Improvements in Medicine Glasses and Cups.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1892-Accepted, 9th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Medicine Glasses and Cups.
I, WILLIAM COATES, of 1 Stanley Villa, Stanley Road, South Woodford, in
the County of Essex, Cashier, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
to be as follows:-
In vessels heretofore in use for conveying medicine to the mouth, the contents
are drunk from the open top of the vessel so that the medicine necessarily comes
into contact with the teeth, and as many medicines contain substances which are
injurious to the teeth, much damage is sometimes occasioned to them thereby.
The chief object of my invention is to provide a vessel by which medicine can
be taken into the mouth without coming into contact with the teeth, and for this
purpose I make the vessel with a mouthpiece or spout of any suitable shape, and
placed in any suitable position on the vessel, through which the liquid is delivered
into the mouth clear of the teeth. The top of the vessel may be left open as
at present, but I prefer to form it with a cover which extends more or less over
the top anterior portion in order to prevent spilling of the liquid while it is
being taken into the mouth. This cover may in some cases, and especially for
convenience of manufacture, extend in the form of an inwardly projecting rim
round more or less of the entire circumference of the top of the vessel.
The vessel, especially when it is made of glass, may be provided with the usual
marks or graduations by means of which the requisite quantity of medicine can
be measured, and it may be made of any suitable material and of any desired
shape and size.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Medicine Glasses and Cups.
I, WILLIAM COATES, of 1 Stanley Villas, Stanley Road, South Woodford, in
the County of Essex, Cashier, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:
Graduated medicine glasses, cups or measures, heretofore in use for conveying
medicine to the mouth, have been so constructed that the contents are drunk from
the open top of the vessel, so that the medicine necessarily comes into contact with
the teeth, and, as many medicines contain substances which are injurious to the
teeth, much damage is sometimes occasioned to them thereby.
In order to obviate this inconvenience I make the graduated glass, cup or measure,
with a mouth-piece or spout of any suitable shape and placed in any suitable
position on the vessel and through which mouthpiece or spout the liquid can be
delivered into the mouth without coming into contact with the teeth. The top of
the vessel may be left open as at present, but I prefer to form it with a cover
which extends more or less over the top anterior portion in order to prevent spilling
of the liquid while it is being taken into the mouth. This cover may, in some
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page_text: cases, and especially for convenience of manufacture, extend in the form of an
inwardly projecting rim round more or less of the entire circumference of the top
of the vessel.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figures 1 and 2 illustrate, in elevation and plan respectively, a medicine glass,
cup or measure made in accordance with my invention, and
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Figures 3 and 4 illustrate, also in elevation and plan respectively, certain modi-
fications in such vessel.
Similar letters relates to like parts in all the figures of the drawings.
A is the glass, cup or vessel, of any suitable material and shape, but preferably
of glass. B is the mouthpiece or spout through which the medicine is taken
irto the mouth. C is an inwardly projecting rim formed round the top of the
glass or cup, as shown, to prevent splashing or spilling of the liquid contained
therein, while it is being conveyed to the mouth for example. This inwardly
projecting rim may, in some cases, be formed on the top anterior portion only of
the glass or cup, as shewn in Figures 3 and 4. The mouthpiece or spout B may
be of any suitable shape and preferably placed at or near the upper edge or
shoulder of the vessel and arranged to project therefrom at any required angle,
preferably at an angle of 40° to 45° from the perpendicular. The vessel is pro-
vided with the usual marks or graduations by means of which the requisite quantity
of medicine can be measured, as shown for example in Figures I and 3 of the
drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
First. The combination, with a graduated medicine glass, cup or measure, of a
mouthpiece or spout, as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the drawings.
Second. The combination, with a graduated medicine glass, cup or measure, of a
mouthpiece or spout, and of a cover either extending more or less over the top
anterior portion only of the glass, cup or measure, or in the form of an inwardly
projecting rim extending round more or less of the circumference of the top of
the glass or cup as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this 1st day of June 1892.
W. COATES,
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, Agent.