Specification of Marc Antoine François Mannons : capsulation of fluid medicines.

  • Mennons, Marc Antoine François.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Specification of Marc Antoine François Mannons : capsulation of fluid medicines. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mentions Improved Apparatus for the Capsulation of Fluid Medicines. Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for “An Improved Apparatus for the Capsulation of Fluid Medicines/’ upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Marc Antoine Francois Mennons, 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, 5 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 Marc Antoine Francois Mennons, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the 10 same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Figures of the accom¬ panying Drawing, and to the letters marked thereon, that is to say:— This Invention consists in an improved combination of mechanism forming an apparatus, by means of which gelatinous and other capsules or globules 15 may, by a single process, be moulded to the required size, charged with the medicinal fluid, and hermetically closed for use. Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing is a perspective view of the complete apparatus. A is a cast-iron frame, on which are mounted the different parts of the 20 combination ; B is a slide piece, provided at its fore extremity X with a mould plate C1, corresponding with a second mould plate C fixed to the support A. Each of these plates is surrounded by a moveable frame, serving as gauge for the quantities of plastic matter admitted by the capacity of the moulds; these frames project beyond the level of the moulds, in which position they are 25 maintained by two springs set behind each plate. Opposite the extremity of each spring a hole is pierced through the plate for the reception of small stud pins, which bear on the springs and frames in such a manner that the pro¬ jections of the latter-always correspond with the thickness of plastic matter required. D, E, closer (soudeur ”), composed of two parts, one of which, D, 30 is moveable, while the other, E, is fixed to the frame A, and serving to close at their edges the strips of plastic matter F, F, so as to form a species of tube. This closing apparatus is set above the mould plates, at a distance equal to the height of the latter. G, G, are bobbins, on wffiich are rolled the strips of paste F, F; H is a glass funnel fitted with the stop-cock L, and with a socket, 35 which passing from end to end descends almost to the plate C; I is a lever, by means of which is brought down the precise quantity of plastic matter required to cover the moulds ; J, fly wheel mounted on the end of a screw set in the slide piece B, and serving to move forwards the mould plate C1 towards