AN IMPROVED 'BIN' OR RECEPTACLE FOR WINE OR OTHER BOTTLES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Beeken Burrow and John Severn Burrow,
of Great Malvern, in the County of Worcester, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED 'BIN' OR RECEPTACLE FOR WINE OR OTHER BOTTLES."
Sealed the 16th August 1872, and dated the 19th June 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Beeken Burrow
and John Severn Burrow at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 19th June 1872.
We, WALTER BEEKEN BURROW and JOHN SEVERN BURROW, of Great
Malvern, in the County of Worcester, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED 'BIN' OR RECEPTACLE FOR WINE
OR OTHER BOTTLES," to be as follows:-
:-
This Invention relates to an improved, simple, and economical
construction of "bin" or receptacle for wine or other bottles, which
may be made to receive and hold either one, two, three, or more rows

page_text: of bottles, one row being placed behind the other with the "punts"
or bottoms of the bottles to the wall, and the necks in front, or vice
versâ, as may be desired, whereby a great economy in wall space will be
attained.
The improved bin is constructed of rear and front upright pillars,
posts, or bars made of iron, metal, wood, or other suitable material,
conncuted together by horizontal rods or bars placed parallel from back
to front of any suitable section (or by parallel, fiat, or bent plates of
metal, or sheet or corrugated iron or zinc suitably secured), and pro-
jecting outwards from the wall, and they are made equal in length
to the combined lengths of two or more wine or other bottles; but
when the "bin" is constructed for a single row of bottles the length of
these projecting rods, bars, or other supports will be equal to the length
of only one bottle. The uprights (and other parts of the bins) may be
protected by metallic or other latticework, and doors can be fitted
thereto when required in order to lock up or secure the bins and their
contents. The bins will be held in their desired positions at the top
and bottom by cross bars running parallel to the wall and secured
thereto.
By this improved construction of bins a safe and steady bed or rest
will be provided for the bottles, which (singly) can be readily removed
or slided (in or out) from any part of the bin (as in single row bins)
without disturbing the rest and without the liability to breakage, as
in the hitherto necessary operation of lifting or placing the bottles one
over the other, or over curved or straight bars, as all that will be
necessary in withdrawing or binning" them, will be to take ⚫the
bottles by the necks or other parts and simply to slide them between
the front uprights out of or into position.
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This improved "bin" can be adapted and used for all kind sand sizes of
bottles, by simply fitting, fixing, or placing the parallel projecting rods,
bars, or other supports on which the bottles rest nearer together or
further apart.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Walter Beeken Burrow and John Severn Burrow
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th December 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WALTER
BEEKEN BURROW and JOHN SEVERN BURROW, of Great Malvern, in the
County of Worcester, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto us, the said Walter Becken Burrow and John Severn
Burrow, Her special licence that we, the said Walter Beeken Burrow
and John Severn Burrow, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as we, the said Walter Becken Burrow and John Severn
Burrow, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
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 BIN OR RECEPTACLE FOR WINE OR OTHER BOTTLES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said Walter Beeken Burrow
and John Severn Burrow, our exccutors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under our, or one of our or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of our 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 we, the said Walter Beeken Burrow and John
Severn Burrow, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement in writing, and on
reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to the construction of an improved and simple
bin or receptacle for wine or other bottles, which may be made to

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contain one, two, or more rows of bottles, one row being placed behind
another row with the "punts" or bottoms of the same to the wall and the
necks in front, or vice versa, whereby great economy in wall space is
obtained.
On the accompanying Drawings Figures 1 and 2 represent a front
elevation and plan view respectively of a double row bin, constructed
to contain twenty dozen bottles, showing twelve dozen in position; and
Figure 3, an isometrical projection of a smaller bin made to hold three
dozen bottles, and showing twenty in position.
The improved bin is constructed of rear and front upright bars a i
(by preference made of metal) connected together by horizontal rods
or bars (of any section) placed parallel from back to front of the bin,
projecting outwards from the wall and equal in length to the combined
lengths of the number of rows of bottles intended to be placed in the
bin. These rods may be replaced by parallel, flat, or bent plates of 1
metal c, d, or by sheet or corrugated zinc or iron e, or other equivalents
suitably secured to the bars a. The bars a are held in position at the
top and bottom by cross bars running parallel to the wall. The back
bars a have small movable pieces y rivetted thereto, which allow of the
bin being securely fastened to the wall..
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By this improved construction of bins a safe and steady bed or rest
is provided for the bottles, which can, singly, be readily removed or
binned," or slid out or in from any part of the bin (as in single row
bins) without disturbing the others and without the liability to breakage,
as in the hitherto necessary operation of lifting or placing the bottles 2
one over the other, or over curved or straight bars, by simply taking
the bottles by the necks or punts and sliding them between the front
uprights out of or into position, as illustrated in the upper part of
Figure 3.
The improved bin can be made and used for all kinds and sizes of 3
bottles by simply having the rods or other bottle supports b, c, d, e, or
their equivalents nearer together or farther apart, and they may be
protected by metallic or other lattice, or wire, or wood work, and fitted
with doors to lock up their contents.
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention 3

page_text: together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be
performed or carried into practical effect we would remark in con-
clusion that we claim as our Invention the improved means of
providing a safe and steady receptacle, or bed, or rest for wine or
other bottles (either for single rows or for several rows placed one
behind another), in such a manner, as to allow the same to be readily
slid in or out, as distinguished from lifting or otherwise placing,
binning," or removing them, and the general construction of our
improved "bin," substantially as above described, and as illustrated
on the accompanying Drawings, or any equivalent modification, or
variation thereof in shape or general configuration.
"
In witness whereof, we, the said Walter Becken Burrow and
John Severn Burrow, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
Fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.