AN IMPROVED PORTABLE FRAME FOR SUPPORTING AND PACKING BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED AND OTHER LIQUIDS, THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING EQUALLY APPLICABLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLE RACKS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Holt, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED PORTABLE FRAME FOR SUPPORTING
AND PACKING BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED AND OTHER LIQUIDS, THE
IMPROVEMENTS BEING EQUALLY APPLICABLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
BOTTLE RACKS."
Sealed the 18th February 1879, and dated the 20th August 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Holt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th August 1878.
WILLIAM HOLT, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED.
PORTABLE FRAME FOR SUPPORTING AND PACKING BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED
AND OTHER LIQUIDS, THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING EQUALLY APPLICABLE IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLE RACKS."
This Invention relates to the construction of a metallic frame or stand to be used
as a substitute for the baskets and boxes hitherto employed for transporting bottles
containing aerated or other liquids, and consists of light metallic frames formed by
preference of bar or angle iron. These frames support two or more metallic plates,
in which are punched a series of holes, the holes in one plate being arranged to
receive the necks of the bottles, and those in the neighbouring plate the body
portion of the same bottles. These plates are turned down at right angles at their
edges, and are there riveted to the frames herein-before mentioned so as to be
parallel to each other, and thus each pair of such plates form rigid supports for
the bottles to be carried.

page_text: I arrange that these frames shall fit on the top of each other, and thus occupy
the smallest possible compass, and for the purpose of safe transit; and I some-
times apply a movable bar fitted with a pad or other lock to secure the bottles in
the framework.
This construction of metallic framework is applicable to bottle racks for wine 5
cellars and other places, in which case the perforated plates are arranged perpen-
dicularly or at a suitable angle in order that the bottles may slide in and be in a hori-
zontal position.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Holt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th February
1879.
WILLIAM HOLT, of Blackburn, in the Connty of Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED
PORTABLE FRAME FOR SUPPORTING AND PACKING BOTTLES CONTAINING AERATED
AND OTHER LIQUIDS, THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING EQUALLY APPLICABLE IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BOTTLE RACKS."
This invention relates to the construction of a metallic frame or stand to be used
as a substitute for the baskets and boxes hitherto employed for transporting bottles
containing aerated or other liquids.
And in order that this my said Invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect I have hereunto annexed a Drawing, upon which
Fig. 1 represents a side sectional view; Fig. 2, an end view; and Fig. 3, a half
plan of an improved portable bottle frame constructed in accordance with my
Invention.
This improved bottle frame consists of light metallic straps or frames A, A,
formed by preference of bar or angle iron. These frames support two or more
metallic plates B and C, in which are punched a series of holes; the holes D in the
one plate being arranged to receive the necks of the bottles E (one of which is shewn
in position in Fig. 1) and the holes F iu the neighbouring plate, the body portion of
the same bottles. These plates are turned down (or up) at right angles at their
edges where they are rivetted to the straps or frames A, A, so as to be parallel to
each other, and thus each pair of such plates form rigid supports for the bottles to
be carried.
I arrange that these frames shall fit on the top of each other, and thus occupy
the smallest possible compass, and for the purpose of safe transit; and to prevent
their sliding off each other I provide their upper surfaces with lug projections G,
and I sometimes apply a moveable bar fitted with a pad or other lock to secure the
bottles in the framework.
This construction of metallic framework is applicable for lining and forming the
divisions in the ordinary wooden boxes employed for the same purpose, and also to
bottle racks for wine cellars and other places, in which latter case the perforated
plates are arranged perpendicularly or at a suitable angle in order that the bottles
may slide in and be in a horizontal position, or nearly so.
I prefer that my improved frames shall be galvanized, and thus not only preserve
them better from the effects of moisture and damp but materially assist in con-
solidating and strengthening the parts together.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention, together with the best methods with which I am acquainted for carrying
the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details, relative proportions, or dimensions of the
various parts of my improved portable bottle frame and rack, as the same may be
considerably. varied without departing from the Invention, and that I claim, con-
structing portable bottle frames and racks with punched plates of inetal secured
together, substantially as and for the purposes herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Holt, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
WILLIAM HOLT. (L.S.)