AN IMPROVED ARTED LIQUID'S IN BOTTLES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Burrow, of Great Malvern, in the County of
Worcester, Dealer in Mineral Waters, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
ARTED LIQUID'S IN BOTTLES "
Sealed the 11th February 1868, and dated the 20th August 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Burrow at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th August 1867.
I, WALTER BURROW, of Great Malvern, in the County of Worcester, Dealer
in Mineral Waters, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED RACK FOR MINERAL OR AERATED WATERS OR OTHER LIQUIDS IN
BOTTLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a metal rack or frame (constructed as hereafter
described) for carrying or containing bottles of soda or other mineral or
aërated waters or other liquids, in such a manner that each bottle is held safely
and separately, and any bottle can be removed and replaced at pleasure
without disturbing the others. By the use of this improved rack the air can
pass freely round every bottle, thus keeping all cool and in the best condition
for drinking; the tops of the corks are also kept dry and clean and prevented
from turning black. And another great advantage is that as the contents of
each bot:le are consumed the empty bottle can be replaced at once, and thus
the breakage of the bottles is prevented and a considerable economy thereby
effected.

page_text: The improved rack is' constructed as follows:-An, upright standard at
each end is provided with a number of horizontal arms (say six) upon each
side, and the ends of these arms are respectively connected together by
horizontal rods or bars, each rod or bar being of sufficient length to support
(say) six bottles without touching each other. Between each pair of hori-
zontal rods (and also connecting the two standards together) is a plate of
the same length as the rods placed on edge, and perforated with (say) twelve
holes to receive the necks of the bottles. The bottles are placed in the rack
with the corks inwards and their necks through the perforations in the plates,
the thick part of the body near the base resting on the horizontal bars and
the neck being lower than the body, each alternate bottle being reversed in
position, so that when the rack is full there are (say) six layers of one dozen
each. A rack. thus containing (say) six dozen bottles will occupy a very
small, space, and any bottle may be easily removed and replaced without
disturbing the rest.. It will of course be evident that a rack of the same
construction might be made to contain any smaller or greater number of
bottles if required.
A modification of this rack is constructed as follows:- Four metal standards
or uprights support six (or any other suitable number of) horizontal shelves
or plates perforated with holes of a sufficient size to allow of the passage of
the head and neck of the bottle but to arrest the shoulder; the bottles are
placed vertically neck downwards in these perforations, and are thus supported
each separately and independently of the rest.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Walter Burrow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th February 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WALTER
BURROW, of Great Malvern, in the County of Worcester, Dealer in Mineral
Waters, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did for Herself, Her heirs, and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Walter Burrow, Her special licence that I, the said Walter Burrow,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Walter Burrow, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time

page_text: agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands,. and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED RACK
FOR MINERAL OR AERATED WATERS OR OTHER LIQUIDS IN BOTTLES," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Walter Burrow, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature-of-the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Walter Burrow, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to. be per-
formed,, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing,, and in reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
that is to say-
This Invention consists of a rack or frame (constructed of metal or other
suitable, material as hereafter described) for carrying or containing bottles of
soda or other mineral or aerated. waters or other liquids, in such a manner
that each bottle is held safely and separately, and any bottle can be removed
and replaced at pleasure without disturbing the others. By the use of this
improved rack, the air can pass freely round every bottle, thus keeping all
cool and in, the best condition for drinking.;, the tops, of the corks are also
kept dry and clean and prevented from turning black, and another great
advantage is that as the contents of each bottle are consumed the empty
bottle can be replaced, at once,, and thus the breakage of the bottles is
prevented. and a considerable economy thereby effected.
The improved rack is constructed as follows: An upright standard at each
end is provided with a. number of horizontal arms (say, six) upon each side,
and the ends of these arms are respectively connected together by horizontal
rods or bars, each rod.or bar being of sufficient length to support (say) six
bottles. without touching each other. Between each pair of horizontal rods
(and, also connecting the two standards together) is a plate of the same
length as the rods. placed on edge, and perforated with (say) twelve holes to
receive the necks of the bottles. The bottles are placed in the rack with the
corks inwards and their necks. through the perforations in the plates, the
thick part.of the body near the base resting on the horizontal bars, and the
neck being lower than the body, each alternate bottle being. reversed in
position, so that when the rack is full there are. (say) six layers of one dozen

page_text: each. A rack thus containing (say) six dozen bottles will occupy a very
small space, and any bottle may be easily removed and replaced without
disturbing the rest. It will of course be evident that a rack of the same
construction might be made to contain any smaller or greater number of
bottles if required, and that the end standards to support the rods and
perforated plates may be made of any other suitable form. Racks for use
at sea may also be provided with movable wire guards at the sides, which
prevent the bottles from being displaced by the rolling or pitching motion of
the vessel...
'
A modification of this rack is constructed as follows:-Four metal or other
standards or uprights support six (or any other suitable number of) horizontal
shelves or plates movable as herein-after described, and perforated with holes
of a sufficient size to allow of the passage of the head and neck of the bottle
but to arrest the shoulder; the bottles are placed vertically neck downwards
in these perforations, and are thus supported each separately and independently
of the rest.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "An Improved
Rack for Mineral or Aërated Waters or other Liquids in Bottles," I will now
proceed to describe more in detail the manner in which the same is to be
or may be performed or carried into practical effect. And in order that the
same may be distinctly understood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of
Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and
letters of reference corresponding with those in the following explanation
thereof, that is to say :-
In the anuexed Drawings Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of a rack
made according to my Invention. a, a, are the end standards provided with
horizontal arms b, b, which are connected together respectively at their ends
by the horizontal rods or bars c, c; d, d, are the perforated plates (to receive the
necks of the bottles) placed centrally or midway between the rods c, c. It
will be 'seen upon referring to the Drawing that the bottles are placed in the
rack with their necks through the perforations in the plates d; d, and -the
thick part of the body near the base resting on the rods or bars c, c, and that
they are placed alternately back and front so that there are six bottles
resting on each bar, and all twelve of the necks of these pass through one
plate. Each layer therefore will contain one dozen bottles, and the whole rack
containing half a gross will only occupy a floor space of about two feet long
by one foot wide, and any bottle can be removed at once and replaced without
disturbing the rest.
Fig. 2 shows a similar rack but with the end standards e, e, of a zig-zag or.

page_text: "lazy-tongs" form, and having a wire screen or guard f, f, fitted thereto at
back and front so as to prevent the bottles from being displaced, when the
racks are to be used in sea-going vessels. These screens are mounted on
studs at the bottom, and furnished with hasps at the top so that they can be
readily opened or closed, as shown in the Drawing.
Fig. 3 shows a modification of the rack which is more suitable for storage
than for immediate use, as although it will hold a greater number of bottles in
a given space of floor room, yet it is not so convenient of access to each
separate bottle as the one previously described. This Figure is drawn to a
smaller scale-Four metal standards or uprights a, a, support (say) six
horizontal shelves or plates b, b, and these plates are each perforated with
(say) seventy-two holes c, c, of such a size as to allow of the passage of the
head and neck of the bottle but to arrest the shoulder, and thus support the
bottles in a vertical position each separately and independently of the rest, as
clearly shown in the Drawings. The shelves b, b, are movable and merely
rest upon ledges, so that when the top one is unloaded it can be lifted out so
as to give ready access to the next, and so on until the rack is emptied.
This rack would hold three gross of bottles and would occupy a floor space of
about three feet long by one foot six inches wide.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for "An
Improved Rack for Mineral or Aerated Waters or other Liquids in Bottles,"
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as
my Invention the improved rack for such purposes constructed substantially
as berein-before described and represented on the annexed Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Walter Burrow, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord Oue thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
WALTER BURROW. (L.S.)