IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE AND JAR STANDS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Josiah Harrington, of Berkswell Lodge, Dulwich Road,
Brixton, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOTTLE AND JAR STANDS."
Sealed the 25th July 1876, and dated the 3rd March 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Josiah Harrington at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd March 1876.
JOSIAH HARRINGTON, of Berkswell Lodge, Dulwich Road, Brixton, in the County
of Surrey.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE AND JAR STANDS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in bottle and jar stands.
In order to hold wine or other bottles or jars, and without the use of corks or
other similar stoppers to preserve their contents from the air, and also so that they
cannot be tampered with, I employ a stand consisting of a foot or base of a circular
or other shape, from which rises a standard of metal or other suitable material,
terminating at the top in a ring or handle, by which the stand with the bottles or
jars upon it can be readily carried from place to place.
Immediately beneath the ring or handle an arm or arms radiate from the standard.
There is an arm for each bottle or jar the stand is intended to hold, say, one, two,
three, or more. Through each arm a screw passes vertically, and it terminates at
its lower end in a wooden button; the screw however is not fast with the button,
but can turn independently. A stout india-rubber cap of hemispherical form on its
under side is sprung over each of the wooden buttons.
The bottles or jars stand upon the base or foot of the apparatus upon a pad of felt
covered with leather or other such like pad, which will yield somewhat to pressure,
so that the bottom of the bottle or jar may take a fair bearing all round. The
mouth of the bottle or jar is then stopped by forcing down upon it, by means of one
of the screws, one of the india-rubber covered buttons already described, and so the
bottle or jar is closed air-tight, at the same time that the bottle or jar is fixed
immovably on the stand. I employ locking pins worked by keys or other equiva-
lent locking devices to prevent the screws being turned to release the bottles or
jars.
In some cases I arrange the stand within a portable cabinet or case with a door
at the side, which can be locked at pleasure, and the stand I arrange within the

page_text: cabinet on vertical pivots, so that it can be rotated, and either of the bottles or
jars which the case contains brought opposite to the door to be removed when
desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Josiah Harrington in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st September
1876.
JOSIAH HARRINGTON, of Berkswell Lodge, Dulwich Road, Brixton, in the County
of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE AND JAR STANDS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in bottle and jar stands.
In order to hold wine or other bottles or jars, and without the use of corks or
other similar stoppers to preserve their contents from the air, and also so that they
cannot be tampered with, I employ a stand consisting of a foot or base of a circular
or other shape, from which rises a standard of metal or other suitable material,
terminating at the top in a ring or handle, by which the stand with the bottles or
jars upon it can be readily carried from place to place.
Immediately beneath the ring. or handle an arm or arms radiate from the standard.
There is an arm for each bottle or jar the stand is intended to hold, say, one, two,
three, or more. Through each arm a screw passes vertically, and it terminates at
its lower end in a wooden button; the screw however is not fast with the button,
but can turn independently. A stout india-rubber cap of hemispherical form on its
under side is sprung over each of the wooden buttons.
The
The bottles or jars stand upon the base or foot of the apparatus upon a pad of felt
covered with leather or other such like pad, which will yield somewhat to pressure,
so that the bottom of the bottle or jar may take a fair bearing all round.
mouth of the bottle or jar is then stopped by forcing down upon it, by means of
one of the screws, one of the india rubber covered buttons already described, and so
the bottle or jar is closed air-tight at the same time that the bottle or jar is fixed
immoveably on the stand. I employ locking pins worked by keys or other
equivalent locking devices to prevent the screws being turned to release the bottles
or jars.
In some cases I arrange the stand within a portable cabinet or case, with a door
at the side, which can be locked at pleasure, and the stand I arrange within the
cabinet on vertical pivots, so that it can be rotated and either of the bottles or
jars which the case contains brought opposite to the door to be removed when
desired.
In order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a bottle stand constructed
according to my Invention. a, a, is the base of the stand; it may be of circular
form, and have upon it a pad of felt at a', with a thin covering of leather a²; b is
an iron standard firmly fixed at the centre of the base a; it is covered with brass,
and is secured to the base by a screw and nut, as is shown. At the top of the standard
is a handle b¹, and immediately beneath the handle is a head c having, as it is shown
in the Drawing, three arms c¹, c¹, c¹. A plan, partly in section, of the head c is
shown at Figure 2. Through each arm c¹ a screw stem d passes. d', d', are milled
heads on the upper ends of the screw stems d, by which they can be turned to raise
or lower the stoppers which are attached at their lower ends. The stems are grooved
longitudinally to receive the ends of locking pins e, by means of which the stems d
can at pleasure be prevented from turning.
At Figure 3 the key is shown by means of which the pins e are turned, and
without this key when the stems are locked the stoppers cannot be raised to open

page_text: and release the bottles which are upon the stand. The lower end of each stem has
a wooden button f secured to it by a pin, as is shown, in such manner that the stem
can turn independently of the button. 9, 9, 9, are india-rubber caps stretched over
the buttons f; h is a stamped metal shield, which may be employed to cover the
stopper and the mouth of the bottle; it is screwed on to the stem d.
The stopper
may if desired be made with a passage through it, and with a draw-off cock, as is
shown at i, or it may be differently arranged, the passage passing up through the
screw stem d, as is shown at Figure 4.
Stands for jars may be constructed in a similar manner, the stoppers of course
being larger.
What I claim is, the construction of bottle and jar stands substantially as
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Josiah Harrington, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
J. HARRINGTON (L.S.)