An Improved Guard for Poison Bottles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1899
An Improved Guard for Poison Bottles.
JAMES THOMPSON, 171, Palmerston Street, Beswick, Manchester, Surgeon's
Dispenser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Two rings of wire or other material, are. joined together by 2 straight pieces
fastened to the outside of each. One ring is fastened round the neck of the
bottle, below the lip which prevents its slipping off or being removed, the other
is supported by the two straight pieces which pass through grooves in each side
of the neck, about half an inch or more above the lip so as to form a false rim
round the top of the cork or stopper. The upper ring may be bent backwards
and inwards, so as to pass across the cork or stopper, and also to allow its removal
or insertion more easily.
This guard slides up and down the neck of the bottle, and must be raisea
before the cork can be removed, and on being released it at once slips back into
its normal position, but if the bottle were inadvertently tilted for drinking the
guard would slip forward and prevent the contents from entering the mouth.
It would answer equally well for dispensing, retailing or storing poisons whether
solid or liquid.
The special features of the invention are the false rim, the self acting sliding
action, and the indestructibility of the guard without at the same time destroy-
ing the bottle.
Dated
1511 1
1000
I, JAMES THOMPSON, Dispenser, of 171, Palmerston Street, Beswick, Man.
chester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
An improved guard for poison bottles.
Two rings of wire or other material A A are joined together by 2 pieces BB
fastened to the outside of each BB. One ring A is to be fastened round the neck
of the vessel below the lip E, which thus prevents its slipping off or being
removed inadvertently. The other is supported by the two side pieces BB, the
knuckles of which DD work in a groove in the neck CC so as to form a false
rim A round the top of the cork or stopper F. The upper ring A may be bent
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page_text: backwards and inwards, so as to pass across the top of the cork or stopper F,
and to facilitate its removal and insertion.
The guard slides easily up and down the neck of the bottle, and must be raised
before the cork or stopper can be removed, and on being released it at once slips
back into its normal position. But, if the bottle were inadvertently tilted for
drinking, the guard would slip forward and prevent the contents from entering
the mouth without the knowledge of the person using it.
It will answer equally well for dispensing, retaining or storing poisons whether
solid or liquid, and its advantages are the selfacting sliding action by which it
slips back into its place without any effort of the user; the indestructibility of
the guard without at the same time destroying the bottle as a poison bottle;
the protection from accident is quite independent of the shape, form or colour
of the bottle to which it is attached, as will be seen from drawing accompanying
specification in which the guard is shown in position on the bottle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner it is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
The false rim A, which prevents the real neck of the bottle touching the lips
of any person attempting to drink.