An improved bottle and stopper for containing and dispensing liquid or granular poisons and such like / [James Bannerman].

  • Bannerman, James.
Date:
1901
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Credit: An improved bottle and stopper for containing and dispensing liquid or granular poisons and such like / [James Bannerman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5 10 l/> 20 2!) 30 35 40 45 N° 3745 A.D. 1901 Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1901—Accepted, 11th May, 1901 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. An Improved Bottle and Stopper for Containing and Dispensing Liquid or Granular Poisons and such like. We, James Bannermax, of 7 Guthrie Port, Engineer; David Miller, of 13 Lochland Street, Machineman; and George Harvey, of 3 Hill Terrace, Resi- denter; all of Arbroath, in the County of Forfar, Scotland, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he performed, to he particularly described and ascertained in and hy the following statement; — This invention relates to an improved bottle and stopper for containing and dispensing liquid or granular poisons and such like, the object being to provide means for ensuring that the contents cannot be administered unwittingly or that children can obtain access thereto. And in order that our said invention and the manner of performing or carry¬ ing the same into effect or practice may be properly understood we have here¬ unto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference letters are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown, that is to say: — Figure 1. is a part section at X. X. (Figure 3.) showing the stopper in position. Figure 2. is apart section at Y. T. (Figure 3.) showing the stopper in position to allow of the contents of the bottle being poured out. Figure 3. is a cross-section at Z. Z. (Figure 2.) Figure 4. is a plan, and Figure 5. is apian of the bottle mouth, with the stopper removed and showing the recess in which the feather works. In carrying out our invention we provide the bottle a. with a stopper h. of the form shown. It is preferably provided with a lining c, of cork or other suitable) material and such lining is either attached to the stopper so that it can rotate with it, or conversly, fixed to the bottle. The lining must be attached to either the stopper, or the bottle, or if otherwise it might be turned into such a position as to close the passages. The head of the stopper is rounded, and when in posi¬ tion in the bottle such head is sunk within a lip d. If the stopper be moderately fight it cannot be withdrawn because nothing projects to afford means for seizing it. e. is a recess in the stopper, its purpose being to provide means for turning it round. Instead of or in addition to a recess, projections Jc. may be formed. A feather f. on the stopper works in a groove g. such groove preferably onlv extend¬ ing round the neck rather more than the quarter of the circle. When the feather bears against one end of the groove the passages in the stopper are closed and when bearing against the other end they are fully open. h. is an air passage in the stopper which can put in communication with a similar passage) in the neck of the bottle, i. is a somewhat similar passage which can permit the contents of the bottle to pass. The bottle is filled and operated in the following manner:—The stopper h. being detached, the bottle a. is filled in the usual manner. Such stopper is then inserted and firmly pressed down, care being taken that it is set with the pas¬ sages h. and i open, otherwise it might not be sent fully down. It is then turned a quarter of a revolution, thus effectually closing such passages. If the stopper be provided with a recess e. it may be turned with anything suitable, such as a screw driver, a coin, or the handle of a spoon. If it have projections Jc. it [Price Sd.’j \