conjunction with the end of the cam axis i is used for turning the
said axis. The end of the key is slotted for taking upon the flat nibs or
projections qq of the said axis. When it is wished to lock the bottles e. e in the.
frame or stand the key n is introduced into the hole or recess p and engaged with
the end of the axis i.
The axis is then turned in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 2
so as to cause its cams or eccentrics l. m to lift the sliding frame d from the
position represented in Figures 1 and 2 to that represented in Figures 3 and 4.
After the inner frame d has been lifted to its highest position to lock the stoppers,
a slight further movement of the axis i in the same direction takes those parts of
the cams l. m of longest radius over the centre on which they turn, a cross bar m²
on the cam m bearing against the fixed stop r as seen in Figure 4.
By thus
bringing the cams beyond the centre on which they turn as described and
represented in Figure 4 the weight of the inner frame holds them firmly in the
position to which they have been brought and the said inner frame is fixed and
supported in its raised position and the bottles are locked in the stand. In order
to release the bottles the key n is turned in a direction contrary to that indicated
by the arrow so as to return the cams to the position represented in Figures 1 and 2.
The sliding frame d is thereby permitted to descend by its own weight and the
bottles are unlocked and may be removed.
The axis i may be turned by a button or head situated outside the base a
instead of by the key represented. In this case an ordinary lock and key or
other locking mechanism may be used for locking the sliding frame d in its raised
position.
I apply my improvements to scent bottle frames or stands cruet frames or stands
and other like frames or stands, substantially in the manner described and
represented with respect to liquor stands or frames.
Having now described the nature of my invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I claim as my invention :—
The improvements in liquor framics or stands, scent bottle frames or stands, cruet

page_text: frames or stands and other like frames or stands hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing; that is to say the combination with the
fixed outer frame of the stand of an inner sliding frame carrying the bottles or
vessels the said inner sliding frame being raised and supported in its raised
position for locking the bottles or vessels and permitted to descend to release the
bottles or vessels by means of cams or eccentrics on a horizontal axis in conjunction
with the other appliances described and illustrated.
In witness whereof I the said William Edge have hereunto set my hand and
seal this seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
Witness
JOHN DINGLEY
of the firm of Pembrook and Dingloy.
5 Witnessed by
ARTHUR C. DOULASTON.
WILLIAM EDGE. (L.S.)