EP0017417B1 - Casier á bouteilles - Google Patents

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EP0017417B1
EP0017417B1 EP80300920A EP80300920A EP0017417B1 EP 0017417 B1 EP0017417 B1 EP 0017417B1 EP 80300920 A EP80300920 A EP 80300920A EP 80300920 A EP80300920 A EP 80300920A EP 0017417 B1 EP0017417 B1 EP 0017417B1
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Charles Edward Rusby
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Matthew Clark & Sons Ltd Te Londen Groot-Brit
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B73/00—Bottle cupboards; Bottle racks
    • A47B73/002—Racks made of wire
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/002—Devices for protection against sunlight or theft

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  • the invention relates to storage racks and particularly to racks for storing bottles which it is desired to inspect visually from time to time, for example wine bottles when stored in a restaurant.
  • Racks are known for storing articles such as wine bottles, other bottles, and the like. Examples of such racks are known from United States Patent Specifications Nos. 3003644 and 3896936. The racks have a plurality of compartments to receive the articles. However it is difficult to provide a convenient device for storing such articles which can be locked to prevent or reduce the risk of theft.
  • Wine bottles can of course be locked in a cupboard or cabinet, or a rack could be provided with an outer door or a shutter which can be locked, but this means that the bottles cannot remain on display and cannot be visually inspected without unlocking and opening the door or shutter. This may be particularly inconvenient in a restaurant where it may be desired to display a large range of wine bottles as part of the decor.
  • a further inconvenience that might arise with wine bottles in a restaurant is that it may be desired to check frequently what bottles are still remaining in stock without the inconvenience of having to unlock and then open a door or shutter.
  • a flexible shutter could be provided, e.g. a shutter which is accommodated in a rolled up manner when the shutter is opened, but such an arrangement is expensive, and visual inspection is not possible without opening the shutter.
  • the invention is intended to solve the problem of providing a bottle storage rack which can be locked to prevent or reduce the risk of theft, or accidental displacement of the contents of the rack from a desired position, while allowing the bottles to remain on display to be visually inspected when the storage rack is locked.
  • the invention provides a bottle storage rack comprising a plurality of compartments arranged in rows, each compartment having a mouth shaped to receive a corked bottle slid longitudinally into the mouth with the bottom of the bottle leading, for storage of the bottle in the rack, each compartment having support means to support the bottle in a position in which the bottle is inclined upwardly towards the cork, characterised in that the rack has closure means comprising at least one closure bar movable from an open position to a closed position in which each bottle has a closure bar engaging with its neck to obstruct movement of the bottle out of the compartment in the longitudinal direction and thus prevent withdrawal of the bottle from the rack, and each compartment has means to prevent the bottle contained therein from being tilted into a position in which the bottle can be slid past the associated closure bar.
  • the rack shown in the Figures comprises a square open fronted cupboard 10. Secured to the open front of the cupboard is an array of fixed vertical metal rods 11 and fixed horizontal metal rods 12, the rods 11 and 12 serving to divide the front of the cupboard into seven parallel rows each row containing eight square openings. At the rear of the cupboard there are horizontal support members 13, and the rack can thus be regarded as having fifty-six compartments to respectively receive fifty-six wine bottles, each of the square openings defined by the rods 11 and 12 comprising the mouth of one compartment.
  • the bottles 14 will be supported in an inclined manner as shown in Figures 2 and 3, each bottle resting on one of the rods 12 and one of the supports 13.
  • the wine rack is similar to conventional wine racks, but the rack has a novel addition in the form of a further array of horizontal rods 15 and vertical rods 16.
  • the rods 15 and 16 are secured together to form a grid, the grid defining fifty-six squares which are arranged in the same manner and with the same dimensions as the mouths of the compartments for the wine bottles.
  • the grid is arranged for vertical sliding movement in two channel section members 17 and 18 secured to the inner sides of the cupboard 10 at the open face of the cupboard 10.
  • the grid is trapped between the bottom 18 of the cupboard and the top 19 of the cupboard but the grid is not quite as high as the cupboard and can therefore perform limited vertical sliding movement across the mouths of the compartments.
  • a tongue 20 which, when the grid is in its lowermost position, engages with a hasp 21 secured to the bottom 18 of the cupboard and the padlock can be passed through the hasp to secure the grid in its lowermost position.
  • the hasp When it is desired to place wine bottles in the rack, or remove them therefrom, the hasp is unlocked and the grid is raised. In this position the holes in the grid are in exact registration with the mouths of the compartments and they do not obstruct the insertion of wine bottles or the removal of wine bottles. In this position the rods 15 overlie the rods 12 as viewed in Figure 1 and the rods 16 overlie the rods 11 as viewed in Figure 1.
  • the grid When it is desired to lock the wine bottles in the rack, the grid is merely lowered again and the hasp is re-padlocked to prevent the grid being raised again except by a person having a key to the padlock.
  • the raised position of the grid is illustrated in Figure 3.
  • the lowered position of the grid is illustrated in Figures 2 and 4. It will be seen that the holes in the grid move out of registration with the mouths of the compartments. This has the effect that the rods 15 partially obstruct the mouths of the compartments, as best shown in Figure 4.
  • This position of the rods 15 when the grid is in the lowered position is also illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1.
  • the bars 13 prevent the bottles from being tilted into a position in which the bottles can be slid past the associated closure bar 15.
  • the rods 16 play no part in obstructing the mouths of the compartments, and some or all of these rods may be omitted, provided that the rods 15 are connected together in a sufficiently rigid manner to prevent bottles or other articles from being removed when the rods 15 are in their lower position.
  • the padlock may be arranged to operate by passing through two pieces of metal, one secured to the fixed rack and the other to the movable grid.
  • One of the pieces of metal may be provided with two spaced apart holes such that a first hole is in registration with a hole in the other piece of metal when the grid is closed and the second hole is in registration with the hole in the other piece of metal when the grid is open.
  • the padlock can be inserted in the second hole by an authorised user to keep the grid in the open, raised position, when unrestricted entry is required, e.g. if the wine waiter is very busy.
  • the movable grid may be spring-loaded into the open position, and may be provided with a lock which snaps shut when the grid is urged into the closed position against the action of the spring loading.
  • the opening and/or locking of the grid may be remote-controlled, e.g. electrically, for example for use in supermarkets where it may be desired to operate one or more racks from a staff position or counter.
  • the invention is not concerned with a particular shape of rack or grill and any desired shape or configuration may be used.
  • the grill may move in any desired direction, e.g. horizontally.

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Claims (6)

1. Casier à bouteilles (10) comprenant une pluralité de compartiments disposés selon des rangées, chaque compartiment comprenant une ouverture d'entrée d'une forme lui permettant de recevoir une bouteille bouchée (14) glissée longitudinalement par l'ouverture d'entrée, le fond de la bouteille (14) en premier, en vue de stocker la bouteille dans le casier (10), chaque compartiment comprenant des moyens de support (12, 13) destinés à supporter la bouteille (14) en une position dans laquelle la bouteille est inclinée vers le haut en direction du bouchon, caractérisé en ce que le casier (10) comporte des moyens de fermeture comprenant au moins une barre de fermeture (15) mobile d'une position ouverte vers une position fermée dans laquelle chaque bouteille (14) a une barre de fermeture (15) en contact avec son goulot pour empêcher un mouvement dans le sens longitudinal de la bouteille (14) tendant à la sortir du compartiment et pour empêcher par conséquent der retirer la bouteille (14) du casier (10), et chaque compartiment comprend des moyens (13) destinés à empêcher d'incliner la bouteille (14) qu'il enferme Jers une position permettant de sortir la bouteille (14) en la glissant devant la barre de fermeture associée (15).
2. Casier à bouteilles selon las revendication 1, dans lequel les moyens de fermeture se déplacent vers le vas de la position ouverte vers la position fermée, de sorte que la force de la pesanteur tende à maintenir là où chaque barre de fermeture (15) en contact avec les goulots des bouteilles (14).
3. Casier à bouteilles selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel le casier (10) comprend une pluralité de rangées parallèles de compartiments et les moyens de fermeture comprennent une pluralité correspondante de barres de fermeture (15), reliées entre elles pour pouvoir se déplacer comme un ensemble par une pluralité d'organes de renforcement (16) s'étendant perpendiculairement aux barres de fermeture (15), les organes de renforcement (16) rendant plus difficile de plier les barres de fermeture (15) de façon à permettre de retirer des bouteilles des compartiments devant les barres de fermeture (15).
4. Casier à bouteilles selon la revendication 3, dans lequel les organes de renforcement (16) délimitent avec les barres de fermeture (15) une grille présentant une pluralité d'ouvertures sensiblement carrées.
5. Casier à bouteilles selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel des moyens de blocage (20, 21) sont prévus pour bloquer les moyens de fermeture en position de fermeture.
6. Casier à bouteilles selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les moyens de blocage (20, 21) sont commandés par clé.
EP80300920A 1979-03-27 1980-03-25 Casier á bouteilles Expired EP0017417B1 (fr)

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US5197612A (en) * 1992-05-29 1993-03-30 Thomson Jonathan L Freestanding bottle stand
US5533285A (en) * 1994-02-01 1996-07-09 Continental American Corporation Method and apparatus for balloon displays
ITMI960152A1 (it) * 1996-01-29 1997-07-29 Menotti Sassano Struttura di contenitore componibile per bottiglie
AR078587A1 (es) 2010-10-08 2011-11-16 Canete Schlatter Nicolas Estructura de acceso controlado para la provision de productos embotellados.-
AR079192A1 (es) 2010-10-08 2012-01-04 Canete Hector Oscar Dispositivo para la provision automatizada de productos envasados

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